View source for V vs. H game 1

== 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 ||&nbsp;|| The center hex, the strongest opening move for V.
|-
|&nbsp;||...||f5|| H chooses a weaker line of defense, g3 is usual. 
|}

<hex> R11 C11 Q1
 R1f6 B1f5 Sg3 </hex>

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

<hex> R11 C11 Q1
 Rf6 Bf5 
 R2h4 B2i1 
 R3e4 B3e3 
 R4g2 B4g3 
 R5i3 B5e9 
 R6h7 B6g10 </hex>

{| 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.
|-
|&nbsp;||...||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||&nbsp;||But, V shuts the door on that!
|-
|&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,
|-
|9.|| j5||i4|| V tries to block, and H saves the link.
|-
|10.|| g7?||&nbsp;||Not a terrible move, but d9 was probably better.  V links up in the center with this move.
|-
|&nbsp;||...||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
 R7i9 B7j2
 R8h2 B8h6
 R9j5 B9i4
 R10g7 B10g6 </hex>

{| 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.
|-
|&nbsp;||...||g5||  H makes the link anyway.  Perhaps H would have been better off moving on the south side here.
|-
|  12. ||f3||&nbsp;||  V keeps the sure thing to the north.
|-
|&nbsp;||..|| f7 || H is now connected from the right out to f7/e9.
|-
|13.|| c9||&nbsp;|| Once again, V gets a link and plans to fight for connection in the middle.
|-
|&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.
|-
|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.
|-
|&nbsp;||...||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||&nbsp;||     Now this is safe for V.
|-
|&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.
|-
|  18. ||e7||&nbsp;||     The only win-preserving move in the area.
|-
|&nbsp;||...||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
 R11d6 B11g5
 R12f3 B12f7
 R13c9 B13d5
 R14c6 B14g1
 R15f2 B15f1
 R16e2 B16e1
 R17h1 B17c8
 R18e7 B18d8
 R19e8 </hex>

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