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Niall vs Daniel Sepczuk - Dec 2011

2011-12-30T23:34:24Z

Niall:

Daniel Sepczuk (blue) vs Niall Cardin (red)
Notes about some moves, I start making notes in response to move 25
All blue moves or pieces are in (), e.g. blues first move was at (F1). Nothing else is in ().

== Game information ==
* Size: 13x13
* Red: [[user:Niall | Niall]]
* Blue: Daniel Sepczuk
* Result: 0-1 (Blue won)
* Comments: Niall
* Location: [[Little Golem]], game [http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/game/game.jsp?gid=1401976] in championship 28.1.1

Moves 1 to 8 (In fact red played A6 which was swapped to F1, so it's labeled as 9 on littlegolem)
<hex>R13 C13 Q1 B1f1 R2i5 B3i10 R4k10 B5k12 R6l11 B7l12 R8j10 </hex>

Moves 9 to 14
<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 B1h12 R2j12 B3j7 R4c4 B5d3 R6d10 </hex>

Moves 15 to 21
<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 B1d4 R2f5 B3j2 R4b3 B5c5 R6j3 B7k2</hex>

This is the position I (red) am considering when these notes start, move 25:
<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 Bd4 Rf5 Bj2 Rb3 Bc5 Rj3 Bk2 R1k3 B2l2 R3g4 B4f8</hex>
Move 26: Daniel thought that G8 was the way to go, though he says he didn't look for long. I didn't like it after G6 from blue.
- G6
- (E9) G8 (F10) G10 (G9) I8 (I6) H7 - might work for red?
- (E7) G8 (F10)
- (F6) E5?
- (H6) E8 (F6) E5 (E6) F7 (G5) H5 - assert that H5 is connected to the top with C3 and E5
- G8
- (G6)
- G7 (F7) I3 (H6) I6 (H7) I7 (H9) H8 (F9) G9 (F11) - looks good for blue
- E8 (E7) F7 (F6) - blue wins
- H7 (H3) E5 (H4) E8 (E7) - blue wins
- (H6)
- E8 (F6) H5
- (G7) H7 - looks like a win for red
- E8 (F6) G6 (F7) G8 (F10)
- I6 (H7) I7 (H9) H8 (G8) G9 (G10)
- E7 (G6) I3 (D9) - looks good for blue
- G7
- (F10)
- G8 (E12) F9 (E10) E9 (C12) - looks good for blue
- E8 (F6) F7 (H5) I3 (H6) I6 (H7) I7 (H9) H8 (G8) G9 (G10) - looks good for blue
- (G8) E8 (F6) F7 (H5) I3 (H6)
- (F7) G8 (G6) I3 (H6) I6 (
- (E9) G9 <(F10) G10 (F12) H11> (G8) I7 (H8) I8
- (E10) E8 (F6) F7 (H5) I3 (H6) I6 (H7) I7 - red connects
- H7
- (E10) H8
- (H9) - looks like blue wins
- (I9) G10 - red wins
- (H8) G8 (F9) G9 (F11) - seems like red can't get through
- I7 (H9) - good for blue

Variations if I play G8 that I noted in the game. I was worried about this G6 response, threatening H3:
<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 Bd4 Rf5 Bj2 Rb3 Bc5 Rj3 Bk2 Rk3 Bl2 Rg4 Bf8 R1G8 B2G6 </hex>

Red variation 1a
<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 Bd4 Rf5 Bj2 Rb3 Bc5 Rj3 Bk2 Rk3 Bl2 Rg4 Bf8 RG8 BG6 R1G7 B2F7 R3I3 B4H6 R5I6 B6H7 </hex>
Red variation 1b
<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 Bd4 Rf5 Bj2 Rb3 Bc5 Rj3 Bk2 Rk3 Bl2 Rg4 Bf8 RG8 BG6 RG7 BF7 RI3 BH6 RI6 BH7 R1I7 B2H9 R3H8 B4F9 R5G9 B6F11</hex>

Red Variation 2
<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 Bd4 Rf5 Bj2 Rb3 Bc5 Rj3 Bk2 Rk3 Bl2 Rg4 Bf8 RG8 BG6 R1E8 B2E7 R3F7 B4F6</hex>

The move I actually played and blues response:
<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 Bd4 Rf5 Bj2 Rb3 Bc5 Rj3 Bk2 Rk3 Bl2 Rg4 Bf8 R1g6 B2f6</hex>
Move 28:
- I7
- (H9) I8 (I9) K8 (J8) G9 (H7) H8 (I6) K5 (J6) L6 - red wins
- (G9) H9 (G11) F9
- (G8) G10 (F11) F10 (C12) D12 - red wins
- (F10) G8 (C12) F11 - red wins
- (G5) I3 (H6) J6
- G8
- (G5) I3 (H6)
- G7 (H5) - same old ladder towards the bottom that I seem to lose after (C12)
- H5 (G7) - same old la... " "
- (F10) F9 (C12) C10 (B12) F7
- (E11) G10
- (G5) I3 (H6)
- F7
- (G5) I3
- (H6)
- H5 (E8) G8 (G7) - think blue wins, as I didn't get C10
- E7 (D9) - looks like blue wins
- (E8)
- G8 (F10) F9 (C12) C10 (B12)
- E7 (H7) - blue wins
- G8 (G5) H5 (H3) - blue wins. E5 (D4) exchange doesn't help

<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 Bd4 Rf5 Bj2 Rb3 Bc5 Rj3 Bk2 Rk3 Bl2 Rg4 Bf8 Rg6 Bf6 R1i7 B2h9 R3i8 B4j9 R5h10 B6i9 </hex>
Move 34:
- E7
- (E6) F7 (G5) I3 (D9) E9 (E8) G8 - red wins
- (D9) E9 (E8) G8 - red wins
- G8 (F10) F9 (C12) C10 (B12) E9 (E11) - blue wins

<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 Bd4 Rf5 Bj2 Rb3 Bc5 Rj3 Bk2 Rk3 Bl2 Rg4 Bf8 Rg6 Bf6 Ri7 Bh9 Ri8 Bj9 Rh10 Bi9 R1e7 B2e6 R3f7 B4d9 R5e9 B6e8</hex>
Move 40:
- L8
- (K6) J8 (K8) L7 (K7) G9 (H7) H8 (I6) J6 (J5) L4 (K5) M4 - red wins
- (K7) G9 (H7) H8 (I6) J6 (J5) L4 (K5) L5 (K6) M6 - red wins.

Niall: Here is a summary at move 42 , the game has clearly been won by blue.
<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 Bd4 Rf5 Bj2 Rb3 Bc5 Rj3 Bk2 Rk3 Bl2 Rg4 Bf8 Rg6 Bf6 Ri7 Bh9 Ri8 Bj9 Rh10 Bi9 Re7 Be6 Rf7 Bd9 Re9 Be8 R1l8 B2l7</hex>
The key moves are G8 and G9. However:
- G9 (H7) H8 (I6) - blue connects
- G8 (F9) G9 (F11) F10 (E11) E10 (C12) - blue connects
Red cannot threaten the blue connections to the right with C10 or similar, (C5) stones deal with everything.
B10 (C8) exchange doesn't block (C12).

Red can deal with (H3) and (G5) related complications. I3 is a key move for most of these variations.
Also
- (G3) H3 (I1) F2 and red connects.

The game then happens to continue like this, so that red can ask blue where he went wrong :)
<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 Bd4 Rf5 Bj2 Rb3 Bc5 Rj3 Bk2 Rk3 Bl2 Rg4 Bf8 Rg6 Bf6 Ri7 Bh9 Ri8 Bj9 Rh10 Bi9 Re7 Be6 Rf7 Bd9 Re9 Be8 Rl8 Bl7 R1k8 B2j8 R3g8 B4f9</hex>

Niall vs Daniel Sepczuk - Dec 2011

2011-12-30T21:54:56Z

Niall: Removed variation 3 as it was hopeless

Daniel Sepczuk (blue) vs Niall Cardin (red)
Notes about some moves, I start making notes in response to move 25
All blue moves or pieces are in (), e.g. blues first move was at (F1). Nothing else is in ().

== Game information ==
* Size: 13x13
* Red: [[user:Niall | Niall]]
* Blue: [[Daniel Sepczuk]
* Result: 0-1 (Blue won)
* Comments: Niall
* Location: [[Little Golem]], game [http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/game/game.jsp?gid=1401976] in championship 28.1.1

Moves 1 to 8 (In fact red played A6 which was swapped to F1, so it's labeled as 9 on littlegolem)
<hex>R13 C13 Q1 B1f1 R2i5 B3i10 R4k10 B5k12 R6l11 B7l12 R8j10 </hex>

Moves 9 to 14
<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 B1h12 R2j12 B3j7 R4c4 B5d3 R6d10 </hex>

Moves 15 to 21
<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 B1d4 R2f5 B3j2 R4b3 B5c5 R6j3 B7k2</hex>

This is the position I (red) am considering when these notes start, move 25:
<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 Bd4 Rf5 Bj2 Rb3 Bc5 Rj3 Bk2 R1k3 B2l2 R3g4 B4f8</hex>
Move 26: Daniel thought that G8 was the way to go, though he says he didn't look for long. I didn't like it after G6 from blue.
- G6
- (E9) G8 (F10) G10 (G9) I8 (I6) H7 - might work for red?
- (E7) G8 (F10)
- (F6) E5?
- (H6) E8 (F6) E5 (E6) F7 (G5) H5 - assert that H5 is connected to the top with C3 and E5
- G8
- (G6)
- G7 (F7) I3 (H6) I6 (H7) I7 (H9) H8 (F9) G9 (F11) - looks good for blue
- E8 (E7) F7 (F6) - blue wins
- H7 (H3) E5 (H4) E8 (E7) - blue wins
- (H6)
- E8 (F6) H5
- (G7) H7 - looks like a win for red
- E8 (F6) G6 (F7) G8 (F10)
- I6 (H7) I7 (H9) H8 (G8) G9 (G10)
- E7 (G6) I3 (D9) - looks good for blue
- G7
- (F10)
- G8 (E12) F9 (E10) E9 (C12) - looks good for blue
- E8 (F6) F7 (H5) I3 (H6) I6 (H7) I7 (H9) H8 (G8) G9 (G10) - looks good for blue
- (G8) E8 (F6) F7 (H5) I3 (H6)
- (F7) G8 (G6) I3 (H6) I6 (
- (E9) G9 <(F10) G10 (F12) H11> (G8) I7 (H8) I8
- (E10) E8 (F6) F7 (H5) I3 (H6) I6 (H7) I7 - red connects
- H7
- (E10) H8
- (H9) - looks like blue wins
- (I9) G10 - red wins
- (H8) G8 (F9) G9 (F11) - seems like red can't get through
- I7 (H9) - good for blue

Variations if I play G8 that I noted in the game (I assume G6 response):
<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 Bd4 Rf5 Bj2 Rb3 Bc5 Rj3 Bk2 Rk3 Bl2 Rg4 Bf8 R1G8 B2G6 </hex>

Red variation 1a
<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 Bd4 Rf5 Bj2 Rb3 Bc5 Rj3 Bk2 Rk3 Bl2 Rg4 Bf8 RG8 BG6 R1G7 B2F7 R3I3 B4H6 R5I6 B6H7 </hex>
Red variation 1b
<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 Bd4 Rf5 Bj2 Rb3 Bc5 Rj3 Bk2 Rk3 Bl2 Rg4 Bf8 RG8 BG6 RG7 BF7 RI3 BH6 RI6 BH7 R1I7 B2H9 R3H8 B4F9 R5G9 B6F11</hex>

Red Variation 2
<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 Bd4 Rf5 Bj2 Rb3 Bc5 Rj3 Bk2 Rk3 Bl2 Rg4 Bf8 RG8 BG6 R1E8 B2E7 R3F7 B4F6</hex>

The move I actually played and blues response:
<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 Bd4 Rf5 Bj2 Rb3 Bc5 Rj3 Bk2 Rk3 Bl2 Rg4 Bf8 R1g6 B2f6</hex>
Move 28:
- I7
- (H9) I8 (I9) K8 (J8) G9 (H7) H8 (I6) K5 (J6) L6 - red wins
- (G9) H9 (G11) F9
- (G8) G10 (F11) F10 (C12) D12 - red wins
- (F10) G8 (C12) F11 - red wins
- (G5) I3 (H6) J6
- G8
- (G5) I3 (H6)
- G7 (H5) - same old ladder towards the bottom that I seem to lose after (C12)
- H5 (G7) - same old la... " "
- (F10) F9 (C12) C10 (B12) F7
- (E11) G10
- (G5) I3 (H6)
- F7
- (G5) I3
- (H6)
- H5 (E8) G8 (G7) - think blue wins, as I didn't get C10
- E7 (D9) - looks like blue wins
- (E8)
- G8 (F10) F9 (C12) C10 (B12)
- E7 (H7) - blue wins
- G8 (G5) H5 (H3) - blue wins. E5 (D4) exchange doesn't help

<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 Bd4 Rf5 Bj2 Rb3 Bc5 Rj3 Bk2 Rk3 Bl2 Rg4 Bf8 Rg6 Bf6 R1i7 B2h9 R3i8 B4j9 R5h10 B6i9 </hex>
Move 34:
- E7
- (E6) F7 (G5) I3 (D9) E9 (E8) G8 - red wins
- (D9) E9 (E8) G8 - red wins
- G8 (F10) F9 (C12) C10 (B12) E9 (E11) - blue wins

<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 Bd4 Rf5 Bj2 Rb3 Bc5 Rj3 Bk2 Rk3 Bl2 Rg4 Bf8 Rg6 Bf6 Ri7 Bh9 Ri8 Bj9 Rh10 Bi9 R1e7 B2e6 R3f7 B4d9 R5e9 B6e8</hex>
Move 40:
- L8
- (K6) J8 (K8) L7 (K7) G9 (H7) H8 (I6) J6 (J5) L4 (K5) M4 - red wins
- (K7) G9 (H7) H8 (I6) J6 (J5) L4 (K5) L5 (K6) M6 - red wins.

Niall: Here is a summary at move 42 , the game has clearly been won by blue.
<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 Bd4 Rf5 Bj2 Rb3 Bc5 Rj3 Bk2 Rk3 Bl2 Rg4 Bf8 Rg6 Bf6 Ri7 Bh9 Ri8 Bj9 Rh10 Bi9 Re7 Be6 Rf7 Bd9 Re9 Be8 R1l8 B2l7</hex>
The key moves are G8 and G9. However:
- G9 (H7) H8 (I6) - blue connects
- G8 (F9) G9 (F11) F10 (E11) E10 (C12) - blue connects
Red cannot threaten the blue connections to the right with C10 or similar, (C5) stones deal with everything.
B10 (C8) exchange doesn't block (C12).

Red can deal with (H3) and (G5) related complications. I3 is a key move for most of these variations.
Also
- (G3) H3 (I1) F2 and red connects.

The game then happens to continue like this, so that red can ask blue where he went wrong :)
<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 Bd4 Rf5 Bj2 Rb3 Bc5 Rj3 Bk2 Rk3 Bl2 Rg4 Bf8 Rg6 Bf6 Ri7 Bh9 Ri8 Bj9 Rh10 Bi9 Re7 Be6 Rf7 Bd9 Re9 Be8 Rl8 Bl7 R1k8 B2j8 R3g8 B4f9</hex>

Niall vs Daniel Sepczuk - Dec 2011

2011-12-30T21:37:57Z

Niall: fixed bug in notes

Daniel Sepczuk (blue) vs Niall Cardin (red)
Notes about some moves, I start making notes in response to move 25
All blue moves or pieces are in (), e.g. blues first move was at (F1). Nothing else is in ().

== Game information ==
* Size: 13x13
* Red: [[user:Niall | Niall]]
* Blue: [[Daniel Sepczuk]
* Result: 0-1 (Blue won)
* Comments: Niall
* Location: [[Little Golem]], game [http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/game/game.jsp?gid=1401976] in championship 28.1.1

Moves 1 to 8 (In fact red played A6 which was swapped to F1, so it's labeled as 9 on littlegolem)
<hex>R13 C13 Q1 B1f1 R2i5 B3i10 R4k10 B5k12 R6l11 B7l12 R8j10 </hex>

Moves 9 to 14
<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 B1h12 R2j12 B3j7 R4c4 B5d3 R6d10 </hex>

Moves 15 to 21
<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 B1d4 R2f5 B3j2 R4b3 B5c5 R6j3 B7k2</hex>

This is the position I (red) am considering when these notes start, move 25:
<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 Bd4 Rf5 Bj2 Rb3 Bc5 Rj3 Bk2 R1k3 B2l2 R3g4 B4f8</hex>
Move 26: Daniel thought that G8 was the way to go, though he says he didn't look for long. I didn't like it after G6 from blue.
- G6
- (E9) G8 (F10) G10 (G9) I8 (I6) H7 - might work for red?
- (E7) G8 (F10)
- (F6) E5?
- (H6) E8 (F6) E5 (E6) F7 (G5) H5 - assert that H5 is connected to the top with C3 and E5
- G8
- (G6)
- G7 (F7) I3 (H6) I6 (H7) I7 (H9) H8 (F9) G9 (F11) - looks good for blue
- E8 (E7) F7 (F6) - blue wins
- H7 (H3) E5 (H4) E8 (E7) - blue wins
- (H6)
- E8 (F6) H5
- (G7) H7 - looks like a win for red
- E8 (F6) G6 (F7) G8 (F10)
- I6 (H7) I7 (H9) H8 (G8) G9 (G10)
- E7 (G6) I3 (D9) - looks good for blue
- G7
- (F10)
- G8 (E12) F9 (E10) E9 (C12) - looks good for blue
- E8 (F6) F7 (H5) I3 (H6) I6 (H7) I7 (H9) H8 (G8) G9 (G10) - looks good for blue
- (G8) E8 (F6) F7 (H5) I3 (H6)
- (F7) G8 (G6) I3 (H6) I6 (
- (E9) G9 <(F10) G10 (F12) H11> (G8) I7 (H8) I8
- (E10) E8 (F6) F7 (H5) I3 (H6) I6 (H7) I7 - red connects
- H7
- (E10) H8
- (H9) - looks like blue wins
- (I9) G10 - red wins
- (H8) G8 (F9) G9 (F11) - seems like red can't get through
- I7 (H9) - good for blue

Variations if I play G8 that I noted in the game (I assume G6 response):
<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 Bd4 Rf5 Bj2 Rb3 Bc5 Rj3 Bk2 Rk3 Bl2 Rg4 Bf8 R1G8 B2G6 </hex>

Red variation 1a
<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 Bd4 Rf5 Bj2 Rb3 Bc5 Rj3 Bk2 Rk3 Bl2 Rg4 Bf8 RG8 BG6 R1G7 B2F7 R3I3 B4H6 R5I6 B6H7 </hex>
Red variation 1b
<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 Bd4 Rf5 Bj2 Rb3 Bc5 Rj3 Bk2 Rk3 Bl2 Rg4 Bf8 RG8 BG6 RG7 BF7 RI3 BH6 RI6 BH7 R1I7 B2H9 R3H8 B4F9 R5G9 B6F11</hex>

Red Variation 2
<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 Bd4 Rf5 Bj2 Rb3 Bc5 Rj3 Bk2 Rk3 Bl2 Rg4 Bf8 RG8 BG6 R1E8 B2E7 R3F7 B4F6</hex>
Red Variation 3
<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 Bd4 Rf5 Bj2 Rb3 Bc5 Rj3 Bk2 Rk3 Bl2 Rg4 Bf8 RG8 BG6 R1H7 B2H3 R3E5 B4H4 R5E8 B6E7</hex>

The move I actually played and blues response:
<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 Bd4 Rf5 Bj2 Rb3 Bc5 Rj3 Bk2 Rk3 Bl2 Rg4 Bf8 R1g6 B2f6</hex>
Move 28:
- I7
- (H9) I8 (I9) K8 (J8) G9 (H7) H8 (I6) K5 (J6) L6 - red wins
- (G9) H9 (G11) F9
- (G8) G10 (F11) F10 (C12) D12 - red wins
- (F10) G8 (C12) F11 - red wins
- (G5) I3 (H6) J6
- G8
- (G5) I3 (H6)
- G7 (H5) - same old ladder towards the bottom that I seem to lose after (C12)
- H5 (G7) - same old la... " "
- (F10) F9 (C12) C10 (B12) F7
- (E11) G10
- (G5) I3 (H6)
- F7
- (G5) I3
- (H6)
- H5 (E8) G8 (G7) - think blue wins, as I didn't get C10
- E7 (D9) - looks like blue wins
- (E8)
- G8 (F10) F9 (C12) C10 (B12)
- E7 (H7) - blue wins
- G8 (G5) H5 (H3) - blue wins. E5 (D4) exchange doesn't help

<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 Bd4 Rf5 Bj2 Rb3 Bc5 Rj3 Bk2 Rk3 Bl2 Rg4 Bf8 Rg6 Bf6 R1i7 B2h9 R3i8 B4j9 R5h10 B6i9 </hex>
Move 34:
- E7
- (E6) F7 (G5) I3 (D9) E9 (E8) G8 - red wins
- (D9) E9 (E8) G8 - red wins
- G8 (F10) F9 (C12) C10 (B12) E9 (E11) - blue wins

<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 Bd4 Rf5 Bj2 Rb3 Bc5 Rj3 Bk2 Rk3 Bl2 Rg4 Bf8 Rg6 Bf6 Ri7 Bh9 Ri8 Bj9 Rh10 Bi9 R1e7 B2e6 R3f7 B4d9 R5e9 B6e8</hex>
Move 40:
- L8
- (K6) J8 (K8) L7 (K7) G9 (H7) H8 (I6) J6 (J5) L4 (K5) M4 - red wins
- (K7) G9 (H7) H8 (I6) J6 (J5) L4 (K5) L5 (K6) M6 - red wins.

Niall: Here is a summary at move 42 , the game has clearly been won by blue.
<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 Bd4 Rf5 Bj2 Rb3 Bc5 Rj3 Bk2 Rk3 Bl2 Rg4 Bf8 Rg6 Bf6 Ri7 Bh9 Ri8 Bj9 Rh10 Bi9 Re7 Be6 Rf7 Bd9 Re9 Be8 R1l8 B2l7</hex>
The key moves are G8 and G9. However:
- G9 (H7) H8 (I6) - blue connects
- G8 (F9) G9 (F11) F10 (E11) E10 (C12) - blue connects
Red cannot threaten the blue connections to the right with C10 or similar, (C5) stones deal with everything.
B10 (C8) exchange doesn't block (C12).

Red can deal with (H3) and (G5) related complications. I3 is a key move for most of these variations.
Also
- (G3) H3 (I1) F2 and red connects.

The game then happens to continue like this, so that red can ask blue where he went wrong :)
<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 Bd4 Rf5 Bj2 Rb3 Bc5 Rj3 Bk2 Rk3 Bl2 Rg4 Bf8 Rg6 Bf6 Ri7 Bh9 Ri8 Bj9 Rh10 Bi9 Re7 Be6 Rf7 Bd9 Re9 Be8 Rl8 Bl7 R1k8 B2j8 R3g8 B4f9</hex>

Niall vs Daniel Sepczuk - Dec 2011

2011-12-30T21:35:29Z

Niall: added some G8 response to F8 variations

Daniel Sepczuk (blue) vs Niall Cardin (red)
Notes about some moves, I start making notes in response to move 25
All blue moves or pieces are in (), e.g. blues first move was at (F1). Nothing else is in ().

== Game information ==
* Size: 13x13
* Red: [[user:Niall | Niall]]
* Blue: [[Daniel Sepczuk]
* Result: 0-1 (Blue won)
* Comments: Niall
* Location: [[Little Golem]], game [http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/game/game.jsp?gid=1401976] in championship 28.1.1

Moves 1 to 8 (In fact red played A6 which was swapped to F1, so it's labeled as 9 on littlegolem)
<hex>R13 C13 Q1 B1f1 R2i5 B3i10 R4k10 B5k12 R6l11 B7l12 R8j10 </hex>

Moves 9 to 14
<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 B1h12 R2j12 B3j7 R4c4 B5d3 R6d10 </hex>

Moves 15 to 21
<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 B1d4 R2f5 B3j2 R4b3 B5c5 R6j3 B7k2</hex>

This is the position I (red) am considering when these notes start, move 25:
<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 Bd4 Rf5 Bj2 Rb3 Bc5 Rj3 Bk2 R1k3 B2l2 R3g4 B4f8</hex>
Move 26: Daniel thought that G8 was the way to go, though he says he didn't look for long. I didn't like it after G6 from blue.
- G6
- (E9) G8 (F10) G10 (G9) I8 (I6) H7 - might work for red?
- (E7) G8 (F10)
- (F6) E5?
- (H6) E8 (F6) E5 (E6) F7 (G5) H5 - assert that H5 is connected to the top with C3 and E5
- G8
- (G6)
- G7 (F7) I3 (H6) I6 (H7) I7 (H9) H8 (G8) G9 (G10) - looks good for blue
- E8 (E7) F7 (F6) - blue wins
- H7 (H3) E5 (H4) E8 (E7) - blue wins
- (H6)
- E8 (F6) H5
- (G7) H7 - looks like a win for red
- E8 (F6) G6 (F7) G8 (F10)
- I6 (H7) I7 (H9) H8 (G8) G9 (G10)
- E7 (G6) I3 (D9) - looks good for blue
- G7
- (F10)
- G8 (E12) F9 (E10) E9 (C12) - looks good for blue
- E8 (F6) F7 (H5) I3 (H6) I6 (H7) I7 (H9) H8 (G8) G9 (G10) - looks good for blue
- (G8) E8 (F6) F7 (H5) I3 (H6)
- (F7) G8 (G6) I3 (H6) I6 (
- (E9) G9 <(F10) G10 (F12) H11> (G8) I7 (H8) I8
- (E10) E8 (F6) F7 (H5) I3 (H6) I6 (H7) I7 - red connects
- H7
- (E10) H8
- (H9) - looks like blue wins
- (I9) G10 - red wins
- (H8) G8 (F9) G9 (F11) - seems like red can't get through
- I7 (H9) - good for blue

Variations if I play G8 that I noted in the game (I assume G6 response):
<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 Bd4 Rf5 Bj2 Rb3 Bc5 Rj3 Bk2 Rk3 Bl2 Rg4 Bf8 R1G8 B2G6 </hex>

Red variation 1a
<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 Bd4 Rf5 Bj2 Rb3 Bc5 Rj3 Bk2 Rk3 Bl2 Rg4 Bf8 RG8 BG6 R1G7 B2F7 R3I3 B4H6 R5I6 B6H7 </hex>
Red variation 1b
<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 Bd4 Rf5 Bj2 Rb3 Bc5 Rj3 Bk2 Rk3 Bl2 Rg4 Bf8 RG8 BG6 RG7 BF7 RI3 BH6 RI6 BH7 R1I7 B2H9 R3H8 B4F9 R5G9 B6F11</hex>

Red Variation 2
<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 Bd4 Rf5 Bj2 Rb3 Bc5 Rj3 Bk2 Rk3 Bl2 Rg4 Bf8 RG8 BG6 R1E8 B2E7 R3F7 B4F6</hex>
Red Variation 3
<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 Bd4 Rf5 Bj2 Rb3 Bc5 Rj3 Bk2 Rk3 Bl2 Rg4 Bf8 RG8 BG6 R1H7 B2H3 R3E5 B4H4 R5E8 B6E7</hex>

The move I actually played and blues response:
<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 Bd4 Rf5 Bj2 Rb3 Bc5 Rj3 Bk2 Rk3 Bl2 Rg4 Bf8 R1g6 B2f6</hex>
Move 28:
- I7
- (H9) I8 (I9) K8 (J8) G9 (H7) H8 (I6) K5 (J6) L6 - red wins
- (G9) H9 (G11) F9
- (G8) G10 (F11) F10 (C12) D12 - red wins
- (F10) G8 (C12) F11 - red wins
- (G5) I3 (H6) J6
- G8
- (G5) I3 (H6)
- G7 (H5) - same old ladder towards the bottom that I seem to lose after (C12)
- H5 (G7) - same old la... " "
- (F10) F9 (C12) C10 (B12) F7
- (E11) G10
- (G5) I3 (H6)
- F7
- (G5) I3
- (H6)
- H5 (E8) G8 (G7) - think blue wins, as I didn't get C10
- E7 (D9) - looks like blue wins
- (E8)
- G8 (F10) F9 (C12) C10 (B12)
- E7 (H7) - blue wins
- G8 (G5) H5 (H3) - blue wins. E5 (D4) exchange doesn't help

<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 Bd4 Rf5 Bj2 Rb3 Bc5 Rj3 Bk2 Rk3 Bl2 Rg4 Bf8 Rg6 Bf6 R1i7 B2h9 R3i8 B4j9 R5h10 B6i9 </hex>
Move 34:
- E7
- (E6) F7 (G5) I3 (D9) E9 (E8) G8 - red wins
- (D9) E9 (E8) G8 - red wins
- G8 (F10) F9 (C12) C10 (B12) E9 (E11) - blue wins

<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 Bd4 Rf5 Bj2 Rb3 Bc5 Rj3 Bk2 Rk3 Bl2 Rg4 Bf8 Rg6 Bf6 Ri7 Bh9 Ri8 Bj9 Rh10 Bi9 R1e7 B2e6 R3f7 B4d9 R5e9 B6e8</hex>
Move 40:
- L8
- (K6) J8 (K8) L7 (K7) G9 (H7) H8 (I6) J6 (J5) L4 (K5) M4 - red wins
- (K7) G9 (H7) H8 (I6) J6 (J5) L4 (K5) L5 (K6) M6 - red wins.

Niall: Here is a summary at move 42 , the game has clearly been won by blue.
<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 Bd4 Rf5 Bj2 Rb3 Bc5 Rj3 Bk2 Rk3 Bl2 Rg4 Bf8 Rg6 Bf6 Ri7 Bh9 Ri8 Bj9 Rh10 Bi9 Re7 Be6 Rf7 Bd9 Re9 Be8 R1l8 B2l7</hex>
The key moves are G8 and G9. However:
- G9 (H7) H8 (I6) - blue connects
- G8 (F9) G9 (F11) F10 (E11) E10 (C12) - blue connects
Red cannot threaten the blue connections to the right with C10 or similar, (C5) stones deal with everything.
B10 (C8) exchange doesn't block (C12).

Red can deal with (H3) and (G5) related complications. I3 is a key move for most of these variations.
Also
- (G3) H3 (I1) F2 and red connects.

The game then happens to continue like this, so that red can ask blue where he went wrong :)
<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 Bd4 Rf5 Bj2 Rb3 Bc5 Rj3 Bk2 Rk3 Bl2 Rg4 Bf8 Rg6 Bf6 Ri7 Bh9 Ri8 Bj9 Rh10 Bi9 Re7 Be6 Rf7 Bd9 Re9 Be8 Rl8 Bl7 R1k8 B2j8 R3g8 B4f9</hex>

Niall vs Daniel Sepczuk - Dec 2011

2011-12-30T19:20:31Z

Niall: Finished numbering the moves

Daniel Sepczuk (blue) vs Niall Cardin (red)
Notes about some moves, I start making notes in response to move 25
All blue moves or pieces are in (), e.g. blues first move was at (F1). Nothing else is in ().

== Game information ==
* Size: 13x13
* Red: [[user:Niall | Niall]]
* Blue: [[Daniel Sepczuk]
* Result: 0-1 (Blue won)
* Comments: Niall
* Location: [[Little Golem]], game [http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/game/game.jsp?gid=1401976] in championship 28.1.1

Moves 1 to 8 (In fact red played A6 which was swapped to F1, so it's labeled as 9 on littlegolem)
<hex>R13 C13 Q1 B1f1 R2i5 B3i10 R4k10 B5k12 R6l11 B7l12 R8j10 </hex>

Moves 9 to 14
<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 B1h12 R2j12 B3j7 R4c4 B5d3 R6d10 </hex>

Moves 15 to 21
<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 B1d4 R2f5 B3j2 R4b3 B5c5 R6j3 B7k2</hex>

This is the position I (red) am considering when these notes start, move 25:
<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 Bd4 Rf5 Bj2 Rb3 Bc5 Rj3 Bk2 R1k3 B2l2 R3g4 B4f8</hex>
Move 26: Daniel thought that G8 was the way to go, though he says he didn't look for long. I didn't like it after G6 from blue.
- G6
- (E9) G8 (F10) G10 (G9) I8 (I6) H7 - might work for red?
- (E7) G8 (F10)
- (F6) E5?
- (H6) E8 (F6) E5 (E6) F7 (G5) H5 - assert that H5 is connected to the top with C3 and E5
- G8
- (G6)
- G7 (H7) I3 (H6) I6 (H7) I7 (H9) H8 (G8) G9 (G10) - looks good for blue
- E8 (E7) F7 (F6) - blue wins
- H7 (H3) E5 (H4) E8 (E7) - blue wins
- (H6)
- E8 (F6) H5
- (G7) H7 - looks like a win for red
- E8 (F6) G6 (F7) G8 (F10)
- I6 (H7) I7 (H9) H8 (G8) G9 (G10)
- E7 (G6) I3 (D9) - looks good for blue
- G7
- (F10)
- G8 (E12) F9 (E10) E9 (C12) - looks good for blue
- E8 (F6) F7 (H5) I3 (H6) I6 (H7) I7 (H9) H8 (G8) G9 (G10) - looks good for blue
- (G8) E8 (F6) F7 (H5) I3 (H6)
- (F7) G8 (G6) I3 (H6) I6 (
- (E9) G9 <(F10) G10 (F12) H11> (G8) I7 (H8) I8
- (E10) E8 (F6) F7 (H5) I3 (H6) I6 (H7) I7 - red connects
- H7
- (E10) H8
- (H9) - looks like blue wins
- (I9) G10 - red wins
- (H8) G8 (F9) G9 (F11) - seems like red can't get through
- I7 (H9) - good for blue

<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 Bd4 Rf5 Bj2 Rb3 Bc5 Rj3 Bk2 Rk3 Bl2 Rg4 Bf8 R1g6 B2f6</hex>
Move 28:
- I7
- (H9) I8 (I9) K8 (J8) G9 (H7) H8 (I6) K5 (J6) L6 - red wins
- (G9) H9 (G11) F9
- (G8) G10 (F11) F10 (C12) D12 - red wins
- (F10) G8 (C12) F11 - red wins
- (G5) I3 (H6) J6
- G8
- (G5) I3 (H6)
- G7 (H5) - same old ladder towards the bottom that I seem to lose after (C12)
- H5 (G7) - same old la... " "
- (F10) F9 (C12) C10 (B12) F7
- (E11) G10
- (G5) I3 (H6)
- F7
- (G5) I3
- (H6)
- H5 (E8) G8 (G7) - think blue wins, as I didn't get C10
- E7 (D9) - looks like blue wins
- (E8)
- G8 (F10) F9 (C12) C10 (B12)
- E7 (H7) - blue wins
- G8 (G5) H5 (H3) - blue wins. E5 (D4) exchange doesn't help

<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 Bd4 Rf5 Bj2 Rb3 Bc5 Rj3 Bk2 Rk3 Bl2 Rg4 Bf8 Rg6 Bf6 R1i7 B2h9 R3i8 B4j9 R5h10 B6i9 </hex>
Move 34:
- E7
- (E6) F7 (G5) I3 (D9) E9 (E8) G8 - red wins
- (D9) E9 (E8) G8 - red wins
- G8 (F10) F9 (C12) C10 (B12) E9 (E11) - blue wins

<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 Bd4 Rf5 Bj2 Rb3 Bc5 Rj3 Bk2 Rk3 Bl2 Rg4 Bf8 Rg6 Bf6 Ri7 Bh9 Ri8 Bj9 Rh10 Bi9 R1e7 B2e6 R3f7 B4d9 R5e9 B6e8</hex>
Move 40:
- L8
- (K6) J8 (K8) L7 (K7) G9 (H7) H8 (I6) J6 (J5) L4 (K5) M4 - red wins
- (K7) G9 (H7) H8 (I6) J6 (J5) L4 (K5) L5 (K6) M6 - red wins.

Niall: Here is a summary at move 42 , the game has clearly been won by blue.
<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 Bd4 Rf5 Bj2 Rb3 Bc5 Rj3 Bk2 Rk3 Bl2 Rg4 Bf8 Rg6 Bf6 Ri7 Bh9 Ri8 Bj9 Rh10 Bi9 Re7 Be6 Rf7 Bd9 Re9 Be8 R1l8 B2l7</hex>
The key moves are G8 and G9. However:
- G9 (H7) H8 (I6) - blue connects
- G8 (F9) G9 (F11) F10 (E11) E10 (C12) - blue connects
Red cannot threaten the blue connections to the right with C10 or similar, (C5) stones deal with everything.
B10 (C8) exchange doesn't block (C12).

Red can deal with (H3) and (G5) related complications. I3 is a key move for most of these variations.
Also
- (G3) H3 (I1) F2 and red connects.

The game then happens to continue like this, so that red can ask blue where he went wrong :)
<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 Bd4 Rf5 Bj2 Rb3 Bc5 Rj3 Bk2 Rk3 Bl2 Rg4 Bf8 Rg6 Bf6 Ri7 Bh9 Ri8 Bj9 Rh10 Bi9 Re7 Be6 Rf7 Bd9 Re9 Be8 Rl8 Bl7 R1k8 B2j8 R3g8 B4f9</hex>

Niall vs Daniel Sepczuk - Dec 2011

2011-12-30T19:11:06Z

Niall: Half way through numbering - saving progress

Daniel Sepczuk (blue) vs Niall Cardin (red)
Notes about some moves, I start making notes in response to move 25
All blue moves or pieces are in (), e.g. blues first move was at (F1). Nothing else is in ().

== Game information ==
* Size: 13x13
* Red: [[user:Niall | Niall]]
* Blue: [[Daniel Sepczuk]
* Result: 0-1 (Blue won)
* Comments: Niall
* Location: [[Little Golem]], game [http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/game/game.jsp?gid=1401976] in championship 28.1.1

Moves 1 to 8 (In fact red played A6 which was swapped to F1, so it's labeled as 9 on littlegolem)
<hex>R13 C13 Q1 B1f1 R2i5 B3i10 R4k10 B5k12 R6l11 B7l12 R8j10 </hex>

Moves 9 to 14
<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 B1h12 R2j12 B3j7 R4c4 B5d3 R6d10 </hex>

Moves 15 to 21
<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 B1d4 R2f5 B3j2 R4b3 B5c5 R6j3 B7k2</hex>

Move 26: Daniel thought that G8 was the way to go, though he says he didn't look for long. I didn't like it after G6 from blue.
- G6
- (E9) G8 (F10) G10 (G9) I8 (I6) H7 - might work for red?
- (E7) G8 (F10)
- (F6) E5?
- (H6) E8 (F6) E5 (E6) F7 (G5) H5 - assert that H5 is connected to the top with C3 and E5
- G8
- (G6)
- G7 (H7) I3 (H6) I6 (H7) I7 (H9) H8 (G8) G9 (G10) - looks good for blue
- E8 (E7) F7 (F6) - blue wins
- H7 (H3) E5 (H4) E8 (E7) - blue wins
- (H6)
- E8 (F6) H5
- (G7) H7 - looks like a win for red
- E8 (F6) G6 (F7) G8 (F10)
- I6 (H7) I7 (H9) H8 (G8) G9 (G10)
- E7 (G6) I3 (D9) - looks good for blue
- G7
- (F10)
- G8 (E12) F9 (E10) E9 (C12) - looks good for blue
- E8 (F6) F7 (H5) I3 (H6) I6 (H7) I7 (H9) H8 (G8) G9 (G10) - looks good for blue
- (G8) E8 (F6) F7 (H5) I3 (H6)
- (F7) G8 (G6) I3 (H6) I6 (
- (E9) G9 <(F10) G10 (F12) H11> (G8) I7 (H8) I8
- (E10) E8 (F6) F7 (H5) I3 (H6) I6 (H7) I7 - red connects
- H7
- (E10) H8
- (H9) - looks like blue wins
- (I9) G10 - red wins
- (H8) G8 (F9) G9 (F11) - seems like red can't get through
- I7 (H9) - good for blue
This is the position I (red) am considering when these notes start, move 25:
<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 Bd4 Rf5 Bj2 Rb3 Bc5 Rj3 Bk2 R1k3 B2l2 R3g4 B4f8</hex>

Move 28:
- I7
- (H9) I8 (I9) K8 (J8) G9 (H7) H8 (I6) K5 (J6) L6 - red wins
- (G9) H9 (G11) F9
- (G8) G10 (F11) F10 (C12) D12 - red wins
- (F10) G8 (C12) F11 - red wins
- (G5) I3 (H6) J6
- G8
- (G5) I3 (H6)
- G7 (H5) - same old ladder towards the bottom that I seem to lose after (C12)
- H5 (G7) - same old la... " "
- (F10) F9 (C12) C10 (B12) F7
- (E11) G10
- (G5) I3 (H6)
- F7
- (G5) I3
- (H6)
- H5 (E8) G8 (G7) - think blue wins, as I didn't get C10
- E7 (D9) - looks like blue wins
- (E8)
- G8 (F10) F9 (C12) C10 (B12)
- E7 (H7) - blue wins
- G8 (G5) H5 (H3) - blue wins. E5 (D4) exchange doesn't help

<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 Bd4 Rf5 Bj2 Rb3 Bc5 Rj3 Bk2 Rk3 Bl2 Rg4 Bf8 R1g6 B2f6 R3i7 B4h9 R5i8 B6j9 R7h10 B8i9</hex>
Move 34:
- E7
- (E6) F7 (G5) I3 (D9) E9 (E8) G8 - red wins
- (D9) E9 (E8) G8 - red wins
- G8 (F10) F9 (C12) C10 (B12) E9 (E11) - blue wins
<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 Bd4 Rf5 Bj2 Rb3 Bc5 Rj3 Bk2 Rk3 Bl2 Rg4 Bf8 Rg6 Bf6 Ri7 Bh9 Ri8 Bj9 Rh10 Bi9 R1e7 B2e6 R3f7 B4d9 R5e9 B6e8</hex>

Move 40:
- L8
- (K6) J8 (K8) L7 (K7) G9 (H7) H8 (I6) J6 (J5) L4 (K5) M4 - red wins
- (K7) G9 (H7) H8 (I6) J6 (J5) L4 (K5) L5 (K6) M6 - red wins.
<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 Bd4 Rf5 Bj2 Rb3 Bc5 Rj3 Bk2 Rk3 Bl2 Rg4 Bf8 Rg6 Bf6 Ri7 Bh9 Ri8 Bj9 Rh10 Bi9 Re7 Be6 Rf7 Bd9 Re9 Be8</hex>

Niall: Here is a summary at move 42 , the game has clearly been won by blue.
The key moves are G8 and G9. However:
- G9 (H7) H8 (I6) - blue connects
- G8 (F9) G9 (F11) F10 (E11) E10 (C12) - blue connects
Red cannot threaten the blue connections to the right with C10 or similar, (C5) stones deal with everything.
B10 (C8) exchange doesn't block (C12).

Red can deal with (H3) and (G5) related complications. I3 is a key move for most of these variations.
Also
- (G3) H3 (I1) F2 and red connects.
<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 Bd4 Rf5 Bj2 Rb3 Bc5 Rj3 Bk2 Rk3 Bl2 Rg4 Bf8 Rg6 Bf6 Ri7 Bh9 Ri8 Bj9 Rh10 Bi9 Re7 Be6 Rf7 Bd9 Re9 Be8 Rl8 Bl7 Rk8 Bj8 Rg8 Bf9</hex>

Niall vs Daniel Sepczuk - Dec 2011

2011-12-30T18:59:39Z

Niall: Added game information

Daniel Sepczuk (blue) vs Niall Cardin (red)
Notes about some moves, I start making notes in response to move 25
All blue moves or pieces are in (), e.g. blues first move was at (F1). Nothing else is in ().

== Game information ==
* Size: 13x13
* Red: [[user:Niall | Niall]]
* Blue: [[Daniel Sepczuk]
* Result: 0-1 (Blue won)
* Comments: Niall
* Location: [[Little Golem]], game [http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/game/game.jsp?gid=1401976] in championship 28.1.1

Moves 1 to 14 (In fact red played A6 which was swapped to F1, so it's labeled as 15 on littlegolem)
<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 </hex>

Move 26: Daniel thought that G8 was the way to go, though he says he didn't look for long. I didn't like it after G6 from blue.
- G6
- (E9) G8 (F10) G10 (G9) I8 (I6) H7 - might work for red?
- (E7) G8 (F10)
- (F6) E5?
- (H6) E8 (F6) E5 (E6) F7 (G5) H5 - assert that H5 is connected to the top with C3 and E5
- G8
- (G6)
- G7 (H7) I3 (H6) I6 (H7) I7 (H9) H8 (G8) G9 (G10) - looks good for blue
- E8 (E7) F7 (F6) - blue wins
- H7 (H3) E5 (H4) E8 (E7) - blue wins
- (H6)
- E8 (F6) H5
- (G7) H7 - looks like a win for red
- E8 (F6) G6 (F7) G8 (F10)
- I6 (H7) I7 (H9) H8 (G8) G9 (G10)
- E7 (G6) I3 (D9) - looks good for blue
- G7
- (F10)
- G8 (E12) F9 (E10) E9 (C12) - looks good for blue
- E8 (F6) F7 (H5) I3 (H6) I6 (H7) I7 (H9) H8 (G8) G9 (G10) - looks good for blue
- (G8) E8 (F6) F7 (H5) I3 (H6)
- (F7) G8 (G6) I3 (H6) I6 (
- (E9) G9 <(F10) G10 (F12) H11> (G8) I7 (H8) I8
- (E10) E8 (F6) F7 (H5) I3 (H6) I6 (H7) I7 - red connects
- H7
- (E10) H8
- (H9) - looks like blue wins
- (I9) G10 - red wins
- (H8) G8 (F9) G9 (F11) - seems like red can't get through
- I7 (H9) - good for blue
This is the position I (red) am considering when these notes start, move 25:
<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 Bd4 Rf5 Bj2 Rb3 Bc5 Rj3 Bk2 Rk3 Bl2 Rg4 Bf8</hex>

Move 28:
- I7
- (H9) I8 (I9) K8 (J8) G9 (H7) H8 (I6) K5 (J6) L6 - red wins
- (G9) H9 (G11) F9
- (G8) G10 (F11) F10 (C12) D12 - red wins
- (F10) G8 (C12) F11 - red wins
- (G5) I3 (H6) J6
- G8
- (G5) I3 (H6)
- G7 (H5) - same old ladder towards the bottom that I seem to lose after (C12)
- H5 (G7) - same old la... " "
- (F10) F9 (C12) C10 (B12) F7
- (E11) G10
- (G5) I3 (H6)
- F7
- (G5) I3
- (H6)
- H5 (E8) G8 (G7) - think blue wins, as I didn't get C10
- E7 (D9) - looks like blue wins
- (E8)
- G8 (F10) F9 (C12) C10 (B12)
- E7 (H7) - blue wins
- G8 (G5) H5 (H3) - blue wins. E5 (D4) exchange doesn't help

<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 Bd4 Rf5 Bj2 Rb3 Bc5 Rj3 Bk2 Rk3 Bl2 Rg4 Bf8 Rg6 Bf6 Ri7 Bh9 Ri8 Bj9 Rh10 Bi9</hex>
Move 34:
- E7
- (E6) F7 (G5) I3 (D9) E9 (E8) G8 - red wins
- (D9) E9 (E8) G8 - red wins
- G8 (F10) F9 (C12) C10 (B12) E9 (E11) - blue wins
<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 Bd4 Rf5 Bj2 Rb3 Bc5 Rj3 Bk2 Rk3 Bl2 Rg4 Bf8 Rg6 Bf6</hex>

Move 40:
- L8
- (K6) J8 (K8) L7 (K7) G9 (H7) H8 (I6) J6 (J5) L4 (K5) M4 - red wins
- (K7) G9 (H7) H8 (I6) J6 (J5) L4 (K5) L5 (K6) M6 - red wins.
<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 Bd4 Rf5 Bj2 Rb3 Bc5 Rj3 Bk2 Rk3 Bl2 Rg4 Bf8 Rg6 Bf6 Ri7 Bh9 Ri8 Bj9 Rh10 Bi9 Re7 Be6 Rf7 Bd9 Re9 Be8</hex>

Niall: Here is a summary at move 42 , the game has clearly been won by blue.
The key moves are G8 and G9. However:
- G9 (H7) H8 (I6) - blue connects
- G8 (F9) G9 (F11) F10 (E11) E10 (C12) - blue connects
Red cannot threaten the blue connections to the right with C10 or similar, (C5) stones deal with everything.
B10 (C8) exchange doesn't block (C12).

Red can deal with (H3) and (G5) related complications. I3 is a key move for most of these variations.
Also
- (G3) H3 (I1) F2 and red connects.
<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 Bd4 Rf5 Bj2 Rb3 Bc5 Rj3 Bk2 Rk3 Bl2 Rg4 Bf8 Rg6 Bf6 Ri7 Bh9 Ri8 Bj9 Rh10 Bi9 Re7 Be6 Rf7 Bd9 Re9 Be8 Rl8 Bl7 Rk8 Bj8 Rg8 Bf9</hex>

Niall vs Daniel Sepczuk - Dec 2011

2011-12-30T18:55:23Z

Niall: Put in diagrams showing the positions at the points that he notes refer to

Daniel Sepczuk (blue) vs Niall Cardin (red)
Notes about some moves, I start making notes in response to move 25
Little Golem, game #1401976:
URL: http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/game/game.jsp?gid=1401976
Sorry about note formatting - at present all blue moves or pieces are in (), e.g. blues first move was at (I10). Nothing else is in ().

Moves 1 to 14 (In fact red played A6 which was swapped to F1, so it's labeled as 15 on littlegolem)
<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 </hex>

Move 26: Daniel thought that G8 was the way to go, though he says he didn't look for long. I didn't like it after G6 from blue.
- G6
- (E9) G8 (F10) G10 (G9) I8 (I6) H7 - might work for red?
- (E7) G8 (F10)
- (F6) E5?
- (H6) E8 (F6) E5 (E6) F7 (G5) H5 - assert that H5 is connected to the top with C3 and E5
- G8
- (G6)
- G7 (H7) I3 (H6) I6 (H7) I7 (H9) H8 (G8) G9 (G10) - looks good for blue
- E8 (E7) F7 (F6) - blue wins
- H7 (H3) E5 (H4) E8 (E7) - blue wins
- (H6)
- E8 (F6) H5
- (G7) H7 - looks like a win for red
- E8 (F6) G6 (F7) G8 (F10)
- I6 (H7) I7 (H9) H8 (G8) G9 (G10)
- E7 (G6) I3 (D9) - looks good for blue
- G7
- (F10)
- G8 (E12) F9 (E10) E9 (C12) - looks good for blue
- E8 (F6) F7 (H5) I3 (H6) I6 (H7) I7 (H9) H8 (G8) G9 (G10) - looks good for blue
- (G8) E8 (F6) F7 (H5) I3 (H6)
- (F7) G8 (G6) I3 (H6) I6 (
- (E9) G9 <(F10) G10 (F12) H11> (G8) I7 (H8) I8
- (E10) E8 (F6) F7 (H5) I3 (H6) I6 (H7) I7 - red connects
- H7
- (E10) H8
- (H9) - looks like blue wins
- (I9) G10 - red wins
- (H8) G8 (F9) G9 (F11) - seems like red can't get through
- I7 (H9) - good for blue
This is the position I (red) am considering when these notes start, move 25:
<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 Bd4 Rf5 Bj2 Rb3 Bc5 Rj3 Bk2 Rk3 Bl2 Rg4 Bf8</hex>

Move 28:
- I7
- (H9) I8 (I9) K8 (J8) G9 (H7) H8 (I6) K5 (J6) L6 - red wins
- (G9) H9 (G11) F9
- (G8) G10 (F11) F10 (C12) D12 - red wins
- (F10) G8 (C12) F11 - red wins
- (G5) I3 (H6) J6
- G8
- (G5) I3 (H6)
- G7 (H5) - same old ladder towards the bottom that I seem to lose after (C12)
- H5 (G7) - same old la... " "
- (F10) F9 (C12) C10 (B12) F7
- (E11) G10
- (G5) I3 (H6)
- F7
- (G5) I3
- (H6)
- H5 (E8) G8 (G7) - think blue wins, as I didn't get C10
- E7 (D9) - looks like blue wins
- (E8)
- G8 (F10) F9 (C12) C10 (B12)
- E7 (H7) - blue wins
- G8 (G5) H5 (H3) - blue wins. E5 (D4) exchange doesn't help

<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 Bd4 Rf5 Bj2 Rb3 Bc5 Rj3 Bk2 Rk3 Bl2 Rg4 Bf8 Rg6 Bf6 Ri7 Bh9 Ri8 Bj9 Rh10 Bi9</hex>
Move 34:
- E7
- (E6) F7 (G5) I3 (D9) E9 (E8) G8 - red wins
- (D9) E9 (E8) G8 - red wins
- G8 (F10) F9 (C12) C10 (B12) E9 (E11) - blue wins
<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 Bd4 Rf5 Bj2 Rb3 Bc5 Rj3 Bk2 Rk3 Bl2 Rg4 Bf8 Rg6 Bf6</hex>

Move 40:
- L8
- (K6) J8 (K8) L7 (K7) G9 (H7) H8 (I6) J6 (J5) L4 (K5) M4 - red wins
- (K7) G9 (H7) H8 (I6) J6 (J5) L4 (K5) L5 (K6) M6 - red wins.
<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 Bd4 Rf5 Bj2 Rb3 Bc5 Rj3 Bk2 Rk3 Bl2 Rg4 Bf8 Rg6 Bf6 Ri7 Bh9 Ri8 Bj9 Rh10 Bi9 Re7 Be6 Rf7 Bd9 Re9 Be8</hex>

Niall: Here is a summary at move 42 , the game has clearly been won by blue.
The key moves are G8 and G9. However:
- G9 (H7) H8 (I6) - blue connects
- G8 (F9) G9 (F11) F10 (E11) E10 (C12) - blue connects
Red cannot threaten the blue connections to the right with C10 or similar, (C5) stones deal with everything.
B10 (C8) exchange doesn't block (C12).

Red can deal with (H3) and (G5) related complications. I3 is a key move for most of these variations.
Also
- (G3) H3 (I1) F2 and red connects.
<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 Bd4 Rf5 Bj2 Rb3 Bc5 Rj3 Bk2 Rk3 Bl2 Rg4 Bf8 Rg6 Bf6 Ri7 Bh9 Ri8 Bj9 Rh10 Bi9 Re7 Be6 Rf7 Bd9 Re9 Be8 Rl8 Bl7 Rk8 Bj8 Rg8 Bf9</hex>

Niall vs Daniel Sepczuk - Dec 2011

2011-12-30T18:48:16Z

Niall:

Daniel Sepczuk (blue) vs Niall Cardin (red)
Notes about some moves, I start making notes in response to move 25
Little Golem, game #1401976:
URL: http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/game/game.jsp?gid=1401976
Sorry about note formatting - at present all blue moves or pieces are in (), e.g. blues first move was at (I10). Nothing else is in ().

Moves 1 to 14 (In fact red played A6 which was swapped to F1, so it's labeled as 15 on littlegolem)
<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 </hex>

This is the position I (red) am considering when these notes start, move 25:
<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 Bd4 Rf5 Bj2 Rb3 Bc5 Rj3 Bk2 Rk3 Bl2 Rg4 Bf8</hex>
Move 26: Daniel thought that G8 was the way to go, though he says he didn't look for long. I didn't like it after G6 from blue.
- G6
- (E9) G8 (F10) G10 (G9) I8 (I6) H7 - might work for red?
- (E7) G8 (F10)
- (F6) E5?
- (H6) E8 (F6) E5 (E6) F7 (G5) H5 - assert that H5 is connected to the top with C3 and E5
- G8
- (G6)
- G7 (H7) I3 (H6) I6 (H7) I7 (H9) H8 (G8) G9 (G10) - looks good for blue
- E8 (E7) F7 (F6) - blue wins
- H7 (H3) E5 (H4) E8 (E7) - blue wins
- (H6)
- E8 (F6) H5
- (G7) H7 - looks like a win for red
- E8 (F6) G6 (F7) G8 (F10)
- I6 (H7) I7 (H9) H8 (G8) G9 (G10)
- E7 (G6) I3 (D9) - looks good for blue
- G7
- (F10)
- G8 (E12) F9 (E10) E9 (C12) - looks good for blue
- E8 (F6) F7 (H5) I3 (H6) I6 (H7) I7 (H9) H8 (G8) G9 (G10) - looks good for blue
- (G8) E8 (F6) F7 (H5) I3 (H6)
- (F7) G8 (G6) I3 (H6) I6 (
- (E9) G9 <(F10) G10 (F12) H11> (G8) I7 (H8) I8
- (E10) E8 (F6) F7 (H5) I3 (H6) I6 (H7) I7 - red connects
- H7
- (E10) H8
- (H9) - looks like blue wins
- (I9) G10 - red wins
- (H8) G8 (F9) G9 (F11) - seems like red can't get through
- I7 (H9) - good for blue

<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 Bd4 Rf5 Bj2 Rb3 Bc5 Rj3 Bk2 Rk3 Bl2 Rg4 Bf8 Rg6 Bf6</hex>
Move 28:
- I7
- (H9) I8 (I9) K8 (J8) G9 (H7) H8 (I6) K5 (J6) L6 - red wins
- (G9) H9 (G11) F9
- (G8) G10 (F11) F10 (C12) D12 - red wins
- (F10) G8 (C12) F11 - red wins
- (G5) I3 (H6) J6
- G8
- (G5) I3 (H6)
- G7 (H5) - same old ladder towards the bottom that I seem to lose after (C12)
- H5 (G7) - same old la... " "
- (F10) F9 (C12) C10 (B12) F7
- (E11) G10
- (G5) I3 (H6)
- F7
- (G5) I3
- (H6)
- H5 (E8) G8 (G7) - think blue wins, as I didn't get C10
- E7 (D9) - looks like blue wins
- (E8)
- G8 (F10) F9 (C12) C10 (B12)
- E7 (H7) - blue wins
- G8 (G5) H5 (H3) - blue wins. E5 (D4) exchange doesn't help

<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 Bd4 Rf5 Bj2 Rb3 Bc5 Rj3 Bk2 Rk3 Bl2 Rg4 Bf8 Rg6 Bf6</hex>
Move 40:
- L8
- (K6) J8 (K8) L7 (K7) G9 (H7) H8 (I6) J6 (J5) L4 (K5) M4 - red wins
- (K7) G9 (H7) H8 (I6) J6 (J5) L4 (K5) L5 (K6) M6 - red wins.

Move 35:
- E7
- (E6) F7 (G5) I3 (D9) E9 (E8) G8 - red wins
- (D9) E9 (E8) G8 - red wins
- G8 (F10) F9 (C12) C10 (B12) E9 (E11) - blue wins

Niall: Here is a summary at move 43 , the game has clearly been won by blue.
The key moves are G8 and G9. However:
- G9 (H7) H8 (I6) - blue connects
- G8 (F9) G9 (F11) F10 (E11) E10 (C12) - blue connects
Red cannot threaten the blue connections to the right with C10 or similar, (C5) stones deal with everything.
B10 (C8) exchange doesn't block (C12).

Red can deal with (H3) and (G5) related complications. I3 is a key move for most of these variations.
Also
- (G3) H3 (I1) F2 and red connects.

Niall vs Daniel Sepczuk - Dec 2011

2011-12-30T18:42:56Z

Niall:

Daniel Sepczuk (blue) vs Niall Cardin (red)
Notes about each move, in reverse order, from move 26.
Little Golem, game #1401976:
URL: http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/game/game.jsp?gid=1401976
Sorry about formatting - at present all blue moves or pieces are in (), e.g. blues first move was at (I10). Nothing else is in ().

Moves 1 to 14 (In fact red played A6 which was swapped to F1, so it's labeled as 15 on littlegolem)
<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 </hex>

This is the position I am considering when these notes start, move 27:
<hex>R13 C13 Q1 Bf1 Ri5 Bi10 Rk10 Bk12 Rl11 Bl12 Rj10 Bh12 Rj12 Bj7 Rc4 Bd3 Rd10 Bd4 Rf5 Bj2 Rb3 Bc5 Rj3 Bk2 Rk3 Bl2 Rg4 Bf8</hex>

Niall: Here is a summary at move 43 , the game has clearly been won by blue.
The key moves are G8 and G9. However:
- G9 (H7) H8 (I6) - blue connects
- G8 (F9) G9 (F11) F10 (E11) E10 (C12) - blue connects
Red cannot threaten the blue connections to the right with C10 or similar, (C5) stones deal with everything.
B10 (C8) exchange doesn't block (C12).

Red can deal with (H3) and (G5) related complications. I3 is a key move for most of these variations.
Also
- (G3) H3 (I1) F2 and red connects.

Move 41:
- L8
- (K6) J8 (K8) L7 (K7) G9 (H7) H8 (I6) J6 (J5) L4 (K5) M4 - red wins
- (K7) G9 (H7) H8 (I6) J6 (J5) L4 (K5) L5 (K6) M6 - red wins.

Move 35:
- E7
- (E6) F7 (G5) I3 (D9) E9 (E8) G8 - red wins
- (D9) E9 (E8) G8 - red wins
- G8 (F10) F9 (C12) C10 (B12) E9 (E11) - blue wins

Move 29:
- I7
- (H9) I8 (I9) K8 (J8) G9 (H7) H8 (I6) K5 (J6) L6 - red wins
- (G9) H9 (G11) F9
- (G8) G10 (F11) F10 (C12) D12 - red wins
- (F10) G8 (C12) F11 - red wins
- (G5) I3 (H6) J6
- G8
- (G5) I3 (H6)
- G7 (H5) - same old ladder towards the bottom that I seem to lose after (C12)
- H5 (G7) - same old la... " "
- (F10) F9 (C12) C10 (B12) F7
- (E11) G10
- (G5) I3 (H6)
- F7
- (G5) I3
- (H6)
- H5 (E8) G8 (G7) - think blue wins, as I didn't get C10
- E7 (D9) - looks like blue wins
- (E8)
- G8 (F10) F9 (C12) C10 (B12)
- E7 (H7) - blue wins
- G8 (G5) H5 (H3) - blue wins. E5 (D4) exchange doesn't help

Move 27: Daniel thought that G8 was the way to go, though he says he didn't look for long. I didn't like it after G6 from blue.
- G6
- (E9) G8 (F10) G10 (G9) I8 (I6) H7 - might work for red?
- (E7) G8 (F10)
- (F6) E5?
- (H6) E8 (F6) E5 (E6) F7 (G5) H5 - assert that H5 is connected to the top with C3 and E5
- G8
- (G6)
- G7 (H7) I3 (H6) I6 (H7) I7 (H9) H8 (G8) G9 (G10) - looks good for blue
- E8 (E7) F7 (F6) - blue wins
- H7 (H3) E5 (H4) E8 (E7) - blue wins
- (H6)
- E8 (F6) H5
- (G7) H7 - looks like a win for red
- E8 (F6) G6 (F7) G8 (F10)
- I6 (H7) I7 (H9) H8 (G8) G9 (G10)
- E7 (G6) I3 (D9) - looks good for blue
- G7
- (F10)
- G8 (E12) F9 (E10) E9 (C12) - looks good for blue
- E8 (F6) F7 (H5) I3 (H6) I6 (H7) I7 (H9) H8 (G8) G9 (G10) - looks good for blue
- (G8) E8 (F6) F7 (H5) I3 (H6)
- (F7) G8 (G6) I3 (H6) I6 (
- (E9) G9 <(F10) G10 (F12) H11> (G8) I7 (H8) I8
- (E10) E8 (F6) F7 (H5) I3 (H6) I6 (H7) I7 - red connects
- H7
- (E10) H8
- (H9) - looks like blue wins
- (I9) G10 - red wins
- (H8) G8 (F9) G9 (F11) - seems like red can't get through
- I7 (H9) - good for blue

Niall vs Daniel Sepczuk - Dec 2011

2011-12-22T19:40:00Z

Niall:

Daniel Sepczuk (blue) vs Niall Cardin (red)
Notes about each move, in reverse order, from move 26.
Little Golem, game #1401976:
URL: http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/game/game.jsp?gid=1401976
Sorry about formatted - at present all blue moves or pieces are in (), e.g. blues first move was at (I10). Nothing else is in ().

Niall: Here is a summary at move 43 , the game has clearly been won by blue.
The key moves are G8 and G9. However:
- G9 (H7) H8 (I6) - blue connects
- G8 (F9) G9 (F11) F10 (E11) E10 (C12) - blue connects
Red cannot threaten the blue connections to the right with C10 or similar, (C5) stones deal with everything.
B10 (C8) exchange doesn't block (C12).

Red can deal with (H3) and (G5) related complications. I3 is a key move for most of these variations.
Also
- (G3) H3 (I1) F2 and red connects.

Move 41:
- L8
- (K6) J8 (K8) L7 (K7) G9 (H7) H8 (I6) J6 (J5) L4 (K5) M4 - red wins
- (K7) G9 (H7) H8 (I6) J6 (J5) L4 (K5) L5 (K6) M6 - red wins.

Move 35:
- E7
- (E6) F7 (G5) I3 (D9) E9 (E8) G8 - red wins
- (D9) E9 (E8) G8 - red wins
- G8 (F10) F9 (C12) C10 (B12) E9 (E11) - blue wins

Move 29:
- I7
- (H9) I8 (I9) K8 (J8) G9 (H7) H8 (I6) K5 (J6) L6 - red wins
- (G9) H9 (G11) F9
- (G8) G10 (F11) F10 (C12) D12 - red wins
- (F10) G8 (C12) F11 - red wins
- (G5) I3 (H6) J6
- G8
- (G5) I3 (H6)
- G7 (H5) - same old ladder towards the bottom that I seem to lose after (C12)
- H5 (G7) - same old la... " "
- (F10) F9 (C12) C10 (B12) F7
- (E11) G10
- (G5) I3 (H6)
- F7
- (G5) I3
- (H6)
- H5 (E8) G8 (G7) - think blue wins, as I didn't get C10
- E7 (D9) - looks like blue wins
- (E8)
- G8 (F10) F9 (C12) C10 (B12)
- E7 (H7) - blue wins
- G8 (G5) H5 (H3) - blue wins. E5 (D4) exchange doesn't help

Move 27: Daniel thought that G8 was the way to go, though he says he didn't look for long. I didn't like it after G6 from blue.
- G6
- (E9) G8 (F10) G10 (G9) I8 (I6) H7 - might work for red?
- (E7) G8 (F10)
- (F6) E5?
- (H6) E8 (F6) E5 (E6) F7 (G5) H5 - assert that H5 is connected to the top with C3 and E5
- G8
- (G6)
- G7 (H7) I3 (H6) I6 (H7) I7 (H9) H8 (G8) G9 (G10) - looks good for blue
- E8 (E7) F7 (F6) - blue wins
- H7 (H3) E5 (H4) E8 (E7) - blue wins
- (H6)
- E8 (F6) H5
- (G7) H7 - looks like a win for red
- E8 (F6) G6 (F7) G8 (F10)
- I6 (H7) I7 (H9) H8 (G8) G9 (G10)
- E7 (G6) I3 (D9) - looks good for blue
- G7
- (F10)
- G8 (E12) F9 (E10) E9 (C12) - looks good for blue
- E8 (F6) F7 (H5) I3 (H6) I6 (H7) I7 (H9) H8 (G8) G9 (G10) - looks good for blue
- (G8) E8 (F6) F7 (H5) I3 (H6)
- (F7) G8 (G6) I3 (H6) I6 (
- (E9) G9 <(F10) G10 (F12) H11> (G8) I7 (H8) I8
- (E10) E8 (F6) F7 (H5) I3 (H6) I6 (H7) I7 - red connects
- H7
- (E10) H8
- (H9) - looks like blue wins
- (I9) G10 - red wins
- (H8) G8 (F9) G9 (F11) - seems like red can't get through
- I7 (H9) - good for blue

Niall vs Daniel Sepczuk - Dec 2011

2011-12-21T22:44:40Z

Niall:

Daniel Sepczuk (blue) vs Niall Cardin (red)
Notes about each move, in reverse order, from move 26.
Little Golem, game #1401976:
URL: http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/game/game.jsp?gid=1401976
Sorry about formatted - at present all blue moves or pieces are in (), e.g. blues first move was at (I10). Nothing else is in ().

Niall: Here is a summary at move 43 , the game has clearly been won by blue.
The key moves are G8 and G9. However:
- G9 (H7) H8 (I6) - blue connects
- G8 (F9) G9 (F11) F10 (E11) E10 (C12) - blue connects
Red cannot threaten the blue connections to the right with C10 or similar, (C5) stones deal with everything.
B10 (C8) exchange doesn't block (C12).

Red can deal with (H3) and (G5) related complications. I3 is a key move for most of these variations.
Also
- (G3) H3 (I1) F2 and red connects.

Move 41:
- L8
- (K6) J8 (K8) L7 (K7) G9 (H7) H8 (I6) J6 (J5) L4 (K5) M4 - red wins
- (K7) G9 (H7) H8 (I6) J6 (J5) L4 (K5) L5 (K6) M6 - red wins.

Move 35:
- E7
- (E6) F7 (G5) I3 (D9) E9 (E8) G8 - red wins
- (D9) E9 (E8) G8 - red wins
- G8 (F10) F9 (C12) C10 (B12) E9 (E11) - blue wins

Move 29:
- I7
- (H9) I8 (I9) K8 (J8) G9 (H7) H8 (I6) K5 (J6) L6 - red wins
- (G9) H9 (G11) F9
- (G8) G10 (F11) F10 (C12) D12 - red wins
- (F10) G8 (C12) F11 - red wins
- (G5) I3 (H6) J6
- G8
- (G5) I3 (H6)
- G7 (H5) - same old ladder towards the bottom that I seem to lose after (C12)
- H5 (G7) - same old la... " "
- (F10) F9 (C12) C10 (B12) F7
- (E11) G10
- (G5) I3 (H6)
- F7
- (G5) I3
- (H6)
- H5 (E8) G8 (G7) - think blue wins, as I didn't get C10
- E7 (D9) - looks like blue wins
- (E8)
- G8 (F10) F9 (C12) C10 (B12)
- E7 (H7) - blue wins
- G8 (G5) H5 (H3) - blue wins. E5 (D4) exchange doesn't help

Move 27:
- G6
- (E9) G8 (F10) G10 (G9) I8 (I6) H7 - might work for red?
- (E7) G8 (F10)
- (F6) E5?
- (H6) E8 (F6) E5 (E6) F7 (G5) H5 - assert that H5 is connected to the top with C3 and E5
- G8
- (G6)
- G7 (H7) I3 (H6) I6 (H7) I7 (H9) H8 (G8) G9 (G10) - looks good for blue
- E8 (E7) F7 (F6) - blue wins
- H7 (H3) E5 (H4) E8 (E7) - blue wins
- (H6)
- E8 (F6) H5
- (G7) H7 - looks like a win for red
- E8 (F6) G6 (F7) G8 (F10)
- I6 (H7) I7 (H9) H8 (G8) G9 (G10)
- E7 (G6) I3 (D9) - looks good for blue
- G7
- (F10)
- G8 (E12) F9 (E10) E9 (C12) - looks good for blue
- E8 (F6) F7 (H5) I3 (H6) I6 (H7) I7 (H9) H8 (G8) G9 (G10) - looks good for blue
- (G8) E8 (F6) F7 (H5) I3 (H6)
- (F7) G8 (G6) I3 (H6) I6 (
- (E9) G9 <(F10) G10 (F12) H11> (G8) I7 (H8) I8
- (E10) E8 (F6) F7 (H5) I3 (H6) I6 (H7) I7 - red connects
- H7
- (E10) H8
- (H9) - looks like blue wins
- (I9) G10 - red wins
- (H8) G8 (F9) G9 (F11) - seems like red can't get through
- I7 (H9) - good for blue

Niall vs Daniel Sepczuk - Dec 2011

2011-12-21T22:43:06Z

Niall:

Daniel Sepczuk (blue) vs Niall Cardin (red)
Notes about each move, in reverse order, from move 26.
Little Golem, game #1401976:
URL: http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/game/game.jsp?gid=1401976
Sorry about formatted - at present all blue moves or pieces are in (), e.g. blues first move was at (I10). Nothing else is in ().

Niall: Here is a summary at move 43, the game has clearly been won by blue.
The key moves are G8 and G9. However:
- G9 (H7) H8 (I6) - blue connects
- G8 (F9) G9 (F11) F10 (E11) E10 (C12) - blue connects
Red cannot threaten the blue connections to the right with C10 or similar, (C5) stones deal with everything.
B10 (C8) exchange doesn't block (C12).

Red can deal with (H3) and (G5) related complications. I3 is a key move for most of these variations.
Also
- (G3) H3 (I1) F2 and red connects.

Move 41:
- L8
- (K6) J8 (K8) L7 (K7) G9 (H7) H8 (I6) J6 (J5) L4 (K5) M4 - red wins
- (K7) G9 (H7) H8 (I6) J6 (J5) L4 (K5) L5 (K6) M6 - red wins.

Move 35:
- E7
- (E6) F7 (G5) I3 (D9) E9 (E8) G8 - red wins
- (D9) E9 (E8) G8 - red wins
- G8 (F10) F9 (C12) C10 (B12) E9 (E11) - blue wins

Move 29:
- I7
- (H9) I8 (I9) K8 (J8) G9 (H7) H8 (I6) K5 (J6) L6 - red wins
- (G9) H9 (G11) F9
- (G8) G10 (F11) F10 (C12) D12 - red wins
- (F10) G8 (C12) F11 - red wins
- (G5) I3 (H6) J6
- G8
- (G5) I3 (H6)
- G7 (H5) - same old ladder towards the bottom that I seem to lose after (C12)
- H5 (G7) - same old la... " "
- (F10) F9 (C12) C10 (B12) F7
- (E11) G10
- (G5) I3 (H6)
- F7
- (G5) I3
- (H6)
- H5 (E8) G8 (G7) - think blue wins, as I didn't get C10
- E7 (D9) - looks like blue wins
- (E8)
- G8 (F10) F9 (C12) C10 (B12)
- E7 (H7) - blue wins
- G8 (G5) H5 (H3) - blue wins. E5 (D4) exchange doesn't help

Move 27:
- G6
- (E9) G8 (F10) G10 (G9) I8 (I6) H7 - might work for red?
- (E7) G8 (F10)
- (F6) E5?
- (H6) E8 (F6) E5 (E6) F7 (G5) H5 - assert that H5 is connected to the top with C3 and E5
- G8
- (G6)
- G7 (H7) I3 (H6) I6 (H7) I7 (H9) H8 (G8) G9 (G10) - looks good for blue
- E8 (E7) F7 (F6) - blue wins
- H7 (H3) E5 (H4) E8 (E7) - blue wins
- (H6)
- E8 (F6) H5
- (G7) H7 - looks like a win for red
- E8 (F6) G6 (F7) G8 (F10)
- I6 (H7) I7 (H9) H8 (G8) G9 (G10)
- E7 (G6) I3 (D9) - looks good for blue
- G7
- (F10)
- G8 (E12) F9 (E10) E9 (C12) - looks good for blue
- E8 (F6) F7 (H5) I3 (H6) I6 (H7) I7 (H9) H8 (G8) G9 (G10) - looks good for blue
- (G8) E8 (F6) F7 (H5) I3 (H6)
- (F7) G8 (G6) I3 (H6) I6 (
- (E9) G9 <(F10) G10 (F12) H11> (G8) I7 (H8) I8
- (E10) E8 (F6) F7 (H5) I3 (H6) I6 (H7) I7 - red connects
- H7
- (E10) H8
- (H9) - looks like blue wins
- (I9) G10 - red wins
- (H8) G8 (F9) G9 (F11) - seems like red can't get through
- I7 (H9) - good for blue

Niall vs Daniel Sepczuk - Dec 2011

2011-12-21T22:42:29Z

Niall:

Daniel Sepczuk (blue) vs Niall Cardin (red)
Notes about each move, in reverse order, from move 26.
Little Golem, game #1401976:
URL: http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/game/game.jsp?gid=1401976
Sorry about formatted - at present all blue moves or pieces are in (), e.g. blues first move was at (I10). Nothing else is in ().

Niall: Here is a summary at move 43, the game has clearly been won by blue.
The key moves are G8 and G9. However:
- G9 (H7) H8 (I6) - blue connects
- G8 (F9) G9 (F11) F10 (E11) E10 (C12) - blue connects
Red cannot threaten the blue connections to the right with C10 or similar, (C5) stones deal with everything.
- B10 (C8) exchange doesn't block (C12).

Red can deal with (H3) and (G5) related complications. I3 is a key move for most of these variations.
Also
- (G3) H3 (I1) F2 and red connects.

Move 41:
- L8
- (K6) J8 (K8) L7 (K7) G9 (H7) H8 (I6) J6 (J5) L4 (K5) M4 - red wins
- (K7) G9 (H7) H8 (I6) J6 (J5) L4 (K5) L5 (K6) M6 - red wins.

Move 35:
- E7
- (E6) F7 (G5) I3 (D9) E9 (E8) G8 - red wins
- (D9) E9 (E8) G8 - red wins
- G8 (F10) F9 (C12) C10 (B12) E9 (E11) - blue wins

Move 29:
- I7
- (H9) I8 (I9) K8 (J8) G9 (H7) H8 (I6) K5 (J6) L6 - red wins
- (G9) H9 (G11) F9
- (G8) G10 (F11) F10 (C12) D12 - red wins
- (F10) G8 (C12) F11 - red wins
- (G5) I3 (H6) J6
- G8
- (G5) I3 (H6)
- G7 (H5) - same old ladder towards the bottom that I seem to lose after (C12)
- H5 (G7) - same old la... " "
- (F10) F9 (C12) C10 (B12) F7
- (E11) G10
- (G5) I3 (H6)
- F7
- (G5) I3
- (H6)
- H5 (E8) G8 (G7) - think blue wins, as I didn't get C10
- E7 (D9) - looks like blue wins
- (E8)
- G8 (F10) F9 (C12) C10 (B12)
- E7 (H7) - blue wins
- G8 (G5) H5 (H3) - blue wins. E5 (D4) exchange doesn't help

Move 27:
- G6
- (E9) G8 (F10) G10 (G9) I8 (I6) H7 - might work for red?
- (E7) G8 (F10)
- (F6) E5?
- (H6) E8 (F6) E5 (E6) F7 (G5) H5 - assert that H5 is connected to the top with C3 and E5
- G8
- (G6)
- G7 (H7) I3 (H6) I6 (H7) I7 (H9) H8 (G8) G9 (G10) - looks good for blue
- E8 (E7) F7 (F6) - blue wins
- H7 (H3) E5 (H4) E8 (E7) - blue wins
- (H6)
- E8 (F6) H5
- (G7) H7 - looks like a win for red
- E8 (F6) G6 (F7) G8 (F10)
- I6 (H7) I7 (H9) H8 (G8) G9 (G10)
- E7 (G6) I3 (D9) - looks good for blue
- G7
- (F10)
- G8 (E12) F9 (E10) E9 (C12) - looks good for blue
- E8 (F6) F7 (H5) I3 (H6) I6 (H7) I7 (H9) H8 (G8) G9 (G10) - looks good for blue
- (G8) E8 (F6) F7 (H5) I3 (H6)
- (F7) G8 (G6) I3 (H6) I6 (
- (E9) G9 <(F10) G10 (F12) H11> (G8) I7 (H8) I8
- (E10) E8 (F6) F7 (H5) I3 (H6) I6 (H7) I7 - red connects
- H7
- (E10) H8
- (H9) - looks like blue wins
- (I9) G10 - red wins
- (H8) G8 (F9) G9 (F11) - seems like red can't get through
- I7 (H9) - good for blue

Niall vs Daniel Sepczuk - Dec 2011

2011-12-21T22:41:12Z

Niall:

Daniel Sepczuk (blue) vs Niall Cardin (red)
Notes about each move, in reverse order, from move 26.
Little Golem, game #1401976:
URL: http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/game/game.jsp?gid=1401976
Sorry about formatted - at present all blue moves or pieces are in (), e.g. blues first move was at (I10). Nothing else is in ().

Niall: Here is a summary at move 43, the game has clearly been won by blue.
The key moves are G8 and G9. However:
- G9 (H7) H8 (I6) - blue connects
- G8 (F9) G9 (F11) F10 (E11) E10 (C12) - blue connects
Red cannot threaten the blue connections to the right with C10 or similar, (C5) stones deal with everything.
- B10 (C8) exchange doesn't block (C12).

Red can deal with (H3) and (G5) related complications. I3 is a key move for most of these variations.
Also
- (G3) H3 (I1) F2 and red connects.

Move 41:
- L8
- (K6) J8 (K8) L7 (K7) G9 (H7) H8 (I6) J6 (J5) L4 (K5) M4 - red wins
- (K7) G9 (H7) H8 (I6) J6 (J5) L4 (K5) L5 (K6) M6 - red wins.

Move 35:
- E7
- (E6) F7 (G5) I3 (D9) E9 (E8) G8 - red wins
- (D9) E9 (E8) G8 - red wins
- G8 (F10) F9 (C12) C10 (B12) E9 (E11) - blue wins

Move 29:
- I7
- (H9) I8 (I9) K8 (J8) G9 (H7) H8 (I6) K5 (J6) L6 - red wins
- (G9) H9 (G11) F9
- (G8) G10 (F11) F10 (C12) D12 - red wins
- (F10) G8 (C12) F11 - red wins
- (G5) I3 (H6) J6

- G8
- (G5) I3 (H6)
- G7 (H5) - same old ladder towards the bottom that I seem to lose after (C12)
- H5 (G7) - same old la... " "
- (F10) F9 (C12) C10 (B12) F7
- (E11) G10
- (G5) I3 (H6)

- F7
- (G5) I3
- (H6)
- H5 (E8) G8 (G7) - think blue wins, as I didn't get C10
- E7 (D9) - looks like blue wins
- (E8)
- G8 (F10) F9 (C12) C10 (B12)
- E7 (H7) - blue wins
- G8 (G5) H5 (H3) - blue wins. E5 (D4) exchange doesn't help

Move 27:
- G6
- (E9) G8 (F10) G10 (G9) I8 (I6) H7 - might work for red?
- (E7) G8 (F10)
- (F6) E5?
- (H6) E8 (F6) E5 (E6) F7 (G5) H5 - assert that H5 is connected to the top with C3 and E5

- G8
- (G6)
- G7 (H7) I3 (H6) I6 (H7) I7 (H9) H8 (G8) G9 (G10) - looks good for blue
- E8 (E7) F7 (F6) - blue wins
- H7 (H3) E5 (H4) E8 (E7) - blue wins
- (H6)
- E8 (F6) H5
- (G7) H7 - looks like a win for red

- E8 (F6) G6 (F7) G8 (F10)
- I6 (H7) I7 (H9) H8 (G8) G9 (G10)
- E7 (G6) I3 (D9) - looks good for blue
- G7
- (F10)
- G8 (E12) F9 (E10) E9 (C12) - looks good for blue
- E8 (F6) F7 (H5) I3 (H6) I6 (H7) I7 (H9) H8 (G8) G9 (G10) - looks good for blue
- (G8) E8 (F6) F7 (H5) I3 (H6)
- (F7) G8 (G6) I3 (H6) I6 (
- (E9) G9 <(F10) G10 (F12) H11> (G8) I7 (H8) I8
- (E10) E8 (F6) F7 (H5) I3 (H6) I6 (H7) I7 - red connects
- H7
- (E10) H8
- (H9) - looks like blue wins
- (I9) G10 - red wins
- (H8) G8 (F9) G9 (F11) - seems like red can't get through
- I7 (H9) - good for blue

Niall vs Daniel Sepczuk - Dec 2011

2011-12-21T22:32:25Z

Niall: Some (as yet unformatted) notes on a game between Niall Cardin and Daniel Sepczuk.

Daniel Sepczuk (blue) vs Niall Cardin (red)
Notes about each move, in reverse order, from move 26.
Little Golem, game #1401976:
URL: http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/game/game.jsp?gid=1401976

Niall: Here is a summary at move 43, the game has clearly been won by blue.
The key moves are G8 and G9. However:
G9 (H7) H8 (I6) - blue connects
G8 (F9) G9 (F11) F10 (E11) E10 (C12) - blue connects
Red cannot threaten the blue connections to the right with C10 or similar, (C5) stones deal with everything.
B10 (C8) exchange doesn't block (C12).

Red can deal with (H3) and (G5) related complications. I3 is a key move for most of these variations.
Also (G3) H3 (I1) F2 and red connects.

Move 41:
L8
- (K6) J8 (K8) L7 (K7) G9 (H7) H8 (I6) J6 (J5) L4 (K5) M4 - red wins
- (K7) G9 (H7) H8 (I6) J6 (J5) L4 (K5) L5 (K6) M6 - red wins.

Move 35:
E7
- (E6) F7 (G5) I3 (D9) E9 (E8) G8 - red wins
- (D9) E9 (E8) G8 - red wins
G8 (F10) F9 (C12) C10 (B12) E9 (E11) - blue wins

Move 29:
I7
- (H9) I8 (I9) K8 (J8) G9 (H7) H8 (I6) K5 (J6) L6 - red wins
- (G9) H9 (G11) F9
- (G8) G10 (F11) F10 (C12) D12 - red wins
- (F10) G8 (C12) F11 - red wins
- (G5) I3 (H6) J6

G8
- (G5) I3 (H6)
- G7 (H5) - same old ladder towards the bottom that I seem to lose after (C12)
- H5 (G7) - same old la... " "
- (F10) F9 (C12) C10 (B12) F7
- (E11) G10
- (G5) I3 (H6)

F7
- (G5) I3
- (H6)
- H5 (E8) G8 (G7) - think blue wins, as I didn't get C10
- E7 (D9) - looks like blue wins
- (E8)
- G8 (F10) F9 (C12) C10 (B12)
- E7 (H7) - blue wins
G8 (G5) H5 (H3) - blue wins. E5 (D4) exchange doesn't help

Move 27:
G6
- (E9) G8 (F10) G10 (G9) I8 (I6) H7 - might work for red?
- (E7) G8 (F10)
- (F6) E5?
- (H6) E8 (F6) E5 (E6) F7 (G5) H5 - assert that H5 is connected to the top with C3 and E5

G8
- (G6)
- G7 (H7) I3 (H6) I6 (H7) I7 (H9) H8 (G8) G9 (G10) - looks good for blue
- E8 (E7) F7 (F6) - blue wins
- H7 (H3) E5 (H4) E8 (E7) - blue wins
- (H6)
- E8 (F6) H5
- (G7) H7 - looks like a win for red

E8 (F6) G6 (F7) G8 (F10)

- I6 (H7) I7 (H9) H8 (G8) G9 (G10)
- E7 (G6) I3 (D9) - looks good for blue
G7
- (F10)
- G8 (E12) F9 (E10) E9 (C12) - looks good for blue
- E8 (F6) F7 (H5) I3 (H6) I6 (H7) I7 (H9) H8 (G8) G9 (G10) - looks good for blue
- (G8) E8 (F6) F7 (H5) I3 (H6)
- (F7) G8 (G6) I3 (H6) I6 (
- (E9) G9 <(F10) G10 (F12) H11> (G8) I7 (H8) I8
- (E10) E8 (F6) F7 (H5) I3 (H6) I6 (H7) I7 - red connects
H7
- (E10) H8
- (H9) - looks like blue wins
- (I9) G10 - red wins
- (H8) G8 (F9) G9 (F11) - seems like red can't get through
I7 (H9) - good for blue

James A. Cook vs. Niall, December 2010

2010-12-21T00:58:22Z

Niall:

== Game information ==
* Size: 13x13
* Red: James A. Cook
* Blue: [[user:Niall | Niall]]
* Result:
* Comments: Niall, [[user:Halladba | Halladba]]
* Location: [[Little Golem]], game [http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/game/game.jsp?gid=1252463 1252463] in July 2010 [[monthly cup]] group 2.1

== Comments ==

James Cook (http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/game/game.jsp?gid=1252463):
Move 38:
J2 (H4) F2 (H2) I1 (G2) G1 (B3) D3 (C3) D4 (C5) D5 (B7) D7 (C9) A13 (E11) F12
- (G11 - necessary push) G12 (H12 - Sets up K10, and threatens (H11)) H11 (I9)
- (H11) I12 (G12) G11 (G10) H10 - red is forked and blue wins
- (I11) G11 - connects to main group and blue wins

A13
- (E11) F12
- (G11) G12 (H12) - now I think red wins?
- (I11) starting at J2 blue can force a connection to the RHS to get to E8 in sente, then play G11
- (I11 - red mistake) - now blue comes along the top and joins to the left through E11 later

E11
- (C9) I12 (I9)
- G12 (F12) G10 (H12) I11 (H10) - red wins
- For other variants see the notes for move 36, I12 section.
- (I9) J2 (H4) F2 (H2) I1 (G2) G1 (B3) D3 (C3) D4 (C5) D5 (B7) D7 (C9) A13 - blue wins

B12
- (C9 - blue still has D7 and A13)
- D7 (B3) C6 (J3/F2) I12 [good for blue as now (F12) can be answered at G12]
- A13 (F2/J3) - looks like a red win :(
- (I11) J2 (H4) F2 (H2) I1 (G2) G1 (D2) D3 (C3) D4 (C5) D5 (B7) D7 (D8) E7 (D9) A13 - blue wins
- (A13 - now (F12*) is reduced in power as E8 is directly connected) I12 (I9) G11 (F12*) G12 - blue wins

D7
- (B3) C6 (I11) J2 (H4) F2 (H2) I1 (G2) G1 (C3) - red wins
- (B3) B2 (C3)
- C6 [doesn't threaten the top after C3?] (I11) J2 (H4)
- F2 (H2) I1 (G2) G1 (D2) - red wins
- G2 (F3) F2 (D2) - red wins
- (I9 - or other move in the RHS) J2 (H4) F2 (D2) D3 (C3) D4 (C5) D5 (B7) D9 [!] (B10) B12 - blue wins?
- (C9 - can red do this? kills F12 threat?) - blue wins?

J2 (H4) F2 [revisiting this as F10 helps with (D8) response later] (B3) B2
- (C3) E1 - blue wins
- (D2) D3 (C3) D4 (C5) D5 (B7) D7 <(D8) E7> (D9) - red wins

C9 (D8) D9 (D2) D3 (C3) D4 (C5) D5 (B7) - red wins, he connects around at the top via (D8) to (E6) which [by forcing earlier at (H2) I1 (G2) G1] is connected to (H4) and hence the bottom.
- (I11) J2 (H4) F2

I11
- (K11) K10 (M9) L12 (L10) J13 (J12) I13 (I12) H13 (H12) G13 (F12) G12 (G11) - red wins!
- (I9)
- H12 (F11) E11 - red must occupy one of F12/G12/F13, but none of these work, so blue wins?
- F12 (G12) - red wins

I12 (I9) [red wins, because:]
- G11 (F12*) F11
- (H11 - connected to (I9) via (H10) or (I11), connected to the bottom via (F12)) - red wins
- (I11 - mistake) H12 - now blue wins
- H11 (H12) - red wins
- G10 (H11) - (H11) can get to the bottom with (F12/G12/H13) and to main group with (I11/H10), so red wins
- H12 (F11 - looking at D8) E11 (H11) I11 (G12) H10 (G10) - red wins
- H10 (F12*) - red wins [as below]
- F12 (G12)
- G12 (H12) I11 (G11) - red wins
- F13 (H12)
- G13 (F12*)

C6 (F2)
F2 (B3) D3 (C3) C6 (C5) - blue has achieved nothing

Move 34:
Why not just H4 now, because red played (L5)! Not (I7) So J4 no longer connects.
I7 (M6)
- I12
- (F11) E11 (H11) I11 (I9) H10 (G10) F12 (G11) H13 - blue wins!
- (F12) H11 (I9) G10 - blue wins
- (G11) I9 (I11) H12 (H11) G13 - blue wins
- H11 (I11 - forced) G10 - blue wins
- G10 (I11) - red wins!
- I11 (I9) G11 (F12*) - blue is forked (need F11 and one of: G12/H12 etc. - red wins.

I12
- (I7) G11 (H11)
- G13 (F12) G12 (F11) G10 (D8) B12 (D9) C13 (E11) - red wins!
- H10 (F12) F11 (I11) - red wins
- (F11)? (H10/H11)? G12?
- (F12) H11 - blue wins? eg. (I7) G10 or (G11) I7 (M6) I9
- (G11) I7 (M6) I9 - good for blue

Move 32: Seems like red (L8) is very powerful, blue may have to use the red top left weaknesses somehow as red seems to have bashed either (E6) or (G4) [blues choice] through to the bottom. So blue needs to attack both of those and hope that red can't defend both forever, then attack the bottom appropriately.
Argument that red has won:
If red gets (L5) then (I5) is connected to the top (J3 or H4), and to the bottom (M6 (I11 or K10) or I7 (G11 or F10). That involved the left only through (H4). So C9/B12 can't work as an attack.

F10 (I7) H4 (J3) J4 (I4) J5 (I6) K1 (L2) K2 (L3) K5 - blue wins
F10 (L5)
- I12
- (F12) H11 - blue wins? eg. (I7) G10 or (G11) I7 (M6) I9
- (G11) I7 (M6) I9 - good for blue
- G11 [G11 is basically not a good move] (F12*)
- M6 (I7) I9 [connects to E8] (D8) B12 (D9) C13 (F11) G10 (E11) - red connects (E6) to the bottom!
- G12 (F11) E11 (G10) M6 (I7) - red wins?
F10 (L5 - blocking I7 and H4) I9 (M6) I11 (K11) K10 [presumably red now has a double threat at the bottom - if he can get the middle stones to the bottom then he has (I7) or (D8)] (G11) I7 [forced] (M9) and red wins [bottom -> (G11) -> (L8) -> (I5) -> (top or (G4)].
F10 <(F11) E11> (L5 [supersedes I7, as now H4 is useless for blue]) <M6 (I7)> G11 (I9) I11 (K11) K10 (F12*) G12 (F11) G10 (E11) C9 - blue wins?

Notes on H4 related sequences:
J5 (J4) I6 (L4) K2 (K4) F10 (I7) H4 (I3) - red connects to the top [modulo (G4) stuff anyway]!
J5 (I6) F10 (I7 - how H4 not blocked?)

I12
- (F10)
- G11 (H11) H10 (F12 - now (I11) connects to the lower edge, so E12 and G11 are useless) F11 (L5)
- C9 (L5) I7 (M6) I9 {(I11) H12 (H11)} F13 (G12) G13 (F12) E13 - red wins even if he passes now...
- (L5) F10 (G11) I6 (M6) I9 - good for blue!?
G2 (E5)
F2 (H2) D3 (G2 - connects to (E4)&(E6), hence connecting (E4) to the top, kinda killing the idea of spitting them)
F4 (E5) G2 (F5) - no way to block (E4) from the top, it just joins via (C4) through (D8)
E7 [aim is to separate reds ways to the top] (D8) E8
- (L5)
- H4 (J3) <G11 (F10) - miai for red> - looks like an easy win for red.
F5?

At the bottom:
Read threatens: (L5), but if i play @ the top, then (D8), later on the key problem for blue is the doble threat at (F12), hence the * by it:
I7
- (D8 - starts a forcing sequence?) B12 (D9) C13 (F10) G11 <(I9) I11> (F12*) - and red wins
- (L5)
- I9 (M6) I11 (K11) L12 (K10) J13 (J12) I13 (I12) H13 (H12) G13 (F12) - blue win?
- M6 (D8) B12 (D9) C13 (F10) G11 (I9) I11 (F12*) - as usual, red wins.

L5 (D8) B12 (D9) C13
- (F10) G11 (I9) I11 (F12*) - if blue plays at G12 then (F11) connects red all the way to (E6). If blue blocks at F11 then (K11) connects around [all the way to E6] anyway!
- (F11) E11 (E10) F10 (G9) G11 (I9) I11 <(K11) K10 (M9) L12 (L10) J13 (J12) I13 (I12) H13 (H12) G13> (F12*) G12 (G10). Now red is connected: bottom, solidly around to (E6)!

I7 (D8) B12 (D9) C13... - Question, after G11 (I9) I11 does (L8) block blue from the left? Looks like it.

C9 (L5) - double threat (attacks I7 and H4)
- J5 (I6) K5 (K6) H4 (J3) K1 (L2) K2 (M3) I11 (I9)
- G11 (F10) - red wins
- G10?

Move 30 [following notes from 28, as (J10) plays the same role as (K10)]
K7 (I7) H4 (D8) B12 (D9) C13 (F11) E11 (E10) F10 (G9) G11 (K11) I9 - blue wins!!

Move 28:
G8 (K10)
- K7 (I7) H4 (D8) B12 (D9) C13 (F11) E11 (E10) F10 (G9) G11 (K11) I9 - blue wins!!
- K11 (L10) K12 (J10) I11 (I7) H4 (J3) - red wins (destroyed blue ladder)

Move 26:
Red is threatening two powerful moves: (J2) [I4] and (D8) [B12].
The B12 weakness of (D8) means that red can't connect (E6) to the bottom in one move.
G6
- (K7) K6 (L6) L5 <(J7) I9> (L11 - pointless, as the ladder never gets that far now!) K12
- (F9 - aiming at (D8) B12 (D9) C13 (F11), and also at (G7) double peep) G8
- (F10) C9 [because (D8) is now a threat]
- (D8) B12 - good for blue?
- <(C9) D7> - good for blue?
- (H4) I7 - gfb
- (L10) K7 - gfb
- (L11) L10

<F4 (E5)> G6 (D8) - <> exchange doesn't look like it helps
E5 (F5) - because F2 has a weakness at (H2)
F4 (F3) D5 (G3) H4 (G6) G5 (F6) F5 - blue wins
H4 (G6) I7 (F8)
- F9 (G8) G10 (H10) H12 (H11) G12 (F10) - red connects (F8) to the bottom
H4 (D8)
- B12 (D9) C13 (F10) G11 - blue wins
- E5 (F5) G2 (F3) F2 (D2) D3 (C3) D4 (C5) D5 (B7) - red wins
D7 (H5) I7 (F8)
- G6 (F7) F5 (E5) G2 (E3) - reds connection goes: {top->E3/E4/E5 -> F7/F8 -> bottom}
- <...> F2 (?) D3 (C3) D4 (C5) D5 (B7) C9 (D8) D9 (E7) - red wins
D7 <(E7) D8> (I7) H4 (G6) F2 (D2) D3 (C3) D4 (C5) - now red can't connect if he has played (E7)
F2 (D2) D3 (C3) H4 (G6) G5 (E7) C6 (D5) E5 (F5) F4 (H2) I1 (G2) G1 (F3) I7 (D8) B12 - now what?
F2 (H2) H4

Move 24: <blah> denotes possibilty of exchanging blah
C2
- (I7) F2 (H2) I1 (G2) G1
- (B3) B2 (C3) <D5 (E4)> E1 (J2) I4 (I3) H4 (H3) G6
- (C9) D7 (E7 [G6->E8 ok]) D7 (B7)
- with <D5 (E4)> get: B6 - BLUE wins
- without <D5 (E4)> get: D5 (B6) D4 (D2) D1 (E2) F1 (E3) E5 (F5) - RED wins!
- (D8) D9 (B10) B12 (B11) C13 - now blue wins as G11/F10 are miai
- (J2)
- (D2) F4 (J2)
- (E4) E1 (J2) I4 (I3) H4 (H3)
- (J2) C9 (I7) I4 (H5) H4 (G5) F2 (D2) E4 (D5) E5 - red has no move, blue wins
- (D2)

Close to repetition! From move 22 notes:
I7 (C9 [B9 doesn't work with D11 because of E12]) C2
- (B3) B2 (C3) F2 (I4) I3 (D2) D5 (E5 [D4 weakness, so (E4)?]) D7 (E7) D8 (F8)
(note the K7) K6 (L6) L5 (J7) I9 sequence)
- (D2) D7 (B7) C5, blue connects, red can play (F8), but looks like this works for blue? What if red plays (H4/G5/H5/I4), threatening an attack around (J2) before (F8)? Well, blue can play at F7 and just connect to I7 and win.
I10 (C11 [threatens D8 connection]) C9 (I7)
- H4 (G6) G5 (E7) F2 (E4) D3 (C3), with C9 in place blue can run down the left
- C2/F2?

Question: Does I7 connect E8 to the right edge? It's a series of double threats. Attacking the direct E8--> I7 connected: If red (F8) then blue walks up to I2, however this only connects by running down to J11. So can red attack the connection of E8 to the right edge by first attacking the direct route through I7 (eg. at (K7) or (L11)) and then playing (F8) having damaged the route down the RHS?
Note* I was very worried, after playing move 22 that red would instead play at E10. This blocks E9-->I10 better than D11.

Move 22:
/ F10 (G11) \
I10 (D11) I7 [[not needed (F8) F7 (G7) G6 (H6) G4]] (B9) C2 [see below]
\ G11 (F10) /
- (B3) B2 (C3) F2 (I4) I3 (D2) D5 (E5 [D4 weakness, so (E4)?]) D7 (E7) D8 (F8) - blue *almost* wins here. The complication is J3, leading to a ladder down the right hand side, and the possibility of a double threat earlier. Something like (K7) K6 (L6) L5 (J7) I9. So it looks like it doesn't work for red.
- (D2) D7 (B7) C5, blue connects, red can play (F8), but looks like this works for blue? What if red plays (H4/G5/H5/I4), threatening an attack around (J2) before (F8)? Well, blue can play at F7 and just connect to I7 and win.
I10 (C11 [threatens D8 connection]) C9 (I7)
- H4 (G6) G5 (E7) F2 (E4) D3 (C3), with C9 in place blue can run down the left
- C2/F2?
I10 (I7) G11 (C11)

C11 (B12) D11 (B11) C9 (E10) C10
- (G11)
- (A10), and a ladder
C11 (D9 - cuts off E8 pieces fairly thoroughly) I10 (G11)
C11 (B10) C9 (D11) - confusing...

D8s connection to both the top and the bottom?
[E3/F2 - looking at C2? C2? - ignoring F2 too much?] H4 [protect against F2, sets up G6 related moves, like C9?]
Can I get J5 in as a forcing move?
J5 (J4) - looks bad for blue
Red is in danger of playing J2 and chopping through the top. After red J2 blue can get to the E8 stones, but not to the left edge yet.

Move 20:
D6 (C9? B7? D7? F4?)
E4 (D5) C2 (D2) D6 (B7) C5
E4 (D5) C2 (B3) B2 (C3) F2 (D2) C9 (G11) F6 - looks good for blue
E4 (D5) C2 (D2) D6 - seems to work for blue
Red can pull out (J2) at any time - that looks like a big problem!

Problem is that if I play C9, red will play a testing move like (G8). If I play G7 red can play (I7) and I10 no longer threatens anything. So red can focus on the top, with something like (K4). Then when blue plays G11 red can answer at (E10), connecting to the bottom.

Move 18:
E5 (F5) F2[say] (I4) I3 (B6) - looks good for red, F5 seems basically connected to top and bottom
E5 (D6) D5 (B6) C7 (D8) C6 (B10) B8 - good for blue, red has no way to the top
D5 (F4) - red seems to connect to the top and benefit substantially from this exchange.
E4 (D5) G5 (B10) - good for red?

Move 14:
C5?
E8 (F8) F5 [looking at I4 and C5, or even D6, with E8?]
E8 (F8) F7 (G7) G6 (H6) I4 - doesn't look like quite enough for blue?
E8 (I7) H4
E10 (I7) I6 (J6) J5 (F8) F10 (G8) G11 (H11) - now (I7) forcing sequence connects red around to (F8)! - Bad for blue
I7 (F8)
D6 - doesn't connect to the left, can that be ok?
F11 (D10) - goes badly for blue when red [later] plays E11

Move 12: Should arguably have been at J3, as this still connects with J11. Should always stretch as much as you can (Jonatan Rydh)

Move 10: I8?
Suggested by 'lazyplayer' of iggamecenter:
J6
- (G8) G7 (B10) C2 - a little harder for blue now as the 'sneaking underneath' strategy below has been killed
- (F8) G6 (E7) E8 (F7) F9 (G8) H10 (I9) I10 - very good for blue.

[[category:game record]]

James A. Cook vs. Niall, December 2010

2010-12-21T00:21:47Z

Niall:

== Game information ==
* Size: 13x13
* Red: James A. Cook
* Blue: [[user:Niall | Niall]]
* Result:
* Comments: Niall, [[user:Halladba | Halladba]]
* Location: [[Little Golem]], game [http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/game/game.jsp?gid=1252463 1252463] in July 2010 [[monthly cup]] group 2.1

== Comments ==

James Cook (http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/game/game.jsp?gid=1252463):
Move 38:
J2 (H4) F2 (H2) I1 (G2) G1 (B3) D3 (C3) D4 (C5) D5 (B7) D7 (C9) A13 (E11) F12
- (G11 - necessary push) G12 (H12 - Sets up K10, and threatens (H11)) H11 (I9)
- (H11) I12 (G12) G11 (G10) H10 - red is forked and blue wins
- (I11) G11 - connects to main group and blue wins

A13
- (E11) F12
- (G11) G12 (H12) - now I think red wins?
- (I11) starting at J2 blue can force a connection to the RHS to get to E8 in sente, then play G11
- (I11 - red mistake) - now blue comes along the top and joins to the left through E11 later

E11
- (C9) I12 (I9)
- G12 (F12) G10 (H12) I11 (H10) - red wins
- For other variants see the notes for move 36, I12 section.
- (I9) J2 (H4) F2 (H2) I1 (G2) G1 (B3) D3 (C3) D4 (C5) D5 (B7) D7 (C9) A13 - blue wins

B12
- (C9 - blue still has D7 and A13)
- D7 (B3) C6 (J3/F2) I12 [good for blue as now (F12) can be answered at G12]
- A13 (F2/J3) - looks like a red win :(
- (I11) J2 (H4) F2 (H2) I1 (G2) G1 (D2) D3 (C3) D4 (C5) D5 (B7) D7 (D8) E7 (D9) A13 - blue wins
- (A13 - now (F12*) is reduced in power as E8 is directly connected) I12 (I9) G11 (F12*) G12 - blue wins

D7
- (B3) C6 (I11) J2 (H4) F2 (H2) I1 (G2) G1 (C3) - red wins
- (B3) B2 (C3)
- C6 [doesn't threaten the top after C3?] (I11) J2 (H4)
- F2 (H2) I1 (G2) G1 (D2) - red wins
- G2 (F3) F2 (D2) - red wins
- (I9 - or other move in the RHS) J2 (H4) F2 (D2) D3 (C3) D4 (C5) D5 (B7) D9 [!] (B10) B12 - blue wins?
- (C9 - can red do this? kills F12 threat?) - blue wins?

J2 (H4) F2 [revisiting this as F10 helps with (D8) response later] (B3) B2
- (C3) E1 - blue wins
- (D2) D3 (C3) D4 (C5) D5 (B7) D7 <(D8) E7> (D9) - red wins

C9 (D8) D9 (D2) D3 (C3) D4 (C5) D5 (B7) - red wins, he connects around at the top via (D8) to (E6) which [by forcing earlier at (H2) I1 (G2) G1] is connected to (H4) and hence the bottom.
- (I11) J2 (H4) F2

I11
- (K11) K10 (M9) L12 (L10) J13 (J12) I13 (I12) H13 (H12) G13 (F12) G12 (G11) - red wins!
- (I9)
- H12 (F11) E11 - red must occupy one of F12/G12/F13, but none of these work, so blue wins?
- F12 (G12) - red wins

I12 (I9) [red wins, because:]
- G11 (F12*) F11
- (H11 - connected to (I9) via (H10) or (I11), connected to the bottom via (F12)) - red wins
- (I11 - mistake) H12 - now blue wins
- H11 (H12) - red wins
- G10 (H11) - (H11) can get to the bottom with (F12/G12/H13) and to main group with (I11/H10), so red wins
- H12 (F11 - looking at D8) E11 (H11) I11 (G12) H10 (G10) - red wins
- H10 (F12*) - red wins [as below]
- F12 (G12)
- G12 (H12) I11 (G11) - red wins
- F13 (H12)
- G13 (F12*)

C6 (F2)
F2 (B3) D3 (C3) C6 (C5) - blue has achieved nothing

Move 34:
Why not just H4 now, because red played (L5)! Not (I7) So J4 no longer connects.
I7 (M6)
- I12
- (F11) E11 (H11) I11 (I9) H10 (G10) F12 (G11) H13 - blue wins!
- (F12) H11 (I9) G10 - blue wins
- (G11) I9 (I11) H12 (H11) G13 - blue wins
- H11 (I11 - forced) G10 - blue wins
- G10 (I11) - red wins!
- I11 (I9) G11 (F12*) - blue is forked (need F11 and one of: G12/H12 etc. - red wins.

I12
- (I7) G11 (H11)
- G13 (F12) G12 (F11) G10 (D8) B12 (D9) C13 (E11) - red wins!
- H10 (F12) F11 (I11) - red wins
- (F11)? (H10/H11)? G12?
- (F12) H11 - blue wins? eg. (I7) G10 or (G11) I7 (M6) I9
- (G11) I7 (M6) I9 - good for blue

Move 32: Seems like red (L8) is very powerful, blue may have to use the red top left weaknesses somehow as red seems to have bashed either (E6) or (G4) [blues choice] through to the bottom. So blue needs to attack both of those and hope that red can't defend both forever, then attack the bottom appropriately.
Argument that red has won:
If red gets (L5) then (I5) is connected to the top (J3 or H4), and to the bottom (M6 (I11 or K10) or I7 (G11 or F10). That involved the left only through (H4). So C9/B12 can't work as an attack.

F10 (I7) H4 (J3) J4 (I4) J5 (I6) K1 (L2) K2 (L3) K5 - blue wins
F10 (L5)
- I12
- (F12) H11 - blue wins? eg. (I7) G10 or (G11) I7 (M6) I9
- (G11) I7 (M6) I9 - good for blue
- G11 [G11 is basically not a good move] (F12*)
- M6 (I7) I9 [connects to E8] (D8) B12 (D9) C13 (F11) G10 (E11) - red connects (E6) to the bottom!
- G12 (F11) E11 (G10) M6 (I7) - red wins?
F10 (L5 - blocking I7 and H4) I9 (M6) I11 (K11) K10 [presumably red now has a double threat at the bottom - if he can get the middle stones to the bottom then he has (I7) or (D8)] (G11) I7 [forced] (M9) and red wins [bottom -> (G11) -> (L8) -> (I5) -> (top or (G4)].
F10 <(F11) E11> (L5 [supersedes I7, as now H4 is useless for blue]) <M6 (I7)> G11 (I9) I11 (K11) K10 (F12*) G12 (F11) G10 (E11) C9 - blue wins?

Notes on H4 related sequences:
J5 (J4) I6 (L4) K2 (K4) F10 (I7) H4 (I3) - red connects to the top [modulo (G4) stuff anyway]!
J5 (I6) F10 (I7 - how H4 not blocked?)

I12
- (F10)
- G11 (H11) H10 (F12 - now (I11) connects to the lower edge, so E12 and G11 are useless) F11 (L5)
- C9 (L5) I7 (M6) I9 {(I11) H12 (H11)} F13 (G12) G13 (F12) E13 - red wins even if he passes now...
- (L5) F10 (G11) I6 (M6) I9 - good for blue!?
G2 (E5)
F2 (H2) D3 (G2 - connects to (E4)&(E6), hence connecting (E4) to the top, kinda killing the idea of spitting them)
F4 (E5) G2 (F5) - no way to block (E4) from the top, it just joins via (C4) through (D8)
E7 [aim is to separate reds ways to the top] (D8) E8
- (L5)
- H4 (J3) <G11 (F10) - miai for red> - looks like an easy win for red.
F5?

At the bottom:
Read threatens: (L5), but if i play @ the top, then (D8), later on the key problem for blue is the doble threat at (F12), hence the * by it:
I7
- (D8 - starts a forcing sequence?) B12 (D9) C13 (F10) G11 <(I9) I11> (F12*) - and red wins
- (L5)
- I9 (M6) I11 (K11) L12 (K10) J13 (J12) I13 (I12) H13 (H12) G13 (F12) - blue win?
- M6 (D8) B12 (D9) C13 (F10) G11 (I9) I11 (F12*) - as usual, red wins.

L5 (D8) B12 (D9) C13
- (F10) G11 (I9) I11 (F12*) - if blue plays at G12 then (F11) connects red all the way to (E6). If blue blocks at F11 then (K11) connects around [all the way to E6] anyway!
- (F11) E11 (E10) F10 (G9) G11 (I9) I11 <(K11) K10 (M9) L12 (L10) J13 (J12) I13 (I12) H13 (H12) G13> (F12*) G12 (G10). Now red is connected: bottom, solidly around to (E6)!

I7 (D8) B12 (D9) C13... - Question, after G11 (I9) I11 does (L8) block blue from the left? Looks like it.

C9 (L5) - double threat (attacks I7 and H4)
- J5 (I6) K5 (K6) H4 (J3) K1 (L2) K2 (M3) I11 (I9)
- G11 (F10) - red wins
- G10?

Move 30 [following notes from 28, as (J10) plays the same role as (K10)]
K7 (I7) H4 (D8) B12 (D9) C13 (F11) E11 (E10) F10 (G9) G11 (K11) I9 - blue wins!!

Move 28:
G8 (K10)
- K7 (I7) H4 (D8) B12 (D9) C13 (F11) E11 (E10) F10 (G9) G11 (K11) I9 - blue wins!!
- K11 (L10) K12 (J10) I11 (I7) H4 (J3) - red wins (destroyed blue ladder)

Move 26:
Red is threatening two powerful moves: (J2) [I4] and (D8) [B12].
The B12 weakness of (D8) means that red can't connect (E6) to the bottom in one move.
G6
- (K7) K6 (L6) L5 <(J7) I9> (L11 - pointless, as the ladder never gets that far now!) K12
- (F9 - aiming at (D8) B12 (D9) C13 (F11), and also at (G7) double peep) G8
- (F10) C9 [because (D8) is now a threat]
- (D8) B12 - good for blue?
- <(C9) D7> - good for blue?
- (H4) I7 - gfb
- (L10) K7 - gfb
- (L11) L10

<F4 (E5)> G6 (D8) - <> exchange doesn't look like it helps
E5 (F5) - because F2 has a weakness at (H2)
F4 (F3) D5 (G3) H4 (G6) G5 (F6) F5 - blue wins
H4 (G6) I7 (F8)
- F9 (G8) G10 (H10) H12 (H11) G12 (F10) - red connects (F8) to the bottom
H4 (D8)
- B12 (D9) C13 (F10) G11 - blue wins
- E5 (F5) G2 (F3) F2 (D2) D3 (C3) D4 (C5) D5 (B7) - red wins
D7 (H5) I7 (F8)
- G6 (F7) F5 (E5) G2 (E3) - reds connection goes: {top->E3/E4/E5 -> F7/F8 -> bottom}
- <...> F2 (?) D3 (C3) D4 (C5) D5 (B7) C9 (D8) D9 (E7) - red wins
D7 <(E7) D8> (I7) H4 (G6) F2 (D2) D3 (C3) D4 (C5) - now red can't connect if he has played (E7)
F2 (D2) D3 (C3) H4 (G6) G5 (E7) C6 (D5) E5 (F5) F4 (H2) I1 (G2) G1 (F3) I7 (D8) B12 - now what?
F2 (H2) H4

Move 24: <blah> denotes possibilty of exchanging blah
C2
- (I7) F2 (H2) I1 (G2) G1
- (B3) B2 (C3) <D5 (E4)> E1 (J2) I4 (I3) H4 (H3) G6
- (C9) D7 (E7 [G6->E8 ok]) D7 (B7)
- with <D5 (E4)> get: B6 - BLUE wins
- without <D5 (E4)> get: D5 (B6) D4 (D2) D1 (E2) F1 (E3) E5 (F5) - RED wins!
- (D8) D9 (B10) B12 (B11) C13 - now blue wins as G11/F10 are miai
- (J2)
- (D2) F4 (J2)
- (E4) E1 (J2) I4 (I3) H4 (H3)
- (J2) C9 (I7) I4 (H5) H4 (G5) F2 (D2) E4 (D5) E5 - red has no move, blue wins
- (D2)

Close to repetition! From move 22 notes:
I7 (C9 [B9 doesn't work with D11 because of E12]) C2
- (B3) B2 (C3) F2 (I4) I3 (D2) D5 (E5 [D4 weakness, so (E4)?]) D7 (E7) D8 (F8)
(note the K7) K6 (L6) L5 (J7) I9 sequence)
- (D2) D7 (B7) C5, blue connects, red can play (F8), but looks like this works for blue? What if red plays (H4/G5/H5/I4), threatening an attack around (J2) before (F8)? Well, blue can play at F7 and just connect to I7 and win.
I10 (C11 [threatens D8 connection]) C9 (I7)
- H4 (G6) G5 (E7) F2 (E4) D3 (C3), with C9 in place blue can run down the left
- C2/F2?

Question: Does I7 connect E8 to the right edge? It's a series of double threats. Attacking the direct E8--> I7 connected: If red (F8) then blue walks up to I2, however this only connects by running down to J11. So can red attack the connection of E8 to the right edge by first attacking the direct route through I7 (eg. at (K7) or (L11)) and then playing (F8) having damaged the route down the RHS?
Note* I was very worried, after playing move 22 that red would instead play at E10. This blocks E9-->I10 better than D11.

Move 22:
/ F10 (G11) \
I10 (D11) I7 [[not needed (F8) F7 (G7) G6 (H6) G4]] (B9) C2 [see below]
\ G11 (F10) /
- (B3) B2 (C3) F2 (I4) I3 (D2) D5 (E5 [D4 weakness, so (E4)?]) D7 (E7) D8 (F8) - blue *almost* wins here. The complication is J3, leading to a ladder down the right hand side, and the possibility of a double threat earlier. Something like (K7) K6 (L6) L5 (J7) I9. So it looks like it doesn't work for red.
- (D2) D7 (B7) C5, blue connects, red can play (F8), but looks like this works for blue? What if red plays (H4/G5/H5/I4), threatening an attack around (J2) before (F8)? Well, blue can play at F7 and just connect to I7 and win.
I10 (C11 [threatens D8 connection]) C9 (I7)
- H4 (G6) G5 (E7) F2 (E4) D3 (C3), with C9 in place blue can run down the left
- C2/F2?
I10 (I7) G11 (C11)

C11 (B12) D11 (B11) C9 (E10) C10
- (G11)
- (A10), and a ladder
C11 (D9 - cuts off E8 pieces fairly thoroughly) I10 (G11)
C11 (B10) C9 (D11) - confusing...

D8s connection to both the top and the bottom?
[E3/F2 - looking at C2? C2? - ignoring F2 too much?] H4 [protect against F2, sets up G6 related moves, like C9?]
Can I get J5 in as a forcing move?
J5 (J4) - looks bad for blue
Red is in danger of playing J2 and chopping through the top. After red J2 blue can get to the E8 stones, but not to the left edge yet.

Move 20:
D6 (C9? B7? D7? F4?)
E4 (D5) C2 (D2) D6 (B7) C5
E4 (D5) C2 (B3) B2 (C3) F2 (D2) C9 (G11) F6 - looks good for blue
E4 (D5) C2 (D2) D6 - seems to work for blue
Red can pull out (J2) at any time - that looks like a big problem!

Problem is that if I play C9, red will play a testing move like (G8). If I play G7 red can play (I7) and I10 no longer threatens anything. So red can focus on the top, with something like (K4). Then when blue plays G11 red can answer at (E10), connecting to the bottom.

Move 18:
E5 (F5) F2[say] (I4) I3 (B6) - looks good for red, F5 seems basically connected to top and bottom
E5 (D6) D5 (B6) C7 (D8) C6 (B10) B8 - good for blue, red has no way to the top
D5 (F4) - red seems to connect to the top and benefit substantially from this exchange.
E4 (D5) G5 (B10) - good for red?

Move 14:
C5?
E8 (F8) F5 [looking at I4 and C5, or even D6, with E8?]
E8 (F8) F7 (G7) G6 (H6) I4 - doesn't look like quite enough for blue?
E8 (I7) H4
E10 (I7) I6 (J6) J5 (F8) F10 (G8) G11 (H11) - now (I7) forcing sequence connects red around to (F8)! - Bad for blue
I7 (F8)
D6 - doesn't connect to the left, can that be ok?
F11 (D10) - goes badly for blue when red [later] plays E11

Move 12: Should arguably have been at J3, as this still connects with J11. Should always stretch as much as you can (Jonatan Rydh)

Move 10: I8?
Suggested by 'lazyplayer' of iggamecenter:
J6
- (G8) - a little harder for blue now as the 'sneaking underneath' strategy below has been killed
- (F8) G6 (E7) E8 (F7) F9 (G8) H10 (I9) I10 - very good for blue.

[[category:game record]]

James A. Cook vs. Niall, December 2010

2010-12-21T00:09:48Z

Niall:

== Game information ==
* Size: 13x13
* Red: James A. Cook
* Blue: [[user:Niall | Niall]]
* Result:
* Comments: Niall, [[user:Halladba | Halladba]]
* Location: [[Little Golem]], game [http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/game/game.jsp?gid=1252463 1252463] in July 2010 [[monthly cup]] group 2.1

== Comments ==

James Cook (http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/game/game.jsp?gid=1252463):
Move 38:
J2 (H4) F2 (H2) I1 (G2) G1 (B3) D3 (C3) D4 (C5) D5 (B7) D7 (C9) A13 (E11) F12
- (G11 - necessary push) G12 (H12 - Sets up K10, and threatens (H11)) H11 (I9)
- (H11) I12 (G12) G11 (G10) H10 - red is forked and blue wins
- (I11) G11 - connects to main group and blue wins

A13
- (E11) F12
- (G11) G12 (H12) - now I think red wins?
- (I11) starting at J2 blue can force a connection to the RHS to get to E8 in sente, then play G11
- (I11 - red mistake) - now blue comes along the top and joins to the left through E11 later

E11
- (C9) I12 (I9)
- G12 (F12) G10 (H12) I11 (H10) - red wins
- For other variants see the notes for move 36, I12 section.
- (I9) J2 (H4) F2 (H2) I1 (G2) G1 (B3) D3 (C3) D4 (C5) D5 (B7) D7 (C9) A13 - blue wins

B12
- (C9 - blue still has D7 and A13)
- D7 (B3) C6 (J3/F2) I12 [good for blue as now (F12) can be answered at G12]
- A13 (F2/J3) - looks like a red win :(
- (I11) J2 (H4) F2 (H2) I1 (G2) G1 (D2) D3 (C3) D4 (C5) D5 (B7) D7 (D8) E7 (D9) A13 - blue wins
- (A13 - now (F12*) is reduced in power as E8 is directly connected) I12 (I9) G11 (F12*) G12 - blue wins

D7
- (B3) C6 (I11) J2 (H4) F2 (H2) I1 (G2) G1 (C3) - red wins
- (B3) B2 (C3)
- C6 [doesn't threaten the top after C3?] (I11) J2 (H4)
- F2 (H2) I1 (G2) G1 (D2) - red wins
- G2 (F3) F2 (D2) - red wins
- (I9 - or other move in the RHS) J2 (H4) F2 (D2) D3 (C3) D4 (C5) D5 (B7) D9 [!] (B10) B12 - blue wins?
- (C9 - can red do this? kills F12 threat?) - blue wins?

J2 (H4) F2 [revisiting this as F10 helps with (D8) response later] (B3) B2
- (C3) E1 - blue wins
- (D2) D3 (C3) D4 (C5) D5 (B7) D7 <(D8) E7> (D9) - red wins

C9 (D8) D9 (D2) D3 (C3) D4 (C5) D5 (B7) - red wins, he connects around at the top via (D8) to (E6) which [by forcing earlier at (H2) I1 (G2) G1] is connected to (H4) and hence the bottom.
- (I11) J2 (H4) F2

I11
- (K11) K10 (M9) L12 (L10) J13 (J12) I13 (I12) H13 (H12) G13 (F12) G12 (G11) - red wins!
- (I9)
- H12 (F11) E11 - red must occupy one of F12/G12/F13, but none of these work, so blue wins?
- F12 (G12) - red wins

I12 (I9) [red wins, because:]
- G11 (F12*) F11
- (H11 - connected to (I9) via (H10) or (I11), connected to the bottom via (F12)) - red wins
- (I11 - mistake) H12 - now blue wins
- H11 (H12) - red wins
- G10 (H11) - (H11) can get to the bottom with (F12/G12/H13) and to main group with (I11/H10), so red wins
- H12 (F11 - looking at D8) E11 (H11) I11 (G12) H10 (G10) - red wins
- H10 (F12*) - red wins [as below]
- F12 (G12)
- G12 (H12) I11 (G11) - red wins
- F13 (H12)
- G13 (F12*)

C6 (F2)
F2 (B3) D3 (C3) C6 (C5) - blue has achieved nothing

Move 34:
Why not just H4 now, because red played (L5)! Not (I7) So J4 no longer connects.
I7 (M6)
- I12
- (F11) E11 (H11) I11 (I9) H10 (G10) F12 (G11) H13 - blue wins!
- (F12) H11 (I9) G10 - blue wins
- (G11) I9 (I11) H12 (H11) G13 - blue wins
- H11 (I11 - forced) G10 - blue wins
- G10 (I11) - red wins!
- I11 (I9) G11 (F12*) - blue is forked (need F11 and one of: G12/H12 etc. - red wins.

I12
- (I7) G11 (H11)
- G13 (F12) G12 (F11) G10 (D8) B12 (D9) C13 (E11) - red wins!
- H10 (F12) F11 (I11) - red wins
- (F11)? (H10/H11)? G12?
- (F12) H11 - blue wins? eg. (I7) G10 or (G11) I7 (M6) I9
- (G11) I7 (M6) I9 - good for blue

Move 32: Seems like red (L8) is very powerful, blue may have to use the red top left weaknesses somehow as red seems to have bashed either (E6) or (G4) [blues choice] through to the bottom. So blue needs to attack both of those and hope that red can't defend both forever, then attack the bottom appropriately.
Argument that red has won:
If red gets (L5) then (I5) is connected to the top (J3 or H4), and to the bottom (M6 (I11 or K10) or I7 (G11 or F10). That involved the left only through (H4). So C9/B12 can't work as an attack.

F10 (I7) H4 (J3) J4 (I4) J5 (I6) K1 (L2) K2 (L3) K5 - blue wins
F10 (L5)
- I12
- (F12) H11 - blue wins? eg. (I7) G10 or (G11) I7 (M6) I9
- (G11) I7 (M6) I9 - good for blue
- G11 [G11 is basically not a good move] (F12*)
- M6 (I7) I9 [connects to E8] (D8) B12 (D9) C13 (F11) G10 (E11) - red connects (E6) to the bottom!
- G12 (F11) E11 (G10) M6 (I7) - red wins?
F10 (L5 - blocking I7 and H4) I9 (M6) I11 (K11) K10 [presumably red now has a double threat at the bottom - if he can get the middle stones to the bottom then he has (I7) or (D8)] (G11) I7 [forced] (M9) and red wins [bottom -> (G11) -> (L8) -> (I5) -> (top or (G4)].
F10 <(F11) E11> (L5 [supersedes I7, as now H4 is useless for blue]) <M6 (I7)> G11 (I9) I11 (K11) K10 (F12*) G12 (F11) G10 (E11) C9 - blue wins?

Notes on H4 related sequences:
J5 (J4) I6 (L4) K2 (K4) F10 (I7) H4 (I3) - red connects to the top [modulo (G4) stuff anyway]!
J5 (I6) F10 (I7 - how H4 not blocked?)

I12
- (F10)
- G11 (H11) H10 (F12 - now (I11) connects to the lower edge, so E12 and G11 are useless) F11 (L5)
- C9 (L5) I7 (M6) I9 {(I11) H12 (H11)} F13 (G12) G13 (F12) E13 - red wins even if he passes now...
- (L5) F10 (G11) I6 (M6) I9 - good for blue!?
G2 (E5)
F2 (H2) D3 (G2 - connects to (E4)&(E6), hence connecting (E4) to the top, kinda killing the idea of spitting them)
F4 (E5) G2 (F5) - no way to block (E4) from the top, it just joins via (C4) through (D8)
E7 [aim is to separate reds ways to the top] (D8) E8
- (L5)
- H4 (J3) <G11 (F10) - miai for red> - looks like an easy win for red.
F5?

At the bottom:
Read threatens: (L5), but if i play @ the top, then (D8), later on the key problem for blue is the doble threat at (F12), hence the * by it:
I7
- (D8 - starts a forcing sequence?) B12 (D9) C13 (F10) G11 <(I9) I11> (F12*) - and red wins
- (L5)
- I9 (M6) I11 (K11) L12 (K10) J13 (J12) I13 (I12) H13 (H12) G13 (F12) - blue win?
- M6 (D8) B12 (D9) C13 (F10) G11 (I9) I11 (F12*) - as usual, red wins.

L5 (D8) B12 (D9) C13
- (F10) G11 (I9) I11 (F12*) - if blue plays at G12 then (F11) connects red all the way to (E6). If blue blocks at F11 then (K11) connects around [all the way to E6] anyway!
- (F11) E11 (E10) F10 (G9) G11 (I9) I11 <(K11) K10 (M9) L12 (L10) J13 (J12) I13 (I12) H13 (H12) G13> (F12*) G12 (G10). Now red is connected: bottom, solidly around to (E6)!

I7 (D8) B12 (D9) C13... - Question, after G11 (I9) I11 does (L8) block blue from the left? Looks like it.

C9 (L5) - double threat (attacks I7 and H4)
- J5 (I6) K5 (K6) H4 (J3) K1 (L2) K2 (M3) I11 (I9)
- G11 (F10) - red wins
- G10?

Move 30 [following notes from 28, as (J10) plays the same role as (K10)]
K7 (I7) H4 (D8) B12 (D9) C13 (F11) E11 (E10) F10 (G9) G11 (K11) I9 - blue wins!!

Move 28:
G8 (K10)
- K7 (I7) H4 (D8) B12 (D9) C13 (F11) E11 (E10) F10 (G9) G11 (K11) I9 - blue wins!!
- K11 (L10) K12 (J10) I11 (I7) H4 (J3) - red wins (destroyed blue ladder)

Move 26:
Red is threatening two powerful moves: (J2) [I4] and (D8) [B12].
The B12 weakness of (D8) means that red can't connect (E6) to the bottom in one move.
G6
- (K7) K6 (L6) L5 <(J7) I9> (L11 - pointless, as the ladder never gets that far now!) K12
- (F9 - aiming at (D8) B12 (D9) C13 (F11), and also at (G7) double peep) G8
- (F10) C9 [because (D8) is now a threat]
- (D8) B12 - good for blue?
- <(C9) D7> - good for blue?
- (H4) I7 - gfb
- (L10) K7 - gfb
- (L11) L10

<F4 (E5)> G6 (D8) - <> exchange doesn't look like it helps
E5 (F5) - because F2 has a weakness at (H2)
F4 (F3) D5 (G3) H4 (G6) G5 (F6) F5 - blue wins
H4 (G6) I7 (F8)
- F9 (G8) G10 (H10) H12 (H11) G12 (F10) - red connects (F8) to the bottom
H4 (D8)
- B12 (D9) C13 (F10) G11 - blue wins
- E5 (F5) G2 (F3) F2 (D2) D3 (C3) D4 (C5) D5 (B7) - red wins
D7 (H5) I7 (F8)
- G6 (F7) F5 (E5) G2 (E3) - reds connection goes: {top->E3/E4/E5 -> F7/F8 -> bottom}
- <...> F2 (?) D3 (C3) D4 (C5) D5 (B7) C9 (D8) D9 (E7) - red wins
D7 <(E7) D8> (I7) H4 (G6) F2 (D2) D3 (C3) D4 (C5) - now red can't connect if he has played (E7)
F2 (D2) D3 (C3) H4 (G6) G5 (E7) C6 (D5) E5 (F5) F4 (H2) I1 (G2) G1 (F3) I7 (D8) B12 - now what?
F2 (H2) H4

Move 24: <blah> denotes possibilty of exchanging blah
C2
- (I7) F2 (H2) I1 (G2) G1
- (B3) B2 (C3) <D5 (E4)> E1 (J2) I4 (I3) H4 (H3) G6
- (C9) D7 (E7 [G6->E8 ok]) D7 (B7)
- with <D5 (E4)> get: B6 - BLUE wins
- without <D5 (E4)> get: D5 (B6) D4 (D2) D1 (E2) F1 (E3) E5 (F5) - RED wins!
- (D8) D9 (B10) B12 (B11) C13 - now blue wins as G11/F10 are miai
- (J2)
- (D2) F4 (J2)
- (E4) E1 (J2) I4 (I3) H4 (H3)
- (J2) C9 (I7) I4 (H5) H4 (G5) F2 (D2) E4 (D5) E5 - red has no move, blue wins
- (D2)

Close to repetition! From move 22 notes:
I7 (C9 [B9 doesn't work with D11 because of E12]) C2
- (B3) B2 (C3) F2 (I4) I3 (D2) D5 (E5 [D4 weakness, so (E4)?]) D7 (E7) D8 (F8)
(note the K7) K6 (L6) L5 (J7) I9 sequence)
- (D2) D7 (B7) C5, blue connects, red can play (F8), but looks like this works for blue? What if red plays (H4/G5/H5/I4), threatening an attack around (J2) before (F8)? Well, blue can play at F7 and just connect to I7 and win.
I10 (C11 [threatens D8 connection]) C9 (I7)
- H4 (G6) G5 (E7) F2 (E4) D3 (C3), with C9 in place blue can run down the left
- C2/F2?

Question: Does I7 connect E8 to the right edge? It's a series of double threats. Attacking the direct E8--> I7 connected: If red (F8) then blue walks up to I2, however this only connects by running down to J11. So can red attack the connection of E8 to the right edge by first attacking the direct route through I7 (eg. at (K7) or (L11)) and then playing (F8) having damaged the route down the RHS?
Note* I was very worried, after playing move 22 that red would instead play at E10. This blocks E9-->I10 better than D11.

Move 22:
/ F10 (G11) \
I10 (D11) I7 [[not needed (F8) F7 (G7) G6 (H6) G4]] (B9) C2 [see below]
\ G11 (F10) /
- (B3) B2 (C3) F2 (I4) I3 (D2) D5 (E5 [D4 weakness, so (E4)?]) D7 (E7) D8 (F8) - blue *almost* wins here. The complication is J3, leading to a ladder down the right hand side, and the possibility of a double threat earlier. Something like (K7) K6 (L6) L5 (J7) I9. So it looks like it doesn't work for red.
- (D2) D7 (B7) C5, blue connects, red can play (F8), but looks like this works for blue? What if red plays (H4/G5/H5/I4), threatening an attack around (J2) before (F8)? Well, blue can play at F7 and just connect to I7 and win.
I10 (C11 [threatens D8 connection]) C9 (I7)
- H4 (G6) G5 (E7) F2 (E4) D3 (C3), with C9 in place blue can run down the left
- C2/F2?
I10 (I7) G11 (C11)

C11 (B12) D11 (B11) C9 (E10) C10
- (G11)
- (A10), and a ladder
C11 (D9 - cuts off E8 pieces fairly thoroughly) I10 (G11)
C11 (B10) C9 (D11) - confusing...

D8s connection to both the top and the bottom?
[E3/F2 - looking at C2? C2? - ignoring F2 too much?] H4 [protect against F2, sets up G6 related moves, like C9?]
Can I get J5 in as a forcing move?
J5 (J4) - looks bad for blue
Red is in danger of playing J2 and chopping through the top. After red J2 blue can get to the E8 stones, but not to the left edge yet.

Move 20:
D6 (C9? B7? D7? F4?)
E4 (D5) C2 (D2) D6 (B7) C5
E4 (D5) C2 (B3) B2 (C3) F2 (D2) C9 (G11) F6 - looks good for blue
E4 (D5) C2 (D2) D6 - seems to work for blue
Red can pull out (J2) at any time - that looks like a big problem!

Problem is that if I play C9, red will play a testing move like (G8). If I play G7 red can play (I7) and I10 no longer threatens anything. So red can focus on the top, with something like (K4). Then when blue plays G11 red can answer at (E10), connecting to the bottom.

Move 18:
E5 (F5) F2[say] (I4) I3 (B6) - looks good for red, F5 seems basically connected to top and bottom
E5 (D6) D5 (B6) C7 (D8) C6 (B10) B8 - good for blue, red has no way to the top
D5 (F4) - red seems to connect to the top and benefit substantially from this exchange.
E4 (D5) G5 (B10) - good for red?

Move 14:
C5?
E8 (F8) F5 [looking at I4 and C5, or even D6, with E8?]
E8 (F8) F7 (G7) G6 (H6) I4 - doesn't look like quite enough for blue?
E8 (I7) H4
E10 (I7) I6 (J6) J5 (F8) F10 (G8) G11 (H11) - now (I7) forcing sequence connects red around to (F8)! - Bad for blue
I7 (F8)
D6 - doesn't connect to the left, can that be ok?
F11 (D10) - goes badly for blue when red [later] plays E11

Move 12: Should arguably have been at J3, as this still connects with J11. Should always stretch as much as you can (Jonatan Rydh)

Move 10: I8?
Suggested by 'lazyplayer' of iggamecenter:
J6 (F8) G6 (E7) E8 (F7) F9 (G8) H10 (I9) I10 - very good for blue.

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James A. Cook vs. Niall, December 2010

2010-12-20T22:55:14Z

Niall: Added final notes. It's now clear that red (James) will win

NiallVsWojtex 1252454

2010-12-08T17:25:27Z

Niall: Games notes on Niall sv Wojtex (littlegolem)

Some plain text notes to myself about the game:
http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/game/game.jsp?gid=1252454
**...** means that this sequence comes up again and again.
<...> means that this sequence is an optional exchange

Move 34:
C5 <<J5 H6> (D5) C6 (C3) B5> (D7)
- G3 (E5) E3 (F3) [blue can't afford a ladder to the right, so] G1 (F2) F1 (D2) E2 (D4) - red solidly connects, and wins
- F4 [connected to the left edge] (G5) K3 (H3) I2 (G2 - ladders to F2, then jumps to D2) - red wins
F2
- (D2) C5 (D7)
- (K3) D7 (C5) E1 - red seems to have made things hard for himself
D4 (C3) B6 (F4)
- D7 (C6) D5 (C5), and (C3) blocks blue
E4 (D5) E5 (C3) D2 (E3) F1 (G2) G1
G3 (D7) E4 [problems at D4, but ignore for now] (J5) K6 (G5) K3 (I3) H4 (I4) H5 - blue wins

Move 30:
G3
- (C3) E3 (D2) D5 (G5) C6 (D6)
- (D6)
- E4 (D4) - seems like a red win?
- C5 [if (D4) then D7 is a win for blue] (E4) F2

D6
- (J5)
- K3 (G5) G3 (I3) H4 - looks good for blue, locally? Blue (E4) area ?
- K6 (D7) F4 (E5) E4 (D5) D3 (D2) C3 (G5) K3 (H3) I2 (G2) - red wins!
- (D5 forcing blue to choose?)
- D7 (B7) C5 (C6) E3 (D4) D3 [bad shape] (J5) K3 (G5) J2?
- B7
- C5
-
- (G4) D7 - blue wins
-
- <(B7) C5 (D5) C6> (C3) F2 (D2) B5 (D7)
- E4 [connects to left edge, and H1] **(J5) K6 (G5) K3**
- F4 (E5) D4 (E3) E4 (F3)

F4
- (D6 - connects C4 to the bottom, but C4 isn't at the top yet), however with the J5 exchange so far it looks like red makes it.
- (D5) <E3 (D2)> D6 (B7) C5 [everything very disconnected now!]
- (J5) H5 (G6 I hope!) K3

My basic question is: Before I play E/F4 leading to: **(J5) K6 (G5) K3**, do I gain from forcing anything? Also, which is better out of E4 and F4? F4 looks nicer on the surface. Can I get to F4? I think I can, even after (B7) sequence, but only if red hasn't played (D2).

E4 (J5) K3 (J3) - I need H5 force, hence <K6 (G5)> exchange.
F2 (D2, more efficient than just D2 directly!) <D3 (C3)> D6 (E4) D4 (C5) B7 [forced if <D3 (C3)> played, if not, then should play at this point?] (D7 - forced) D5 - very bad for red I think. Will have a way around this. Probably by forcing at (J5) and playing something like (I3) now
E4/F4, planning to play K3 after red forces with (J5) and then plays (G5)
D5 (B6) <B7 (D6)> F4...

Move 28:
D6 (E7) D8 (E8) G4 **(J5) K6 (G5) K3**
E7 (C8) D6 (D7) F4 (J5) **K6 (G5) K3** (I3) H4 (I4) H5 (G6) J4 - no local win for red...
F5 (E7) - doesn't look promising to me
G6 (F6) - blue fail
D8 (E8) F6 (E7) - bad for blue

Move 24:
F2 - threatens C2, or is it better to play C2? Trouble is that C2 (J5) K6 (E7) red seems quite close to the top.
D8 (C7) - very effective looking for red!
D8 (E8) F6 (E7) E5 (D6) D5 (B6) C6 (B7) C7 (B8) C9 - win for blue
D8 (E8) F6 (E7) E6 (D7) D6 (B7) - bottom ladder works for red. Top left ladder leads to ladder along the top past H1, but with J5 it looks like red has it
D8 (D7) F6 (B9) C6 - blue wins
E5 (E6)
E5 (E6) D8 (E8) E7 (F7) G6 (J5) K6 (F6) G4 - [red now has 2 attacks, he can play both]
top right - (G5) H4 (H5) K3
middle left - C6
middle left - D6
Note: C2 doesn't look very powerful: (B3) B2 (C3) - runs to top right, but with (J5) force red looks good.
E6 (F7) - bad for blue?
Looking bad for blue...
Problem: Red can force at J5 - making H6 very close to the top. So, D9 only has to get to C4, H6 or the top.

James A. Cook vs. Niall, December 2010

2010-12-06T02:24:29Z

Niall:

Unfinished notes for game: http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/game/game.jsp?gid=1252463

Move 26:
Red is threatening two powerful moves: (J2) [I4] and (D8) [B12].
The B12 weakness of (D8) means that red can't connect (E6) to the bottom in one move.
G6
- (K7) K6 (L6) L5 <(J7) I9> (L11 - pointless, as the ladder never gets that far now!) K12
- (F9 - aiming at (D8) B12 (D9) C13 (F11), and also at (G7) double peep) G8
- (F10) C9 [because (D8) is now a threat]
- (D8) B12 - good for blue?
- <(C9) D7> - good for blue?
- (H4) I7 - gfb
- (L10) K7 - gfb
- (L11) L10

<F4 (E5)> G6 (D8) - <> exchange doesn't look like it helps
E5 (F5) - because F2 has a weakness at (H2)
F4 (F3) D5 (G3) H4 (G6) G5 (F6) F5 - blue wins
H4 (G6) I7 (F8)
- F9 (G8) G10 (H10) H12 (H11) G12 (F10) - red connects (F8) to the bottom
H4 (D8)
- B12 (D9) C13 (F10) G11 - blue wins
- E5 (F5) G2 (F3) F2 (D2) D3 (C3) D4 (C5) D5 (B7) - red wins
D7 (H5) I7 (F8)
- G6 (F7) F5 (E5) G2 (E3) - reds connection goes: {top->E3/E4/E5 -> F7/F8 -> bottom}
- <...> F2 (?) D3 (C3) D4 (C5) D5 (B7) C9 (D8) D9 (E7) - red wins
D7 <(E7) D8> (I7) H4 (G6) F2 (D2) D3 (C3) D4 (C5) - now red can't connect if he has played (E7)
F2 (D2) D3 (C3) H4 (G6) G5 (E7) C6 (D5) E5 (F5) F4 (H2) I1 (G2) G1 (F3) I7 (D8) B12 - now what?
F2 (H2) H4

Move 24: <blah> denotes possibilty of exchanging blah
C2
- (I7) F2 (H2) I1 (G2) G1
- (B3) B2 (C3) <D5 (E4)> E1 (J2) I4 (I3) H4 (H3) G6
- (C9) D7 (E7 [G6->E8 ok]) D7 (B7)
- with <D5 (E4)> get: B6 - BLUE wins
- without <D5 (E4)> get: D5 (B6) D4 (D2) D1 (E2) F1 (E3) E5 (F5) - RED wins!
- (D8) D9 (B10) B12 (B11) C13 - now blue wins as G11/F10 are miai
- (J2)
- (D2) F4 (J2)
- (E4) E1 (J2) I4 (I3) H4 (H3)
- (J2) C9 (I7) I4 (H5) H4 (G5) F2 (D2) E4 (D5) E5 - red has no move, blue wins
- (D2)

Close to repetition! From move 22 notes:
I7 (C9 [B9 doesn't work with D11 because of E12]) C2
- (B3) B2 (C3) F2 (I4) I3 (D2) D5 (E5 [D4 weakness, so (E4)?]) D7 (E7) D8 (F8)
(note the K7) K6 (L6) L5 (J7) I9 sequence)
- (D2) D7 (B7) C5, blue connects, red can play (F8), but looks like this works for blue? What if red plays (H4/G5/H5/I4), threatening an attack around (J2) before (F8)? Well, blue can play at F7 and just connect to I7 and win.
I10 (C11 [threatens D8 connection]) C9 (I7)
- H4 (G6) G5 (E7) F2 (E4) D3 (C3), with C9 in place blue can run down the left
- C2/F2?

Question: Does I7 connect E8 to the right edge? It's a series of double threats. Attacking the direct E8--> I7 connected: If red (F8) then blue walks up to I2, however this only connects by running down to J11. So can red attack the connection of E8 to the right edge by first attacking the direct route through I7 (eg. at (K7) or (L11)) and then playing (F8) having damaged the route down the RHS?
Note* I was very worried, after playing move 22 that red would instead play at E10. This blocks E9-->I10 better than D11.

Move 22:
/ F10 (G11) \
I10 (D11) I7 [[not needed (F8) F7 (G7) G6 (H6) G4]] (B9) C2 [see below]
\ G11 (F10) /
- (B3) B2 (C3) F2 (I4) I3 (D2) D5 (E5 [D4 weakness, so (E4)?]) D7 (E7) D8 (F8) - blue *almost* wins here. The complication is J3, leading to a ladder down the right hand side, and the possibility of a double threat earlier. Something like (K7) K6 (L6) L5 (J7) I9. So it looks like it doesn't work for red.
- (D2) D7 (B7) C5, blue connects, red can play (F8), but looks like this works for blue? What if red plays (H4/G5/H5/I4), threatening an attack around (J2) before (F8)? Well, blue can play at F7 and just connect to I7 and win.
I10 (C11 [threatens D8 connection]) C9 (I7)
- H4 (G6) G5 (E7) F2 (E4) D3 (C3), with C9 in place blue can run down the left
- C2/F2?
I10 (I7) G11 (C11)

C11 (B12) D11 (B11) C9 (E10) C10
- (G11)
- (A10), and a ladder
C11 (D9 - cuts off E8 pieces fairly thoroughly) I10 (G11)
C11 (B10) C9 (D11) - confusing...

D8s connection to both the top and the bottom?
[E3/F2 - looking at C2? C2? - ignoring F2 too much?] H4 [protect against F2, sets up G6 related moves, like C9?]
Can I get J5 in as a forcing move?
J5 (J4) - looks bad for blue
Red is in danger of playing J2 and chopping through the top. After red J2 blue can get to the E8 stones, but not to the left edge yet.

Move 20:
D6 (C9? B7? D7? F4?)
E4 (D5) C2 (D2) D6 (B7) C5
E4 (D5) C2 (B3) B2 (C3) F2 (D2) C9 (G11) F6 - looks good for blue
E4 (D5) C2 (D2) D6 - seems to work for blue
Red can pull out (J2) at any time - that looks like a big problem!

Problem is that if I play C9, red will play a testing move like (G8). If I play G7 red can play (I7) and I10 no longer threatens anything. So red can focus on the top, with something like (K4). Then when blue plays G11 red can answer at (E10), connecting to the bottom.

Move 18:
E5 (F5) F2[say] (I4) I3 (B6) - looks good for red, F5 seems basically connected to top and bottom
E5 (D6) D5 (B6) C7 (D8) C6 (B10) B8 - good for blue, red has no way to the top
D5 (F4) - red seems to connect to the top and benefit substantially from this exchange.
E4 (D5) G5 (B10) - good for red?

Move 14:
C5?
E8 (F8) F5 [looking at I4 and C5, or even D6, with E8?]
E8 (F8) F7 (G7) G6 (H6) I4 - doesn't look like quite enough for blue?
E8 (I7) H4
E10 (I7) I6 (J6) J5 (F8) F10 (G8) G11 (H11) - now (I7) forcing sequence connects red around to (F8)! - Bad for blue
I7 (F8)
D6 - doesn't connect to the left, can that be ok?
F11 (D10) - goes badly for blue when red [later] plays E11

Move 12: Should arguably have been at J3, as this still connects with J11. Should always stretch as much as you can (Jonatan Rydh)

Move 10: I8?

James A. Cook vs. Niall, December 2010

2010-12-03T05:56:08Z

Niall:

Unfinished notes for game: http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/game/game.jsp?gid=1252463

Move 26:
Red is threatening two powerful moves: (J2) and (D8).
<F4 (E5)> G6 (D8) - <> exchange doesn't look like it helps
E5 (F5) - because F2 has a weakness at (H2)
F4 (F3) D5 (G3) H4 (G6) G5 (F6) F5 - blue wins
H4 (D8) E5 (F5) G2 (F3) F2 (D2) D3 (C3) D4 (C5) D5 (B7) - red wins
D7 (H5) I7 (F8) <...> F2 (?) D3 (C3) D4 (C5) D5 (B7) C9 (D8) D9 (E7) - red wins
D7 <(E7) D8> (I7) H4 (G6) F2 (D2) D3 (C3) D4 (C5) - now red can't connect if he has played (E7)
F2 (D2) D3 (C3) H4 (G6) G5 (E7) C6 (D5) E5 (F5) F4 (H2) I1 (G2) G1 (F3) I7 (D8) - red wins

Move 24: <blah> denotes possibilty of exchanging blah
C2
- (I7) F2 (H2) I1 (G2) G1
- (B3) B2 (C3) <D5 (E4)> E1 (J2) I4 (I3) H4 (H3) G6
- (C9) D7 (E7 [G6->E8 ok]) D7 (B7)
- with <D5 (E4)> get: B6 - BLUE wins
- without <D5 (E4)> get: D5 (B6) D4 (D2) D1 (E2) F1 (E3) E5 (F5) - RED wins!
- (D8) D9 (B10) B12 (B11) C13 - now blue wins as G11/F10 are miai
- (J2)
- (D2) F4 (J2)
- (E4) E1 (J2) I4 (I3) H4 (H3)
- (J2) C9 (I7) I4 (H5) H4 (G5) F2 (D2) E4 (D5) E5 - red has no move, blue wins
- (D2)

Close to repetition! From move 22 notes:
I7 (C9 [B9 doesn't work with D11 because of E12]) C2
- (B3) B2 (C3) F2 (I4) I3 (D2) D5 (E5 [D4 weakness, so (E4)?]) D7 (E7) D8 (F8)
(note the K7) K6 (L6) L5 (J7) I9 sequence)
- (D2) D7 (B7) C5, blue connects, red can play (F8), but looks like this works for blue? What if red plays (H4/G5/H5/I4), threatening an attack around (J2) before (F8)? Well, blue can play at F7 and just connect to I7 and win.
I10 (C11 [threatens D8 connection]) C9 (I7)
- H4 (G6) G5 (E7) F2 (E4) D3 (C3), with C9 in place blue can run down the left
- C2/F2?

Question: Does I7 connect E8 to the right edge? It's a series of double threats. Attacking the direct E8--> I7 connected: If red (F8) then blue walks up to I2, however this only connects by running down to J11. So can red attack the connection of E8 to the right edge by first attacking the direct route through I7 (eg. at (K7) or (L11)) and then playing (F8) having damaged the route down the RHS?
Note* I was very worried, after playing move 22 that red would instead play at E10. This blocks E9-->I10 better than D11.

Move 22:
/ F10 (G11) \
I10 (D11) I7 [[not needed (F8) F7 (G7) G6 (H6) G4]] (B9) C2 [see below]
\ G11 (F10) /
- (B3) B2 (C3) F2 (I4) I3 (D2) D5 (E5 [D4 weakness, so (E4)?]) D7 (E7) D8 (F8) - blue *almost* wins here. The complication is J3, leading to a ladder down the right hand side, and the possibility of a double threat earlier. Something like (K7) K6 (L6) L5 (J7) I9. So it looks like it doesn't work for red.
- (D2) D7 (B7) C5, blue connects, red can play (F8), but looks like this works for blue? What if red plays (H4/G5/H5/I4), threatening an attack around (J2) before (F8)? Well, blue can play at F7 and just connect to I7 and win.
I10 (C11 [threatens D8 connection]) C9 (I7)
- H4 (G6) G5 (E7) F2 (E4) D3 (C3), with C9 in place blue can run down the left
- C2/F2?
I10 (I7) G11 (C11)

C11 (B12) D11 (B11) C9 (E10) C10
- (G11)
- (A10), and a ladder
C11 (D9 - cuts off E8 pieces fairly thoroughly) I10 (G11)
C11 (B10) C9 (D11) - confusing...

D8s connection to both the top and the bottom?
[E3/F2 - looking at C2? C2? - ignoring F2 too much?] H4 [protect against F2, sets up G6 related moves, like C9?]
Can I get J5 in as a forcing move?
J5 (J4) - looks bad for blue
Red is in danger of playing J2 and chopping through the top. After red J2 blue can get to the E8 stones, but not to the left edge yet.

Move 20:
D6 (C9? B7? D7? F4?)
E4 (D5) C2 (D2) D6 (B7) C5
E4 (D5) C2 (B3) B2 (C3) F2 (D2) C9 (G11) F6 - looks good for blue
E4 (D5) C2 (D2) D6 - seems to work for blue
Red can pull out (J2) at any time - that looks like a big problem!

Problem is that if I play C9, red will play a testing move like (G8). If I play G7 red can play (I7) and I10 no longer threatens anything. So red can focus on the top, with something like (K4). Then when blue plays G11 red can answer at (E10), connecting to the bottom.

Move 18:
E5 (F5) F2[say] (I4) I3 (B6) - looks good for red, F5 seems basically connected to top and bottom
E5 (D6) D5 (B6) C7 (D8) C6 (B10) B8 - good for blue, red has no way to the top
D5 (F4) - red seems to connect to the top and benefit substantially from this exchange.
E4 (D5) G5 (B10) - good for red?

Move 14:
C5?
E8 (F8) F5 [looking at I4 and C5, or even D6, with E8?]
E8 (F8) F7 (G7) G6 (H6) I4 - doesn't look like quite enough for blue?
E8 (I7) H4
E10 (I7) I6 (J6) J5 (F8) F10 (G8) G11 (H11) - now (I7) forcing sequence connects red around to (F8)! - Bad for blue
I7 (F8)
D6 - doesn't connect to the left, can that be ok?
F11 (D10) - goes badly for blue when red [later] plays E11

Move 12: Should arguably have been at J3, as this still connects with J11. Should always stretch as much as you can (Jonatan Rydh)

Move 10: I8?

James A. Cook vs. Niall, December 2010

2010-11-27T22:43:43Z

Niall:

Unfinished notes for game: http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/game/game.jsp?gid=1252463

Move 24: Question: Does I7 connect E8 to the right edge?
It's a series of double threats. Attacking the direct E8--> I7 connected: If red (F8) then blue walks up to I2, however this only connects by running down to J11. So can red attack the connection of E8 to the right edge by first attacking the direct route through I7 (eg. at (K7) or (L11)) and then playing (F8) having damaged the route down the RHS?

*Note* I was very worried, after playing move 22 that red would instead play at E10. This blocks E9-->I10 better than D11.

Move 22:
/ F10 (G11) \
I10 (D11) I7 [[not needed (F8) F7 (G7) G6 (H6) G4]] (B9) C2 [see below]
\ G11 (F10) /
- (B3) B2 (C3) F2 (I4) I3 (D2) D5 (E5 [D4 weakness, so (E4)?]) D7 (E7) D8 (F8) - blue *almost* wins here. The complication is J3, leading to a ladder down the right hand side, and the possibility of a double threat earlier. Something like (K7) K6 (L6) L5 (J7) I9. So it looks like it doesn't work for red.
- (D2) D7 (B7) C5, blue connects, red can play (F8), but looks like this works for blue? What if red plays (H4/G5/H5/I4), threatening an attack around (J2) before (F8)? Well, blue can play at F7 and just connect to I7 and win.
I10 (C11 [threatens D8 connection]) C9 (I7)
- H4 (G6) G5 (E7) F2 (E4) D3 (C3), with C9 in place blue can run down the left
- C2/F2?
I10 (I7) G11 (C11)

C11 (B12) D11 (B11) C9 (E10) C10
- (G11)
- (A10), and a ladder
C11 (D9 - cuts off E8 pieces fairly thoroughly) I10 (G11)
C11 (B10) C9 (D11) - confusing...

D8s connection to both the top and the bottom?
[E3/F2 - looking at C2? C2? - ignoring F2 too much?] H4 [protect against F2, sets up G6 related moves, like C9?]
Can I get J5 in as a forcing move?
J5 (J4) - looks bad for blue
Red is in danger of playing J2 and chopping through the top. After red J2 blue can get to the E8 stones, but not to the left edge yet.

Move 20:
D6 (C9? B7? D7? F4?)
E4 (D5) C2 (D2) D6 (B7) C5
E4 (D5) C2 (B3) B2 (C3) F2 (D2) C9 (G11) F6 - looks good for blue
E4 (D5) C2 (D2) D6 - seems to work for blue
Red can pull out (J2) at any time - that looks like a big problem!

Problem is that if I play C9, red will play a testing move like (G8). If I play G7 red can play (I7) and I10 no longer threatens anything. So red can focus on the top, with something like (K4). Then when blue plays G11 red can answer at (E10), connecting to the bottom.

Move 18:
E5 (F5) F2[say] (I4) I3 (B6) - looks good for red, F5 seems basically connected to top and bottom
E5 (D6) D5 (B6) C7 (D8) C6 (B10) B8 - good for blue, red has no way to the top
D5 (F4) - red seems to connect to the top and benefit substantially from this exchange.
E4 (D5) G5 (B10) - good for red?

Move 14:
C5?
E8 (F8) F5 [looking at I4 and C5, or even D6, with E8?]
E8 (F8) F7 (G7) G6 (H6) I4 - doesn't look like quite enough for blue?
E8 (I7) H4
E10 (I7) I6 (J6) J5 (F8) F10 (G8) G11 (H11) - now (I7) forcing sequence connects red around to (F8)! - Bad for blue
I7 (F8)
D6 - doesn't connect to the left, can that be ok?
F11 (D10) - goes badly for blue when red [later] plays E11

Move 12: Should arguably have been at J3, as this still connects with J11. Should always stretch as much as you can (Jonatan Rydh)

Move 10: I8?

James A. Cook vs. Niall, December 2010

2010-11-26T19:55:58Z

Niall:

Unfinished notes for game: http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/game/game.jsp?gid=1252463

Move 22:
/ F10 (G11) \
I10 (D11) I7 [[not needed (F8) F7 (G7) G6 (H6) G4]] (B9) C2 [see below]
\ G11 (F10) /
- (B3) B2 (C3) F2 (I4) I3 (D2) D5 (E5 [D4 weakness, so (E4)?]) D7 (E7) D8 (F8) - blue *almost* wins here. The complication is J3, leading to a ladder down the right hand side, and the possibility of a double threat earlier. Something like (K7) K6 (L6) L5 (J7) I9. So it looks like it doesn't work for red.
- (D2) D7 (B7) C5, blue connects, red can play (F8), but looks like this works for blue? What if red plays (H4/G5/H5/I4), threatening an attack around (J2) before (F8)? Well, blue can play at F7 and just connect to I7 and win.
I10 (C11 [threatens D8 connection]) C9 (I7)
- H4 (G6) G5 (E7) F2 (E4) D3 (C3), with C9 in place blue can run down the left
- C2/F2?
I10 (I7) G11 (C11)

C11 (B12) D11 (B11) C9 (E10) C10
- (G11)
- (A10), and a ladder
C11 (D9 - cuts off E8 pieces fairly thoroughly) I10 (G11)
C11 (B10) C9 (D11) - confusing...

D8s connection to both the top and the bottom?
[E3/F2 - looking at C2? C2? - ignoring F2 too much?] H4 [protect against F2, sets up G6 related moves, like C9?]
Can I get J5 in as a forcing move?
J5 (J4) - looks bad for blue
Red is in danger of playing J2 and chopping through the top. After red J2 blue can get to the E8 stones, but not to the left edge yet.

Move 20:
D6 (C9? B7? D7? F4?)
E4 (D5) C2 (D2) D6 (B7) C5
E4 (D5) C2 (B3) B2 (C3) F2 (D2) C9 (G11) F6 - looks good for blue
E4 (D5) C2 (D2) D6 - seems to work for blue
Red can pull out (J2) at any time - that looks like a big problem!

Problem is that if I play C9, red will play a testing move like (G8). If I play G7 red can play (I7) and I10 no longer threatens anything. So red can focus on the top, with something like (K4). Then when blue plays G11 red can answer at (E10), connecting to the bottom.

Move 18:
E5 (F5) F2[say] (I4) I3 (B6) - looks good for red, F5 seems basically connected to top and bottom
E5 (D6) D5 (B6) C7 (D8) C6 (B10) B8 - good for blue, red has no way to the top
D5 (F4) - red seems to connect to the top and benefit substantially from this exchange.
E4 (D5) G5 (B10) - good for red?

Move 14:
C5?
E8 (F8) F5 [looking at I4 and C5, or even D6, with E8?]
E8 (F8) F7 (G7) G6 (H6) I4 - doesn't look like quite enough for blue?
E8 (I7) H4
E10 (I7) I6 (J6) J5 (F8) F10 (G8) G11 (H11) - now (I7) forcing sequence connects red around to (F8)! - Bad for blue
I7 (F8)
D6 - doesn't connect to the left, can that be ok?
F11 (D10) - goes badly for blue when red [later] plays E11

Move 12: Should arguably have been at J3, as this still connects with J11. Should always stretch as much as you can (Jonatan Rydh)

Move 10: I8?

James A. Cook vs. Niall, December 2010

2010-11-26T19:12:20Z

Niall: Added a variation to the main line (which begins at I10)

Unfinished notes for game: http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/game/game.jsp?gid=1252463

Move 22:
/ F10 (G11) \
I10 (D11) I7 [[not needed (F8) F7 (G7) G6 (H6) G4]] (B9) C2 [see below]
\ G11 (F10) /
- (B3) B2 (C3) F2 (I4) I3 (D2) D5 (E5 [D4 weakness, so (E4)?]) D7 (E7) D8 (F8) - blue *almost* wins here. The complication is J3, leading to a ladder down the right hand side, and the possibility of a double threat earlier. Something like (K7) K6 (L6) L5 (J7) I9. So it looks like it doesn't work for red.
- (D2) D7 (B7) C5, blue connects, red can play (F8), but looks like this works for blue? What if red plays (H4/G5/H5/I4), threatening an attack around (J2) before (F8)? Well, blue can play at F7 and just connect to I7 and win.

C11 (B12) D11 (B11) C9 (E10) C10
- (G11)
- (A10), and a ladder
C11 (D9 - cuts off E8 pieces fairly thoroughly) I10 (G11)
C11 (B10) C9 (D11) - confusing...

D8s connection to both the top and the bottom?
[E3/F2 - looking at C2? C2? - ignoring F2 too much?] H4 [protect against F2, sets up G6 related moves, like C9?]
Can I get J5 in as a forcing move?
J5 (J4) - looks bad for blue
Red is in danger of playing J2 and chopping through the top. After red J2 blue can get to the E8 stones, but not to the left edge yet.

Move 20:
D6 (C9? B7? D7? F4?)
E4 (D5) C2 (D2) D6 (B7) C5
E4 (D5) C2 (B3) B2 (C3) F2 (D2) C9 (G11) F6 - looks good for blue
E4 (D5) C2 (D2) D6 - seems to work for blue
Red can pull out (J2) at any time - that looks like a big problem!

Problem is that if I play C9, red will play a testing move like (G8). If I play G7 red can play (I7) and I10 no longer threatens anything. So red can focus on the top, with something like (K4). Then when blue plays G11 red can answer at (E10), connecting to the bottom.

Move 18:
E5 (F5) F2[say] (I4) I3 (B6) - looks good for red, F5 seems basically connected to top and bottom
E5 (D6) D5 (B6) C7 (D8) C6 (B10) B8 - good for blue, red has no way to the top
D5 (F4) - red seems to connect to the top and benefit substantially from this exchange.
E4 (D5) G5 (B10) - good for red?

Move 14:
C5?
E8 (F8) F5 [looking at I4 and C5, or even D6, with E8?]
E8 (F8) F7 (G7) G6 (H6) I4 - doesn't look like quite enough for blue?
E8 (I7) H4
E10 (I7) I6 (J6) J5 (F8) F10 (G8) G11 (H11) - now (I7) forcing sequence connects red around to (F8)! - Bad for blue
I7 (F8)
D6 - doesn't connect to the left, can that be ok?
F11 (D10) - goes badly for blue when red [later] plays E11

Move 12: Should arguably have been at J3, as this still connects with J11. Should always stretch as much as you can (Jonatan Rydh)

Move 10: I8?

James A. Cook vs. Niall, December 2010

2010-11-26T18:56:43Z

Niall:

Unfinished notes for game: http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/game/game.jsp?gid=1252463

Move 22:
/ F10 (G11) \
I10 (D11) I7 [[not needed (F8) F7 (G7) G6 (H6) G4]] (B9) C2 [see below]
\ G11 (F10) /
-
- (D2) D7 (B7) C5, blue connects, red can play (F8), but looks like this works for blue? What if red plays (H4/G5/H5/I4), threatening an attack around (J2) before (F8)? Well, blue can play at F7 and just connect to I7 and win.

C11 (B12) D11 (B11) C9 (E10) C10
- (G11)
- (A10), and a ladder
C11 (D9 - cuts off E8 pieces fairly thoroughly) I10 (G11)
C11 (B10) C9 (D11) - confusing...

D8s connection to both the top and the bottom?
[E3/F2 - looking at C2? C2? - ignoring F2 too much?] H4 [protect against F2, sets up G6 related moves, like C9?]
Can I get J5 in as a forcing move?
J5 (J4) - looks bad for blue
Red is in danger of playing J2 and chopping through the top. After red J2 blue can get to the E8 stones, but not to the left edge yet.

Move 20:
D6 (C9? B7? D7? F4?)
E4 (D5) C2 (D2) D6 (B7) C5
E4 (D5) C2 (B3) B2 (C3) F2 (D2) C9 (G11) F6 - looks good for blue
E4 (D5) C2 (D2) D6 - seems to work for blue
Red can pull out (J2) at any time - that looks like a big problem!

Problem is that if I play C9, red will play a testing move like (G8). If I play G7 red can play (I7) and I10 no longer threatens anything. So red can focus on the top, with something like (K4). Then when blue plays G11 red can answer at (E10), connecting to the bottom.

Move 18:
E5 (F5) F2[say] (I4) I3 (B6) - looks good for red, F5 seems basically connected to top and bottom
E5 (D6) D5 (B6) C7 (D8) C6 (B10) B8 - good for blue, red has no way to the top
D5 (F4) - red seems to connect to the top and benefit substantially from this exchange.
E4 (D5) G5 (B10) - good for red?

Move 14:
C5?
E8 (F8) F5 [looking at I4 and C5, or even D6, with E8?]
E8 (F8) F7 (G7) G6 (H6) I4 - doesn't look like quite enough for blue?
E8 (I7) H4
E10 (I7) I6 (J6) J5 (F8) F10 (G8) G11 (H11) - now (I7) forcing sequence connects red around to (F8)! - Bad for blue
I7 (F8)
D6 - doesn't connect to the left, can that be ok?
F11 (D10) - goes badly for blue when red [later] plays E11

Move 12: Should arguably have been at J3, as this still connects with J11. Should always stretch as much as you can (Jonatan Rydh)

Move 10: I8?

Nietsabes vs. Niall, November 2010

2010-11-26T18:53:40Z

Niall:

Notes for nietsabes game (unfortunately he resigned before I expected and I lost some notes about the last few moves), I had gone through a few variations quite well :( If you have any questions about specific sequences I can probably still answer them.

http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/game/game.jsp?gid=1241576

Move 24:
I8 (L6) J9 (K9) - now what?

Move 22: Problem with sequence from 16: C12 can be answered with C9!!
I5 (H4) H3 (F5) F4 (D7) D6 (B7) C7 (B8) C8 (B9) C12 (C9) - now what?

move 16:
E5 (H4) H3 (F5) F4 (D7) D6 (B7) C7 (B8) C8 (B9) C12 (C10) E9 (D9) E8
(D8) [connects to D7] F6 - connects and wins, as red has neither E6 or
G5, so blue can use either. It then continues with the almost separate
battle of:
... (K3) L2 (K2) J4 (K4) I7 (J7) I9 (K8) (J10) - push through, and run
up the right to L2 - red connects to the RHS.(can force the same after
M2)

If red exchanges (H4) H3 & (F5) F4, then blue D4 avoids the ladder to
(L2) and I think almost connects for blue.
E5 (D7) E7 (F5) F4 [doesn't threaten the connection to the top!] (F6)
D6 - transposes to the below, a win for red?

E5 (D7) D6 (B7) C7 (B8) C8 (B9)
- D8 (D9)
- C9/D9 - seem to suffer from being laddered by A12

(F5) response to my moves is a problem. Connected to the main red
chain and F4 doesn't threaten the (D4) connection to the top. Red may
also force at (H4).
F6 (E7) red can force the same sequence as before. the E8 peep seems
to be of no use.

D7 (F5) - blue is done for
Seems like I might as well force at G9. [Overthinking... Unless I can
see a win, or I think red just made a mistake? [Or red wanted to get:
move on the left G9, and then force at F10...]]

move 14:
E10 (B9) C12 - good enough to retains the threat at E5 right?
E10 (B9) C8 (D9) - could be problems for blue
E10 (G9) E5
E10 (G9) E5 (C8) D7 (C7) D8 - blue connects
E6 (F5) F4 (E5)
- D4 (H3) H4 (E4) F2 (F3) ... (L2) again! win for red?
- E3 (D3) E1 (E2) F1 ... (L2) K2 (J4) red has connected (F8) to the
top, and probably to the bottom. Red probably wins.

Unfortunately C5 destroys the plan at move 12.
E6 (D7) E7 (D8) E8 (D9) D6 (B7) C7 (B8) C8 (B9) C10 (C9) E10 (E9) G9.
Instead of (B9) red can force at (J4) . If blue B9 red (K3) connects
to the top and red can't stop The F8 end of this chain with the extra
red support at (J4/K3). So instead blue must play K3. Red cannot
further force at K4 as this can be locally ignored. Now red can play
B9. Following as above to G9 blue red can now block blue with J7
(connected to the top).
From here: Blue J8 looks powerful. So maybe this is good for blue.

Move 12:
J3 (E6) F10 (G9) G10 (H9) H10 (E10) D12 (E11) E12 (F11) F12 (G11) G12
(I11) H11 (J9) I9 (J8) I8 (K6) J7 (K7) J5 (L3) L2 (K3) K2 (J4). Now
red has connected F8 to the bottom and blue has the task of blocking
D5. However red has given blue J2 - so now E3 becomes a powerful move.
- Would blue having H7 help here?
F10, double-ladder creating RHS chain up to (L3) L2 (K3) K2 (E6) E3
(F4) G2 (H3) I2...

Move 8,
h9 c11 - blue feels somewhat blocked from the left now?
c11 g8 i3 - red cannot get to the bottom without a ladder the right.
Which means that i3 stone has a forcing move to help it, unless red
can get to the top by sliding left. E7 answered by E6? The c11 stone
feeds blue back up to C1 for a connection... Lots of holes and
problems...
F9 E9 D11 C11 D10 C10 D9 C9 D7 D8 E7 - oops red is already connected
d6?
f6 f7 - now I need another move both to go right and to go left
ck di fi ej ei dj eh dh... bleeurgh

D10 area? But D10 doesn't act as a ladder breaker.
dj ej ff gf ic jc id jd ie je if jf ii ig hg kh jj kj - hmm, how is this going?
dj ej gg fg gf ee - red wins :(
F4 looking good, alternatives? Lower left looks unpromising...
F4 C5 E6 D7...
F4 C5 E7 ?
E3 F4 G2 G3 H2 H3 I2 J3 I3 I4 H4 G8 - and I've been crushed
E4 has the same problem.
However D5 needs to also connect to the central group or the bottom to
be useful. So a more creative version of F4 might work.
G4? Connects well to C1, so sets up the push at G7. if red blocks at
G6 then blue can go make trouble in the top right.

Niall vs. Halladba, November 2010

2010-11-14T22:46:59Z

Niall:

Notes concerning the game:
http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/game/game.jsp?gid=1241590

Move 18:
F9 (G8) G9 (H8) H9 (I9) I8 (J7) J8 (L7) - blue wins [still, blue is making a lot of double threats here, so red may answer with double defences]
F9 [I believe that D10 is currently connected to the left via F6/C1 2/3rd line ladder escape...] (G8 -as this is what red must do if blue started by pushing at H6) G9...

G8: The trick, for red, is to play around D7 before forcing blue to connect to F6 or D10. Is there a move which threatens both which I cannot answer to save both?
G8 (E7) F7 (E8) E6 (D7) D6 (C7) D2 (G7) F9 (C10) - blue loses

G8 [(G7) F9?] (H7 - guards against both H6 and I7) H8 (K7) I10 (I9, red H9 answered by blue I8) H10 (H9) G10 (G9) E11
G8 (H10) H6 (
G8 (H10) H6 (G6) F9 - looking good for blue

Move 12:
F6 (G6) H4 (G5) G4 (E5) F3 blocks red form the top

Niall vs. Halladba, November 2010

2010-11-14T22:45:57Z

Niall: Game Notes: Niall vs. Halladba, Nov 2010

Move 18:
F9 (G8) G9 (H8) H9 (I9) I8 (J7) J8 (L7) - blue wins [still, blue is making a lot of double threats here, so red may answer with double defences]
F9 [I believe that D10 is currently connected to the left via F6/C1 2/3rd line ladder escape...] (G8 -as this is what red must do if blue started by pushing at H6) G9...

G8: The trick, for red, is to play around D7 before forcing blue to connect to F6 or D10. Is there a move which threatens both which I cannot answer to save both?
G8 (E7) F7 (E8) E6 (D7) D6 (C7) D2 (G7) F9 (C10) - blue loses

G8 [(G7) F9?] (H7 - guards against both H6 and I7) H8 (K7) I10 (I9, red H9 answered by blue I8) H10 (H9) G10 (G9) E11
G8 (H10) H6 (
G8 (H10) H6 (G6) F9 - looking good for blue

Move 12:
F6 (G6) H4 (G5) G4 (E5) F3 blocks red form the top