I want to keep his corner separated from his side group. He can get a large corner, but then I hope to be able to kill his side group. If he connects his side group to safety, I can hopefully kill the corner. Let's see how wrong I am.

I think it's crucial to cut his side group off. If he got to play here, I would be in deep trouble.

This will probably be an interesting fight with many variations, and I have no clue who will win.

I also thought about the keima. but it seemed riskier

I now regret my previous attachment at R10. It did nothing but make my group heavier and build black's strength. For now, I will tenuki and see if I can stir up trouble elsewhere.

White f17 is very big now that taking the top right corner means white can answer n16 at o16 to keep black disconnected as he would get cut into two independently alive groups.

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[go]$$Wcm31 Black: 0 , White: 0
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X . X X X . O . O O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . O O O X . . . X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O . . . . O . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . O . . . X . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . a b . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . 3 X . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . c d . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

a-d all look reasonable to me. I chose a mainly by intuition, and because I think it might be beneficial to try keep separated from his tengen stone

Lets see if I can live.

I think I can do this, but I'm by no means sure. I blame the weather if this turns out to be a terrible mistake

I think I will try to live rather than run to the center. It seems much more aggressive and worth doing.

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[go]$$Wcm1 Black: 0 , White: 0
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X . X X X . O . O O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . O O O X . . . X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O . . . . O . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . O . . . X . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . X . . . . . . . a . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X 2 . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O X 1 . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . 6 O X 3 . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . 8 7 4 5 . b . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

After this sequence I expect either a or b. Either I live in gote or I run through his potential territory trying to make another eye or link up.

White is dreaming.

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[go]$$Wcm1 Black: 0 , White: 0
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X . X X X . O . O O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . O O O X . . . X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O . . . . O . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . O . . . X . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X 2 . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O X 1 . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . 0 7 O X 3 . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . 9 8 6 4 5 . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

White should have realised something was wrong with his sequence as it would be most unusual to be able to capture something after attaching in your opponent's moyo and your opponent playing okay moves. Otherwise invading moyos would be a lot easier.

I thought I had read this, but I probably made a mistake somewhere. Lets see.

Can you show your reading?

I have lost my notes, so I can't tell exactly what I read. I did read that he couldn't kill any of my stones, of course one of the problems is that even if that's true, I may have ignored that he may achieve something better. When trying to read a local situation I may lose sight of the big picture...

Well, I am an idiot. Lets see if I can salvage this game or not.

I didn't expect that, that's for sure