(;GM[1]FF[4]CA[UTF-8]AP[CGoban:3]ST[2]RU[Japanese]SZ[19]KM[0.50]TM[1500]OT[5x30 byo-yomi]PW[Serenotm]PB[Numsgil]WR[3k]BR[4k]DT[2011-03-16]PC[The KGS Go Server at <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.gokgs.com/">http://www.gokgs.com/</a><!-- m -->]C[Numsgil [4k]: hiSerenotm [3k]: hi]RE[B+Resign];B[pd]BL[1492.024];W[dp]WL[1479.139];B[pp]BL[1489.06];W[dc]WL[1475.919]
(;B[de]BL[1485.857]C[Variation. I got the idea from Bill Spight, he mentioned it somewhere in one of the Violence vs. Magicwand games. Anyway, if you don't want to be pincered/don't know pincer joseki well, you may think about one of those.];W[cg]WL[1471.753];B[cc]BL[1479.408];W[cd]WL[1469.148];B[dd]BL[1469.051];W[ce]WL[1467.048]
(;B[ec]BL[1448.581];W[db]WL[1461.813];B[bc]BL[1442.566];W[eb]WL[1452.227];B[fc]BL[1427.817]
(;W[df]WL[1419.423]C[Variation for white.];B[fb]BL[1408.507];W[dm]WL[1403.254];B[jp]BL[1400.077];W[pn]WL[1399.939]
(;B[pj]BL[1392.803]C[Not so good. Just o3 or o4 is good enough. (generally, you don't want to pincer a one-space high approach to star point, double approach is too good).];W[np]WL[1396.748]
(;B[oo]BL[1391.355]C[Variation. Letting white take the corner is too large in this case.];W[qq]WL[1394.826];B[pq]BL[1382.35];W[qp]WL[1392.82];B[qr]BL[1380.833]C[Kind of worthless. (and gote!)];W[rr]WL[1390.169];B[pr]BL[1376.43];W[po]WL[1387.798];B[op]BL[1375.295];W[on]WL[1385.69];B[no]BL[1374.165];W[ql]WL[1381.779]C[Black's kinda painful, esp. since white can poke at h3 later. (and that large territory he's got]
(;B[qf]BL[1334.495]C[??];W[pb]WL[1378.449];B[oc]BL[1323.232];W[ob]WL[1375.606];B[nb]BL[1314.228];W[nc]WL[1371.593];B[mc]BL[1311.892];W[nd]WL[1368.553];B[mb]BL[1303.306];W[qd]WL[1365.457];B[pe]BL[1298.32];W[re]WL[1362.836];B[rf]BL[1293.786];W[rc]WL[1356.953];B[le]BL[1279.245];W[nf]WL[1353.31];B[oh]BL[1272.385];W[md]WL[1346.194];B[ld]BL[1270.299];W[mg]WL[1337.806];B[kg]BL[1260.188];W[mi]WL[1333.973];B[nk]BL[1257.442];W[rj]WL[1331.15]C[Can white cut? Then p12 was a bit loose. If he can't, then r12 is wrong.];B[qh]BL[1237.402]C[So inefficient];W[ig]WL[1305.423]
(;B[ie]BL[1231.784]C[Timid.];W[he]WL[1302.334];B[hd]BL[1227.425];W[id]WL[1294.164];B[je]BL[1220.29];W[ed]WL[1291.546]
(;B[ee]BL[1172.63];W[gd]WL[1287.879];B[hc]BL[1161.622];W[fd]WL[1284.431];B[ff]BL[1154.741];W[gf]WL[1280.999];B[fg]BL[1148.807];W[if]WL[1268.501]
(;B[jc]BL[1139.213]C[What is this? Just block g17, it's sente.];W[gc]WL[1250.135];B[gb]BL[1130.426];W[hb]WL[1247.609];B[ic]BL[1116.128];W[fa]WL[1245.172];B[ge]BL[1113.439];W[ga]WL[1241.828];B[hf]BL[1111.304];W[di]WL[1239.202];B[fq]BL[1101.455];W[fe]WL[1237.57];B[gg]BL[1091.969];W[ef]WL[1234.654];B[gj]BL[1089.456]C[Not bad- looking at a large scale attack. I would play f10, though. It looks at the invasion more closely.];W[mm]WL[1230.398];B[lk]BL[1083.03];W[mo]WL[1225.824];B[nn]BL[1078.997];W[nm]WL[1221.911];B[mn]BL[1069.787];W[ln]WL[1220.745]
(;B[mp]BL[1067.702]C[variation];W[lo]WL[1215.925];B[lp]BL[1063.004];W[nq]WL[1214.591];B[mr]BL[1051.546];W[nr]WL[1206.552];B[mq]BL[1035.262];W[os]WL[1187.451];B[ps]BL[1017.522];W[rs]WL[1173.119];B[or]BL[980.298];W[dr]WL[1156.679];B[lm]BL[962.647]C[Bit greedy. These stones are not worth that much, I would play around k9 or maybe d9 instead.];W[ll]WL[1147.177];B[km]BL[956.717];W[mk]WL[1146.146];B[mj]BL[953.393];W[ml]WL[1144.604];B[lj]BL[947.967];W[kl]WL[1135.535];B[jm]BL[940.712];W[nj]WL[1129.852];B[ni]BL[938.524];W[ki]WL[1124.74];B[li]BL[928.177];W[lh]WL[1121.289];B[mh]BL[922.066];W[lg]WL[1102.071];B[kh]BL[908.326];W[kf]WL[1099.84];B[ji]BL[894.954];W[kj]WL[1097.755]
(;B[kk]BL[892.222]C[Perhaps it's better just to hold on to the prize.];W[jj]WL[1083.967];B[jk]BL[882.314];W[ij]WL[1080.691];B[jl]BL[880.421];W[jh]WL[1077.616];B[om]BL[878.614];W[hp]WL[1039.453]
(;B[hq]BL[873.895]C[You're too far behind to play moves like this. F5 and fight.];W[iq]WL[1034.477];B[ip]BL[865.081];W[gq]WL[1029.579];B[hr]BL[863.29];W[gr]WL[1024.305]C[G4...?]
(;B[ho]BL[856.455];W[gp]WL[1022.26];B[ir]BL[854.245];W[go]WL[1018.653];B[dk]BL[850.677];W[ej]WL[1015.524];B[ek]BL[848.411];W[fk]WL[1014.403];B[fj]BL[846.879];W[fl]WL[1010.385];B[cm]BL[843.985];W[cl]WL[978.839];B[dl]BL[837.826]C[You need to read more.];W[ck]WL[976.293];B[cj]BL[834.536];W[dj]WL[972.781];B[dh]BL[827.249];W[ch]WL[967.181];B[ei]BL[822.424];W[el]WL[963.244];B[jf]BL[804.555];W[jg]WL[960.034];B[lf]BL[799.522];W[kg]WL[957.786];B[ne]BL[792.61];W[ng]WL[952.089];B[oe]BL[769.772];W[pc]WL[948.885];B[me]BL[762.265];W[ri]WL[946.679];B[qk]BL[759.441];W[rk]WL[944.431];B[pl]BL[751.576];W[pm]WL[939.967];B[nl]BL[746.006];W[rm]WL[937.056];B[cq]BL[738.213];W[dq]WL[933.192];B[bo]BL[733.685];W[br]WL[929.744];B[es]BL[654.04];W[gs]WL[893.98];B[cr]BL[646.214];W[cs]WL[889.045];B[bs]BL[643.499];W[ds]WL[879.653];B[ar]BL[622.386];W[bq]WL[876.255];B[cp]BL[620.844];W[bp]WL[873.323];B[co]BL[619.483];W[as]WL[871.515];B[ii]BL[584.685];W[hi]WL[865.504];B[bs]BL[581.327];W[jr]WL[859.693];B[ap]BL[566.438];W[as]WL[852.405];B[hj]BL[562.643];W[jq]WL[833.071];B[bs]BL[559.655]C[This is possibly the most ridiculous ko I've ever seen.];W[qs]WL[829.274];B[aq]BL[543.883];W[oq]WL[826.765];B[ns]BL[540.311];W[bm]WL[821.889];B[hh]BL[525.682];W[ih]WL[815.517];B[ii]BL[523.865];W[gi]WL[813.182];B[fi]BL[509.495];W[ik]WL[811.52];B[hk]BL[493.765];W[il]WL[799];B[hl]BL[479.94];W[im]WL[789.097];B[hm]BL[477.929];W[in]WL[787.956];B[hn]BL[474.161];W[io]WL[784.609];B[kp]BL[461.746];W[ji]WL[781.545];B[gh]BL[454.742];W[ib]WL[767.42];B[jb]BL[450.673]C[Numsgil [4k]: gg])
(;B[gp];W[ho]
;B[fr]C[??]))
(;B[fo]))
(;B[jh]))
(;B[lo]C[This is better.]))
(;B[gc];W[ge]))
(;B[ge]C[I'll trade ya..]))
(;B[lh];W[mh]
;B[lj]C[ATTACK.]))
(;B[jd]C[You can block around r10 later.]))
(;B[qq]
;W[nn]C[Joseki]))
(;B[np];W[qp];B[qq];W[qo];B[rq];W[qk];B[fq]))
(;W[bb];B[cb];W[ca]
;B[fb]C[How it should have gone.]))
(;B[cf]C[As Ed mentioned, this is joseki, and there are variations here]
(;W[bf];B[ec]
(;W[db];B[df];W[bd];B[dg]
;W[ch]C[B may play e18 now or save the aji. (If there is a white stone around h17 or something like that, black's attachment at g17 is sente in two directions.)])
(;W[df]
;B[db]C[Slightly good for black, he has the corner. But it's playable for both.]))
(;W[df];B[bf];W[bc];B[cb]
(;W[be]
;B[ec]C[The order of moves is important. If black plays e14 before e17, w may omit b13. *
*(I don't understand this either, but this is how it has always been taught to me.)];W[bg];B[ef];W[dg])
(;W[bd]C[W may also make this shape, which makes black's b18 smaller for endgame purposes. (really, it doesn't matter much, b18 is almost guaranteed to be white's sente later.];B[ec];W[bg];B[ef];W[dg]))))
(;B[df])
(;B[cf]))
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