Life In 19x19

i would never play as kirby if i were to play someone stronger.

So he selected that path, eh? Let's have some fun!

does he have any plan for this???
i sure dont see any for black.

After the last move, it feels like maybe took the whole kiai thing a bit too far.

Note the ladder...

that was his plan??? you dont want to get sealed as kirby did.

he will need to place one more stone to left right corner to cover bad aji.

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[go]$$Wcm21 Prisoner Count: B-0 W-0
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . a . X X O . . . . . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X X X O . . , . . . . . O . X . |
$$ | . . b . X O O X . O . X . O . O X . . |
$$ | . . . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I have no threats for this:

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[go]$$Wcm31 Prisoner Count: B-0 W-0
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X X O . . . . . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . . . 2 O . . . . . . O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . X 1 . . , . . . . . O . X . |
$$ | . . . . X O . X . O . X . O . O X . . |
$$ | . . . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

below was my initial move... after some thought i changed my mind.

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[go]$$Wcm31 Prisoner Count: B-0 W-0
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , 5 . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X X O . . . . . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X X X O . . , . . . . . O . X . |
$$ | . . . . X O O X . O . X . O . O X . . |
$$ | . . . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

And finally, we are back to the move I wanted to play all along.

Retrospective Analysis
I was afraid to play this move earlier because my two bottom left corner stones seemed likely to get attacked. As such, I wanted to settle those first.

I think I have done that somewhat successfully, with the regret that white has outside influence - more than I would like.

Because of that influence, the top left black stones are weaker. I'd like to deal with those, but first I want to stir up some action on the bottom.

The risk here is that, due to white's extra influence, I must be wary of the balance of power - I do not want to get attacked on the bottom. Yet, I play here anyway for a single reason: His bottom right stones are weak, too!

My goal is to pressure his stones here on the bottom right such that these stones I am moving get safe in the process. After that, if I get the chance, it'd be nice to play on the left first. But we'll see if I can manage sente to do that.

How much have you planned this move out? What kind of resistance have you considered from Magicwand? What (in more concrete terms than you have given already) do you expect to get out of this?

not what i expected..therefore probably not correct.
my guess of near future is that he will be attacked either die or live in gote. either way i win.