(;GM[1]FF[4]CA[UTF-8]AP[CGoban:3]ST[2] RU[AGA]SZ[19]KM[7.50] PW[dhu]PB[andrew kay]C[W+14.5] ;B[dp] ;W[pp] ;B[dd] ;W[pc] ;B[pe] ;W[qe] ;B[qf] ;W[qd] ;B[qn] ;W[nq] ;B[pg] ;W[of] (;B[oe]C[perhaps this really is possible (if B has the ladder)] (;W[rf] (;B[nf]C[strangely solid perhaps the B stone at P15 is truly more useful than at P13? But then why do I never see pros play it? Was my play slack to not play a ladder breaker?] ;W[qh] ;B[dj] (;W[cc] ;B[cd] ;W[dc] (;B[ec] ;W[eb] ;B[fc] ;W[fb] ;B[gc] ;W[fq] (;B[dn] ;W[eo] ;B[do] ;W[dr] ;B[cq] ;W[hp] ;B[hn] ;W[ch]C[looks like slight overplay, though the shape to invade sanrensei is borrowed from alphago] (;B[ci]C[a bit slack? W might even treat it as a good exchange and tenuki like alphago] ;W[eh] (;B[fi] ;W[bi]C[I was a bit reluctant to exchange though normal due to losing some aji with C9, but I thought 1) there is a chance B responds differently later (e.g. C10 not B10) 2) B might hane at B12] ;B[bj] ;W[ee] ;B[ed] ;W[gg] (;B[hf]C[a bit crude, but perhaps a good idea] ;W[hg] ;B[ig]C[I was surprised (doesn't this help W make eyes)] ;W[ih] (;B[jg] ;W[gf]C[important shape point to fight over] ;B[he] ;W[hi]C[better than G11 despite G11 sente as G11 doesn't help enough with my cut, and there is still cut aji at E11 now and hence sente at G9 and potential to cut of H6] (;B[nc]C[huge, B satisfied to take this huge point] ;W[gb] ;B[hb] (;W[jh]C[why not I thought as B L11 remains powerful] (;B[kg] (;W[jp]C[defending against J4 double hane and K3 invasions] ;B[bd] ;W[bc] ;B[ga]C[natural to try to exchange a big endgame in sente but...] ;W[hc] (;B[ic] (;W[ro]C[the top left can live unconditionally if I sacrifice E18, but with H17 I was planning to fight a ko if B tried to capture it.] (;B[kp]C[andrew starts playing desperate moves to get out of this situation] (;W[jo]C[seems to be a good move to depend upon this seemed both the safest way and possibly the best move. it is difficult for B to deal with both the L4 stone and the right side W area, and W will solidify a lead as B runs] ;B[pq]C[nice move locally, though still showing some desperation. I didn't find this so easy to answer as L4] (;W[oq]C[a bit emotional perhaps] ;B[qp] ;W[qo] ;B[po] ;W[op] ;B[rn] ;W[rp] (;B[qq] ;W[rq] (;B[jq] (;W[iq]C[aiming to attack the whole group] ;B[ln]C[Andrew tries to save everything, still keeping an eye on the centre weak W group] ;W[pn]C[I thought my win was near certain from getting this. I just have to make sure not to die in the centre, and decide if I dare to fight the ko in the top left and answer F19 with E19, or live painfully but unconditionally with A16] ;B[oo] (;W[pm] ;B[no] (;W[rm]C[I don't get this move] ;B[mq] ;W[mr] ;B[lr] ;W[nr] ;B[mp] ;W[bg]C[just trying to live Andrew says ruefully: so you're saying that's gote as well ... me: hopefully :)] ;B[rr] ;W[pr] ;B[qr] ;W[os] ;B[sq]C[just losing points] ;W[qm]C[a valuable move] ;B[re]C[I'd read this before he cut] ;W[rg]C[best] ;B[qc]C[losing many more points] (;W[qb] ;B[rc] ;W[pd] (;B[rd]C[more potential for trickery] (;W[rb] ;B[pb]C[this doesn't work at all] ;W[ob] ;B[pa] ;W[oc] ;B[sb] ;W[oa] ;B[ra] ;W[qa] ;B[pb] ;W[sa] ;B[qs] ;W[ss] ;B[ra] ;W[pa] ;B[nb] (;W[se] ;B[na] ;W[sd] ;B[fh] ;W[fg] ;B[ac] ;W[ab] (;B[ba]C[loses points due to the J18 tesuji] (;W[cb] ;B[ca] ;W[fa] ;B[da] ;W[db] ;B[ad] ;W[bb] ;B[dh] ;W[dg] ;B[di] ;W[ik]C[very slow but stable] ;B[jl] ;W[aj] ;B[bk] ;W[kj]C[small but stable living is far too easy, but that is all I need] ;B[mj] ;W[ak] ;B[cf] ;W[cg] ;B[bl] ;W[fe] ;B[df] ;W[ef] ;B[ah] ;W[ai] ;B[ag] ;W[bf] ;B[af] ;W[cr] ;B[jj] ;W[jk] ;B[ki] ;W[ji] ;B[ij] ;W[hj] ;B[kk] ;W[ii] ;B[jj] ;W[im] ;B[eq] ;W[er] ;B[fp] ;W[gp] ;B[jm] ;W[in] ;B[lj] ;W[hm] ;B[gk] ;W[hk] ;B[jr] ;W[bq] ;B[bp] ;W[dq] ;B[cp] ;W[ep] ;B[pj] ;W[rj] ;B[qk] ;W[rk] ;B[ol] (;W[bh]C[not even bothered with good endgame anymore, this is just 1+ threatening 5 points, i.e. just 3.5 points] ;B[ha]C[huge, something like over 15 points reverse sente, or 30 points ....] ;W[ir] ;B[br] ;W[bs] ;B[ar] ;W[ph] ;B[oh] ;W[nd] ;B[od] ;W[sc] ;B[ne] ;W[nn] ;B[nm] ;W[on] ;B[mn] ;W[ko] ;B[lp] ;W[pi] ;B[oi] ;W[qj] ;B[pk] ;W[fm] ;B[el] ;W[qg] ;B[pf] ;W[al] ;B[am] ;W[ae] ;B[ms] ;W[sr] ;B[en] ;W[fn] ;B[gl] ;W[em] ;B[dm] ;W[fl] ;B[fk] ;W[gj] ;B[ei] ;W[eg] ;B[fj] ;W[gd] ;B[hd] ;W[kh] ;B[lh] ;W[om] ;B[nl] ;W[kn] ;B[km] ;W[js] ;B[ks] ;W[is] ;B[ql] ;W[rl] ;B[gm] ;W[gn] ;B[gh] ;W[be] ;B[kq]C[I lost 4/3 point by not atari here as B would have had to protect at M7] ;W[hh]C[filling in dame, W+R] ;B[aq] ;W[cs] ;B[hc] ;W[ij] ;B[kj] ;W[lo] ;B[mo] ;W[ns] ;B[ls]TW[ra][sa][pb][sb][qc][rc][rd][re][af][ff][sf][ag][sg][ah][rh][sh][qi][ri][si][sj][sk][sl][sm][hn][qn][rn][sn][fo][go][ho][io][so][fp][ip][qp][sp][eq][gq][hq][pq][qq][sq][fr][gr][hr][or][qr][rr][ds][es][fs][gs][hs][ps][qs][rs]TB[ia][ja][ka][la][ma][ib][jb][kb][lb][mb][jc][kc][lc][mc][id][jd][kd][ld][md][nd][ie][je][ke][le][me][if][jf][kf][lf][mf][of][lg][mg][ng][og][mh][nh][li][mi][ni][cj][ej][nj][oj][ck][dk][ek][lk][mk][nk][ok][cl][dl][kl][ll][ml][bm][cm][lm][mm][an][bn][cn][ao][bo][co][ap][bq][lq][kr] (;W[md]C[some potential, but only ko threats] ;B[lb] ;W[lc] ;B[mb] ;W[kb] ;B[kc] ;W[jc] ;B[kd] ;W[la] ;B[jb] ;W[ja]) (;W[il] ;B[hl] ;W[jn] ;B[gi] ;W[ge] ;B[fd] ;W[de] ;B[ce] ;W[as] ;B[np] ;W[pl]TW[ra][sa][pb][sb][qc][rc][rd][re][af][ff][sf][ag][sg][ah][rh][sh][qi][ri][si][sj][sk][sl][sm][hn][qn][rn][sn][fo][go][ho][io][so][fp][ip][qp][sp][eq][gq][hq][pq][qq][sq][fr][gr][hr][or][qr][rr][ds][es][fs][gs][hs][ps][qs][rs]TB[ia][ja][ka][la][ma][ib][jb][kb][lb][mb][jc][kc][lc][mc][id][jd][kd][ld][md][nd][ie][je][ke][le][me][if][jf][kf][lf][mf][of][lg][mg][ng][og][mh][nh][li][mi][ni][cj][ej][nj][oj][ck][dk][ek][lk][mk][nk][ok][cl][dl][kl][ll][ml][bm][cm][lm][mm][an][bn][cn][ao][bo][co][ap][bq][lq][kr])) (;W[ib] ;B[hd] ;W[ha] (;B[jb] ;W[hc]C[this is a flower ko for W, but W doesn't actually have many threats compared to B] ;B[jc] ;W[hb] ;B[gd]C[this diagram gains 19-21 points in sente locally!]) (;B[hc] ;W[jb] ;B[kc] ;W[kb] ;B[lc]C[this is about 21 points in sente locally] ;W[lb]C[this diagram is about 24 points in gote for W compared to the game]))) (;W[ad]C[should obviously capture])) (;B[cb]C[a bit harder, but still nothing I missed this move until this point - this L&D problem is quite a hard one to do in a game] (;W[db]C[still seki] ;B[ba] ;W[ad] ;B[be] ;W[fa] ;B[da]) (;W[bb]C[andrew thought it was here, this does seem to work] (;B[da]C[W slightly awkward but still fine] (;W[db] ;B[ba]C[seki, a fake ko] ;W[fa]) (;W[ba]C[big mistake] ;B[db] ;W[ad] ;B[fa] ;W[be]C[B gets points in sente]) (;W[ad] ;B[db])) (;B[ba]C[he thought this])))) (;W[na]C[I thought this was risky as the B17 is ko for life with an eye in the K18 area but maybe it is still better to exchange this anyway] ;B[lb] (;W[cb] ;B[ma]C[W in trouble though to be honest, the upper right is still a difficult ko for B it is still a one step ko so B needs very good threats]) (;W[ma] ;B[fa] (;W[ad]C[I can still back down here]) (;W[ea]C[or still fight the ko] ;B[bb] ;W[ha] ;B[ac] ;W[ib] (;B[ja] ;W[jc] ;B[id] ;W[kb]) (;B[hd] ;W[kb]))))) (;W[ob]C[for example, this shorts my own liberties though the ko is probably still quite bad for B] ;B[rb] ;W[ra] ;B[oc] ;W[se] ;B[sc]C[some ko aji])) (;B[rb]C[this doesn't help])) (;W[rd]C[possibly good enough] ;B[pd] ;W[rc] ;B[qb] ;W[pb] ;B[ob])) (;W[qm]C[surely this is better? I don't understand - did I just forget to play here? or not notice it? perhaps it isn't necessarily better as there is aji of S7 push and cut with a variety of forcing moves])) (;W[no]C[almost automatic, but eventually decided against] ;B[on] ;W[pm] (;B[om]C[I was scared of this, though it seems I have no reason to be] ;W[pl] ;B[ol] ;W[pk]C[B's shape is still weak, Q3 is still dead, and I just need to not die in the centre]) (;B[nn] (;W[qm]) (;W[mo]C[I thought O5 would lose me a lot of points (shorting liberties after N3 and reducing my right side) if I couldn't cut, but perhaps I could cut even if the aji is terrible and my centre group is weak] ;B[mn] ;W[lo] ;B[ko] ;W[kn] ;B[mq] ;W[mr]C[B doesn't seem to have much of a follow up, but I can't be sure as B can try R8, and I have to defend Q2, or some potential with O4 or something to attack my centre group it is complicated, and I didn't see a reason to spent time thinking about this])))) (;W[kq]C[dangerous to cut, all sorts of aji makes it easier for B to save M4] ;B[lq] ;W[kr] ;B[mq] ;W[lp] ;B[mp] ;W[pn]C[but probably W is fine])) (;B[ij]C[I was scared Andrew was going for some ladder breaker in the centre, preparing for S2] ;W[pn] ;B[kj])) (;B[pn]C[locally B is already satisfied, but Andrew thought it wasn't enough to win] ;W[qq] ;B[qj])) (;W[op]C[the proper move, but I didn't want to give up the corner territory. I lost some ability in judgement here, still wanting to fight and not wanting to lose the game.] (;B[rq]C[B lives easily] ;W[qo] ;B[or] ;W[nr] ;B[qr] ;W[ph]C[probably W is now in a very good position, but I didn't dare as there is so much uncertainty about what will happen in this W moyo. It could easily become just 5 points.]) (;B[nr]C[andrew mentioned this] ;W[or] ;B[mq] ;W[mr] ;B[np] ;W[oq] ;B[lr] ;W[ns]C[perhaps this is the best B can do, but I see no reason for W to be unhappy from simplifying the game] ;B[qo] ;W[qp] ;B[rn]))) (;W[ko] (;B[jq]C[worrisome this seems the main problem with hane on top]) (;B[lp]C[it isn't clear W gains anything from this exchange hard to say - B does get heavier and the centre W group is stronger, but needs some consideration] ;W[jo]C[K2 later is annoying])) (;W[kq]C[I felt that I could probably get all the side territory but my centre group weakness was a problem] ;B[lq] ;W[lp] ;B[ko] ;W[jo] ;B[jq] ;W[kr] ;B[lr] ;W[jr] ;B[mp] ;W[lo] ;B[kn] ;W[mo] ;B[no] ;W[lm] ;B[np] ;W[mq] ;B[oq]C[various dangers])) (;B[fa] ;W[ea]C[I was planning to block] ;B[bb]C[key move] (;W[ha]C[only move] ;B[ac] ;W[ib] ;B[hd] (;W[jc]C[this ko is extremely heavy for B, but if B is desperate, this is the only way to go as D18 is about to be captured, it is less heavy for B than it looks but] ;B[id]C[the problem is that B can't ever connect (and hence W winning the ko will capture at J16 and devastate the B area, especially after saving at D18)] ;W[kb]C[this is practically unconditionally alive] ;B[hb]C[even if W tenukis, it is difficult for B to kill already] ;W[mb] ;B[nb] ;W[ga]C[unconditional so B loses too much]) (;W[hb]C[impossible] ;B[jb] ;W[jc] ;B[kb] ;W[id] ;B[je])) (;W[cb]C[not great, but an idea to live in sente] ;B[ca] ;W[ab] ;B[db] ;W[ba] ;B[da]C[with the A15 semi sente, W's centre is weak]))) (;W[qo]C[natural and I was tempted, but didn't want the risk of weaknesses appearing at M3, N3 I must already be ahead (G19 too small)] ;B[pn] ;W[qk])) (;B[ib]C[has to be here to be sente, but a little bad aji, B loses a few points locally probably B didn't think enough about this] (;W[ic] ;B[jb] ;W[jc] ;B[kb]) (;W[ro]C[can't tenuki so easily now, but maybe it is still the biggest move] ;B[fa]C[W has to give up the E18 stones] (;W[ea] ;B[bb]C[killing tesuji] ;W[ab] (;B[cb] ;W[db] ;B[ba]) (;B[db] ;W[cb] ;B[da] ;W[ba]C[B satisfied?])) (;W[da] ;B[ac] ;W[ab] ;B[ba] ;W[cb] ;B[ha]) (;W[ad] (;B[bf] ;W[da] ;B[ac] ;W[bb] ;B[ae] ;W[ab]) (;B[db] ;W[cb] ;B[ea] ;W[be]))))) (;W[jo]C[tempting, but I lacked the confidence]) (;W[rp]C[big, but J4 seemed more of an issue, especially as H11 isn't alive])) (;B[kh] ;W[ki] ;B[li] (;W[hd]C[I was thinking about this issue]) (;W[kj]C[maybe just defend first though]))) (;W[ki]C[not sente, and just leaving the L10 weakness])) (;B[gb]C[better? this is huge] ;W[mc]C[H18 not necessarily sente] ;B[bd] ;W[bc] ;B[fa] ;W[ad] ;B[bf] ;W[da] ;B[ac] ;W[bb])) (;B[gf]C[I wondered if this shape point was the follow up but] ;W[gi] ;B[fj] ;W[jg] ;B[if] ;W[ji]C[B doesn't seem to gain enough])) (;B[gb]C[just here?] ;W[bd] ;B[be] ;W[bc] ;B[cf] ;W[gi] ;B[fj] ;W[fh] ;B[hh] ;W[hg] ;B[jd] ;W[ih] ;B[nc])) (;B[hh]C[I thought B should cap and W is difficult but it is also hard for B to see the profit. But B needs to keep pressure on W's issues, such as B G18 sente])) (;B[dh]C[alphago's move] ;W[dg] ;B[eh] ;W[bj] ;B[cg] ;W[bh] ;B[bl]C[maybe here?])) (;B[hq]C[I'm not clear what would be good here B H3 looks very strange though] ;W[cq]C[take corner is standard, but the centre is scary?] ;B[cp] ;W[dq] ;B[ep] ;W[bq] ;B[fp] ;W[gq] ;B[gp] ;W[hr] ;B[ir] (;W[cl]) (;W[mc]))) (;B[fc]C[the master standard] ;W[ec] ;B[ed] ;W[fb]C[tenuki, though maybe G17 or B17 is now biggest this game] ;B[fq] ;W[gc] ;B[fd] ;W[bc])) (;W[fc]C[better direction perhaps to aim to attack O14] ;B[ec] ;W[fd] ;B[df] ;W[jd])) (;B[rg]C[impossible] ;W[pf] ;B[qg] ;W[ne]) (;B[mf] (;W[qh]C[W probably still plays here, as B Q14 is sente, this seems better shape for B]) (;W[rg]C[i think aiming at Q14 is pointless and too small]))) (;W[pf] ;B[nf]C[ladder]) (;W[fp]C[perhaps my play is slack?] ;B[nf] (;W[cn] ;B[nc]C[I was concerned that after this, my corner isn't alive, but perhaps it is alright]) (;W[mc]C[also possible] ;B[dn]C[B's shape isn't great at the top right for territory still and still attackable]))) (;B[pf]C[one way] ;W[nd] ;B[pk]C[B's shape is a bit heavy]) (;B[og]C[natural] (;W[cc]C[this was the plan, tenuki like alphago]) (;W[nf]C[I'm not sure this is good direction this game] ;B[ng] ;W[mf] ;B[pf] ;W[nd]) (;W[rf]C[or this] (;B[mf]) (;B[rg] ;W[pf] ;B[qg] ;W[nf] ;B[mg] ;W[mf] ;B[lf] ;W[ng] ;B[nh] ;W[le] ;B[lg] ;W[ld]))))