$$Bcm91 : $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . X . . . . . . O . X . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . O . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . O O X X X X X . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O X X O . O . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O X X . O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . O , . O . . . X X . . | $$ | . . O O X . X . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . X . . . X O X . | $$ | . . X . . . . X O O . . . X . X O X . | $$ | . . . . . . X . X O . . O . O O X X . | $$ | . . O O . . . . X . . O . . . O X . . | $$ | . . X O . . O . . X X O . X . O O O . | $$ | . . X . . . . . O X O X . X . X . . . | $$ | . . . . X . . 2 . O O X . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Bcm91 : $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . X . . . . . . O . X . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . O . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . O O X X X X X . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O X X O . O . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O X X . O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . O , . O . . . X X . . | $$ | . . O O X . X . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . X . . . X O X . | $$ | . . X . . . . X O O . . . X . X O X . | $$ | . . . . . . X . X O . . O . O O X X . | $$ | . . O O . . . . X . . O . . . O X . . | $$ | . . X O . . O . . X X O . X . O O O . | $$ | . . X . . . . . O X O X . X . X . . . | $$ | . . . . X . . 2 . O O X . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
I'm pretty happy with the result. Black isn't in great shape on either side. Black went very wrong somewhere because the starting fight looked too hard for white to handle. Next, I think black will try to destroy my shape with m5, then j8, then l11. Luckily, my corner group can live but it will be in gote.
$$Bcm91 : $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . X . . . . . . O . X . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . O . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . O O X X X X X . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O X X O . O . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O X X . O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . O , . O . . . X X . . | $$ | . . O O X . X . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . X . . . X O X . | $$ | . . X . . . . X O O . . . X . X O X . | $$ | . . . . . . X . X O . . O . O O X X . | $$ | . . O O . . . . X . . O . . . O X . . | $$ | . . X O . . O . . X X O 3 X . O O O . | $$ | . . X . . . . . O X O X . X . X . . . | $$ | . . . . X . . O . O O X . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Bcm91 : $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . X . . . . . . O . X . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . O . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . O O X X X X X . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O X X O . O . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O X X . O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . O , . O . . . X X . . | $$ | . . O O X . X . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . X . . . X O X . | $$ | . . X . . . . X O O . . . X . X O X . | $$ | . . . . . . X . X O . . O . O O X X . | $$ | . . O O . . . . X . . O . . . O X . . | $$ | . . X O . . O . . X X O 3 X . O O O . | $$ | . . X . . . . . O X O X . X . X . . . | $$ | . . . . X . . O . O O X . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
I'm not feeling great about this game now. It feel like it's likely that I'll end up resigning it. Oh well. I felt like I got a good start, but in a couple of places, I made some mistakes that hurt me quite a bit.
I mean, I should probably count, I guess, and maybe I'll do that sometime. But, still, not happy with this game overall.
$$Bcm91 : $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . X . . . . . . O . X . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . O . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . O O X X X X X . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O X X O . O . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O X X . O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . O , . O . . . X X . . | $$ | . . O O X . X . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . X . . . X O X . | $$ | . . X . . . . X O O . . . X . X O X . | $$ | . . . . . . X . X O . . O 4 O O X X . | $$ | . . O O . . . . X . . O . . . O X . . | $$ | . . X O . . O . . X X O X X . O O O . | $$ | . . X . . . . . O X O X . X . X . . . | $$ | . . . . X . . O . O O X . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Bcm91 : $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . X . . . . . . O . X . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . O . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . O O X X X X X . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O X X O . O . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O X X . O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . O , . O . . . X X . . | $$ | . . O O X . X . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . X . . . X O X . | $$ | . . X . . . . X O O . . . X . X O X . | $$ | . . . . . . X . X O . . O 4 O O X X . | $$ | . . O O . . . . X . . O . . . O X . . | $$ | . . X O . . O . . X X O X X . O O O . | $$ | . . X . . . . . O X O X . X . X . . . | $$ | . . . . X . . O . O O X . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
$$Bcm1 : $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . X . . . . . . O . X . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . O . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . O O X X X X X . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O X X O . O . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O X X . O . . 8 . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . O , 5 O . . . X X . . | $$ | . . O O X . X . b . 1 . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . O . . 3 2 . . . X . 4 . X O X . | $$ | . . X . . . . X O O . . . X . X O X . | $$ | . . . . . . X . X O a . O O O O X X . | $$ | . . O O . . . . X . . O . . . O X . . | $$ | . . X O . . O . . X X O X X . O O O . | $$ | . . X . . . . . O X O X . X . X 6 . . | $$ | . . . . X . . O . O O X 7 . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Bcm1 : $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . X . . . . . . O . X . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . O . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . O O X X X X X . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O X X O . O . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O X X . O . . 8 . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . O , 5 O . . . X X . . | $$ | . . O O X . X . b . 1 . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . O . . 3 2 . . . X . 4 . X O X . | $$ | . . X . . . . X O O . . . X . X O X . | $$ | . . . . . . X . X O a . O O O O X X . | $$ | . . O O . . . . X . . O . . . O X . . | $$ | . . X O . . O . . X X O X X . O O O . | $$ | . . X . . . . . O X O X . X . X 6 . . | $$ | . . . . X . . O . O O X 7 . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
I usually try not to read excessively because I view this is a way to analyze thought processes and having better reading than my normal games ruins that a bit. However, this position is ultra complicated.
My entire dragon needs to make some life, the sequence above shows some of the way's that black can ruin white's shape. I think is a sharp move after a sente move in the corner, , shortening black's liberties, seems like a good way to play. Black maybe has a cut after combining 'a' and 'b', but if I can live in the corner - I think that the outside will be OK.
I didn't count, so I don't know that I'm behind, but I feel like I started this game well and it went downhill for awhile. Usually, when I feel this way, I feel like I'm better off ending the game and learning from it.
I understand the feeling completely, but aren't we in the middle of a complicated fight? Can you explain what you see that resolves this fight for me? Of course I'd like to discuss the game but playing out the rest of this fight would be more educating, imho.
is a sharp move after a sente move in the corner, 
, shortening black's liberties, seems like a good way to play. Black maybe has a cut after combining 'a' and 'b', but if I can live in the corner - I think that the outside will be OK.