Kirby's Study Journal

[Kirby]

Another loss.

Here's my review.

(;CA[utf-8]FF[4]ST[2]RU[Japanese]OT[5x30 byo-yomi]C[I played KGS 1k today on KGS.

Another loss.]
AP[CGoban:3]SZ[19]GM[1]DT[2014-12-22]PC[The KGS Go Server at http\://www.gokgs.com/]
PB[octopus]BR[1k]PW[Brian]WR[1d]KM[0.5]TM[1500]RE[B+Resign]MULTIGOGM[1]
;B[pd]BL[1496.51];W[dp]WL[1492.25];B[pp]BL[1491.13];W[dc]WL[1484.01];B[df]BL[1488.71]
C[I don't understand these types of approaches that well.

I just took territory.]
;W[cd]WL[1441.34];B[pj]BL[1478.68];W[nq]WL[1428.65];B[lq]BL[1462.16];W[qq]WL[1424.87]
;B[qp]BL[1459.88];W[pq]WL[1423.08];B[op]BL[1458.09];W[np]WL[1420.08]C[I like O4, because of the invasion at R7 later.]
;B[oq]BL[1454.29];W[or]WL[1418.06];B[pr]BL[1452.22];W[qr]WL[1416.5];B[nr]BL[1448.61]
;W[ps]WL[1414.69];B[no]BL[1443.06];W[mr]WL[1412.84];B[mp]BL[1440.03];W[ns]WL[1410.69]
;B[mq]BL[1436.57];W[nr]WL[1409.15];B[mo]BL[1433.76];W[nc]WL[1400.44];B[pf]BL[1420.88]
(;W[jd]WL[1347.15]C[I thought for awhile here. I considered R7 immediately. Then I considered Q18 for territory.

But I thought he could make big moyo, so I wanted to counter that.]
;B[cn]BL[1405.2]C[I considered F3 for a long time. I played C8, because if he jumped into 3-3 it seemed good for me.

I actually did consider that he might jump, but still liked that better than F3.]
(;W[cl]WL[1272.36]
(;B[en]BL[1388.77];W[fp]WL[1262.73]C[Typically, I don't like the F4 D4 shape, but I wanted to play high, since this guy was going for influence.]
;B[cj]BL[1384.41];W[qm]WL[1239.57];B[qk]BL[1355.76];W[rp]WL[1234.9];B[ro]BL[1352.82]
;W[qo]WL[1233.14];B[po]BL[1349.24];W[rn]WL[1214.82];B[qn]BL[1341.02];W[so]WL[1211.97]
;B[pm]BL[1322.18];W[ne]WL[1149.9]C[I play this to counter his influence.

I still like this move.]
;B[hq]BL[1312.43]
(;W[hp]WL[1129.85];B[iq]BL[1301.06];W[bp]WL[1119.29];B[bo]BL[1297.72]C[I can't think of a move to make the white group strong... So I tenuki.]
(;W[ch]WL[1029.89];B[dh]BL[1292.1];W[ci]WL[1008.48];B[di]BL[1287.52];W[bj]WL[1006.44]
;B[dj]BL[1284.49];W[bh]WL[995.244];B[eq]BL[1277.96];W[ep]WL[975.975];B[fr]BL[1270.31]
;W[co]WL[970.776];B[bn]BL[1267.1];W[dr]WL[896.018]
(;B[dl]BL[1252.16];W[dq]WL[873.816];B[pb]BL[1183.39]C[Here, I was thinking he had too much, so I invaded. It may have been an overplay.

Based on my count, black might have 35 points plus the points he gets from his influence.

White has around 40 maybe, plus points he gets from influence...

But black's potential seems much greater.

So I feel black is winning.

Still, R12 seems a bit like overplay.]
;W[qh]WL[824.458];B[qf]BL[1172.08];W[oh]WL[817.705];B[nf]BL[1170.02];W[ni]WL[810.313]
;B[mf]BL[1166.43]
(;W[ld]WL[798.842]C[Probably too small.

I should help the middle group more.]
;B[li]BL[1163.69]C[It's difficult, since black can attack severely.];W[lh]WL[773.07]
;B[mh]BL[1159.39];W[mi]WL[769.389];B[nh]BL[1157.86]C[I totally overlooked this move.]
;W[lj]WL[707.22]C[I can't think of a way to save the stones if I play P11.];B[ki]
BL[1153.65]
(;W[mk]WL[614.028]C[It was a pity, but playing P11 seemed too dangerous.];B[oi]
BL[1149.01];W[jk]WL[608.353];B[ii]BL[1145.72];W[hk]WL[596.544];B[il]BL[1141.04]
;W[jj]WL[584.838];B[ji]BL[1129.41];W[hj]WL[581.136];B[gm]BL[1121.84];W[gl]WL[499.936]
;B[hm]BL[1113.61];W[gh]WL[496.941];B[fj]BL[1089.25];W[gj]WL[492.942];B[fi]BL[1087.14]
;W[hh]WL[482.335];B[jf]BL[1072.73];W[jg]WL[461.265]C[My idea here was to try to get H12 safe in sente, then play around G16 area.]
(;B[kg]BL[986.895];W[ig]WL[427.599];B[ed]BL[978.373]C[He played up there first.]
;W[kf]WL[410.092];B[lf]BL[945.135];W[ke]WL[400.673];B[lg]BL[931.872];W[gd]WL[392.703]
C[I felt OK about the result, though it's painful for him to play E17.];B[ec]BL[922.979]
C[My group seemed much safer, but still, I felt behind territorially after losing R12.]
;W[ob]WL[153.833]C[I needed to make up points.];B[gb]BL[715.041]C[He ignored. I realized that I hadn't read whether P18 was sente. I just assumed that it was.]
;W[qb]WL[130.664];B[pa]BL[709.712];W[re]WL[100.43];B[rf]BL[656.389];OW[5]W[qe]WL[30]
;B[pe]BL[611.767];OW[4]W[rc]WL[30]
(;B[oc]BL[571.568];OW[3]W[sb]WL[30];B[ra]BL[561.424];OW[3]W[qc]WL[30];B[pc]BL[445.434]
;OW[3]W[qa]WL[30];B[be]BL[425.146]C[I was lucky to live, but this move by him was also severe.

If C12 was disconnected, it's life and death was not settled yet, either.

I was also in byo-yomi.

I tried E18 in hopes it might be sente.]
;OW[2]W[eb]WL[30];B[fb]BL[388.829];OW[2]W[db]WL[30];B[bd]BL[385.314];OW[2]W[bc]
WL[30];B[hd]BL[376.867];OW[2]W[dd]WL[30];B[ee]BL[374.789];OW[2]W[cf]WL[30];B[ge]
BL[352.567]C[I realized that J15 could connect, but didn't have time to do anything about it.]
(;OW[2]W[de]WL[30];B[ie]BL[341.847];OW[2]W[id]WL[30];B[he]BL[336.837];OW[2]W[dg]
WL[30];B[eg]BL[315.344];OW[2]W[ef]WL[30];B[ff]BL[314.063];OW[1]W[fg]WL[30]C[I was struggling.]
;B[df]BL[312.307];OW[1]W[ng]WL[30];B[kh]BL[289.244];OW[1]W[ef]WL[30];B[qd]BL[274.596]
;OW[1]W[eh]WL[30];B[ib]BL[268.004];OW[1]W[fd]WL[30];B[fe]BL[260.651];OW[1]W[jb]
WL[30];B[ic]BL[252.931]
(;OW[1]W[rd]WL[30]C[It was byo-yomi, and I tried to save everything. K16 looked obviously weak, but I figured had very small chance of living compared to S16, which would definitely die if ignored.]
;B[mc]BL[240.813];OW[1]W[mb]WL[30];B[nd]BL[236.459];OW[1]W[lc]WL[30];B[nb]BL[233.982]
;OW[1]W[je]WL[30];B[if]BL[231.369];OW[1]W[md]WL[30];B[nc]BL[224.026];OW[1]W[dm]
WL[30];B[em]BL[209.147];OW[1]W[dk]WL[30]C[Basically, no chance from here.

End of comments.]
;B[el]BL[203.782];OW[1]W[ek]WL[30];B[ck]BL[169.008];OW[1]W[fk]WL[30];B[bl]BL[165.421]
;OW[1]W[qo]WL[30];B[pn]BL[160.986];OW[1]W[rl]WL[30];B[ql]BL[152.965];OW[1]W[rm]
WL[30];B[rk]BL[151.283];OW[1]W[sk]WL[30];B[sj]BL[149.197];OW[1]W[sl]WL[30];B[rj]
BL[144.749];OW[1]W[ro]WL[30];B[ip]BL[139.268];OW[1]W[ho]WL[30];B[io]BL[137.259]
;OW[1]W[kn]WL[30];B[km]BL[131.743];OW[1]W[lm]WL[30];B[kl]BL[129.605];OW[1]W[jn]
WL[30];B[ll]BL[118.563];OW[1]W[ml]WL[30];B[ln]BL[116.228];OW[1]W[mm]WL[30];B[gq]
BL[100.176];OW[1]W[dn]WL[30];B[cm]BL[96.582])
(;W[lb]C[I don't know if this group lives.

But let's assume it does. Then black can kill the top right with S16. Black then has around 60 points.

White has around 45. I'll still lose.]))
(;W[if];B[ce];W[de];B[cg];W[ef];B[dg];W[ff]C[I don't think black will die, and white probably will.]))
(;B[qc]C[I can't read a way for white to live.];W[qd];B[pc];W[ra];B[se];W[sb];B[qa]
;W[sd];B[rd]))
(;B[ig];W[ih];B[jh];W[kg];B[kf];W[if];B[hg];W[gf];B[hf];W[he];B[ie];W[gg];B[if]
;W[hc]C[Maybe something like this will work.]))
(;W[oi];B[mj]C[White seems in trouble, even if black plays simply this.]))
(;W[li];B[ld]C[It's a pain to deal with something like M16, but I think it's better than game.]))
(;B[cq]C[If he played here, I was going to do this...];W[dq];B[cp];W[bq];B[cr];W[br]
;B[do];W[cs]))
(;W[cq];B[fr]C[Maybe black has more severe answer, too, but even this doesn't feel great.])
(;W[gq];B[cq];W[cp];B[bq];W[ap];B[eq]C[This kind of aji seems so bad...

So I couldn't think of a good move to help the group.]))
(;W[go]C[Something like this seems typical for the shape, but with M3 so strong, I figured attach at M4 might be better.]))
(;B[cq]C[I guess it was naive to think black would consider this.];W[cp];B[dq];W[ep]
;B[bp];W[bo];B[bq];W[co];B[fq];W[ch]C[This was my vision, but maybe naive.]))
(;W[fq]C[In retrospect, maybe it's OK. I don't know what black does, since D14 seems awkward to me.]
;B[dk]C[?]))
(;W[pb];B[qc];W[kc];B[ld];W[lc];B[nd];W[oc];B[mj]C[I didn't want something like this.]))

[Kirby]

Some learning points.

Position 1

$$ Position at move 31
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . O . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . X O X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X O X O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$ Position at move 31
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . O . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . X O X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X O X O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

In the game I pincered. Probably wiser to simply answer.

$$ Position at move 31
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . O . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . X O X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . W . . . . . X X O X O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$ Position at move 31
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . O . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . X O X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . W . . . . . X X O X O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Position 2

$$ Position at move 68
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . O . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X X . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . X X . X . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . X X . X . X O |
$$ | . O . O O O . O . , . . X O X X X O . |
$$ | . . . O X . . X X . . X X O X O O . . |
$$ | . . . O . X . . . . . . O O O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$ Position at move 68
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . O . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X X . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . X X . X . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . X X . X . X O |
$$ | . O . O O O . O . , . . X O X X X O . |
$$ | . . . O X . . X X . . X X O X O O . . |
$$ | . . . O . X . . . . . . O O O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

This is probably an overplay. White is losing, but I don't think it's the right way to play. Maybe trying to aid the territorial balance?

$$ Position at move 68
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . W . . O . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X X . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . X X . X . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . X X . X . X O |
$$ | . O . O O O . O . , . . X O X X X O . |
$$ | . . . O X . . X X . . X X O X O O . . |
$$ | . . . O . X . . . . . . O O O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$ Position at move 68
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . W . . O . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X X . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . X X . X . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . X X . X . X O |
$$ | . O . O O O . O . , . . X O X X X O . |
$$ | . . . O X . . X X . . X X O X O O . . |
$$ | . . . O . X . . . . . . O O O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I'm not sure, but the move in the game seemed bad. The game is already bad after the bottom left corner, but I don't know where to do better, since I had reason for each of those moves.

Position 3

$$ Position at move 74
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . O . W . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . X X . X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O X . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . O X X . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . X X . X . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . X X . X . X O |
$$ | . O . O O O . O . , . . X O X X X O . |
$$ | . . . O X . . X X . . X X O X O O . . |
$$ | . . . O . X . . . . . . O O O . O . . |
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[go]$$ Position at move 74
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$$ | . O . O O O . O . , . . X O X X X O . |
$$ | . . . O X . . X X . . X X O X O O . . |
$$ | . . . O . X . . . . . . O O O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . . |
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Greedy. I may be behind, but I need to help the weak group.

$$ Position at move 74
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$$ | . . O , . . . . . O . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . X X . X X . . |
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$$ | . O O X . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
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$$ | . O X X . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
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$$ | . O . O O O . O . , . . X O X X X O . |
$$ | . . . O X . . X X . . X X O X O O . . |
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[go]$$ Position at move 74
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$$ | . O . O O O . O . , . . X O X X X O . |
$$ | . . . O X . . X X . . X X O X O O . . |
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Position 4

$$W Moves 110 to 110
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$$ | . . . X . . . . . X O X X X . X X . . |
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$$ | . O O X . . O O . . . O X X O . O . . |
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$$ | . O X X . X O O . O . O . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . O . . O . . . X . . |
$$ | . . O X . . O . X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X X . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . X X . X . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . X X . X . X O |
$$ | . O . O O O . O . , . . X O X X X O . |
$$ | . . . O X . . X X . . X X O X O O . . |
$$ | . . . O . X . . . . . . O O O . O . . |
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[go]$$W Moves 110 to 110
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . X O X X X . X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O O X X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O X . . O O . . . O X X O . O . . |
$$ | . . O X . X . . X X X X O O X . . . . |
$$ | . O X X . X O O . O . O . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . O . . O . . . X . . |
$$ | . . O X . . O . X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X X . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . X X . X . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . X X . X . X O |
$$ | . O . O O O . O . , . . X O X X X O . |
$$ | . . . O X . . X X . . X X O X O O . . |
$$ | . . . O . X . . . . . . O O O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I just assumed that this move was sente. But it's not clear that it is. I certainly didn't read out a way to make it work effectively in the game, even though I lived by luck.

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Overall:
1. Even though I am behind, don't be greedy - I'll get further behind.
2. Something went wrong in the bottom left corner - I don't know exactly what. But it wasn't good. Probably should have just not pincered.
3. Often, helping weak group is more urgent than defending territory.

[Uberdude]

2. Something went wrong in the bottom left corner - I don't know exactly what. But it wasn't good. Probably should have just not pincered.

I think pincer is ok direction, but perhaps low and close is wrong given black's influence, how about 2 space high? But the real problem was you tenukid c10 and that area was still urgent, how about one space jump? And I don't much like your choice of tenuki to r7 as it makes r12 invasion harder and that seems a bigger area to invade to me. Also the c12 invasion I don't like as black is happy to connect and make a nice wall with d12 attach (b14 slide was available so that was a small area anyway). If you do invade there I think it's got to be high at d12 to split and attack d14.

[Bill Spight]

A couple of comments.

I agree with Uberdude, the 2 space high pincer looks better.

Why not F-03?

I agree with Uberdude, the bottom left is urgent. Given Black's surrounding strength, I think that sacrificing the pincer is OK. So how about a jump to B-04?

Why do you think that you are behind? (Yeah, you are not getting komi, but this is no time to panic. ) A simple one space jump to O-13 is good. It reduces the Black moyo, expands the White moyo, and threatens to invade the right side. A bread and butter move.

Yes, your weak group is important.

W110: Yes, on the top side G-18 looks bigger. And what about the left side (B-14)?

[Kirby]

Thanks for the comments. The two-space pincer is a good idea, and I especially think it's a good point about choosing the wrong invasion to start with.

[Kirby]

Chalked up another loss today. I had a winning streak earlier, so I haven't quite demoted in rank. I'll try to turn it around before that happens.

Anyway, here's my review.

(;CA[utf-8]FF[4]ST[2]RU[Japanese]OT[5x30 byo-yomi]C[I lost again today. I think my opponent is probably stronger than 1k - he's won all of his games.

Still, I made some silly mistakes this game.]
AP[CGoban:3]SZ[19]GM[1]DT[2014-12-23]PC[The KGS Go Server at http\://www.gokgs.com/]
PB[kasu]BR[1k]PW[Brian]WR[1d]KM[0.5]TM[1800]RE[B+Resign]MULTIGOGM[1]
;B[pd]BL[1782.09]C[Brian [1d\]\: thank you
kasu [1k?\]\: ^ ^
];W[dp]WL[1787.87]
;B[pq]BL[1769.41];W[dc]WL[1774.97];B[fq]BL[1757.7];W[qo]WL[1770.26]C[I like this type of opening for white.]
;B[ql]BL[1746.52];W[lq]WL[1736.19];B[po]BL[1728.94];W[iq]WL[1732]
(;B[dn]BL[1718.57]C[I need to refine what I do when opponent double approaches using one high. My plan was in the variation, but I don't have a good plan for this way, yet.]
;W[fp]WL[1714.18];B[cq]BL[1714.79]C[C4 seemed a better direction. I imagined the variation shown.]
;W[cp]WL[1646.83]
(;B[gp]BL[1706.87]C[He surprised me here, but I've seen something like this before. I didn't like the variation shown.]
(;W[dq]WL[1231.85]C[It looks like this is wrong.

When I looked online, E3 seems more often played.

I agree that it's better.

This move was not good, and led to a big loss in the beginning.]
;B[ep]BL[1675.15];W[fo]WL[1204.91];B[eo]BL[1667.67];W[fn]WL[1199.01];B[eq]BL[1656.2]
;W[gq]WL[1196.46];B[dr]BL[1635.31];W[cr]WL[1191.57]C[There's so much aji in the corner. This is a bad result for white. ]
(;B[hq]BL[1579.61]C[After H3, I was in trouble, still. Black can even protect E2 in sente.]
;W[gr]WL[1186.14]
(;B[ip]BL[1555.82]C[Anyway, because of the aji in the corner, I thought J4 was a little easy on my mistake, but still good for black since F5 was weak.]
;W[hr]WL[1182.03];B[hp]BL[1552.91];W[jq]WL[1179.85];B[hn]BL[1546.85]C[Now I could run out with F6, but the aji in the corner is just too much. I decided to just give up F6, and try to use it later if possible.]
;W[bn]WL[1163.57];B[cm]BL[1524.38];W[bm]WL[1151.05];B[ck]BL[1505.12];W[ci]WL[1132.66]
C[Probably too close.];B[co]BL[1475.39]C[I thought it was a good move by him.];W[bp]
WL[1083.34];B[bo]BL[1467.63];W[ao]WL[1079.3];B[fm]BL[1459.87];W[cl]WL[1070.35]C[Here, I thought I was being sneaky since I could play D5 and get E6 in sente...

But naive.]
;B[do]BL[1448.09];W[bq]WL[1061.84];B[dl]BL[1444.36];W[bl]WL[1059.6];B[dk]BL[1372.6]
C[As a result, this is great for black. The center power is amazing, while I get 1st line territory - about 10 points on the left, and maybe 7 points on the bottom.

Black's influence is definitely worth more - he even has about 9 points of capture, plus all of the ouside power.

I'm getting whipped this game.]
;W[jd]WL[1049.14]C[This move is to counter his influence.];B[qp]BL[1366.29]C[This defends the Q4 I wanted to play in the first place. He's one step ahead of me, always.]
;W[nc]WL[1044.31];B[pf]BL[1363.74];W[de]WL[1031.88];B[db]BL[1331.42];W[cb]WL[944.623]
;B[ec]BL[1306.74];W[dd]WL[842.833];B[hc]BL[1297.62]
(;W[fb]WL[833.387];B[jc]BL[1281.76];W[kc]WL[820.566];B[kb]BL[1268.6];W[jb]WL[748.779]
;B[ic]BL[1266.04];W[lb]WL[747.303];B[kd]BL[1265.16];W[ka]WL[744.223];B[lc]BL[1261.85]
;W[je]WL[739.226]C[This is kind of overplay, but I'm trying to get some sort of profit, since I'm losing.]
;B[kb]BL[1259.21];W[gm]WL[730.756];B[gn]BL[1256.83];W[kc]WL[729.036];B[he]BL[1212.01]
;W[ke]WL[712.697];B[kb]BL[1207.79];W[fr]WL[658.235]C[This was a misread. \:-( I read the variation.]
(;B[kc]BL[1170.09]C[After this, it's still early, but I have no will to keep playing.

I'm blown apart. I resigned.])
(;B[];W[em];B[fl];W[dm]
(;B[cn];W[er]C[But of course, he won't be that stupid. He can just play E6 and give up C7.])
(;B[en]C[Duh!])))
(;W[ib]C[I thought about this, but it seemed like he could make eyeshape easily.

In retrospect, I should have done it. His move at K17 was much bigger than mine at F18.]))
(;B[fr]C[For example...];W[hr];B[bq];W[br];B[bp];W[co];B[bo];W[cn];B[cm];W[bn];B[bm]
;W[an];B[do];W[ds];B[er]C[White is captured.]))
(;B[bq]C[If black just plays here, too, I think I'm in a lot of trouble.];W[br]
;B[bp];W[co];B[bo];W[cn]C[If black doesn't want to sacrifice, he can just E2.]
(;B[cm];W[bn];B[bm];W[an];B[er];W[aq];B[am];W[ap]C[Black can get the outside if he wants by sacrifice.])
(;B[er];W[bn]
(;B[bs])
(;B[ar];W[bs];B[ds];W[aq];B[ap];W[an];B[cs]))))
(;W[fo];B[dq]C[I didn't like this variation. But I looked it up online, and it looks like some pros played this way, at least locally. They continued with G3.]
;W[gq];B[eq];W[ep];B[gr];W[hq]C[This was one way.])
(;W[eq]C[I like this one.];B[fo];W[ep]
(;B[gr];W[go];B[hp];W[fn];B[er];W[dr]
(;B[ip]C[If black omits this one, one optino seems to be E1.];W[eo]C[This is at least one way that seems to be played by pros - although, M3 wasn't there.])
(;B[eo];W[es]C[Anyway, it's complicated.]))
(;B[go]C[This was also played a few times.])))
(;B[dq];W[eq];B[er];W[ep];B[fr];W[bp]
(;B[bq];W[dl]C[Q4 is still big, but maybe I can get a chance later.])
(;B[ej];W[br]C[I'm still OK with this as white.])))
(;B[cn];W[eo];B[cq];W[pp]C[This is the flow I was looking for.

But I need to get sente in the left to get in Q4.

I have to think more about what to do when black double approaches at D6.]))

[Kirby]

Some learning points.

Position 1

$$B Moves 15 to 15
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
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$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O O . O B . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . X . . X . . O . . O . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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[go]$$B Moves 15 to 15
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$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O O . O B . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . X . . X . . O . . O . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I don't have much of an excuse here. I've seen this shape before. But I responded incorrectly here:

$$B Moves 15 to 15
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$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O O . O 1 . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . X 2 . X . . O . . O . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$B Moves 15 to 15
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$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O O . O 1 . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . X 2 . X . . O . . O . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

If I go the route of protecting the corner, I should play here:

$$B Moves 15 to 15
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$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . 3 6 . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O O 4 O 1 7 . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . X . 2 X . . O . . O . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . 0 9 . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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[go]$$B Moves 15 to 15
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$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
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$$ | . . . X . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . 3 6 . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O O 4 O 1 7 . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . X . 2 X . . O . . O . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . 0 9 . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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My opponent may deviate along the way, and it's complicated. But I think it's safe to say that , above, is better than what I played - it puts more pressure on his stones, and doesn't think only of the corner stone - which still had aji, anyway!

Also, the variation I thought was bad, has been played by pros (locally), so maybe I should have considered that, too.

$$B Moves 15 to 15
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$$ | . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O O . O 1 . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . X 3 . X 4 . O . . O . . . X . . . |
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[go]$$B Moves 15 to 15
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$$ | . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O O . O 1 . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . X 3 . X 4 . O . . O . . . X . . . |
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Position 2

At the time, I didn't realize the corner aji when I played here:

$$W Moves 22 to 22
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$$ | . . . X . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X O . . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O O X O X . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . X O X X W . O . . O . . . X . . . |
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[go]$$W Moves 22 to 22
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$$ | . . . X . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X O . . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O O X O X . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . X O X X W . O . . O . . . X . . . |
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$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I've already messed up, so maybe it's OK, but I could also consider helping the corner aji, since I've already messed up:

$$W Moves 22 to 22
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$$ | . . . X . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X O . . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O O X O X . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . X O X X . . O . . O . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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[go]$$W Moves 22 to 22
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$$ | . . . X . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X O . . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O O X O X . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . X O X X . . O . . O . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Black is better for sure, but maybe I can recover better than in the game.

Position 3

$$B Moves 57 to 57
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$$ | . . O X . W . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X . . X . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . O . . . . . X . . . |
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$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . O X . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X . O . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | O X X X X O . . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . O O O X O X X X , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . O . O X X O X O O . O . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . |
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[go]$$B Moves 57 to 57
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$$ | . . O X . W . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X . . X . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . O . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . O X . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X . O . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | O X X X X O . . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . O O O X O X X X , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . O . O X X O X O O . O . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I played as above in the game, but I think it's clear that this is better:

$$B Moves 57 to 57
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$$ | . . O X . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X . . X . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . O . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . O X . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X . O . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | O X X X X O . . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . O O O X O X X X , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . O . O X X O X O O . O . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . |
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[go]$$B Moves 57 to 57
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$$ | . . O X . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X . . X . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . O . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . O X . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X . O . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | O X X X X O . . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . O O O X O X X X , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . O . O X X O X O O . O . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Position 4

Finally, my "ko threat" here was obviously a hallucination:

$$W Moves 76 to 76
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$$ | . . O X . O . . . O X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X . . X X X . X . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . O X . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X . O O . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . O X . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X . O X X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | O X X X X O . . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . O O O X O X X X , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . O . O X X O X O O . O . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O X . W O O . . . . . . . . . . . |
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[go]$$W Moves 76 to 76
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$$ | . . O X . O . . . O X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X . . X X X . X . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . O X . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X . O O . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . O X . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X . O X X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | O X X X X O . . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . O O O X O X X X , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . O . O X X O X O O . O . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O X . W O O . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I was silly to imagine he'd save the single stone as here:

$$W Moves 76 to 76
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$$ | . . O X . O . . . O X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X . . X X X . X . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . O X . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X . O O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
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$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O X . 4 . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . O X 5 3 X O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O 6 X . O X X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | O X X X X O . . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . O O O X O X X X , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . O . O X X O X O O . O . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O X 7 1 O O . . . . . . . . . . . |
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[go]$$W Moves 76 to 76
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$$ | . . O X . O . . . O X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X . . X X X . X . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . O X . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X . O O . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O X . 4 . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . O X 5 3 X O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O 6 X . O X X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | O X X X X O . . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . O O O X O X X X , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . O . O X X O X O O . O . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O X 7 1 O O . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Of course, black can simply take my stones, still :-S

$$W Moves 76 to 76
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$$ | . . O X . O . . . O X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X . . X X X . X . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . O X . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X . O O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
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$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O X . 4 . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . O X 5 3 X O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X 6 O X X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | O X X X X O . . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . O O O X O X X X , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . O . O X X O X O O . O . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O X . 1 O O . . . . . . . . . . . |
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[go]$$W Moves 76 to 76
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$$ | . . O X . O . . . O X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X . . X X X . X . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . O X . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X . O O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
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$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O X . 4 . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . O X 5 3 X O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X 6 O X X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | O X X X X O . . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . O O O X O X X X , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . O . O X X O X O O . O . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O X . 1 O O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Game over.

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Overall:
1. Mostly, I made joseki mistakes and reading mistakes this game, I feel.
2. Position 3 was the wrong idea. I should attack while making profit, as in the variation I showed. The value I obtained by taking away some eyespace was nothing compared to what he got by attaching to my stone.

[ez4u]

One extra issue that you seem to have currently is that your counting looks unreliable. You keep claiming that you are behind in situations that do not look that bad to my eye. However, I am extremely poor at counting (reliably) so I needed a little support in my opinion. Since GoGoD + kombilo wouldn't do the trick this time, I turned to my other advisor, Crazy Stone 2013. I loaded up the 2-stone game that you introduced in post #258, set the analysis time to 8 hours (max), and let it rip overnight. Of course CS barfed on the variations or something (I hadn't realized this was an issue ) so all I did was waste electricity for 8 hours.

Undeterred, I stripped the variations out and ran it again. This produced two interesting issues rather than one. However, both relate to counting so we will "count" it a win-win.

Attached is the analysis printout from CS. In the sgf file the first time that you specifically comment on White being ahead is at move 158, "After this, I felt I'd be OK if I simply saved the group. However, after counting, it seemed that white was already ahead He shrunk my corner a lot, and I didn't have any major points except for the capture. After the top right corner, things certainly turned around."

When we look at the CS analysis, however, CS has the crazy idea that Black is winning by 10 points. Hmmm... Exactly why you differ so much would be hard to analyze but be aware that you seem to be way too pessimistic these days.

$$Bcm158
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . X . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . X O O . . . . . X X . X . X O . |
$$ | X X X X O X . . . . X . O X . X X O . |
$$ | O O O O X O . O . , . . O X X X . O . |
$$ | O X X X X O . . . . . . O O . . O . . |
$$ | O X . . . X . O . . . X X X O O O X O |
$$ | O O X X . . . . . . . . . . X O X O . |
$$ | O . O . . 1 . . . . . . . X X X X O . |
$$ | . O . . O . . . . . . . . . O . X X . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . X . O O X O X O . . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . O X X X O O X X O . . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . O X X . X X X . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . X O . X . . X O O O X . . |
$$ | . . X X . . . O . X . . . X . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . X O . O X X X . X X . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . . . X . . . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X X X . . . . . . . |
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[go]$$Bcm158
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . X . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . X O O . . . . . X X . X . X O . |
$$ | X X X X O X . . . . X . O X . X X O . |
$$ | O O O O X O . O . , . . O X X X . O . |
$$ | O X X X X O . . . . . . O O . . O . . |
$$ | O X . . . X . O . . . X X X O O O X O |
$$ | O O X X . . . . . . . . . . X O X O . |
$$ | O . O . . 1 . . . . . . . X X X X O . |
$$ | . O . . O . . . . . . . . . O . X X . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . X . O O X O X O . . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . O X X X O O X X O . . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . O X X . X X X . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . X O . X . . X O O O X . . |
$$ | . . X X . . . O . X . . . X . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . X O . O X X X . X X . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . . . X . . . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X X X . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

The second situation and the second comment is easier to analyze. At 179 you wrote, "I connected, but am still way behind. After he connected K12, his group doesn't have many weaknesses. After counting, I estimate black is around 10 points behind."

Nevertheless, CS persists in this idea that Black is 12 points ahead. But notice this is down from a 25 (!) point lead before your previous move. CS was extremely critical of White 177 and was like a little boy bouncing up and down in his seat wanting Black to play 178 at E10. What happens if Black does so and White then cuts at J10?

$$Wcm177
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . X . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . X O O O . . . . X X . X . X O . |
$$ | X X X X O X X . . . X . O X . X X O . |
$$ | O O O O X O . O . , . . O X X X . O . |
$$ | O X X X X O . O . . . . O O . . O . . |
$$ | O X . . . X X O . . . X X X O O O X O |
$$ | O O X X . X O . . . . . . . X O X O . |
$$ | O . O . O X O . O O . . . X X X X O . |
$$ | . O . . O X X X X O . . . . O . X X . |
$$ | . . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X 1 O X . . . . O O O . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . X . O O X O X O . . . |
$$ | . . . O a O . O X X X O O X X O . . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . O X X . X X X . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . X O . X . . X O O O X . . |
$$ | . . X X . . . O . X . . . X . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . X O . O X X X . X X . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . . . X . . . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X X X . . . . . . . |
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[go]$$Wcm177
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . X . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . X O O O . . . . X X . X . X O . |
$$ | X X X X O X X . . . X . O X . X X O . |
$$ | O O O O X O . O . , . . O X X X . O . |
$$ | O X X X X O . O . . . . O O . . O . . |
$$ | O X . . . X X O . . . X X X O O O X O |
$$ | O O X X . X O . . . . . . . X O X O . |
$$ | O . O . O X O . O O . . . X X X X O . |
$$ | . O . . O X X X X O . . . . O . X X . |
$$ | . . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X 1 O X . . . . O O O . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . X . O O X O X O . . . |
$$ | . . . O a O . O X X X O O X X O . . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . O X X . X X X . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . X O . X . . X O O O X . . |
$$ | . . X X . . . O . X . . . X . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . X O . O X X X . X X . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . . . X . . . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X X X . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Black jumps down to C10 and a big 'Whoops!' goes out from all the kibitzers. Black threatens to capture the entire upper left with B10 next so White has to take that point. If Black simply plays 3, White seems to be too busy. If 4 to save the two stones, Black plays 5 in sente and cuts with 7. If White continues along the left side instead, Black can just pick up the two stones and be safe. Meanwhile, Black is still threatening to cut at 7 and 'a'.

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

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

Meanwhile, the other "counting" issue comes at the end of the game.

Some learning points...

Position 4

$$ Position at move 199
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$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . X . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . X O O O B X . . X X . X . X O . |
$$ | X X X X O X X O . . X . O X . X X O . |
$$ | O O O O X O . O . X X O O X X X . O . |
$$ | O X X X X O . O O O O X O O O . O . . |
$$ | O X . . . X X O O X X X X X O O O X O |
$$ | O O X X . X O O X X . . . . X O X O . |
$$ | O . O . O X O X O O . . O X X X X O . |
$$ | . O . . O X X X X O O . O . O . X X . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . X . X . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X O O X . . . . O O O . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . X . O O X O X O . . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . O X X X O O X X O . . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . O X X . X X X . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . X O . X . . X O O O X . . |
$$ | . . X X . . . O . X . . . X . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . X O . O X X X . X X . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . . . X . . . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X X X . . . . . . . |
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[go]$$ Position at move 199
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$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . X . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . X O O O B X . . X X . X . X O . |
$$ | X X X X O X X O . . X . O X . X X O . |
$$ | O O O O X O . O . X X O O X X X . O . |
$$ | O X X X X O . O O O O X O O O . O . . |
$$ | O X . . . X X O O X X X X X O O O X O |
$$ | O O X X . X O O X X . . . . X O X O . |
$$ | O . O . O X O X O O . . O X X X X O . |
$$ | . O . . O X X X X O O . O . O . X X . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . X . X . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X O O X . . . . O O O . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . X . O O X O X O . . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . O X X X O O X X O . . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . O X X . X X X . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . X O . X . . X O O O X . . |
$$ | . . X X . . . O . X . . . X . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . X O . O X X X . X X . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . . . X . . . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X X X . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

In the game, I played above. I didn't have enough liberties...

This is quite an interesting situation to study. White played 1-3 below and the question arises how many liberties does each side have?

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

For Black to capture the White stones, Black plays eight times (twice inside the eye) and White replies twice (once inside the eye). White has six liberties.

$$Bc Black plays twice inside the eye and White plays once.
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . X . . B B B . . . . . X . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . X O O O X X . . X X . X . X O . |
$$ | X X X X O X X O B . X . O X . X X O . |
$$ | O O O O X O W O B X X O O X X X . O . |
$$ | O X X X X O B O O O O X O O O . O . . |
$$ | O X . . . X X O O X X X X X O O O X O |
$$ | O O X X . X O O X X . . X . X O X O . |
$$ | O . O . O X O X O O . . O X X X X O . |
$$ | . O . . O X X X X O O . O . O . X X . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . X . X . . . , . O . |
$$ | . . . . . X O O X . . . . O O O . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . X . O O X O X O . . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . O X X X O O X X O . . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . O X X . X X X . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . X O . X . . X O O O X . . |
$$ | . . X X . . . O . X . . . X . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . X O . O X X X . X X . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . . . X . . . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X X X . . . . . . . |
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[go]$$Bc Black plays twice inside the eye and White plays once.
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . X . . B B B . . . . . X . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . X O O O X X . . X X . X . X O . |
$$ | X X X X O X X O B . X . O X . X X O . |
$$ | O O O O X O W O B X X O O X X X . O . |
$$ | O X X X X O B O O O O X O O O . O . . |
$$ | O X . . . X X O O X X X X X O O O X O |
$$ | O O X X . X O O X X . . X . X O X O . |
$$ | O . O . O X O X O O . . O X X X X O . |
$$ | . O . . O X X X X O O . O . O . X X . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . X . X . . . , . O . |
$$ | . . . . . X O O X . . . . O O O . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . X . O O X O X O . . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . O X X X O O X X O . . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . O X X . X X X . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . X O . X . . X O O O X . . |
$$ | . . X X . . . O . X . . . X . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . X O . O X X X . X X . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . . . X . . . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X X X . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

For White to capture Black, White plays six times and Black replies once. Basically Black has five liberties. It is Black to play but we might count that Black loses. There are complications however. Note the Black stone marked with a square. This is in just the right place to permit Black to win.

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

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

Black 1 threatens to capture 4 stones so White answers with 2. Now however, White has to play 3 stones instead of 2 around L12. Naturally if White tried to avoid this by completely filling the liberties from the other direction first, Black would not connect at O13. Black is winning and can capture White six liberties to six!

$$Bc One extra liberty
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$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . X . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . X O O O X X . . X X . X . X O . |
$$ | X X X X O X X O . . X . O X . X X O . |
$$ | O O O O X O . O . X X O O X X X . O . |
$$ | O X X X X O . O O O O X O O O . O . . |
$$ | O X . . . X X O O X X X X X O O O X O |
$$ | O O X X . X O O X X W W X B X O X O . |
$$ | O . O . O X O X O O W 1 O X X X X O . |
$$ | . O . . O X X X X O O 2 O W O W X X W |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . X . # . . . , W O . |
$$ | . . . . . X O O X . . . . O O O . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . X . O O X O X O . . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . O X X X O O X X O . . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . O X X . X X X . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . X O . X . . X O O O X . . |
$$ | . . X X . . . O . X . . . X . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . X O . O X X X . X X . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . . . X . . . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X X X . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$Bc One extra liberty
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . X . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . X O O O X X . . X X . X . X O . |
$$ | X X X X O X X O . . X . O X . X X O . |
$$ | O O O O X O . O . X X O O X X X . O . |
$$ | O X X X X O . O O O O X O O O . O . . |
$$ | O X . . . X X O O X X X X X O O O X O |
$$ | O O X X . X O O X X W W X B X O X O . |
$$ | O . O . O X O X O O W 1 O X X X X O . |
$$ | . O . . O X X X X O O 2 O W O W X X W |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . X . # . . . , W O . |
$$ | . . . . . X O O X . . . . O O O . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . X . O O X O X O . . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . O X X X O O X X O . . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . O X X . X X X . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . X O . X . . X O O O X . . |
$$ | . . X X . . . O . X . . . X . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . X O . O X X X . X X . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . . . X . . . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X X X . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

But Black can do better. White always starts the capturing race by filling the liberty at R10. Black should play there first (which actually happened in the game), forcing White to answer at S9 and gaining one liberty - Black now already has six!. Next Black should atari at T12, preventing White from easily connecting underneath. White has to answer or Black captures two stones and kills the upper right corner. Now Black might play E10 ('a' below)! The magic of M12 works even if we wait for White to play first (e.g. 6-8)!

One final complication is that White can start a ko with 'b' through 'd' below if Black plays 'a'. As a result, Black is probably happy to simply hane at 5, as in the game, and win "quietly".

$$Bc Two extra liberties = tenuki
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . X c b 5 d . . . . . . X . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . X O O O X X . . X X . X . X O . |
$$ | X X X X O X X O 9 . X . O X . X X O . |
$$ | O O O O X O . O . X X O O X X X . O . |
$$ | O X X X X O . O O O O X O O O . O 4 . |
$$ | O X . . . X X O O X X X X X O O O X O |
$$ | O O X X . X O O X X . 6 X . X O X O . |
$$ | O . O . O X O X O O . 7 O X X X X O 3 |
$$ | . O . . O X X X X O O 8 O . O . X X . |
$$ | . . . , a . . . . X . # . . . , 1 O . |
$$ | . . . . . X O O X . . . . O O O . 2 . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . X . O O X O X O . . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . O X X X O O X X O . . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . O X X . X X X . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . X O . X . . X O O O X . . |
$$ | . . X X . . . O . X . . . X . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . X O . O X X X . X X . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . . . X . . . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X X X . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$Bc Two extra liberties = tenuki
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . X c b 5 d . . . . . . X . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . X O O O X X . . X X . X . X O . |
$$ | X X X X O X X O 9 . X . O X . X X O . |
$$ | O O O O X O . O . X X O O X X X . O . |
$$ | O X X X X O . O O O O X O O O . O 4 . |
$$ | O X . . . X X O O X X X X X O O O X O |
$$ | O O X X . X O O X X . 6 X . X O X O . |
$$ | O . O . O X O X O O . 7 O X X X X O 3 |
$$ | . O . . O X X X X O O 8 O . O . X X . |
$$ | . . . , a . . . . X . # . . . , 1 O . |
$$ | . . . . . X O O X . . . . O O O . 2 . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . X . O O X O X O . . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . O X X X O O X X O . . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . O X X . X X X . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . X O . X . . X O O O X . . |
$$ | . . X X . . . O . X . . . X . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . X O . O X X X . X X . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . . . X . . . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X X X . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Edit: add 9 in last diagram.

[Kirby]

@ez4u: I have relatives over at the moment for the holiday season, so I don't have the resources at the moment to respond in depth. I will do so once they've left.

But I simply have to take the time to say that I am impressed with your efforts to assist in both the counting analysis, and your review in general - for a game that you didn't even play! Very impressive!

[ez4u]

@ez4u: I have relatives over at the moment for the holiday season, so I don't have the resources at the moment to respond in depth. I will do so once they've left.

But I simply have to take the time to say that I am impressed with your efforts to assist in both the counting analysis, and your review in general - for a game that you didn't even play! Very impressive!

Once I get going on an interesting position I can't stop. It's because I can never do this kind of analysis on my own lost games - embarrassment, shame, or whatever. So I never learn from my own mistakes! As the Beatles used to say, I need a little help from my friends. Happy Holidays to you and your family.

[Kirby]

It's because I can never do this kind of analysis on my own lost games - embarrassment, shame, or whatever.

Ah, so that's it. I have no shame, so that problem never occurred to me!

Regarding your comments...

I'm still surprised that CS thinks that black is ahead in the position below. My counting is roughly as follows:

$$Bcm158
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | C X . . . C C . . . . . X C C X O . . |
$$ | C C C X O O C . . . . X X C X C X O . |
$$ | X X X X O C C . . . X . O X C X X O C |
$$ | O O O O X O C O . , . . O X X X . O C |
$$ | O X X X X O . . . . . . O O . . O C C |
$$ | O X C C C X . O . . . X X X O O O C O |
$$ | O O X X . . . . . . . . . C X O X O . |
$$ | O C O . . X . . . . . . . X X X X O . |
$$ | C O C C O . . . . . . . . . O . X X . |
$$ | C C C C . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | C C C C . . . . . . . . . O O O . . . |
$$ | C C C O . . . . X . O O X O X O . . . |
$$ | C C C O . O . O X X X O O X X O C C C |
$$ | . . O X X . . O X X C X X X . . C C C |
$$ | . . O X . . X O . X C C X O O O C C C |
$$ | . . X X . . . O . X C C C X . , O C C |
$$ | . . C C X O . O X X X C X X . O C C C |
$$ | . C C X O . . . X C C C X . . . . C C |
$$ | . C C . . . . . . X X X . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$Bcm158
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | C X . . . C C . . . . . X C C X O . . |
$$ | C C C X O O C . . . . X X C X C X O . |
$$ | X X X X O C C . . . X . O X C X X O C |
$$ | O O O O X O C O . , . . O X X X . O C |
$$ | O X X X X O . . . . . . O O . . O C C |
$$ | O X C C C X . O . . . X X X O O O C O |
$$ | O O X X . . . . . . . . . C X O X O . |
$$ | O C O . . X . . . . . . . X X X X O . |
$$ | C O C C O . . . . . . . . . O . X X . |
$$ | C C C C . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | C C C C . . . . . . . . . O O O . . . |
$$ | C C C O . . . . X . O O X O X O . . . |
$$ | C C C O . O . O X X X O O X X O C C C |
$$ | . . O X X . . O X X C X X X . . C C C |
$$ | . . O X . . X O . X C C X O O O C C C |
$$ | . . X X . . . O . X C C C X . , O C C |
$$ | . . C C X O . O X X X C X X . O C C C |
$$ | . C C X O . . . X C C C X . . . . C C |
$$ | . C C . . . . . . X X X . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Black - about 39, counting twice for the large capture area.
White - about 49.

Maybe I am a little generous to white on the right, but I'm surprised CS thinks black is ahead.

Regarding this sequence:

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

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

That's awesome. The possibility never occurred to me.

Finally, regarding your liberty race analysis, I'm starting to think that it'd be beneficial for me to learn how to count liberties well. Usually, I just read out, "white-black-white-black", etc., to determine the result. When there are several liberties like this, especially if there's time pressure, I guess I can't calculate precisely.

I have a book, written in English, actually, about counting liberties. Maybe it's time to finally read it thoroughly.

[Kirby]

I broke my losing streak today. It doesn't exactly feel like a win, but I'll take it.

Here is my review.

(;CA[utf-8]FF[4]ST[2]RU[Japanese]OT[5x30 byo-yomi]C[I played against KGS 1d today. I finally broke my losing streak, though it doesn't completely feel like a won game.]
AP[CGoban:3]SZ[19]GM[1]DT[2014-12-29]PC[The KGS Go Server at http\://www.gokgs.com/]
PB[Brian]BR[1d]PW[pebble]WR[1d]KM[6.5]TM[1800]RE[B+29.50]MULTIGOGM[1]
;B[pd]BL[1787.24];W[dd]WL[1796.18];B[qp]BL[1770.58];W[dp]WL[1783.24];B[fq]BL[1763.02]
;W[cn]WL[1778.44];B[lq]BL[1760.12]C[I was happy to make micro-chinese formation. It's my favorite.]
;W[qf]WL[1742.38]C[Normally, since white plays around R10, we can consider playing there as black. White could get double approach, though, so I decided to answer at O17 calmly - white can't reduce the right that significantly. And if white S16, R12 was nice.]
;B[nc]BL[1733.73];W[rd]WL[1728.57];B[fc]BL[1725.01]C[Preparation for R12 joseki.]
;W[cf]WL[1723.64];B[qh]BL[1717.82];W[qc]WL[1720.3];B[qe]BL[1715.58];W[re]WL[1717.64]
;B[pf]BL[1713.65];W[pg]WL[1716.37];B[qg]BL[1711.62];W[rf]WL[1712.79];B[og]BL[1710.24]
;W[hq]WL[1692.56];B[pj]BL[1689.98];W[op]WL[1686.75]C[I considered Q3, P5, and Q6.]
(;B[pn]BL[1565.38];W[qq]WL[1675.42];B[rq]BL[1561.74];W[pq]WL[1672.41];B[rr]BL[1559.51]
;W[lo]WL[1665.35]C[I made some good points on the right - so I needed to settle this group.]
;B[nq]BL[1545.85];W[on]WL[1658.63];B[pm]BL[1529.31];W[mp]WL[1644.87];B[jq]BL[1510.54]
;W[mq]WL[1631.29];B[mr]BL[1500.27];W[nr]WL[1629.75];B[kr]BL[1496.4];W[ms]WL[1627.83]
;B[lr]BL[1494.96];W[np]WL[1621.25]C[Here, I considered H2. But white can settle easily, and guard the 3-3.

I feel behind in points - so my plan was to jump out, nad invade the 3-3 as soon as possible.]
;B[jo]BL[1389.38];W[dr]WL[1593.55]C[He took the 3-3. I decided G4 to stabalize group. Maybe J16 is better.]
(;B[gp]BL[1317.79];W[fr]WL[1583.56];B[eq]BL[1300.85];W[er]WL[1580.87];B[gr]BL[1249.62]
;W[hp]WL[1566.75];B[gq]BL[1213.08];W[hr]WL[1561.76];B[hs]BL[1175.04];W[ho]WL[1555.06]
;B[go]BL[1168.45];W[hn]WL[1548.72];B[ir]BL[1166.01];W[hc]WL[1540.21]C[Seemed big.]
;B[cc]BL[927.832];W[dc]WL[1537.04];B[db]BL[923.799];W[eb]WL[1527.68];B[cb]BL[921.15]
;W[ec]WL[1526.12];B[be]BL[918.353];W[bf]WL[1522.27];B[ce]BL[916.031];W[de]WL[1521.38]
;B[cd]BL[914.757];W[dk]WL[1505.43]C[WIth this, I feel white is ahead. White has weak group at H6, but his left territory is grand.

Cut directly at D14 seemed hard to make work... So I considered D11. But I thought I would first probe F18 to make him decide a move. Then aim at the cut.]
;B[fb]BL[882.49];W[fd]WL[1502.6];B[di]BL[861.835]C[I naively expected him to help the cut.]
;W[fi]WL[1494.82]C[I was under attack, so I figured I should cut.

White is taking the lead.]
;B[df]BL[840.956];W[dg]WL[1484.48];B[ef]BL[838.688];W[dh]WL[1479.19];B[fe]BL[810.272]
;W[gd]WL[1476.33];B[ea]BL[806.863];W[ed]WL[1473.94];B[hf]BL[802.244]C[My only chance seemed to be an attack on his group.]
;W[fg]WL[1464.88];B[ff]BL[790.055];W[he]WL[1451.83];B[gg]BL[785.476];W[lc]WL[1440]
C[I kept trying to read how to attack his group. Nothing seemed to work.

If nothing works, then H14 seemed weak.

Then I decided to F12 atari. If he answered, then C13 becomes a real threat.]
;B[fh]BL[666.946]
(;W[eh]WL[1410.8];B[eg]BL[654.889];W[ei]WL[1408.78]C[Since he protected the left, I felt my only choice was to pressure his group.]
;B[je]BL[551.456];W[kd]WL[1398.45];B[ie]BL[544.753];W[id]WL[1388.23]C[I couldn't read a way to kill it...

So I decided maybe a ko would help. I play D3 to tempt him with this.]
;B[dq]BL[478.967];W[cq]WL[1384.67];B[cr]BL[477.081];W[bq]WL[1374.28];B[ds]BL[472.682]
;W[br]WL[1370.41];B[bs]BL[468.806]
(;W[cs]WL[1368.46];B[lf]BL[404.586]C[This was very risky. If I couldn't profit from this ko threat, he has huge profit.]
;W[es]WL[1263.91];B[mb]BL[385.473];W[lb]WL[1256.75];B[ib]BL[255.141];W[hb]WL[1159.46]
;B[ja]BL[242.356];W[ga]WL[1140.81];B[jd]BL[143.679];W[jc]WL[1129.17];B[ic]BL[140.492]
;W[jb]WL[1118.29];B[hd]BL[136.138];W[gs]WL[1110.24]C[It was a trade, but if I took G15, I was totally safe on top.

I agreed to the deal.]
;B[ge]BL[118.02];W[is]WL[1103.92];B[jm]BL[114.805]C[After a quick count - I didn't have much time, I felt like black might be OK, even with losing G5.]
;W[lm]WL[1098.77];B[il]BL[45.705];W[in]WL[1082.55];B[jn]BL[38.307];W[hl]WL[1081.1]
;B[hk]BL[18.982];W[gk]WL[1079.06];B[ik]BL[5.296];W[gj]WL[1068.44];OB[5]B[hm]BL[30]
;W[gl]WL[1066.11];OB[5]B[im]BL[30];W[gm]WL[1064.25];OB[5]B[ml]BL[30];W[ll]WL[1061.25]
;OB[5]B[lk]BL[30];W[ii]WL[1051.58];OB[5]B[mk]BL[30];W[ki]WL[1044.14];OB[5]B[hi]
BL[30]C[He seemed to be asking for too much. I was relatively strong - so I cut.]
;W[hj]WL[1036.24];OB[5]B[ij]BL[30];W[hh]WL[1035.1];OB[5]B[ji]BL[30];W[ih]WL[1029.97]
;OB[5]B[jh]BL[30];W[jg]WL[1024.19];OB[5]B[kh]BL[30];W[kg]WL[1020.43];OB[5]B[ig]
BL[30]C[After this, I think I had an OK lead.

End of comments.];W[si]WL[990.823]
C[Brian [1d\]\: doh
];OB[5]B[ri]BL[30];W[sh]WL[983.42];OB[5]B[sj]BL[30];W[rg]WL[976.981]
;OB[5]B[rh]BL[30];W[sg]WL[975.693];OB[5]B[rj]BL[30];W[ob]WL[972.873];OB[5]B[oc]
BL[30];W[ia]WL[920.443];OB[4]B[id]BL[30];W[fa]WL[909.619];OB[4]B[ha]BL[30];W[pb]
WL[892.254];OB[4]B[nb]BL[30];W[ia]WL[890.104];OB[4]B[ka]BL[30];W[la]WL[885.757]
;OB[4]B[ha]BL[30];W[jj]WL[879.808];OB[4]B[lh]BL[30];W[ia]WL[877.799];OB[4]B[ld]
BL[30];W[om]WL[822.604];OB[4]B[ol]BL[30];W[po]WL[820.067];OB[4]B[qo]BL[30];W[kl]
WL[809.488];OB[4]B[kk]BL[30];W[jl]WL[805.52];OB[4]B[jk]BL[30];W[qd]WL[791.236];OB[4]
B[pe]BL[30];W[qr]WL[773.384];OB[4]B[mn]BL[30];W[ln]WL[770.175];OB[4]B[nn]BL[30]
;W[nm]WL[759.117];OB[4]B[mm]BL[30];W[rs]WL[754.245];OB[4]B[or]BL[30];W[oq]WL[748.883]
;OB[4]B[os]BL[30];W[ps]WL[734.347];OB[4]B[ls]BL[30];W[pr]WL[731.614];OB[3]B[rp]
BL[30];W[pc]WL[722.63];OB[2]B[od]BL[30];W[gh]WL[706.356];OB[2]B[hg]BL[30];W[gi]
WL[701.072];OB[2]B[bg]BL[30];W[cg]WL[699.006];OB[2]B[af]BL[30];W[bh]WL[698.028]
;OB[2]B[ag]BL[30];W[ah]WL[697.056];OB[2]B[ae]BL[30];W[js]WL[654.905];OB[2]B[lp]
BL[30];W[mo]WL[651.228];OB[2]B[nl]BL[30];W[oo]WL[646.973];OB[2]B[oa]BL[30];W[pa]
WL[643.638];OB[2]B[na]BL[30];W[ko]WL[632.557];OB[2]B[kp]BL[30];W[ip]WL[630.75];OB[2]
B[jp]BL[30];W[fg]WL[602.804];OB[1]B[ci]BL[30];W[ch]WL[589.175];OB[1]B[fh]BL[30]
;W[da]WL[564.378];OB[1]B[ab]BL[30];W[fg]WL[560.313];OB[1]B[ns]BL[30];W[ms]WL[556.94]
;OB[1]B[ns]BL[30];W[os]WL[554.958];OB[1]B[fh]BL[30];W[ms]WL[553.178];OB[1]B[fg]
BL[30];W[ns]WL[551.941];OB[1]B[sr]BL[30];W[]WL[551.938];OB[1]B[jr]BL[30];W[gn]WL[549.045]
;OB[1]B[ks]BL[30];W[hs]WL[546.988];OB[1]B[]BL[30];W[]WL[546.986]TB[lc][mc][ad][bd]
[dd][ed][fd][kd][md][nd][de][ee][he][ke][le][me][ne][oe][gf][gd][if][jf][kf][mf]
[nf][of][jg][kg][lg][mg][ng][pg][mh][nh][oh][ph][ki][li][mi][ni][oi][pi][qi][jj]
[kj][lj][mj][nj][oj][nk][ok][pk][qk][rk][sk][pl][ql][rl][sl][qm][rm][sm][eb][qn]
[rn][sn][ro][so][sp][kq][sq][aa][ba][ca][da][ea][fa][ga][ha][ia][la][ma][bb][qj]
[gb][hb][jb][kb][lb][ac][bc][dc][ec][gc][hc][jc][kc]TW[qa][ra][sa][qb][rb][sb][rc]
[sc][sd][se][sf][ai][bi][ci][di][hi][aj][bj][cj][ej][fj][ak][bk][ck][ek][fk][al]
[bl][cl][dl][el][fl][am][bm][cm][dm][em][fm][an][bn][dn][en][fn][ao][bo][co][do]
[eo][fo][go][ap][bp][cp][ep][fp][gp][aq][dq][eq][fq][gq][ar][cr][gr][or][as][bs]
[ds][fs][dj][nq])
(;W[lf]C[If he simply plays here, I'm probably still in a lot of trouble on points.]))
(;W[eg]C[If he played here...];B[cg]C[At least my group was strong. He still had a lot of points, though.]))
(;B[id]C[Maybe this is better?]))
(;B[oo]C[This seemed appealing for the right side. But..];W[no];B[po];W[np];B[pq]
C[The bottom side looked good for white. I had all my investment on the right, and S13 was still open, too.])
(;B[pq];W[po]C[White seems to easily reduce black area. I didn't like the feel.]))

[Kirby]

Learning points.

Position 1

$$ Position at move 44
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X . O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . B . . , . . O O O , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . O . X . X O X . O O X . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . X X X O . . . X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . |
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[go]$$ Position at move 44
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X . O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . B . . , . . O O O , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . O . X . X O X . O O X . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . X X X O . . . X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I played the marked move, above. In some ways, it helps my weak-ish group. On the other hand, it's hard to see a good attack for white on the stones, and maybe the top is bigger.

Maybe this?

$$ Position at move 44
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . B , . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X . O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . O O O , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . O . X . X O X . O O X . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . X X X O . . . X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$ Position at move 44
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . B , . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X . O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . O O O , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . O . X . X O X . O O X . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . X X X O . . . X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Position 2

$$ Position at move 70
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X O a . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O O X . O . . . . . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . , . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O O b . . . . . . . . . . . X O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . O . . . . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X O . X . O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . X O . , . . O O O , X . . |
$$ | . . . . X X X O . X . X O X . O O X . |
$$ | . . . O O O X O X . X X X O . . . X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X . . . . O . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$ Position at move 70
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X O a . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O O X . O . . . . . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . , . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O O b . . . . . . . . . . . X O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . O . . . . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X O . X . O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . X O . , . . O O O , X . . |
$$ | . . . . X X X O . X . X O X . O O X . |
$$ | . . . O O O X O X . X X X O . . . X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X . . . . O . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

After white played the marked stone, I went for the funny business at 'a', aiming at the cut at 'b'. This helped white to solidify a lot of points, without a clear way for me to attack his group.

Maybe a better strategy is to aim at the weak-ish white group on the bottom. For example:

$$ Position at move 70
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O O X . O . . . . . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . , . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . X O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . W . . . . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X W . X . O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . X W . , . . O O O , X . . |
$$ | . . . . X X X W . X . X O X . O O X . |
$$ | . . . O O O X W X . X X X O . . . X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X . . . . O . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$ Position at move 70
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O O X . O . . . . . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . , . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . X O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . W . . . . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X W . X . O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . X W . , . . O O O , X . . |
$$ | . . . . X X X W . X . X O X . O O X . |
$$ | . . . O O O X W X . X X X O . . . X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X . . . . O . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

On one hand, the marked group, above, looks weaker... On the other hand, it's hard for me to see what profit I'm getting from attacking...

Maybe attack first, then invade the left?

$$ Position at move 70
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O O X . O . . . . . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . , . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . X O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . B . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . O . . . . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X O . X . O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . X O . , . . O O O , X . . |
$$ | . . . . X X X O . X . X O X . O O X . |
$$ | . . . O O O X O X . X X X O . . . X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X . . . . O . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$ Position at move 70
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O O X . O . . . . . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . , . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . X O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . B . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . O . . . . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X O . X . O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . X O . , . . O O O , X . . |
$$ | . . . . X X X O . X . X O X . O O X . |
$$ | . . . O O O X O X . X X X O . . . X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X . . . . O . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Maybe if i can get stones in the area, I can invade the left easier?

$$ Position at move 70
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O O X . O . . . . . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . , . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . X O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . 5 3 . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . 1 2 4 . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . O . . . . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X O . B . O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . X O . , . . O O O , X . . |
$$ | . . . . X X X O . B . B O X . O O X . |
$$ | . . . O O O X O B . B B B O . . . X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X . . . . O . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$ Position at move 70
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O O X . O . . . . . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . , . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . X O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . 5 3 . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . 1 2 4 . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . O . . . . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X O . B . O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . X O . , . . O O O , X . . |
$$ | . . . . X X X O . B . B O X . O O X . |
$$ | . . . O O O X O B . B B B O . . . X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X . . . . O . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

On the other hand, the marked black stones could get weaker. Plus, it seems like the invasion is still overplay on this board.

To be honest, I don't know what to do, exactly in this position.

Maybe invading the 3-3 was preemptive.

Position 3

$$ Position at move 105
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O O X . O . . . O . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . X O O O O . O , O . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . X X O . X . O X X . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O O X X X . X . . . B . . . X O O . |
$$ | . . . O X . X . . . . . . . X O X . . |
$$ | . . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . O . . . . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X O . X . O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . X O . , . . O O O , X . . |
$$ | . O O X X X X O . X . X O X . O O X . |
$$ | . O . O O O X O X . X X X O . . . X . |
$$ | . X O X . . . X . . . . O . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$ Position at move 105
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O O X . O . . . O . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . X O O O O . O , O . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . X X O . X . O X X . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O O X X X . X . . . B . . . X O O . |
$$ | . . . O X . X . . . . . . . X O X . . |
$$ | . . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . O . . . . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X O . X . O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . X O . , . . O O O , X . . |
$$ | . O O X X X X O . X . X O X . O O X . |
$$ | . O . O O O X O X . X X X O . . . X . |
$$ | . X O X . . . X . . . . O . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

The marked move was too risky, but I don't know if I had another choice.

Learning points
1. Play bigger area in the opening when you have the chance. I think it was bad that white played first to pincer my stone on the top, as in the first position. He gained more profit, and really pulled ahead, I feel.
2. ? Something else feels wrong, but I can't pinpoint it.

[Kirby]

I played a handicap game against KGS 2k today. I won, but it was pretty sloppy. I should be more careful. My friend, Josh, also helped a bit in reviewing after the game.

Here is the game.

(;CA[utf-8]ST[2]RU[Japanese]OT[5x30 byo-yomi]GM[1]AB[pd][dp]C[I gave 2 stones to KGS 2k in this game.

If I were to explain the game in one word, I'd say it was "sloppy".

I should be more careful.]
AP[CGoban:3]SZ[19]FF[4]DT[2014-12-30]PC[The KGS Go Server at http\://www.gokgs.com/]
PB[Akash2d]BR[2k]PW[Brian]WR[1d]KM[0.5]HA[2]TM[1800]RE[W+Resign]MULTIGOGM[1]
;W[qf]WL[1785.17]C[My goal here was to probe, because I wanted to set up micro-chinese opening if possible.]
(;B[pj]BL[1795.96];W[nc]WL[1780.19]C[Since he pincered, I still aimed for micro-chinese.]
(;B[nd]BL[1793.9];W[qc]WL[1756.74];B[qd]BL[1786.28];W[md]WL[1750.81];B[oc]BL[1783.43]
;W[ne]WL[1748.11];B[od]BL[1781.74];W[mb]WL[1745.08];B[nb]BL[1777.26];W[mc]WL[1741.22]
;B[me]BL[1774.6]
(;W[of]WL[1725.98]C[This is bad shape. ];B[ob]BL[1770.45];W[mf]WL[1702.89];B[le]
BL[1768.01];W[lf]WL[1679.43]C[This is the beginning of the sloppiness.]
(;B[ke]BL[1765.47];W[jc]WL[1676.79];B[kf]BL[1763.78]
(;W[pm]WL[1657.48]C[My thought was that, if black chases M14, he gets territory on the right without me getting profit.

So I wanted to disrupt this.

Josh pointed out that black could play as the variation.]
(;B[mj]BL[1760.03];W[lh]WL[1652.19];B[kg]BL[1757.9];W[ni]WL[1627.08];B[nj]BL[1754.85]
;W[kh]WL[1623.93];B[gc]BL[1751.72];W[hd]WL[1617.12]C[Goal was leaning attack.];B[hf]
BL[1747.74];W[gd]WL[1607.36];B[ec]BL[1745.32]
(;W[kj]WL[1578.94]C[I tenuki because I didn't feel like I was getting too much from the attack, but it's too painful when black plays F16.

This move is somewhat random.]
;B[mm]BL[1740.05];W[pp]WL[1563.67];B[fd]BL[1736.7]C[This is too painful for white.]
;W[gf]WL[1558.39]C[My idea was to keep attacking black, and to break out.

Josh indicated that black could even sacrifice, and gain profit on the left.]
(;B[hc]BL[1731.13];W[id]WL[1555.23];B[gg]BL[1728.35]
(;W[hg]WL[1539.02]C[Still, white is thinking too small. Black can make profit on the left, even if he sacrifices L14.]
;B[if]BL[1663.24];W[ih]WL[1491.88];B[ge]BL[1656.7];W[ff]WL[1488.73];B[fe]BL[1654.86]
;W[he]WL[1484.29];B[gh]BL[1652.42];W[ef]WL[1480.01]C[Black let white off easy.]
;B[jh]BL[1649.15];W[ii]WL[1468.57];B[ig]BL[1639.44];W[hh]WL[1460.66];B[ji]BL[1636.36]
;W[ij]WL[1423.67];B[jj]BL[1631.75];W[jk]WL[1421.86];B[jg]BL[1628.5];W[lj]WL[1408.01]
;B[ik]BL[1617.67];W[hj]WL[1391.66];B[il]BL[1610.37];W[kl]WL[1351.34];B[gj]BL[1605.43]
;W[hk]WL[1342.46];B[gk]BL[1601.64];W[hl]WL[1340.08];B[jl]BL[1599.79];W[kk]WL[1338.03]
;B[km]BL[1598.1];W[mi]WL[1285.88];B[oi]BL[1593.8];W[lm]WL[1277];B[kn]BL[1584.71]
;W[ln]WL[1270.35];B[ko]BL[1582.6];W[in]WL[1265.68];B[jm]BL[1580.5];W[ml]WL[1263.06]
C[This move felt very nice.];B[nl]BL[1577.38];W[ip]WL[1255.05]C[This was too aggressive. Black can play H7, and white can't easily split black.]
(;B[mp]BL[1570.24];W[gl]WL[1239.47];B[mn]BL[1563.6];W[lo]WL[1197.36];B[lp]BL[1560.51]
;W[mo]WL[1196.01];B[no]BL[1558.55];W[ll]WL[1194.8];B[op]BL[1556.62];W[po]WL[1174.33]
;B[oq]BL[1552.02];W[im]WL[1165.52]C[I noticed H7, and protected it.];B[jp]BL[1548.42]
;W[jq]WL[1159.62];B[io]BL[1545.64];W[ho]WL[1156.75];B[jo]BL[1544.96];W[hp]WL[1150.44]
;B[kq]BL[1537.97]
(;W[cn]WL[1147.28]C[This was very big.

Josh also indicated that E12 was also very big.]
;B[dn]BL[1535.84];W[dm]WL[1145.15];B[en]BL[1534.86]
(;W[co]WL[1122.26];B[em]BL[1532.28];W[dl]WL[1117.77];B[el]BL[1529.76];W[ek]WL[1113.36]
C[I stretched too think. I thought only of the E9 group and D8 group, forgetting that E14 could become weak, isnce it has only 4 liberties.]
;B[dk]BL[1528.02];W[ej]WL[1100.97];B[ck]BL[1524.05];W[bl]WL[1096.43];B[bk]BL[1522.69]
;W[cl]WL[1084.69];B[di]BL[1520.65];W[ei]WL[1070.66]C[Still not thinking of E14, I imagined I could always play F8 to connect.

]
(;B[eh]BL[1514.97];W[dh]WL[1053.93];B[eg]BL[1497.78]C[Finally, I realized how in dangerou F14 was. Saving F14 was a top priority, and then I must C4 to help the white group.]
;W[fh]WL[998.571];B[dg]BL[1473.52];W[fg]WL[985.98];B[ch]BL[1468.14];W[cp]WL[978.271]
;B[dq]BL[1466.26]C[The disaster was somewhat averted.];W[cq]WL[974.167];B[dr]BL[1463.81]
;W[fp]WL[970.905];B[ep]BL[1460.59];W[fq]WL[961.049];B[cr]BL[1458.73];W[br]WL[959.888]
;B[bs]BL[1457.19];W[ar]WL[958.506];B[gn]BL[1451.33];W[hn]WL[935.233];B[gm]BL[1445.56]
C[Seemed he was getting eyespace, and I wanted to kill him. So I decided not to connect.]
;W[fl]WL[904.152];B[hm]BL[1435.63];W[fm]WL[885.727];B[fn]BL[1431.11];W[ir]WL[859.312]
;B[jr]BL[1423.96];W[iq]WL[857.293];B[kr]BL[1423.1];W[fr]WL[848.55]C[Probably better to live unconditionally, but anyway, black will die.]
;B[de]BL[1415.88]
(;W[re]WL[831.372]C[Josh pointed out aji in the corner.];B[rd]BL[1412.18];W[rc]
WL[827.184];B[sd]BL[1410.17];W[na]WL[820.093];B[oa]BL[1408.26]C[S17 has no meaning.]
;W[kc]WL[802.822];B[ql]BL[1400.46]C[Here, Q3 was better.]
(;W[qm]WL[792.864]
(;B[rl]BL[1396.59];W[pq]WL[790.417];B[rn]BL[1394.32];W[ro]WL[786.043];B[rq]BL[1389.54]
;W[rp]WL[780.909];B[qn]BL[1385.68];W[pn]WL[772.16];B[qo]BL[1383.21]
(;W[qp]WL[765.846];B[rm]BL[1382.48];W[or]WL[686.775];B[qr]BL[1374.68];W[pr]WL[664.049]
;B[nr]BL[1371.76];W[mr]WL[661.747];B[ns]BL[1369.88];W[mq]WL[654.552];B[nq]BL[1367.4]
;W[nm]WL[620.442];B[nn]BL[1354.22];W[om]WL[618.38];B[ol]BL[1352.17];W[rr]WL[498.895]
;B[is]BL[1307.08];W[hs]WL[494.193];B[js]BL[1305.11];W[qi]WL[453.749];B[pg]BL[1299.12]
;W[pf]WL[446.044];B[rg]BL[1286.02];W[oh]WL[439.883];B[og]BL[1281.09];W[ph]WL[404.844]
C[I misread this. I forgot he could O14 in sente, and then cut at M13.];B[ng]BL[1277.36]
(;W[nf]WL[370.116]C[Because of misread, I tried to recover.];B[qg]BL[1243.18];W[nh]
WL[335.628];B[mg]BL[1238.49];W[lg]WL[333.797];B[rf]BL[1233.02]
(;W[qj]WL[325.86];B[qk]BL[1230.14];W[pl]WL[316.241];B[pk]BL[1226.28];W[rj]WL[301.429]
;B[mk]BL[1222.42];W[ok]WL[298.333];B[pi]BL[1214.59];W[qh]WL[294.204];B[nk]BL[1212.6]
;W[ki]WL[283.576];B[so]BL[1205.02];W[sp]WL[271.314];B[sn]BL[1203.09];W[sl]WL[268.743]
;B[sr]BL[1200.45];W[rs]WL[266.063];B[qs]BL[1197.95];W[qq]WL[226.138];B[ss]BL[1195.01]
;W[sq]WL[221.046]C[He resigned.])
(;W[rj]C[Josh indicated that this directly might be better.]))
(;W[qg]C[I forgot this variation.];B[nf];W[oe];B[lg]C[I misread, and didn't see that black could capture.]))
(;W[rm]C[Of course, I should play here... So sloppy by me.]))
(;B[qq]C[This is too painful.]))
(;W[pq];B[rn]C[S6 is painful, but less painful than black R3 in the variation.]))
(;W[rd];B[re];W[rb];B[sd];W[sc]C[I should probably play this, since white has no real risk.]))
(;B[cp];W[bp];B[bq];W[ao];B[bm]C[Normally this doesn't work, but it's dangerous with white's lack of liberties.]
;W[bn];B[al];W[cm];B[am];W[dj];B[cj]C[Risky for white.]))
(;W[em]C[I thought about this during the game, but didn't play it.

Josh agreed that it was a better move.]
;B[co];W[cm];B[fq];W[eh]C[Something like this would be better.

Black gets secure corner, but white dominates on the left.]))
(;W[eh]C[This strengthens white stones, and also reduces eyespace of G12.]))
(;B[ho];W[io];B[hm];W[gl];B[gm];W[fl]C[The white stones on bottom might be in trouble.

Therefore, J4 was an overplay.]))
(;W[fe];B[ee];W[ef];B[de];W[fg];B[gh]C[Something like this is better.

Black doesn't get huge side territory this way.]))
(;B[ge];W[he];B[fe];W[if];B[hg];W[ig];B[hh];W[ih];B[hi]C[For example, black can be happy to do this.]))
(;W[fc];B[fb];W[fd];B[db]C[White can split up black's potential on the side.]))
(;B[pg];W[pf];B[ng];W[nf];B[lh]C[It would be painful for white.

Therefore, white should play M12 instead of Q7.]))
(;W[lh]C[This is better (see variation).]))
(;B[kd]C[I imagined if he played here, K17 would work.];W[jc]
(;B[kc];W[kb];B[jb];W[ib];B[lb];W[ja]C[But it was a silly misread.])
(;B[lb]C[Something even more direct might work.

Anyway, it was very silly for me to overlook this.

I guess I need more reading practice.])))
(;W[nf]C[I should O14 instead.

During the game, I was worried about the connection with R14, but my friend Josh indicated that R14 could be light.]))
(;B[pf];W[cd];B[pp];W[hc]C[Something like this was my intention.]))
(;B[nc];W[pq];B[dd];W[ql]C[This was my intention.]))

[Kirby]

Learning points.

Position 1

$$ Position at move 18
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O O X . O . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . O X X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . W O . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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

Obviously, the marked move is an overplay. I need to help the 4 stones on top.

Position 2

$$ Position at move 22
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O . . O O X . O . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . O X X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X X X O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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

This is also an overplay. For example:

$$ Position at move 22
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O . . O O X . O . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . O X X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X X X O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O 4 O 2 O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . 1 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$ Position at move 22
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O . . O O X . O . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . O X X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X X X O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O 4 O 2 O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . 1 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Instead, I should help the stones.

$$ Position at move 22
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O . . O O X . O . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . O X X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X X X O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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

Position 3

$$ Position at move 34
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . X . . O . . O O X . O . . |
$$ | . . . , . . O O . , . . O X X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X X X O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X . . X O O . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , W . X X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$ Position at move 34
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . X . . O . . O O X . O . . |
$$ | . . . , . . O O . , . . O X X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X X X O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X . . X O O . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , W . X X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

The marked move is kind of random. I should help the white group - otherwise, black gets huge corner, while pressuring white, as in the game:

$$ Position at move 34
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . X . . O . . O O X . O . . |
$$ | . . . , . 1 O O . , . . O X X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X X X O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X . . X O O . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , O . X X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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[go]$$ Position at move 34
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . X . . O . . O O X . O . . |
$$ | . . . , . 1 O O . , . . O X X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X X X O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X . . X O O . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , O . X X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Instead, maybe just play in the same area myself:

$$ Position at move 34
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . 1 . . . . . . O X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X W X . . O . . O O X . O . . |
$$ | . . . , . 2 O O . , . . O X X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X X X O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X . . X O O . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . X X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$ Position at move 34
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . 1 . . . . . . O X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X W X . . O . . O O X . O . . |
$$ | . . . , . 2 O O . , . . O X X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X X X O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X . . X O O . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . X X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Position 4

$$ Position at move 42
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . X X . O . . O O X . O . . |
$$ | . . . , . X O O O , . . O X X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X X X O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O X . . X O O . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X W . . X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , O . X X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$ Position at move 42
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . X X . O . . O O X . O . . |
$$ | . . . , . X O O O , . . O X X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X X X O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O X . . X O O . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X W . . X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , O . X X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Again, an overplay. As black can even sacrifice and get a big corner, it's best for me to just split black and reduce the area.

$$ Position at move 42
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . X X . O . . O O X . O . . |
$$ | . . . , . X O O O , . . O X X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . W . . . . X X X O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O X . . X O O . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X . . . X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , O . X X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$ Position at move 42
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . X X . O . . O O X . O . . |
$$ | . . . , . X O O O , . . O X X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . W . . . . X X X O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O X . . X O O . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X . . . X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , O . X X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Position 5

$$ Position at move 82
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . X X . O . . O O X . O . . |
$$ | . . . , . X O O O , . . O X X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . X X O . . X X X O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O O O X X . X O O . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X O X X X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X O O X O O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O X . . O O X . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . X O O X O O X X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X O X O O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X X O . O X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X X O X . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O . X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . W , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$ Position at move 82
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . X X . O . . O O X . O . . |
$$ | . . . , . X O O O , . . O X X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . X X O . . X X X O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O O O X X . X O O . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X O X X X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X O O X O O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O X . . O O X . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . X O O X O O X X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X O X O O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X X O . O X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X X O X . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O . X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . W , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Again... Overplay. Black can disconnect white.

$$ Position at move 82
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . X X . O . . O O X . O . . |
$$ | . . . , . X O O O , . . O X X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . X X O . . X X X O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O O O X X . X O O . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X O X X X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X O O X O O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O X . . O O X . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . X O O X O O X X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X O X O O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . 6 4 O X X O . O X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . 5 3 . X X O X . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O . X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . 1 2 . X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . W , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$ Position at move 82
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . X X . O . . O O X . O . . |
$$ | . . . , . X O O O , . . O X X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . X X O . . X X X O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O O O X X . X O O . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X O X X X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X O O X O O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O X . . O O X . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . X O O X O O X X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X O X O O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . 6 4 O X X O . O X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . 5 3 . X X O X . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O . X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . 1 2 . X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . W , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

There were several other issues, but these ones stick out as big overplays by me.

I think the key learning point from this game is:
1. Do not overplay.

Maybe it was because I was playing handicap game, but I didn't have any defense - only offense. I left myself exposed and vulnerable. Against a stronger opponent, these vulnerabilities would have surely been noticed, and I would have been crushed.

Be careful, Kirby...