(;GM[1]FF[4]CA[UTF-8]AP[CGoban:3]ST[2]
RU[Japanese]SZ[19]KM[0.50]TM[1200]OT[5x60 byo-yomi]
PW[Fedya]PB[SamSufi]WR[6k]BR[7k]DT[2016-09-01]PC[The KGS Go Server at http://www.gokgs.com/]RE[B+Resign]
;B[pq]BL[1198.337]
;W[dd]WL[1197.248]C[***
May want to consider this at Q16, since that's black's weaker side.  If black goes for a cross opening, conventional wisdom is that it slightly favours white due to komi.  That is, the board is broken up into smaller groups so the total score for each side is smaller, and as a result komi is proportionally larger.  That said, if you prefer this for some reason, it works fine too.]
;B[cp]BL[1187.16]
;W[qd]WL[1182.478]
;B[kc]BL[1179.632]C[***
Weird.  I guess black is afraid of chinese formation?]
;W[qo]WL[1167.55]C[I didn't think I needed to decide just yet which way I wanted to approach the L16 stone.

***
This is quite fine.]
;B[qp]BL[1177.679]C[*** This is usually not a good choice. For comparison....]
(;W[po]WL[1156.184]
;B[nq]BL[1175.413]
;W[pk]WL[1137.611]C[If I had known what would be coming, I would have played this at R9.

***
Here, this is fine.]
;B[cj]BL[1170.952]
(;W[gc]WL[1112.55]C[***
This is not ambitious enough.  If white is going to play here, it should be closer to put more pressure on black's stone.

Plus, if black invades the corner, it's not clear that white's resulting influence will be all that helpful.]
;B[oc]BL[1167.122]
;W[pf]WL[1100.541]C[***
This or Q15 are both good.]
;B[ne]BL[1163.708]
;W[eq]WL[1061.069]C[***
It is right to tenuki your opponent's wasted moves.]
;B[dq]BL[1161.983]C[Black really loves these pointless kicks.]
;W[ep]WL[1055.823]
;B[cm]BL[1160.938]
;W[ip]WL[1050.248]C[I'll make the same comment here that I made on White 10 that I should have played this on the third line.

***
So, white 10 as it is was fine, because white had backup up the side.  Here, O3 stares at playing L3 or so and then undermining white, so this should be low.

Don't forget also that black played C7 loosely, so white has some action going on starting with the C5 attachment for later.]
;B[iq]BL[1158.18]C[I could sit here all day looking at the position and not know what to do.  If I had it to do over, though, I'd probably play at K3, only because I didn't try that in the game.  I was worried about the idea of a cross-cut, though.

*** This is premature, since white wants the outside, and contact moves will strengthen white.  The fact that you don't know how to handle something doesn't mean that your initial move was bad.

Mind, it doesn't mean it was good either, but that's besides the point :p]
(;W[hp]WL[1035.458]C[Indeed, the worry about the crosscut is why I didn't play H3.

***
Forget about H3, why didn't you play K3?

White, by playing high for J4, said "I don't care about points here, I want to have an influential group."  As such, when black complies with your request, be glad.  Why are you so scared of black cross-cutting?  There's no killer sequence there where white completely collapses, and black's stone is cut off from his own groups as well.]
;B[hq]BL[1155.604]
(;W[gq]WL[1033.483]C[***
Look.  White has a group that's in enemy territory, but on the stronger side.  There's no need to be so defensive.  You should counterattack and then be okay with sacrificing a few stones if necessary for a good result.

See variation.]
;B[jq]BL[1152.441]
;W[cg]WL[959.209]C[There were several moves I was thinking of, all of which seemed to have pluses and minuses.  If I don't play here, Black will reduce me to a small corner.  But if I do play here, Black will jump in at C17 and take away any territory I might get.I was also thinking of R18, something like R12 or R11, and M3.  Perhaps I really should have played C17 or B16 instead?  Those both seemed small.

***
The classic move to take the corner in good shape is C16 with the ogeima in place already.  When you do two like this, it begs black to invade the 3-3, since he can do it and still live, but it's very big for white if he doesn't.  You could consider something a bit looser like C15 also, since you would then have a nice extension to C12.  Of course, it gives black a nice extension to C13 too.]
;B[cc]BL[1149.888]C[I knew this was coming, but playing here myself seemed small.

***
Well, white made it bigger with the previous move.  This kind of makes white's previous move into a wasted stone.]
;W[dc]WL[954.422]C[Before you criticize me for playing quickly, giving me minutes or even hours to come up with a reason for why blocking one way is better than the other here wouldn't help me come up with any better reasons.]
;B[cd]BL[1148.269]
;W[ce]WL[952.081]
;B[db]BL[1147.204]C[***
This is out of order (joseki is B15, B14, D15, D14, this.) That said, I'm not sure if you can capitalise on it directly.]
;W[eb]WL[945.173]
;B[bb]BL[1145.434]C[***
This is weird, making the ko shape.]
(;W[fc]WL[926.697]C[***
This is already covered by the G17 stone and serves no purpose.]
;B[be]BL[1143.469]
(;W[cf]WL[921.775]
;B[bf]BL[1142.089]
;W[co]WL[856.914]C[I thought about turning at B13, but it didn't seem very big.  I was looking at the board, and couldn't find a weakness for Black.  I suppose I could play M3, but Black can easily connect.  Or, I could try to weaken the group at the top, but I don't see how.  I'll just get surrounded.And to be honest, I have no idea what I'm supposed to do with that thickness in the top left.

*** Regarding the thickness, that's why black's timing to invade was excellent, and by extension, why C13 was bad.

This move is reasonable, though.]
;B[bo]BL[1138.625]
;W[cn]WL[846.923]C[*** This feels soft.  I want to play B4, but haven't read everything out.]
;B[bn]BL[1105.362]
;W[dp]WL[832.927]
;B[cq]BL[1100.086]
;W[dm]WL[825.026]
;B[cl]BL[1097.679]
;W[dl]WL[821.313]
;B[dk]BL[1092.726]
;W[en]WL[799.493]C[This all seemed awfully defensive.  I was trying to find a weakness in Black's group on the left, but it looks as if all I did was help him secure his territory.

***
It is, but white's shape is also awkward.  That said, white's sequence didn't really gain much for white, while black is all solid now.  This is why I felt C6 was too soft.]
;B[qk]BL[1089.487]
;W[ql]WL[780.858]C[The only reason I played this and risked the crosscut was because H4 obviously didn't work.

***
Wrong direction.  White is strong on this side already.]
(;B[qj]BL[1065.717]
;W[rl]WL[760.12]C[***
Too soft.]
;B[pj]BL[1055.706]C[***
I get the sense that rather than fight over the issue, white has decided that the groups are already cut and is in panic defensive mode.

Black is the one who should be worried and under attack here.]
;W[ok]WL[755.145]
;B[rg]BL[1041.052]C[*** This is part of why white should have haned on the other side.]
;W[ph]WL[734.581]C[This isn't going to do much, since Black can just play P11 and break out.]
;B[qh]BL[1023.095]
;W[oh]WL[726.963]C[When I played this, my immediate thought was that I might have erred, but I think it does seal Black in.]
(;B[oj]BL[1007.113]
;W[nj]WL[722.916]
;B[qf]BL[990.482]
;W[pe]WL[710.79]
;B[qe]BL[986.852]
(;W[pd]WL[705.422]C[*** See variation.]
;B[rd]BL[985.641]
;W[md]WL[625.809]C[I felt I absolutely had to try to weaken this group because my moyo on the right has been completely obliterated.  If I play something passive like S17, I'm going to be way, way behind.

***
White is already quite behind, having given up territory to black without any compensation.  This is trying too hard though.]
;B[nd]BL[975.914]
;W[mc]WL[623.294]
;B[me]BL[955.554]
;W[kd]WL[591.273]
;B[jc]BL[942.451]
;W[jd]WL[585.75]
;B[ic]BL[939.577]
;W[le]WL[583.311]
;B[mg]BL[937.68]
;W[ni]WL[573.327]C[I really didn't like this move, but I think it's necessary.]
;B[nk]BL[913.401]
;W[mk]WL[546.755]
;B[nl]BL[908.966]
;W[pl]WL[543.989]
;B[mj]BL[907.152]
;W[mi]WL[540.405]
;B[lj]BL[906.03]
;W[lh]WL[535.048]
;B[lg]BL[904.339]
;W[kh]WL[525.306]
;B[kg]BL[891.313]
;W[jg]WL[521.05]
;B[jf]BL[884.106]
;W[kf]WL[518.04]
;B[jh]BL[880.95]
;W[ig]WL[515.839]
;B[ji]BL[876.562]
;W[kj]WL[484.532]
;B[ki]BL[856.185]
;W[li]WL[481.925]
;B[lk]BL[854.89]
;W[ml]WL[479.302]
;B[ll]BL[834.016]
;W[mm]WL[476.013]
;B[jk]BL[832.449]
;W[nm]WL[466.193]
;B[ie]BL[816.997]
;W[id]WL[456.172]
;B[hd]BL[806.367]
;W[hc]WL[441.962]
;B[he]BL[801.668]
;W[gg]WL[431.051]
;B[hi]BL[799.721]C[Amazingly, I should be able to kill a bunch of Black stones now and have a reasonable game.]
(;W[gf]WL[419.492]C[*** See variation.

This move doesn't seem to be necessary.]
;B[lc]BL[794.26]
;W[ld]WL[415.953]
;B[mb]BL[792.887]
;W[nb]WL[413.323]
;B[lb]BL[791.12]
;W[nc]WL[409.461]
;B[ob]BL[788.987]
;W[na]WL[399.578]
;B[je]BL[782.493]
;W[od]WL[374.977]
;B[ke]BL[765.924]
;W[pb]WL[367.376]
;B[lf]BL[747.291]
;W[pc]WL[362.384]
;B[ma]BL[742.934]
;W[oa]WL[359.857]
;B[ka]BL[740.753]
;W[lq]WL[243.552]C[I realized I couldn't kill the group around L19, so I tried to reduce Black here.]
;B[kp]BL[733.669]
;W[mp]WL[239.654]
;B[np]BL[730.556]
;W[no]WL[232.148]
;B[oo]BL[725.164]
;W[nn]WL[227.234]
;B[pp]BL[717.422]
;W[on]WL[209.097]
;B[go]BL[711.014]
;W[gp]WL[202.12]
;B[fo]BL[709.701]
(;W[eo]WL[200.021]C[*** Much too timid.]
;B[gm]BL[708.548]C[I had no idea my group in the lower left was in any danger.

***
No comment.]
;W[hl]WL[194.884]C[*** Shoulder hits, like contact moves, tend to strengthen both sides.  However, so close to black's strength, this is kind of dicey.

Did you consider trying to kill the center group in trade?]
;B[gl]BL[706.826]
;W[hk]WL[189.948]
;B[hm]BL[705.677]
;W[jl]WL[180.697]
;B[gk]BL[699.437]
;W[im]WL[171.731]
;B[in]BL[697.164]
;W[jn]WL[169.726]
;B[io]BL[695.485]
;W[jo]WL[166.098]
;B[jp]BL[694.104]
;W[kl]WL[145.022]
;B[kk]BL[683.94]
;W[lm]WL[142.673]
;B[em]BL[671.642]
(;W[dn]WL[124.881]
;B[fr]BL[666.835]C[It was only now that I saw I had a problem.]
;W[fm]WL[92.393]
;B[el]BL[664.719]
;W[hn]WL[87.23]C[This was a misread.]
;B[ho]BL[661.073]C[And now I was intending to play G6, with the idea that if Black plays F6, I can capture at F4.  The problem, of course, is that F6 would capture two white stones.]
;W[fl]WL[79.991]
;B[ek]BL[657.36]
;W[fn]WL[77.898]
;B[gn]BL[651.791]
;W[fk]WL[72.846]
;B[fj]BL[648.331]
;W[gj]WL[70.095]
;B[hj]BL[637.55]
;W[gi]WL[65.396]
;B[ik]BL[632.861]
;W[il]WL[62.123]
;B[km]BL[630.339]C[I didn't see this move coming either.]
;W[kn]WL[60]OW[5]
;B[jm]BL[627.841]
;W[gr]WL[60]OW[5]C[Another move that's particularly bad.  The thinking was to put pressure on Black's stones at H3, except that Black can just play M6.I suppose the one good thing it does is to force Black to play E2 and give me a chance to fix the M6 defect.  The problem is that I'm going to be short liberties.]
;B[er]BL[622.233]
;W[ln]WL[60]OW[5]
;B[hr]BL[619.672]
;W[hs]WL[60]OW[5]
;B[is]BL[617.962]
;W[gs]WL[60]OW[5]
;B[fq]BL[609.097]
;W[fp]WL[60]OW[5]
;B[fs]BL[606.568])
(;W[el]
;B[fm]
;W[ek]
;B[ej]
;W[gj]
;B[hj]
;W[fj]
;B[fi]
;W[fk]
(;B[gi]
;W[il]C[*** I think white wins this.])
(;B[ik]
;W[gi]
;B[gh]
;W[fh]C[*** Not spectacular, but white's alive.])))
(;W[hn]C[***
Black's not going anywhere in a hurry, though there is still potential.]))
(;W[lc]C[*** Please... These stones need to die.])
(;W[]
;B[hg]
;W[hf]
;B[hh]
;W[if]
;B[gf]
;W[je]
;B[fg]
;W[ge]))
(;W[pc]))
(;B[oi]
;W[oj]
;B[pi]
;W[ni]
;B[nj]
;W[nh]))
(;B[pj]C[***
Now white's area is in trouble without much in way of compensation.]))
(;W[bf]
;B[de]
;W[cf]
;B[bd]C[***
White can fight like this.]))
(;W[da]C[*** At least this first.  The ko, if black starts it, is just a way to score something extra from black's mistake.])
(;W[be]C[***
Also worth considering?  The clamp at F18 does hurt though.]))
(;W[jq]
;B[gp]
(;W[go])
(;W[gq]C[I don't think black is doing that well here.])))
(;W[jq]
;B[jp]
;W[hp]C[*** What does black do now?]))
(;W[oc]C[Suppose white put some body into his framework instead...]
;B[fc]
;W[cf]
;B[db]
;W[cc]
;B[hd]C[*** I think white is doing okay here.  White can next approach at E4 or so.]))
(;AE[qo][qp]
;W[po]
;B[qo]
;W[qn]
;B[qp]
;W[pn]
;B[nq]
;W[pj]C[Notice how black has a similar result, but a few more points in this line.]))