Isn't his last move a bit heavy?

Well, if he won't play here, I will!

Hane two stones? I don't know this proverb's English name.

Why not?

I'm trying not to get too stressed by this game, so let's just have fun.

I had to defend my weakness somehow. Now the game depends a lot on black's next move.

Worrying about the three stones under attack seems not the right idea --
the three stones were light from early on ( at = ).
( aka junk food, or dead bugs on the windshield. )
Seems exactly what happened starting with .

My take on the past dozen moves:
1) Black over-committed with the shoulder hit. He should have tenukied or played a cap.
2) White wasted the chance to exploit black's mistake, and left black way too much room with F10.
3) Black used the resulting opportunity very well, starting with a weak group and pushing around a much stronger group.
4) The white group in the upper left is now overconcentrated.
5) The black group on the left side has become too big to lose, but it is thin and black must strengthen it.
6) I would play F11 if I were black.

I don't see the white group as overconcentrated, myself. It was a framework of sorts that has now turned entirely to profit, and is still putting pressure on black's group.

My group is pretty much invincible now, so I think this result is fine for me. Also, his marked stones are kind of useless now:

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$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . X . . X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . O . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X W X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . W W . W W . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . W . W X . O , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . X X . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I'm happy with this result.

But hey, I haven't really studied Go for awhile now, and it's not like I'd know if it's good or bad for me. Can't say I really care that much.

A leaning attack. I'll try to scare the whole group as much as I can. I don't necessarily have to kill all, but still need to get something. Territorially, I can't count exactly, but black does have a bit more than me. I'm more stronger in the center and black has a weak group, so here is where I can make a compensation.

Like I said. It's his privilege.

I first want to keep my stones in good shape.

I've heard that a number of pros - even though they're pros - say that they are not good at attacking. The trend seems to be that territory is where it's at. When you attack, you need to get profit from attacking. Ultimately, you need to get some points - maybe by killing a group; maybe by creating a formation during the attack. Maybe somehow else. But undeniably, you need to make sufficient profit.

Looking at the white stones on the board, white's only points are on the left. He has some influence in the center, but I have strong positions in the other parts of the board.

Given this, I see only one way for white to make significant profit by attacking my group: by killing it.

For example, let's say that he gets a bunch of moves by attacking me, and I live. He'll get a wall, hypothetically, something like this:

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$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . X X . X X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . O . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . X O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | C C O X . X O . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | C O X . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | C O X . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . O X . O , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . X X . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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What did white get? He got a wall, and a few points on the left.

If I make a solid position on the right side, I'll get more than that.

So, this leaves me here:
* If he can kill me, I should defend, of course.
* If he can't kill me, I think it's worth it to tenuki and play on the right.

So the question is, can he kill me?

Also, a third option comes to mind, which is to keep white split:

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$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . X X . X X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . O . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . O . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . B . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X W X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . W W . W W . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . W . W X . O , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . X X . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Doing so keeps the possibility of having the marked white stones become a weak group later.

But maybe that will give him more profit.

I'll ponder it for a bit.

Those stones currently have this much space:

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$$ | . . . . . . . .
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...but they could easily control this much space:

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$$ | . . O . . . . .
$$ | . . . O . . . .
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$$ | . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . O O . . . .
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I think that Kirby got ahead in this game by pushing white at D11 and E12.

Not sure, but feels like white's hane below could have just been the more calm extend at "a" which doesn't leave the cut?

[quote="MinjaeKim"]

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$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . X . . X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . a W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . O . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . O X . O , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . X X . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Well, I can't say I read everything out. I'd like to get sente and move on to somewhere else, though.

Exchanges in this area are likely bad exchanges for me, since I don't get much other than living.

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$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . X X . X X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . O . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . B O . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . O X . O , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . X X . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

This seems way too conservative. It attaches to a weak stone, and makes merely two points.

White has several weak stones that could be attacked:

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[go]$$Bc
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . X X . X X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . W . W . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . W . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . W . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . O X . O , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . X X . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

If W simply replies bluntly --

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[go]$$B
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . X X . X X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . Q . Q . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . 1 . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . 2 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X 5 4 O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . Q . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . O X . O , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . X X . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

-- B connects or lives in neutral space,
while W gains useful stones on the outside.

The stones are not weak; they are light -- there's a difference.

I considered playing elsewhere, but then black's hane feels too painful locally. And is black 100% alive?