(;GM[1]FF[4]CA[UTF-8]AP[CGoban:3]ST[2] RU[Japanese]SZ[19]KM[7.50] PW[Struttnoddy]PB[2 Dan]C[Candidate's 2018 - Game 1] ;B[dp] ;W[pp] ;B[cd] ;W[pc] ;B[fc] ;W[cn] ;B[ck]C[Leela suggests a double approach for white but I was happy to take the territory rather than start a fight. Black's moyo is still very open to invasion] (;W[cq] ;B[cp] ;W[dq] ;B[ep] ;W[bp] ;B[bo] ;W[bq] ;B[co] ;W[fq] (;B[pe]C[I would have expected another move for black in the bottom left given the wide(ish) pincer but Leela says it's correct to tenuki Leela also wants to take the territory by attaching at R15] (;W[qg]C[So I decided to pincer, I really, really need to brush up on 3-4 pincer joseki, I suffered in other games because I'm not aware of many of these] ;B[qc]C[luckily one I know] ;W[mc] ;B[pd] ;W[pb] ;B[re]C[Leela says I should just make a simple extension to R10, but this felt very slow to me and gives up sente I felt that I could treat R13 lightly and just take the initiative to 'punish' what I thought was a mistake by black to tenuki the bottom left corner (in hindsight I was obviously wrong about this)] (;W[en] ;B[fp] ;W[gq] ;B[gp] ;W[hp] ;B[ho] ;W[io] ;B[hn] ;W[ip]C[I felt fairly happy here, developing my own moyo and now my 4-4 stone looks very well placed Leela suggests black should turn at J6 or jump to E9, killing the aji of the two whte stones, solidifying territory and expanding the moyo. I imagine my opponent thought these looked slow and felt behind after the J4 exchange] (;B[pq] ;W[oq] ;B[or] (;W[pr]C[Leela wants to take the other atari, but I was concerned about making territory in sente, in order to invade the black moyo] ;B[qq] (;W[qr] ;B[op] ;W[nq] ;B[qp] (;W[mp] ;B[po]C[Leela likes this game for black now although I was fairly happy as long as my next invasion went well.] ;W[ci] (;B[cg]C[I thought perhaps a cap instead? This helps the corner while attacking though, I can't really criticise it] ;W[ek]C[So walls may have ears, but do they have eyes? :P] ;B[dm] ;W[dn] ;B[fl] ;W[el] (;B[cj]C[I really thought black would cut here, it became a tough fight but surely in black's moyo black should be attacking? leftting whit get out and live here is not good enough. I think C10 may be the move where black started to lose the game] ;W[fm]C[Where white had been losing Leela now says the game is about even] ;B[gm] ;W[bn] ;B[an] ;W[gl] ;B[fn] ;W[em] ;B[hl] ;W[fk] ;B[di] ;W[hk] ;B[il] ;W[ik] ;B[jl] ;W[fo] ;B[gn] ;W[eo] ;B[go] ;W[cc]C[Leela prefers R10 but thinks the attachement is ok] ;B[bd]C[I should almost certainly tenuki now, this is what Leela suggests but I should have know it myself. The aji at H17 is now pretty significant and the right side is getting bigger ] (;W[ec] ;B[ed] ;W[gc] ;B[dc] ;W[fd] ;B[eb] ;W[fb]C[So the top side is now developable for white and black's corner/left side looks a little over concentrated. But blackhas sente to play the big point on the right] ;B[qj]C[Leela says just jump to P13] (;W[qb]C[at least this move makes the black group worry slightly about its base, R13 might be easier to save now] ;B[og] (;W[pj]C[Leela says play solid at R11 or cut at Q11] (;B[pk] ;W[qi] ;B[qk]C[This feels like white will get out with eye shape, black's hane at Q9 was probably a mistake] ;W[oh] ;B[nh]C[Leela says pull back at P11] (;W[ni] ;B[ph] ;W[oi] ;B[pg] ;W[pi] ;B[qh] ;W[rh] ;B[mi] ;W[mj] ;B[mh]C[Leela says extend at M10] (;W[nk] ;B[lj] ;W[lk] ;B[kk] (;W[li] ;B[kj]C[Leela wanted the other atari] (;W[ll] (;B[kh]C[Leela says black should have peeped at G10 (and should have been at every available opportunity for the past 50 moves or so)] ;W[ng] ;B[mg] ;W[nf] ;B[rg]C[I should play S10 immediately] ;W[qf] (;B[pf]C[very happy to get to play S10] ;W[rj] ;B[sh] ;W[ri] ;B[md] ;W[nd] ;B[ne] ;W[me] ;B[oe] ;W[ld] ;B[mf]C[By now white is a long way ahead, connecting the black gruops in gote and giving white all the top side is too good for white] ;W[qm]C[Leela wants to take the ko top left, no need to invade here as white is already ahead Leela says black should attach on top] (;B[rk] ;W[om] ;B[nr] ;W[mr] ;B[np] ;W[mq] ;B[rr] ;W[os] ;B[qs] ;W[ns] ;B[rm] ;W[rn] ;B[qn] ;W[pn] ;B[ro]C[black played out a lot of ko threats in the bottom right before playing this ko] ;W[qo] (;B[eq]C[that corner is not as large as the bottom right] ;W[qn] ;B[sq] (;W[rp] ;B[so] ;W[sn] ;B[sp] ;W[er] ;B[no] ;W[ei] ;B[dh] ;W[ec] ;B[ok] ;W[nj] ;B[nm] ;W[nl] ;B[mm] ;W[ol] ;B[fc] ;W[fe]C[Black resigned at approximately this point]) (;W[so]C[why didn't a jus play here?! only a few points different but it should be obvious...] ;B[rp] ;W[er])) (;B[gj]C[I expected this as a ko threat] ;W[gk] ;B[qn] (;W[ei]C[perhaps here?]) (;W[ec]C[or here?]))) (;B[pm] ;W[rl] ;B[nr] ;W[mr] ;B[np] ;W[mq] ;B[rr] ;W[os] ;B[qs] ;W[ns] ;B[rn]C[black is alive but not particularly happy, this is better than the game however])) (;B[ri] ;W[pf] ;B[sh] ;W[of] ;B[rh] ;W[rf] ;B[sf]C[this really isn't that good for white, even though I thought at the time that it was...])) (;B[gj])) (;W[rj])) (;W[kj] ;B[li]C[The cut at O13 still looks interesting, this would have been much better for white] ;W[rj])) (;W[lj]C[not bad, the cut at O13 is looking tempting at the black group on the left is slowly running out of friends])) (;W[oi] (;B[oj] ;W[ni] ;B[pi] ;W[ph]) (;B[ni] ;W[nj]C[white is looking pretty happy here]))) (;B[qi] ;W[ph] (;B[pi] ;W[oh]C[not convinced...]) (;B[ni] ;W[pi] ;B[pk] ;W[ok] ;B[pl] ;W[nj] ;B[me]C[something like this?])) (;B[pi]C[not sure how white deals with this?] ;W[qi] ;B[qh] ;W[ri] ;B[qk] ;W[ph] ;B[oi]C[this doesn't look great for white])) (;W[pi]C[Leela's move here] ;B[ni] ;W[pj] ;B[qk] ;W[nj]C[perhaps?])) (;W[og]C[I should probably jump, but having been treating this stone lightly the entire game I felt like I had to be consistent])) (;W[qj] ;B[qb] ;W[hc]C[after the prode at C17 I may well be able to come this far on the top. This feels like white's game to lose from now on])) (;B[em]C[Only shown a couple of possibilities here but it woud have been a very complicated fight, I read out several more variations of these before playing E8 expecting the cut] ;W[fm] (;B[fn] ;W[gm] ;B[cm] ;W[bn] ;B[ao] ;W[cl] ;B[bm] ;W[bl] ;B[an] ;W[gn] ;B[fo] ;W[dl] ;B[am] ;W[gk]) (;B[gm] ;W[fn] ;B[bm] ;W[cm] ;B[bl] ;W[bn] ;B[an] (;W[cl]) (;W[dl] ;B[dj]C[not convinced white has done particularly well here])))) (;B[ei] (;W[cf] ;B[bh]C[tricky to deal with as white]) (;W[ce] ;B[de] ;W[cf] ;B[bd] ;W[df] ;B[ee] ;W[fg]C[a successful invasion with aji left at C6, I doubt black would actually play this way]))) (;W[np] ;B[po] ;W[ci] ;B[no]C[this follow up looked too good for black, so I played N4 instead])) (;W[nr] ;B[op] ;W[nq] ;B[qr] ;W[os] ;B[po] ;W[qj]C[I felt this looked too good for black but the game isn't much different])) (;W[qq] ;B[pr] (;W[qr] ;B[nq] ;W[op] ;B[kq] ;W[pl]C[this felt too easy for black to me but it seems like Leela would prefer this]) (;W[op] ;B[qr] ;W[rq] ;B[mq] ;W[pk]C[perhaps a better variation for white?]))) (;B[in]) (;B[ek])) (;W[qj] ;B[qb] ;W[jc]C[black has taken the corner with sente, I wasn't particularly happy to give this up])) (;W[qe] ;B[qf] ;W[qd] ;B[pf] ;W[nc] ;B[pj]C[I wouldn't have been too happy with this outcome, all of black's stone look like they are working well])) (;B[dn]C[solid but very slow, even so, don't underestimate the value of a slow move. With this the entire black moyo is much easier to turn into points] ;W[pf])) (;W[fq] (;B[fp] ;W[gp] ;B[fo] ;W[dq] ;B[cq] ;W[eq] ;B[cp] ;W[dm] ;B[ep] ;W[hq]C[a fight develops, black would hope to develop the myo while attacking. Although the black corner group is not 100% alive to must be careful] ;B[ek] ;W[fm] ;B[go] ;W[ho]C[actually might not go so well for black]) (;B[dn] ;W[dm] ;B[en] ;W[cp] ;B[cq] ;W[co] ;B[dq]C[black has leant on the wrong side])))