2012 11-Man National
Games:

Dr. Beckwith was affable enough to record & annotate his games in pdn:

[Event "2012 11-man Ballot Nat.Rd1Gm1 OFF 9, 28"][Date "2012-02-17"][Black "Rich Beckwith"]
[White "John Webster"][Result "1/2-1/2"][Setup "1"]
[FEN "B:W32,31,30,29,27,26,25,24,23,22,21:B12,11,10,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1."]
1. 5-9 22-18 2. 11-15 18x11 3. 8x15 25-22 4. 9-14 22-17 5. 4-8 29-25 6. 15-19 24x15 7.
10x19 23x16 8. 12x19 17x10 9. 7x14 25-22 10. 6-10 22-17 11. 2-6 26-22 12. 3-7 {8-11* draws}
31-26 {22-18 wins} 13. 8-12 22-18 14. 14x23 27x18 15. 19-24 17-13 16. 12-16 21-17 17. 1-5
18-14 18. 10-15 30-25 19. 6-10 25-21 20. 15-18 13-9 21. 10-15 9-6 22. 7-11 6-2 23. 24-27
32x23 24. 18x27 Draw

[Event "2012 11-man Ballot Nat.Rd1Gm2 OFF 9, 28"][Date "2012-02-17"][Black "John Webster"]
[White "Rich Beckwith"][Result "1/2-1/2"][Setup "1"]
[FEN "B:W32,31,30,29,27,26,25,24,23,22,21:B12,11,10,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1."]
1. 5-9 22-18 2. 11-15 18x11 3. 8x15 25-22 4. 4-8 24-20
{John scoffed at this, but red advantage is only slight} 5. 8-11 22-17
{I regretted this after moving, but John didn't reply with good 9-13} 6. 15-19
23x16 7. 12x19 29-25 8. 10-15 25-22 9. 19-24 17-13 10. 7-10 27-23 11. 24-28 22-17 12. 9-14
26-22 13. 3-8 31-27 14. 15-18 22x15 15. 11x18 20-16 16. 8-12 {8-11 draws} 16-11 17. 18-22
23-18 {11-8 22-26 23-18 white strong} 18. 14x23 27x18 19. 10-15 18-14 20. 15-19 14-9 21.
6-10 9-6 22. 2x9 13x6 23. 12-16 6-2 24. 10-15 2-7 25. 22-26 30x23 26. 19x26 7-10 27. 15-18
10-15 28. 18-23 Draw

[Event "2012 11-man Ballot Nat.Rd2Gm1 OFF 10, 25"][Date "2012-2-17"]Black "Rich Beckwith"]
[White "Teal Stanley"][Result "1-0"][Setup "1"]
[FEN "B:W32,31,30,29,28,27,26,24,23,22,21:B12,11,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1."]
1. 12-16 23-19 2. 16x23 27x18 3. 6-10 26-23 4. 8-12 24-19 5. 11-16 29-25 6. 1-6 18-15 {may lose} 7. 4-
8 30-26 8. 9-14 22-18 9. 7-11 18x9 10. 11x27 32x23 11. 5x14 25-22 12. 8-11 22-18 13. 3-7 18x9 14. 6x13
21-17 15. 13x22 26x17 16. 16-20 17-13 17. 11-15 31-26 18. 15x24 28x19 19. 20-24 BW

[Event "2012 11-man Ballot Nat.Rd2Gm2 OFF 10, 25"][Date "2012-2-17"][Black "Teal Stanley"]
[White "Rich Beckwith"][Result "1/2-1/2"][Setup "1"]
[FEN "B:W32,31,30,29,28,27,26,24,23,22,21:B12,11,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1."]
1. 12-16 23-19 2. 16x23 26x19 3. 6-10 27-23 4. 11-15 24-20 5. 15x24 28x19 6. 8-11 22-18 7.
9-14 18x9 8. 5x14 29-25 9. 4-8 30-26 10. 11-15 19-16 11. 8-11 25-22 12. 15-19 22-17 13.
19-24 {1-5 17-13 19-24 16-12 5-9 may win} 26-22 14. 1-6 32-28 15. 11-15 28x19 16. 15x24
16-11 17. 7x16 20x11 18. 24-28 23-19 {This loses by 6-9, but 17-13 instead draws now}
19. 14-18 22x15 20. 3-7 11-8 21. 7-11 17-14 22. 10x17 21x14 23. 11x18 19-15 24. 18-22
14-10 Draw

[Event "2012 11-man Ballot Nat.Rd3Gm1 OFF 12, 24"][Date "2012-02-17"][Black "Bill Salot"]
[White "Rich Beckwith"][Result "0-1"][Setup "1"]
[FEN "B:W32,31,30,29,28,27,26,25,23,22,21:B11,10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1."]
1. 11-16 21-17 2. 9-13 25-21 3. 16-20 30-25 4. 8-11 17-14 5. 10x17 21x14 6. 6-10 25-21 7.
10x17 21x14 8. 1-6 29-25 9. 6-10 25-21 10. 10x17 21x14 11. 11-16 22-17 12. 13x22 26x17 13.
4-8 23-18 14. 2-6 18-15 15. 6-9 17-13 16. 9x18 27-24 17. 20x27 32x14 18. 8-11 {loses} 15x8
19. 3x12 13-9 20. 7-11 9-6 21. 11-15 6-2 22. 15-18 2-7 23. 18-22 7-11 24. 16-20 28-24 25.
20x27 31x24 26. 22-26 24-19 WW

[Event "2012 11-man Ballot Nat.Rd3Gm2 OFF 12, 24"][Date "2012-02-17"][Black "Rich Beckwith"]
[White "Bill Salot"][Result "1-0"][Setup "1"]
[FEN "B:W32,31,30,29,28,27,26,25,23,22,21:B11,10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1."]
1. 11-16 21-17 2. 9-13 25-21 3. 5-9 30-25 4. 9-14 22-18 5. 13x22 18x9 6. 6x13 26x17 7. 13x22 25x18 8.
10-15 18x11 9. 8x15 29-25 10. 16-20 25-22 11. 4-8 23-18 12. 8-11 27-23 13. 7-10 32-27 14. 1-5 21-17 15.
5-9 17-13 16. 10-14 13x6 17. 2x9 27-24 18. 20x27 31x24 19. 3-8 {now "white to move and draw" with
23-19 correct} 24-19 20. 15x24 28x19 21. 8-12 19-15 22. 11-16 15-10 23. 16-19 23x16 24. 12x19 18-15
25. 19-23 10-6 26. 23-26 6-1 27. 9-13 15-11 28. 26-30 1-6 29. 30-25 BW

[Event "2012 11-man Ballot Nat.Rd4Gm1 OFF 8, 21"][Date "2012-02-18"][Black "Ryan Pronk"]
[White "Rich Beckwith"][Result "1/2-1/2"][Setup "1"]
[FEN "B:W32,31,30,29,28,27,26,25,24,23,22:B12,11,10,9,7,6,5,4,3,2,1."]
1. 12-16 22-18 2. 16-20 25-22 3. 10-15 24-19 4. 15x24 28x19 5. 6-10 29-25 6. 10-14 18-15
7. 11x18 22x15 8. 4-8 19-16 9. 1-6 16-12 10. 14-18 23x14 11. 9x18 26-22 12. 7-10 32-28 13.
10x19 22x15 14. 5-9 30-26 15. 2-7 27-23 16. 7-10 23x16 17. 10x19 26-23 18. 19x26 31x22 19.
9-14 25-21 20. 6-10 22-17 21. 14-18 17-13 22. 10-14 13-9 23. 14-17 21x14 24. 8-11 Draw

[Event "2012 11-man Ballot Nat.Rd4Gm2 OFF 8, 21"][Date "2012-02-18"][Black "Rich Beckwith"]
[White "Ryan Pronk"][Result "1/2-1/2"][Setup "1"]
[FEN "B:W32,31,30,29,28,27,26,25,24,23,22:B12,11,10,9,7,6,5,4,3,2,1."]
1. 12-16 22-18 2. 16-20 25-22 3. 4-8 29-25 4. 9-13 25-21 5. 6-9 24-19 6. 8-12 19-15
{draw agreed here, but we looked ahead at our intended continuation} 7. 10x19 23x16
8. 12x19 27-24 9. 20x27 31x8 10. 3x12 18-15 11. 13-17 22x6 12. 1x19 32-27 13. 7-10 21-17
14. 2-6 Draw

[Event "2012 11-man Ballot Nat.Rd5Gm1 OFF 9, 26"][Date "2012-02-16"][Black "Alan Millhone"]
[White "Rich Beckwith"][Result "0-1"][Setup "1"]
[FEN "B:W32,31,30,29,28,27,25,24,23,22,21:B12,11,10,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1."]
1. 10-14 23-19 {Originally we drew "remove 8 & 26" with 9-13 21-17 and we waived it off}
2. 6-10 27-23 3. 11-15 22-18 4. 15x22 25x9 5. 5x14 29-25 6. 8-11 25-22 7. 11-15 30-26
{24-20 is a Wyllie-Ferrie 1894 game from 10-14 23-18 opening} 8. 2-6 24-20 9. 15x24
28x19 10. 4-8 22-17 11. 6-9 {falling for the trap; Alan could have played 10-15 here or at previous move
to draw} 17-13 12. 8-11 13x6 13. 14-18 23x14 14. 10x17 21x14 15. 1x17 26-22 16. 17x26 31x22 17. 11-
15 19x10 18. 7x14 32-27 WW

[Event "2012 11-man Ballot Nat.Rd5Gm2 OFF 9, 26"][Date "2012-02-16"][Black "Rich Beckwith"]
[White "Alan Millhone"][Result "1-0"][Setup "1"]
[FEN "B:W32,31,30,29,28,27,25,24,23,22,21:B12,11,10,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1."]
1. 10-14 23-19 2. 14-18 22x15 3. 11x18 21-17 4. 8-11 19-15 5. 4-8 31-26 6. 5-9 17-13 7. 9-14 24-19 8. 7-
10 25-21 9. 18-22 26x17 10. 11x18 27-23 {29-25 also loses by 18-22! & 10-14} 11. 18x27 32x23 12. 8-11
30-26 13. 11-15 26-22 14. 15x24 28x19 15. 3-8 22-18 16. 8-11 18x9 17. 10-14 17x10 18. 6x24 23-18 19.
24-27 BW

[Event "2012 11-man Ballot Nat.Rd6Gm1 OFF 11, 23"][Date "2012-02-18"][Black "Tim Laverty"]
[White "Rich Beckwith"][Result "1/2-1/2"][Setup "1"]
[FEN "B:W32,31,30,29,28,27,26,25,24,22,21:B12,10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1."]
1. 10-14 24-19 2. 8-11 27-23 3. 11-16 22-18 4. 4-8 25-22 5. 16-20 22-17 6. 8-11 17x10 7.
6x24 28x19 8. 20-24 29-25 9. 11-16 25-22 10. 16-20 19-16 11. 12x19 23x16 12. 9-13 18-14
13. 24-27 32x23 14. 20-24 16-12 15. 7-11 14-10 16. 11-16 23-19 17. 16x23 26x19 18. 24-28
19-16 19. 28-32 16-11 20. 32-28 10-7 {after game, Tim suggested 12-8 option} 21. 3x10
12-8 22. 28-24 8-3 23. 24-19 11-8 24. 19-16 8-4 25. 16-12 4-8 26. 12-16 {2-7 draws} 31-27
{good, but Tim replied 2-6* correctly; 22-18 instead wins} 27. 2-6 8-12 28.
16-11 27-24 29. 11-15 24-20 30. 15-19 3-8 31. 10-14 8-11 32. 6-9 30-25
{After game, Tim suggested 11-16, which forces 19-15 to draw} 33. 19-15 11x18 34.
14x23 12-16 35. 23-26 16-19 36. 26-30 19-23 37. 9-14 22-18 38. 14-17 21x14 39. 30x21 18-15
40. 13-17 23-26 41. 21-25 14-10 42. 25-22 26-23 Draw

[Event "2012 11-man Ballot Nat.Rd6Gm2 OFF 11, 23"][Date "2012-02-18"][Black "Rich Beckwith"]
[White "Tim Laverty"][Result "1/2-1/2"][Setup "1"]
[FEN "B:W32,31,30,29,28,27,26,25,24,22,21:B12,10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1."]
1. 10-14 24-19 2. 8-11 26-23 3. 6-10 22-18 4. 9-13 18x9 5. 5x14 25-22 6. 14-17 21x14 7.
10x26 31x22 8. 11-15 19x10 9. 7x14 23-18 10. 14x23 27x18 11. 12-16 28-24 12. 4-8 29-25
{draw agreed here} Draw

[Event "2012 11-man Ballot Nat.Rd7Gm1 OFF 10, 27"][Date "2012-02-19"][Black "Rich Beckwith"]
[White "Michael Jordan"][Result "1-0"][Setup "1"]
[FEN "B:W32,31,30,29,28,26,25,24,23,22,21:B12,11,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1."]
1. 11-15 21-17 2. 8-11 17-13 3. 4-8 23-18 {22-18 seems better} 4. 9-14 18x9 5. 5x14 24-19
6. 15x24 28x19 7. 7-10 26-23 8. 11-15 32-27 9. 15x24 27x20 10. 8-11 22-18 11. 1-5 18x9 12.
5x14 31-27 {30-26 draws} 13. 11-15 25-22 14. 3-7 29-25 15. 12-16 20x11 16. 7x16 25-21 17.
16-20 22-17 18. 2-7 30-26 19. 7-11 26-22 20. 11-16 BW

[Event "2012 11-man Ballot Nat.Rd7Gm2 OFF 10, 27"][Date "2012-02-19"][Black "Michael Jordan"]
[White "Rich Beckwith"][Result "0-1"][Setup "1"]
[FEN "B:W32,31,30,29,28,26,25,24,23,22,21:B12,11,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1."]
1. 11-15 21-17 2. 9-13 17-14 3. 8-11 23-19 4. 11-16 19x10 5. 6x15 24-20 6. 16-19 22-17 7.
13x22 25x11 8. 7x16 20x11 9. 1-6 32-27 10. 3-7 27-24 11. 7x16 24x15 12. 6-10 15x6 13. 2x18
31-27 14. 4-8 29-25 15. 5-9 26-22 WW

[Event "2012 11-man Ballot Nat.Rd8Gm1 OFF 5, 24"][Date "2012-02-19"][Black "John Webster"]
[White "Rich Beckwith"][Result "*"][Setup "1"]
[FEN "B:W32,31,30,29,28,27,26,25,23,22,21:B12,11,10,9,8,7,6,4,3,2,1."]1. 10-14 22-18 2. 12-16 28-24 3.
8-12 25-22 4. 16-20 24-19 5. 7-10 19-16 {19-15 may win} 6. 12x19 23x7 7. 2x11 29-25 8. 14x23 26x19 9.
4-8 19-16 10. 10-15 {10-14* draws} 16x7 11. 3x10 22-17 12. 9-14 17-13 13. 8-12 25-22 14. 12-16 22-17
15. 16-19 27-23 16. 19x26 30x23 17. 15-18 31-26 18. 18x27 32x23 19. 20-24 26-22 WW

[Event "2012 11-man Ballot Nat.Rd8Gm2 OFF 5, 24"][Date "2012-02-19"][Black "Rich Beckwith"]
[White "John Webster"][Result "0-1"][Setup "1"]
[FEN "B:W32,31,30,29,28,27,26,25,23,22,21:B12,11,10,9,8,7,6,4,3,2,1."]
1. 10-14 22-18 2. 11-16 28-24 3. 7-10 24-19 4. 3-7 {A} 26-22 5. 16-20 22-17 {18-15 may win} 6.
7-11 18-15 7. 11x18 19-15 8. 10x26 17x10 9. 6x15 30x5 10. 12-16 21-17 11. 16-19 {2-6* draws}
17-14 12. 2-7 25-22 13. 8-11 29-25 14. 4-8 25-21 15. 8-12 21-17 16. 11-16 17-13 17. 19-24
32-28 18. 15-19 13-9 19. 19-23 27x18 20. 24-27 31x24 21. 20x27 18-15 22. 27-31 22-17 23.
31-26 17-13 24. 26-22 15-10 25. 22-17 10x3 26. 17x10 9-6 WW
{A} 8-11 25-22 5. 3-7 30-25 6. 1-5 32-28 7. 11-15 18x11 8. 14-18 22x15 9. 9-14 11-8 may be the way to
salvage this opening for red.

[Event "2012 11-man Ballot Nat.Rd9Gm1 OFF 11, 28"][Date "2012-02-19"][Black "Rich Beckwith"]
[White "Teal Stanley"][Result "0-1"][Setup "1"]
[FEN "B:W32,31,30,29,27,26,25,24,23,22,21:B12,10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1."]
1. 10-14 24-19 2. 8-11 22-18 3. 6-10 25-22 4. 1-6 30-25
{27-24 11-16 24-20 is OK for white} 5. 12-16 19x12 6. 11-16
{an idea from Basic Checkers Op. #101-C, but it doesn't win here since the move is off}
18-15 7. 10x19 22-17 8. 6-10 25-22 9. 9-13
{2-6 32-28 4-8 27-24 7-11 24-15 11-27 divides red's position, but it draws} 32-28
10. 16-20 23x16 11. 4-8 27-23 {29-25 7-11 leaves white strong} 12. 20-24 {5-9 draws} 28x19
13. 8-11 22-18 14. 11x20 18x9 15. 13x22 26x17 16. 5x14 19-16 17. 20-24 29-25 18. 10-15
17x10 19. 7x14 16-11 20. 24-28 25-22 { to a WW}

[Event "2012 11-man Ballot Nat.Rd9Gm1 OFF 11, 28"][Date "2012-02-19"][Black "Teal Stanley"]
[White "Rich Beckwith"][Result "1/2-1/2"][Setup "1"]
[FEN "B:W32,31,30,29,27,26,25,24,23,22,21:B12,10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1."]
1. 10-14 24-19 2. 8-11 22-18 3. 11-16 25-22 4. 4-8 29-25 5. 16-20 18-15 6. 9-13 22-18
{weak, with 23-18 OK} 7. 5-9 19-16 8. 12x19 23x16 9. 14x23 26x19 10. 9-14 31-26 11. 8-12
{After game, Tim Laverty thought 6-10 would win, but a narrow draw exists after 15-6 1-10 25-22 8-11
32-28 11-15 28-24 14-18 30-25 18-23. After Teal's 8-12, advantage shifts to white.}
15-11 12. 6-10 {Another notable point in this game. I wanted to do 11-8. Teal said he was thinking of replying 7-11,
which allows 19-16 & 27-23 shot. However, I didn't play 11-8 fearing a bridge ending after proper 14-18,
and I needed draw to win tournament. I thought I could draw 27-24 more easily. It turns out 25-22 may
win for white though.} 27-24 13. 20x27 32x23 14. 14-17 21x14 15. 10x17 11-8 16. 7-10 8-4 17. 2-6 25-21 18. 17-22
26x17 19. 13x22 23-18 20. 6-9 21-17 21. 9-13 18-14 22. 10-15  {22-26 seems better, but still draws with care} 19x10 23. 12x19 10-7 Draw

Ryan Pronk was gracious enough to record & annotate some of his games in pdn:

[Event "11-man National, Round 5, Game 1. Remove 9, 21"]
[Date "2012-02-18"]
[Black "Ryan Pronk"]
[White "Tim Laverty"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Setup "1"]
[FEN "B:W32,31,30,29,28,27,26,25,24,23,22:B12,11,10,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1."]
1. 10-14 22-18 {A very weak debut, but we decided to play it.} 2. 5-9 25-22 3. 7-10
{probably loses. After the game, Tim and I decided that 6-10 would be the best way to develop this position.}
29-25 4. 11-16 25-21 5. 3-7 18-15 6. 10x19 24x15 7. 16-19 23x16 8. 12x19 28-24 9. 19x28
15-10 10. 6x15 22-18 11. 15x22 26x3 12. 8-12 27-23 13. 1-6 21-17 14. 6-10 17-13 15. 9-14
13-9 16. 10-15 9-5 17. 12-16 5-1 18. 15-18 31-27 19. 16-20 23-19
{playing for last-second mistakes, which I figured would not happen.} 0-1

[Event "11-man National, Round 5, Game 2. Remove 9, 21"]
[Date "2012-02-18"]
[Black "Tim Laverty"]
[White "Ryan Pronk"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Setup "1"]
[FEN "B:W32,31,30,29,28,27,26,25,24,23,22:B12,11,10,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1."]
1. 10-14 22-18 2. 11-15 18x9 3. 5x14 25-22 4. 7-10 29-25 5. 8-11 24-20 6. 4-8 25-21 7. 3-7
{probably loses. 2-7 may escape.} 22-17 8. 12-16 27-24 9. 8-12 24-19 10. 15x24 28x19 11.
1-5 26-22 12. 6-9 30-26 0-1

[Event "11-man National, Round 6, Game 1. Remove 10, 28"]
[Date "2012-02-18"]
[Black "Ryan Pronk"]
[White "John Webster"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Setup "1"]
[FEN "B:W32,31,30,29,27,26,25,24,23,22,21:B12,11,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1."]
1. 11-15 23-18 2. 8-11 22-17 3. 15x22 25x18 4. 9-14 18x9 5. 6x22 26x17 6. 11-15 29-25 7.
4-8 25-22 8. 8-11 30-26 9. 11-16 24-20 10. 16-19 17-14 11. 1-6 22-17 12. 15-18
{6-10 instead may be stronger.} 17-13 13. 12-16 20x11 14. 7x16 26-23 15. 19x26 31x15 16.
6-10 1/2-1/2

[Event "[Event "11-man National, Round 6, Game 2. Remove 10, 28"]
[Date "2012-02-18"]
[Black "John Webster"]
[White "Ryan Pronk"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Setup "1"]
[FEN "B:W32,31,30,29,27,26,25,24,23,22,21:B12,11,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1."]
1. 11-15 23-18 2. 7-10 18x11 3. 8x15 22-18 4. 15x22 25x18 5. 4-8 24-19 6. 9-14 18x9 7. 5x14
27-23 8. 8-11 29-25 9. 11-15 32-28 10. 15x24 28x19 11. 10-15 19x10 12. 6x15 25-22 13. 2-6
23-18 14. 14x23 26x10 15. 6x15 31-27 16. 12-16 27-23 17. 15-19 22-17 18. 19x26 30x23 19.
16-20 17-14 20. 20-24 14-10 21. 24-27 23-18 22. 27-31 18-14 23. 31-26 14-9 24. 26-22 9-6
1/2-1/2

[Event "11-man National, Round 7, Game 1. Remove 9, 23"]
[Date "2012-02-18"]
[Black "Bill Salot"]
[White "Ryan Pronk"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Setup "1"]
[FEN "B:W32,31,30,29,28,27,26,25,24,22,21:B12,11,10,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1."]
1. 11-16 22-18 2. 16-20 25-22 3. 5-9 21-17 4. 10-15 18x11 5. 8x15 17-13 6. 9-14 29-25 7.
7-10 24-19 8. 15x24 28x19 9. 4-8 27-23 10. 20-24 22-18 11. 1-5 18x9 12. 5x14 25-22 13.
14-17 22-18 14. 17-21 26-22 15. 8-11 22-17 16. 24-28 31-27 17. 12-16 19x12 18. 10-15 18-14
19. 15-18 14-10 20. 6x15 23x14 21. 15-18 14-10 22. 18-22 10-6 23. 2x9 13x6 24. 22-25 6-2
25. 25-29 2-6 0-1

[Event "11-man National, Round 7, Game 2. Remove 9, 23"]
[Date "2012-02-18"]
[Black "Ryan Pronk"]
[White "Bill Salot"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Setup "1"]
[FEN "B:W32,31,30,29,28,27,26,25,24,22,21:B12,11,10,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1."]
1. 11-16 22-18 2. 5-9 25-22 3. 16-20 29-25 4. 10-14 24-19 5. 14x23 27x18 6. 8-11 18-14 7.
9x18 22x8 8. 4x11 25-22 9. 6-10 26-23 10. 11-15 30-26 11. 15x24 28x19 12. 20-24 22-18 13.
24-28 18-14 14. 10x17 21x14 15. 2-6 26-22 16. 7-11 22-18
{22-17 instead will continue to apply the pressure, and red must tread very carefully to draw.}
17. 11-16 18-15 18. 6-10 14x7 19. 3x10 15x6 20. 1x10 31-26 21. 10-14 26-22 22. 16-20 19-15
23. 20-24 23-19 24. 14-18 22-17 25. 18-23 1/2-1/2

[Event "11-man National, Round 9, Game 1. Remove 9, 24"]
[Date "2012-02-19"]
[Black "Alan Millhone"]
[White "Ryan Pronk"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Setup "1"]
[FEN "B:W32,31,30,29,28,27,26,25,23,22,21:B12,11,10,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1."]
1. 11-16 21-17 2. 16-19 23x16 3. 12x19 22-18 4. 8-11 25-22 5. 4-8 29-25 6. 10-15 25-21 7.
5-9 17-14 8. 9-13 14-9 9. 8-12 27-23 10. 6-10 23x16 11. 12x19 32-27
{10-14 will lose by 27-23, as analyzed after the game.} 12. 19-23 26x19 13. 15x24
27x20 14. 10-14 {1-5 instead will draw} 31-26 15. 14x23 26x19 16. 1-5
{but here, it's too late} 30-26 17. 5x14 26-23 18. 2-6 22-18 19. 6-9 19-15 0-1

[Event "11-man National, Round 9, Game 2. Remove 9, 24"]
[Date "2012-02-19"]
[Black "Ryan Pronk"]
[White "Alan Millhone"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Setup "1"]
[FEN "B:W32,31,30,29,28,27,26,25,23,22,21:B12,11,10,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1."]
1. 11-16 21-17 2. 8-11 22-18 3. 4-8 25-22 4. 16-19 23x16 5. 12x19 27-24
{the continued development with 29-25 is better} 6. 10-14 24x15 7. 14x21
{jumping the other way is probably stronger} 28-24 8. 7-10
{missing the win with the 5-9-13 continuation} 32-28 9. 10x19 24x15 10. 3-7 31-27 11.
5-9 29-25 {loses. 22-17 will scrape by} 12. 9-13 27-24 13. 7-10 24-19 14. 2-7 28-24
{If 26-23, then red has the 1-5-9 build up to win} 15. 13-17 22x13 16. 11-16 19x3 17.
10x28 3x10 18. 6x31 1-0

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