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 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)

This is the position I am considering when these notes start, move 27:

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