i know i changed my mind this just looks so much more solid though dont you think.
so now its his sente his chance to shake it up, lets play guess his move

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[go]$$Bcm180 Prisoners:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . O X X X . X X . X X X O . O . |
$$ | . . X O O O X O X . . . X O O O X O . |
$$ | . O O , O X X O . O O X X O O X . O . |
$$ | O . O X O O X O O . X . . X O O X . . |
$$ | . O X . X O O O X . X X . X O X O O . |
$$ | . X X . X . O X . X X O X O O X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X X . O . X X . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . X X O O . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X , . X . X X X . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . O . X X O X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O O . O . a . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . X . . . . . . . X X . |
$$ | . O O X . . O O X . X . . . . . . O . |
$$ | . . X O O O O X O O . X . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O O X X X X X O , . . . . . X X O . |
$$ | . . O X . O X O O O X X . O X X O . . |
$$ | . X X . X O X O X X . . . . X O O O . |
$$ | . O . X O O O O . . X . . . . X . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

(A)
thats a pretty good move, thats why i wanted to play the crosscut, but in the end this is better shape in the long run it makes everything safe, lets see if he plays at a

What am I missing?

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[go]$$Bcm180 Prisoners:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . O X X X . X X . X X X O . O . |
$$ | . . X O O O X O X . . . X O O O X O . |
$$ | . O O , O X X O . O O X X O O X . O . |
$$ | O . O X O O X O O . X . . X O O X . . |
$$ | . O X . X O O O X . X X . X O X O O . |
$$ | . X X . X . O X . X X O X O O X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X X . O . X X . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . X X O O . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X , . X . X X X . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . O . X X O X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O O . O 7 6 . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . X . . . . . . . X X . |
$$ | . O O X . . O O X . X . . . . . . O . |
$$ | . . X O O O O X O O . X . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O O X X X X X O , . . . . . X X O . |
$$ | . . O X . O X O O O X X . O X X O . . |
$$ | . X X . X O X O X X . . . . X O O O . |
$$ | . O . X O O O O . . X . . . . X . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Nothing fancy.

this move was almost automtic i just made sure it was cut proof first, i jus cant have this guy running around in my territory, next move!
hey this game is almost over i gotta watch out for big endgmae moves

Now for my terrible, terrible endgame.

never ignore a shoulder hit right!

well back to the basics its not that much open space to gun for so now he is trying to expand his territory; so im just doing some defense and blocking as much as i can

*looking for big moves*

Take my sente plays ... might as well.

I was considering tryiing something fancier like H9, but let's just push to the end now.

Almost done the game here, I think.

Let's connect here now.

I think this game is close.

93 is a mistake because of q19 being atari. White should play r1, c9, L17 and H9, all of which are pretty sente right now. 93 should only be played if you follow it with p19 - that makes it gote-ish so I would play the 4 moves I suggest then save the stone...

Sneaky sneaky ... he's threatening a ko in this corner. I do not have enough ko threats to fight it. Better to give him the stones.

I should have left R6 for after the corner was more solid (R1 first, maybe?)

Could you show your ko variation?

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[go]$$Wcm1 Prisoners:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . O X X X . X X . X X X O . O . |
$$ | . . X O O O X O X . . . X O O O X O . |
$$ | . O O , O X X O . O O X X O O X . O . |
$$ | O . O X O O X O O . X . . X O O X . . |
$$ | . O X . X O O O X . X X . X O X O O . |
$$ | . X X . X . O X . X X O X O O X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X X . O . X X O X O . . |
$$ | . X . . . X X O O . . . . . X X . O . |
$$ | . O X , . X . X X X . . . . . , X X . |
$$ | . O . X X O X . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 |
$$ | . . O O O . O O X . . . . . . . X O 3 |
$$ | . . . . . O . . X . . . . . . . X X O |
$$ | . O O X . . O O X . X . . . . X O O 5 |
$$ | . . X O O O O X O O . X . . . . X O 1 |
$$ | . O O X X X X X O , . . . . . X X O . |
$$ | . . O X . O X O O O X X . O X X O b . |
$$ | . X X . X O X O X X . . . . X O O O 8 |
$$ | . O . X O O O O . . X . . . a X 7 6 c |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

The above is the ko I read (at c). However, it's not as bad as I had thought. I was worried about bent 4 in the corner if I played a or b. Perhaps because this game has gone on for so long, I'm also trying to avoid to many complications.

1986 does deserve to win this game, I think. He has outplayed me in several places. I'm quite frankly surprised that it feels as close as it does (I should really post my count, but I haven't really gotten the hang of counting yet, so my count is usually way off anyways; I'll refrain from embarassing myself too much more ).