( ;AB[ce][de][eq][fq][gp][jq][pd][qp]AW[cd][ch][dc][dj][dp][dq][fo][fp]BR[7k]DT[2020-03-21]GN[00Noles vs. cmf.cfss]PB[00Noles]PW[cmf.cfss]RE[W+R]WR[6k]AP[Sabaki:0.34.1]CA[UTF-8]C[I guess A, B and C are more or less the ony possibilities Black has. Besides Tenuki of course. In the game i chose A. Mostly because it is my go to response when getting pincered after beeing kicked in a 4-4 scenario.. turns out this situation is quite different. I will write down my thoughts to all of those three though..]LB[cd:2][ce:1][ch:4][dd:B][de:3][ec:A][fd:C] ( ;B[ec] ;W[eb] ;B[fc]C[In the game i played here, anticipating White B, Black A, White connect, Black extend.. but my opponent chose to play A instead.]LB[dd:A][fb:B] ( ;W[dd]C[I chose the wrong defense - B would have been better]LB[ee:B][fe:A] ( ;B[fe] ;W[ed]C[And again i chose the worng direction (A). I have to admit, that i read this kind of sloppy and just guessed that, due to White having only to liberties plus a cutting point after the push and cut, cutting doesn't work for White]LB[ee:B][fd:A] ( ;B[fd] ;W[ee] ;B[ef] ;W[df]C[I realy could not anticipate what would happen after B so i decided to just play Asacrifice for influence on the top side. But i guess B would have been way more coherent with my previous moves..]LB[be:A][cf:B] ( ;B[be] ;W[bd] ;B[dg] ;W[cf] ;B[cg] ;W[bf]C[I left B13 as a Ko threat but i wonder if this is correct as my opponent did not hesitate to connect up his stones.] ;B[eg] ;W[bg] ;B[kd]C[During the game i though this might be ok, although Whites corner is stupidly huge. After the next exchange Leela Zero gives White a winrate of 70 to 30.] ;W[gf] ;B[ff] ;W[hd]C[This felt quite uncomfortable.. my next response should have been at B]LB[fb:B][gg:A] ( ;B[gg] ;W[hf] ;B[hg] ;W[jf]C[Should have just played at B but i thought A activates a combination to get an eye on the top side in Sente later - never got to play it though..]LB[if:A][ig:B] ( ;B[if] ;W[ie] ;B[ig] ;W[jd]C[This however started a fight which sent me down in flames. Leela says it's only 60/40 for White, but the burden of White having at least 20 points in the corner plus my development on the top side getting destroyed lus the G13 group beeing kind og floaty sent me on tilt for the next moves and it was not long before i had to resign. ] )( ;B[ig] ;W[je]C[Something like this would have been finde for Black. Leela says it is more or less 50/50 now.] ) )( ;B[fb]LB[db:A][ic:B]C[If White connects at A it's small i Black has a connection under at B, which puts Whites centergroup on the run. If White plays B on the other hand Black can get an emergency-eye with A anytime later on. ] ) )( ;B[cf] ;W[dg]C[I really don't see a way for Black here..] ) )( ;B[ee] ;W[fd] ;B[gd] ;W[gc] ;B[hc] ;W[gb] ;B[he]C[Feels like Black took a loss here, but seems still better then what happened in my actual game.] ) )( ;B[ee] ;W[ed] ;B[fd]C[Whites cut at 1 does not look too promising now.. Defending at 2 seems neccesary]LB[be:2][fe:1] ;W[fe] ;B[bd] ;W[db] ;B[bc] ;W[fb] ;B[hc] ;W[gb] ;B[id] ;W[hb] ;B[ib] ;W[gc] ;B[gd] ;W[bb] ;B[eg]C[Pretty good for Black i guess..] ) )( ;W[fb] ;B[dd] ;W[cc] ;B[gc]C[Now this might be Sente for White, but i think it is ok for Black, since the turn at A seems pretty big later, making the drop down at be Sente and again activating the C8 invasion.]LB[be:B][cl:C][gb:A] ) )( ;B[dd]C[This one seems most solid as it is definetly Sente and leaves no cutting point for Black. I would anticipate White 1 to 3.]LB[bd:3][cc:1][ec:2] ( ;W[cc] ;B[ec] ;W[eb] ;B[fc] ;W[be] ;B[bf] ;W[bd] ;B[cf]C[Next White at A or Tenuki (B maybe) would be anticipated. Anyway Black seems ok, since (given that there still is a cutting point iin the lower left) a move around C might be a good attack on Whites 2 stones.]LB[cl:C][fe:A][qf:B] )( ;W[ec] ;B[cc]C[White didn't defend so you gotta cut i think. White has several options here, but i think some are realy bad.]LB[bc:2][bd:1][cb:3] ( ;W[cb] ;B[bc] ;W[bd] ;B[be] ;W[bb] ;B[ad] ;W[gc]C[Fine for Black i think. Invading A later now does not only aim at cutting the bottom left, but also puts pressure on Whites 2 stones.]TR[ch][dj]LB[cl:A] )( ;W[bc] ;B[cb] ;W[bd] ;B[bb] ;W[be] ;B[bf]C[I see no way for White to safe the 4 stones]MA[bc][bd][be][cd] ;W[db] ;B[ac] ;W[cf] ;B[bg] ;W[df] ;B[ae] )( ;W[bd] ;B[cb] ;W[be] ;B[fd]C[Fighting position seems ok for Black]LB[ed:1][fc:2] ( ;W[ed] ;B[ee] ;W[fe] ;B[fc]C[Cut doesn't work] )( ;W[fc] ;B[ge] ;W[bf] ;B[gc]C[White gets the corner, Black gets Sente, power on top of the board and what i would consider a good amount of Aji in the corner.] ) ) )( ;W[bd] ;B[ec] ;W[db] ;B[eb] ;W[bb] ;B[gd]C[This can not be good enough for White.] ) )( ;B[fd] ;W[fc]C[Order of 1 and 2 relevant?]LB[dd:1][gd:2] ( ;B[gd] ;W[gc] ;B[dd] ;W[cc] ;B[hd]C[Position seems even. White gets territory, Black gets influence, which makes an invasion around A quite severe later on.]LB[cl:A] )( ;B[dd] ;W[gd] ;B[cc] ;W[db] ;B[cb] ;W[ed] ;B[fe] ;W[ee] ;B[ef] ;W[ec] ;B[ge] ;W[hd] ;B[fg]C[Playing 1 before 2 seems to invite an exchange: Black gets the corner and White the Top. Again Black gets a wall near Whites 2 stones (activating A later on). Black has a cutting point at 1 too, but it doesn't seem to concerning.]LB[cl:A][df:1] ;W[df] ;B[dg] ;W[cf] ;B[be] ;W[cg]TR[dg][ef][fd][fe][fg][ge]C[Though floating Blacks group does not look too weak.] ) ) )