Life In 19x19

White 30:

$$c Black to move.
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White 28:

$$c Black to move.
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Yes, thank you for your patience, gracious opponent. It's finals week. BTW, I haven't seen you around OGS recently, everything good?

Daal, don't wory about it. You didn't derail the game. I've been busy with classes recently, and need to contemplate my reply. Concerning hidden comments, generally, my opponent and I would be in agreement with keeping comments hidden. However, the two of us discussed in a PM before the game began ...

An answer:
In retrospect, F6 does seem like it might have been better. I did consider it, but I elected for F7 because I would be helping Black build a wall in the middle while if I cut, it invites the fight, and I think I can come out OK without giving a wall in the middle. If this isn't the best ...

White 26:

$$c Black to move.
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White 24:

$$c Black to move.
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White 22:

$$c Black to move.
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White 20:

$$c Black to move.
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$$ | . . X @ . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
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White 18:

$$c Black to move.
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$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X O ...

White 16:

$$c Black to move.
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$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
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White 14:

$$c Black to move.
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$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . X ...

White 12:

$$c Black to move.
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$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . X ...

White 10:

$$c Black to move.
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$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . X ...

White 8:

$$c Black to move.
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$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . X ...