(;FF[4]GM[Hex]SZ[11];B[a6]C[I choose the midpoint on white side for the opening this time. This was an experiment, I almost never play them. Why? Because Six never does, probably. I've just assumed it knew what it was doing, since it could beat me consistently.];W[e7]C[This reply makes sense to me.];B[h4]C[This was thanks to lazyplayer. I'd seen firsthand how powerful these moves four out from the obtuse corner could be. Even though it can't be directly connected to the edge, it's extremely flexible.];W[g6]C[Laddering to the edge. It's what I did against lazyplayer, and it turned out to be almost useless. That was 13x13, though, with more room to block.];B[d8]C[Four points out from the other obtuse corner. Also an attempt to follow the Hex principle of attacking the weakest link in your opponent's strongest chain.];W[d7]C[Notice this\: White is in a sense betting everything on one path across the board. I, on the other hand, keep my options open - I can go either on the top side, or the bottom, depending on how things develop.];B[b8];W[b7];B[h6]C[We both did some more definitive blocking.];W[h5];B[f6]C[Because white has only one chain, he can't possibly afford to not reply to this forcing move. But this gives me an escape, allowing a potential 6-row ladder to climb towards the upper side.];W[f7];B[c7]C[So I play out the ladder right away.];W[c8]C[White cannot prevent me from connecting to the bottom. Maybe Six tries to plant some useful pieces in case the J-row ladder turns?];B[b9];W[b10];B[c9];W[c10];B[e9];W[e4]C[Black apparently wants the ladder to be on the 5-row instead. Strange.];B[d5];W[d11];B[f10];W[f9];B[e10];W[d6];B[c6];W[d4];B[e5];W[f4];B[g5]C[The H4 piece shows its worth. But it's still not connected to the top.];W[h3];B[c4]C[... so I must put my opening piece to work as well. I wonder if white couldn't have avoided this threat if he put the ladder on the 6-row as I expected him to.];W[c5];B[b6];W[b5];B[a5];W[c2]C[Yet again he does the classic block. This time, however, it doesn't change the row of the ladder.];B[b3];W[b2];B[c3];W[d2];B[d3];W[e2];B[e3]C[And white resigned. I would have jumped to G3, connected through F3 and G4. H1 would be followed by I2, safely connected through I3 and H2.])