(;GM[1]EV[Internet Go Server game: XIEHOU vs Revilo]US[Brought to you by IGS PANDANET]CP[
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]GN[XIEHOU-Revilo(B) IGS]RE[B+Time]PW[XIEHOU]WR[14k+]NW[15]PB[Revilo]BR[14k+]NB[15]PC[IGS:  igs.joyjoy.net 6969]DT[2016-08-21]SZ[19]TM[60]KM[6.500000]LT[]RR[Normal]C[In this game I had the impression that my opponent was vastly superior to me, even though we were equally ranked. After an ok start in the upper left, I got myself into big trouble on the right side and had to fight for my life for the remainder of the game.

This game was played last Saturday, when Pandanet was very unstable. I've lost a couple of games because of a lost connection, and in this game, it happened to my opponent. I believe I might have been back to business by then, though.

I learned quite a few things about myself in this game. One is that I still mess up the corners far too often. Then, I'm not too afraid to engage in large scale fighting - it is actually a little bit against my nature - like in chess, I like to have more control. But when then need arises, I seem to at least be able to challenge opponents in a fight.

It resembles my chess development to a certain extent. When I was young, I would often go all out, sometimes just for the sake of it, sometimes because it was virtually forced by some earlier mistake. Later, when I had learned more, I developed a more control oriented, positional style. But I could still take the fight to my opponents, even though I prefer not to where possible...];B[pd]BL[55]C[
 XIEHOU 14k+: Hi!(by Go Bible Android client)
];W[pp]WL[40];B[cd]BL[47];W[dp]WL[37];B[ic]BL[43];W[nc]WL[7];B[oc]BL[36];W[nd]WL[600];B[pf]BL[581];W[kc]WL[579];B[ie]BL[560]C[This must be one of the longest fuseki sequences I've managed to follow in one of my games up until now. I haven't actually learned this stuff by heart, but I had looked up how Black should react against this keima in the Chinese fuseki - but only as far as that Black should play tsuke.

I understand this such that Black wants to make white heavy within Black's area of influence. I've checked the moves up to 12 on Waltheri and so far I've hit Blacks first choices. Come to that, White's keima is only 20th choice so I guess Black should have got a good deal out of this sequence. Now Waltheri has only one game left where White jumped out with L15.

My opponent now rather played a move that feels like unneccessarily strengthening my corner. However, a couple of moves later, I had managed to mess up my good start...]
(;W[od]WL[555];B[pc]BL[534];W[mg]WL[547]C[White jumps out on a larger scale. Looking at he position now, I'm thinking, I maybe should have tried to separate N13 from his friends. On the other hand, there were two hoshis left to attack so I went for that first.];B[cn]BL[509];W[dn]WL[533];B[dm]BL[486];W[em]WL[474]C[Now I was at a bit of a loss as to what to do. I decided to simply connect and maybe take a point like D11 for a stake of the left side. Atari at E6 seems like helping White (see variation).]
(;B[cm]BL[472];W[el]WL[460];B[qn]BL[425]C[I think that I should really play around here to increase Black influence on the right side. I'm not yet worrying about White sticking his head out at E8 because I thought I would still have the 3-3 invasion. But now my opponent chooses the same sequence as on the right and I'm left feeling stupid while looking at his bottom moyo.];W[pn]WL[429];B[pm]BL[415];W[om]WL[405];B[qm]BL[409];W[oo]WL[371];B[dj]BL[392]C[This seems ok for Black but what about White's bottom - it feels super big.];W[co]WL[336];B[qq]BL[382]C[I was getting uneasy about White's bottom moyo. With hindsight, I would prefer something R11 to match him at big.];W[qp]WL[321];B[pq]BL[362];W[oq]WL[318];B[or]BL[350];W[qi]WL[267]C[Yeah, why hadn't I played around here instead of invading.];B[rp]BL[306];W[ro]WL[259];B[rq]BL[300];W[qo]WL[252];B[pj]BL[274]C[Bad - this is the imitation of a leaning attack. Q9 would have been much safer, no?];W[pl]WL[224];B[ql]BL[261];W[qk]WL[217]C[At this point I thought I'm busted and have only some water muddying left...];B[pk]BL[255];W[ol]WL[200];B[qj]BL[238];W[rk]WL[194];B[rl]BL[200];W[rj]WL[190];B[pi]BL[171];W[qh]WL[171];B[qf]BL[158];W[ph]WL[161];B[nj]BL[154];W[ji]WL[116]TR[en][nq]C[Normally my O10 group shouldn't go anywhere. Anyway, I thought that I had just about enough aji to mess him about. Maybe some well timed atari at D6 or O3 to threaten a connection? At 14 kyu level, at least...];B[jp]BL[100]C[Midway between the to mentioned ataris, to increase my tactical options. If White goes after the O10 group I hope to live at the bottom to destroy the White moyo. I also recognized the forcing moves at O4, O6 and E5 that might come in handy in a fight.]TR[np][nn][eo];W[mq]WL[88];B[nr]BL[88];W[kq]WL[576];B[fq]BL[593]TR[eg]C[White's corner might also not be as safe as he'd like it to be. I feel like I need to engineer some kind of trade that leaves me chance to play something like F13 to reinforce my moyo on the upper left.];W[dr]WL[561]C[Closing the door on me :-(];B[jq]BL[567]C[Trying to make a base for my group...];W[kr]WL[554];B[nq]BL[545]C[This seems a bit like I aji wasting - my problem was though, that I didn't think that my bottom left group could live and therefore, I wouldn't have the time seal the upper left. Needless to say, the O10 group is also in dire straits.];W[np]WL[539];B[mp]BL[541];W[lp]WL[531];B[mo]BL[527]C[So I decided to liven things up...];W[lo]WL[523];B[mn]BL[516];W[ln]WL[506];B[ml]BL[424];W[mm]WL[483];B[nm]BL[421];W[lm]WL[474];B[nl]BL[414]TR[mn][mo][mp]C[My three stones at N4 to N6 might be captured, but I've gained some potential for eyes in the center. The problem is that my bottom left group still seems dead. I therefore hope to make the O10 group live AND get a point like F13 (must be hopeless against a strong player...)]SQ[fg];W[ir]WL[422]C[Ok, my bottom left group either runs or dies... so now all hinges on my breaking through with the center group.];B[li]BL[357];W[kg]WL[392];B[kk]BL[327]
(;W[ll]WL[335]C[Seems slack...];B[lk]BL[303];W[ok]WL[312];B[oj]BL[279];W[mi]WL[274];B[mj]BL[267];W[lh]WL[269];B[ik]BL[244]C[Into the great wide open. Suppose the now forces my towards the left, I thought I could connect, and when he then enters my unfinished moyo in the upper right, I might mess with his lower moyo by connecting at least some of the bottom left to the newly gained thickness!];W[jj]WL[258];B[jk]BL[238]C[Feels like a thank you move by White?];W[ki]WL[224];B[gk]BL[217];W[ej]WL[212]C[Still, White seems to be pushing me around. I need to run upwards with my center group and meanwhile hope that my E10 group survives this leaning attack. I did mention that I felt that my opponent was much superior to me.]TR[dj][dm][cm][cn];B[hi]BL[190];W[hg]WL[187];B[ei]BL[176];W[fj]WL[182];B[fi]BL[166];W[gj]WL[172];B[hj]BL[162];W[gi]WL[169];B[gh]BL[158];W[dk]WL[160]TR[ek]C[Fortunately there is the cutting point to protect, so my group gets out. My moyo is going to take a bit hit, though.];B[hh]BL[132];W[fh]WL[151];B[gg]BL[117];W[eg]WL[32];B[ef]BL[72];W[df]WL[538];B[ff]BL[582];W[dg]WL[514];B[ck]BL[550];W[cj]WL[495];B[cl]BL[539]C[Can I live here?];W[de]WL[444];B[dd]BL[533];W[fc]WL[425];B[ec]BL[503];W[ee]WL[401];B[hf]BL[461];W[ig]WL[340];B[nk]BL[435]C[One eye is better than no eye...];W[on]WL[336];B[lj]BL[428];W[jd]WL[296];B[id]BL[419];W[fd]WL[242];B[ci]BL[394];W[di]WL[218];B[bj]BL[389];W[ch]WL[188];B[dj]BL[381];W[eh]WL[183];B[bh]BL[377]C[So now I live on the right. If my dragon manages to live, I should still be very much in the game.];W[bg]WL[171];B[be]BL[361];W[bo]WL[156];B[bn]BL[352];W[jf]WL[116];B[jn]BL[282];W[jm]WL[110];B[im]BL[264];W[jl]WL[106];B[hn]BL[251];W[hp]WL[64];B[io]BL[241];W[go]WL[50];B[gn]BL[194];W[fn]WL[45];B[ng]BL[140];W[nh]WL[34];B[nf]BL[126];W[mf]WL[25];B[nn]BL[115]C[A luxury which I hoped I could afford. I couldn't read quickly enough whether I was really going to get a second eye around E6 but I decided to go for it because the Black shape looks ok.];W[op]WL[14];B[sn]BL[53]C[This was misclick. Now he timed out which was very unfortunate. I really enjoyed this game. My opponent did not seem like the usual trickster I often get to play at this level - he instead gave me a really tough time strategically and should I be ahead here, it was only after having survived by the skin of my teeth.];OS[])
(;W[ik]C[What if White slams the door shut? I couldn't figure out during the game whether my center group could live. And even if it could - it would probably be sad gote life and enable White to flush my moyo around the F13.]))
(;B[en];W[do];B[el];W[fm]
;B[dl]C[White can't cut at C7 so Black has made more progress on the left than after the game continuation. But so has White on the bottom - which seemed very large to me. So I refrained from this variation.]))
(;W[ke]C[Hashimoto Yujiro vs Yamada Wakio (1985)]))