Yeah, I could just see him shaking his head a bit at 26 and 28.

Perhaps.

To be straightforward with you, neither of us are Inseong, and neither of us are 8d - we don't know what he would say, unless he said it. My personal preference would be to not put words into his mouth. You are probably correct, but it's your interpretation (and mine as well, in this case).

That being said, I think there is a high chance that you are correct. The peep and invasion were certainly unreasonable from my perspective as well. And it's quite possible that Inseong would agree.

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As promised, I played another game today so that I could submit it to this thread.

It's my second comeback game, I suppose.

I can really feel that I am weaker now, after giving up go for awhile.
In the past, I became frustrated with lack of improvement. Please remind me to recall how much I get worse when I don't study, next time I complain.

Nonetheless, it was an interesting game.

Here is the game record:

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be immersed

Highlights

Position 1
After black's marked move, I was at a loss for a good response:

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[go]$$ Position at move 13
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . O . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Out of what I looked at, I like the following variation the best:

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

It is pretty simple, and doesn't seem bad. No need to get complicated.


Position 2

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[go]$$ Position at move 15
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . B . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . O . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

After the marked move above, I just slid to live, but this put no pressure on black, so he could play the nice move below:

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[go]$$W
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 1 . X . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . O . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Looking up the position on josekipedia, I like this variation:

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[go]$$W
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 9 3 X 6 2 X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . 5 . 1 . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . O . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

In contrast to the game, I get the opportunity to take sente and play on the left first. I think this makes a huge difference.


Position 3

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

In the game, I played as above. I think it's important to do something on the left. During the post-game analysis, I considered probing with the 3-3 first. If black blocked on top, he would be over-concentrated, making the shoulder hit a good move:

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[go]$$W
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 0 8 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 6 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . 4 X . . . . . O . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . 1 2 . O . . . . . . O . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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[go]$$Wm11
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . X X . . . . . O . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . 2 O X . O . . . . . . O . . X . . . |
$$ | . 1 3 O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

In this variation, I think the marked white stones are effective.

However, I don't think that black will respond that way. Probably, it'd be like this:

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[go]$$W
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 7 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . 9 . X . . . . . W . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . 1 2 6 W . . . . . . W . . X . . . |
$$ | . . 5 3 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

While it's true that I don't have to shoulder hit at 'a', now, the bottom white stones are very thin. So it seems good for black.

The best variation I could come up with is this:

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

I like this way best. But it would have been better if I had a better position to start with from this point.


Position 4

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[go]$$ Position at move 33
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . X . X O . . O . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . O X X O B . . . . . O . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I think that the marked black move makes things a little easier on white. As in the game, white can easily make a relationship between stones:

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

In contrast, things are harder for white if black keeps white separated:

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

Position 5

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[go]$$ Position at move 48
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O . X . . X . . . X . . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , X . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . O X . . . . . . . . . . W . . |
$$ | . O X . X O O . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . O . X . X O O . O . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . O X X . X . . . . . O . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Moving out with the marked stone, above, was pretty bad:
1. I'm just making a weak group for black to attack.
2. Black can easily counter my center influence.

I think it's much better to do something like this:

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

or

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[go]$$W
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O . X . . X . . . X . . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . X X O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . |
$$ | . . X . O X . . . . . . . . . 1 2 5 . |
$$ | . O X . X O O . . . . . . . . X 6 4 . |
$$ | . O . X . X O O . O . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . O X X . X . . . . . O . . X . . . |
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Something like this is much simpler, and better, I think.

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Then, of course, there is not the misread at the end of the game.

From this game, I think I can learn:
1. Keep in mind the value of getting sente to play in a big spot (e.g. the top left, where I let black get sente to play first on the left side).
2. Reading practice.
3. Think more about the relationship between my stones. Maybe the shoulder hit on the left was needed, but playing lightly like that made it difficult to have a good relationship between my stones.
4. Really watch out about moving out stones to make a weak group - make sure it's a good strategy (i.e. my moving out on the lower right side wasn't really well thought out).

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That's all for now. I guess I'll see you next weekend with another game.

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4k question: if you were unhappy about how easy it was for Black to get a nice position on the left side after your low approach, could a high approach have worked out better in retrospect? (Though I agree that the joseki you found later looks fine.)

I think high approach works in that position. I could have considered a further approach, too.

In general, I think high approach has fewer variations and is simpler. Part of the reason I played low was to get more experience with the low approach.

But maybe high was better. I don't really know. You said it was a 4k question, but I don't know the answer myself: (a) I don't know what my rank is, anymore. (b) Maybe it's a difficult question.

Anyway, these are just a few thoughts. Thank you bringing it up.

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A couple of thoughts:

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After the exchange, - , how about - ? Now if , - runs out while attacking the Black stones on the 12th rank.

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$$ | . . B B W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . B W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . X O . . |
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After the exchanges of the and stones, how about , treating the stones lightly? (I don't think that Black's wedge was very good.) White might try the peep at "a", but the weakness at "b" is bothersome.

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At some point, doesn't thinking have to go on?
— Winona Adkins

Visualize whirled peas.

Everything with love. Stay safe.

Another thought.

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$$ | . O X . X O O . . . . . . . . X W 4 . |
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Katte yomi. at is really lame.

I agree with , BTW.

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The Adkins Principle:
At some point, doesn't thinking have to go on?
— Winona Adkins

Visualize whirled peas.

Everything with love. Stay safe.

IMO R5 for R4 isn't a good exchange unless Black has already added a pincer stone. It's like he played an enclosure and you played a stone to remove all the defects from it.

Consider playing large knight's approach when Black already has the knight's move from the other corner.



You should not want to play on the left. The left holds nothing interesting for you. The most interesting side is probably the top, because of the bad exchange in the bottom right corner which gave Black thickness.


You're eager to move that one blighted stone. Personally, I'd like to pincer Black's top group.


I think things for you to watch out for are:
1. Don't give away free thickness
2. Big areas are ones concerning life and death, not points

The result doesn't seem bad to me, but is not in my vision - I don't even see it as a candidate move, locally, because letting black split with feels so bad.

Not really a logical reason, but because of that feeling, it's probably unlikely I'd see the sequence in a future game.

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Yes, seems right.

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might not be best (maybe black can play 'a'), but does it mean that is wrong? Seems natural to me, but is there a better move?

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I thought it was ok since I got a decent position on the bottom, and could still move my stone out later (though, probably should have done the hane).

I agree that black is thick, but what alternative were you imagining?

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Seems reasonable.




Doesn't black have potential there?



I suppose I agree with all of this.

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My inclination is to tenuki. Reducing the top side looks pretty good. (If White were behind, maybe the play would be to invade there.)

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The Adkins Principle:
At some point, doesn't thinking have to go on?
— Winona Adkins

Visualize whirled peas.

Everything with love. Stay safe.

General comment: you were inconsistent. This can make for an interesting game, but not necessarily a successful one.

At you have sente. At you are not necessarily retaining it; as you would if Black had played F16 rather than G17, probably now going to K17.

Consistent would be to play at F16, Black F17, White C17, Black C18, White D16, Black E17. Then you can make ko in the corner, so now you can play away to R10, the remaining big point.

If you are behind at , why? OK, komi. But Black has simply played solid, good shape. Can't you?

strikes me as submissive, so you can just leave it, for example to play on the right side. You shouldn't want to invade at , because looks better and better as you fool around on the lower side. Again, inconsistency. As you rightly comment, is uncomfortable.

After that, both sides get some inefficient shape (White in the centre, Black by approaching at O13 rather than on the other side). jumping to R9 would work better, even if you end up sacrificing three stones. Seems your opponent doesn't have to try anything much: you create your own difficulties.

The story of my go life

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Kirby,

I see that you are counting points early in the game.
counting is important but count correctly is more important.
I noticed that you were not behind but you thought otherwise.
overplay will only hurt you so please play YOUR game and wait for the chance.
variations you thought were bad for you ex.49 or 50 was actually good for you.

i reiterate OVERPLAY WILL ONLY HURT YOU!!

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"The more we think we know about
The greater the unknown"
Words by neil peart, music by geddy lee and alex lifeson

Just between the two of us: (1) Kirby tries hard, and (2) does quite well given his general understanding of the game. But he thinks working on (1) is what he needs, when it may be part of the problem, not of the solution.