I would like to start by apologizing for not making my previous post more clear. The review I gave was not meant to be totally serious and completely definitive. You may note that it showed only one variation, and that was only so I could explain what I meant. While I generally agree with the comments I made, I intentionally chose grandiose words. I wanted it to reflect an emotional state following my victory. I felt that my strategy was interesting and that it effectively countered my opponent. I'm not claiming that I did anything profound, only that it worked against this one player this one time.
(This is surprising! I wouldn't expect anyone to take anything you say seriously. 
)@skydyr - Post game, my opponent and I both felt that a corner probe was a good idea. We didn't agree on when it should happen - I would agree with you that it should come soon, at least as a lone probe to test for aji. Perhaps if I hane on the outside then he can play a jump from his group into the framework because I'm defending that area instead of the corner.
Like I said, my opponent's weakest point is joseki and fuseki. He has admitted that to our club, going so far as to say that he just doesn't study joseki. That was why I changed the way I played - so I could meet him head-on in a not-so-common 3-4 joseki that I know better than him.
(So moyo's "brilliant" strategy should never work against anyone else. 
)@EdLee - I have said before that I have no higher level player to go to for analysis outside of these forums. This 2 kyu opponent is the only person I know in West Michigan that is stronger than I am, and it's only by a bit. A big part of the reason why I post here is so I can get analysis from stronger players.
(moyo's basically a mooch on your community. 
)I could attempt to make the trip down to Kalamazoo at some point in the hopes of meeting a stronger player there, but that is over an hour drive for me. However, I just looked at their website and they moved to Wednesdays, which should work better for me because I usually have Thursday evening plans.
These comments are from myself and from my post-game discussion with my opponent. They are a bit over-the-top, but that's intentional. I wanted to have my review also display how exciting a win here was since I've never beaten this opponent before. It was not meant to be very serious. However, you apparently took it seriously so I'll address your comments seriously.
I do think my strategy was effective, because I won for the first time against this opponent. Whether it was "beautiful" is purely subjective.
(It isn't beautiful...) My opponent and I both agreed post-game that
was a mistake in this board position and that
worked well - even if it does lead to a local loss - because after
my framework is really good.
being gote or sente I suppose is up for debate. I took it that the move a direct result of my approach to the corner, which started the rest of the sequence. I was not saying that I deserve sente from that - on the contrary, that's why I had an ellipse after that statement. I really think my opponent should have played tenuki from there - but he didn't, so I did get this in sente.
@Abyssinica - This is an interesting question. I considered the defense of the 3-3 to be finishing after my initial approach to the corner. Everything that followed from
I took as some sort of pseudo-joseki sequence. I think you can make an argument for your interpretation as well. All things considered, gote and sente are somewhat subjective.
@Sennahoj - I counted three times. Again, I was trying to be over-the-top, so I probably could have gotten away with more. This review was not supposed to be anything definitive.
@Uberdude - Wow, these are some great thoughts. Thank you very much.
(See Uberdude, you're one of the strong players he's mooching on for advice. 
)Q10 would be a fantastic move for white and you are right that it would make L5 look like a huge mistake. I did deviate from my plan to get a wall in sente, so I guess that could be an effective punishment. The idea of playing O8 instead of L5 is interesting. I really like the look of it - to the point that I think I would play it now instead of going for my wall plan.
Missing E4 is a direct result of my opponent not studying joseki and things like that are why I study joseki regularly. I will note that in "The Chinese Opening" Kato Masao feels making the E4-E3 exchange in fuseki leads to inefficient shape for the initial F5 stone. That said, this isn't the opening. I would have played E4 - and did play it as black - on the principle that it is double sente. As for the O4 gote, I think it was a misread. In the game I stopped to read here and made sure that taking my 2 stones didn't expose some horrible threats against my corner. Perhaps he believed it did.
Yes, my opponent is an AGA 2 kyu, but he's not always on his game. He hasn't attended the last couple of weeks and says he only plays at the club meetings. I was his first opponent of the night, so he was probably a bit rusty. Afterwards he managed to easily beat another player in a 5 stone handicap game - a player who gives me trouble at 5 stones. Nate is better than me, but this was not his best game.
(You got a win you didn't deserve, of course it was a bad game for your opponent. 
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