(;FF[4]
GM[1]
DT[2014-10-31]
PC[OGS: http://online-go.com/game/1039050]
PB[Aidoneus]
PW[joellercoaster]
BR[10k]
WR[9k]
CP[online-go.com]
RE[B+6.5]
SZ[19]
KM[6.5]
RU[japanese]
C[Aidoneus: I look forward to our game. Teach me some lessons, especially some humility for my hubris in asking to have my rank jumped up to 10-kyu!
joellercoaster: Nah, you're probably actually five kyu or so and about to hand out a trouncing :)
]
;B[pd]
C[Aidoneus: I look forward to our game. Teach me some lessons, especially some humility for my hubris in asking to have my rank jumped up to 10-kyu!
joellercoaster: Nah, you're probably actually five kyu or so and about to hand out a trouncing :)
]
;W[pp]
C[Aidoneus: Only in my dreams!
]
;B[dp]
;W[dd]
C[Aidoneus: Just to take you out of joseki, I think!
]
;B[jj]
C[Aidoneus: I keep forgetting to hit submit.
]
;W[cn]
C[joellercoaster: Fear not my joseki, for I know only one! I should probably study. 
]
;B[fq]
C[Aidoneus: BTW, I only know how to play with a hanicap!
]
;W[bp]
C[joellercoaster: It's funny, I'm scared of handicap games because I don't feel like I understand how they work. 
joellercoaster: (OK so I know this joseki as well, if it counts as one.) 
]
;B[cq]
C[Aidoneus: Yeah, the computer plays this against my 4-4 stones sometimes.
]
;W[ck]
;B[qn]
;W[np]
;B[fc]
;W[cg]
;B[id]
;W[qf]
;B[of]
;W[rd]
;B[qc]
;W[qi]
;B[qk]
;W[ok]
;B[oi]
;W[pj]
;B[mj]
;W[lc]
;B[nc]
;W[ic]
;B[hc]
;W[jd]
;B[jc]
;W[ib]
;B[je]
;W[kd]
;B[he]
;W[gd]
C[joellercoaster: Sorry about the delay! Time has been short.
Aidoneus: No problem.
]
;B[hd]
;W[gc]
;B[gb]
;W[hb]
;B[eb]
;W[ga]
;B[fb]
;W[jb]
C[Aidoneus: So, there are ways to input conditional moves.
]
;B[fe]
C[joellercoaster: There are! The menu on the right has an item with two opposed arrows.
]
;W[jq]
;B[rp]
C[Aidoneus: OK, thanks.
]
;W[rl]
;B[qq]
C[Aidoneus: As you no doubt have noticed by now, my play gets worse the farther we get from the opening!  LOL
]
;W[pq]
C[joellercoaster: Fortunately, so does mine! 
]
;B[lp]
;W[lq]
;B[nn]
C[Aidoneus: I'm just flailing about without a clue. LOL
]
;W[mo]
;B[cc]
;W[cd]
C[joellercoaster: Seems to be working out pretty well for you!
]
;B[bc]
C[Aidoneus: Nah, I knew that I was in trouble as soon as you got K3. Since then, I've just been trying to make trouble. Without a handicap, I think that I play more like a 15 kyu, which is probably what I should have asked for. But I'll take my drubbings without crying...much. LOL
joellercoaster: Hmmm. OGS score guesser thinks you're ahead... just by feel it seems to me you are as well. It's a long game :)
]
;W[ik]
C[joellercoaster: Apologies for the slow play, it's been a hectic week at work. But the weekend is coming and I have no plans; hopefully we can find some overlapping time!
]
;B[ir]
C[Aidoneus: No problem, I get busy, too!
Aidoneus: I wouldn't trust the OGS estimate, though!!
]
;W[iq]
;B[hq]
C[joellercoaster: True indeed - it has moments of great blindness.
]
;W[hp]
;B[gq]
;W[ij]
;B[qg]
C[Aidoneus: Now my poor middle game judgment will become apparent!
]
;W[rg]
;B[pg]
;W[qh]
C[joellercoaster: "Urgent before big"!
]
;B[rc]
C[Aidoneus: Hearing is not always understanding, though! LOL
]
;W[if]
C[joellercoaster: Ha, I sure get that.
]
;B[rk]
;W[pm]
;B[ql]
;W[qm]
;B[rm]
;W[rn]
;B[sl]
C[Aidoneus: I'm wondering now if S9 was a bad mistake. I have no middle game judgment. No, actually, I do have middle game judgment, it's just bad. LOL
]
;W[qo]
;B[sn]
;W[ro]
C[joellercoaster: S9 looked pretty good to me at the time? It's at least a fight!
]
;B[so]
C[Aidoneus: We'll se!
]
;W[qp]
;B[rr]
;W[ie]
;B[ge]
;W[kf]
;B[om]
;W[pn]
;B[pl]
;W[ol]
;B[nl]
;W[nk]
C[joellercoaster: Cutting at N9 seems bad for Black.
joellercoaster: But am I unnecessarily worried about the life of my white group on the side?
joellercoaster: He can eat the stone at S16 I guess, so I think I should worry :)
joellercoaster: Although it would still be a fight and his side group could conceivably get into trouble
joellercoaster: ???. From move 92: B2 
joellercoaster: Can't go for the ko. From move 92: N9 N8 N7 O7 M8 P6 
joellercoaster: Connecting also bad.
joellercoaster: Connecting also bad.. From move 92: N9 N8 O7 N7 
joellercoaster: Extending still makes the block seem bad. From move 92: N8 N9 M9 M8 M7 L8 N7 P6 O7 L7 
]
;B[ml]
C[Aidoneus: I think that I misread all of this! LOL
]
;W[mk]
;B[lk]
;W[ll]
;B[lm]
C[Aidoneus: I feel like I'm desperately driving the wrong way down a one-way street. LOL
]
;W[kl]
C[joellercoaster: The fight is not decided, but I am trying really hard lately to avoid what Nick Sibicky describes as "fatteing up the turkey"
joellercoaster: Ironically, this started as a way of avoiding my right-side group getting killed. Now it looks like my corner will get huge as a bonus!
joellercoaster: Best not to count those chickens too soon though. If his group somehow lives, then I have the problem back.
]
;B[mn]
C[Aidoneus: Gobble gobble. 
]
;W[nm]
C[joellercoaster: I think I may have just got too fancy for my own good.
Aidoneus: I don't know, I saw this coming a few moves ago, but it seemed to me that I either win this fight or lose the game slowly. Let me think about this after I get back this afternoon.
joellercoaster: Depends on what winning the fight means, I suppose?
joellercoaster: BTW I'd like to ask you about chess at some point. It seems like a fun thing to learn... although my discretionary learning time is presently entirely spoken for by the game we are playing now!
]
;B[mm]
;W[on]
C[Aidoneus: I'm hatching as many turkeys as I can for you! LOL
Aidoneus: Ask me about chess anytime. Since you like correspondence play, take a look at this free organization (I'm an inactive player with a rating around 2300): http://www.chess-iecc.com/
]
;B[km]
;W[jl]
;B[in]
;W[lj]
;B[li]
;W[kj]
;B[ki]
;W[kk]
;B[oj]
;W[pk]
;B[pi]
;W[qj]
;B[gn]
;W[jm]
;B[jn]
;W[ji]
C[Aidoneus: This morning, I must have looked at 20 different moves, all of which seemed to start or end in gote. I gave up and decided on a move, only to discover I had set my board up wrong! I'll be back later.
]
;B[lo]
;W[gl]
;B[no]
;W[oo]
;B[mp]
;W[mq]
;B[ii]
;W[jh]
;B[gh]
;W[mi]
;B[mh]
;W[nj]
;B[ni]
;W[lh]
;B[mj]
;W[kh]
C[Aidoneus: I thought that you were going to start a ko fight!
]
;B[mi]
;W[hi]
;B[hh]
;W[ih]
C[Aidoneus: I got up pretty sick today and went back to bed. I'll try to move Sunday.
]
;B[dh]
C[Aidoneus: I still feel sick...cold or mild flu...but I may as well play the move I was thinking of when I played my last move.
joellercoaster: Agh. Sorry to hear you are so unwell. If it helps, your last move has given me an enormous headache?
]
;W[ch]
;B[di]
C[Aidoneus: I almost feel good today.
]
;W[ci]
;B[co]
;W[bo]
;B[dn]
;W[dm]
;B[cm]
;W[bn]
;B[em]
;W[dl]
;B[fm]
;W[dj]
;B[ef]
;W[dg]
;B[eg]
;W[bq]
;B[cr]
;W[mg]
;B[ng]
;W[mf]
;B[be]
;W[bd]
;B[ad]
;W[ce]
;B[bf]
;W[bg]
;B[jr]
;W[kr]
;B[kp]
;W[kq]
;B[pr]
;W[or]
;B[re]
;W[nb]
;B[mb]
;W[ob]
;B[mc]
;W[oc]
;B[od]
;W[nd]
;B[md]
;W[ne]
;B[pb]
;W[lb]
;B[ma]
C[joellercoaster: Happy new year, by the way. Sorry my pace has been so slow lately!
]
;W[js]
;B[hr]
C[Aidoneus: Yeah, Happy New Year!
]
;W[br]
;B[ip]
;W[cp]
;B[do]
;W[dr]
;B[dq]
;W[cs]
;B[er]
;W[ds]
;B[es]
;W[bs]
;B[rf]
;W[ei]
;B[eh]
;W[fi]
;B[rh]
;W[ri]
;B[sg]
;W[si]
;B[sh]
;W[fh]
;B[fg]
;W[hg]
;B[gg]
;W[fl]
;B[jp]
;W[hm]
;B[hn]
;W[ps]
;B[qr]
;W[oe]
;B[pe]
;W[me]
;B[oa]
;W[ld]
;B[na]
;W[la]
;B[pc]
;W[dc]
;B[db]
;W[gm]
C[joellercoaster: Running out of steam...
]
;B[hf]
;W[ig]
;B[qs]
;W[os]
;B[is]
;W[ks]
;B[fa]
;W[ha]
;B[gi]
;W[gj]
;B[el]
;W[ek]
;B[ph]
;W[sj]
;B[sk]
;W[af]
;B[ac]
;W[cf]
;B[ae]
;W[ag]
;B[ed]
;W[im]
;B[nm]
;W[lk]
;B[ec]
C[Aidoneus: I think that we are down to dame.
]
;W[]
C[joellercoaster: I think so!
joellercoaster: Thank you for the game... apologies for its great length.
]
;B[]
C[Aidoneus: Thank you!
Aidoneus: We use strict scoring?
Aidoneus: What is strict scoring? LOL
joellercoaster: Hahaha I have no idea either
Aidoneus: You made it closer than I thought it would be. I had figured after killing your invasion at )18 that I would win by 10-12..
Aidoneus: O18
joellercoaster: That was fun... will be interesting to see what the L19 people make of it.
Aidoneus: I will post in a moment.
Aidoneus: Is all of the scoring ritual done here?
joellercoaster: I don't feel like you made any major mistakes in the endgame, although I got a free move when you connected at A17
joellercoaster: It is done.
Aidoneus: OK, we can continue the chat at L19!
]
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