So, as I've been sitting uncomfortably on 4d? for a while, I thought I'd get in another rated game to get it back to sensibility. I drew a 1d with 3 handicap stones, which was unexpected and, I thought, impossible for me.
Much to my surprise, I managed to get ahead and then in a complicated fight had a chance to wrap it up completely, before a mindless blunder lost 70 or so points on a complete misread - I then carried on playing on tilt for another 60 moves until resigning, but the game still felt awesome (and what fighting!!).
However, some of the play was definitely out of left field, and I think Black was really a bit soft on me - so I've thrown the .sgf with a number of comments on here for the critique and comments of you helpful lot to pick up my bigger errors, and where I should have been punished but wasn't
(;GM[1]FF[4]CA[UTF-8]AP[CGoban:3]ST[2]
RU[Japanese]SZ[19]HA[3]KM[0.50]TM[600]OT[5x20 byo-yomi]
PW[johndoe69]PB[GandalfTW]WR[4d]BR[1d]DT[2010-10-24]PC[The KGS Go Server at http://www.gokgs.com/]AB[pd][dp][pp]C[johndoe69 [4d?]: Have a great game
]RE[B+Resign]
;W[ec]WL[574.814]
;B[cd]BL[593.567]
;W[jc]WL[572.174]C[Makes D15 a very attractive move for White now, and Black cannot easily jump inside. Playing here for momentum with handicap stones.]
;B[cg]BL[570.447]
;W[nc]WL[564.534]C[Again, hard for Black to attack the top as White has a lot of flexibility too - however, am concerned about the flatness here. K16 is better shape from O17, but is sort of funny from E17. I've decided bM17 can be handled with wR17, so happy enough.]
;B[qf]BL[565.511]
;W[nq]WL[538.709]
;B[pm]BL[561.421]
;W[fq]WL[514.493]
;B[dm]BL[557.339]C[These two points jumps feel very thin to me? I don't know, feels like Black is taking some bigger risks than he should]
;W[dr]WL[509.247]
;B[cq]BL[551.784]
;W[hp]WL[505.033]C[Playing for big development and points if I can get 'em.]
;B[dj]BL[549.485]C[Seems a bit slow? Lots of aji left at C7, this seems very one purpose move-ish. What should Black have done here?]
;W[qk]WL[495.098]C[I figure Black cannot afford White to play R12, and if White jumps out Black has a very thin looking lower right corner.]
;B[qi]BL[544.977]
;W[ok]WL[492.476]
;B[lq]BL[541.083]
;W[qq]WL[488.865]C[The timing felt good for this, trying to cash something here and treat O3 lightly. However, this obviously settles Black too - maybe O5 is better for White, continuing to increase the aji in Black's corner shape while attacking M3?]
;B[pq]BL[539.16]
;W[pr]WL[474.284]
;B[or]BL[529.883]
;W[qr]WL[473.487]
;B[nr]BL[528.503]
;W[qp]WL[451.266]
;B[po]BL[525.513]C[Black cannot hane as White can cut.]
;W[pb]WL[443.181]C[Taking sente to help stabilise the top and squish Black's shape up here seemed big.]
;B[rn]BL[517.341]
;W[ro]WL[440.633]
;B[qo]BL[514.465]
;W[rp]WL[438.548]
;B[qc]BL[510.972]
;W[ne]WL[433.561]C[Now I'm very happy with the whole right side. If I can handle the left side, I feel marginally ahead.]
;B[hr]BL[501.35]C[Feels very much like overplay. White isn't going to die here, and this is just second line running-away-ness.]
;W[eo]WL[422.742]C[Aji keshi, but trying to borrow strength to swallow F2 and create a central influence based game.]
;B[ep]BL[493.001]
;W[fp]WL[421.113]
;B[cr]BL[489.181]C[Surely this is too small?]
;W[fn]WL[416.223]C[Stopping F5 seems bigger than E2.]
;B[dn]BL[476.049]C[Maybe unnecessary for black? Still, Black fixes some of his aji this way.]
;W[jp]WL[413.624]C[Playing for outside influence.]
;B[iq]BL[467.115]
;W[jq]WL[393.725]
;B[jr]BL[462.315]
;W[lp]WL[379.613]C[J4 felt too slow, and I had read the cut for Black was dangerous if I have strength on this side. Abusing the aji of O3, though the shape is a bit funky.]
;B[ip]BL[448.243]
;W[io]WL[377.492]
;B[jo]BL[445.227]
;W[ko]WL[371.95]
;B[jn]BL[443.094]
;W[in]WL[363.008]C[The fights start. I figure the bottom edge is so dangerous for Black I have to keep momentum going. I don't see an easy way for Black to not need another move on the bottom.]
;B[kq]BL[438.332]
;W[kp]WL[361.354]
;B[mp]BL[429.127]
;W[kn]WL[356.301]
;B[jm]BL[427.87]
;W[mo]WL[353.55]
;B[mq]BL[408.828]
;W[mm]WL[351.806]C[Now White feels very happy. If those 3 stones don't get out, White feels like the game is basically even, even if the left side is all Black territory.]
;B[km]BL[404.031]
;W[lm]WL[344.025]
;B[im]BL[398.412]
;W[fl]WL[337.692]C[Black's last two moves were kind of awful, helping White enormously.]
;B[gn]BL[394.891]
;W[hm]WL[323.89]C[Not buying it. These 5 stones are going down.]
;B[gm]BL[377.176]
;W[hl]WL[315.308]
;B[gl]BL[375.778]
;W[hn]WL[305.801]
;B[go]BL[369.781]
;W[ho]WL[292.222]
;B[fo]BL[344.975]
;W[gk]WL[279.466]
;B[fm]BL[339.785]
;W[gp]WL[274.872]
;B[en]BL[336.691]
;W[kj]WL[257.093]C[Thought long and hard about this move. Decided that I wanted something that could help the overall framework, trap Black in, and prevent him contacting and squeezing out. Normally I criticise this sort of move as wooly, but I wanted to have enough distance to stop Black from kicking and screaming his way out from the middle. I think perhaps this is a mistake?]
;B[hk]BL[331.129]
;W[hj]WL[244.626]
;B[ik]BL[325.314]
;W[ij]WL[234.152]
;B[nn]BL[323.731]C[Funny peep.]
;W[mn]WL[226.852]
;B[jk]BL[320.679]
;W[fj]WL[200.145]C[White can read Black has no escape, so secures the stones on this side.]
;B[kk]BL[311.832]
;W[lk]WL[194.415]
;B[fr]BL[293.129]
;W[kl]WL[171.781]
;B[eq]BL[285.418]
;W[eg]WL[143.787]C[Taking tenuki to enlarge the moyo. Now White feels ahead.]
;B[ee]BL[281.738]
;W[de]WL[138.249]
;B[dd]BL[279.571]
;W[ed]WL[137.232]
;B[df]BL[275.228]
;W[fe]WL[136.566]
;B[ef]BL[273.203]
;W[ff]WL[135.358]
;B[fg]BL[272.068]
;W[eh]WL[134.302]
;B[mh]BL[259.25]
;W[oh]WL[128.982]C[Black cannot hope to achieve success with N12. White feels the game is nearing a conclusion of N12 dies. Already the left side doesn't need reducing (though C12 is huge)]
;B[og]BL[256.132]
;W[ng]WL[127.331]
;B[nh]BL[254.962]
(;W[pg]WL[123.292]C[What am I doing ??! Wrong side!]
;B[of]BL[252.873]
;W[nf]WL[117.859]
;B[oi]BL[251.491]
;W[ph]WL[101.931]
;B[pi]BL[249.417]
;W[pf]WL[101.242]
;B[oe]BL[247.712]
;W[pe]WL[100.667]
;B[od]BL[246.662]
;W[qe]WL[99.996]
;B[qd]BL[242.58]
;W[rf]WL[71.756]
;B[qg]BL[230.1]
;W[qh]WL[68.405]
;B[rd]BL[226.731]
;W[ri]WL[48.054]
;B[rj]BL[224.914]
;W[rg]WL[35.942]
;B[si]BL[223.009]
;W[rh]WL[34.848]
;B[qj]BL[219.927]
;W[ni]WL[26.273]
;B[mi]BL[213.012]
;W[nj]WL[24.668]C[What a complicated mess I got myself in
]
;B[rk]BL[211.777]
;W[lg]WL[20]OW[5]
;B[ki]BL[202.213]
;W[ji]WL[20]OW[4]
;B[kh]BL[188.73]
;W[jf]WL[20]OW[4]
;B[lj]BL[171.053]
;W[jj]WL[20]OW[4]
;B[mk]BL[169.328]
;W[ll]WL[20]OW[4]
;B[nk]BL[167.643]
;W[oj]WL[20]OW[4]
;B[nl]BL[150.866]
;W[mj]WL[20]OW[4]
;B[li]BL[147.389]
;W[ol]WL[20]OW[4]
;B[nm]BL[144.895]
(;W[ql]WL[20]OW[4]C[The terrible blunder, I thought bS8 was necessary. White has gotten his 4 liberties. K12 would have won the game
]
;B[pk]BL[138.473]
;W[pl]WL[20]OW[4]
;B[rl]BL[135.779]
;W[qm]WL[20]OW[4]
;B[rm]BL[131.171]
;W[om]WL[20]OW[4]
;B[on]BL[128.652]
;W[pn]WL[20]OW[4]
;B[pj]BL[121.467]
;W[rb]WL[20]OW[4]C[The rest of the game is a fine example of the topazg tilt machine, please ignore!]
;B[nd]BL[110.788]
;W[md]WL[20]OW[4]
;B[mc]BL[105.268]
;W[ld]WL[20]OW[3]
;B[nb]BL[101.775]
;W[se]WL[20]OW[3]
;B[lc]BL[82.893]
;W[qb]WL[20]OW[3]
;B[kd]BL[80.827]
;W[ke]WL[20]OW[3]
;B[mg]BL[77.664]
;W[le]WL[20]OW[3]
;B[mf]BL[73.052]
;W[me]WL[20]OW[3]
;B[ob]BL[66.289]
;W[sd]WL[20]OW[3]
;B[jd]BL[61.703]
;W[kc]WL[20]OW[3]
;B[id]BL[59.917]
;W[ic]WL[20]OW[3]
;B[hc]BL[56.343]
;W[hb]WL[20]OW[3]
;B[hd]BL[53.908]
;W[gb]WL[20]OW[3]
;B[ig]BL[47.998]
;W[if]WL[20]OW[3]
;B[hf]BL[45.874]
;W[jg]WL[20]OW[3]
;B[kb]BL[35.157]
;W[ib]WL[20]OW[2]
;B[gf]BL[32.618]
;W[gg]WL[20]OW[2]
;B[fd]BL[30.406]
;W[fh]WL[20]OW[2]
;B[ge]BL[28.513]
;W[fg]WL[20]OW[2]
;B[hg]BL[27.236]
;W[jh]WL[20]OW[2]
;B[qn]BL[13.632]
;W[ch]WL[20]OW[2]
;B[fc]BL[11.442]
;W[eb]WL[20]OW[2]
;B[fb]BL[9.333]
;W[fa]WL[20]OW[2]
;B[db]BL[7.873]
;W[gc]WL[20]OW[2]
;B[gd]BL[5.907]
;W[jb]WL[20]OW[2]
;B[lb]BL[1.234]
;W[hh]WL[20]OW[2]
;B[dc]BL[20]OB[5]C[johndoe69 [4d?]: Many thanks
johndoe69 [4d?]: Great game
])
(;W[jh]
;B[om]
;W[kg]
;B[pk]
;W[mg]
;B[pl]
;W[lh]C[Now White has captured the corner too, and has a safe victory.]))
(;W[of]
(;B[oi]
;W[pg]
;B[ph]
;W[og]
;B[qg]
;W[ni])
(;B[pg]
;W[oi])))
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