I'm really not sure about this one... I looked at a, b and c, but while c is actually even bigger than I thought (I pretty much must play the ko, I misread that he had gote life, since he can threaten to come underneath me on the left) I am worried about x. Normally that would be an overplay I think, but here I can't really cut since he has such influence in the center, so my only option is to be pressed down.

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[go]$$Wcm90 Captures: B=0 W=0
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . a . . . . . . . . O . O X O O . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . X X O O X O X . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . O X O X X O . |
$$ | . . . . . B . . . . . X X X X O O O . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . . . . x 1 . . . . . . . . O O X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . b . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . X . X . . O O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O X X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X . X O O X X . . . . |
$$ | . . O c . O . O . X O . O O . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . X . O X X . O . . O , X . . |
$$ | . . X O . X O . O . X . O . . O O X . |
$$ | . . . X O . . . . . . X . . . . . X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I think I'm behind, but I think it maybe close enough to keep playing.

oh god, what am I doing :I

There's too much for me to read it all, but what I've looked into seems the best I can do. I can answer a with b, and I think I prevent local life for black while making some points, which is probably my best course of action.

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[go]$$Wcm92 Captures: B=0 W=0
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O X O O . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . X X O O X O X . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . O X O X X O . |
$$ | . . a . . X . . . . . X X X X O O O . |
$$ | . . b O . . . . . . . . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . O O X X . |
$$ | . . B . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . |
$$ | . . 1 , . . . . . X . X . . O O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O X X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X . X O O X X . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . O . O . X O . O O . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . X . O X X . O . . O , X . . |
$$ | . . X O . X O . O . X . O . . O O X . |
$$ | . . . X O . . . . . . X . . . . . X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I want to see what I can get here

Divide and conquer. I'm very surprised at graemy's last move, it seems much like a pass to me... I think black can have life already, although small, so I don't understand the point of taking this aji. I'm happy to exchange our last two moves.

:I hmm :I a lot of aji is building up. It feels like it will build up and burst like a dam.

I need to cut here instead of the other side, because I don't think graemy can live easily if I separate this way. Black might opt for the ko variation I suppose...

O: I'm getting myself into all sorts of trouble :I

The only move

in for a penny, in for a pound

This is really my only move here

now what :I

I think I have to continue to keep'em separated as The Offspring would say. This fight is quite complicated, so I won't write out all that I've read through. I'm very much anticipating b8 however, as this is normally not tenukied and does start the large corner fight. Black could start the ko corner fight too however...

here first. In a few moves, I'll try and explain how I am feeling about the game so far.

The only move here. Now, if graemy plays a8, a7 or starts the ko I've read a bit of that out. I suppose he might just try to connect the left, in which case I'll have to do some more reading.

Sacrifice everything? Maybe O:

I looked at several moves here, mostly this extension and atari at d8. I still think this way is my strongest attack. I'm not afraid of

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[go]$$Wcm106 Captures: B=0 W=1\n\n Any variation of this extension shouldn't work from what I've read.
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O X O O . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . X X O O X O X . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . O X O X X O . |
$$ | . . 5 . . X . . . . . X X X X O O O . |
$$ | . . 4 O . . . . . . . . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . . 2 3 . O . . . . . . . . O O X X . |
$$ | . . X 1 . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . O X O B . . . . . . . . . . X X . . |
$$ | O . O X O . . . . X . X . . O O . . . |
$$ | . O O X . . . . . . O X O . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X . . . . . . . X O X X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X . X O O X X . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . O . O . X O . O O . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . X . O X X . O . . O , X . . |
$$ | . . X O . X O . O . X . O . . O O X . |
$$ | . . . X O . . . . . . X . . . . . X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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[go]$$Wcm106 Captures: B=0 W=1\n\n This should be okay for me as well, unless I misread some variations here.
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O X O O . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . X X O O X O X . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . O X O X X O . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . X X X X O O O . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . . . 2 4 O . . . . . . . . O O X X . |
$$ | . . X 1 3 . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . O X O M 5 . . . . . . . . . X X . . |
$$ | O . O X O . . . . X . X . . O O . . . |
$$ | . O O X . . . . . . O X O . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X . . . . . . . X O X X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X . X O O X X . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . O . O . X O . O O . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . X . O X X . O . . O , X . . |
$$ | . . X O . X O . O . X . O . . O O X . |
$$ | . . . X O . . . . . . X . . . . . X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

My main goal here is to keep the d9 and c8 stones separated from the c11 stones because then I have can perhaps use a splitting attack on the corner and the d9/c8 groups, securing the corner in sente while keeping pressure on these ones. I should still have enough aji in the upper left corner to make a mess, so I think I'll be okay. I'm feeling optimistic overall.

The only move here. This doesn't surprise me, seems like black's best move here

oops :I forgot to put this. I'm gonna try and get what I can here and then post what I think about the game