(;GM[1]FF[4]CA[UTF-8]AP[CGoban:3]ST[2]
RU[Japanese]SZ[19]HA[3]KM[0.50]TM[60]
GN[nextoriv-moyoaji(B) IGS]PW[nextoriv]PB[moyoaji]WR[5k]BR[7k]DT[2014-06-03]CP[Copyright (c) PANDANET Inc. 2014
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]EV[Internet Go Server game: nextoriv vs moyoaji]PC[IGS:  igs.joyjoy.net 6969]US[Brought to you by IGS PANDANET]AB[dd][pd][dp]C[
 moyoaji 7k?: 57 Hi
 nextoriv 5k+: Hi!

I get 3 stones here. I don't believe I needed 3 against this opponent. I do think my IGS rank is too low. But I have to play games to build it up so, here we are.]RE[B+Resign]LT[]NB[22]NW[24]RR[Waiting_5Min]
;W[pp]WL[53]
;B[nq]BL[57]
;W[oq]WL[51]
;B[np]BL[55]
;W[or]WL[48]C[From what I found online after the game, this move is not considered part of normal joseki. I really don't like it for white here. I thought for a while about how to proceed, however.]
(;B[po]BL[589]C[I decided I wanted influence, since white seemed so hung up on keeping his corner territory, I'll give it to him!]
;W[qo]WL[32]
;B[pn]BL[588]
;W[qn]WL[30]
;B[op]BL[583]
;W[qq]WL[28]
;B[pm]BL[578]
;W[mr]WL[24]C[This move seems slow, but it does prevent me from dropping down and getting influence toward the bottom.]
;B[qm]BL[572]C[So I take influence toward the right.]
(;W[fq]WL[21]C[This seemed like poor direction to me. The bottom is not large after N2.]
;B[cn]BL[555]C[I respond because I want to remain solid. I want white to give me an excuse to use my wall.]
;W[cf]WL[17]
;B[di]BL[530]C[I played the high pincer here because I want all of my stones to be working together, and I think this does that.]
;W[ci]WL[13]C[I have never seen this move before. It also doesn't seem to be in online joseki databases as a standard joseki.]
(;B[cj]BL[470]
;W[ch]WL[9]
(;B[dj]BL[456]C[Seemed like the only move. Not only is it solid, white has the ladder.]
;W[bd]WL[4]C[Now I was torn. I looked about the board and I saw only influence. with some territory for me in the lower left. I wanted to ask my opponent a question: how much influence can I have?]
;B[mc]BL[412]
;W[qf]WL[598]
(;B[qh]BL[367]
;W[qc]WL[594]
;B[qd]BL[366]
;W[rd]WL[591]C[Not sure why my opponent didn't extend...]
;B[pc]BL[355]C[So I change direction and offer to let him connect in exchange for sente.]
;W[rc]WL[588]C[He plays this strange move.

I don't think white has ever studied joseki.]
;B[hq]BL[274]C[This move was a sort of probe.]
(;W[jq]WL[575]
;B[dq]BL[244]C[So I took the corner profit. I counted and this makes the game about even territorially by my estimate.

White has 16 points in the bottom right. About 8 points on the top left. And about 6 points in the top right.

Black has about 24 points in the lower left and 4 points on the top.

When looking at the balance of influence, however, this makes it a hard game for white. I don't think he's gained any ground against my handicap stones.]
;W[hp]WL[567]C[White moves to connect on the top. This makes since because he needs influence.]
(;B[ip]BL[225]C[I cut on the side I don't want.]
;W[iq]WL[559]
;B[gp]BL[223]
;W[ho]WL[553]
;B[gq]BL[221]
;W[go]WL[550]
;B[fp]BL[180]C[I take more points. White gets some much-needed influence.]
;W[dl]WL[543]C[Then plays this move.

This seems like the game losing move.]
;B[em]BL[156]C[Leaning attack against the H4 group.]
;W[el]WL[495]C[White pushes me into his stones.]
;B[fm]BL[146]
;W[fl]WL[488]
;B[hm]BL[99]
;W[gl]WL[484]C[I have to read a lot here and I'm low on time...]
;B[io]BL[37]C[But I read that this pretty much works.]
;W[in]WL[480]
;B[kp]BL[17]
;W[jp]WL[472]C[I don't know why white pushed here considering his follow-up.]
;B[jo]BL[16]
;W[jn]WL[459]C[This exchange seems bad.]
;B[ko]BL[598]
;W[gm]WL[449]
;B[hn]BL[576]TR[oi][lk][qk][jm][nm][lo]C[I now cut off white's stones and look at the new box I'm getting.]
;W[gn]WL[444]
;B[il]BL[520]
;W[cm]WL[427]C[White attaches to my corner and seems to be working against my 3 stones. They are heavy. If I defend the corner they can be harshly attacked.

Then I remembered that Li Zhe game. The one I've been memorizing.]
;B[hi]BL[453]LB[fi:A]C[If white wants to cut off my stones at A, go right ahead. I'll make so many points in the center he'll never catch up to me!]
;W[ik]WL[420]C[White needs into my center.]
;B[jl]BL[421]
;W[bn]WL[416]C[Then he comes here. I read and read and read and then...]
;B[bo]BL[376]C[This hane. I want white to steal the corner.]
;W[co]WL[405]C[And apparently he wants it.]
;B[dn]BL[365]
;W[bp]WL[399]
;B[bm]BL[334]
;W[ao]WL[396]
;B[bl]BL[333]
;W[do]WL[373]
;B[eo]BL[331]C[This was the key bit of reading, but this move does in fact work so my hane does what it is intended to do.]
;W[en]WL[588]
;B[fn]BL[330]
;W[dm]WL[584]
;B[en]BL[328]
;W[fo]WL[582]
;B[ep]BL[327]
;W[cr]WL[579]
;B[cp]BL[267]C[This was a mistake. I wanted to see if I could get white to respond, but that was wishful thinking.]
;W[cq]WL[573]
;B[bo]BL[262]
;W[co]WL[570]
;B[dr]BL[260]LB[gl:B][jq:A]C[But I'm alright. I have miai to live or capture the 3 stones at A.

Also: Look at the B group. That was my prize for giving up the corner. It could die, for sure, but even if it does not, I can force it out and gain that 80 point moyo.]
;W[ir]WL[553]C[White tries to kill me.]
;B[hr]BL[170]LB[fr:A][kr:B]C[After reading, I decide this is the move to live. A and B miai, my favorite kind.

White quits at this point. He does not formally resign. He reads for about 4 minutes and then just leaves.

So I won by fortfeit.]
;LB[ch:D][cj:C][gl:F][po:B][fp:G][bq:E][or:A]C[What can I learn from this game?

First, I need to remember why I play the way I do - as long as my opponent isn't asking for too much I shouldn't be afraid to give it to him. When white played A for territory I can play B for influence.

Second, I need to continue to study joseki and shape. My superior knowledge of joseki allowed me to keep up with my opponent, but I did make the mistake of playing C instead of D. Even if white's move is not joseki I should understand why by truly understanding the joseki.

Third, I need to continue to be flexible in my play, but without breaking. My surrender of the corner at E in exchange for cutting off the F group was great. But it could have failed horribly if the G group died. I admit I did not read all the way to it's life and death after deciding I had miai for eyes and capture.]OS[])
(;B[gp]
;W[gq]
;B[ip]
;W[ho]
;B[iq]TR[jq][mr]C[This stone is already connected back. It's useless to cut it off.]))
(;W[cq]C[My thought was white would go to settle in the corner since that seems to be how he wants to play.]
;B[dq]
;W[dr]
;B[er]
;W[cr]
;B[eq]
;W[bo]
;B[bn]
;W[co]
;B[do]LB[ej:1][fj:2][gj:3][hj:4][ij:5][jj:6][kj:7][lj:8][mj:9][nj:10][oj:11][pj:12][qj:13][ck:14][dk:15][ek:16][fk:17][gk:18][hk:19][ik:20][jk:21][kk:22][lk:23][mk:24][nk:25][ok:26][pk:27][qk:28][al:29][bl:30][cl:31][dl:32][el:33][fl:34][gl:35][hl:36][il:37][jl:38][kl:39][ll:40][ml:41][nl:42][ol:43][pl:44][ql:45][am:46][bm:47][cm:48][dm:49][em:50][fm:51][gm:52][hm:53][im:54][jm:55][km:56][lm:57][mm:58][nm:59][om:60][dn:61][en:62][fn:63][gn:64][hn:65][in:66][jn:67][kn:68][ln:69][mn:70][nn:71][on:72][eo:73][fo:74][go:75][ho:76][io:77][jo:78][ko:79][lo:80][mo:81][no:82][oo:83][ep:84][fp:85][gp:86][hp:87][ip:88][fq:89][gq:90][hq:91][iq:92][fr:93][gr:94][hr:95][ir:96][fs:97][gs:98][hs:99][is:100]TR[ei][fi][gi][hi][ii][ji][ki][li][mi][ni][oi][pi][qi][rj][ak][bk][rk][rl][an][jp][kp][lp][mp][jq][jr][es][js]C[But no... Look at that black box! Can you say 100 point moyo?]))
(;B[qd]C[I also considered this.]
;W[qi]
;B[of]
;W[oi]C[This looked playable for black.]))
(;B[bd]
;W[dj]
;B[ck]
;W[ei]C[Ladder.]))
(;B[ch]C[Of course this was my first instinct, but I wanted influence in the first place. In retrospect I think this would be better.

Kageyama is always right - keep your own stones connected and your opponent's disconnected.]
;W[dh]
;B[bh]
(;W[cj]
;B[dg]
;W[eh]
;B[cg]
;W[eg]
;B[df]
;W[ej]C[I would be happy to surrender that intial stone for a result like this. My corner is large. White's influence is negated by my own and by my solid corner. And I have sente.])
(;W[dg]
;B[dj]C[This result also seems quite good for black, making my defense of the corner look very nice.])))
(;W[nc]C[I think white should play here.]
;B[pf]C[After a move like this I still owe a move to turn the right into points.]))
(;B[jp]C[I think backing off here is totally playable, especially considering my handicap stones, but it seems a little lax.]))