(;GM[1]FF[4]CA[UTF-8]AP[CGoban:3]ST[2]
RU[Japanese]SZ[19]KM[6.50]TM[1800]OT[5x30 byo-yomi]
PW[Fedya]PB[fuyo]WR[5k]BR[5k]DT[2011-03-29]PC[The KGS Go Server at http://www.gokgs.com/]RE[B+Resign]
;B[pd]BL[1787.091]
;W[dp]WL[1792.597]
;B[pq]BL[1782.793]
;W[dc]WL[1788.756]
;B[fq]BL[1779.297]
;W[hq]WL[1710.52]C[Ted: This shouldn't be the place where things start going wrong.  Yet I find that when there are pincer attacks in my games, I'm disproportionately the one ending up with the weak group(s), regardless of whether I'm the one playing the pincer, or I'm being pincered.

Dusk: Well, there's nothing wrong with what you've done so far. You obviously don't have to pincer here, but it's fine too.]
;B[cq]BL[1769.851]
(;W[cp]WL[1701.24]LB[dj:A]TR[fq]C[Blocking this way ought to be better because of the stone at D17, especially if I can be the first to play around D10.  That, and I always feel uncomfortable with the aji a stone like F3 has if I block at D3.

Dusk: This move is generally only played if you have a stone at 'A'. Otherwise, you end in gote, and it's not quite good enough for you. Blocking the other way is probably better; if you don't like the other result (and I don't see why you shouldn't), you maybe shouldn't have played that pincer here.]
;B[dq]BL[1767.385]
;W[ep]WL[1690.404]
;B[fr]BL[1763.945]
;W[go]WL[1687.11]
;B[ci]BL[1737.207]
(;W[cl]WL[1674.61]TR[ci]C[You're going to tell me this is all wrong.  You're going to tell me that I'm supposed to push the Black stone toward the stronger group.But if I push Black towards my group on the bottom, I'm just going to wind up with worthless thickness that has no good way of making much territory.

Dusk: Well, I don't think your joseki choice was right, so it makes sense that nothing feels perfect. But yes, I do disagree with this move. Your thickness isn't for making territory in the first place, so it's perfectly expected that you won't get from pushing the other direction.

However, if you do push from this direction, I would play one space closer, to exert the maximum amount of pressure on his stone.]
;B[cf]BL[1726.426]
(;W[gc]WL[1669.456]
;B[pj]BL[1701.413]
;W[po]WL[1654.729]
;B[np]BL[1684.613]
;W[qq]WL[1644.659]
;B[qr]BL[1670.498]
;W[rq]WL[1636.364]C[I don't know why I played this instead of R4.

Dusk: Yeah, R4 looks better IMO.]
;B[rr]BL[1657.708]
(;W[ro]WL[1622.224]
(;B[jq]BL[1641.455]
(;W[nc]WL[1556.15]C[I thought about attacking around M3.  I also thought about strengthening the group in the bottom right by playing around R8, or about playing between the Q16 and Q10 stones.  That and the M3 idea seem wrong: if I've already got one weak group, don't create another!

Dusk: R8 is nice, and this is nice too. P3 also seems big.]
;B[lc]BL[1581.529]
;W[qc]WL[1550.242]
;B[qd]BL[1575.989]
;W[pc]WL[1544.441]
;B[od]BL[1572.237]
;W[nb]WL[1540.07]
;B[me]BL[1567.9]
(;W[jc]WL[1537.559]
(;B[md]BL[1472.618]C[I think it's too small for black, and it doesn't even fix all of black's problems.]
(;W[ql]WL[1513.17]
;B[qj]BL[1426.09]
;W[lp]WL[1439.428]LB[pp:C][oq:A][or:B]TR[cc][cd]C[ Another move I thought a long time about; I expected Black to respond with M3.  But then, after playing it, I thought perhaps Black might jump out to K5 and that I'd wind up with another weak stone.

Dusk: The reduction sequence starting with white 'A', black 'B', white 'C' seems good enough locally. The top left corner is bigger IMO.]
;B[lq]BL[1414.315]C[At least Black responded the way I expected.]
;W[mq]WL[1434.991]
;B[mp]BL[1412.114]
;W[kq]WL[1431.439]
;B[lr]BL[1409.829]
;W[kp]WL[1427.234]
;B[kr]BL[1407.768]
;W[jp]WL[1421.214]
;B[iq]BL[1378.739]
;W[ip]WL[1392.271]
;B[hr]BL[1375.785]
;W[gp]WL[1381.934]C[I have a feeling I should simply have played H4.

Dusk: Why play anything here? End of comments.]
;B[bc]BL[1352.605]
;W[nh]WL[1348.317]TR[me][pj]C[As I understand it, if you want to reduce an opponent's moyo, you're supposed to play along the sector line, which means playing someplace halfway between the stones at N15 and Q10.  I'm apprehensive about playing the move, but I don't see how it can be any better to let Black play here, or something like jumping out to O10, either of which would let Black take a large amount of territory.]
;B[og]BL[1332.907]
;W[oh]WL[1333.416]
;B[ph]BL[1323.587]
;W[ng]WL[1266.52]C[I thought about playing immediately at Q11, but decided to play this first.

In hindsight, I shouldn't have played at Q11 at all.]
;B[of]BL[1315.625]
;W[pi]WL[1249.542]
;B[qh]BL[1273.221]
;W[qi]WL[1223.912]
;B[oi]BL[1213.357]
;W[ri]WL[1218.407]
;B[rj]BL[1203.809]C[For some reason I didn't consider this move when I thought about Q11.]
;W[ni]WL[1128.873]
;B[oj]BL[1199.17]
;W[kh]WL[1126.362]
;B[mk]BL[1133.304]
;W[kj]WL[1069.008]
;B[fd]BL[1074.113]
;W[fc]WL[1063.538]
;B[dd]BL[1064.461]
;W[ed]WL[1055.389]C[This is probably wrong, but I felt I was trailing badly anyhow, and had to play aggressively.]
;B[ee]BL[1061.539]
;W[ec]WL[1052.141]
;B[cd]BL[1050.606]
;W[fe]WL[1043.74]
;B[ff]BL[1017.808]
;W[ge]WL[1039.379]
;B[eg]BL[953.839]
;W[gf]WL[968.121]
;B[gg]BL[949.642]
;W[if]WL[961.452]
;B[dl]BL[930.215]
;W[cm]WL[942.52]
;B[dk]BL[900.339]
;W[ck]WL[924.366]
;B[dj]BL[890.721]
;W[bq]WL[874.047]
;B[br]BL[875.558]
;W[bp]WL[869.496]
;B[hg]BL[868.547]
;W[ig]WL[859.245]
;B[hj]BL[836.06]
;W[fl]WL[829.8]
;B[fk]BL[757.087]
;W[gl]WL[824.285]
;B[em]BL[734.222]
;W[el]WL[816.952]
;B[dm]BL[729.003]
;W[ek]WL[813.969]
;B[ej]BL[726.103]
;W[gk]WL[808.86]
;B[fj]BL[723.217]
;W[gj]WL[804.495]
;B[gi]BL[720.794]
;W[il]WL[775.277]
;B[kl]BL[710.523]
;W[pp]WL[683.053]
;B[oq]BL[703.488]
;W[rl]WL[677.53]C[These last two moves are probably tantamount to giving up, but I couldn't find any Black weaknesses to exploit.]
;B[ol]BL[631.773]
;W[rc]WL[628.894]
;B[rd]BL[625.951]
;W[sd]WL[624.031]
;B[se]BL[622.964]
;W[sc]WL[620.771]
;B[rf]BL[612.709]
;W[kb]WL[617.264]
;B[lb]BL[608.172]
;W[bj]WL[611.908]
;B[bi]BL[602.698]
;W[ai]WL[605.202]
;B[ah]BL[597.979]
;W[aj]WL[600.9]
;B[bg]BL[589.879]
;W[cj]WL[591.37]
;B[jd]BL[573.317]
;W[id]WL[573.364]
;B[je]BL[559.66]
;W[ie]WL[568.077]
;B[fn]BL[525.702]
;W[gn]WL[558.336]
;B[on]BL[461.194]
;W[pn]WL[524.321]
;B[ib]BL[431.998]C[I didn't see this move at all.]
;W[ic]WL[513.038]
;B[jb]BL[420.595]C[Here I saw that I couldn't kill the stones at J/K18.  Since I felt I was well behind before Black played J18, I realized I was even further behind now, and resigned.
])
(;W[lb]
;B[kb]
;W[kc]
;B[mb]
;W[mc]
;B[la]
;W[ld]))
(;B[cc]C[Big.]))
(;W[ql]C[Perfect time to play this, IMO. Strengthen your right-side group, while reducing his right side.])
(;W[oq]C[Also still there, and probably even bigger.]
;B[or]
;W[pp]
;B[pr]
;W[nq]))
(;W[oq]
(;B[op]
;W[pr]
;B[pp]
;W[nr])
(;B[or]
;W[pp]
;B[pr]
;W[nq]
;B[mq]
;W[op]
;B[nr])))
(;B[pp]C[Seems to fix black's shape better.]))
(;W[pp]
;B[oq]
;W[qm]C[Maybe better?]))
(;W[cd]C[I like this better.]))
(;W[cf]C[Nice shimari in the corner.]
;B[cl]C[White sente.]))
(;W[dq]
;B[cp]
;W[do]
;B[dr]
;W[er]
;B[cr]
;W[eq]
;B[cn]C[You have sente and a wall. The aji of that one black stone exists but isn't terrible for you.]))