Life In 19x19

Well, I'm not seeing it (the tesuji which will suddenly cause me to lose the game). All I'm seeing is 5th-line territory coming my way (even if there is still the possibility of the sente monkey jump for White). However, the fact that Kirby's post gets liked by ez4u and that Bill ...

$$Bcm69
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$$ |. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .|
$$ |. . . O . . . . . . . . . X O X . . .|
$$ |. . . O X . . . . . . . . X X O O O .|
$$ |. . O X . X . . . O X . . . . X X . .|
$$ |. . O X . . . . 1 X O . . . . . . . .|
$$ |. . O X . . . . . O ...

Given Black's move, the question becomes: how severely can I attack the Black group on the left? I definitely shouldn't be able to kill it. Instead, my goal will be to force it to either run into the center or seek small confined life on the left edge. Ideally, I'll be able to do this in sente ...

Joaz Banbeck wrote:

Kirby wrote:.... I'll be with my son in the hospital ...

Is it ok to ask what put him there?

Whatever it is, I hope all goes well.

$$Bcm67
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$$ |. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .|
$$ |. . . O . . . . . . . . . X O X . . .|
$$ |. . . O X . . . . . . . . X X O O O .|
$$ |. . O X . X . . . O X . . . . X X . .|
$$ |. . O X . . . . . 1 O . . . . . . . .|
$$ |. . O X ...

In retrospect, the 51st move was unnecessarily greedy. Managing the moyo would have been much easier if I just pushed at R14. This is the move Takemiya style likely called for.
$$Bc
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$$ |. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .|
$$ |. . . O ...

$$Bcm29
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$$ |. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .|
$$ |. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .|
$$ |. . . X . . X O . . . . . . . . . . .|
$$ |. . . , . X . . . , . . . . . , X . .|
$$ |. O . O . X O . . . . . . . . . . . .|
$$ |. . . . O O X ...

$$Bcm65
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$$ |. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .|
$$ |. . . O . . . . . . . . . X O X . . .|
$$ |. . . O X . . . . . . . . X X O O O .|
$$ |. . O X . X . . . , X . . . . X X . .|
$$ |. . O X . . . . . . O . . . . . . . .|
$$ |. . O X ...

Fun game!

I am struggling to decide between "a" and "b." Both seem to be very good. Gotta do some more reading.
$$Bc
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$$ |. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .|
$$ |. . . O . . . . . . . . . X O X . . .|
$$ |. . . O X . . . . . . . . X X O O O .|
$$ |. . O X . X ...

$$Bcm63
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$$ |. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .|
$$ |. . . O . . . . . . . . . X O X . . .|
$$ |. . . O X . . . . . . . . X X O O O .|
$$ |. . O X . X . . . , X . . . . X X . .|
$$ |. . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .|
$$ |. . O X ...

$$Bcm61
$$ --------------------------------------
$$ |. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .|
$$ |. . . O . . . . . . . . . X O X . . .|
$$ |. . . O X . . . . . . . . X X O O O .|
$$ |. . O X . X . . . , X . . . . X X . .|
$$ |. . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .|
$$ |. . O X ...

Now it's getting interesting!

Next maybe just capture the corner?
$$Bc
$$ --------------------------------------
$$ |. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .|
$$ |. . . O . . . . . . . . . X O X . . .|
$$ |. . . O X . . . . . . . . X X O O O .|
$$ |. . O X . X . . . , X . . . . X X . .|
$$ |. . O X ...