(;GM[1]FF[4]CA[UTF-8]AP[CGoban:3]ST[2] RU[Japanese]SZ[19]HA[2]KM[0.50]TM[1800]OT[5x20 byo-yomi] PW[Sevis]PB[zRack]WR[8k]BR[10k]DT[2011-07-02]PC[The KGS Go Server at http://www.gokgs.com/]AB[pd][dp]RE[B+Resign] ;W[dd]WL[1790.307] ;B[pp]BL[1798.067] ;W[nq]WL[1772.305] ;B[qn]BL[1795.993] ;W[pr]WL[1769.843] ;B[qq]BL[1794.003] (;W[qr]WL[1759.975]C[See variation.] ;B[rr]BL[1792.271]C[Black answers submissively.] (;W[kp]WL[1743.651]C[See variation.] (;B[np]BL[1789.042] ;W[mp]WL[1739.957] ;B[pq]BL[1787.463]C[What is black trying to do with this move? It's an absolute waste.] ;W[oq]WL[1733.154] ;B[op]BL[1785.626] ;W[qf]WL[1692.165] ;B[mq]BL[1783.387]C[You're correct, this doesn't work.] ;W[lq]WL[1684.618] ;B[mr]BL[1781.105] (;W[or]WL[1680.461]LB[kr:A]C[Now black can jump to 'A' to escape and kill your corner stones.] ;B[qs]BL[1777.69] ;W[lr]WL[1670.411] ;B[mo]BL[1773.929] ;W[lp]WL[1665.046] (;B[md]BL[1772.244]LB[nd:A]C[Even if black does want to play high on the top, playing at 'A' is better. This move is thin.] ;W[rd]WL[1643.84] ;B[qc]BL[1770.443] ;W[rc]WL[1639.913]C[Again, extend on the side. Here, black can still play at 2 and be happy.] (;B[rb]BL[1766.231] ;W[qi]WL[1630.593] ;B[qh]BL[1763.005]C[Sevis: No clue how to handle this. Dusk: By reading ;).] (;W[ph]WL[1618.041]C[This looks like a good move.] ;B[qg]BL[1762.136] ;W[pg]WL[1613.188] ;B[rf]BL[1761.466] ;W[qe]WL[1599.197] ;B[ri]BL[1747.734] (;W[qj]WL[1570.009] ;B[rj]BL[1746.109] ;W[qk]WL[1531.024] ;B[rk]BL[1741.55] ;W[oi]WL[1526.287]C[I'd say this result favors you.] ;B[pf]BL[1738.719]C[This cut is an overplay by black. His corner shape is far too thin for this to work.] ;W[pe]WL[1520.53] ;B[of]BL[1737.922] ;W[oe]WL[1501.283] ;B[nf]BL[1735.864] ;W[ne]WL[1474.947] ;B[nc]BL[1731.391] ;W[mf]WL[1452.909] ;B[ng]BL[1729.084] (;W[me]WL[1448.373]C[Now isn't the time for moves like this. It's the time to find a net that works and win big! End of comments.] ;B[mh]BL[1726.192] ;W[mj]WL[1441.36] ;B[kh]BL[1723.096] ;W[ke]WL[1409.526] ;B[ld]BL[1717.984] ;W[kf]WL[1404.251] ;B[lj]BL[1711.069] ;W[nh]WL[1379.855] ;B[ni]BL[1707.424] ;W[oh]WL[1373.355] ;B[mg]BL[1705.737] ;W[mi]WL[1363.786] ;B[li]BL[1703.409] ;W[mk]WL[1354.205] ;B[ok]BL[1700.389] ;W[oj]WL[1342.885] ;B[ql]BL[1698.725] ;W[pl]WL[1322.42] ;B[nk]BL[1693.926] ;W[nl]WL[1278.288] ;B[ol]BL[1691.339] (;W[pk]WL[1261.662] ;B[om]BL[1687.285] ;W[nj]WL[1248.862] ;B[pm]BL[1685.409] ;W[lk]WL[1234.46] ;B[kk]BL[1682.572] ;W[kl]WL[1228.435] ;B[jl]BL[1680.605] ;W[kj]WL[1191.834] ;B[jk]BL[1677.951] ;W[ki]WL[1186.318] ;B[lh]BL[1676.458] ;W[ji]WL[1180.699]C[I shouldn't have expected this cut to work -- should have simply run with the other group, now that I was alive.] ;B[jh]BL[1675.046] ;W[ii]WL[1177.886] ;B[ih]BL[1674.267] ;W[hi]WL[1175.54] ;B[hh]BL[1673.501] ;W[gi]WL[1166.258] ;B[ie]BL[1671.606] ;W[gh]WL[1131.18]C[I started considering just giving up the top entirely, but that didn't feel right.] ;B[hf]BL[1668.464]C[Some thoughts on where I could have played next.] (;W[id]WL[1090.924] ;B[hd]BL[1664.724] ;W[jd]WL[1085.801] ;B[hb]BL[1659.151] ;W[fq]WL[1029.478] ;B[cn]BL[1653.929] ;W[dr]WL[1021.693] ;B[cq]BL[1651.316] (;W[fo]WL[1017.604] ;B[hp]BL[1648.709] ;W[fm]WL[1009.118] ;B[gp]BL[1646.535] ;W[fp]WL[1006.21] ;B[gn]BL[1644.605] ;W[fn]WL[996.73] ;B[in]BL[1642.489] ;W[km]WL[988.36] ;B[hl]BL[1639.43] ;W[jm]WL[978.987] ;B[im]BL[1637.294]C[I am puzzled by how quickly this black group became alive. I wish I could make things live so fast. (Probably a matter of knowing shape.)] ;W[gm]WL[961.852] ;B[hn]BL[1633.636] ;W[ik]WL[946.423] ;B[hk]BL[1631.354] ;W[ij]WL[941.478] ;B[fk]BL[1628.362] (;W[hr]WL[935.097] ;B[il]BL[1626.335] ;W[ei]WL[925.261] ;B[fj]BL[1624.327] ;W[eh]WL[921.154] ;B[fi]BL[1623.404] ;W[fh]WL[918.025] ;B[dk]BL[1622.749] ;W[ci]WL[910.513] ;B[dj]BL[1619.732] ;W[ch]WL[907.61] ;B[di]BL[1618.923] ;W[dh]WL[904.3] ;B[df]BL[1617.136] ;W[ff]WL[900.361] ;B[ee]BL[1615.561] ;W[fe]WL[897.883] ;B[ed]BL[1614.318] ;W[fd]WL[896.277] ;B[ec]BL[1613.363]C[It was a bad idea to push from behing, it seems.] ;W[fc]WL[894.643] ;B[fb]BL[1612.613] ;W[cf]WL[850.339] ;B[ce]BL[1607.036]C[At this point, I figured it couldn't get any better. The G11 chain looks dead.]) (;W[il] ;B[hr]C[Better?])) (;W[hp]C[Should have just done this, of course. ])) (;W[gg]) (;W[dj]) (;W[fq]) (;W[cn]) (;W[hq]) (;W[gd])) (;W[om]C[Considered trying this, but wasn't sure.] (;B[pm] ;W[pk]) (;B[nm] ;W[ml] ;B[pm] ;W[pk] ;B[on] ;W[nj] ;B[om]C[I suppose it's sente.]))) (;W[mg]C[This also works, as you've pointed out.] ;B[nh] (;W[mh]) (;W[mi] ;B[mh] ;W[lh] ;B[ni] ;W[nj] ;B[mj] ;W[li] ;B[oj] ;W[nk] ;B[oh])) (;W[mh]C[It may be a bit hard to see at first, but read it out and you'll find one upset black player.])) (;W[rj]C[This is better.] ;B[qj] ;W[pi] (;B[rk] ;W[rh] ;B[sj] ;W[rg]C[Black is overconcentrated on the bottom and weak on the top, while you're 100% alive. Mega-fail by black.]) (;B[rh] ;W[rk] ;B[re] ;W[qd] ;B[sg] ;W[pc]C[Black loses the corner simply to live small on the side? Also no good for black.]))) (;W[qg]C[You can also consider this.])) (;B[qh])) (;B[qh]C[Probably better for black.])) (;W[nr]C[Despite that this is an empty triangle, it reduces black to two liberties, so it's the proper move.])) (;B[iq]TR[dp]C[Now black can debase you while getting a good extension from his triangled stone at the same time.])) (;W[kq])) (;W[kq]C[Pushing into the corner can come later. Extending on the side is better.]))