(;GM[1]FF[4]CA[UTF-8]AP[Sabaki:0.33.4]ST[2]RU[Japanese]SZ[19]KM[0.5]TM[1200]OT[5x30 byo-yomi]PW[ElmerFudd]PB[dutchie]WR[8k]BR[9k]DT[2018-04-19]PC[The KGS Go Server at http://www.gokgs.com/]RE[W+Time]
;B[pd]BL[1191.115]
;W[pp]WL[1197.538]
;B[dd]BL[1185.64]
;W[cp]WL[1193.025]
;B[ep]BL[1181.995]
;W[dq]WL[1185.976]
;B[eq]BL[1174.335]
;W[iq]WL[1181.284]
;B[co]BL[1164.907]
;W[bp]WL[1174.889]
;B[qn]BL[1146.696]
;W[qo]WL[1171.216]
;B[pn]BL[1145.282]
;W[qj]WL[1168.519]C[I feel like this kick/block base strategy W is adapting is suboptimal somehow but I'm not sure what the best way to take advantage is.]
;B[no]BL[1129.43]C[I considered P4 attachment here but I just decided to play something different from the other corner. It's probably better just to play the more severe attachment though.]
;W[nq]WL[1162.772]
;B[qf]BL[1112.314]C[Enclose while preventing an easy base for W.]
;W[qg]WL[1157.615]
(;B[pf]BL[1110.532]C[not sure why I didn't just hane...]
;W[pg]WL[1156.919]
;B[og]BL[1109.005]C[Didn't miss my chance this time.]
;W[rg]WL[1153.12]
(;B[rf]BL[1098.944]C[I'm not sure if this is too slow. I think it probably is; having Q16 in place means that I can deal with W sliding underneath.]
;W[ql]WL[1151.706]
;B[oj]BL[1077.859]
;W[nc]WL[1138.958]
;B[ob]BL[1053.978]
;W[oc]WL[1126.25]
;B[pc]BL[1050.098]
;W[nb]WL[1125.134]
;B[jd]BL[1017.494]C[My turn to try to block the easy base. I should have played closer though, as refuted by W.]
;W[kc]WL[1117.032]
;B[kd]BL[1008.785]C[With P10, I'm looking to build up influence]
;W[jc]WL[1114.005]
;B[ic]BL[1005.269]
;W[lc]WL[1112.219]
;B[ld]BL[996.446]
;W[ib]WL[1110.231]
;B[hc]BL[983.289]C[I thought for a fairly long time about tenuki here but I was keen on getting a stronger wall.]
;W[cf]WL[1102.578]
;B[fd]BL[927.372]C[Again this response took a bit of thought. Perhaps the pincer is better?]
;W[ci]WL[1097.588]
;B[cl]BL[919.447]
;W[lp]WL[1093.447]
;B[ol]BL[858.367]
;W[pk]WL[1088.733]
;B[ok]BL[852.062]
;W[gq]WL[1080.539]
;B[go]BL[825]
;W[jj]WL[1073.251]C[OK... time to see how good my walls are. The aim from here is to try to push towards my strength, and is definitely what I had in mind for the next sequence. I'm sure there are much better ways to go about it though.]
;B[ei]BL[800.301]
;W[dh]WL[1068.804]
;B[eh]BL[798.142]
;W[io]WL[1046.323]
;B[il]BL[755.804]C[My strength is up and right, so I play opposite my walls and by the nearest ally for the K10 stone.]
;W[hj]WL[1038.805]
;B[fk]BL[673.434]C[Keep pushing W up and right, while trying to make a little box of territory for myself.]
;W[gg]WL[1023.99]
;B[ef]BL[647.592]
;W[ge]WL[1019.289]
;B[ln]BL[616.4]C[In retrospect this change of direction might not be so good. I was cautious about playing too close to my strength on the K16 group, but...]
;W[if]WL[1006.286]C[...this gets W some nice shape and looks at the J16 weakness.]
;B[md]BL[605.823]C[The aim is to prevent any connection with the top group, hopefully in sente. But this is a horrible artless "my opponent should respond to this because I want them to" not-really-forcing move.]
;W[hb]WL[999.991]
;B[gb]BL[600.585]C[Played too fast.]
;W[gc]WL[992.514]
;B[gd]BL[532.551]
;W[fc]WL[976.167]
;B[ec]BL[499.9]
;W[fb]WL[973.919]
;B[he]BL[493.763]C[This obviously needs some defence, but I'm not sure what it should be. ]
;W[hf]WL[962.331]
;B[mc]BL[449.021]
;W[mb]WL[959.385]
;B[ga]BL[385.13]C[New proverb for this week: increase the sacrifice to two stones. I don't think it actually works here though. My lack of problems in recent weeks is really showing.]
;W[eb]WL[944.735]
;B[db]BL[353.502]
;W[fe]WL[924.105]
;B[ed]BL[305.095]C[Here is a thing from something I was reading earlier today: you don't always have to block directly in a case like this, sometimes a direct connection like this is good enough. ]
;W[ee]WL[917.837]
;B[de]BL[303.692]
;W[df]WL[916.589]
(;B[eg]BL[256.794]
;W[gf]WL[914.405]
;B[kg]BL[198.549]C[I finally stop being worried about playing too close to my walls and try to restrict the space W has to make eyes.]
;W[lj]WL[900.881]
(;B[oh]BL[139.115]C[I wanted this to be the hane as soon as I played it. P14 was looking more risky the more moves W got in the centre so I wanted some sort of way to cover it, and also make sure that W was never escaping to the group on the right.]
;W[jh]WL[892.316]C[At this point I was really struggling to see how to prevent life.]
;B[kh]BL[93.208]
;W[ki]WL[887.334]
;B[gi]BL[72.298]
;W[hi]WL[885.267]
;B[gh]BL[70.287]
;W[hh]WL[883.741]
(;B[ii]BL[30]OB[5]C[Played with no reading whatsoever and even less confidence that it'd kill. I can't even see a way to do it at this point in analysis.]
;W[jg]WL[877.162]
;B[ij]BL[30]OB[5]
;W[ik]WL[874.142]
;B[hk]BL[30]OB[4]
;W[jk]WL[871.639]
;B[da]BL[30]OB[4]C[Misclick; meant to be at E19.]
;W[jb]WL[867.937]
;B[mi]BL[30]OB[3]C[If W's alive, I need all I can from the upper right.]
;W[kf]WL[865.735]
;B[lf]BL[30]OB[3]
;W[gj]WL[864.008]
;B[gk]BL[30]OB[3]C[Hey cool I get to do the direct connection thing again.]
;W[fj]WL[861.389]
;B[ej]BL[30]OB[3]
;W[ek]WL[860.708]
;B[dk]BL[30]OB[3]
;W[el]WL[858.599]
;B[gm]BL[30]OB[3]C[This looks really passive now in review. J7 or H7 or maybe even K8.]
;W[jl]WL[849.67]
;B[cj]BL[30]OB[3]C[I was definitely worried about the E10 group getting cut off without too many liberties to carpture E8.]
;W[bi]WL[846.307]
;B[im]BL[30]OB[3]
;W[jm]WL[844.568]
;B[mj]BL[30]OB[3]C[With one eye for the bottom left, I'm happy to tenuki and go continue squeezing what points I can from the remains of the centre.]
(;W[dr]WL[830.811]C[Seemed really small at the time, but maybe the D2 hane for black is actually very dangerous for the life of W's corner.]
;B[lk]BL[30]OB[2]
;W[le]WL[810.396]
(;B[ke]BL[30]OB[2]C[I saw and played the double atari without actually checking whether it worked. It kind of ends up sort of working, but it's a lot more hairy than it could/should have been.]
;W[lg]WL[807.591]
;B[jf]BL[30]OB[2]
;W[lh]WL[806.903]
;B[mg]BL[30]OB[2]
;W[kf]WL[802.553]
;B[kg]BL[30]OB[2]
;W[mh]WL[798.271]
;B[ng]BL[30]OB[2]
;W[bd]WL[792.793]
;B[cc]BL[30]OB[2]
;W[ie]WL[791.397]C[The wheels definitely fell off here a little. I make some very bad impulse moves and the misclicked D19 is really starting to be an issue. If F18 was securely captured, I could stand to be a lot less concerned about the disconnects.]
(;B[id]BL[30]OB[2]
;W[bc]WL[787.562]
;B[bb]BL[30]OB[2]
;W[bj]WL[785.223]
;B[bk]BL[30]OB[1]
;W[dg]WL[779.313]C[This didn't really seem to achieve anything for W. Sadly I mess up the chance to shore up all my weaknesses once and for all.]
;B[nd]BL[30]OB[1]
;W[od]WL[775.743]
;B[oe]BL[30]OB[1]
;W[ha]WL[769.741]
;B[ea]BL[30]OB[1]
;W[fa]WL[767.24]
;B[ph]BL[30]OB[1]C[I play a bunch of panic endgame for the next few moves.]
;W[qh]WL[764.866]
;B[pi]BL[30]OB[1]
;W[qi]WL[763.865]
;B[rm]BL[30]OB[1]
;W[rl]WL[761.523]
;B[ro]BL[30]OB[1]
;W[rp]WL[759.211]
;B[po]BL[30]OB[1]
;W[qp]WL[758.236]
;B[op]BL[30]OB[1]
;W[oq]WL[754.88]
;B[li]BL[30]OB[1]
;W[sf]WL[751.515]
;B[se]BL[30]OB[1]
;W[sg]WL[750.763]
;B[rd]BL[30]OB[1]C[I really wanted to find a move that protected both S15 and Q18 at the same time, but I couldn't see anything.]
;W[bo]WL[744.793]
;B[bn]BL[178.071]
;W[er]WL[742.451]
;B[ce]BL[158.987]
;W[be]WL[740.222]
;B[mp]BL[145.185]
;W[mq]WL[738.026]
;B[lo]BL[133.434]
;W[kp]WL[736.22]
;B[jn]BL[119.476]C[This move had been calling out to me for ages and I finally succumbed but I think it's just bad.]
;W[do]WL[732.869]
;B[cn]BL[117.904]
;W[dp]WL[730.668]
;B[dn]BL[110.536]
;W[eo]WL[728.841]
;B[en]BL[108.671]
;W[fo]WL[727.212]
;B[fn]BL[106.66]
;W[in]WL[725.645]
;B[hn]BL[69.074]
;W[kn]WL[716.85]
;B[km]BL[61.245]
;W[ko]WL[714.117]
;B[kl]BL[48.629]
;W[nh]WL[696.857]
;B[ni]BL[42.737]
;W[kh]WL[693.117]
;B[sp]BL[15.762]
;W[rq]WL[689.175]
;B[sq]BL[9.762]
;W[sr]WL[688.148]
;B[so]BL[4.739]
;W[rr]WL[687.497]
;B[gp]BL[30]OB[5]
;W[fp]WL[684.606]
;B[hp]BL[30]OB[5]
;W[hq]WL[680.244]
;B[ip]BL[30]OB[4]
;W[jp]WL[676.275]
;B[ho]BL[30]OB[4]C[My aim with the last two moves is to make sure that G6 is a real eye in some sort of sente. I'm not sure how much of that W really needed to respond to though, I definitely felt like a bit of a fraud playing out the sequence.]
;W[jo]WL[675.066]
;B[pb]BL[30]OB[3]
;W[hd]WL[671.727]
;B[gb]BL[30]OB[3]
;W[ga]WL[666.27]
;B[he]BL[30]OB[3]
;W[kf]WL[665.327]
;B[me]BL[30]OB[3]
;W[hd]WL[661.46]
;B[ih]BL[30]OB[1]C[I thought this led to some sort of seki in the middle.]
;W[he]WL[648.293]C[(here time ran out, rest is a demonstration that it's not seki and that top left is alive)]
;B[cd]
;W[ab]
;B[ba]
;W[ig]
;B[fi]
;W[ji]
)(;B[hd]
;W[id]
;B[bc]
;W[ha]
;B[cd]
;W[be]
)(;B[bc]
;W[id]
;B[hd]
;W[cd]
;B[ea]
))(;B[mf]
;W[me]
;B[ne]
;W[ke]
;B[je]
;W[jf]
;B[lh]
))(;W[lk]
;B[dr]
;W[cr]
;B[dp]
;W[cq]
;B[er]
;W[bo]C[It's some sort of L+1/L group thing. Which I should read about, but I think there are enough B weaknesses that it's probably alive.]
))(;B[ih]
;W[ig]
;B[ij]
;W[ii]
)(;B[ig]
;W[jg]
;B[ih]
;W[ii]
;B[jf]
;W[hg]
))(;B[ph]
(;W[oh]
;B[pi]
;W[of]
;B[ng]
;W[oe]
;B[od]
;W[nd]
;B[ne]
;W[nf]
;B[me]
;W[mf]
;B[mg]C[Seems like there isn't much here for W.]
)(;W[of]
;B[oh]
;W[oe]
;B[od]C[Like the other variation but even worse for W.]
)))(;B[fg]C[I considered this variation relying on a liberty shortage for W, but I decided it was too cute to play. Looking now, I'm also not sure whether having the extra stone in my "territory" (assuming W dies) is -1 point at the end.]
;W[gf]
;B[kg]
;W[ff]
;B[eg]
))(;B[ql]
;W[rf]
;B[re]
(;W[qe]
;B[qd]
)(;W[rd]
;B[se]
;W[qd]
;B[qe]
)))(;B[pg]
))