Niall vs Daniel Sepczuk - Dec 2011

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