(;GM[1]FF[4]CA[UTF-8]AP[CGoban:3]ST[2]
RU[Japanese]SZ[19]KM[6.50]
GN[ ]PW[joellercoaster]PB[dem]WR[9k]BR[10k]DT[2015-10-11]CP[online-go.com]PC[OGS: http://online-go.com/game/3019961]RE[W+25.50]FG[259:]PM[2]
;B[pd]
;W[qp]
;B[cd]
;W[dp]
;B[ec]
;W[cj]C[Might be worth considering D10 instead, but this is a minor quibble.]
;B[oq]C[It would be quite appropriate to pincer black here, since white has good backup in the lower left.]
;W[po]
;B[lq]C[This feels like black has settled quite easily.]
;W[pq]C[Maybe premature.  You could just as well pincer the black group or extend down the right.]
;B[op]
;W[ql]C[Too close.]
;B[ch]
;W[nc]C[I feel like this was my first really questionable move. Q14 might have been a smarter approach, or doing something to support C10?

This seems okay to me.  May want to consider K17 to split the top so black doesn't get a good pincer/extension.]
;B[kc]
(;W[qf]
;B[ne]C[This is a bit weak, and it's worth reading some to see if you can cut and fight here.]
;W[qc]
;B[pc]
;W[qd]
;B[md]
;W[pb]
;B[ob]
;W[qb]
;B[oc]
;W[jq]C[Good idea.]
;B[lo]
;W[jo]
;B[cq]
;W[dq]C[right direction.  Unfortunately, C10 would be better high here, but c'est la vie.]
;B[cp]
;W[co]
(;B[cr]C[I have to admit I had no idea about this bit and feel like I handled it badly.]
(;W[bp]
;B[dr]
;W[er]C[Can't play here?]
;B[eq]
;W[fr]
;B[do]
;W[ep]
;B[eo]
;W[fp]
;B[bo]
;W[cn]
;B[bq]
;W[bn]
;B[ap]C[This is not a bad result at all.  White is much stronger than in the joseki.]
;W[fn]C[Why do you feel this is bad?]
;B[ei]
(;W[ig]C[In retrospect, I feel like I should have captured the E5 group, and it came back to bite me in a big way. But I was also scared of the moyo (which also came to bite me anyway).

--
E5 is already captured.  Spending another move there would be a waste.  This move seems fine.]
;B[hf]
;W[ng]C[No plan.

--

I'd consider trying to push with the reducing stone perhaps.

It's taking a vacation from the reduction, at least.]
;B[jf]
;W[if]
;B[ie]
(;W[je]C[This was premeditated but I have no idea what I was up to. I seem to suffer from "complicate and hope" recently.]
;B[kf]
;W[he]
;B[id]
(;W[ge]
;B[gg]
;W[gc]C[I was starting to panic here a bit, and had now managed to create three weak groups.

--
??? how do you count three weak groups?  I see a bunch of forcing moves, and one weak group (admittedly, very weak if not dead)]
;B[kh]C[...my friend noticed.]
;W[ii]
;B[kj]
;W[gi]
;B[fh]
(;W[lm]C[Taking a vacation from the fight.]
;B[nn]
;W[nl]
;B[fk]C[My friend continues to play in places I should have.]
(;W[hk]
;B[gl]
;W[hl]
;B[em]
;W[el]C[Awfully optimistic.

---
Just kill off his stones.]
;B[dl]
;W[ek]
;B[dk]
;W[ej]
;B[dj]
;W[fj]
;B[dm]C[Horrible for white.]
;W[ci]C[Looking back, this group was already dead, and if I was trying to save it my next moves were very inconsistent. Trying to use it for aji didn't go very well either!]
;B[di]
(;W[dh]C[Not a real threat.]
;B[cg]
;W[eg]
;B[dg]
;W[fg]
;B[hg]C[This is now the "throw a bunch of stones into the grinder and hope something lives" approach.]
;W[ih]
;B[gh]
;W[ee]
;B[de]
;W[ck]C[Now I decide to try and save it?]
;B[bl]
;W[cl]
;B[bm]
;W[cm]
;B[an]
;W[eh]
;B[fi]
;W[gj]
;B[fo]
(;W[fm]
;B[gp]
;W[fq]
;B[gn]
;W[gm]
;B[ni]C[Both of us ignore my super vulnerable group at the bottom left for some reason.

I feel like I was completely doomed until this move.

--

Quite frankly, ignoring it is fine for black because he doesn't need to capture it to win.]
;W[lg]
;B[kg]
;W[li]
;B[ki]
;W[mi]
;B[nj]
;W[lk]
;B[lj]
;W[mj]
;B[nh]
(;W[mh]C[Eeew...]
;B[nk]
;W[og]
;B[ol]
;W[om]
;B[on]
;W[pm]
;B[pn]
;W[qn]
;B[pl]
(;W[pk]
;B[ok]
;W[nm]
;B[pr]
;W[qr]
;B[ps]C[bad habit from black.]
;W[qs]
;B[nr]
;W[ic]C[Confidence returns.]
;B[jd]
;W[jc]
;B[hd]
;W[hc]
;B[gd]
;W[fd]
;B[ke]
;W[kb]
;B[lc]
;W[lb]
;B[mb]
;W[fc]
;B[la]
;W[eb]
;B[dc]
;W[db]
;B[cb]
;W[jb]
;B[da]
;W[fb]
;B[pj]C[I feel like if he'd just killed my bottom left group at this point, he'd still have been fine.]
;W[qk]
;B[qj]
;W[qh]
;B[qi]
;W[rh]
;B[kn]
;W[gq]
;B[hp]
;W[hq]
;B[hn]
;W[ip]
;B[bi]C[Wasted move.  It's too early.]
;W[jn]
;B[kr]
;W[jr]
;B[kk]
;W[km]
;B[pp]
;W[qq]
;B[ed]
;W[fe]
;B[pf]
;W[pg]
;B[qe]
;W[re]
;B[pe]
;W[qg]
;B[mf]
;W[mg]C[Notice that N12 looks utterly pointless now.]
;B[oo]
;W[am]C[I hallucinated an extra liberty here.]
;B[ao]
;W[nb]C[More pointless non-forcing forcing moves.]
(;B[na]
;W[ka]
;B[ma]
;W[mo]C[I kept thinking this shape here was somehow vulnerable, but repeated attempts gained me nothing.

Also this turned out to me much less useful than simply making sure the top group was 100% alive... ]
;B[mn]
;W[lp]
;B[mp]
;W[ln]
;B[kp]
;W[ko]
;B[no]
;W[kq]
;B[ks]
;W[js]
;B[lr]
;W[hh]C[No!  R5 is so big!]
;B[bj]
;W[jp]C[This was just endgaming mindlessly... the totally unnecessary ko that follows could have gone a lot of different ways!]
;B[qo]
;W[ro]
;B[rn]
;W[po]
;B[ga]
;W[qo]C[So I had calculated that I could make two eyes here (as happened in the game). But...]
;B[ia]
;W[en]
(;B[dn]
;W[gf]
;B[bk]
;W[ef]
;B[im]
;W[il]
;B[ij]
;W[jl]
;B[kl]
;W[hm]
;B[in]
;W[jm]
;B[lf]
;W[df]
;B[cf]
;W[ea]
;B[ca]
;W[ds]
;B[cs]
;W[es]
;B[pa]
;W[qa]
;B[oa]
;W[ll]
;B[mm]
;W[ml]
;B[lp]
;W[of]
;B[oe]
;W[ho]
;B[go]
;W[io]
;B[hj]
;W[hi]
;B[jj]
;W[]
;B[])
(;FG[259:]PM[2]
;B[ef]C[What about this? I think I can still make seki at the top but it's a pretty fancy way to lose a pile of points and maybe the game.]
;W[dn]
;B[ff]))
(;B[qo]
;W[ro]
;B[rn]C[This is much worse for white than the white moves would have been for black to ignore.]))
(;W[nm]C[vital point.]))
(;W[mg]C[shape]))
(;W[go]C[MUST!  even though it doesn't work well.]))
(;W[bh]C[Must go this way.]))
(;W[hg]C[maybe not now, but may be worthwhile at some point.]))
(;W[ic]C[This helps white get shape.]
;B[jd]
;W[jc]
;B[kd]
;W[kb]))
(;W[hg]
;B[gf]
;W[gg]C[This kind of works, but isn't spectacular.]))
(;W[he]C[The ladder for white works the other way.]
;B[gf]
;W[je]
;B[id]
;W[kf])
(;W[hg]C[Not clear that black can hane here.]))
(;W[bd]C[You could consider a probe here.]
(;B[ce]C[If black claims the outside, you reduce...]
;W[hg]
;B[he]C[(for example)]
;W[cc]C[And later you have this sequence to live in the corner.]
;B[dc]
;W[cb]C[White is alive with the tripod group.  Worth studying if you don't know it.])
(;B[bc]C[If black takes the corner, you can use the stone as aji to reduce more.])))
(;W[dr]C[Simple, straightforward, and a clear gain over joseki.]
;B[bo]
;W[cn]
;B[bn]
;W[cm]C[White is a few points better, and black is weaker in the corner without the leg on the bottom.]))
(;B[bo]
;W[cn]
;B[bn]
;W[cm]
;B[dr]
;W[er]
;B[cr]
;W[fq]C[White ends in gote.]))
(;W[ne]
;B[pf]
;W[ke]C[Another playable idea.]))