My opponent lost on time in this game which was unfortunate because it would have been interesting to see if there was a way to somehow sufficiently reduce whites whopping influence and miraculously escape with my life also. Felt I mishandled the upper right corner letting white build another large wall to go with the other one. Reviewing the game it felt like white made some decent plays trying to build said influence and that I played right into those plans by answering those plays far to often. Only thing to say in my defense is that I like games where both colors are crammed into every nook and cranny of the board and dislike the sort of play where each side aims for large uncontested expanses of territory. Probably there is a tremendous amount to learn to be able to play this way effectively. Thanks heaven I can take it one game at a time.
I think black could win from the end here. You had some good moves. Overall I think you need to work on assessing what is most important on the whole board in the opening. When considering the local position for joseki, also take the global position into account.
"You have to walk before you can run. Black 1 was a walking move.
I blushed inwardly to recall the ignorant thoughts that had gone through
my mind before, when I had not realized the true worth of Black 1."
-Kageyama Toshiro on proper moves
(;CA[utf-8]FF[4]ST[1]AP[GoPanda2.2.0]SZ[19]GM[1]DT[2014-01-23]PC[IGS]PB[happysocks] PW[TORI0808]KM[6.5]HA[0]RE[B+T]MULTIGOGM[0] ;B[pp];W[dd];B[pc];W[qn];B[np];W[rp];B[qq];W[rq];B[rr];W[qp];B[pq];W[oo];B[po]LB[pn:a] [on:b][oo:c]C[What are you trying to do here ? If W blocks with (a), is your plan to cut at (b) ? If yes, then locally that's the only reason to play this push. But if your plan is not to cut at (b), then this push is bad.
Also, even if you cut at (b), are you trying to kill just the 1 (c) stone ?
This is too small. Instead, take the last empty corner.] ;W[lq] (;B[qo]C[Bad. See var.];W[ro];B[pn];W[qm]LB[qo:a][ro:b]C[Compare this result to the variation at move 15 -- you make the (a)-(b) exchange, which reduces your own liberties -- bad habit.] ;B[op]LB[oo:a]C[Super slow, super small. Why are you obsessed with the useless stone (a) ? Tenuki ! For example, you can take the empty corner !
The (a) stone is like junk food -- you don't want it.] ;W[pm];B[nn]LB[oo:a]C[You still cannot peel your eyes off the junk food (a).];W[om] ;B[on];W[sr];B[rs];W[mo];B[no];W[lm];B[dp]TR[nn][on][pn][po][pp][op][np][no]LB[oo:a] C[Notice you spent EIGHT Inside moves to kill the useless stone at (a), while W played the Useful moves on the Outside.] ;W[fq];B[jp];W[kp];B[jo];W[ko];B[jn];W[fo];B[dn] (;W[kl]C[See var.];B[jl];W[fm] (;B[gp]C[Completely confused. This exchange hurts your corner. See var.];W[fp];B[gq] ;W[dr];B[cq];W[cr] (;B[ck]LB[gp:a][fp:b]C[Strange shape -- actually this shape is very thin -- especially after your (a)-(b) exchange. See var.] ;W[go] (;B[hp]C[This shape is unbearable. See vars.];W[jq];B[iq];W[gr];B[hr];W[br] (;B[bq]C[See var.];W[cm];B[dm];W[cl];B[dl];W[bk] (;B[dk]C[Soft. See var.];W[bj];B[ci]C[Correct local shape, but...];W[bi] (;B[bh]LB[ch:a]C[Did you read the cut (a) before you hane'd here ? See var.];W[ch] ;B[dh] (;W[df]C[Ridiculous. See var.];B[cg];W[dg];B[eh];W[co];B[cn];W[do];B[eo];W[ep];B[en] ;W[dq];B[cp];W[bo];B[bn];W[aq];B[ao];W[bp];B[bl];W[jm];B[im];W[km];B[il];W[ho];B[fr] ;W[io];B[ip];W[in];B[fk];W[mn];B[jr];W[mm];B[jj];W[gk];B[gj];W[fl];B[hk];W[gl];B[fj] ;W[hj];B[hi];W[kk];B[jk];W[pe];B[qe];W[qf];B[re];W[pd];B[qd];W[pf];B[nh];W[qc];B[rc] ;W[qb];B[pb];W[lh];B[rg];W[rf];B[sf];W[rb];B[sb];W[qh];B[ri];W[rh];B[sh];W[qg];B[sg] ;W[qi];B[rj];W[pk];B[jc];W[nc];B[gc];W[ob];B[qa];W[fc];B[cc];W[ha];B[fd];W[gd];B[hd] ;W[he];B[ge]) (;W[cg]C[What is your plan now ?])) (;B[ch])) (;B[cj])) (;B[fr]C[Local vital point. See continuation.];W[er];B[gs])) (;B[jk]C[Get out !!! See also 3rd var.]) (;B[jq]C[More efficient way to connect.])) (;B[dl])) (;B[jk]C[Get out !!!])) (;W[fm]LB[dl:a][jl:b]C[W should simply jump here first, taking care of W's only weak group. Now W has miai of (a) direction and (b) direction.])) (;B[pn]C[Locally, this is the only move. See continuation.];W[qm]TR[oo][qp][qn] SQ[pp][po][pn]LB[qo:a][ro:b]C[Locally, you make a nice broken shape for W. The difference between this result and the game is you keep your liberty at (a). In the game, you pushed at (a) and make the (a)-(b) exchange, which is bad for B -- you reduced your own liberties -- bad habit.]))
Awesome, thanks guys! Some very illustrative and instructive things for me in all three reviews (happy I chose the game for one). Where am overly worrying about the status of my groups and trying to split or breakthrough my opponent when I could be taking big or even urgent points elsewhere was something I gained a better understanding of and so hopefully will have a little better feel for avoiding some of those mistakes going forward.
"Tsumegos are for reading power and Tesujis for knowing which moves to read"
