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== Game information ==
* Size: 11x11
* Result: 1-0 (Red won)
* Comments: David Boll
* Note : the [[swap rule]] is not used here

The following is an annotated transcript of a hex game. Follow along
with this on a board, and you could learn all kinds of stuff. The
players are H and V, V moves first. H is a bit weak in the opening,
but the mid game is wide open after a questionable move by V. V ends
up preserving the win by carefully maintaining the winning line
throughout some tricky positions.

{| cellspacing="0" style="width: 500px"
|1. ||f6 || || The center hex, the strongest opening move for V.
|-
| ||...||f5|| H chooses a weaker line of defense, g3 is usual.
|}

<hex> R11 C11 Q1
Rf6 Bf5 Sg3 </hex>

{| cellspacing="0" style="width: 500px"
|2.||h4|| || V presses the attack on the north edge.
|-
| ||...||i1|| H plays the "classic" defensive move. Note that g5 may look tempting here, but H is in trouble after h5.
|-
|3.||e4|| || V shifts focus to the right side, threatening, but not establishing, a link to the north.
|-
| ||...||e3|| H's piece at i1 allows this defense, but f1 might have been better.
|-
|4.||g2||g3|| H can stop V's connection to e4 or h4, but not both!
|-
|5.||i3|| || V is now connected from the north. j2 or h2 both get the link, and H can't stop both.
|-
|| ||...||e9|| H shifts sides and tries to play defense on the south.
|-
||6.|| h7|| || Nice, aggressive, offensive and defensive move.
|-
|| ||...||g10|| H's game is all defense at this point.
|}

<hex> R11 C11 Q1
Rf6 Bf5
Rh4 Bi1
Re4 Be3
Rg2 Bg3
Ri3 Be9
Rh7 Bg10 </hex>

{| cellspacing="0" style="width: 500px"
|7.||i9|| ||V connects to the south, choosing to fight for the link in the middle rather than along the edge.
|-
| ||...||j2||H's first sign of life on offense. H threatens h2 or i2, which links H from the right out to f5...
|-
|8.|| h2|| ||But, V shuts the door on that!
|-
| ||...||h6||This piece is linked to the right, even though it's not the usual 4th row template, thanks to the H piece at h2,
|-
|9.|| j5||i4|| V tries to block, and H saves the link.
|-
|10.|| g7?|| ||Not a terrible move, but d9 was probably better. V links up in the center with this move.
|-
| ||...||g6!|| If V responds with a knee-jerk f7 to save the link, H looks pretty good after g5.
|}

<hex> R11 C11 Q1
Rf6 Bf5
Rh4 Bi1
Re4 Be3
Rg2 Bg3
Ri3 Be9
Rh7 Bg10
Ri9 Bj2
Rh2 Bh6
Rj5 Bi4
Rg7 Bg6 </hex>

{| cellspacing="0" style="width: 500px"
|11.|| d6!|| || A nice reply to H's strong move. V de-fuses f5, and extends from e4, which could end up being connected to the north.
|-
| ||...||g5|| H makes the link anyway. Perhaps H would have been better off moving on the south side here.
|-
| 12. ||f3|| || V keeps the sure thing to the north.
|-
| ||..|| f7 || H is now connected from the right out to f7/e9.
|-
|13.|| c9|| || Once again, V gets a link and plans to fight for connection in the middle.
|-
| ||...||d5!|| A very sneaky threat. If V plays a knee-jerk e5, H plays d9, and forces V to choose which side of c9 to play defense on. If north, H attacks south at b11, with some north ladder help at d5, and east ladder help at g10. If south, c8 wins for H.
|-
|14.|| c6!|| || But V sees right through all that! This move strengthens ties to c9, and allows V to stop H even if H makes the e5 link.
|-
| ||...||g1|| H tries to throw some doubt in V's ability to stop H from connecting from d4 to the left.
|-
| 15.|| f2|| f1|| V forces two ladder steps, which restores ability to stop
|-
| 16.|| e2|| e1 || H after H's threat of e5.
|-
| 17. ||h1|| || Now this is safe for V.
|-
| ||...||c8|| H's last gasp at a win. Inexact play by V could lead to a ladder east then north to H's link to the east edge.
|-
| 18. ||e7|| || The only win-preserving move in the area.
|-
| ||...||d8|| Forced.
|-
|19.||e8||Resign|| Threatens to connect at d9 or f8; H has run out of tricks. H resigns.
|}

<hex> R11 C11 Q1
Rf6 Bf5
Rh4 Bi1
Re4 Be3
Rg2 Bg3
Ri3 Be9
Rh7 Bg10
Ri9 Bj2
Rh2 Bh6
Rj5 Bi4
Rg7 Bg6
Rd6 Bg5
Rf3 Bf7
Rc9 Bd5
Rc6 Bg1
Rf2 Bf1
Re2 Be1
Rh1 Bc8
Re7 Bd8
Re8 </hex>

'''Source : [http://www.mazeworks.com/hex7/hex_faq.html mazework]'''

[[category:game record]]

@@ Line 76: / Line 76: @@
   R8h2 B8h6
   R9j5 B9i4
-  R0g7 B0g6 </hex>
+  R10g7 B10g6 </hex>
 {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 500px"
@@ Line 121: / Line 121: @@
   Rj5 Bi4
   Rg7 Bg6
-  R1d6 B1g5
+  R11d6 B11g5
-  R2f3 B2f7
+  R12f3 B12f7
-  R3c9 B3d5
+  R13c9 B13d5
-  R4c6 B4g1
+  R14c6 B14g1
-  R5f2 B5f1
+  R15f2 B15f1
-  R6e2 B6e1
+  R16e2 B16e1
-  R7h1 B7c8
+  R17h1 B17c8
-  R8e7 B8d8
+  R18e7 B18d8
-  R9e8 </hex>
+  R19e8 </hex>
 '''Source : [http://www.mazeworks.com/hex7/hex_faq.html mazework]'''
 [[category:game record]]

@@ Line 20: / Line 20: @@
 <hex> R11 C11 Q1
-  Rf6 Bf5 Sg3 </hex>
+  R1f6 B1f5 Sg3 </hex>
 {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 500px"
@@ Line 44: / Line 44: @@
 <hex> R11 C11 Q1
   Rf6 Bf5
-  Rh4 Bi1
+  R2h4 B2i1
-  Re4 Be3
+  R3e4 B3e3
-  Rg2 Bg3
+  R4g2 B4g3
-  Ri3 Be9
+  R5i3 B5e9
-  Rh7 Bg10 </hex>
+  R6h7 B6g10 </hex>
 {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 500px"
@@ Line 73: / Line 73: @@
   Ri3 Be9
   Rh7 Bg10
-  Ri9 Bj2
+  R7i9 B7j2
-  Rh2 Bh6
+  R8h2 B8h6
-  Rj5 Bi4
+  R9j5 B9i4
-  Rg7 Bg6 </hex>
+  R0g7 B0g6 </hex>
 {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 500px"
@@ Line 121: / Line 121: @@
   Rj5 Bi4
   Rg7 Bg6
-  Rd6 Bg5
+  R1d6 B1g5
-  Rf3 Bf7
+  R2f3 B2f7
-  Rc9 Bd5
+  R3c9 B3d5
-  Rc6 Bg1
+  R4c6 B4g1
-  Rf2 Bf1
+  R5f2 B5f1
-  Re2 Be1
+  R6e2 B6e1
-  Rh1 Bc8
+  R7h1 B7c8
-  Re7 Bd8
+  R8e7 B8d8
-  Re8 </hex>
+  R9e8 </hex>
 '''Source : [http://www.mazeworks.com/hex7/hex_faq.html mazework]'''
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@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 == Game information ==
 * Size: 11x11
 * Result: 1-0 (Red won)
 * Comments: David Boll
-* Note : the [[swap rule]] is not used here
+* Note: the [[swap rule]] is not used here.
-The following is an annotated transcript of a hex game.  Follow along
+You can see the diagram for each move by following along at [https://hexworld.org/board/#11c1,f6f5h4i1e4e3g2g3i3e9h7g10i9j2h2h6j5i4g7g6d6g5f3f7c9d5c6g1f2f1e2e1h1c8e7d8e8:rw this HexWorld link].
 with this on a board, and you could learn all kinds of stuff.  The
 players are H and V, V moves first.  H is a bit weak in the opening,
@@ Line 11: / Line 16: @@
 up preserving the win by carefully maintaining the winning line
 throughout some tricky positions.
 {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 500px"
 |1. ||f6 ||&nbsp;|| The center hex, the strongest opening move for V.
-|-
+|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 |&nbsp;||...||f5|| H chooses a weaker line of defense, g3 is usual.
 |}
@@ Line 22: / Line 26: @@
   R1f6 B1f5 Sg3 </hex>
-{| cellspacing="0" style="width: 500px"
+{| cellspacing="0" style="width: 500px;"
 |2.||h4||&nbsp;|| V presses the attack on the north edge.
-|-
+|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 |&nbsp;||...||i1|| H plays the "classic" defensive move.  Note that g5 may look tempting here, but H is in trouble after h5.
-|-
+|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 |3.||e4||&nbsp;|| V shifts focus to the right side, threatening, but not establishing, a link to the north.
-|-
+|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 |&nbsp;||...||e3|| H's piece at i1 allows this defense, but f1 might have been better.
-|-
+|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 |4.||g2||g3|| H can stop V's connection to e4 or h4, but not both!
-|-
+|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 |5.||i3||&nbsp;|| V is now connected from the north.  j2 or h2 both get the link, and H can't stop both.
-|-
+|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 ||&nbsp;||...||e9|| H shifts sides and tries to play defense on the south.
-|-
+|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 ||6.|| h7||&nbsp;|| Nice, aggressive, offensive and defensive move.
-|-
+|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 ||&nbsp;||...||g10||  H's game is all defense at this point.
 |}
@@ Line 52: / Line 56: @@
 {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 500px"
 |7.||i9||&nbsp;||V connects to the south, choosing to fight for the link in the middle rather than along the edge.
-|-
+|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 |&nbsp;||...||j2||H's first sign of life on offense.  H threatens h2 or i2, which links H from the right out to f5...
-|-
+|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 |8.|| h2||&nbsp;||But, V shuts the door on that!
-|-
+|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 |&nbsp;||...||h6||This piece is linked to the right, even though it's not the usual 4th row template, thanks to the H piece at h2,
-|-
+|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 |9.|| j5||i4|| V tries to block, and H saves the link.
-|-
+|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 |10.|| g7?||&nbsp;||Not a terrible move, but d9 was probably better.  V links up in the center with this move.
-|-
+|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 |&nbsp;||...||g6!|| If V responds with a knee-jerk f7 to save the link, H looks pretty good after g5.
 |}
@@ Line 80: / Line 84: @@
 {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 500px"
 |11.|| d6!||&nbsp;|| A nice reply to H's strong move.  V de-fuses f5, and extends from e4, which could end up being connected to the north.
-|-
+|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 |&nbsp;||...||g5||  H makes the link anyway.  Perhaps H would have been better off moving on the south side here.
-|-
+|- style="vertical-align:top;"
-|  12. ||f3||&nbsp;||  V keeps the sure thing to the north.
+|12. ||f3||&nbsp;||  V keeps the sure thing to the north.
-|-
+|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 |&nbsp;||..|| f7 || H is now connected from the right out to f7/e9.
-|-
+|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 |13.|| c9||&nbsp;|| Once again, V gets a link and plans to fight for connection in the middle.
-|-
+|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 |&nbsp;||...||d5!|| A very sneaky threat.  If V plays a knee-jerk e5, H plays d9, and forces V to choose which side of c9 to play defense on. If north, H attacks south at b11, with some north ladder help at d5, and east ladder help at g10. If south, c8 wins for H.
-|-
+|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 |14.|| c6!||&nbsp;||    But V sees right through all that!  This move strengthens ties to c9, and allows V to stop H even if H makes the e5 link.
-|-
+|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 |&nbsp;||...||g1||  H tries to throw some doubt in V's ability to stop H from connecting from d4 to the left.
-|-
+|- style="vertical-align:top;"
-|  15.|| f2|| f1||  V forces two ladder steps, which restores ability to stop
+|15.|| f2|| f1||  V forces two ladder steps, which restores ability to stop
-|-
+|- style="vertical-align:top;"
-|  16.|| e2|| e1 || H after H's threat of e5.
+|16.|| e2|| e1 || H after H's threat of e5.
-|-
+|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 |  17. ||h1||&nbsp;||     Now this is safe for V.
-|-
+|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 |&nbsp;||...||c8||  H's last gasp at a win.  Inexact play by V could lead to a ladder east then north to H's link to the east edge.
-|-
+|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 |  18. ||e7||&nbsp;||     The only win-preserving move in the area.
-|-
+|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 |&nbsp;||...||d8||  Forced.
-|-
+|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 |19.||e8||Resign|| Threatens to connect at d9 or f8; H has run out of tricks. H resigns.
 |}
@@ Line 130: / Line 134: @@
   R18e7 B18d8
   R19e8 </hex>
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