(;FF[4]GM[1]DT[2017-03-09]PC[OGS: http://online-go.com/game/8011542]PB[FuriousGeorge]PW[GnuGo]BR[25k]WR[9k]CP[online-go.com]RE[W+R]SZ[19]KM[7.5]RU[chinese]AP[Sabaki:0.20.2]C[I played this match against the AI GnuGo to see how I would do in a full game played against a way stronger opponent. Attempting to: - Try some new joseki, or even just joseki in general. - Work on my fighting skills in a full game context (didn't go so well). Lessons learned: - Don't just follow joseki, try to understand the result you want out of it. - Have more of a plan for an invasion rather than just forcing a response.] ;B[pd] ;W[dp] ;B[qp]C[Thinking about being a little more territorial than double 4-4.] ;W[cd] ;B[ec]C[Attack! Trying out the knights approach. Not as familiar with this with White on the 3-4 (or is it the 4-3..?).] ;W[de]C[At this point I loaded up Kogo's Joseki Dictionary to figure out how this one plays out, but got a little lost in there.] ;B[hc]C[Labeled as 'secure' by Kogos, but I'm not feeling as confident. I think the normal sequence is to take A first and slide into that corner before trying to make a base. Or is that just for the 4-4?? (consults joseki dictionary)]LB[cb:A] ;W[fd]C[GnuGo breaks from joseki. Not sure where to go from here. Thinking I need to reinforce.] ;B[fc]C[I like this section. (PLEASE DONT TAKE IT).] ;W[oq]C[Oh. This looks familiar.] ;B[po]C[Ha! I can play the famous Shusaku diagonal move too!] ;W[mp]C[Not quite the same. Looking back I was playing pretty timidly, looking to build up before getting into a fight because my reading skills are still poor.] ;B[qj]C[Reinforce. I wonder if I should have played at 'A'. Could have possibly given up some territory here.]LB[pj:A] ;W[nc]C[Uh oh. Risk of separation from my earlier attack.] ;B[lc]C[Pincer! Or psuedo-pincer...? I am thinking maybe I can choke out this stone and prevent being split.] ;W[ne] ;B[pf]C[I still have the joseki dictionary open. Trying a standard response. I was feeling like maybe this is a good result? White had to run out, I've got some base potential?] ;W[ng] ;B[ph]C[I really want this side too. Not really keen on an invasion. I'm feeling my shape is a little wonky at A.]LB[qj:A] ;W[cj] ;B[fq]C[Not sure how to fix my shape at the moment, so I'm trying to make big moves.] ;W[dn] ;B[iq]C[This time I'm pretty sure normal joseki is to play A before jumping out since White is on 4-4. I was worried about another pincer playing between the two stones on the right and wanted to make a base. Again, a little timid.]LB[dr:A] ;W[qr] ;B[fo]C[Didn't feel like the bottom right corner would be easy to defend. Trying to press into white?] ;W[eq] ;B[er] ;W[dr] ;B[es]C[I guess that's White's corner now...] ;W[pb]C[Ah. My precious corner. Not looking much like mine anymore.] ;B[qc] ;W[qb] ;B[rc] ;W[kf] ;B[ff]C[Trying not to be outpaced on influence and still press into the white framework.] ;W[dg] ;B[cc]C[Can I have this corner please?] ;W[ds] ;B[fr]C[Don't cut me. I need this base.] ;W[ge]C[Oof. My stone's feeling lonely now.] ;B[if]C[Give it a friend.] ;W[ie] ;B[jf] ;W[je] ;B[lf]C[I think this was a misplay. I was thinking of killing the A stone, but I didn't have a plan on how to do it.]LB[kf:A] ;W[jc] ;B[jb]LB[lc:A]C[Feelsbadman. Now the A stone is lonely.] ;W[ib] ;B[hb]C[Gotta defend this base too.] ;W[kg] ;B[jg] ;W[kb]C[Give up or defend? Maybe I can link up underneath?] ;B[ja] ;W[ka]C[Ah man, these stones are dea. If I play A, then white could take at B]LB[ha:B][ia:A] ;B[lq]C[I'm hoping maybe to get white to respond elsewhere, and I can worry about my problem in the upper left later.] ;W[bc]C[Nope, we're going to think about it now.] ;B[bb]C[Stay out.] ;W[cb]C[Oh. Yeah, lets not have that happen.] ;B[dc] ;W[ab] ;B[ba]C[Trying to prevent capture, not realizing these stones are dead.] ;W[ca] ;B[db]C[I realize A and B are dead, trying to contain the damage.]LB[ba:B][bb:A] ;W[aa] ;B[da]C[Continuing defense.] ;W[fe] ;B[gf]C[Maybe I can squeeze the upper white row, or at least fence of some territory in the middle here.] ;W[le]C[Stone A and B are looking kinda sad right now.]LB[lc:B][lf:A] ;B[lg]C[I need to do something with this stone. RUN LITTLE GUY!] ;W[kh] ;B[jh]C[But i think this wall is actually more important.] ;W[ni] ;B[pi]C[I'm feeling pretty good about this territory here. Post game, I'm wondering if I'm a little overconcentrated and this move was too slow. Perhaps this would have been a good time to poke in at points A, B, or C? Or even extend down to D or E?]LB[dk:B][dl:A][pl:D][em:C][pm:E] ;W[mq] ;B[lr]C[Defend my base. But there are some huge holes in the top of it.] ;W[ki] ;B[ji] ;W[kj] ;B[jj]C[Big walls forming. Was thinking I can form to the left.] ;W[el] ;B[fk]C[I used all those stones on the K line, lets keep White out.] ;W[lp] ;B[kq] ;W[kk] ;B[jk]C[Feeling very reactionary at this point, not sure how to take back sente.] ;W[om] ;B[pm] ;W[pl] ;B[ql]LB[pj:B][qj:A]C[Again, stone A feels out of place, I wonder if the hane would have been as playable if it was at point B?] ;W[pk] ;B[qk]C[Keep out, but I realize I have two cutting points now.] ;W[jo] ;B[jm]C[I see that White has a lot of influence to the right, but I'm not confident enough to extend further.] ;W[ho] ;B[jl]C[Wondering if I can wrap around the White wall on the L line and do something with Stones A and B]LB[lf:A][lg:B] ;W[lm] ;B[fi]C[Let's make a box. Boxes are good, right?] ;W[ip] ;B[di]C[Trying to invade, but not sure how. Reviewing now this is a half-hearted move. Other invasion points at A, B, or C? I know I need a two-point jump to make a 'base', but not sure how I can prevent a piece from being cut off?]LB[cf:C][cg:B][ch:A] ;W[hq]C[Oh yeah, giant holes there. Not sure if I can save this.] ;B[ci]C[Maybe if I sneak in, White will be force to respond?] ;W[dk]C[I expecting something more like A.]LB[bi:A] ;B[bj] ;W[bk] ;B[cg]C[Trying to continue invasion. Maybe should have jumped farther to A? Felt like it might have been too easy for Stone B to extend and cut it off.]LB[cf:A][dg:B] ;W[cf] ;B[bf]C[Trying to widen out my base, but now I have lots of cutting points.] ;W[ch]C[... and a hole right there...] ;B[bd]C[I don't remember where I was going with this...] ;W[be] ;B[ad]C[Attempt to save.] ;W[bg]C[Oh right, that stone was in atari...] ;B[ae]C[Atari BACK!] ;W[af]C[Oops. These stones are in a pickle now.] ;B[ha]C[Straight lines this time.] ;W[ia]C[Oh right, those stones were in atati too. Crud.] ;B[gc]C[Maybe I can save this base at least.] ;W[bi]LB[bj:A]C[Stone A is very likely dead. Don't attempt to save and feed stones to White.] ;B[ei]C[Connecting to try and save this little stick thing. I also forgot why I started the invasion, to try and buy some moves to defend my lower base.] ;W[gn] ;B[gm] ;W[gr]C[White didn't forget though...] ;B[fp]C[Can I escape?] ;W[fn]C[White says nope.] ;B[fm] ;W[hm] ;B[hl]C[Pulling back and defending this investment.] ;W[rq] ;B[rp] ;W[sp] ;B[so] ;W[sq] ;B[im] ;W[ro]C[Didn't realize A waswas in atari. The edges of the board always take me by surprise.]LB[so:A] ;B[rn] ;W[sn] ;B[sm] ;W[rm] ;B[so]C[KO FIGHT! Not sure if this helps or hurts me.] ;W[qm] ;B[qn]C[Focused only on A and B, didn't see the atari at C.]LB[pm:C][qm:A][rm:B] ;W[pn] ;B[rl]C[Pull back and defend.] ;W[pm] ;B[sl] ;W[sn] ;B[en]C[Trying to make a ko threat? Didn't see the trouble my pieces were in.] ;W[qo] ;B[em]C[Might as well go with it since I started.] ;W[eo] ;B[hn]C[Get off my lawn!] ;W[go] ;B[ep]C[Oh right, these guys are in trouble too.] ;W[do] ;B[dq]C[Can I push in?] ;W[cq] ;B[gq]C[Can I save my base? Wondering now why I didn't keep pushing, maybe at A?]LB[cp:A] ;W[hr] ;B[cr]C[Thinking I could take A and B and even if White connects, take three at C.]LB[dr:A][bs:C][ds:B] ;W[eq]C[Buuuuuut, that plan kinda needed that stone.] ;B[dd]C[While looking for ko threats, I realize I can take back these diamonds, and with ko White won't be able to retake immediately.] ;W[dq] ;B[ce] ;W[ef] ;B[bf] ;W[fg]C[I realize that White is pushing into my big walls, but if I don't take A, then White could take these back.]LB[af:A] ;B[ag] ;W[gg] ;B[hg]C[Now I defend, although it's been reduced a little bit.] ;W[gh] ;B[hh] ;W[dm] ;B[gi] ;W[ah] ;B[af]C[No. I don't want you to take these back. They're mine now.] ;W[rb] ;B[sc] ;W[hf]C[Still can't spot these dangers. The ataris keep catching me by surprise.] ;B[no]C[Thinking I need to do something about this big 'ole white area. Not sure where to start. Perhaps it would have been better to extend near A? I wanted to try and save these stones in the lower right too.]LB[nj:A] ;W[nn] ;B[mo] ;W[oo] ;B[op]C[Ko again.] ;W[lo] ;B[ln] ;W[kn] ;B[mn]C[Not sure what I'm doing. Whatever it is is not working.] ;W[mm] ;B[on]C[Force to take to prevent capture.] ;W[pq] ;B[nm]C[Realized I could take this too.] ;W[nl]C[Another ko.] ;B[nn]C[Trying to defend. Feeling like I have a lot of stones here now and that ko might not be preferable?] ;W[dj] ;B[fj] ;W[pj] ;B[qi]C[Keep out.] ;W[od] ;B[pe] ;W[in] ;B[hm]C[No ko for you.] ;W[jn] ;B[ir]C[These stones are so sad down here. Maybe I can connect underneath. Or form a little base here.] ;W[mr] ;B[ls] ;W[jq] ;B[jr]C[Not looking so good now.] ;W[jp] ;B[hs]C[Still trying to creep underneath.] ;W[ks]C[Ouch. Not sure where to go from here.] ;B[js] ;W[gp] ;B[gs] ;W[fs]C[BOOM. All gone. Another reading fail.] ;B[kr]C[Trying to form eyes, but I'm pretty sure A is not a real eye...]LB[is:A] ;W[pc] ;B[qd] ;W[oi] ;B[pg] ;W[kl] ;B[km] ;W[sb] ;B[fl]C[Pretty sure we've entered the endgame as it feels like we're just shoring up our shapes... I mean aside from that mess in the lower right.] ;W[ek] ;B[hi] ;W[oh] ;B[ed]C[Wondering if I can repeat my success in flipping the diamonds...] ;W[ee]C[White says nope.] ;B[nq]C[Still trying to make something of this, but I don't see a way out.] ;W[id]C[I can't really figure the reason for these interior moves... Unless it's to prevent invasions...?] ;B[bm]C[INVADE! I gotta make something happen here because everything else is getting choked.] ;W[bn]C[...buuuut I'm not sure where to go from here. This move squishes me a great deal.] ;B[cn] ;W[cm] ;B[co] ;W[bo] ;B[bp] ;W[hd]C[I was surprised by this move, thinking why would they move elsewhere if I'm invading. I think at this point the stones are dead anyways, I'm not exactly sure WHEN they died though...]LB[cp:A] ;B[cp]C[Fix shape...?] ;W[bl] ;B[ap] ;W[bq]C[Still confused with that move, since A takes. Best I can figure is to prevent B from connecting...]LB[am:A][cr:B] ;B[am] ;W[eh] ;B[an]C[I can take these?] ;W[dh] ;B[ao]C[I wonder now if A and B were neccessary if I had C and D...]LB[am:C][an:A][ao:B][ap:D] ;W[of] ;B[og]C[Can I prod this shape?] ;W[oe] ;B[ac]C[Might as well take this corner now, because I can't see what else to do. I'm not sure if that previous invasion was successful or not.] ;W[ic] ;B[bb] ;W[fh] ;B[ba] ;W[gd] ;B[] ;W[ej]C[I resigned at this point. I started analyzing where to go and realized: - the A shape was dead (to my surprise) - B shape is dead too with that false eye - C shape is a mess and would likely all die - I played out scenarios at D and all were easily repelled and fed stones to White - E stone has no hope Any other plays to make? Overall though I felt it was a good learning experience. Next time... GnuGo... next tiiiiiimmmmmeeeee...]LB[lc:E][mj:D][am:A][mn:C][ir:B] )