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$$Wcm34
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$$ | . . . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O ...

Hmm.. I don't know about his move.. It seems like he does not gain anything. Maybe I miss something but now I can connect my 3 stones and I am out of the area, looking pretty safe. additionally, he has no big corner because of my E4 stone. also, his stone at H4 is going to be under attack soon, if ...

in my opinion, with this move, he lost a lot of momentum. this move does not attack me very fiercely and it also does not put any pressure on me. he does strengthen some weaknesses and covers exploits, but the stone he is surrounding now can be treated very lightly by me, especially because I now ...

sorry otenki! and sorry to everyone who was following the game. I had major issues with my inet provider so I was completely cut off from here. to be honest though, if I tried hard I had inet access, ist was just that other personal things had a higher priority. sorry again! I hope something like ...

hmm.. his group seems kinda heavy. I will just push through. I have some stuff to pull of, but I have one plan in mind; take away a lot from his left side, and then make the area he has surrounded very small. and also, if he blocks, I have a cut. I think the cut is quite sever. I dont know about it ...

for real..? he reaaallly wants to fight. why does he want to fight so hard though? it seems so forced. anyway.. I have been reading quite a while and there are maany many variations I got through but none of the moves I had in mind were too convincing for me. he wants to fight, so you fight him ...

sorry for taking so long! I had an important exam and could not take my time to think abot my next move. I hope I will not have to make you wait again.

we are being stubborn, kinda.. I don't like those games. up until now everything was pvery peaceful and played out with much respect. I feel like ...

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm in my opinion this is his weakest move up until now. his move.. what does it do.. it destroys my plans to build up the left side. but what else? I dont have to force to get to the pos I want to be in. you always have to be flexible and adapt to the situation. so if ...

this is normal joseki:

However I think this is quite good for black. reasons are:
1) my press-down move at a won't work that well anymore since kind of destroys the potential of any moyo I can build up after a
2) b seems more urgent now since he can enclose the right side much better with ...

this is what I am looking forward to:

$$Wcm16
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X O ...

Oh sorry! Didnt catch that. or did I....

not in the mood to write a lot atm.. and not enough time. I just wanted to play the move so he can think about his next move. if you guys are interested in why I played this move just ask, I can provide an explanation later on. cheers

$$Wcm14 ...

Hmm... I was thinking about my next move in the back of my mind for about a day now. I don't feel like approaching top right is the best choice for me.I fear this:

This kind of feels too good for black. I don'T see any good plays to invade his top.

$$Wcm13 ...

well ya atm it's quite boring :]

$$Wcm10
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$$ | . . . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X O ...

yes, things going as I had predicted. what I fear a little is that he plays hoshi on my san-san instead of taking the free corner. this would work very well with his hoshi and I would have to invade on the right side. I would get the last open corner though and it would work well with my left group ...