(;GM[1]FF[4]CA[UTF-8]AP[CGoban:3]ST[2] RU[Japanese]SZ[19]KM[0.50]TM[1800]OT[5x30 byo-yomi] PW[Strutnoddy]PB[opponent]WR[2k]BR[3k]DT[2018-02-25]PC[The KGS Go Server at http://www.gokgs.com/]C[overall happy with this game despite losing by resignation. Playing too quickly at the end and failing to properly read things out did me in...]RE[B+Resign] ;B[pd]BL[1792.195] ;W[pp]WL[1796.812] ;B[cq]BL[1789.293] ;W[dd]WL[1791.913]C[Still not sure about cross games despite that progame I reviewed yesterday...] ;B[fc]BL[1782.703] ;W[cf]WL[1770.239] ;B[db]BL[1776.449] ;W[hc]WL[1736.557]C[Discussed this variation at the opening of the London Go centre recently and learned that apparently alphago thinks this is bad for white but I still like it!] (;B[qn]BL[1770.379]C[black tries a ladder breaker but I think it's poorly timed, usually black would play something like this after the shape is settled in the top left. I'm pretty sure white can just tenuki so I did!] ;W[fd]WL[1718.81] ;B[gc]BL[1764.903] ;W[gd]WL[1716.64] ;B[cc]BL[1761.335] ;W[ec]WL[1706.463] ;B[eb]BL[1759.351] ;W[hb]WL[1703.708] ;B[be]BL[1756.21] ;W[bf]WL[1695.727] ;B[ce]BL[1753.685] ;W[de]WL[1694.486] ;B[df]BL[1752.079]C[not convinced by this cut... looks like black will just make a weak group on the outside (and indeed that's what happenes)] ;W[ch]WL[1689.742] ;B[gb]BL[1741.549] ;W[ga]WL[1683.726] ;B[fb]BL[1740.698] ;W[ie]WL[1679.361] ;B[nq]BL[1734.181] ;W[oo]WL[1674.979] ;B[ep]BL[1727.219] ;W[jq]WL[1620.379]C[black tries to make the bottom side important with E4 so that's the side I decided to pincer on] ;B[hq]BL[1694.373] ;W[mp]WL[1573.518] ;B[qq]BL[1687.306] ;W[pq]WL[1538.447] (;B[pr]BL[1682.888] (;W[qp]WL[1460.815]C[By changing direction I can get sente and take the outside, there's not many points for anyone on the bottom side anyway, so maybe the hane is bad for black?] ;B[rr]BL[1579.33] ;W[rq]WL[1451.671] ;B[qr]BL[1577.88] ;W[pk]WL[1450.593] ;B[rp]BL[1574.741] ;W[ro]WL[1448.141] ;B[sq]BL[1573.394] ;W[qo]WL[1447.417] ;B[mq]BL[1568.676] ;W[lp]WL[1443.211]C[I'm pretty happy here, Black got a few points in the corner but white's thickness towards the centre is looking pretty daunting] (;B[qi]BL[1554.898]C[I think this is too cloe] ;W[qf]WL[1367.515] ;B[qd]BL[1540.194]C[very slow and not even that big given white's thickness on the top side] ;W[pi]WL[1337.621] ;B[ph]BL[1536.408] ;W[qh]WL[1332.138] ;B[pj]BL[1530.937] ;W[oi]WL[1326.291] ;B[oj]BL[1528.99] ;W[qj]WL[1323.483] ;B[ri]BL[1523.502] ;W[rh]WL[1283.322] ;B[rj]BL[1504.583] ;W[qk]WL[1280.634] ;B[rk]BL[1503.294] ;W[qm]WL[1246.79]C[felt really good at this point but here comes my first big error...] ;B[pg]BL[1470.315] ;W[pf]WL[1161.212] ;B[of]BL[1456.613] ;W[nj]WL[1153.994] ;B[re]BL[1449.183] ;W[rf]WL[1145.993] ;B[rl]BL[1441.657]C[It turns out white can't block at S7 because the atari at P12 ollowed by Q15 protects black's cutting points and helps black win the capturing race] (;W[rm]WL[1044.342] ;B[qg]BL[1360.086] ;W[rg]WL[983.064] ;B[oh]BL[1344.053] ;W[ok]WL[980.92] ;B[pe]BL[1341.571]C[whoops] ;W[nh]WL[979.068] ;B[og]BL[1339.552] ;W[nf]WL[974.227] ;B[oe]BL[1336.743]C[as it happens this isn't even that big a loss for white and the sacfrice is acceptable. Black still has to take off the six stones at S13 and the top side doesn't seem that big for anyone at the moment, so I was still happy here] ;W[fo]WL[891.376]C[trololol alphgo 4th line shoulder hit Not sure if it's a good move or not but I liked the follow up attachment at G3] (;B[ho]BL[1322.81] ;W[gq]WL[886.845]C[still go to play my attachment!] ;B[gp]BL[1319.653] ;W[fp]WL[885.09] ;B[fq]BL[1317.893] ;W[gr]WL[878.664] ;B[hr]BL[1313.775] ;W[go]WL[877.151] ;B[hp]BL[1312.199] ;W[eq]WL[873.962] ;B[fr]BL[1310.725] ;W[er]WL[873.068] ;B[gs]BL[1309.464] ;W[dp]WL[871.944] ;B[cp]BL[1299.026] ;W[co]WL[864.768] ;B[bo]BL[1295.521] ;W[cn]WL[860.692] ;B[bn]BL[1293.508] ;W[cm]WL[859.488] ;B[bm]BL[1291.426]C[pushing fro behind on the 2nd line to make life doesn't seem great when white already has massive central influence] ;W[cl]WL[857.776] ;B[hm]BL[1289.44] ;W[in]WL[851.425] ;B[hn]BL[1286.863] ;W[ik]WL[845.37]C[I was really proud of this move, whichever side black chooses to reduce white will get a lot of points onthe other, not to mention black's bottom group still technically only has one eye...] ;B[dh]BL[1226.701]C[wat.] ;W[ci]WL[830.731] ;B[ld]BL[1207.908] ;W[lf]WL[819.977] ;B[ei]BL[1196.438]C[watwatwat] ;W[gi]WL[803.912] ;B[ek]BL[1189.621] ;W[gl]WL[801.756] ;B[fn]BL[1187.23] ;W[en]WL[795.007] ;B[fm]BL[1183.079] ;W[fl]WL[793.308] ;B[el]BL[1179.475] ;W[em]WL[790.144]C[what is balck trying to do? surely I can't mess this up now?!] ;B[hk]BL[1175.062] ;W[hl]WL[768.628] ;B[il]BL[1170.77] ;W[im]WL[756.695] ;B[jl]BL[1167.67] ;W[jk]WL[745.672] ;B[jm]BL[1163.951] ;W[jn]WL[743.143]C[oh wait maybe I can] ;B[kn]BL[1162.094] ;W[kl]WL[718.633] ;B[km]BL[1158.766] ;W[hj]WL[717.508]C[still ok for white I think!] ;B[jo]BL[1153.879] ;W[ll]WL[687.428] ;B[ck]BL[1141.75] ;W[bk]WL[662.606] ;B[bl]BL[1118.492] ;W[dk]WL[624.414] ;B[cj]BL[1110.213] ;W[bj]WL[622.798] ;B[dj]BL[1108.909] ;W[dl]WL[621.036] ;B[dq]BL[1099.006] ;W[eo]WL[618.642] ;B[dn]BL[1090.836]C[spent perhaps too much time thinking here white just wins the capturing race] ;W[di]WL[510.073] ;B[ej]BL[1077.73] ;W[fh]WL[470.954] ;B[eh]BL[1070.705] ;W[dg]WL[449.173] ;B[eg]BL[1055.941] ;W[ef]WL[447.141] ;B[fg]BL[1054.22] ;W[gg]WL[445.778] ;B[np]BL[994.351] ;W[no]WL[442.087] (;B[mm]BL[988.666]C[again, what is black doing?] ;W[lm]WL[432.757] ;B[ln]BL[983.164] ;W[mn]WL[430.041] ;B[kf]BL[947.055]C[And this is the beginning of the end for white, although it shouldn't have happened the dead balck group at E11 will end up alive and as such the white group dies...] ;W[le]WL[393.954] ;B[ke]BL[943.95] ;W[kd]WL[372.203] ;B[jd]BL[933.831] ;W[kc]WL[370.27] ;B[jc]BL[932.674] ;W[lc]WL[361.364] ;B[md]BL[930.659] ;W[je]WL[340.233] ;B[kg]BL[924.749] ;W[lg]WL[329.049] ;B[jb]BL[916.316] ;W[mc]WL[295.021] ;B[nd]BL[908.937] ;W[kh]WL[289.616] (;B[jg]BL[878.382]C[absolutely no way this should work for black] (;W[jh]WL[277.809] ;B[ig]BL[873.611] (;W[ih]WL[275.267] ;B[hg]BL[868.009]C[this however is monumentally bad...] ;W[hf]WL[156.921] ;B[gf]BL[858.013] ;W[gh]WL[142.319] ;B[he]BL[854.491] ;W[id]WL[134.144] ;B[if]BL[846.516] ;W[hd]WL[122.031] ;B[ff]BL[843.036]C[even here though white is still fine] (;W[fe]WL[61.336] ;B[nc]BL[830.895] ;W[nb]WL[30]OW[5] ;B[kb]BL[818.933] ;W[mb]WL[30]OW[5] ;B[ob]BL[815.518] ;W[pb]WL[30]OW[5] ;B[oa]BL[812.127] ;W[oc]WL[30]OW[5] ;B[pc]BL[809.238]C[jensan [2k\]: thx Strutnoddy [2k\]: thanks ]) (;W[kb]C[white should actually win the capturing race on the bottom even now] ;B[do] ;W[dm] ;B[dr] (;W[fk] ;B[es] ;W[fj] ;B[ep] ;W[eq] (;B[er]) (;B[gn] ;W[fi] ;B[er] ;W[fe] ;B[ep] ;W[ge] ;B[hf] ;W[hh])) (;W[fe] ;B[es] (;W[fk] ;B[ep] ;W[eq] ;B[er] ;W[fj] ;B[ep] ;W[fi] ;B[do] ;W[ge] ;B[hf] ;W[hh] ;B[gn] ;W[jf] ;B[lq] ;W[kp]) (;W[fi] ;B[ep] ;W[eq] (;B[fj]) (;B[er] ;W[fj] ;B[ep] ;W[fk] ;B[do] ;W[ge] ;B[hf] ;W[hh] ;B[gn] ;W[jf]C[et voila,but I was a moron and too blinded by anger at missing such an obvious sequence that I missed this too! A lesson for next time not to play so fast when there's a lot of aji lingering around I suppose!]))))) (;W[ob] (;B[nc] ;W[nb] ;B[kb] ;W[lb] ;B[la] ;W[mb]) (;B[pb] ;W[nb] ;B[kb] ;W[lb] ;B[la] (;W[na]) (;W[ma] ;B[ka] ;W[id]))) (;W[hg]C[even this works I think] ;B[ih] ;W[ii] ;B[hh] ;W[gh])) (;W[ob]C[white gets enough liberties like this and all is well])) (;B[nc] (;W[mb] ;B[nb] ;W[ma] (;B[na]) (;B[jg])) (;W[jg] ;B[mb] ;W[lb] ;B[la] ;W[jf] ;B[kb] ;W[ke] ;B[nb]))) (;B[mn] ;W[mo]C[much better] ;B[mm])) (;B[gp] (;W[hn]) (;W[dn]C[after this I was hoping black wuld have to take the initiative to reduce my moyo and I could get points through attacking]))) (;W[oe] ;B[nf] ;W[pe] ;B[ql] ;W[pl] ;B[pm] ;W[pn] ;B[om] ;W[ok] ;B[rm] ;W[nm] ;B[on] ;W[nn] ;B[po] ;W[np]C[black could get a ko here for life/liberties but white should be able to get out at the top or else cut at P13 to live. Black will hurt his corner or get a week group in between white's thickness])) (;B[qf]C[This feels much better for black])) (;W[or] ;B[qr] ;W[oq] ;B[qp]C[this looks really horrible and overconcentrated for white so I rejected it. ])) (;B[qp]LB[nc:D][qi:E][cm:C][dm:B][jo:A]C[this is what I expected, white takes sente and can play in a few places, I've labelled in order of what I think is biggest seeing as there don't seem to be any urgent moves. I think A is bigger than it looks given the pretty serious aji around M3, I don't want to end up with any weak groups!])) (;B[cc] ;W[ec] ;B[eb] ;W[fd] ;B[gc]C[Despite recieved wisdom as this being bad it's what alphago does, so... it must be... good?] ;W[gd] ;B[hb] ;W[ib] ;B[ee]C[apparenly this peep is enough to show this is bad for white, I don't see it myself but who am I to disagree!] ;W[ed] (;B[hd] ;W[ic]) (;B[ic] ;W[hd])))