(;AP[Hexon:0.0]FF[4]GM[11]SZ[11]C[2023/01/13

Black\: Mason
White\: Thomas

Black wins.
]PL[B]
;B[a11]
;W[swap-pieces]
;B[c4]
;W[d8]
;B[i8]
;W[f6]
;B[h5]
;W[h4]
;B[g5]C[Peter\: As a matter of face, c4 does not escape 5th row ladders, but White must play very precisely. See 2nd variation on the next move. See also https\://www.hexwiki.net/index.php/Near_ladder_escape]
(;W[h6]
 ;B[g6]
 ;W[f8]
 ;B[g7]C[Peter\: On this side, the 5th row ladder starts too close to i8, so i8 actually does escape it.]
 ;W[g9]
 ;B[j7]
 ;W[g10]
 ;B[h10]
 ;W[h7]
 ;B[g8]
 ;W[f3]
 ;B[f4]
 ;W[g3]
 ;B[d5]
 ;W[resign])
(;W[g4]
 ;B[f5]
 ;W[d3]
 ;B[f4]
 ;W[g2]
 ;B[e3]
 ;W[f1]
 ;B[e2]
 ;W[e1]
 ;B[c2]
 ;W[d2]
 ;B[b5]
 ;W[d4]
 ;B[c6]
 ;W[e5]
 ;B[d7]))
