nothing much to say..everything is only move for me.

I think the ko is rather risky. He may be able to kill my entire left side group by ignoring a ko threat. However, I at least get to observe one ko threat by him.

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[go]$$c
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . X O X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . O , O X X X . X . . . |
$$ | . O X . . . . . . . O O X . O X . . . |
$$ | 4 . O O . . . . . . . O X . X O O . . |
$$ | 3 O X X X . . . . . . X O X X . . . . |
$$ | . 1 . O . . . . . . . . O . . O . . . |
$$ | . 2 . . . X . O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X O O O O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . X X X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X . . . . . X . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . O . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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[go]$$c Diagram A
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . X O X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . O , O X X X . X . . . |
$$ | . O X . . . . . . . O O X . O X . . . |
$$ | O 1 O O . . . . . . . O X . X O O . . |
$$ | X . X X X . . . . . . X O X X . . . . |
$$ | . X . O . . . . . . . . O . . O . . . |
$$ | . O . . . X . O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X O O O O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O b X X X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X a . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X . . . . . X . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . O . O X 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

The thing with him playing 2 though is that he'd rather play at 'a' first - if I block at 'b', he could follow the diagram below, and things look ugly for me.

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[go]$$Wc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . X O X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . O , O X X X . X . . . |
$$ | . O X . . . . . . . O O X . O X . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . . . . O X . X O O . . |
$$ | . . X X X . . . . . . X O X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . O . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X O O O O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O B X X X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X W . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X . 3 . . . X . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . O X 6 4 5 . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . O . O X 1 8 9 . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

However, once he's played 2 in diagram 'A', I can block W 'a' with B 'b' just fine. However, if he is to play 'b' directly, I do not think it would be a big enough ko threat.

So, I'm fine with that ko threat. He also won't want to clamp for his ko threat, as that will lose him many points on the bottom.

Anyway, my point is, I want to see where he'll play a ko threat. Even if I don't make a threat of my own, and simply connect and allow him to capture, it will be basically the same as following the diagram below:

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[go]$$c
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . 5 . . X O X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . O , O X X X . X . . . |
$$ | . O X . . . . . . . O O X . O X . . . |
$$ | O . O O . . . . . . . O X . X O O . . |
$$ | . O X X X . . . . . . X O X X . . . . |
$$ | 4 3 1 O . . . . . . . . O . . O . . . |
$$ | . 2 . . . X . O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X O O O O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . X X X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X . . . . . X . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . O . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

ko at 3 is too risky and i dont need them to win.
my move is very strong move. i expect him to play as below and expect below variation.
may be not...but whatever outcome it may be ...can not be good for black.

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[go]$$c Move 69
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X 5 W . . . X O X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . 4 1 7 . . O , O X X X . X . . . |
$$ | . O X . 6 . . . . . O O X . O X . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . . . . O X . X O O . . |
$$ | . O X X X . . . . . . X O X X . . . . |
$$ | . X 2 O 8 . . . . . . . O . . O . . . |
$$ | . 3 . . . X . O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X O O O O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . X X X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X . . . . . X . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . O . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

The only move in my opinion. The game will very likely play out like this:

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[go]$$Wc Continuation
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 4 . 2 X 1 . . . O X X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . b X . O 3 a . X O X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . O , O X X X . X . . . |
$$ | . O X c . . . . . . O O X . O X . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . . . . O X . X O O . . |
$$ | . O X X X . . . . . . X O X X . . . . |
$$ | . X . O . . . . . . . . O . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X O O O O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . X X X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X . . . . . X . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . O . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

If 3 at 'a', I can peep and then make it harder for him to connect his group. If '4' at 'b', there is a ton of bad aji with W playing at - for instance, a white play at 'c' is sente:

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[go]$$Wc Move 69
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | 2 1 . X X O . . . O X X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X . O O . . X O X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 4 . , . . . . O , O X X X . X . . . |
$$ | . O X W . . . . . . O O X . O X . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . . . . O X . X O O . . |
$$ | . O X X X . . . . . . X O X X . . . . |
$$ | . X . O . . . . . . . . O . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X O O O O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . X X X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X . . . . . X . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . O . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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[go]$$Wc if i play 1 then i dont want him to play 2. it will make the game too complicated. so what i played is good enough. something about my move...that doesnt seem right i dont know what it is...but even if there is something wrong..my opponent is not strong enough to figure that out. i am curious what he will answer.
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X 1 . . . O X X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . O 2 . . X O X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . O , O X X X . X . . . |
$$ | . O X . . . . . . . O O X . O X . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . . . . O X . X O O . . |
$$ | . O X X X . . . . . . X O X X . . . . |
$$ | . X . O . . . . . . . . O . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X O O O O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . X X X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X . . . . . X . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . O . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Woah. Maybe he was afraid of this?

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[go]$$Wc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X 1 . . . O X X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . O 3 . . X O X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , 2 . . . O , O X X X . X . . . |
$$ | . O X 4 . . . . . . O O X . O X . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . . . . O X . X O O . . |
$$ | . O X X X . . . . . . X O X X . . . . |
$$ | . X . O . . . . . . . . O . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X O O O O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . X X X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X . . . . . X . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . O . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I didn't see this before, but it does seem rather scary for him. Oh well, now, I get to break into this area and ruin any chances he has for profit there. Overall, this game seems to be going quite well for me so far - I have 28 points in the upper right, 20ish guaranteed points on the bottom, and maybe another 15 or so points between my other two groups. He has 22-ish points on the right, 14ish points on the left, and 18-ish points in the middle. B+9 at this point? There's still some large areas to play, such as the bottom right, top right, middle, left-side... okay, all over the board there are big places, and a lot of miai relations exist.

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[go]$$Wc Count approximation
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | b b b b b b . . . . . . b b b b b b b |
$$ | . . . . X X . . . O X X b b b b b b b |
$$ | . . X . O . . . X O X O b b b b . . . |
$$ | . . . , O . . . O w O X X X b X . . . |
$$ | . O X 4 . . . . w w O O X b O X . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . w w w O X b X O O . . |
$$ | . O X X X . . . w w w X O X X . . w w |
$$ | . X . O b . . . w w w w O . . O . w w |
$$ | . . . b b X . O . . . . . . . . w w w |
$$ | . . . b b . . . . , . . . . . , w w w |
$$ | . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . O w w |
$$ | . . . X O O O O . . . . . . . . w w w |
$$ | . . . X O . X X X . . . . . . . w w w |
$$ | w w O O X . . b b . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | w w . . X . . b b . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | w O . X b b b b b X . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | w w O X b b b b b . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | w O . O X . . b b . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | w w w . . . . b b . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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[go]$$c ladder black dies.
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X X . . . O X X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . O . . . X O X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O . . . O , O X X X . X . . . |
$$ | . O X 8 7 9 0 . . . O O X . O X . . . |
$$ | . . O O 5 6 . . . . . O X . X O O . . |
$$ | . O X X X 4 . . . . . X O X X . . . . |
$$ | . X W O 2 3 . . . . . . O . . O . . . |
$$ | . 1 . . . X . O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X O O O O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . X X X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X . . . . . X . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . O . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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[go]$$c this doesnt look good either.
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X X . . . O X X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . O . . . X O X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O . . . O , O X X X . X . . . |
$$ | . O X . . . . . . . O O X . O X . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . . . . O X . X O O . . |
$$ | . O X X X 3 . . . . . X O X X . . . . |
$$ | . X W O 2 . . . . . . . O . . O . . . |
$$ | . 1 . . . X . O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X O O O O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . X X X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X . . . . . X . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . O . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Well, it sucks that I missed this move, but all is not lost. I've chosen to start a complex fight, but I also could've have sacrificed four stones by playing as below:

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[go]$$c
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X X . . . O X X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . O . . . X O X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O . . . O , O X X X . X . . . |
$$ | . O X . . . . . . . O O X . O X . . . |
$$ | . . O O . 8 . . . . . O X . X O O . . |
$$ | . O X X X 3 6 . . . . X O X X . . . . |
$$ | . X O O 2 4 5 . . . . . O . . O . . . |
$$ | . 1 . . 7 X . O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X O O O O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . X X X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X . . . . . X . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . O . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

let see how he will play.

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[go]$$Wc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 0 . 8 X X . . . O X X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 9 X 7 O . . . X O X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O . . . O , O X X X . X . . . |
$$ | . O X X 3 . . . . . O O X . O X . . . |
$$ | . 1 O O X . . . . . . O X . X O O . . |
$$ | . O X X X . . . . . . X O X X . . . . |
$$ | . X O O 2 . . . . . . . O . . O . . . |
$$ | . O 5 4 . X . O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 6 , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X O O O O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . X X X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X . . . . . X . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . O . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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[go]$$Wm11c
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X 2 X X X . . . O X X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X O O . . . X O X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 1 , O . . . O , O X X X . X . . . |
$$ | . O X X O . . . . . O O X . O X . . . |
$$ | . O O O X . . . . . . O X . X O O . . |
$$ | . O X X X . . . . . . X O X X . . . . |
$$ | . X O O X . . . . . . . O . . O . . . |
$$ | . O O X . X . O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X O O O O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . X X X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X . . . . . X . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . O . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Will it happen like this?

I'm going to try this instead. I don't think he can successfully disconnect me, but we'll see.

I did wonder, his previous variation missed out the rather obvious net:

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[go]$$Wcm78 Move 77-82
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X X . . . O X X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . O . . . X O X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 5 , O . . . O , O X X X . X . . . |
$$ | . O X X 1 . . . . . O O X . O X . . . |
$$ | . O O O X . . . . . . O X . X O O . . |
$$ | . O X X X . . . . . . X O X X . . . . |
$$ | . X O O B . . . . . . . O . . O . . . |
$$ | . O 3 2 . X . O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 4 , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X O O O O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . X X X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X . . . . . X . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . O . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

My last comment wasn't very specific... but it seems Magicwand is always able to see something I'm missing. Anyway, I'll post what I see later on if Magicwand hasn't made his move yet.

So, while Magicwand is away, I figure I'll recap this ongoing sequence from my perspective.

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[go]$$c
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X O X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . O , O X X X . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . O O X . O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O X . X O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . X . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I'm happy with this move - I built up my framework along the bottom, and he got a rather small life in the corner.

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[go]$$c Move 52
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X O X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . O , O X X X . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . O O X . O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O X . X O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . a O O X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . 1 2 . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O 3 X . . . . . X . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . b O X . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I wished I had seen this opportunity to either capture the cutting stones or the corner. That would have made a big difference. If he played at 'a', then I believe I simply kill the entire corner.

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[go]$$Wc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X O X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . O , O X X X . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . O O X . O X . . . |
$$ | . . . 5 . . . . . . . O X . X O O . . |
$$ | . . . 6 4 . . . . . . X O X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . 1 . . . . . . . . O . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . 2 . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X O W W W . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . B B B . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X . . . . . X . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . O . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

This did not go as well as I expected. I'm not sure where the problem here started - was it with the marked exchanges, or with one of the numbered moves? Perhaps I should have played at myself instead of building up my bottom... There also just doesn't seem to be an ideal location to place - so maybe was wrong? was almost certainly wrong, but I couldn't find anywhere else to play.

From that point it's been an unmitigated disaster...

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[go]$$c
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . 3 5 . . . O X X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . 2 . . . X O X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , 4 . . . O , O X X X . X . . . |
$$ | . O X 9 . . . . . . O O X . O X . . . |
$$ | . 0 O O 7 . . . . . . O X . X O O . . |
$$ | . O X X X . . . . . . X O X X . . . . |
$$ | . 1 6 O . . . . . . . . O . . O . . . |
$$ | . 8 . . . X . O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X O O O O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . X X X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X . . . . . X . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . O . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Anyway, I'd really appreciate any help on what I could have done better here. If any comments would reveal something to me about this position that I could still use, then hold off on doing so, but it really would benefit me to know what I could have done better.

P.S. It's funny how I've had at least two mood swings from "Yes! This is going great!" to "No! This is a horrible disaster!"

sorry about delay but i was in the field for 3 days...now i am back..
what i played is going to be sente and big because it secure my life in sente.
if i live in sente i am not intrested in cutting his stones.. i think i have enough points to win. i will invade bottom and it will be game over.

I need to avoid the diagram below, where I am cut all over and have huge liberty problems.

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[go]$$c Move 80
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 1 5 3 X X . . . O X X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X 2 O . . . X O X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 4 , O . . . O , O X X X . X . . . |
$$ | . O X X X . . . . . O O X . O X . . . |
$$ | . O O O X . . . . . . O X . X O O . . |
$$ | . O X X X 8 . . . . . X O X X . . . . |
$$ | . X O O 6 7 . . . . . . O . . O . . . |
$$ | . O . . . X . O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X O O O O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . X X X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X . . . . . X . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . O . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Now, as long as I stay connected, I should be able to settle somehow.

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[go]$$c Possibilities for living
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . a . . X X . . . O X X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X X W . . . X O X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , W . . . O , O X X X . X . . . |
$$ | . O X X X . . . . . O O X . O X . . . |
$$ | . O O O X . . . . . . O X . X O O . . |
$$ | . O X X X . . . . . . X O X X . . . . |
$$ | . X O O b . . . . . . . O . . O . . . |
$$ | . O . . . X . O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X O O O O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . X X X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X . . . . . X . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . O . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

i believe i have played badly on my left. i should have sealed the win but i guess i must have played something wrong.
but luckly i am still ahead.. i will play big counter sente and will attack whole black group later.

I was thinking of playing at 'a' or around 'b', but those two points are basically miai. Instead, I want to be active and break up his center area (preventing him from profiting there). He also has to watch that I don't cut off his five stones in the middle. If I can settle over here in sente, then I can take my large sente point at 'c' and follow up with 'd' as I've mentioned before. Or perhaps I should play 'd' right away... I'll decide for sure when the time approaches (though I'll obviously be thinking about it now).

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[go]$$c Move 81
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . W a X X . . . O X X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X X O . . . X O X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O b . . O , O X X X . X . . . |
$$ | . O X X X . . . . . O O X . O X . c . |
$$ | . O O O X . . . . . . O X . X O O . . |
$$ | . O X X X . . . . . . X O X X . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . O . . O . . . |
$$ | . O . . . X . O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X O O O O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . X X X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . d . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X . . . . . X . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . O . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

this game i am losing my patients. i wanna end this game asap. i will over power him with my strength.
i am pretty sure this kind of move is usually bad...but i dont think he will counter my attack correctly. (secret: i dont even see the counter move of what i played)