Well, I won against Magicwand at 2 stones last game. I am proud of that, but he did make a big blunder. He made a big mistake and lost a bunch of stones near the early mid-game, and I was sure I had won. But he made it closer than I would have liked.

This time, I will beat him again, whether or not he makes a big blunder early on.

lightening will not strike twice on same tree...

Don't be afraid of him, but don't neglect your safety either. Read deeply and clearly and you can win. And don't forget, aim for the weak points.

No reason to change from last game, yet.

i dont remember what i played last game...but it doesnt matter.

i realized that i dont need to try to kill him.
my endgame is way better than Kirby's so this time i will try to play my game and wait. (but can i control myself? probably not.)

I can't lose if I think clearly. Thanks for the advice, Shaddy.

Good reasoning. We'll see how long you can resist aggression (I do the same more than I'd like), but it's a solid plan!

In the words of another underdog: viewtopic.php?p=71627#p71627

So I'm the underdog, eh? I guess I'll have to mix things up a little bit, then...

Looks like a funky version of the fuseki that I like best:

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[go]$$Wc
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

How shall I proceed? Hmmm...

My main rationale behind this move is that it feels right. If I jump into the corner, at the very least, white can press me down (though he may have more severe replies):

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[go]$$Bcm1 Prisoner Count: B-0 W-0
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . 8 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 4 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O 3 . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . 2 . , 5 . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . O . . . . 1 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I don't know. Maybe this is not the most severe sequence. But the right side seems to become important. I feel like white's stones on the board want to snap out at the right side. So I will play on the right side.

I expect this from him:

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[go]$$Wc Prisoner Count: B-0 W-0
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . W . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

If I say I expect him to play there, he definitely won't, though, right?

i guess he is scared to come inside.. so i will make my moyo bigger so he has to come in.

Eh, for these purposes I just meant 'black in handicap'. Hard to call you that when you're killing large groups and winning though. =)

easy does it...
dont need to attack that stone.
life is not always good thing.

IMO because he secured life his correct move now is to tenuki and use that exchange as a probe.
but is he going to play that way?

Already I feel black is good. White's O5 looks ridiculous

What would be your move? Q3?