I think this is the biggest area right now. Some possible continuations:

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[go]$$Bcm39
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$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . X O O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O O . O . . . . X X . O O O . |
$$ | . . X , . X X O . X . . . . . X X O . |
$$ | . . . X . . . X . . . . . . . . . X . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
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$$ | . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . 9 5 6 3 . . . . X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . 1 . 4 8 0 . . . O . O O O . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]

etc

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[go]$$Bcm39
$$ +---------------------------------------+
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$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . X O O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O O . O . . . . X X . O O O . |
$$ | . . X , . X X O . X . . . . . X X O . |
$$ | . . . X . . . X . . . . . . . . . X . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
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$$ | . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . 3 . 7 . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . 6 5 9 . . . . X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . 1 . 2 8 0 . . . O . O O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]

etc.

This is frustrating. I thought I could live in sente, but I can't find any adequate follow ups to punish him for playing elsewhere that would justify letting him double approach me. A play at F14 looked promising my reading says it won't work.

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[go]$$Bcm39 Looks promising
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$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . X O O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O O . O . . . . X X . O O O . |
$$ | . . X , . X X O . X . . . . . X X O . |
$$ | . . . X . . . X . . . . . . . . . X . |
$$ | . . O X . 2 . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
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$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . O . O O O . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]

The problem with this move is that he can defend at E15 which is also sente against my corner. If I ignore and cut anyway, the push and cut suddenly works.

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[go]$$Bcm41 Yikes
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$$ | . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . 7 4 5 6 . . . X O O . . . . |
$$ | . . . 9 O O 3 O . . . . X X . O O O . |
$$ | . . X , 1 X X O . X . . . . . X X O . |
$$ | . . . X . . 2 X . . . . . . . . . X . |
$$ | . . O X . W . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . O . O O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]

And if it goes like this he gets to kill my top left stone and get a fairly large corner as well . Since I couldn't find anything in the top left, I decided to respond to his approach and protect my territory on the left. As for my response, pincering seems bad since he'd be happy to jump in the corner and the small knight leaves an obvious invasion point at C8. Since none of these obvious responses to his approach seemed that great, I chose the one that looked the least terrible which was the large knight. However, even that doesn't seem that great. Hopefully I'll find a way to make use of the large amounts of aji he's left behind later on.

Previous plan applies.

I don't like . It might look nice as half way between d4 and d10, but it leaves the 3-3 point open to an easy invasion, and if white follows a normal joseki then d10 ends up too close to thickness. c6 would be better to make the corner invasion harder (small gote life instead of sente life). Or d6. Or a pincer.

At the top leaving the j15 shape makes my urgent-move-unplayed alarm bells ring. Black has the d17 then g17 and h18 combo there.

In addition to not playing any moves here, I also was not playing anywhere else so my next few moves will likely be a little rusty. My first instinct was to play something like this but it seems pretty kyuish (i.e. play in the middle of your oppenents moyo with no plan besides running).

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[go]$$Bcm41
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$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . X O O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O O . O . . . . X X . O O O . |
$$ | . . X , . X X O . X . . . . . X X O . |
$$ | . . . X . . . X . . . . . . . . . X . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . O . . . . . 2 . . . . . X . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . 1 . . . . X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . O . O O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]

Instead, I've decided to get a little bit fancier and play this as a forcing move. Depending on how my opponent responds, I should be able to leave this exchange with sente and (hopefully) with a better position to reduce his center.

I really don't know what's best here. I'd like to keep the group connected, and this seems to achieve it with no obvious drawbacks. The shape isn't good, but I'll try to live with it.

I'm excited to start this back up again. Since the break has been so long, I've decided to organize my thoughts on the game so far into an .sgf file which I'll post along with my next move.

This position seems very complicated but I think I can keep fighting thanks to my opponents last move which I believe was a mistake. To respond to my peep, either a or b will successfully connect black's stones and c seems playable since it shorts the liberties of the E17 group enough to make the push and cut work. The move my opponent played, a, works because if I cut directly the cutting stone can be captured in a ladder as shown below. Since both a and b connect directly, the question is how much aji does each connection leave behind.

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[go]$$Bcm41
$$ +---------------------------------------+
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . X O O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O O . O . . . . X X . O O O . |
$$ | . . X , c X X O . X . . . . . X X O . |
$$ | . . . X a b . X . . . . . . . . . X . |
$$ | . . O X . O . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . X . . . . X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . O . O O O . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]

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[go]$$Bcm41 Cutting directly fails
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$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . X O O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O O . O . . . . X X . O O O . |
$$ | . . X , . X X O . X . . . . . X X O . |
$$ | . . . X 3 6 4 X . . . . . . . . . X . |
$$ | . . O X . O 5 . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . O . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . O . . . . . X . . . . X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . O . O O O . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]

With b, the aji left behind is obvious. I get the peep, but that's all I get. Even worse, I can't play at j15 because j16 shorts my liberties enough to make the push and cut work.

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[go]$$Bcm41 Peep aji
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$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . X O O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O O . O . . . . X X . O O O . |
$$ | . . X , . X X O . X . . . . . X X O . |
$$ | . . . X . 3 5 X . . . . . . . . . X . |
$$ | . . O X . O 4 . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . X . . . . X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . O . O O O . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]

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[go]$$Bcm41 Bad for black
$$ +---------------------------------------+
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . X O O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O O 8 O . . . . X X . O O O . |
$$ | . . X , . X X O 7 X . . . . . X X O . |
$$ | . . . X . 3 5 X 6 . . . . . . . . X . |
$$ | . . O X . O 4 . 9 . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
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$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . X . . . . X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . O . O O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]

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[go]$$Bcm43 Really bad for black
$$ +---------------------------------------+
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$$ | . . O . . . 8 9 . . . . X O O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O O 7 O . . . . X X . O O O . |
$$ | . . X , . X X O 5 X . . . . . X X O . |
$$ | . . . X . 1 3 X 4 . . . . . . . . X . |
$$ | . . O X . O 2 . 6 . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . X . . . . X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . O . O O O . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]

Conversely, a leaves behind some interesting aji involving a ko lock. Even though my cutting stone dies, if w plays this way I'm able to set up a potential ko if white decides to block my hane. If he doesn't block if, I'm able to get out and cut off his left group. If he does block, I think I can fight the ko since his only real threats come from my bottom right corner and I can use killing his k17 group as a threat. This is made possible by the fact that g17 is not a threat since b17 allows me to link up or live in the corner.

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[go]$$Bcm41 Ko lock
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . X O O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O O . O . . . . X X . O O O . |
$$ | . . X , . X X O . X . . . . . X X O . |
$$ | . . . X 3 . 4 X . . . . . . . . . X . |
$$ | . . O X . O 5 6 . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
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$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . X . . . . X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . O . O O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]

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[go]$$Bcm41 Ko lock continued
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . X O O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O O . O . . . . X X . O O O . |
$$ | . . X , . X X O . X . . . . . X X O . |
$$ | . . . X 3 7 4 X 8 . . . . . . . . X . |
$$ | . . O X . O 5 6 . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
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$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . X . . . . X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . O . O O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]

Unfortunately, there's no guarantee that w will play this way. I've been reading out some scary variations where he plays d or e instead and allows me to cut him. e seems especially hair raising so I'm hoping he doesn't play that way.

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[go]$$Bcm41 Other responses
$$ +---------------------------------------+
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . X O O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O O . O . . . . X X . O O O . |
$$ | . . X , . X X O e X . . . . . X X O . |
$$ | . . . X 3 . 4 X . . . . . . . . . X . |
$$ | . . O X . O . d . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . X . . . . X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . O . O O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]

Finally, I'll get to my evaluation of the game at this point. I feel like my greedy play trying to take points on the left hand side with 41 put me slightly behind, but his response at 44 has made me confident that I may be able to mount a comeback. My goal is to finish this encounter in sente and break out into the center making it easy for me to reduce him there. I then hope to get the monkey jump at T6 to further reduce his right side after already reducing his middle. If I'm able to leave this in sente (yes I dream big) I then hope to finish with d2 which will both secure a big corner and undercut any potential black points on the bottom. If I can succeed at this, I think I should be able to win.

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[go]$$Bcm41 Important points for me to secure victory
$$ +---------------------------------------+
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . X O O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O O . O . . . . X X . O O O . |
$$ | . . X , . X X O . X . . . . . X X O . |
$$ | . . . X 3 . 4 X . . . . . . . . . X . |
$$ | . . O X . O . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
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$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . X . . . . X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . O . O O O . |
$$ | . . . b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]

I'm probably missing something essential here, but this seems like the only move to me.

After I posted my previous move I realized that I probably wouldn't have liked this much:

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[go]$$Bcm41
$$ +---------------------------------------+
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . X O O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O O . O . . . . X X . O O O . |
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Luckily (I think) my opponent missed it too.

Now I just need to hope my reading is correct. I think I can fight this ko (assuming it goes to it) so I doubt my opponent will give me a chance at it. The question then becomes, is the threat of an attack on his large clump of stones on the left great enough that he has to respond to it being cut. If he responds, I'll have managed to break out and reduce his center in sente which should put me in a good position to win this game. If he doesn't respond, the onus is then on me to find a way to profit from harassing that group of stones.

Not optimal, but the options seem worse to me.

I'm excited to see his next move.

I can't find anything that seems better than this simple connection. I'm assuming his next move will be at J14 and then I'll have to choose between giving up a ponnuki and being sealed in.

I think there's going to be an interesting fight. Since I'm not good at fighting, I will welcome this opprtunity to learn.

Getting sealed in is painful but I can't let his clump of stones off the hook that easily. We're both weak but I like the direction his group has to run since it could allow me to both solidify the bottom and reduce the center in sente assuming I'm able to do a good job keeping the pressure on him. Alternatively, I could die in the center and be forced to resign, so a lot is riding on this fight.

I did some reading before my previous move, and I'm relying on it. I think he has to protect G17, otherwise I will push through there and his H17 group will be in trouble. And, if he plays (around) G17, I will connect at K14 and then much depends on his response. If he tries to save F14 and deny me an eye there, I will push through D13 and threaten his F14 group and his C14 group, and if not, I think I can either make two eyes for my group or escape with it to the center. Let's see.

No more weaknesses in my top group so I only have 1 weak group that can be pushed around. I like my odds in this fight.