The quiet move would be to further strengthen the top group, e.g. at L17. However let's have some more fun...

When in doubt, cut.

When playing D14 I expected a white move in the area of H17, J17 K18 etc. but not directly G17. Thus didn't see this sequence coming (i.e. business as usual... ). It is certainly not recommended to allow white the squeeze:

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[go]$$Bcm63 Prisoners:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . 7 O X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X X O X . . . . . O X . . . . |
$$ | . . . O 6 O X O 3 X . . . O . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O X 1 2 . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . O 4 . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . O . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . X . . . . O . X . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . X O , O . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . X . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . X . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . O . . O . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . |
$$ | . . O , X X . . . , . . X . X O O . . |
$$ | . . . O O X . . . . . . . X O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ----------------------------------------[/go]

Therefore I will have to come out in a kind of broken ladder. It looks not too bad for black but still quite complicated. I'm not quite sure what white aims for.

Looks pretty good to me.

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[go]$$Wcm1
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X O X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X X O X . . . . . O X . . . . |
$$ | . . . O O O X O . X . . . O . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O X X X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X 5 . O O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . 3 4 . . . . . . . . O . X . . . |
$$ | . . . 1 2 . . . . . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . X . . . . O . X . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . X O , O . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . X . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . X . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . O . . O . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . |
$$ | . . O , X X . . . , . . X . X O O . . |
$$ | . . . O O X . . . . . . . X O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Going out (where?) with E13 would be fighting mode. However it is getting complicated and my left side group may become too thin in the following. Therefore I decided to give white his large corner, strengten my left side group and get sente.

It's most probably sente. The question is whether it is "good sente" or "bad sente". I think it is not completely bad - white settles his corner (~25 points; I could reduce it to ~20 by playing D18 but it seems gote) while I strengthen my left side group. In the following I am not completely sure, yet. Trying to cut at O14 seems bad since white has P16. I could play P14 in sente instead in order to make my upper right side more likely to become real territory, but it feels sort of boring. Another possibility is to play atari at tengen (where white omitted the cross-cut) and see if I can create some trouble with cutting points (Mental note: I should not be lazy and read this further before playing ).

The atari leaves a nasty squeeze, and this seems to capture the stones just as tidily. So with three large corners and what looks like a living group in the center, this game is looking pretty good.

Seems almost sente(?), reduces potential white center points and seems to fit with my left group, so why not?