(;GM[1]FF[4]CA[UTF-8]AP[CGoban:3]ST[2]
RU[Japanese]SZ[19]KM[7.50]
GN[2016-12-29a]PW[Matt]PB[dfan]WR[3k]BR[3k]DT[2016-12-29]RE[W+2.50]CH[1]
;B[pc]
;W[pp]
;B[cd]
;W[cp]
;B[ep]
;W[eq]
;B[fq]
;W[dq]
;B[fp]C[I like playing this solid connection more than the tiger's mouth.]
;W[cn]
;B[jp]LB[nq:A]C[Played high because I wanted to follow up with A.]
;W[pe]
;B[ph]C[I don't really know the josekis resulting from this, but I felt that the same sort of joseki as in the lower left would work well for White with his lower right, and the low one-space pincer which I know better didn't feel right without more support.]
;W[mc]C[This didn't feel right; it just feels too easy for me to separate White.]
;B[nd]
;W[jd]
;B[md]C[I was happy to separate White further.]
;W[lc]
;B[qd]C[Taking the corner, making a base for my stones, and putting White's stone in a tough spot.]
;W[ec]C[Making sense of his stones at the top.]
(;B[de]C[I didn't have the strength to pincer. I like this move in general, and it felt good here, with followups of making a base on the left or pressing Black at the top.]
;W[fe]C[This felt a little single-minded with so much space still open on the sides.]
;B[nq]C[I thought I could get this in in sente before returning to the top left.]
;W[qn]
;B[ci]
;W[pr]LB[no:A]TR[jp][nq]C[I often run into this when I have the marked stones. I think A is the proper response but I don't like letting White both take a big corner and get sente.]
;B[qk]TR[ph]C[Taking one of the last big points on the side. If White played in this area I might also have to worry a little about my marked stone, which is now strong. I considered extending one point further but I was concerned about an invasion.]
;W[kf]C[This again felt very single-minded.]
;B[dc]C[Big and felt like sente now that White is so committed to the territory at the top.]
;W[eb]C[I congratulated myself on my restraint and solidity here but in retrospect it is probably too timid.]
(;B[qe]
;W[eg]C[I was very happy to see this, forcing me to fix my invasion weakness and take fourth-line territory.]
;B[dg]
;W[df]LB[ef:A]C[The time control was fairly fast (Fischer time of 25 minutes plus 10 seconds/move) so I didn't read out atariing from the top with A that carefully, but it looked dangerous and I felt that I should be happy enough with this.]
;B[cf]
;W[ef]
;B[cl]LB[lq:A]C[The last big mutual point on the side. I was quite happy at this point, despite expecting an invasion around A.]
;W[dh]
;B[cg]
;W[ms]LB[lq:A]C[I was expecting A. Now I didn't really know how to respond to this.]
(;B[eh]C[I didn't know what to do at the bottom so I played elsewhere. This seemed like White's one weakness.]
;W[fh]
;B[ei]
;W[fi]
;B[fj]TR[dh]C[It looked like I can get away with this. I like that I have made the classical capture of the marked stone in retrospect.]
;W[gj]
;B[fk]
;W[em]C[White said that he was very afraid of me playing around here and making a lot of central territory, but I think that it is not necessarily that much and that White really has to keep up the contact fight.]
(;B[gi]C[I thought that I had enough opportunities that I could make this cut right away, though in retrospect I kind of like pushing as in the variation.]
;W[ej]
;B[di]
;W[gk]
(;B[fl]C[I didn't like the squeeze resulting from the hane.]
;W[ii]C[This stone felt very abstract to me. Now I did some reading and saw a nice idea to break into White's top territory.]
;B[fg]
;W[gh]
;B[gg]
;W[hh]
;B[ee]
;W[ff]
;B[fd]
;W[ge]
;B[gd]
;W[he]
;B[ed]C[I was extremely happy now.]
(;W[hb]
;B[gb]
;W[hc]
;B[gc]
;W[nf]
;B[mf]LB[of:A]C[I had lots of strength here and A felt unambitious.]
;W[mg]
;B[ng]
;W[me]
;B[of]
;W[lf]
;B[nh]
;W[ob]
;B[pb]
;W[bl]
;B[ck]LB[dn:A]C[I didn't hane because I thought I was cruising to victory and didn't want to mix things up here. I also wanted to be solid because I was aiming at a cut at A, although it turns out I misread it.]
;W[bm]
(;B[hd]
;W[id]
;B[dn]LB[no:A]C[Played with the same incorrect thinking as in the previous variation. But even if I were right, this is probably not so huge and I should play on the bottom, such as at A.]
;W[lq]
;B[kq]TR[nq]C[I thought I could play safely by sacrificing the marked stone and making some territory along the side.]
;W[lp]
;B[nn]TR[nq]C[The idea was to force White to capture the stone on a small scale.]
;W[no]
;B[lr]
;W[mr]
;B[kr]
;W[mq]
;B[rm]
;W[rn]
;B[gl]LB[om:A]C[This was a big mistake in retrospect. It felt like sente but White rightfully ignored it. If I play somewhere around A (although that particular spot is feels like odd shape) I should be able to just play solidly to the end.]
;W[qm]
;B[rl]
;W[nl]TR[nn]C[Urp, now I have one more stone to sacrifice.]
;B[pl]
;W[om]
;B[ln]
;W[ko]C[Three stones...]
;B[in]
;W[jm]
;B[ll]
;W[mj]C[Man, what a terrible sequence. White has made a huge amount of territory almost without trying.]
;B[pm]
;W[on]
;B[pn]
;W[po]
;B[jl]
;W[il]
;B[jn]
;W[kn]
;B[im]
;W[km]
;B[ik]
;W[kl]
;B[jk]
;W[jo]
;B[io]
;W[kp]
;B[iq]
;W[do]
;B[eo]LB[en:A]C[Luckily I had forgotten my previous "analysis" or I would have played A.]
;W[dm]
;B[en]
;W[cm]
(;B[kk]
;W[lm]
;B[mk]
;W[oj]
(;B[pj]
;W[er]
;B[fr]
;W[fs]
;B[gs]
;W[es]
;B[gr]
;W[ga]
;B[fa]
;W[ha]
;B[fb]C[Whoops, I don't have a play here anymore!]
;W[fm]
(;B[li]C[I was very low on time at this point and was panicking. That's no excuse for playing dinky moves in the center, though.]
;W[oc]
;B[od]
;W[nk]
(;B[kh]
;W[jg]
;B[bk]
;W[ak]
;B[aj]
;W[al]
;B[bj]
;W[hj]
;B[hl]LB[gn:A]C[I was worried about White pulling out that stone, but maybe I can deal with that and also the incursion on the left with A instead. I was very low on time at this point though.]
;W[ml]
;B[sn]LB[ql:A]C[I had been waiting for the liberty at A to be filled so that I could play the clamp instead, but I ran out of patience.]
;W[so]
;B[sm]
;W[ro]C[4 points in gote, I know.]
(;B[lk]
;W[ql]
;B[rk]
;W[nc]
;B[ni]
;W[pa]
;B[qa]
;W[oa]
;B[qb]
;W[ol]
;B[pk]
;W[ne]
;B[oe]
;W[ld]C[I had been wating forever to play this move myself but it didn't seem like it had good followups so I was afraid that White would ignore it.]
;B[ie]
;W[hf]
;B[jh]
;W[ih]
;B[nj]
;W[ok]
;B[gn]
;W[mh]
;B[mi]
;W[el]
;B[ek]
;W[oi]
;B[pi]
;W[oh]
;B[og]
;W[ls]
;B[ks]
;W[dl]
;B[ji]
;W[lh]
;B[kg]
;W[ij]
;B[lg]
;W[mf]
;B[jj]
;W[dk]
;B[dj]
;W[fn]
;B[fo]
;W[gm]
;B[hm]
;W[dp]
;B[ic]C[Just hoping that something would magically appear. It didn't.]
;W[ib]
;B[jc]
;W[jb]
;B[jf]
;W[ig]
;B[hk]
;W[]
;B[])
(;B[nb]C[6 points in gote, I think.]
;W[nc]
;B[oa]
;W[mb]
;B[na]
;W[ma]
;B[pa]))
(;B[ic]C[I spent a lot of energy during White's turns trying to make this work, but couldn't.]
;W[ib]
;B[jc]
;W[jb]
;B[kc]
(;W[kb]
;B[kd]
;W[ld]
;B[ie]
;W[je]
(;B[hf]
;W[if])
(;B[if]
;W[hg]))
(;W[kd]C[This is enough anyway.])))
(;B[nb]C[I thought this was gote.]
(;W[nc]
;B[oc]
;W[mb]
;B[oa])
(;W[oc]
(;B[od]
;W[nc]
;B[oa]
;W[mb]
;B[na]
;W[ma]
;B[pa])
(;B[nc]C[I guess this works; I didn't read it out correctly at the time.]
;W[od]
;B[ne]
;W[oe]
;B[oa]))))
(;B[nk]TR[mj][oj]C[I felt like I didn't have time to be sure that this cut worked. Maybe White can pull his marked stones out to the left anyway.]))
(;B[ib]C[I had been looking at this clamp for a long time, but thought that it was gote rather than White's sente.]
;W[ic]
;B[ha]
;W[jb]
;B[ia]
;W[ja]
;B[ga]))
(;B[dn]C[Here's the cut I was thinking of.]
;W[dm]
;B[cm]
;W[do]
;B[en]
;W[eo]
;B[fn]
;W[fo]
;B[go]
;W[gn]
;B[fm]
;W[gp]
;B[ho]
;W[gq]C[Oops.]))
(;W[hc]C[It looks like this might save the White stones.]
;B[fb]C[I don't see a better capturing try than this.]
;W[fc]
;B[gc]
;W[gb]
;B[hb]
;W[fa]
;B[hd]
;W[ic]))
(;B[gl]
;W[fl]
;B[ek]
;W[dk]
;B[dj]
;W[el]
;B[ej]))
(;B[gk]C[I didn't see a great followup to this.]
;W[hj]
;B[hk]
;W[ij]C[But maybe I can just keep pushing a bit and then make territory in the lower center, just like White was afraid of?]))
(;B[no]C[Maybe I should just do this and let White take some second-line territory. I had been prepared to give him third-line territory anyway...]))
(;B[mf]TR[pe]C[Can White really use the marked stone usefully?]))
(;B[ed]C[This didn't occur to me until I started annotating the game now.]
;W[fd]
;B[ee]
;W[dc]LB[hd:A]C[I don't really know any further than this. White's stones seem to be working together well but maybe there is still a weakness.]))