Hey guys,

this is a game I played in the pub yesterday. I am 3 kyu KGs right now (bordering to 2 kyu) and my opponent is a strong 4 kyu KGS. We played the game without time controls (we were too lazy to set up the clock) and so it took even longer than a tournament game. I would be gratefull to receive some comments on where we went wrong and what we can improve. (Especially in the opening and early middle game.)

So, anyways, after Nigiri, I played White.

I felt black came out better after the opening and I was struggeling hard to get something going. In the middle game, due to a misjudgements by black, I was able to capture some of his stones, which was sort of the turning point of the game.

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Perhaps thematically, there are several glasses of wine inside this review, so don't take any of my words as gospel .

: My guess is that black confused minichinese and a variant kobayashi.

: I feel like playing bottom right may have been better; top is so wide that you will surely be able to invade later.

: I also feel like black should have played N17: Or perhaps kosumi. My first thought now is to attach at R17 and settle here; hmm, though L17 directly now looks good to me as it concerns the base of two groups. The joseki after N17 invasion seems to give white a good attack on black's two stones.

I agree continuing on top was perhaps the thing. Perhaps K17 yourself, just to settle? Your 14 was obviously a good point though.

is a moyo-building move

Why this? I don't remember the joseki, but this seems insipid to me compared to, say, M4.

Throwing an idea out there. The top white group is a burden on my mind here, so I'd like to try and settle it using black's group (which you were aiming at before!)

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Yeah, Loons, I was also looking at H17, but it seems that black can just capture the stone with G16, no?

The attachment at R17 is a good idea - I should have considered it. It looks as if it gives white a secure group and a better result than in the game.

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H17 G16 H16 H15 H18 hm... Black blocks one side, white take first ko to escape out the other? It's a serious ko though.

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O.k., I didn't have H18 on my list ... interesting!

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