Life In 19x19

Thanks for the game Koroviev. I think you had the lead early on after some pretty bad blunders of mine but the game swung in my favor after you let me cut of your big group.

Because I have gotten stronger of the past months I have included a self review, strangely enough I criticize almost every move in the beginning and none toward the end

Mnemonic:

i would like to advocate w4 at E3, in my opinion it is perfectly fine move to play, countering influence of black's nirensei. though you of course don't have to be a fan of such move, D3 is even more common. on the other hand C5 looks a bit unusual to me, with the open side against black stones, but it may well be also playable.

i also wanted to add something about w16-18 but i can't decide what to think about it . i guess, if it were my game, i would just pincer without E17-F16 exchange (as i already wrote during the game)

what do others think about w16 at E17?

Laman wrote:what do others think about w16 at E17?

For reference, this local pattern (independent of colors):

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