Life In 19x19

(;GM[1]FF[4]CA[UTF-8]AP[CGoban:3]ST[2]
RU[Japanese]SZ[19]KM[6.50]
PW[Intrepid]PB[Topazg]
;B[pf]C[I had a feeling the Intrepid would be banking on my playing a 4-4 based on his effort to research other games, so I thought I'd throw a curve ball. Besides, I find 6-4 points fun.]
;W[gm]
;B[jm]C[Having got such a wacky looking move 2, I thought I'd match the wacky for no other reason than to not lose a psychological battle early on. If he wants to throw me out of my comfort zone then fine, but with the effort he puts into his games, he has a plan with White 2, and I'm sure this response wasn't part of his plan.]
;W[fd]
(;B[eq]C[I debated where to play here. I really wanted this corner to prevent G7 becoming too valuable, but should it have been low? I think not, I prefer the other 3-5 at C5 to be honest - I find it harder to see White's best approach at that point.]
;W[do]
;B[cp]
;W[co]
;B[bp]
;W[qq]C[I was happy for White to leave the position on the left, which I consider a mistake. That side, the last corner can't be small.]
;B[df]C[Trying to find a logical way of handling this side, I'll be happy either taking the corner with 4-4 or alternatively conceding it to reduce that left hand side.]
(;W[dh]
;B[dd]
(;W[ee]C[A thank you move.]
;B[de]
;W[fg]
(;B[kd]C[I think this is poor timing. It's big, but the left hand side looks urgent.]
;W[cg]C[Annoying, and big.]
;B[fc]
(;W[bo]C[Very surprising. White must seal in.]
;B[gc]C[An extremely satisfying result.]
;W[dq]
;B[dp]
;W[ep]
(;B[fp]C[Played to keep aji in the local area.]
;W[eo]
(;B[er]C[A complete blunder. Should be D2.]
(;W[bq]C[Lucky. I originally read this leading to a squeeze, but the move order is wrong - I think C2 is more painful (see var)]
;B[pn]C[I wanted to play here first, that's all.]
(;W[np]C[Having gotten a defensive response, I'll treat Q6 as a sort of kikashi and fix that corner. Besides, wD2 is so close to sente because of the F3 cut that the tenuki was a mistake in the first place I think.]
;B[cq]
;W[ap]
;B[cr]
;W[od]C[I wondered when he'd look towards this corner.]
;B[pd]
;W[pc]
;B[qc]C[Tesuji.]
;W[id]C[Bad shape point. White helps Black a bit here. Seems strange to tenuki from the top right too, but I _will_ respond to this.]
;B[gd]
;W[pe]
;B[qd]
;W[of]
;B[qe]
;W[pg]C[This move feels so wrong, allowing Black to capture here is so large.]
;B[oe]
;W[ne]
(;B[pe]C[I contemplated a ko, but chickened out because of the atari on Q14. As it happens, I wonder if I should have cut and connected (see var)]
;W[jf]
;B[ic]
;W[jc]
;B[jd]
;W[ie]
;B[ib]C[And this is why J16 is a typically poor point. Black connects very happily.]
;W[lc]
;B[kc]
;W[pl]C[Nice idea, seems strong to me. The game is hard to call. Black's ahead on territory, but White's center potential is definitely better. White does however have a lot of weak cuts to fix, so I'm reasonably confident by this point if I can handle this corner well.]
;B[qj]
;W[qk]C[Thank you move.]
;B[pj]
;W[og]
;B[qg]C[Connecting seems huge.]
;W[nl]
;B[qp]C[Aiming for sabaki (see conts).]
(;W[pq]C[Because of this response, I nearly played at Q3 myself, but I think this is fine for Black as the S3 hane is still there.]
;B[qm]
;W[rk]
;B[rq]
;W[rr]
;B[nn]C[At least one, if not one and a half eyes. Painful to be running though.])
(;W[pp]C[The most logical response.]
;B[rq]
(;W[pq]
(;B[rp]C[Black seems almost alive this way.]
;W[rr]
;B[qm]
;W[rk]
;B[sr]
;W[rs]
;B[rn]C[Black seems unconditionally alive to me now.])
(;B[ro]
;W[qo]
;B[rp]
;W[qn]
;B[rn]
;W[qm]
;B[qr]
;W[pr]
;B[rs]C[Another possibility for life. Haven't worked out which is better / worse - I like the fact this doesn't encourage White to descend to S9, but White's a lot thicker, so I'll probably take the other route.]))
(;W[rp]
;B[qo]
;W[rr]
;B[pq]
;W[qr]
;B[op]
;W[oq]
;B[po]
;W[pr]
;B[nq]
;W[pp]
;B[om]
(;W[ol]
;B[pq]
;W[or]
;B[mq])
(;W[oo]
;B[ol]
;W[ok]
;B[pk]))
(;W[qo]
;B[rp]
(;W[pq]
;B[po])
(;W[po]
;B[pq]
;W[oq]
;B[pr]
;W[or]
;B[qr])))
(;W[rp]C[Feels like a mistake for White.]
;B[pq]))
(;B[og]
;W[pe]
;B[qf]C[If White connects, he's still pretty heavy, and the right side starts to look good.]
;W[oe]
;B[ph]
;W[ng]
;B[oh]C[Black seems very satisfied about the game right now.]))
(;W[dr]
;B[oq]
;W[fq]
;B[qo]C[Big enough? Probably, hard to call. Still haven't really worked out if Q6 was bad or not.]))
(;W[cr]
;B[cq]
;W[ap]
;B[bq]
;W[br]
;B[dr]
;W[aq]
;B[dq]C[Now Black is in a lot of trouble ...]
;W[gq]
;B[fq]
;W[hp]))
(;B[dr]
;W[fq]
;B[er]
(;W[gp])
(;W[gq]C[F4 now has a lot of aji.])))
(;B[dr]
;W[fq]
;B[er]
;W[fp]C[White is very thick.]))
(;W[gc]
;B[ec]
;W[hd]C[Now Black still needs to create eyespace and L16 is easy to attack.]))
(;B[ch]
;W[ci]
;B[cg]
;W[bi]
;B[fc]
;W[gc]
;B[ec]
;W[gb]
;B[ld]C[Black should at least endeavour to make some exchanges first rather than get sealed in. This early tenuki feels like Black's first clear mistake.]))
(;W[dc]
;B[cc]
;W[ec]
;B[cb]
;W[jc]C[This seemed more natural, but White feels behind either way now.]))
(;W[dd]
;B[cd]
;W[cc]
;B[ce]
;W[bc]
;B[ci]C[Here I'm happy keeping C5, D5 and G7 in a poor position and disrupting the board, although White has a nice enough corner that this feels better than the game line to me for White.]))
(;B[co]
;W[cm]
;B[dq]C[This position feels happier for Black now. White seems unco-ordinated.]))