Life In 19x19

$$c Black: 0 White: 0
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . X . . . . O O X O . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X . X X X O O X X O . . O X . . . |
$$ | . O O , X O O X O X . . . . O , X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X O . X X . . . X ...

Trigger accepted.
$$c Black: 0 White: 0
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . X . . . . O O X O . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X . X X X O O X X O . . O X . . . |
$$ | . O O , X O O X O X . . . . O , X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X O . X X . . . X ...

$$c Black: 0 White: 0
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . X . . . . O O X O . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X . X X X O O X X O . . O X . . . |
$$ | . O O , X O O X O X . . . . O , X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X O . X X . . . X ...

I'm really sorry for being so slow, things are quite hectic right now, but it should get better from this week onward.

$$c Black: 0 White: 0
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . X . . . . O O X O . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X . X X X O O X ...

$$c Black: 0 White: 0
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . X . . . . O O X O . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X . X X X O O X X O . . O X . . . |
$$ | . O O , X O O X O X . . . . O , X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X O . X X . . . X ...

$$c Black: 0 White: 0
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . X . . . . O O X O . . . B . . . |
$$ | . O X . X X X O O X X O . . O X . . . |
$$ | . O O , X O O X O X . . . . O , X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X O . X X . . . X ...

Thanks everyone for all the comments! Very interesting stuff. I always find it hard to make a judgement about large moyos. I tend to overestimate them, and that feeling led to me playing the move in the game.

@ez4u :
Of course I didn't really think I had found some insane tesuji . I knew it was ...

@Uberdude
I discarded this move for various reasons which made perfect sense at the time, but little sense now . It's probably a case of over-thinking. I think I should stop thinking - it has never done me any good !

Uberdude wrote:...nonsense broken shape

But I LIKE nonsense moves! They're so fun !

Hello everyone,
I'd like to have your opinion on something that happened recently in a game of mine.

In the early opening, my opponent gave me good profit while building positions towards the middle. Then, he played the interesting shoulder hit below :
$$c Diagram 1 - Initial position ...

$$c Black: 0 White: 0
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . X . . . . O O X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X . X X X O O X X O . . O X . . . |
$$ | . O O , X O O X O X . . . . O , X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X O . X X . . . X ...

$$c Black: 0 White: 0
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . X . . . . O O X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X . X X X O O X X O . . O X . . . |
$$ | . O O , X O O X O X . . . . O , X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X O . X B . . . X ...

$$c Black: 0 White: 0
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . B . . . . O O X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X . X X X O O X X O . . O X . . . |
$$ | . O O , X O O X O X . . . . O , X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X O . X . . . . X ...

No problem, take care of yourself.
$$c Black: 0 White: 0
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . B . . . . . . O O X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X . X X X O O X X O . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . O , X O O X O X . . . . O , X . . |
$$ | . . . O ...

$$c Black: 0 White: 0
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O O X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . B . X X X O O X X O . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . O , X O O X O X . . . . O , X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X O . X . . . . X ...

$$c Black: 0 White: 0
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O O X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X X X O O X X O . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . O , X O O X O X . . . . O , X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X O . X . . . . X ...