last game i played he kicked my ass...
3 stone will still be hard..but i think i can manage this.

4-4 is not what I'd normally expect in a 3 stone game. Some normal options are approach or san-ren-sei. I'm choosing this because I saw it in a recent pro game and have an idea on how I can fight with it.

Anyway, lets just wait and see what kind of plan he will come up with.

beginning of handy game is always hard. i think my opponent is very strong but i think i will bring him down at the end

I tend to play this move quite a bit vs stronger opponents, I like that the outcomes are pretty clear-cut, white usually gets the corner and I get some thickness. Alternatively, it could just be a big aji-filled corner for me.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code

[go]$$Wcm1 Prisoners: none
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I wonder what his plan is! Will he attach and take a very big corner?

Click Here To Show Diagram Code

[go]$$Wcm1 Prisoners: none
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . 6 . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Maybe is better, avoid confrontation when I'm ahead.

My corner is thin, but I knew that when I played it. Because it's thin, I disregarded all tight pincers on , I don't want to be thin on all fronts. This way, I'm developing a framework while keeping the pressure on white.

I think Magicwand wont run with his stone just yet. He likes to make aji and exploit it later.

q9 = misclick?

It was claimed otherwise...

Really don't want to be surrounded before move 10.

I like Q9. It makes it easier to decide which direction to block for the 3-3 invasion and instead invites an invasion as an approach, but white will still be cramped. In my mind, it's similar to the Chinese fuseki in this way.

he is a solid player... i have to drag him out of his domain and play my game.

Ahh, so the game begins. With the handicap, I shouldn't fear fighting. I'll try to stick to my fundamentals as we battle, especially in close fighting.

Here, I have two stones that could use some help so there are two considerations. Which stone is weaker? And where can I profit? I think I'd answer the corner stone for both.

sofar i dont see any mistake from my opponent...

This kind of move gives me troubles. I get so eager to let my opponent know that it's too wide of an extension that I overplay and muck things up when instead, I can simply let the aji of the two space jump fester while keeping white behind enemy lines.

The only other move that stood out to me was f17 but I could come up with no plan to deal with an invasion.

solid move by my opponent...but sooner or later he will have to fight

Now I think that's too far.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code

[go]$$Wcm1 Prisoners: none
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . X . . O . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X . . O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . a . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . b . . 1 . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X . O . . . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

This seems like the natural shape by white, but the outlook still isn't promising. He is just trying to complicate things to confuse me. This strategy might work but for now, I think I need to fight strongly and cut.