Kirby's Study Journal

[Charles Matthews]

So now that I am home, I had some time to look at a few more positions.
Position 4

$$ Position at move 35
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . O . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , O . . . . , O . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X X . X . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X O . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . O O X . O . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$ Position at move 35
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . O . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , O . . . . , O . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X X . X . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X O . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . O O X . O . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

What am I really gaining with this move? Not much. If anything, it seems it should be on the other side, [...]

Yes, you chose the wrong side. Really that is a SFK mistake: if there are two ways to cut, you don't give the weak group you hope to attack the stone to capture. If you like, it's a 1-2-3 error.

but that'll probably end in gote:

$$ gote
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . W . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , O . . . . , O . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . 1 3 X O B . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O 2 X X . X . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X O . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . O O X . O . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$ gote
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . W . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , O . . . . , O . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . 1 3 X O B . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O 2 X X . X . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X O . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . O O X . O . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

But this has given some good plays to your upper group, and lost White points in the upper corner. This is a clumsy way for White to play. It more than compensates Black for the exchange earlier (marked stones), which lost something.

So it probably means I should play somewhere else.

I think that's correct thinking. You have a weak group in the upper left. Making territory in the lower right would be logical.

But where? My group on the top is weak,so it seems like I should help it out. But what is a good way? Maybe something like this?

$$ Alternative?
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . b . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . O . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , O . . . . , O . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X X . X . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 2 1 . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . X O . . . . . . . a . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X O . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . O O X . O . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$ Alternative?
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . b . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . O . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , O . . . . , O . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X X . X . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 2 1 . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . X O . . . . . . . a . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X O . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . O O X . O . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I can see why I tenuki, as I thought I had a safety net, which I misread (cutting through to "get eye"). But anyway, I should help this group, I think.

It isn't absolutely necessary. Where can White build up territory by attacking it, right now? Think about a first as a large-scale play, then b if you get the chance.

I could just give up and play a big point elsewhere, but leaving the group weak could be trouble for later...

There isn't yet a specific attack that is painful. On the other hand, if White answers with c, you have no more ideas around here.

I would play on the right. Playing at B3 is more interesting to get more settled on the left, I feel, anyway, because it is big and increases your options.

[Uberdude]

But if you cut the other way, don't forget you should read this white resistance:

$$
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . W . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , O . . . . , O . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . 1 2 X O B . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O 4 X X . X . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . 3 5 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X O . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . O O X . O . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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

[yoyoma]

What is Black 203?

(;CA[utf-8]ST[2]RU[Japanese]OT[15/300 Canadian]GM[1]C[I played as black this game.]
AP[CGoban:3]SZ[19]FF[4]DT[2015-03-24]PC[The KGS Go Server at http\://www.gokgs.com/]
PB[Brian]BR[1d]PW[Rykage]KM[6.5]TM[2400]RE[W+23.50]MULTIGOGM[1]
;B[pd]BL[2397.85];W[dq]WL[2381.35];B[oq]BL[2332.29];W[cd]WL[2378.95];B[ed]BL[2321.77]
;W[gc]WL[2375.61];B[qp]BL[2308.23]C[He did misclick.]
(;W[nc]WL[2366.79];B[pf]BL[2290.68];W[jd]WL[2355.82];B[do]BL[2269.03];W[cm]WL[2263.77]
;B[cq]BL[2259.99];W[cp]WL[2216.6];B[dp]BL[2255.3];W[co]WL[2214.6];B[cn]BL[2254.26]
;W[dn]WL[2212.66];B[bn]BL[2252.79];W[bq]WL[2211.47];B[cr]BL[2251.28];W[bo]WL[2207.99]
C[If I play "normal" joseki, I get sente, but I feel his thickness goes well with the left side.]
(;B[bm]BL[2220.8];W[eq]WL[2163.04];B[fp]BL[2178.63];W[br]WL[2150.83];B[cl]BL[2128.31]
;W[dm]WL[1974.87];B[dl]BL[2122.37];W[fm]WL[1969.85];B[ep]BL[2078.93];W[el]WL[1928.57]
(;B[fq]BL[2065.24];W[dr]WL[1864.86];B[er]BL[2054.88];W[cs]WL[1862.58];B[dj]BL[2053.17]
;W[ek]WL[1814.31];B[ch]BL[2006.76];W[jp]WL[1708.73];B[io]BL[2001];W[mq]WL[1406.2]
(;B[jo]BL[1994.63];W[ip]WL[1356.11]C[After he played here, I felt I had lost a bit. I should have played J4, I think.

I tried to fight back after making a mistake, but it probably made things worse.

Since I didn't read a "good way", I should just play simple.]
(;B[kp]BL[1911.57];W[kq]WL[1352.6];B[jq]BL[1879.65];W[iq]WL[1281.18]C[Therefore, K3 must be wrong.]
(;B[lq]BL[1876.54];W[jr]WL[1227.07];B[kr]BL[1872.82]C[Of course, this is a misread.]
;W[lp]WL[1217.24];B[ko]BL[1846.4];W[go]WL[1123.22]C[Now, I am losing for sure.]
;B[ho]BL[1833.27];W[gp]WL[990.231];B[hp]BL[1829.96];W[hq]WL[986.75];B[gq]BL[1826.96]
;W[fo]WL[943.692];B[jq]BL[1824.08];W[gr]WL[915.903];B[fr]BL[1815.32];W[kq]WL[882.421]
(;B[lr]BL[1803.27];W[mr]WL[780.261];B[jq]BL[1735.18];W[hr]WL[756.335];B[js]BL[1722.87]
;W[kq]WL[692.863];B[en]BL[1714.8];W[em]WL[672.122];B[jq]BL[1713.15];W[eo]WL[574.178]
;B[ir]BL[1711.15];W[fs]WL[571.913]C[In the end, he gave me sente.

I felt it was a good deal for me, given that I was in such a bad position with K5.

Still, white is winning.]
;B[pk]BL[1709.18];W[qn]WL[431.537];B[pm]BL[1648.9]C[I felt I had a chance to make up a bit what I lost, but...]
;W[pn]WL[299.125];B[on]BL[1609.04];W[pp]WL[288.807]
(;B[oo]BL[1472.59]C[What is this?

Unless I read actually killing him, of course, I should keep the corner.]
;W[qq]WL[223.528];B[po]BL[1363.28];W[qo]WL[219.873];B[rp]BL[1361.37];W[pq]WL[213.227]
;B[rq]BL[1356.88];W[rr]WL[179.687];B[qm]BL[1334.59];W[sq]WL[156.48];B[rn]BL[1328.6]
;W[op]WL[154.656];B[np]BL[1323.61];W[nq]WL[110.929]C[
]
(;B[or]BL[826.625];W[ps]WL[108.429]C[I wanted to play O1, but the cut at O5 seemed to make it not work.]
(;B[mp]BL[443.838];W[ns]WL[75.26]C[Seemed like something had to be here.. But I couldn't find anything.]
;B[sr]BL[438.345];W[ss]WL[60.225];B[sp]BL[391.145];OW[14]W[pr]WL[294.931];B[me]
BL[388.134];OW[13]W[qc]WL[281.988];B[pc]BL[383.706];OW[12]W[pb]WL[279.649];B[qd]
BL[380.18];OW[11]W[rb]WL[277.621];B[rc]BL[378.8];OW[10]W[qb]WL[274.635];B[jf]BL[348.673]
C[
];OW[9]W[ld]WL[242.838]C[
];B[gn]BL[334.652];OW[8]W[fn]WL[238.243];B[ji]BL[326.487]
C[
];OW[7]W[jk]WL[183.751];B[kk]BL[281.71];OW[6]W[kl]WL[173.078];B[lk]BL[277.319]
;OW[5]W[jj]WL[158.879];B[ki]BL[275.25];OW[4]W[jl]WL[154.163];B[cc]BL[272.428];OW[3]
W[dc]WL[114.338];B[dd]BL[270.315];OW[2]W[ec]WL[113.538];B[ce]BL[213.842];OW[1]W[bd]
WL[79.813];B[bc]BL[212.075]C[
];OW[15]W[be]WL[300];B[bf]BL[210.695];OW[14]W[cf]
WL[290.579];B[ae]BL[209.067];OW[13]W[de]WL[288.556];B[ad]BL[207.536];OW[12]W[ce]
WL[287.554];B[cg]BL[181.243];OW[11]W[ee]WL[279.192];B[fd]BL[179.553]C[At this point, I'm just aiming for catching up.
]
;OW[10]W[fe]WL[251.095];B[gd]BL[176.305];OW[9]W[ge]WL[235.036];B[hd]BL[173.541]
;OW[8]W[cb]WL[222.23];B[bb]BL[19.346];OW[7]W[bg]WL[201.547];B[ag]BL[17.268];OW[6]
W[af]WL[195.643];OB[14]B[ls]BL[250.666];OW[5]W[ms]WL[172.027];OB[13]B[bf]BL[247.65]
;OW[4]W[bh]WL[170.347];OB[12]B[bi]BL[245.856];OW[3]W[af]WL[169.008];OB[11]B[sr]
BL[227.427];OW[2]W[rs]WL[159.404];OB[10]B[bf]BL[223.267];OW[1]W[ac]WL[127.811];OB[9]
B[ab]BL[212.603];OW[15]W[af]WL[300];OB[8]B[qr]BL[203.381];OW[14]W[qs]WL[295.893]
;OB[7]B[bf]BL[201.125];OW[13]W[fc]WL[254.091];OB[6]B[hc]BL[189.267];OW[12]W[af]
WL[238.679];OB[5]B[os]BL[186.287];OW[11]W[nr]WL[236.653];OB[4]B[bf]BL[184.63];OW[10]
W[hb]WL[233.957];OB[3]B[ib]BL[173.002];OW[9]W[gb]WL[196.257];OB[2]B[he]BL[64.064]
;OW[8]W[af]WL[190.772];OB[1]B[hs]BL[46.814];OW[7]W[es]WL[188.086];OB[15]B[bf]BL[300]
;OW[6]W[hf]WL[168.542];OB[14]B[ie]BL[189.545];OW[5]W[af]WL[166.392];OB[13]B[jc]
BL[144.752];OW[4]W[ah]WL[158.873]C[Here, I lost the ko, but broke through on the top. The B7 group is weak, so I should help it. There is aji for ko in the top left, as played in the game, but I should have kept it, and defended.]
(;OB[12]B[db]BL[141.977];OW[3]W[eb]WL[150.377];OB[11]B[ca]BL[139.217];OW[2]W[fa]
WL[144.687];OB[10]B[ha]BL[134.157];OW[1]W[da]WL[142.6];OB[9]B[ea]BL[132.277];OW[15]
W[ba]WL[300];OB[8]B[aa]BL[127.395];OW[14]W[da]WL[298.075];OB[7]B[cb]BL[93.456];OW[13]
W[ac]WL[291.741];OB[6]B[ad]BL[91.567];OW[12]W[ae]WL[290.342]C[Still, I should just leave it as ko, and help the left side.]
(;OB[5]B[ea]BL[84.465];OW[11]W[ac]WL[286.213];OB[4]B[ia]BL[66.095];OW[10]W[ad]WL[264.303]
;OB[3]B[or]BL[47.17];OW[9]W[bk]WL[237.986];OB[2]B[bl]BL[35.731];OW[8]W[bj]WL[220.111]
;OB[1]B[cj]BL[32.292];OW[7]W[ai]WL[205.843];OB[15]B[fi]BL[300];OW[6]W[ej]WL[194.449]
;OB[14]B[ei]BL[287.267];OW[5]W[ci]WL[192.869];OB[13]B[dh]BL[281.024]C[Now, it is hopeless.

End of comments.]
;OW[4]W[hi]WL[185.856];OB[12]B[hh]BL[278.836];OW[3]W[gh]WL[173.899];OB[11]B[hj]
BL[272.984];OW[2]W[gi]WL[159.078];OB[10]B[gj]BL[246.022];OW[1]W[ii]WL[80.114];OB[9]
B[ga]BL[235.747];OW[15]W[hl]WL[300];OB[8]B[fb]BL[229.3];OW[14]W[ll]WL[297.735];OB[7]
B[ml]BL[227.491];OW[13]W[ln]WL[260.746];OB[6]B[ob]BL[204.614];OW[12]W[oc]WL[216.675]
;OB[5]B[rd]BL[176.541];OW[11]W[md]WL[167.998];OB[4]B[ne]BL[154.252];OW[10]W[kc]
WL[152.863];OB[3]B[lb]BL[138.704];OW[9]W[kb]WL[136.794];OB[2]B[ka]BL[120.339];OW[8]
W[mb]WL[131.894];OB[1]B[sb]BL[96.295];OW[7]W[oa]WL[107.754];OB[15]B[ih]BL[300];OW[6]
W[ij]WL[80.118];OB[14]B[mm]BL[278.604];OW[5]W[kn]WL[56.729];OB[13]B[lo]BL[258.73]
;OW[4]W[kj]WL[54.404];OB[12]B[lj]BL[257.171];OW[3]W[li]WL[51.306];OB[11]B[jh]BL[223.907]
;OW[2]W[le]WL[48.745];OB[10]B[lf]BL[222.052];OW[1]W[lc]WL[43.093];OB[9]B[la]BL[219.966]
;OW[15]W[mn]WL[300];OB[8]B[ra]BL[198.275];OW[14]W[nd]WL[286.343];OB[7]B[qa]BL[188.928]
;OW[13]W[nb]WL[281.061];OB[6]B[oe]BL[187.105];OW[12]W[nn]WL[269.805];OB[5]B[nm]
BL[182.158];OW[11]W[no]WL[253.553];OB[4]B[om]BL[175.249];OW[10]W[hn]WL[248.106]
;OB[3]B[im]BL[170.209];OW[9]W[hm]WL[244.857];OB[2]B[jm]BL[155.149];OW[8]W[hg]WL[198.587]
;OB[1]B[il]BL[149.591];OW[7]W[ik]WL[183.457];OB[15]B[mo]BL[300];OW[6]W[kg]WL[142.565]
;OB[14]B[jg]BL[258.845];OW[5]W[kf]WL[115.323];OB[13]B[lg]BL[257.184];OW[4]W[je]
WL[72.094];OB[12]B[ke]BL[246.808];OW[3]W[kd]WL[69.198];OB[11]B[kh]BL[245.432];OW[2]
W[ke]WL[66.156];OB[10]B[ja]BL[235.974];OW[1]W[jb]WL[57.015];OB[9]B[ic]BL[233.765]
;OW[15]W[pa]WL[300];OB[8]B[ma]BL[208.419];OW[14]W[sa]WL[278.612];OB[7]B[ra]BL[206.639]
;OW[13]W[na]WL[276.925];OB[6]B[if]BL[203.523];OW[12]W[qa]WL[256.847];OB[5]B[sc]
BL[194.913];OW[11]W[sa]WL[255.16];OB[4]B[lm]BL[191.521];OW[10]W[km]WL[253.217];OB[3]
B[ra]BL[189.938];OW[9]W[sq]WL[250.35];OB[2]B[gg]BL[177.253];OW[8]W[fg]WL[236.005]
;OB[1]B[sr]BL[173.722];OW[7]W[sa]WL[232.486];OB[15]B[jn]BL[300];OW[6]W[ra]WL[220.462]
;OB[14]B[al]BL[293.13];OW[5]W[an]WL[167.812];OB[13]B[sq]BL[288.162];OW[4]W[gs]WL[161.611]
;OB[12]B[is]BL[286.182];OW[3]W[od]WL[157.32];OB[11]B[ig]BL[263.981];OW[2]W[gf]WL[156.158]
;OB[10]B[in]BL[256.772];OW[1]W[id]WL[154.575];OB[9]B[]BL[232.285];OW[15]W[]WL[300]
TB[gc][sd][pe][qe][re][se][mf][nf][of][qf][rf][sf][ng][og][pg][mg][qg][rg][sg][lh]
[mh][nh][oh][ph][qh][rh][sh][li][mi][ni][oi][pi][qi][ri][si][mj][nj][oj][pj][qj]
[rj][sj][mk][nk][ok][qk][rk][nl][ol][pl][ql][eb][rl][sl][rm][sm][pn][qn][sn][qo]
[ro][so][lp][kq][jr][ks][ba][da][fa][sk][gb][hb][dc][ec][fc]TW[ob][mc][bf][df][ef]
[ff][ag][cg][dg][eg][gg][ch][dh][eh][fh][di][ei][fi][aj][cj][dj][fj][gj][hj][ak]
[ck][dk][fk][gk][hk][al][bl][cl][dl][fl][gl][am][bm][gm][bn][cn][en][gn][ao][do]
[ap][bp][dp][ep][fp][cq][fq][gq][oq][ar][cr][er][fr][or][qr][as][bs][ds][os][aq]
[bi])
(;B[bk]C[Still do this!]))
(;B[bk];W[da]C[If black answers, now I have sente, at least. If it's like this...

I actually think the game may be close!]
;B[rd]C[I think white might have a slight lead, but still it seems very close.]))
(;B[ns];W[no];B[mo];W[mp];B[ms];W[pr];B[ls];W[sr]C[It was a pity it didn't seem to work.]))
(;B[pr]C[I considered this.];W[qr];B[or]C[But now what? The O5 aji really made things difficult.]))
(;B[pq];W[oo];B[nn]C[He might live, but this is much less risky - I should be able to live in the corner.

Giving him the corner was too much.]))
(;B[hr]C[Probably should just do this.];W[ir];B[gs]C[If he plays E1, I can continue ko. I probably live small in gote.

Not great, but better than game, maybe.]
;W[lr];B[es];W[lo]C[Still, white is winning, I think.

All must be because of K5.]))
(;B[jr]C[I really wanted to play here, but I think he can just play as in the variation.]
;W[lp];B[ko];W[ir]))
(;B[ho]C[I lost a bit, I think, but this is better than making it worse.]))
(;B[ip]C[Maybe this is better. It secures connection better.]))
(;B[ao]C[I should have played this first, while it was sente.];W[bp];B[fq];W[dr]
;B[er];W[cs];B[dj]C[This would have been a little better.]))
(;B[eq];W[bm];B[en];W[dm]C[I have sente, but the left seems pretty good. Maybe not that bad for black in retrospect, but I am too jealous.]))
(;W[si]WL[2057.1]))

[Kirby]

You lost the ko in the upper left when you captured with 193. If you simply connect at 195 (1 below) you have the same number of liberties as in the game but you are one move ahead. You are alive in double ko.

$$Bc 2 Captures 2 stones
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . O X . X O . X 5 . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X X 1 X O . O O X . . . . . . O O O . |
$$ | 2 X X O O O O X . X . . . O . X O X . |
$$ | 3 O O X X X X X . O . O . . . X X . . |
$$ | 4 O O O O O O X X . . . X . . . . . . |
$$ | O . O . . . . O . X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . X X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . . O X X . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . O O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O O O . . . . . . . . . X X . . |
$$ | . X X O . O X . . . . . . . X O O X . |
$$ | . O O . O O O X X X X . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . . O . . . O X O O X O X X O O X X X |
$$ | . O . O O . . O O X . X O O . O O X . |
$$ | . O . O . . O O X . X X O O . O . O X |
$$ | . . O . O O . X . X . X O O . O O O O |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$Bc 2 Captures 2 stones
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . O X . X O . X 5 . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X X 1 X O . O O X . . . . . . O O O . |
$$ | 2 X X O O O O X . X . . . O . X O X . |
$$ | 3 O O X X X X X . O . O . . . X X . . |
$$ | 4 O O O O O O X X . . . X . . . . . . |
$$ | O . O . . . . O . X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . X X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . . O X X . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . O O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O O O . . . . . . . . . X X . . |
$$ | . X X O . O X . . . . . . . X O O X . |
$$ | . O O . O O O X X X X . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . . O . . . O X O O X O X X O O X X X |
$$ | . O . O O . . O O X . X O O . O O X . |
$$ | . O . O . . O O X . X X O O . O . O X |
$$ | . . O . O O . X . X . X O O . O O O O |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Yes, you are right. I wasn't as careful here as I should have been. I didn't have a plan for saving the left, so I should have considered helping the left, first. Though, as you mention below, perhaps the left group stands a chance. I didn't consider giving up the two stones:

If Black had answered 204 from the other side (1 below), Black would have had one eye at C11. That would have left much less of a burden when Black plays out at 7. Combine this with the previous play in the upper left and I think Black would have been doing better than White.

$$Bc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | X . X . X O . X X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X X X X O . O O X . . . . . . O O O . |
$$ | O X X O O O O X . X . . . O . X O X . |
$$ | O O O X X X X X . O . O . . . X X . . |
$$ | O O O O O O O X X . . . X . . . . . . |
$$ | O . O . . . . O . X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . 7 . . . X X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 1 5 X . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O 2 3 O . . . . O X X . . . X . . . |
$$ | . 4 X X O . . . . O O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O O O . . . . . . . . . X X . . |
$$ | 6 X X O . O X . . . . . . . X O O X . |
$$ | . O O . O O O X X X X . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . . O . . . O X O O X O X X O O X X X |
$$ | . O . O O . . O O X . X O O . O O X . |
$$ | . O . O . . O O X . X X O O X O . O X |
$$ | . . O . O O . X . X . X O O . O O O O |
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[go]$$Bc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | X . X . X O . X X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X X X X O . O O X . . . . . . O O O . |
$$ | O X X O O O O X . X . . . O . X O X . |
$$ | O O O X X X X X . O . O . . . X X . . |
$$ | O O O O O O O X X . . . X . . . . . . |
$$ | O . O . . . . O . X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . 7 . . . X X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 1 5 X . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O 2 3 O . . . . O X X . . . X . . . |
$$ | . 4 X X O . . . . O O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O O O . . . . . . . . . X X . . |
$$ | 6 X X O . O X . . . . . . . X O O X . |
$$ | . O O . O O O X X X X . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . . O . . . O X O O X O X X O O X X X |
$$ | . O . O O . . O O X . X O O . O O X . |
$$ | . O . O . . O O X . X X O O X O . O X |
$$ | . . O . O O . X . X . X O O . O O O O |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I agree with both assessments.

[Kirby]

$$ Alternative?
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . b . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . O . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , O . . . . , O . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X X . X . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 2 1 . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . X O . . . . . . . a . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X O . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . O O X . O . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$ Alternative?
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . b . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . O . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , O . . . . , O . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X X . X . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 2 1 . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . X O . . . . . . . a . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X O . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . O O X . O . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

It isn't absolutely necessary. Where can White build up territory by attacking it, right now? Think about a first as a large-scale play, then b if you get the chance.

Good idea. For some reason, a move like 'a' never comes to me. I would probably think of 'b' if I tenuki, but 'a' has some nice merits. I hadn't considered it at all. I like it, because it helps both the left, and makes good influence toward the bottom. It's a better move than I would have thought of, had I tenuki'd.

I would play on the right. Playing at B3 is more interesting to get more settled on the left, I feel, anyway, because it is big and increases your options.

I agree.

[Kirby]

But if you cut the other way, don't forget you should read this white resistance:

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

Yes, good point. I actually did think of this sequence briefly, but I thought it would hurt his two side stones. I didn't realize how powerful the cut was. Should have been more careful in reading!

[Kirby]

What is Black 203?

Oh that? Maybe the worst move in the game

1. I was totally oblivious to my weak stones on the left.
2. I saw that it was going to become regular ko, so I thought I would play a move to create ko threats. But this is, of course flawed logic: if he answers, it didn't create any new ko threats. So if I am going to pursue the ko, I should just play it.

But more than that, I should have done the double ko that ez4u mentioned. Or thought about the left group.

Many mistakes here.

[Charles Matthews]

But if you cut the other way, don't forget you should read this white resistance:

Too true.

So in any case the attempt to cut right now looks premature, because Black can "threaten" to make this line work in various useful ways, in the centre.

[Uberdude]

Here was one idea I had:

$$
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . W . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , O . . . . , O . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X O B . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X X . X . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X O . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . O O X . O . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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[go]$$
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . W . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , O . . . . , O . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X O B . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X X . X . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X O . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . O O X . O . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Is white 2 too obedient? Maybe he would play at 3 himself, but then black can cut with good style of not giving a ponnuki. With 3 black loosely connects up his groups and develops some centre potential as well. But maybe it's a bit slow? I do quite like developing the right side moyo too.

(As mentioned already, I really don't like the marked exchange! Black 1 also gives black some flexibility in resisting the peep there which is just so humiliating to connect against making the marked stone a retarded empty traingle)

[Charles Matthews]

Here was one idea I had:

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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . W . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , O . . . . , O . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X O B . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X X . X . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X O . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . O O X . O . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . W . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , O . . . . , O . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X O B . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X X . X . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X O . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . O O X . O . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Is white 2 too obedient? Maybe he would play at 3 himself, but then black can cut with good style of not giving a ponnuki. With 3 black loosely connects up his groups and develops some centre potential as well. But maybe it's a bit slow? I do quite like developing the right side moyo too.

Yes, I wondered if a central strategy was good for Black. But I decided "side before centre": the lower right ought to be bigger.

Anyway, if Shusai can develop the enclosure in his retirement game against Kitani, it is worth a try.

[Kirby]

I played against another 1d today on KGS.

I died big.

Here is my review.

(;CA[utf-8]OT[5x30 byo-yomi]GM[1]FF[4]ST[2]C[I played as white this game.

I died big.
]
AP[CGoban:3]SZ[19]RU[Japanese]DT[2015-03-28]PC[The KGS Go Server at http\://www.gokgs.com/]
PB[jk123]BR[1d]PW[Brian]WR[1d]KM[6.5]TM[1800]RE[B+Resign]MULTIGOGM[1]
;B[qd]BL[1791.7];W[dc]WL[1769.03];B[pq]BL[1787.35];W[dq]WL[1750.13];B[jc]BL[1783.56]
(;W[po]WL[1690.17];B[nq]BL[1771.69]C[Attach at R3 is ok if there is a ladder, I think.]
;W[qq]WL[1615.27];B[qp]BL[1708.34];W[pp]WL[1612.34];B[rq]BL[1701.64];W[qr]WL[1610.13]
;B[pr]BL[1682.38];W[qo]WL[1505.56];B[rp]BL[1678.89];W[ro]WL[1501.44];B[rr]BL[1677]
;W[qj]WL[1494.97];B[de]BL[1622.36]
(;W[cg]WL[1480.76];B[cc]BL[1595.15];W[cb]WL[1454.4];B[cd]BL[1593.13];W[gc]WL[1452.44]
;B[bb]BL[1587.72];W[db]WL[1447.46];B[cl]BL[1539.24]CR[cb][db][dc][gc]C[Marked stones can get weak later. C13 can get weak, too.

I spent a lot of time on this move.

]
(;W[cj]WL[1160.04]C[After all that thinking, I played the move I would have played without thinking.]
;B[co]BL[1523.31];W[bp]WL[1154.52];B[cf]BL[1514.93]
(;W[bo]WL[1148.25];B[bg]BL[1490.09];W[ch]WL[1128.09]CR[cb][db][dc][gc]C[I think black is better, especially considering the weak group on top.]
;B[bh]BL[1487.1];W[bi]WL[1126.67];B[di]BL[1485.04]C[Probably should have connected C11. But I was trying to be fancy. Basically, I wanted D10 to hurt C8.]
(;W[bf]WL[908.907];B[be]BL[1478.91];W[df]WL[907.585];B[af]BL[1476.78];W[dj]WL[906.481]
C[My idea was as shown in the variation.]
(;B[ef]BL[1428.97];W[dg]WL[902.127];B[ei]BL[1414.59];W[ci]WL[894.19];B[el]BL[1397.47]
;W[ee]WL[890.426];B[ed]BL[1351.16];W[fe]WL[888.532];B[dd]BL[1350.03];W[fc]WL[886.507]
;B[fd]BL[1347.27];W[gd]WL[885.192];B[ge]BL[1345.73];W[ff]WL[883.821];B[gf]BL[1342.06]
;W[fg]WL[882.001];B[gg]BL[1338.59];W[id]WL[876.814];B[fh]BL[1336.86];W[eg]WL[875.146]
;B[ic]BL[1334.58]
(;W[gh]WL[864.179];B[hh]BL[1274.84];W[gi]WL[862.288];B[hi]BL[1218.84];W[gj]WL[859.617]
;B[jd]BL[1216.51];W[he]WL[843.985]C[I totally overlooked J14.];B[if]BL[1212.99]
;W[ba]WL[770.155];B[ab]BL[1208.68];W[hb]WL[754.873];B[ib]BL[1197.8];W[fa]WL[578.312]
;B[ep]BL[1162.06];W[eq]WL[566.567];B[hc]BL[1153.04];W[ha]WL[562.65];B[gp]BL[1147.43]
(;W[oc]WL[553.117];B[pc]BL[1138.04];W[od]WL[545.304];B[qf]BL[1135.67];W[of]WL[541.457]
;B[ph]BL[1121.86];W[oj]WL[535.565];B[qi]BL[1097.16];W[rj]WL[514.83];B[nh]BL[1093.21]
;W[mf]WL[445.929];B[mc]BL[1080.21];W[lb]WL[435.39];B[mb]BL[1073.17];W[pb]WL[432.422]
;B[qb]BL[1071.18];W[pd]WL[431.22];B[qc]BL[1069.3];W[lc]WL[429.438];B[md]BL[1055.98]
;W[ld]WL[427.222];B[ob]BL[1047.19];W[nb]WL[425.494];B[pa]BL[1045.65];W[ma]WL[421.051]
;B[na]BL[1041.27];W[oa]WL[419.295];B[ec]BL[1031.36];W[eb]WL[416.841];B[na]BL[1025.94]
;W[hg]WL[380.067];B[hf]BL[1019.77];W[oa]WL[378.211];B[cp]BL[987.555];W[cq]WL[375.703]
;B[na]BL[985.505];W[ig]WL[373.186];B[jg]BL[970.926];W[oa]WL[364.32];B[ih]BL[961.484]
;W[pb]WL[360.787];B[ej]BL[958.275];W[bk]WL[353.742];B[bl]BL[941.638];W[ak]WL[348.584]
;B[fq]BL[929.48]
(;W[mp]WL[334.23];B[np]BL[927.074]
(;W[no]WL[321.17];B[mo]BL[925.394];W[lp]WL[317.45];B[mn]BL[907.382];W[nn]WL[314.436]
;B[mm]BL[902.485];W[hq]WL[303.007];B[gr]BL[900.35];W[mr]WL[295.515]C[This was way too slow. Maybe there's a way to live later, but this definitely didn't help... Still complicated, though. Black is strong everywhere.]
;B[iq]BL[878.333];W[nr]WL[287.646];B[oq]BL[873.398];W[ip]WL[284.735];B[jq]BL[868.404]
;W[jp]WL[282.851];B[kq]BL[866.296];W[kp]WL[278.477];B[lr]BL[862.144];W[mq]WL[263.368]
;B[hp]BL[841.762];W[km]WL[252.016];B[mk]BL[835.594];W[im]WL[242.239];B[hl]BL[823.765]
;W[hm]WL[238.307];B[gl]BL[821.534];W[ho]WL[228.029];B[go]BL[814.514]C[I don't know. Still difficult for living here.]
;W[gn]WL[224.001];B[io]BL[812.938];W[hn]WL[204.246];B[fl]BL[793.28];W[en]WL[180.012]
;B[eo]BL[789.831];W[cn]WL[174.347];B[fn]BL[777.471];W[fo]WL[138.708];B[fm]BL[771.063]
C[This was to save D5 for later.];W[il]WL[130.175]C[This must be slow. After he played L9, I couldn't find a good way.]
;B[ol]BL[711.04];W[pk]WL[71.636];B[ob]BL[705.641];W[na]WL[63.046];B[pm]BL[689.329]
;W[ql]WL[46.838];B[kk]BL[677.321];OW[5]W[gq]WL[30];B[hr]BL[672.391];OW[5]W[kl]WL[30]
;B[jk]BL[666.802]C[I couldn't read a way to live locally.];OW[5]W[jn]WL[30];B[jl]
BL[652.962];OW[5]W[ll]WL[30];B[ml]BL[643.713];OW[5]W[lk]WL[30];B[mj]BL[614.764]
;OW[5]W[lj]WL[30];B[mi]BL[569.799];OW[5]W[ln]WL[30];B[lo]BL[564.898];OW[5]W[ij]
WL[30];B[ko]BL[541.014];OW[5]W[jo]WL[30];B[ik]BL[530.642];OW[5]W[lq]WL[30];B[kr]
BL[526.476];OW[5]W[hk]WL[30];B[hj]BL[521.584];OW[5]W[gk]WL[30];B[ki]BL[512.222]
;OW[5]W[kj]WL[30];B[jj]BL[507.649];OW[5]W[li]WL[30];B[lh]BL[505.244];OW[5]W[ji]
WL[30];B[ii]BL[503.26];OW[5]W[kh]WL[30];B[kg]BL[500.747];OW[5]W[lg]WL[30];B[mh]
BL[499.189];OW[5]W[hd]WL[30];B[je]BL[481.868];OW[5]W[kf]WL[30];B[jh]BL[456.994]
;OW[5]W[ki]WL[30];B[mg]BL[423.725];OW[5]W[lf]WL[30];B[dl]BL[419.416];OW[5]W[jf]
WL[30];B[ie]BL[417.289];OW[5]W[qe]WL[30];B[re]BL[414.003];OW[5]W[qg]WL[30];B[pg]
BL[411.441];OW[5]W[pf]WL[30];B[pe]BL[406.43];OW[5]W[rf]WL[30];B[rg]BL[387.587];OW[5]
W[qe]WL[30];B[pn]BL[373.996];OW[5]W[on]WL[30];B[qf]BL[370.882];OW[5]W[eh]WL[30]
;B[qh]BL[348.495];OW[5]W[fi]WL[30];B[ia]BL[344.271])
(;W[mn]C[I should play lightly or something.

I got too heavy and died.]))
(;W[hq]C[Maybe doing this directly is better.];B[gr];W[kq]C[Maybe something like this. Still difficult...])
(;W[mo]C[Maybe I can try to expand this area instead.

Black seems to have around 40 points. I have similar amount, maybe...

But if black gets the bottom side, I feel black is winning.

Game is good for black now, I guess.]))
(;W[od]C[Probably not so deep is better.

Anyway, I wanted to reduce the top.]))
(;W[he]C[Perhaps playing this directly is better. Seems not to be the time to be fighting.]))
(;B[ci];W[ei];B[dh];W[dg];B[eh];W[fh];B[eg];W[ef];B[fg];W[ff];B[gg];W[bk]CR[cb]
[db][dc][gc][ff][ef][df][dg][cg][ch]C[In retrospect, not a good plan.]))
(;W[dj]C[Doing it immediately seems to be giving too much.];B[ci];W[ei];B[dh];W[bk])
(;W[ci];B[dj]C[Seems to be too easy for black now.]))
(;W[dg]C[I should probably answer.

He didn't answer B4, so I played B5.

But I think his B13 hurts more than my B5.]))
(;W[be]C[I considered something like this. But if black jumps in F15 area, G17 becomes weak.]
;B[ci];W[eg];B[fe]CR[cb][db][dc][gc]C[Dangerous for these guys.])
(;W[eg];B[fe]CR[cb][db][dc][gc]C[Still, dangerous.])
(;W[ee]C[I looked at this a little bit, but it just seems to hurt C13.]))
(;W[ce]C[I briefly considered this.];B[cf];W[cd];B[df];W[fc]C[Looking back... I think I like it. I should have.]))
(;W[qj]LB[oc:A]C[I considered this for awhile...

But I ended up thinking the approach at Q5 was more valuable, because I can still invade at P17 later. K17 is far away from R16.]))

[Kirby]

Mistakes.

Position 1

$$ Position at move 20
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . X . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$ Position at move 20
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . X . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I played this pincer, partially because I like it, but also because of black's stone on the top. His stone ended up making me worry about a weak group.

So maybe it is simpler to just do this way:

$$ Position at move 20
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . W X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . X . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$ Position at move 20
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . W X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . X . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

If it turns out like this:

$$W Position at move 20
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . 5 . a . B . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 3 , . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . 1 X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 2 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . X . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$W Position at move 20
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . 5 . a . B . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 3 , . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . 1 X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 2 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . X . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I feel like I got solid territory, and black's marked stone isn't anything to worry about. In fact, if I were black, I'd prefer that it were at 'a' instead.

So I think I should have played this way.

Position 2

$$ Position at move 32
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . O . . X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . W X . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O . |
$$ | . O . , . . . . . , . . . . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . X . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$ Position at move 32
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . O . . X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . W X . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O . |
$$ | . O . , . . . . . , . . . . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . X . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Perhaps it was out of stubbornness, but I played the marked move. Still, I think it's more important to answer him.

$$ Position at move 32
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . O . . X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O . |
$$ | . O . , . . . . . , . . . . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . X . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$ Position at move 32
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . O . . X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O . |
$$ | . O . , . . . . . , . . . . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . X . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Given my potentially weak group on top, this is no time to be making two weak groups.

Position 3

$$ Position at move 38
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . O . . X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . W X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O . |
$$ | . O . , . . . . . , . . . . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . X . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$ Position at move 38
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . O . . X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . W X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O . |
$$ | . O . , . . . . . , . . . . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . X . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I think I am trying to be too fancy here, and it's not a good idea. I'm in a bad situation already because I made two weak groups. But I should simply connect, and endure right now.

$$ Position at move 38
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . O . . X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O W X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O . |
$$ | . O . , . . . . . , . . . . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . X . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$ Position at move 38
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . O . . X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O W X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O . |
$$ | . O . , . . . . . , . . . . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . X . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Position 4

$ Position at move 64
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . O O . X X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X X X O . O , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . X . X O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X . X O . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . . X W . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O . |
$$ | . O . , . . . . . , . . . . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . X . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$ Position at move 64
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . O O . X X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X X X O . O , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . X . X O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X . X O . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . . X W . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O . |
$$ | . O . , . . . . . , . . . . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . X . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I think it's too aggressive. I have a weak group, and I should just help it.

$ Position at move 64
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . O O . X X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X X X O . O , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . X . X O O X W . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X . X O . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O . |
$$ | . O . , . . . . . , . . . . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . X . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$ Position at move 64
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . O O . X X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X X X O . O , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . X . X O O X W . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X . X O . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O . |
$$ | . O . , . . . . . , . . . . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . X . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Position 5

$$ Position at move 130
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . O . . . O . O . . . . O . O X . . . |
$$ | X X O O O . . O X . . O X O . O X . . |
$$ | . . X O X O O X X X . O X . O X X . . |
$$ | . . X X X X O . O X . O X . O O X . . |
$$ | . X . X O O X O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X . X O . O X X X . . . O . O . X . . |
$$ | . X O O O O X . . X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . . X O X X . . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . O O X X . O X . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . O O X . O . . , . . . . O , O O . |
$$ | O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X . . . . . . . . . . W . O O O . |
$$ | . O X , X . X . . , . . O X . O X X . |
$$ | . . O O O X . . . . . . . X . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$ Position at move 130
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . O . . . O . O . . . . O . O X . . . |
$$ | X X O O O . . O X . . O X O . O X . . |
$$ | . . X O X O O X X X . O X . O X X . . |
$$ | . . X X X X O . O X . O X . O O X . . |
$$ | . X . X O O X O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X . X O . O X X X . . . O . O . X . . |
$$ | . X O O O O X . . X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . . X O X X . . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . O O X X . O X . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . O O X . O . . , . . . . O , O O . |
$$ | O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X . . . . . . . . . . W . O O O . |
$$ | . O X , X . X . . , . . O X . O X X . |
$$ | . . O O O X . . . . . . . X . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I think it's too much here.

I should just play lightly and try to live.

Black is winning, but I can't be so aggressive.

$$ Position at move 130
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . O . . . O . O . . . . O . O X . . . |
$$ | X X O O O . . O X . . O X O . O X . . |
$$ | . . X O X O O X X X . O X . O X X . . |
$$ | . . X X X X O . O X . O X . O O X . . |
$$ | . X . X O O X O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X . X O . O X X X . . . O . O . X . . |
$$ | . X O O O O X . . X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . . X O X X . . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . O O X X . O X . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . O O X . O . . , . . . . O , O O . |
$$ | O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O . |
$$ | . O X , X . X . . , . . O X . O X X . |
$$ | . . O O O X . . . . . . . X . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$ Position at move 130
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . O . . . O . O . . . . O . O X . . . |
$$ | X X O O O . . O X . . O X O . O X . . |
$$ | . . X O X O O X X X . O X . O X X . . |
$$ | . . X X X X O . O X . O X . O O X . . |
$$ | . X . X O O X O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X . X O . O X X X . . . O . O . X . . |
$$ | . X O O O O X . . X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . . X O X X . . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . O O X X . O X . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . O O X . O . . , . . . . O , O O . |
$$ | O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O . |
$$ | . O X , X . X . . , . . O X . O X X . |
$$ | . . O O O X . . . . . . . X . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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Key Takeaways

* Don't make two weak groups, especially ones that are close together.
* Don't try to be too fancy and/or aggressive in an urgent situation.

[Bill Spight]

A few comments.

(;GM[1]ST[2]SZ[19]AP[GOWrite:2.3.46]FF[4]CA[utf-8]BR[1d]WR[1d]DT[2015-03-28]FG[259:]MULTIGOGM[1]GN[ ]PW[Brian]RE[B+Resign]PM[2]KM[6.5]C[I played as white this game.
I died big.]RU[Japanese]TM[1800]OT[5x30 byo-yomi]PC[The KGS Go Server at http\://www.gokgs.com/]PB[jk123]
;BL[1791.7]B[qd]
;W[dc]WL[1769.03]
;BL[1787.35]B[pq]
;W[dq]WL[1750.13]
;BL[1783.56]B[jc]
(
;W[po]WL[1690.17]
;BL[1771.69]B[nq]C[Attach at R3 is ok if there is a ladder, I think.]
;W[qq]WL[1615.27]
;BL[1708.34]B[qp]
;W[pp]WL[1612.34]
;BL[1701.64]B[rq]
;W[qr]WL[1610.13]
;BL[1682.38]B[pr]
;W[qo]WL[1505.56]
;BL[1678.89]B[rp]
;W[ro]WL[1501.44]
;BL[1677.0]B[rr]
(
;W[qj]C[*** See variation.]WL[1494.97]
;BL[1622.36]B[de]
(
;W[cg]WL[1480.76]
;BL[1595.15]B[cc]
(
;W[cb]C[*** Huh? See variation.]WL[1454.4]
;BL[1593.13]B[cd]
;W[gc]WL[1452.44]
;BL[1587.72]B[bb]
;W[db]C[*** Now the K-17 stone puts pressure on the White group in the top left.]WL[1447.46]
;BL[1539.24]CR[dc][cb][gc][db]B[cl]C[Marked stones can get weak later. C13 can get weak, too.I spent a lot of time on this move.]
(
;W[cj]C[After all that thinking, I played the move I would have played without thinking.]WL[1160.04]
;BL[1523.31]B[co]
(
;W[bp]C[*** I have doubts about this play on two counts. First, is it the best local play, instead of, say, the kick? Second, isn't the top left more urgent? See variations.]WL[1154.52]
;BL[1514.93]B[cf]
(
;W[bo]C[*** As you suggest, the stand is shape.]WL[1148.25]
;BL[1490.09]B[bg]
(
;W[ch]CR[dc][cb][gc][db]WL[1128.09]C[I think black is better, especially considering the weak group on top.

*** Heavy play. See variation.]
;BL[1487.1]B[bh]
(
;W[bi]C[*** See variation.]WL[1126.67]
;BL[1485.04]B[di]C[Probably should have connected C11. But I was trying to be fancy. Basically, I wanted D10 to hurt C8.

*** Ouch!]
(
;W[bf]WL[908.907]
;BL[1478.91]B[be]
;W[df]WL[907.585]
;BL[1476.78]B[af]
;W[dj]C[My idea was as shown in the variation.]WL[906.481]
(
;BL[1428.97]B[ef]
(
;W[dg]C[*** Bad shape. See variation.]WL[902.127]
;BL[1414.59]B[ei]
;W[ci]C[*** Another empty triangle.]WL[894.19]
;BL[1397.47]B[el]C[*** The game is difficult for White.]
;W[ee]C[*** Without this cut, does White stand a chance?

End of comments.]WL[890.426]
;BL[1351.16]B[ed]
;W[fe]WL[888.532]
;BL[1350.03]B[dd]
;W[fc]WL[886.507]
;BL[1347.27]B[fd]
;W[gd]WL[885.192]
;BL[1345.73]B[ge]
;W[ff]WL[883.821]
;BL[1342.06]B[gf]
;W[fg]WL[882.001]
;BL[1338.59]B[gg]
;W[id]WL[876.814]
;BL[1336.86]B[fh]
;W[eg]WL[875.146]
;BL[1334.58]B[ic]
(
;W[gh]WL[864.179]
;BL[1274.84]B[hh]
;W[gi]WL[862.288]
;BL[1218.84]B[hi]
;W[gj]WL[859.617]
;BL[1216.51]B[jd]
;W[he]C[I totally overlooked J14.]WL[843.985]
;BL[1212.99]B[if]
;W[ba]WL[770.155]
;BL[1208.68]B[ab]
;W[hb]WL[754.873]
;BL[1197.8]B[ib]
;W[fa]WL[578.312]
;BL[1162.06]B[ep]
;W[eq]WL[566.567]
;BL[1153.04]B[hc]
;W[ha]WL[562.65]
;BL[1147.43]B[gp]
(
;W[oc]WL[553.117]
;BL[1138.04]B[pc]
;W[od]WL[545.304]
;BL[1135.67]B[qf]
;W[of]WL[541.457]
;BL[1121.86]B[ph]
;W[oj]WL[535.565]
;BL[1097.16]B[qi]
;W[rj]WL[514.83]
;BL[1093.21]B[nh]
;W[mf]WL[445.929]
;BL[1080.21]B[mc]
;W[lb]WL[435.39]
;BL[1073.17]B[mb]
;W[pb]WL[432.422]
;BL[1071.18]B[qb]
;W[pd]WL[431.22]
;BL[1069.3]B[qc]
;W[lc]WL[429.438]
;BL[1055.98]B[md]
;W[ld]WL[427.222]
;BL[1047.19]B[ob]
;W[nb]WL[425.494]
;BL[1045.65]B[pa]
;W[ma]WL[421.051]
;BL[1041.27]B[na]
;W[oa]WL[419.295]
;BL[1031.36]B[ec]
;W[eb]WL[416.841]
;BL[1025.94]B[na]
;W[hg]WL[380.067]
;BL[1019.77]B[hf]
;W[oa]WL[378.211]
;BL[987.555]B[cp]
;W[cq]WL[375.703]
;BL[985.505]B[na]
;W[ig]WL[373.186]
;BL[970.926]B[jg]
;W[oa]WL[364.32]
;BL[961.484]B[ih]
;W[pb]WL[360.787]
;BL[958.275]B[ej]
;W[bk]WL[353.742]
;BL[941.638]B[bl]
;W[ak]WL[348.584]
;BL[929.48]B[fq]
(
;W[mp]WL[334.23]
;BL[927.074]B[np]
(
;W[no]WL[321.17]
;BL[925.394]B[mo]
;W[lp]WL[317.45]
;BL[907.382]B[mn]
;W[nn]WL[314.436]
;BL[902.485]B[mm]
;W[hq]WL[303.007]
;BL[900.35]B[gr]
;W[mr]C[This was way too slow. Maybe there's a way to live later, but this definitely didn't help... Still complicated, though. Black is strong everywhere.]WL[295.515]
;BL[878.333]B[iq]
;W[nr]WL[287.646]
;BL[873.398]B[oq]
;W[ip]WL[284.735]
;BL[868.404]B[jq]
;W[jp]WL[282.851]
;BL[866.296]B[kq]
;W[kp]WL[278.477]
;BL[862.144]B[lr]
;W[mq]WL[263.368]
;BL[841.762]B[hp]
;W[km]WL[252.016]
;BL[835.594]B[mk]
;W[im]WL[242.239]
;BL[823.765]B[hl]
;W[hm]WL[238.307]
;BL[821.534]B[gl]
;W[ho]WL[228.029]
;BL[814.514]B[go]C[I don't know. Still difficult for living here.]
;W[gn]WL[224.001]
;BL[812.938]B[io]
;W[hn]WL[204.246]
;BL[793.28]B[fl]
;W[en]WL[180.012]
;BL[789.831]B[eo]
;W[cn]WL[174.347]
;BL[777.471]B[fn]
;W[fo]WL[138.708]
;BL[771.063]B[fm]C[This was to save D5 for later.]
;W[il]C[This must be slow. After he played L9, I couldn't find a good way.]WL[130.175]
;BL[711.04]B[ol]
;W[pk]WL[71.636]
;BL[705.641]B[ob]
;W[na]WL[63.046]
;BL[689.329]B[pm]
;W[ql]WL[46.838]
;BL[677.321]B[kk]
;W[gq]OW[5]WL[30.0]
;BL[672.391]B[hr]
;W[kl]OW[5]WL[30.0]
;BL[666.802]B[jk]C[I couldn't read a way to live locally.]
;W[jn]OW[5]WL[30.0]
;BL[652.962]B[jl]
;W[ll]OW[5]WL[30.0]
;BL[643.713]B[ml]
;W[lk]OW[5]WL[30.0]
;BL[614.764]B[mj]
;W[lj]OW[5]WL[30.0]
;BL[569.799]B[mi]
;W[ln]OW[5]WL[30.0]
;BL[564.898]B[lo]
;W[ij]OW[5]WL[30.0]
;BL[541.014]B[ko]
;W[jo]OW[5]WL[30.0]
;BL[530.642]B[ik]
;W[lq]OW[5]WL[30.0]
;BL[526.476]B[kr]
;W[hk]OW[5]WL[30.0]
;BL[521.584]B[hj]
;W[gk]OW[5]WL[30.0]
;BL[512.222]B[ki]
;W[kj]OW[5]WL[30.0]
;BL[507.649]B[jj]
;W[li]OW[5]WL[30.0]
;BL[505.244]B[lh]
;W[ji]OW[5]WL[30.0]
;BL[503.26]B[ii]
;W[kh]OW[5]WL[30.0]
;BL[500.747]B[kg]
;W[lg]OW[5]WL[30.0]
;BL[499.189]B[mh]
;W[hd]OW[5]WL[30.0]
;BL[481.868]B[je]
;W[kf]OW[5]WL[30.0]
;BL[456.994]B[jh]
;W[ki]OW[5]WL[30.0]
;BL[423.725]B[mg]
;W[lf]OW[5]WL[30.0]
;BL[419.416]B[dl]
;W[jf]OW[5]WL[30.0]
;BL[417.289]B[ie]
;W[qe]OW[5]WL[30.0]
;BL[414.003]B[re]
;W[qg]OW[5]WL[30.0]
;BL[411.441]B[pg]
;W[pf]OW[5]WL[30.0]
;BL[406.43]B[pe]
;W[rf]OW[5]WL[30.0]
;BL[387.587]B[rg]
;W[qe]OW[5]WL[30.0]
;BL[373.996]B[pn]
;W[on]OW[5]WL[30.0]
;BL[370.882]B[qf]
;W[eh]OW[5]WL[30.0]
;BL[348.495]B[qh]
;W[fi]OW[5]WL[30.0]
;BL[344.271]B[ia]
)
(
;W[mn]C[I should play lightly or something.I got too heavy and died.]
)

)
(
;W[hq]C[Maybe doing this directly is better.]
;B[gr]
;W[kq]C[Maybe something like this. Still difficult...]
)

(
;W[mo]C[Maybe I can try to expand this area instead.Black seems to have around 40 points. I have similar amount, maybe...But if black gets the bottom side, I feel black is winning.Game is good for black now, I guess.]
)

)
(
;W[od]C[Probably not so deep is better.Anyway, I wanted to reduce the top.]
)

)
(
;W[he]C[Perhaps playing this directly is better. Seems not to be the time to be fighting.]
)

)
(
;W[cn]
)

)
(
;B[ci]
;W[ei]
;B[dh]
;W[dg]
;B[eh]
;W[fh]
;B[eg]
;W[ef]
;B[fg]
;W[ff]
;B[gg]
;W[bk]CR[dc][df][cb][ef][cg][ff][dg][ch][gc][db]C[In retrospect, not a good plan.]
)

)
(
;W[dj]C[Doing it immediately seems to be giving too much.]
;B[ci]
;W[ei]
;B[dh]
;W[bk]
)

(
;W[ci]
;B[dj]C[Seems to be too easy for black now.]
)

)
(
;W[cn]C[*** If not now, when?]
)

)
(
;W[cn]C[*** Consistent.]
)

)
(
;W[dg]C[I should probably answer.He didn't answer B4, so I played B5.But I think his B13 hurts more than my B5.]
)

)
(
;W[be]C[*** This play makes a base for the White group while undercutting the Black group. However, ]
;B[dg]
;W[ch]
;B[ge]C[*** Black can mount a nice attack against the weak White group.]
)

(
;W[ge]C[*** White cuts a sector line and strengthens the weak group while attacking the heavy Black group. White also looks at an invasion to the right.]
)

)
(
;W[be]C[I considered something like this. But if black jumps in F15 area, G17 becomes weak.]
;B[ci]
;W[eg]
;B[fe]CR[dc][cb][gc][db]C[Dangerous for these guys.]
)

(
;W[eg]
;B[fe]CR[dc][cb][gc][db]C[Still, dangerous.]
)

(
;W[ee]C[I looked at this a little bit, but it just seems to hurt C13.]
)

)
(
;W[cd]
;B[dd]
;W[ce]
;B[cf]
;W[df]
;B[bf]
;W[bc]
;B[cb]
;W[be]
;B[ec]
;W[bg]
;B[ef]
;W[dg]C[*** Joseki. However, the K-17 stone is misplaced because of the cut at E-15.]
)

)
(
;W[ce]C[I briefly considered this.]
;B[cf]
;W[cd]
;B[df]
;W[fc]C[Looking back... I think I like it. I should have.]
)

)
(
;W[qk]C[*** Normal extension.]
)

)
(
;W[qj]LB[oc:A]C[I considered this for awhile...But I ended up thinking the approach at Q5 was more valuable, because I can still invade at P17 later. K17 is far away from R16.]
)

)

[oren]

If it turns out like this:

$$W Position at move 20
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . 5 . a . B . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 3 , . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . 1 X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 2 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . X . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$W Position at move 20
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . 5 . a . B . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 3 , . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . 1 X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 2 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . X . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I would expect the avalanche situation there. where he plays atari and takes the right side. Then his top middle stone is good.

[Kirby]

If it turns out like this:

$$W Position at move 20
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . 5 . a . B . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 3 , . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . 1 X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 2 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . X . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$W Position at move 20
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . 5 . a . B . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 3 , . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . 1 X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 2 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . X . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I would expect the avalanche situation there. where he plays atari and takes the right side. Then his top middle stone is good.

I think it's possible. But in that case, I would prefer if the black stone were on the 4th line (as black).

For example:

$$B
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 4 O 3 . . . . B . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 2 1 . 7 . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . X . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$B
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 4 O 3 . . . . B . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 2 1 . 7 . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . X . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

The marked stone seems low, and as white, I can reduce easily.

In contrast, if it were higher:

$$B
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 4 O 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 2 1 . 7 . . . B . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . X . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$B
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 4 O 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 2 1 . 7 . . . B . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . X . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I think black's influence works better.

On the other hand, if we take the variation in the game, if the black stone had been on the 4th line:

$$B
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . a . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . B . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . X . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . |
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The marked black stone is giving much less pressure than if it's on the third line. For example, I could always slide to 'a'.

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So basically, I think that the avalanche is a possibility for black if I attach underneath, but I don't mind it at all, since his stone on top is low, and in my opinion, not ideally placed.

And I like the avalanche variation better than in the game, because my group felt pressured, and his stone on top worked well. If it was a 4th line stone, I think the way I played in the game might be better, since the avalanche works better for him.