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I think |1.e4 is too strong. It was a gift. But there is no first move so strong in Twixt that it will guarantee victory. Especially against György. At the time of this writing, György is #1, with a 180-point ratings gap between him and the next highest player. But I don't let it intimidate me. I just try harder against the better players.
My |10.q11 and |12.q5 moves set up the threat of T8, because his responses had to leave gaps. But I didn't feel my connection to the left side of the board was strong enough. I don't remember exactly what I was thinking, but for example, |14.t8 15.s7 16.s10 17.n10 18.o10 19.j9. So I had to strengthen my path to the left, without losing my connection to the right side. And so |14.r13 (I strongly considered |14.p13, but decided that György could actually make a run up the right side if I did that, though at the moment, I don't see how.)
At |15.j9, György wrote, "This is just way too complicated for me..." I didn't reply, but I took that as a good sign. If it was easy for him, then I was in trouble, because to me, it was way too complicated.
By |20.o12, I thought I had led us out of the woods, to victory for me. You can never be too sure of that against György, however. I was thinking, for example, |21.k11 22.n10 23.j5 24.k4 25.i7 26.i5 or |21.k13 22.m11 23.j11 24.l7.
His |21.l10 was brilliant. Suddenly, nothing worked: |22.n10 23.n9 24.p9 25.m7, or |22.m13 23.g12 24.i12 25.i13. I believe that battle is lost. If there is a winning move for me at that point, it is somewhere else. I tried |22.j17; maybe |22.j18 would have been better? I puzzled over it for a long time. Such is Twixt.
Is this a typo? Did you really expect j6, or something else?
22.j18 23.l16 24.l19 25.n17 26.p21 27.p22 28.p17 for example.
22.j18 23.m17 24.m13 25.g12 26.o20 27.l19 28.k20 29.m21 30.l22 31.l23 32.i12 33.i13 34.j14 35.h10 36.k16
and the black wall looks unstoppable.