Life In 19x19

I would have instinctually played this here. Also, I probably wouldn't have slid into the corner as white. I probably would have jumped out.
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Thank you for the comments. I do tend to lose move of my games because I fight too strongly in areas that I don't need to.

I wasn't sure how to answer EZ4U's move either, so I was thinking it might be played. was bad shape. I think the keima would have been better.

Thanks, but I wasn't planning on that sequence. His move certainly surprised me.

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This guy asked me for pointers. I figured that I'd post it here and see if we could get some from somebody stronger than me.

(;GM[1]FF[4]CA[UTF-8]AP[CGoban:3]ST[2]
RU[Japanese]SZ[19]KM[6.50]TM[900]OT[3x20 byo-yomi]
PW[dragonpie]PB[soutkin]BR[4k]DT[2011-12-08]PC[The KGS Go Server at m]C ...

At MW I get what you're saying, but I see it as useful because even if the sequence is never played, it shows weaker players things to consider in a similar position.Even if it isn't an exact sequence, sometimes a statement like, "I feel like I'm far enough ahead that I just have to be sure that I ...

I like black. I think that black's last move was MUCH bigger than white's last move. Black's move weakens white's stones and takes territory. White's move takes territory without growing any potential or making any of black's stones weaker. I also don't really like white's bottom left white stones ...

I saw this position in a review of Joaz that Bill Spight gave.

It was a game in which Joaz played a professional and faced this double approach. Joaz played the 5-5 point and the professional player played the 6-6 point.

Bill suggested the 6-5 Shoulder hit to separate white. It makes sense to me.

Sorry for taking so long. I normally move at work, but I'm super tired because I've worked 48 of the last 72 hours and I don't feel like moving until I actually get a chance to catch up on sleep.

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