i dont like what i am going to play....it's not my style..
but i think i need to do something to catchup.

I think that it's time to connect this group now. Playing with the contact stone he just made gives him many forcing moves, and could make my group here potentially dangerous. I don't seal him in this way, but I can still escape with my center group.

The stone isn't that important. I need to jump out and continue to strengthen my group. Later on, I can save the stone, and he'll have a cutting point at "a" that may or may not be relevant, since he can play at "b":

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[go]$$Bcm1 Prisoners: W=0, B=0
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . X X O . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . X X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X . O a b . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . B X O . X X . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O . X . . . . . O . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , O . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . X . . . O . O . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . X O . . . X O . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . X . . . X . X . X . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . X O . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . X . . O . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . X X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . X . O X O O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I don't think this is a bad move.

Cool! From your earlier comment (about losing a stone), by the way, I can kind of see that P4 was bad now. I thought it was cool at the time, but it has put my center group through a lot of trouble now that I think about it.

Kirby is just ensuring the safety of his stones and show no fighting spirit at all. No wonder he is so easy to bully.
Anyway, I think it is possible to block white's attachment.

Well, I guess this is sente for him. I still don't feel bad about letting the stone go, though, because I think it would have made my group more heavy (although now it is also a bit heavy, it is probably more heavy by saving the stone).

I'm going to wait a bit.

I feel very painful to have this stone eaten without adequate compensation. Notice that white broke past black's loose ringfence and is still one connected group!

I actually think Magicwand is clawing his way closer when Kirby answers so passively. Kirby need to keep his tounge right or Magicwand might stage an upset. Harr, im actually rooting for magicwand atm, his playing have gone from sneaky overplayish to honest aggressive as the hc have increased and i like that.

Even I, being several stones weaker, was instantly feeling that this move is MUCH too defensive when I saw it. Magicwand is desparately - so it feels to me - trying to break through Kirby's enclosure and he is just backing off and letting him have that. There must be some better move which is defending his group and simultaneously threatening something to Magicwand as well. But Kirby did not mention any other moves that he considered. Did he play this too fast? I could very well understand that, I am having trouble with the patience needed for turn-based-games as well. Or is it a general weakness of him, letting the opponent have what he wants without making sure that he gets some compensation?

I would have played O14 instead of L12. At the time I didn't like L12. Now I think L12 was good and O14 too timid. I would have liked to see the M13 hane and the resulting fight instead.

Well, he is attacking my stones, and I need some sort of safety. There's also my center group to consider, which is not that strong, either.

I don't want him to get a position on the top, so I considered this:

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[go]$$Bcm1 Prisoners: W=0, B=0
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . c . . . . . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . B . O . X . . X X O . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . b a . . . . X X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X O X O . X X . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O . X . . . . . O . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , O . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . X . . . O . O . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . X O . . . X O . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . X . . . X . X . X . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . X O . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . X . . O . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . X X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . X . O X O O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

but white can make things hard for me with a move like "a". I also considered playing at "b", but that doesn't allow for me to play under at "c" very well.

I think I need to strengthen my group. I don't want him to get a good position on the side, but I have to keep my group safe.

when attached you hanne

I get eyespace with this move, threaten to connect to my center group, and have potential to cut him if he doesn't protect the cut. I think that this is the right move.

I could have also considered K15. I think that K15 could be OK, but might damage my right group more when white ataris.