(;AP[Hexon:0.0]FF[4]GM[11]SZ[11]C[2022/11/04

Black\: Mason
White\: Eric

Handicap\: 1.5

White wins.
]PL[B]
;B[f6]
;B[i8]
;W[i9]
;B[h9]
;W[h2]
;B[c4]
;W[d8]
;B[i3]C[Eric\:

I guess E5.  I don't see a template, but due to C4, it probably connects, and I think Black can handle whiteF7 with H6.

It turns out that there _is_ a template there.  \:-)]
;W[g4]
;B[d7]C[Eric\:

H5 would've been very good for Black, since it threatens E5 and J3.]
;W[f7]
(;B[j5]C[Eric\: Better c8, see next variation.]
 ;W[h6]
 (;B[i7]C[Eric\:

Better h5, see next variation.

This move (i7) seemed good for Black at the time, but in hindsight...]
  ;W[j6]C[Eric\:

...it turns out that White didn't need this.]
  ;B[i6]C[Eric\:

Me playing J6 gave Black another chance to play H5.]
  ;W[h5]C[Eric\:

I played this, and only a bit later (but before Black's next move) realized that this just wins for me.

I kept this win for the rest of the game.]
  ;B[j4]
  ;W[j3]
  ;B[i4]
  ;W[j1]
  ;B[b9]
  ;W[c6]
  ;B[resign])
 (;B[h5]C[Eric\:

I think Black should've tried here.

(This separates White's g4 group from White's f7 group, so if White plays i7, then Black can probably stop d8 form connecting to the A-edge.]))
(;B[c8]C[Eric\:

I was thinking here, to hopefully connect to the 1-edge.]
 ;W[c9]
 ;B[b9]
 ;W[b10]
 ;B[h6]C[Eric\:

Afterwards, Black can play here.]
 ;W[g6]
 ;B[h5]
 ;W[j1]
 ;B[g5]))
