Kirby's Study Journal

[Magicwand]

Because I don't like black's shape when white hane's under. But this is gote, leaves the cut for white to exploit, and further, white doesn't want to necessarily hane, since it hurts his stones:

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

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

above shape, white will love to hanne if he can get it in sente.
problem of above sequence is that black will not play 5.
for example..
black can simply play as below.
white do not have time to capture and lose momentum.

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

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

[Kirby]

above shape, white will love to hanne if he can get it in sente.
problem of above sequence is that black will not play 5.
for example..
black can simply play as below.
white do not have time to capture and lose momentum.

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

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

I agree that tenuki might be good idea. I also agree it's big territory when white does hane.

As white, I still don't like hurting marked stone above - it feels inefficient. For example, later in the game, if it was like this:

$$B
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X X X X O O O . . . O O O O O . |
$$ | . O O O O O O . . , . . X O X X X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . X . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . X . W X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . X . W , W . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X X . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O . O O O O . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . X . X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . X . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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

marked white stones have a harder time.

[Kirby]

I'll be continuing this study journal, and will continue to post games I play, along with my thoughts and review.

Currently, I am KGS 1d. I made it to 2d briefly, but then went down again. In today's game, I played against KGS 4d with 3 stone handicap.

Here is the game, with my review.

(;CA[utf-8]FF[4]ST[2]RU[Japanese]OT[5x30 byo-yomi]AB[pd][dp][pp]C[My current KGS rank is 1d, so I played against KGS 4d at 3 stones.]
AP[CGoban:3]SZ[19]GM[1]DT[2014-12-03]PC[The KGS Go Server at http\://www.gokgs.com/]
PB[Brian]BR[1d]PW[dartos]WR[4d]KM[0.5]HA[3]TM[1800]RE[W+Resign]MULTIGOGM[1]
;W[dc]WL[1794.45];B[de]BL[1791.67];W[cg]WL[1792.3]C[I like this pincer. I studied some variations, so I was happy he played it.]
;B[cc]BL[1787.14];W[cb]WL[1790.77];B[cd]BL[1785.85];W[gc]WL[1789.13]
(;B[eb]BL[1781.26]C[Sequence is important in this joseki. Modern play is, after D18, play D13. But if you play D13 first, white has option to change his mind (see variation).]
;W[db]WL[1787.03];B[dg]BL[1776.61];W[dh]WL[1782.91];B[ec]BL[1519.95];W[ed]WL[1777.01]
;B[dd]BL[1516.85];W[ea]WL[1775.43]C[I think F17 is what white usually plays. So it seemed ok for me, since I could get F16 for free.]
;B[fd]BL[1506.71];W[fc]WL[1773.8];B[ee]BL[1496.07]C[Still sente, so this result seems good for me.]
;W[fb]WL[1772.44]C[Here, I considered tenuki, but I decided to take profit with C12.

Still, in my opinion, this result is good for black.]
;B[ch]BL[1476.47];W[eg]WL[1762.83];B[df]BL[1473.24];W[ci]WL[1760.84];B[bh]BL[1467.14]
;W[di]WL[1759.38];B[bi]BL[1457.92];W[bj]WL[1757.62];B[bg]BL[1456.78];W[cn]WL[1755.93]
C[Black got some profit, but white has some power now to approach D4 stone.

It doesn't seem reasonable to play pincer or B5, so I answered normally.]
;B[fq]BL[1428.91];W[bp]WL[1752.92]C[I didn't want to keep answering passively, so I clamp.]
;B[bk]BL[1417.22];W[cj]WL[1749.06];B[aj]BL[1401.43];W[ck]WL[1747.18]C[Here, I think I made mistake. I should probably just stop and play on bottom. Otherwise, he keeps getting stronger, while I am pushing on second line.]
;B[bl]BL[1398.97];W[cl]WL[1744.48];B[bm]BL[1391.65]C[I think this ended up better for white, locally.]
;W[bn]WL[1737.56]C[As a result of me pushing on second line, white built up a good wall.

I wanted to counter that influence, so I jump out myself.]
;B[en]BL[1336.02];W[eo]WL[1725.06]C[Natural response is D5. But I didn't like the variation shown.]
(;B[dn]BL[1287.63];W[do]WL[1714.12]C[Probably D5 was better for black.];B[cm]BL[1285.35]
;W[dm]WL[1712.61];B[em]BL[1283.29];W[dl]WL[1710.83];B[fo]BL[1281.61];W[ep]WL[1709.3]
;B[eq]BL[1278.9];W[dq]WL[1704.52];B[fp]BL[1275.49];W[cp]WL[1703.04]
(;B[fk]BL[1268.66]C[I wanted to pressure his group. G7 would have been safer.]
;W[fi]WL[1695.83]
(;B[kp]BL[1247.08]C[Since I built influence, I played L4 to extend from it.

In retrospect, since I opted to put on pressure, maybe I should keep pressuring.]
;W[fn]WL[1678.4];B[fm]BL[1240.82];W[gn]WL[1676.71]
(;B[gm]BL[1199.37];W[hn]WL[1673.71];B[ip]BL[1184.91];W[jo]WL[1668.67]C[I was happy for K5, actually, because there was aji at H4 that is now gone.]
;B[jp]BL[1181.08];W[il]WL[1664.45];B[hk]BL[1137];W[ik]WL[1656.86];B[hi]BL[1097.78]
;W[ij]WL[1641.64];B[gi]BL[1087.75];W[gg]WL[1636.7];B[hg]BL[1062.02];W[hf]WL[1630.26]
;B[gh]BL[1031.36]C[Maybe aji keshi.];W[fg]WL[1616.48];B[ig]BL[984.334];W[ge]WL[1612.07]
;B[km]BL[907.045];W[kl]WL[1598.05];B[lm]BL[886.898];W[jh]WL[1588.27];B[hm]BL[879.208]
;W[in]WL[1586.21]C[I forgot he can simply J6.];B[jg]BL[849.679];W[kg]WL[1584.28]
;B[kf]BL[793.782];W[lf]WL[1582.46]
(;B[ih]BL[736.377];W[kh]WL[1573.37];B[ie]BL[713.231];W[gd]WL[1570.23]C[I start to feel like I am losing. White doesn't have many points, but has built up power attacking my group.]
;B[ii]BL[680.722];W[kj]WL[1565.21];B[fh]BL[669.995];W[eh]WL[1562.96];B[ke]BL[548.974]
;W[le]WL[1543.24];B[kd]BL[540.945];W[ld]WL[1531.15]C[I can make second eye with J14 any time. If he threatens the eye, I can manage with space around F8.]
(;B[pj]BL[502.747]C[Because I feel no threat of dying, I play Q10 to counter his wall.]
;W[pq]WL[1522.47];B[qp]BL[449.401]C[Probably not severe enough. I figured if I R3, he can play R4 to complicate things. But it's hard to make significant territory on the right, anyway, so maybe I should accept the complication and play R3.]
;W[qq]WL[1518.38]
(;B[oq]BL[444.359];W[or]WL[1517.16];B[nq]BL[395.092];W[nr]WL[1513.91];B[jm]BL[368.724]
;W[im]WL[1511.67];B[ji]BL[366.235];W[ki]WL[1509.91];B[jj]BL[361.315];W[kk]WL[1505.73]
;B[lc]BL[339.91];W[mc]WL[1502.52];B[kc]BL[338.327];W[nd]WL[1490.64];B[qf]BL[335.671]
;W[rp]WL[1480.92];B[ro]BL[333.316];W[rq]WL[1480.1];B[qn]BL[326.569];W[qh]WL[1477.31]
;B[qj]BL[314.926];W[pg]WL[1470.67]
(;B[pc]BL[307.157];W[pf]WL[1466.44];B[pe]BL[304.211];W[mq]WL[1461.54];B[mp]BL[301.685]
;W[lq]WL[1460.37];B[mh]BL[293.333];W[mg]WL[1457.91];B[lp]BL[289.148];W[rf]WL[1453.64]
;B[re]BL[281.521];W[qg]WL[1452.32];B[qe]BL[280.373];W[ak]WL[1444.01];B[al]BL[276.321]
;W[ai]WL[1442.78];B[ah]BL[273.733];W[an]WL[1441.54];B[ai]BL[271.765];W[bb]WL[1434.05]
;B[bc]BL[265.075];W[am]WL[1431];B[ak]BL[263.164];W[bf]WL[1429.29];B[cf]BL[261.202]
;W[be]WL[1427.74];B[ae]BL[217.937];W[af]WL[1407.9];B[ad]BL[212.92];W[jr]WL[1386.34]
;B[hb]BL[143.312];W[fj]WL[1371.91];B[kr]BL[105.28];W[lr]WL[1368.93];B[mk]BL[79.993]
;W[nh]WL[1361.96];B[mi]BL[73.117];W[ri]WL[1339.38]
(;B[ir]BL[7.908];W[rk]WL[1326.13]C[As soon as he jumped, I felt S10 was bigger than J2.]
;B[rj]BL[4.403];W[sj]WL[1323.57];B[ql]BL[1.223];W[sg]WL[1316.73];OB[5]B[oe]BL[30]
;W[nf]WL[1299.46];OB[5]B[er]BL[30];W[ob]WL[1287.96];OB[5]B[pb]BL[30];W[ic]WL[1285.1]
;OB[5]B[hc]BL[30];W[hd]WL[1283.12];OB[5]B[ib]BL[30];W[if]WL[1281.75];OB[5]B[jf]
BL[30];W[id]WL[1280.51];OB[4]B[ed]BL[30];W[ab]WL[1276.75];OB[4]B[ff]BL[30];W[ef]
WL[1272.92];OB[4]B[fe]BL[30];W[gf]WL[1271.56]
(;OB[4]B[gj]BL[30];W[ag]WL[1267.61]C[And I tenukied by accident \:-)])
(;B[ac]C[Of course, I should live \:-)]))
(;B[rj]C[Probably just answering is bigger.]))
(;B[pf]C[I should probably still play here, but I played it safe to live in the corner.]))
(;B[nq]C[Probably just this is better.];W[nr];B[mk]C[Maybe something like this?]))
(;B[];W[if];B[jf];W[id]C[For example, if white hypothetically has move to take away this eye.]
;B[el];W[hj];B[gj];W[hl];B[gl]))
(;B[kh];W[ih]C[J12 is problematic, so I think M14 was good.]))
(;B[ho]C[I considered H5 to keep pressure on white stones, but then H6 seems sente, and F7 looks even more weak.]
;W[hn];B[io]C[I'm not sure if white can effectively attack, but it seems harder for black.]))
(;B[hj];W[hi];B[ij];W[gg];B[kp]C[If I can get sente to play on bottom, it is probably better than game, even if he cuts at F6.]))
(;B[gm]C[Less pressure, but safer.]))
(;B[do];W[dn];B[fo];W[em];B[fn]C[Looking now, it feels ok. His wall is cramped.

]))
(;B[dg];W[dh];B[eb];W[df]C[White can choose this route.]))

Following are some decisions that I think were rather poor on my part.

Position 1

$$ Position at move 41
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X . X . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O X W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X W W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X W W , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . X W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O a X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . b O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$ Position at move 41
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$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X . X . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O X W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X W W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X W W , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . X W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O a X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . b O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

In the game, I played 'a' with the intention to pressure the marked white stones.

I think it would have been simpler to just play 'b'. It gives me more territory, and his influence is not great.

$$ Position at move 41
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$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X . X . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X O O , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O 2 X 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . 1 O 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$ Position at move 41
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X . X . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X O O , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O 2 X 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . 1 O 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

White gets sente, but I think the result is ok.

Position 2

$$ Position at move 53
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X . X . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X O O , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . X O . . a . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O X . b . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O , O X . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$ Position at move 53
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X . X . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X O O , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . X O . . a . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O X . b . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O , O X . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

In the game, I played 'a' to put more pressure on the white group. I think playing 'b' is slower, but solid, and can help in future battles.

Playing 'a' is okay, perhaps, but I shortly gave up on giving pressure a couple of moves later:

Position 3

$$ Position at move 56
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X . X . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X O O , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . X O . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O , O X . . . , B . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$ Position at move 56
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X . X . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X O O , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . X O . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O , O X . . . , B . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I think the marked move is big, but it is not consistent with continuing to pressure the white stones. It makes my previous knight's jump a little less meaningful.

Position 4

$$ Position at move 74
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X . X . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O X O . O X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O . . B . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . O X X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X O O , . . . . O , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . X O . . X . X O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O X X X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O X X O O O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O O X . . . O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O , O X . . X X X . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$ Position at move 74
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X . X . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O X O . O X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O . . B . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . O X X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X O O , . . . . O , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . X O . . X . X O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O X X X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O X X O O O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O O X . . . O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O , O X . . X X X . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Seems aji keshi.

Position 5

$$ Position at move 102
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X . X O . . , X O . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X X . O . X . X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . O . . X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O X O O O X X X O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O O X X . X O O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . O X X X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X O O , . . . . O , O . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X O . . X . X O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . O . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O X X X X . . X X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O X X O O O O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O O X . . . O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O , O X . . X X X . . . . X B . . |
$$ | . . . O X X . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$ Position at move 102
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X . X O . . , X O . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X X . O . X . X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . O . . X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O X O O O X X X O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O O X X . X O O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . O X X X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X O O , . . . . O , O . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X O . . X . X O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . O . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O X X X X . . X X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O X X O O O O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O O X . . . O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O , O X . . X X X . . . . X B . . |
$$ | . . . O X X . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

The marked move, above, must be slack. It's black's area, so even if he tries to complicate things, I should at least hane.

$$ Position at move 102
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X . X O . . , X O . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X X . O . X . X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . O . . X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O X O O O X X X O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O O X X . X O O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . O X X X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X O O , . . . . O , O . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X O . . X . X O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . O . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O X X X X . . X X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O X X O O O O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O O X . . . O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O , O X . . X X X . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O X X . . . . . . . . . O B . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$ Position at move 102
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X . X O . . , X O . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X X . O . X . X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . O . . X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O X O O O X X X O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O O X X . X O O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . O X X X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X O O , . . . . O , O . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X O . . X . X O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . O . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O X X X X . . X X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O X X O O O O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O O X . . . O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O , O X . . X X X . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O X X . . . . . . . . . O B . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I've gotta play this way.

Position 6

$$ Position at move 102
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X . X O . . , X O . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X X . O . X . X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . O . . X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O X O O O X X X O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O O X X . X O O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . O X X X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X O O , . . . . O , O . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X O . . X . X O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . O . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O X X X X . . X X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O X X O O O O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O O X . . . O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O , O X . . X X X . . . . X X . . |
$$ | . . . O X X . . . . . . . . B O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$ Position at move 102
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X . X O . . , X O . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X X . O . X . X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . O . . X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O X O O O X X X O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O O X X . X O O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . O X X X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X O O , . . . . O , O . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X O . . X . X O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . O . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O X X X X . . X X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O X X O O O O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O O X . . . O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O , O X . . X X X . . . . X X . . |
$$ | . . . O X X . . . . . . . . B O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Above is wrong, too, I feel. I cannot make many points on the bottom anyway, so it's best to get sente with this:

$$ Position at move 102
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X . X O . . , X O . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X X . O . X . X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . O . . X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O X O O O X X X O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O O X X . X O O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . O X X X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X O O , . . . . O , O . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X O . . X . X O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . O . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O X X X X . . X X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O X X O O O O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O O X . . . O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O , O X . . X X X . . . . X X . . |
$$ | . . . O X X . . . . . . . B . O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$ Position at move 102
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X . X O . . , X O . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X X . O . X . X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . O . . X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O X O O O X X X O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O O X X . X O O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . O X X X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X O O , . . . . O , O . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X O . . X . X O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . O . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O X X X X . . X X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O X X O O O O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O O X . . . O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O , O X . . X X X . . . . X X . . |
$$ | . . . O X X . . . . . . . B . O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Position 7

$$ Position at move 164
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O O X O . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O X O O . . . X X O . . X . . . |
$$ | X . X X . X O . . , X O . O . X . . . |
$$ | X O . X X . O . X . X O . . . X X X . |
$$ | O O X X . . . O . . X O . . . O X O . |
$$ | . X . X O O O X X X O . O . . O O . . |
$$ | X X X O O X X . X O O . X O . . O . . |
$$ | X X O O . O X X X X O . X . . . . W . |
$$ | X O O , . O . . O X O . . . . X X . . |
$$ | X X O . . X . X O . O . X . . . . . . |
$$ | X X O O . . . . O . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | O X X O X X X X O X X X . . . . . . . |
$$ | O O O X X O O O O . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . O O X . . . O . . . . . . . X . |
$$ | . O O , O X . . X X X X X . . X X O . |
$$ | . . . O X X . . . . . O O X X O O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . B O X O . O O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$ Position at move 164
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O O X O . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O X O O . . . X X O . . X . . . |
$$ | X . X X . X O . . , X O . O . X . . . |
$$ | X O . X X . O . X . X O . . . X X X . |
$$ | O O X X . . . O . . X O . . . O X O . |
$$ | . X . X O O O X X X O . O . . O O . . |
$$ | X X X O O X X . X O O . X O . . O . . |
$$ | X X O O . O X X X X O . X . . . . W . |
$$ | X O O , . O . . O X O . . . . X X . . |
$$ | X X O . . X . X O . O . X . . . . . . |
$$ | X X O O . . . . O . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | O X X O X X X X O X X X . . . . . . . |
$$ | O O O X X O O O O . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . O O X . . . O . . . . . . . X . |
$$ | . O O , O X . . X X X X X . . X X O . |
$$ | . . . O X X . . . . . O O X X O O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . B O X O . O O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

White just played the marked white move, and I tenuki with the marked black move, above. Just answering must be bigger:

$$ Position at move 164
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O O X O . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O X O O . . . X X O . . X . . . |
$$ | X . X X . X O . . , X O . O . X . . . |
$$ | X O . X X . O . X . X O . . . X X X . |
$$ | O O X X . . . O . . X O . . . O X O . |
$$ | . X . X O O O X X X O . O . . O O . . |
$$ | X X X O O X X . X O O . X O . . O . . |
$$ | X X O O . O X X X X O . X . . . . O . |
$$ | X O O , . O . . O X O . . . . X X B . |
$$ | X X O . . X . X O . O . X . . . . . . |
$$ | X X O O . . . . O . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | O X X O X X X X O X X X . . . . . . . |
$$ | O O O X X O O O O . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . O O X . . . O . . . . . . . X . |
$$ | . O O , O X . . X X X X X . . X X O . |
$$ | . . . O X X . . . . . O O X X O O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X O . O O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$ Position at move 164
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O O X O . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O X O O . . . X X O . . X . . . |
$$ | X . X X . X O . . , X O . O . X . . . |
$$ | X O . X X . O . X . X O . . . X X X . |
$$ | O O X X . . . O . . X O . . . O X O . |
$$ | . X . X O O O X X X O . O . . O O . . |
$$ | X X X O O X X . X O O . X O . . O . . |
$$ | X X O O . O X X X X O . X . . . . O . |
$$ | X O O , . O . . O X O . . . . X X B . |
$$ | X X O . . X . X O . O . X . . . . . . |
$$ | X X O O . . . . O . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | O X X O X X X X O X X X . . . . . . . |
$$ | O O O X X O O O O . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . O O X . . . O . . . . . . . X . |
$$ | . O O , O X . . X X X X X . . X X O . |
$$ | . . . O X X . . . . . O O X X O O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X O . O O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

There are at least 7 big mistakes that I feel here - at least from my post-game perspective. But despite this, I think I still had a good shot at winning the game... Kind of close, but I think black has a bit more.

That is, if I don't tenuki here

Position 8

$$ Position at move 187
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | O O O O X O . X X . . . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . X X O X O O X O . X X O . . X . . . |
$$ | X . X X X X O O O , X O . O . X . . . |
$$ | X O . X X X O . X . X O . . X X X X . |
$$ | O O X X O X W O O X X O . O . O X O . |
$$ | . X . X O O O X X X O . O . . O O . O |
$$ | X X X O O X X . X O O . X O . . O . . |
$$ | X X O O . O X X X X O . X . . . . O . |
$$ | X O O , . O . . O X O . . . . X X X O |
$$ | X X O . . X . X O . O . X . . . . O . |
$$ | X X O O . . . . O . O . . . . . X . . |
$$ | O X X O X X X X O X X X . . . . . . . |
$$ | O O O X X O O O O . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . O O X . . . O . . . . . . . X . |
$$ | . O O , O X . . X X X X X . . X X O . |
$$ | . . . O X X . . . . . O O X X O O O . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . X O X O . O O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$ Position at move 187
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | O O O O X O . X X . . . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . X X O X O O X O . X X O . . X . . . |
$$ | X . X X X X O O O , X O . O . X . . . |
$$ | X O . X X X O . X . X O . . X X X X . |
$$ | O O X X O X W O O X X O . O . O X O . |
$$ | . X . X O O O X X X O . O . . O O . O |
$$ | X X X O O X X . X O O . X O . . O . . |
$$ | X X O O . O X X X X O . X . . . . O . |
$$ | X O O , . O . . O X O . . . . X X X O |
$$ | X X O . . X . X O . O . X . . . . O . |
$$ | X X O O . . . . O . O . . . . . X . . |
$$ | O X X O X X X X O X X X . . . . . . . |
$$ | O O O X X O O O O . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . O O X . . . O . . . . . . . X . |
$$ | . O O , O X . . X X X X X . . X X O . |
$$ | . . . O X X . . . . . O O X X O O O . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . X O X O . O O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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Some takeaways from this game
* Check status of group before tenuki
* It is difficult to put a lot of pressure on a strong group. It may be better to play solidly in these cases.
* Avoid aji keshi.
* Before discarding a simple/natural variation, ensure that the alternative choice is really better.

[ez4u]

...

Position 3

$$Wc Position at move 56
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X . X . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X O O , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . X O . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O 5 . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O X 3 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O X X 1 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O , O X . . . , B . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$Wc Position at move 56
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X . X . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X O O , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . X O . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O 5 . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O X 3 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O X X 1 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O , O X . . . , B . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I think the marked move is big, but it is not consistent with continuing to pressure the white stones. It makes my previous knight's jump a little less meaningful.

...

I think we need more than one plan and the ability to switch when the time is right. There is not so much pressure that Black can put on White. In the game, Black allowed White to cut off the center stones with 57. After that White gained more from pressuring Black than vice versa. Black should just give up the three stones and laugh at White's small-scale mindset!

[Shaddy]

@Position 2: I think it's a good exchange
@Position 3: B doesn't have a continued attack on W, this is a good move.

[Kirby]

I think we need more than one plan and the ability to switch when the time is right. There is not so much pressure that Black can put on White. In the game, Black allowed White to cut off the center stones with 57. After that White gained more from pressuring Black than vice versa. Black should just give up the three stones and laugh at White's small-scale mindset!

Your sacrificing idea seems simple, but brilliant. The idea never came to me at all. I have a very hard time sacrificing stones. Perhaps I have a small-scale mindset

[Uberdude]

I would have probably just answered at c3 (or tenuki). Clamp and crawling on the 2nd line is not so spectacular. If white ignores then peep rather than clamp is probably the attacking move.

[Kirby]

I would have probably just answered at c3 (or tenuki). Clamp and crawling on the 2nd line is not so spectacular. If white ignores then peep rather than clamp is probably the attacking move.

Something certainly felt wrong about moving on the second line while he was getting a wall. I was afraid of his approach, but maybe crawling made it worse.

Maybe the problem was earlier, even, since he could hane and get some influence in sente from the result of the top left (which I thought was ok for me at the time).

[Kirby]

I played KGS 2d today. I won, but it was lucky, a bit.

(;CA[utf-8]FF[4]ST[2]RU[Japanese]OT[5x30 byo-yomi]C[I played black in this game.]
AP[CGoban:3]SZ[19]GM[1]DT[2014-12-04]PC[The KGS Go Server at http\://www.gokgs.com/]
PB[Brian]BR[1d]PW[abukuma]WR[2d]KM[0.5]TM[1500]RE[B+Resign]MULTIGOGM[1]
;B[pd]BL[1492.2];W[dp]WL[1494.08];B[qp]BL[1490.4];W[dd]WL[1489.83];B[fq]BL[1486.06]
;W[cn]WL[1484.5];B[lq]BL[1484.19]C[I like this opening.];W[qk]WL[1473.21]C[I didn't think much of his R9, so I played as if he played R10.

After personal review, I thought R7 could be better.]
(;B[qf]BL[1479.34];W[qn]WL[1468.34];B[op]BL[1471.23];W[jc]WL[1459.47];B[cf]BL[1456.65]
;W[fd]WL[1450.01];B[bd]BL[1445.85];W[cc]WL[1444.71];B[ci]BL[1443.55]C[Here, things seemed somewhat normal. I thought that C8 area is big, since his approach at C9 is also big.

Also, R11 area was big, since it weakens the two stones.]
;W[pc]WL[1434.49]C[I thought of playing P17, because of the provided variation. Basically, I wanted the corner.

But of course, if I wanted the corner, I could just play R17.]
(;B[oc]BL[1414.92]
(;W[qd]WL[1426.35]
(;B[pb]BL[1367.66];W[pe]WL[1422.99];B[qc]BL[1366.43];W[qe]WL[1421.37]C[This was good for the corner, but I hurt R14 a lot.

Perhaps I got too emotional because of this, and I played R11.]
;B[qi]BL[1346.04];W[rf]WL[1399.23]
(;B[qg]BL[1226.54]C[I thought I shouldn't easily give him the stone. But my friend suggested P10.]
;W[rc]WL[1394.63]
(;B[rg]BL[1217.99]C[This was probably a bit mistake. S18 is much bigger.];W[od]
WL[1389.38];B[pc]BL[1208];W[rb]WL[1384.24]C[This was painful for black.];B[nd]BL[1182.36]
;W[oe]WL[1376];B[ld]BL[1146.98]C[I regret this move a lot. White can probably N17.

Because of this aji, M17 to begin with is probably easier.]
(;W[re]WL[1359.23]C[Since he played this move, i wanted to fix my aji at L18.

My friend indicated in review that P10 was still urgent!]
;B[kb]BL[1134.12];W[kc]WL[1345.17]
(;B[lc]BL[1131.19]C[I played this automatically, but M18 seems to work, too.];W[jb]
WL[1342.38];B[oj]BL[1096.7]C[Finally I played P10.];W[ok]WL[1337.13]C[After P9 obvious response, I realized I cannot hane at O9. So I switched strategies and decided to probe at S7 to see if I could work with anything based on his rsponse.

I felt O10 was too passive. But my friend indicated it's probably correct since my group is weak anyway.]
(;B[rm]BL[1050.08];W[qm]WL[1327.52];B[rk]BL[1037.03];W[rl]WL[1321.28];B[qj]BL[1033.07]
;W[pk]WL[1316.77]
(;B[sl]BL[1031.37]C[Small first line move. I should definitely move out at O10 instead!]
;W[ql]WL[1313.98];B[sj]BL[1015.16];W[rn]WL[1310.59];B[nj]BL[1010.59]C[Finally, I got O10.]
;W[lb]WL[1305.65];B[mb]BL[1008.31];W[ka]WL[1304.65]C[Both groups seemed safe here. So I thought I should get more points somewhere else.

I considered C8, C3 and D2.

I almost played the D2 variation.]
(;B[cl]BL[826.344];W[dr]WL[1300.04]C[After this, maybe I am behind on points, after reviewing with my friend.]
;B[er]BL[822.332];W[eq]WL[1289.3]
(;B[ep]BL[819.417]C[This move seemed natural to me, and automatic.

But my friend explained that it is wrong!

it should simply be F2, unless I will tenuki after E4, as shown in the variation.]
;W[dq]WL[1286.43];B[bn]BL[815.221];W[bo]WL[1279.05];B[dn]BL[811.833];W[co]WL[1276.22]
;B[fp]BL[805.764]C[My intention was to get influence for bottom area.];W[ml]WL[1267.26]
C[Still thinking of bottom area, and confident my groups can live, I played M7.

My friend recommended L8, though.]
(;B[lm]BL[747.653]
(;W[no]WL[1257.97];B[mp]BL[736.501];W[ll]WL[1238.78];B[kl]BL[725.055]
(;W[mm]WL[1234.18]C[He just played passively. I complied!];B[ln]BL[722.603];W[kk]
WL[1232.67]
(;B[jk]BL[719.688]C[This was too much, and my friend agreed that I should just K8.]
;W[jl]WL[1228.84];B[km]BL[718.387]
(;W[kj]WL[1227.78];B[ik]BL[715.92];W[dm]WL[1225.91]
(;B[fm]BL[712.316]C[I was still thinking of the bottom, though, my friend suggested tighter move.]
;W[en]WL[1222.44];B[fn]BL[709.126];W[sm]WL[1209.97];B[og]BL[701.296];W[nf]WL[1203.37]
;B[ng]BL[692.266];W[mg]WL[1199.93];B[mh]BL[682.562];W[lh]WL[1195.74]C[I figured he's aiming to attack top next, and I seem alive here, so I save top.]
;B[nc]BL[617.258];W[ch]WL[1147.15]C[This was a great move by him.

I couldn't think of a way to save everything from being split. ]
;B[cg]BL[607.957];W[cj]WL[1136.17]C[I cut losses and just played D12.];B[dh]BL[529.95]
;W[bi]WL[1131.73];B[bh]BL[528.117];W[di]WL[1129.3]
(;B[dl]BL[514.896];W[ch]WL[1126.36];B[bc]BL[512.34];W[bb]WL[1123.65];B[ci]BL[510.431]
;W[mo]WL[1122.19];B[lo]BL[508.372];W[ch]WL[1121.19]
(;B[ei]BL[501.6]C[Probably more greedy. I should just C11 again.];W[eh]WL[1114.43]
;B[ci]BL[499.581];W[np]WL[1113.66];B[nq]BL[488.07];W[ch]WL[1111.53];B[dg]BL[477.098]
;W[bg]WL[1108.19];B[ci]BL[475.675];W[me]WL[1101.15];B[md]BL[466.51];W[ch]WL[1097.49]
;B[cd]BL[462.936];W[dc]WL[1094.78];B[ci]BL[461.315];W[mq]WL[1092.31];B[mr]BL[455.844]
;W[ch]WL[1090.63];B[fh]BL[419.212];W[ej]WL[1072.99];B[eg]BL[411.681];W[fj]WL[1061.13]
;B[ci]BL[406.655];W[sk]WL[1057.67];B[rj]BL[396.159];W[ch]WL[1053.04];B[gk]BL[282.585]
;W[gj]WL[1043.57];B[ci]BL[278.125];W[pj]WL[1037.47];B[pi]BL[275.642];W[ch]WL[1033.85]
;B[gd]BL[249.157]C[Loses points.];W[fe]WL[1030.31];B[ci]BL[247.192];W[rh]WL[1024.31]
C[I couldn't read a way for him to kill me, so I took the ko.];B[dj]BL[153.058]
;W[mi]WL[1012.06];B[sh]BL[136.582];W[ri]WL[1008.47];B[nh]BL[123.221]C[He resigned.])
(;B[ci]C[Seems safer.]))
(;B[ch]C[Probably I can just do this, but I got greedy...]))
(;B[em];W[dl];B[el];W[dk]))
(;W[il]C[Could get complicated.]))
(;B[jl]C[Looks nice on the bottom in terms of potential!]))
(;W[km]C[Could still get complicated, but I felt strong here. But...]))
(;W[ll];B[kl];W[km]C[Could get complicated.]))
(;B[kl]C[I agree that this seems nice.]))
(;B[fr];W[fp];B[gp]
(;W[go];B[cq];W[dq];B[fo];W[ep];B[hp];W[fn];B[ho];W[gn]C[This is one example. It works great with M3, and there is aji with C3.])
(;W[fo]C[If white just extends, there is *still* the C2 endgame aji.

When I atari at E4, as in game, there is *no* aji.])))
(;B[dr];W[cq]C[If white did this, I considered C8.];B[cl];W[hq];B[cr]C[Something like this might be feasible. It was unclear to me if it was ok to tenuki after C3 and play C8, though.])
(;B[cq]C[I considered this, but it seemed like white's thickness would nullify the J3 area.]
;W[dq];B[dr];W[er];B[cr];W[eq];B[bo];W[bn];B[co];W[do];B[cp];W[em]C[Now it is hard to make points on both sides, I thought...

But my friend said that it looks like I am behind on points, so maybe the 3-3 was best option.]))
(;B[nj]C[o10 seems much bigger.]))
(;B[nj]C[Probably better.]))
(;B[lb];W[mc];B[lc];W[md];B[me];W[nc];B[ne]C[Nothing.]))
(;W[mc];B[lc];W[lb];B[kb];W[mb];B[kc];W[md];B[me];W[nc];B[ne];W[ob]C[Doh!]))
(;B[rb];W[rg]C[I was afraid of this variation, but..]
(;B[rh];W[ph];B[qh]C[This seemed bad.])
(;B[oi]C[I don't need to answer, probably. So S13 is not that scary, and S18 is too big not to play.])))
(;B[oj]C[It's unlikely that white will R13 now.]))
(;B[pe]C[I thought about this. It may have been better than game.

But the influence isn't super userful, since he is on both sides.]))
(;W[ob];B[pb];W[qc];B[qb];W[od];B[nc];W[qd];B[pe];W[nb];B[rb];W[mc];B[nd];W[me]
C[Basically, I wanted to get the corner, but...]))
(;B[qc];W[oc];B[qb];W[od]C[Now, because of R14, I can probably tenuki.

I learned this from my friend when reviewing the game.

Note that if R13 was played instead of R14, it would be much harder to tenuki now.

Perhaps that's why Q17 is common with the large-knight's enclosure.

I didn't know it before, so it's good to remember.]
;B[je]))
(;B[qm];W[qh];B[qf]C[This seemed ok to me.])
(;B[qi]C[My friend, who is KGS 4d, liked this move, which I didn't strongly consider during the game.]
;W[qn];B[pl];W[ql];B[pn];W[pm];B[om];W[qm];B[po];W[ol];B[nm]))

[Kirby]

Some selected positions, regarding game above...

Position 1

$$ Position at move 8
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$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . b . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . c . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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[go]$$ Position at move 8
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$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . b . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . c . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

In game, I played 'a', but I should probably play 'b' or 'c' (see variations in SGF).

Position 2

$$ Position at move 18
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$$ | . . O . . . . . . O . . . . a O b . . |
$$ | . X . O . O . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . X , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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[go]$$ Position at move 18
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$$ | . . O . . . . . . O . . . . a O b . . |
$$ | . X . O . O . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
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$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
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$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . X , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I played on the outside at 'a', and got this result:

$$ Position at move 18
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . O . . . . 1 O 5 . . |
$$ | . X . O . O . . . , . . . . . X 2 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 6 . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . B . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . X , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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[go]$$ Position at move 18
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . O . . . . 1 O 5 . . |
$$ | . X . O . O . . . , . . . . . X 2 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 6 . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . B . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . X , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

This hurt the marked stone and gave up too much on the right side.

It would have been better like this:

$$ Position at move 18
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . O . . . . 2 O 1 . . |
$$ | . X . O . O . . . , . . . . 4 X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . X , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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[go]$$ Position at move 18
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . O . . . . 2 O 1 . . |
$$ | . X . O . O . . . , . . . . 4 X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . X , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Since I keep corner and can get sente to play top, this is better. I learned this from my friend on KGS.

Position 3

$$ Position at move 26
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . O . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . X . O . O . . . , . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . X , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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[go]$$ Position at move 26
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . O . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . X . O . O . . . , . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . X , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

The marked move is slow. I should be more active with my weak group:

$$ Position at move 26
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . O . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . X . O . O . . . , . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . B , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . X , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$ Position at move 26
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . O . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . X . O . O . . . , . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . B , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . X , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Position 4

$$ Position at move 29
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . O . . . . X . X O . |
$$ | . X . O . O . . . , . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X B . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . X , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$ Position at move 29
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . O . . . . X . X O . |
$$ | . X . O . O . . . , . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X B . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . X , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

This is probably one of the worst moves in the game.

I should definitely defend the corner. It is huge!

$$ Position at move 29
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . B . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . O . . . . X . X O . |
$$ | . X . O . O . . . , . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . X , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$ Position at move 29
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . B . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . O . . . . X . X O . |
$$ | . X . O . O . . . , . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . X , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Position 5

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

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

Okay, actually, maybe this is one of the worst moves in the game. He could have exploited aji around 'a'. Probably just 'b' is better.

Position 6

$$ Position at move 43
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . O O X . . X X X O . |
$$ | . X . O . O . . . , . X . X O X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O O . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . X , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . X , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$ Position at move 43
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . O O X . . X X X O . |
$$ | . X . O . O . . . , . X . X O X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O O . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . X , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . X , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I think this move is the wrong idea. I should continue to the center. It's huge!

$$ Position at move 43
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . O O X . . X X X O . |
$$ | . X . O . O . . . , . X . X O X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O O . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . B X , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . X , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$ Position at move 43
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . O O X . . X X X O . |
$$ | . X . O . O . . . , . X . X O X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O O . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . B X , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . X , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Position 7

$$ Position at move 57
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O . O X . . X . O . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . O O X . . X X X O . |
$$ | . X . O . O . . . , . X . X O X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O O . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . X X , X . X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O X . |
$$ | . . B . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . X , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$ Position at move 57
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O . O X . . X . O . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . O O X . . X X X O . |
$$ | . X . O . O . . . , . X . X O X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O O . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . X X , X . X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O X . |
$$ | . . B . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . X , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I should probably just do 3-3 invasion instead of marked move, because I am lacking in points.

Position 8

$$ Position at move 60
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O . O X . . X . O . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . O O X . . X X X O . |
$$ | . X . O . O . . . , . X . X O X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O O . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . X X , X . X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O X . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O B . . . . , . . . . X , X . . |
$$ | . . . . O X . . . . . X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$ Position at move 60
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O . O X . . X . O . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . O O X . . X X X O . |
$$ | . X . O . O . . . , . X . X O X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O O . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . X X , X . X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O X . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O B . . . . , . . . . X , X . . |
$$ | . . . . O X . . . . . X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

The marked move is wrong, as explained in the SGF.


These are the major things I've learned this game:
* Be careful about selecting a move, based on my count of the points. If I am behind, get more points (eg. playing 3-3 in game, instead of on left as in Position 7).

* Don't play slow first-line move when it's important to be playing bigger area.

* Be careful of direction in joseki. Even if one particular line gave me corner territory in top right, it's obviously better to play inside if I want to keep the inside.

[Kirby]

I played a game against KGS 1k today. I think he might be a bit weaker than that, based on the game.

Anyway, here's a short review. I stopped reviewing after I lived in the middle. It seemed like the game was won then. That being said, I could have had a potential crisis, since I played sloppily after gaining a bit of a lead.

(;CA[utf-8]FF[4]ST[2]RU[Japanese]OT[5x30 byo-yomi]C[In this game I played against KGS 1k. Based on playing, probably he might be a bit weaker.]
AP[CGoban:3]SZ[19]GM[1]DT[2014-12-05]PC[The KGS Go Server at http\://www.gokgs.com/]
PB[Nakim]BR[1k]PW[Brian]WR[1d]KM[0.5]TM[1800]RE[W+47.50]MULTIGOGM[1]
;B[pd]BL[1795.25];W[dp]WL[1792.34];B[pq]BL[1782.38];W[dc]WL[1787.63];B[qk]BL[1752.32]
C[Chinese opening. Fortunately, I've studied this one a bit.];W[nc]WL[1772.07]
;B[pf]BL[1721.18];W[qc]WL[1746.06];B[pc]BL[1686.76];W[pb]WL[1741.35];B[qd]BL[1672.45]
C[P18 is more common, because after R16, it's kind of easy on white.

];W[qb]
WL[1737.6];B[rc]BL[1665.94];W[rb]WL[1717.59];B[ce]BL[1654.82];W[cg]WL[1661.49];B[ed]
BL[1620.49]C[He presses. I can try to cut with D16, but simply gaining territory with E17 seems fine - it's hard for him to do much with influence on the left, in my opinion.

So I grabbed the territory.]
;W[ec]WL[1643.46];B[fd]BL[1614.27];W[fc]WL[1639.74];B[gc]BL[1540.6]C[His move must be overplay here.

I thought about direct cut at G16. If he extend at H17, it could get messier. G15 is sente because of D16, but, if he answers D16, it wasn't clear to me if I profit...

So I decided to clamp.]
(;W[hc]WL[1592.93]
(;B[hd]BL[1499.99];W[gb]WL[1590.48];B[gd]BL[1497.12];W[hb]WL[1573.45];B[jd]BL[1433.77]
;W[dj]WL[1566.76];B[fq]BL[1401.93];W[hq]WL[1285.37]C[Answer him or pincer? I thought about C6 quite a bit, but still seems possible for C8 invasion then.

I thought about C7, but that seemed kind of loose. Either way, he could get double wing formation with K4 that way.

In the end, I decided to H3. If he goes 3-3, I could make a bit of a shape on the left, while reducing his potential with chinese opening on the right.]
(;B[fo]BL[1372.51];W[cn]WL[1277.51]C[I was surprised to see him jump. I guess he likes the influence. I like the territory I'll get with H3 better, though.]
;B[ip]BL[1332.69];W[iq]WL[1271.56];B[jp]BL[1328.06];W[hp]WL[1270.09];B[ho]BL[1323.07]
;W[jq]WL[1268.93];B[kp]BL[1318.14];W[lq]WL[1266.62]
(;B[gp]BL[1312.94]C[G4 has got to be a mistake. I would keep pushing at M4 if I were him. But after N3, the connection still needs work, and white can get sente. OTOH, black's influence is great, so white will have to reduce carefully.]
;W[lp]WL[1259.52];B[kq]BL[1276.57];W[kr]WL[1256.35];B[lo]BL[1265.84];W[mo]WL[1250.34]
;B[mp]BL[1181.62];W[mq]WL[1225.47];B[ln]BL[1101.26];W[np]WL[1219.88];B[po]BL[1097.54]
;W[qp]WL[1197.86];B[qo]BL[1059.09]C[If I q4, he'd probably S4, and that feels uncomfortable. S5 might work at some point, so I decided to keep this move as a probe.]
;W[jn]WL[1058.28];B[in]BL[1010.85];W[mm]WL[1045.31];B[jm]BL[947.844];W[qm]WL[1007.93]
C[The point of R7 was to get S5 hane. In retrospect, it was a little risky.];B[mn]
BL[941.878];W[nn]WL[1002.83];B[oo]BL[938.477];W[no]WL[992.233];B[pl]BL[930.205]
;W[ro]WL[983.631];B[qq]BL[914.577];W[rp]WL[961.179];B[rq]BL[867.943];W[qn]WL[947.487]
;B[oq]BL[849.141];W[on]WL[936.058];B[cq]BL[812.612];W[dq]WL[928.547];B[dr]BL[810.728]
;W[cp]WL[924.914];B[br]BL[808.484];W[bq]WL[923.048];B[cr]BL[806.384]C[Game seems comfortable for white - just reduce the center, and I win.]
;W[nr]WL[885.861];B[or]BL[795.081];W[rr]WL[877.923]C[I expected 10,000 year ko here, but I guess he didn't go for it.]
;B[sr]BL[754.609];W[qr]WL[873.003]
(;B[nm]BL[719.415];W[om]WL[866.657];B[nl]BL[717.479];W[rs]WL[858.687]C[So, I decided to kill it \:-)]
;B[ol]BL[665.134];W[pg]WL[847.298];B[of]BL[626.209];W[nh]WL[836.702];B[oh]BL[606.275]
;W[oi]WL[829.288];B[ph]BL[601.712];W[pi]WL[821.671]C[I got a little heavy here. Probably an overplay.]
(;B[qh]BL[581.704];W[mj]WL[807.231];B[ni]BL[574.685];W[nj]WL[804.685];B[mi]BL[572.848]
;W[li]WL[803.45];B[mh]BL[571.336];W[lh]WL[797.222];B[mg]BL[568.981];W[qj]WL[781.374]
;B[rk]BL[495.795];W[rj]WL[762.417]C[This is bad move, I think. I'm connected at P10, so now I should move out around L10. S10 could have been a losing move.]
;B[kj]BL[476.162];W[lj]WL[758.118]C[Now, I'm heavy, and getting in trouble.];B[ml]
BL[474.186];W[kk]WL[731.39];B[jj]BL[472.151];W[lm]WL[723.238]C[I misread this.]
;B[ll]BL[360.302];W[ih]WL[710.111];B[dh]BL[305.77];W[ch]WL[704.895];B[di]BL[299.465]
;W[ci]WL[703.091];B[ej]BL[277.908];W[ek]WL[696.909];B[dk]BL[272.626];W[cj]WL[695.104]
;B[fk]BL[258.302];W[el]WL[690.633]C[I'm a little worried, now.];B[fj]BL[255.796]
;W[lg]WL[682.75];B[mf]BL[253.123];W[ke]WL[674.878];B[kd]BL[243.618];W[le]WL[672.065]
;B[lf]BL[228.841];W[kf]WL[670.237];B[ld]BL[220.332];W[me]WL[661.455];B[jg]BL[215.257]
;W[kg]WL[658.188];B[md]BL[212.668];W[nd]WL[636.487];B[ne]BL[210.759];W[ie]WL[633.382]
;B[id]BL[185.886];W[fh]WL[612.767];B[dg]BL[177.093];W[ki]WL[602.73];B[ji]BL[159.966]
;W[jh]WL[598.395];B[je]BL[156.823]C[And, he just let me live \:-p];W[jf]WL[592.645]
;B[if]BL[152.524];W[ig]WL[590.269];B[hf]BL[150.805]C[The rest of the game wasn't with a ton of thought, because it seems very hard for white to lose now... So I will end the review here.]
;W[df]WL[587.063];B[ef]BL[138.161];W[cf]WL[577.449];B[em]BL[54.788];W[dm]WL[564.726]
;B[fl]BL[46.164];W[dl]WL[562.777];B[cd]BL[25.641];W[bc]WL[552.709];B[cc]BL[23.083]
;W[cb]WL[550.652];B[bd]BL[20.844];W[bb]WL[549.218];OB[5]B[lk]BL[30];W[ij]WL[534.772]
;OB[5]B[ii]BL[30];W[hi]WL[532.538];OB[5]B[jk]BL[30];W[ik]WL[530.947];OB[5]B[kl]
BL[30];W[gj]WL[526.699];OB[5]B[il]BL[30];W[gk]WL[515.45];OB[5]B[gl]BL[30];W[fi]
WL[508.55];OB[5]B[mc]BL[30];W[nb]WL[503.089];OB[5]B[mb]BL[30];W[rd]WL[499.169];OB[5]
B[re]BL[30];W[sc]WL[497.348];OB[5]B[jb]BL[30];W[en]WL[461.292];OB[5]B[fm]BL[30]
;W[eg]WL[459.154];OB[5]B[ei]BL[30];W[ee]WL[456.512];OB[5]B[ff]BL[30];W[bp]WL[431.081]
;OB[5]B[bf]BL[30];W[bg]WL[427.776];OB[4]B[hk]BL[30];W[fn]WL[342.585];OB[4]B[gn]
BL[30];W[af]WL[307.11];OB[4]B[gr]BL[30];W[ad]WL[296.724];OB[3]B[de]BL[30];W[dd]
WL[290.941];OB[3]B[fe]BL[30];W[be]WL[289.708];OB[3]B[ee]BL[30];W[hr]WL[287.739]
;OB[3]B[hs]BL[30];W[is]WL[271.629];OB[3]B[gs]BL[30];W[jr]WL[264.645];OB[3]B[sn]
BL[30];W[rn]WL[251.801];OB[3]B[pj]BL[30];W[oj]WL[244.54];OB[3]B[pk]BL[30];W[qi]
WL[242.913];OB[3]B[km]BL[30];W[rh]WL[229.228];OB[3]B[qg]BL[30];W[rf]WL[217.981]
;OB[3]B[se]BL[30];W[qe]WL[215.79];OB[3]B[qf]BL[30];W[sd]WL[213.529];OB[3]B[pe]BL[30]
;W[sf]WL[211.948];OB[3]B[qe]BL[30];W[rg]WL[210.239];OB[3]B[na]BL[30];W[oa]WL[207.3]
;OB[3]B[ob]BL[30];W[ma]WL[199.398];OB[3]B[la]BL[30];W[na]WL[192.372];OB[3]B[sm]
BL[30];W[so]WL[184.655];OB[3]B[rl]BL[30];W[gg]WL[176.773];OB[3]B[hj]BL[30];W[gi]
WL[173.502];OB[3]B[fg]BL[30];W[gf]WL[153.644];OB[3]B[eo]BL[30];W[dn]WL[150.18];OB[3]
B[do]BL[30];W[gq]WL[130.751];OB[3]B[fr]BL[30];W[eq]WL[128.462];OB[3]B[er]BL[30]
;W[ar]WL[122.291];OB[3]B[co]BL[30];W[bo]WL[119.711];OB[2]B[bs]BL[30];W[hg]WL[90.539]
;OB[2]B[he]BL[30];W[aq]WL[80.6];OB[2]B[ib]BL[30];W[ic]WL[76.007];OB[2]B[jc]BL[30]
;W[eh]WL[68.814];OB[2]B[sj]BL[30];W[si]WL[65.787];OB[2]B[sk]BL[30];W[rm]WL[64.277]
;OB[2]B[sl]BL[30];W[ep]WL[58.261];OB[2]B[pm]BL[30];W[pn]WL[54.49];OB[2]B[fp]BL[30]
;W[ha]WL[43.293];OB[2]B[ia]BL[30];W[fb]WL[41.003];OB[2]B[od]BL[30];W[oc]WL[35.521]
;OB[1]B[ql]BL[30];W[]WL[35.518];OB[1]B[]BL[30]TB[im][ja][ka][kb][lb][kc][lc][ie]
[oe][nf][ng][og][pg][nh][ij][ik][kk][hl][jl][gm][hm][lm][mm][hn][jn][kn][go][io]
[jo][ko][cs][ds][es][fs]TW[ak][bk][ck][dk][al][bl][cl][am][bm][cm][an][bn][ao][oo]
[po][qo][ap][mp][op][pp][ab][nq][oq][pq][qq][rq][sq][ir][lr][mr][or][pr][sr][js]
[ks][ls][ms][ns][os][ps][qs][ss][aa][ba][ca][da][ea][fa][ga][pa][qa][ra][sa][db]
[eb][ob][sb][ac][rc][ae][bf][ag][sp][jg][sg][ah][bh][gh][hh][kh][sh][ai][bi][ri]
[aj][bj]C[Dachka [1d?\]\: в тебе есть чтото от дана)
Nakim [2k?\]\: разберем?
])
(;B[ni]C[Maybe black can play strongly like this. I'd have to think more on what to do in that case.]))
(;B[rs];W[qs];B[os]C[Seems reasonable for black.]))
(;B[lp];W[mq];B[no]C[I expected something like this. It's not totally easy for white, but seems reduce-able.]))
(;B[cq];W[cp];B[dq];W[ep];B[fr];W[go]C[He has sente, so it doesn't seem perfect... But it doesn't seem that bad, either.]))
(;B[gb];W[gd];B[hd];W[ge];B[ic];W[dd]C[Kind of a trade, but maybe he is better.

In review, I like cut at G16 better.]))
(;W[gd]
(;B[hc];W[ge];B[dd];W[cc]C[Looking at it afte game, it seems fine. I probably should have cut.])
(;B[ge];W[hd];B[hc];W[id];B[ic];W[jd];B[jc];W[kd]C[Probably ok. So maybe cut was better.])))

[Kirby]

The following positions stuck out as ones where I should have given more thought.

Position 1

$$ Position at move 22
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O . |
$$ | . . . O O O X W . . . . . O . X O X . |
$$ | . . . , X X . . . , . . . . . X X . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
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$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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[go]$$ Position at move 22
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O . |
$$ | . . . O O O X W . . . . . O . X O X . |
$$ | . . . , X X . . . , . . . . . X X . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Above, I think the clamp is kind of bogus. I should just cut, and it should be fine:

$$ Position at move 22
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O . |
$$ | . . . O O O X . . . . . . O . X O X . |
$$ | . . . , X X W . . , . . . . . X X . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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[go]$$ Position at move 22
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O . |
$$ | . . . O O O X . . . . . . O . X O X . |
$$ | . . . , X X W . . , . . . . . X X . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

As white is strong on the top, and has a presence on the left, I can't imagine black getting a great result (see SGF variation).

White can live in the corner, so it seems an easy fight for white.


Position 2

In the game, black could have made a strong position with this:

$$ Position at move 40
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O O . . . . . . . O O O . |
$$ | . . . O O O X O . . . . . O . X O X . |
$$ | . . . , X X X X . X . . . . . X X . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . O X X X B . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . O O O . O . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$ Position at move 40
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O O . . . . . . . O O O . |
$$ | . . . O O O X O . . . . . O . X O X . |
$$ | . . . , X X X X . X . . . . . X X . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . O X X X B . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . O O O . O . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

So in retrospect, it's probably simpler to just answer his approach simply, then invade in a standard way for Chinese opening:

$$ Position at move 40
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O O . . . . . . . O O O . |
$$ | . . . O O O X O . . . . . O . X O X . |
$$ | . . . , X X X X . X . . . . . X X . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
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$$ | . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . 3 . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$ Position at move 40
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O O . . . . . . . O O O . |
$$ | . . . O O O X O . . . . . O . X O X . |
$$ | . . . , X X X X . X . . . . . X X . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . 3 . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I think it's much easier for white than with the black wall.

Position 3

$$ Position at move 94
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O O . . . . . . . O O O . |
$$ | . . . O O O X O . . . . . O . X O X . |
$$ | . . . , X X X X . X . . . . . X X . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O W . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X . . O X O . O . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . X O . X X O O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . X . . . X O O X X X O . |
$$ | . . O O . . X O X X X O . O . , O O . |
$$ | . O X O . X . O O O X O O . X X X X . |
$$ | . X X X . . . . . . O . . O X . O O X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$ Position at move 94
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O O . . . . . . . O O O . |
$$ | . . . O O O X O . . . . . O . X O X . |
$$ | . . . , X X X X . X . . . . . X X . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O W . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X . . O X O . O . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . X O . X X O O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . X . . . X O O X X X O . |
$$ | . . O O . . X O X X X O . O . , O O . |
$$ | . O X O . X . O O O X O O . X X X X . |
$$ | . X X X . . . . . . O . . O X . O O X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

With the marked white move above, I started getting really heavy. I should stop overplaying, and let black get territory on the right side - he has many stones there.

Just jumping lightly should be enough:

$$ Position at move 94
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O O . . . . . . . O O O . |
$$ | . . . O O O X O . . . . . O . X O X . |
$$ | . . . , X X X X . X . . . . . X X . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . W . . O . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X . . O X O . O . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . X O . X X O O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . X . . . X O O X X X O . |
$$ | . . O O . . X O X X X O . O . , O O . |
$$ | . O X O . X . O O O X O O . X X X X . |
$$ | . X X X . . . . . . O . . O X . O O X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$ Position at move 94
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O O . . . . . . . O O O . |
$$ | . . . O O O X O . . . . . O . X O X . |
$$ | . . . , X X X X . X . . . . . X X . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . W . . O . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X . . O X O . O . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . X O . X X O O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . X . . . X O O X X X O . |
$$ | . . O O . . X O X X X O . O . , O O . |
$$ | . O X O . X . O O O X O O . X X X X . |
$$ | . X X X . . . . . . O . . O X . O O X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

After getting heavy, it was a bit of a crisis - I had to find a way to live. He played lightly and let me live without problems. The crisis could have been avoided, however, if I simply play lightly. I should have done that.

[Magicwand]

Just jumping lightly should be enough:

$$ Position at move 94
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O O . . . . . . . O O O . |
$$ | . . . O O O X O . . . . . O . X O X . |
$$ | . . . , X X X X . X . . . . . X X . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . W . . O . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X . . O X O . O . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . X O . X X O O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . X . . . X O O X X X O . |
$$ | . . O O . . X O X X X O . O . , O O . |
$$ | . O X O . X . O O O X O O . X X X X . |
$$ | . X X X . . . . . . O . . O X . O O X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$ Position at move 94
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O O . . . . . . . O O O . |
$$ | . . . O O O X O . . . . . O . X O X . |
$$ | . . . , X X X X . X . . . . . X X . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . W . . O . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X . . O X O . O . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . X O . X X O O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . X . . . X O O X X X O . |
$$ | . . O O . . X O X X X O . O . , O O . |
$$ | . O X O . X . O O O X O O . X X X X . |
$$ | . X X X . . . . . . O . . O X . O O X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

After getting heavy, it was a bit of a crisis - I had to find a way to live. He played lightly and let me live without problems. The crisis could have been avoided, however, if I simply play lightly. I should have done that.

IMO above jump is also heavy.
my choice is as below.
when winning..you should not take ANY risk and cover your weakness.
what do you think?

$$ Position at move 94
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O O . . . . . . . O O O . |
$$ | . . . O O O X O . . . . . O . X O X . |
$$ | . . . , X X X X . X . . . . . X X . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . W . . . . . . . . . X X X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X . . O X O . O . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . X O . X X O O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . X . . . X O O X X X O . |
$$ | . . O O . . X O X X X O . O . , O O . |
$$ | . O X O . X . O O O X O O . X X X X . |
$$ | . X X X . . . . . . O . . O X . O O X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . |
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[go]$$ Position at move 94
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$$ | . . . . . . O O . . . . . . . O O O . |
$$ | . . . O O O X O . . . . . O . X O X . |
$$ | . . . , X X X X . X . . . . . X X . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . W . . . . . . . . . X X X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X . . O X O . O . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . X O . X X O O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . X . . . X O O X X X O . |
$$ | . . O O . . X O X X X O . O . , O O . |
$$ | . O X O . X . O O O X O O . X X X X . |
$$ | . X X X . . . . . . O . . O X . O O X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

[moyoaji]

Welcome back, Kirby!

I know I'm a few days late, but I actually have only just started really looking around on the forum again for the first time since July.

[Kirby]

Just jumping lightly should be enough:

$$ Position at move 94
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O O . . . . . . . O O O . |
$$ | . . . O O O X O . . . . . O . X O X . |
$$ | . . . , X X X X . X . . . . . X X . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . W . . O . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X . . O X O . O . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . X O . X X O O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . X . . . X O O X X X O . |
$$ | . . O O . . X O X X X O . O . , O O . |
$$ | . O X O . X . O O O X O O . X X X X . |
$$ | . X X X . . . . . . O . . O X . O O X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . |
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[go]$$ Position at move 94
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O O . . . . . . . O O O . |
$$ | . . . O O O X O . . . . . O . X O X . |
$$ | . . . , X X X X . X . . . . . X X . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . W . . O . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X . . O X O . O . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . X O . X X O O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . X . . . X O O X X X O . |
$$ | . . O O . . X O X X X O . O . , O O . |
$$ | . O X O . X . O O O X O O . X X X X . |
$$ | . X X X . . . . . . O . . O X . O O X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

After getting heavy, it was a bit of a crisis - I had to find a way to live. He played lightly and let me live without problems. The crisis could have been avoided, however, if I simply play lightly. I should have done that.

IMO above jump is also heavy.
my choice is as below.
when winning..you should not take ANY risk and cover your weakness.
what do you think?

$$ Position at move 94
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O O . . . . . . . O O O . |
$$ | . . . O O O X O . . . . . O . X O X . |
$$ | . . . , X X X X . X . . . . . X X . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . W . . . . . . . . . X X X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X . . O X O . O . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . X O . X X O O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . X . . . X O O X X X O . |
$$ | . . O O . . X O X X X O . O . , O O . |
$$ | . O X O . X . O O O X O O . X X X X . |
$$ | . X X X . . . . . . O . . O X . O O X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$ Position at move 94
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$$ | . . . . . . O O . . . . . . . O O O . |
$$ | . . . O O O X O . . . . . O . X O X . |
$$ | . . . , X X X X . X . . . . . X X . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . W . . . . . . . . . X X X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X . . O X O . O . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . X O . X X O O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . X . . . X O O X X X O . |
$$ | . . O O . . X O X X X O . O . , O O . |
$$ | . O X O . X . O O O X O O . X X X X . |
$$ | . X X X . . . . . . O . . O X . O O X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I think it's good positional judgement. This way, I feel white is a good 30 points ahead, with no weak groups.

By the way, it's good to hear from you, again!