(;GM[1]FF[4]CA[UTF-8]AP[CGoban:3]ST[2] RU[Japanese]SZ[19]KM[6.50] PW[Struttnoddy]PB[low dan?]C[Friendly game at Durham go club He only really played online where he is 3 dan but wasn't sure how that translated to real life!] ;B[pc] ;W[dd] ;B[qp] ;W[dq] ;B[nq] ;W[pe] ;B[ph]C[been trying to brush up on a few pincer joseki, this one could have become complicated!] ;W[nd] ;B[oe]C[eek here we go...] ;W[od] ;B[pd] ;W[of]C[simple variation] ;B[qe] ;W[ne] ;B[qf]TR[nd]C[this is an old version, not considered good for white. The marked stone is poorly placed and black has lots of solid territory However, white has sente and thickness facing the two 4-4 stones, black needs to be careful] ;W[ni] (;B[oj]C[but I was consistent with my peacful play for now] ;W[nj] ;B[ok] ;W[ml]C[solid 5th line territory but a hug wall for white I decided just playing for more territory was too slow] (;B[cf] (;W[fd]C[very passive but I think it works well, no pincers give a great result because of the undercutting at Q17 and the very wide moyo] ;B[dj] (;W[ch]C[timing seems strange?] ;B[dh] ;W[di] ;B[ci] ;W[ei] ;B[bh] (;W[eh]C[weird move, trying to make territory from the central wall. I was confident I could reduce the moyo enough at this point to win the game] ;B[cg] (;W[ef] ;B[ej] ;W[fj] ;B[fk] ;W[gj] ;B[el] (;W[lq]C[big but possibly ajikeshi? the invasion at R3/S4 won't be as severe if I respond] ;B[no] ;W[ip]C[the white shape is still fairly thin, maybe I shoud invade immediately?] (;B[co] ;W[do] ;B[dn] ;W[cp] ;B[eo] ;W[dp] ;B[cn]C[black is very overconcentrated, I should have invaded the bottom not tried to make territory] (;W[nr]C[This move is very strange when there are so many bigger moves on the board, i decided to take sente rather in exchange for a few endgame points] ;B[oq] ;W[or] ;B[pr] ;W[mq] ;B[ik] ;W[ij] ;B[jj] ;W[hk] ;B[il] ;W[jk] ;B[ii]C[bad atari? I thought if I didn't get it now I never would but this is bad logic. I want to leave the trun at H8 for later if possible. I was annoyed at myself for this move...] ;W[hj] ;B[kk] ;W[jl] ;B[jm] ;W[kl] ;B[ll] ;W[km] ;B[lm] ;W[kn] (;B[lk] ;W[kj] ;B[lj] ;W[ji] (;B[li]C[big but quite slow, I couldn't see many alternatives to prevent white getting a massive centre] ;W[nk] ;B[nm]C[the move order at this point is wrong, white had exchange P11 for Q11 before playing O9 This move is terrible, I think white can just push through and cut...] (;W[kg]C[I was relieved white didn't punish my move at O7 by cutting...] ;B[mg] ;W[oi] ;B[pi] ;W[ng] ;B[ln]C[phew...] ;W[ob]C[big but not sente and quite slow] ;B[hp]C[can't let white have all this or it's game over...] ;W[hq] ;B[gq] ;W[iq] ;B[fr] ;W[er] ;B[hr] ;W[ir] ;B[cr]C[I wonder if this group is really killable?] (;W[dr] ;B[bq] ;W[bp] ;B[bo] ;W[ap] (;B[ep]C[taking a liberty as well] ;W[br] ;B[ar] ;W[bs] ;B[cs] ;W[aq] ;B[as] ;W[br] ;B[bs] ;W[ds] (;B[cd]C[I think this is bad, i should just take the 3-3] ;W[cc] ;B[bc] ;W[dc] ;B[bd] ;W[pb] ;B[rc] ;W[ho] ;B[gp] ;W[qr]C[I can't let this stone connect, I have to rely on killing it or I don't have enough points] ;B[ps] (;W[rb] ;B[lg] ;W[kf] ;B[bb] ;W[ca] ;B[hn] ;W[hm] ;B[in] ;W[jn] ;B[io] ;W[im] ;B[jo] ;W[ko] ;B[jp] ;W[jq] ;B[kp] ;W[lp] ;B[lo] ;W[gn] ;B[go] ;W[hs] ;B[gr] ;W[ms] (;B[os]C[a bad move] ;W[ks] ;B[me] ;W[md] ;B[le] ;W[kd] ;B[jh]C[I misread this,white can cut through at N11] ;W[kh] ;B[ki] ;W[jj] ;B[lh]C[damn...] ;W[ke]C[very silly set of moves now... I should just play at G7, obviously...] (;B[oc] ;W[nb] ;B[nc] ;W[mc] ;B[qb] ;W[qa] ;B[qc]C[From about here I completely forgot the move order and everything is out of place. The end result is exactly the same though!] ;W[qq]C[Hopefully my reading was ok and I can actually kill this group] ;B[pq] ;W[rp] ;B[qo] ;W[ro] ;B[rr] ;W[rq] ;B[qs] ;W[pg] ;B[qg] ;W[fm]C[big move] ;B[fn] ;W[gm] ;B[em] ;W[fl] ;B[nl]C[Forgot this move, it's been on the board since the whole sequence with the M10 group] ;W[mk] ;B[ld] ;W[lc] ;B[gs] ;W[is] ;B[ao] ;W[cq] ;B[eq] ;W[br] ;B[mf] ;W[oh] ;B[pf] ;W[ra] ;B[sb] ;W[mm] ;B[nn] ;W[pj]C[sneaky! I on't think it should work though...] ;B[ql] ;W[qj] ;B[qh] ;W[rl] ;B[qm] ;W[qn] (;B[pn]C[I think this is risky...] (;W[rn]C[move order is slightly wrong here] (;B[pl] ;W[qk] ;B[rm] ;W[sm] ;B[sn] ;W[so] ;B[ri] ;W[sr] ;B[rs] ;W[rj] ;B[sq]C[phew] ;W[kq] ;B[ho] ;W[ba] ;B[cb] ;W[db] ;B[pa] ;W[oa] ;B[ns] ;W[mr] ;B[mp] ;W[mn] ;B[mo] ;W[gk] ;B[ek] ;W[dg] ;B[ch] ;W[og] ;B[oe] ;W[nf] ;B[df] ;W[eg] ;B[de] ;W[ee] ;B[ab] ;W[mh] ;B[mi] ;W[nh] ;B[pe] ;W[pa] ;B[sc] ;W[mb] ;B[sa] ;W[es] ;B[fs] ;W[da] ;B[aa] ;W[lf] ;B[mj]C[black by 7.5 points I think it was 8.5 in the game as black won an extra ko but I couldn't remember exactly how it went An enjoyable game and good to see the Durham club (where I learnt to play) is still going strong :)]) (;B[qk] ;W[rk] ;B[ri] ;W[rj] ;B[rm] ;W[po] ;B[pp] ;W[pm] ;B[ol] ;W[on] (;B[oo]) (;B[sm]C[the only way to kill?]))) (;W[qk] ;B[pl] ;W[rn]C[*correct move order*])) (;B[rm]C[I think here might be better] ;W[pn] ;B[oo])) (;B[gm]C[taking at F6 is sente agaist the bottom group so white can't atari at G8 without losing sente. So I get to play G8 in sente myself!] ;W[gl] (;B[fm]) (;B[fn] ;W[qb] ;B[kr] ;W[kq] ;B[lr]C[dead...]))) (;B[ba] ;W[qq] ;B[pq] ;W[rp] ;B[qo] ;W[ro] ;B[rr] ;W[rq] ;B[qs]C[after this sequence white may have to come back to the bottom group to live, not great if the right side therefore dies in gote...] ;W[rn] ;B[rl] ;W[rm] ;B[ql] ;W[sm] (;B[ks]C[I'm not sure this is actually killable though?]) (;B[os]))) (;W[mh]C[bigger than the game move I think])) (;B[dc]) (;B[cc] ;W[cd] ;B[bd] (;W[dc] ;B[bb] ;W[cb] ;B[bc]C[better than the game]) (;W[be] ;B[bc] ;W[ce] ;B[eb] ;W[fb] ;B[ec] ;W[fc] ;B[ed] ;W[ee] ;B[dc]C[this would have been better but i doubt white would play this!]))) (;B[ar] ;W[fp]C[this is too much now...])) (;W[fp]C[I thought white might play here directly to fight back] ;B[gp] ;W[fo] (;B[en] ;W[fq] ;B[gn] ;W[fn] ;B[fm] ;W[go] ;B[ho] ;W[hn] ;B[gm] ;W[io]C[whoops...]) (;B[gn] ;W[fn] (;B[hm]) (;B[gm] ;W[en] ;B[bp] ;W[bq] ;B[bo] ;W[br] ;B[em]C[kind of what I expected])))) (;W[mm] (;B[ln] ;W[mn] ;B[mo] ;W[lo] ;B[ko] ;W[lp] ;B[jn] ;W[jj] ;B[nh] ;W[mh] ;B[mi] ;W[oh] ;B[ng] (;W[oi] ;B[og]) (;W[og] ;B[mg] ;W[oi] ;B[kg]C[big fight, I think black will come off worse...])) (;B[mn] ;W[ln] ;B[nl] ;W[mk] ;B[nh] ;W[oi] ;B[pi] ;W[oh]))) (;B[ki]C[maybe I should play this ko?] (;W[li] ;B[jj] ;W[jh] ;B[kh] ;W[kj] ;B[mi] ;W[lh] ;B[mh] ;W[lg] ;B[nh]C[pretty good for black?]) (;W[jh] ;B[lh]C[better than just M11])) (;B[nk] ;W[li])) (;B[lj] ;W[ji] (;B[kj] ;W[mk] ;B[lk] ;W[mm]C[I'm glad I didn't do this...]) (;B[ki] ;W[kj]))) (;W[fp]) (;W[hl]) (;W[ob]) (;W[bd])) (;B[gq]TR[dj][ej][fk][el][no][nq]C[this looks a better move than the game given my thickness. My move ends up overconcentrated])) (;W[jq]C[same objective as M3 but leaves aji in the corner] ;B[co] ;W[cp] ;B[do] ;W[fp])) (;W[ej] ;B[dk] ;W[fl] (;B[fg]) (;B[eg] ;W[fg]C[better direction?] ;B[ef] ;W[ff]))) (;W[cj] ;B[bi] ;W[dk] ;B[il]C[good ladder breaker and reduction?])) (;W[cl]C[more what I expected] ;B[ef])) (;W[di] ;B[fc] ;W[df] ;B[dg] ;W[ef] ;B[cc] (;W[ce] ;B[dc] ;W[cg]C[possibility?]) (;W[dc] ;B[cd] ;W[ce] ;B[be] ;W[de] ;B[bg] ;W[eg] ;B[db] ;W[eb] ;B[cb] ;W[ec] (;B[ii]C[also possible?]) (;B[lc]C[nice point for an invasion]))) (;W[ch] ;B[cc] ;W[dc] ;B[cd] ;W[de] ;B[bf] ;W[eg]C[even this?])) (;B[om] ;W[dk]C[don't like the look of this, black will be pushed around the rest of the game])) (;B[nh] ;W[mh] ;B[oh] ;W[mg] ;B[mi]C[I wondered about a variation like this? make a big fight in the centre]))