(;AP[Hexon:0.0]FF[4]GM[11]SZ[11]C[2023/05/05

Black\: Thomas
White\: Eric

White wins.]PL[B]
;B[a3]
;W[h9]
;B[d8]
;W[e3]
;B[h4]
;W[g5]
;B[h5]C[Thomas\: Should not have played this since g6 is a minmaxing reply.]
;W[g6]
;B[e6]
;W[f4]
;B[g4]
;W[f5]
;B[e4]C[Thomas\: Intruding led to a minmaxing response]
;W[e5]
;B[c6]
;W[d4]
;B[f3]
;W[d5]
(;B[i7]C[Thomas\: Better i8, see the next variation.]
 ;W[h6]
 ;B[resign])
(;B[i8]C[Thomas\: This is the move to prevent J8 from escaping the 5th row ladder\:
https\://www.hexwiki.net/index.php/Near_ladder_escape

Eric\: If I remember correctly, I had enough room to connect even against i8.  (However, I don't remember the sequence for that ^_^.)

Peter\: I've added the sequence to the game record.]
 ;W[h8]
 ;B[i9]
 ;W[i7]
 ;B[h7]
 ;W[h6]
 ;B[j5]
 ;W[g10]
 ;B[i6]
 ;W[f8]))
