Wow. Exactly according to my first thoughts for Black. Out of all the moves in the game so far, I prominently feel that here Black has played into the rosy parts of my reading. Often Black has played moves that I didn't consider strongly, but here I might be really surprising Black, if I haven't already been able to do this so far. Consider this as revenge for the top right in the opening, for example, when Black wouldn't settle his group into a low position like a good boy. I'm pretty certain that this is going to change the flow favorably for me, but if my expections are violated...well, I guess that's a learning opportunity
For the record, there were I think ways that Black could try to resist this result:
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[go]$$Wcm71 In the lids: B- 
W- 
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O . . . . . O . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X O . . O . O X X X . X . . O . . |
$$ | . X X X O O . . X O . O . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X X O X X . O . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . X O . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . X O X X . X . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . O . . . . X . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , O O . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . X X X O X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . X . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . a . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . O O X b . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X X O . . c X O X . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O 0 . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
This seemed interesting, maybe. Even though I could exchange a) for b), it's a bit less comfortable to tenuki from the bottom as White because Black can play c) as a followup instead of descending, which leads to more cutting points and less territory for White.
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[go]$$Wcm71 In the lids: B- W-
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O . . . . . O . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X O . . O . O X X X . X . . O . . |
$$ | . X X X O O . . X O . O . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X X O X X . O . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . X O . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . X O X X . X . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . O . . . . X . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , O O . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . X X X O X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . X . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . O O X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X X O . b 8 X O a . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
This one was also of some interest. There's the feeling that White may try resisting at a), but it's not so easy to follow up on such a feeling when White is weaker locally. If White does b), Black a) and it is similar to the previous variation, actually.
Anyway, I was so concerned about losing sente if Black played the descent that I was tempted to try something a bit outside the usual:
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[go]$$Wcm81 In the lids: B- W-
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O . . . . . O . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X O . . O . O X X X . X . . O . . |
$$ | . X X X O O . . X O . O . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X X O X X . O . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . X O . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . X O X X . X . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . O . . . . X . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , O O . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . X X X O X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . X . . . . . . . . . b . O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . 2 . a . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . O O X 1 . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . X O X . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . 3 O X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Normally you play atari from the other direction, since the stone that Black gets by connecting is not very useful: White's move in the exchange covers up much of Black's influence over the center. Cutting instead is pushing from behind. If Black finishes at a) then the feeling is that I've just exchanged a dead stone on the inside for a Black stone on the outside: not a good kind of exchange, usually. In any case, Black would have a lot more power this way. But with this sacrifice I'd get to settle the bottom group with easy territory,
and take sente to protect the right, and limit some of that Black influence at the same time, and after
that I'd still have hope to maybe play some good kikashi later against Black's shape on the bottom.
Dunno. But I don't have to deliberate over such variations anymore in this game, since now Black has pretty straightforwardly made a choice that I consider to be good for White.
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or a). There was no other way to capture my cutting stone - I was a bit quick to think about b) for Black instead - but nonetheless I have the aji and there's nothing I can do to attack the group on the left, not with that presently irremovable eye-making move there, for example. c) would be answered by d), basically, and I'm really no better for attacking. e) really wants f) in place first, to even begin to work, but f) is a touch too small to take in gote. So, I'm just going to fix the weakness on the right since it's a big point that's been lingering since the opening.
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reduces the Black potential already. So, Black might not want to play this if he's careful. This is ok, because then he will be choosing a softer reply, like nobi directly:
on the right side immediately is very bad, I suspect:
, I instantly saw this as a move to expect at some point. I knew that if I simply haned and let him pull back, I feel a bit overconcentrated. The knight's move attacking the entire group or the cap (H6 or J6) were my other two considerations for my last move. They would have strongly affected follow up sequences to this attachment. 
or 
which increase my losses on the outside and reduce my liberties with the corner group, the correct timing is to start first with the cut in the corner, and force Black into a decision there.