In this review of a fairly comfortable game against a 1k you can see where my thinking is confirmed by KG, where it is defied or where I was not making a conscious decision and a mistake at that.
(;GM[1]FF[4]CA[UTF-8]AP[CGoban:3]ST[2] RU[Japanese]SZ[19]KM[6.50]TM[300]OT[5x30 byo-yomi] GN[Vriendschappelijke Wedstrijd]PW[Knotwilg]PB[laowantong9999]WR[1d]BR[2k]DT[2022-07-29]PC[OGS: https://online-go.com/game/45817969]RE[W+Resign] ;B[pp] ;W[dp]C[Knotwilg: hi Knotwilg: enjoy laowantong9999: hi have fun ] ;B[pd] ;W[dc] ;B[de] ;W[ce] ;B[cf] ;W[cd] ;B[df] ;W[fc] ;B[cj] ;W[qn]C[The idea is to play a non-moyo game] ;B[mq]C[This lowers the urgency in the cornerm since I can still invade or extend.] ;W[fq]C[On the other hand my lower left becomes more vulnerable for a 3-3 invasion] ;B[lc]LB[qo:A]C[This is a half baked move
KG: -1 to A] ;W[qc]C[I don't hesitiate and invade right away] ;B[qd] ;W[pc] ;B[oc] ;W[ob] ;B[nc] ;W[nb] ;B[mb]LB[qo:A]C[KG: -1 to A] ;W[md] ;B[mc] ;W[rd] ;B[re] ;W[rc] ;B[oe]LB[qf:A][rf:B]C[Black should cover at A. I can now clamp at B later
KG: -3 to A] ;W[qk]C[When I played this influence neutralizing, stabilizing move, I felt ahead by 5 points
KG: W+5,2] ;B[qi] ;W[on]LB[rp:A][qq:B]C[I hesitated about A but thought that would give Black a natural answer at B. Now I can still invade
KG: -1,5 to A, -2 to B] ;B[qo] ;W[rn] ;B[ro] ;W[cl]LB[pi:A]C[This is the largest point on the board I think
KG: indeed, on par with A] ;B[hc]LB[cn:A]C[KG: -2 to A] ;W[kq]C[And now this. I do feel I'm overextending a little] ;B[mo]LB[no:A]C[KG: -1,5 to A for shape reasons] ;W[oj]LB[pi:A]C[OTOH my stones are flowing naturally
KG: -1,5 to A] ;B[nm] ;W[om]LB[nn:A]C[KG: -1,5 to A because of the weakness in Black's shape below] ;B[nl] (;W[pi]C[See var] ;B[qj] ;W[pk] ;B[ph] (;W[oh]LB[nn:A]C[This invites the cut, so it was probably too much
KG: A is still +1,5 better] ;B[pj] ;W[oi] ;B[ok] ;W[ol]LB[pg:A]C[KG: this atari is -8 to A
This is not easy for me to understand.
My move expands the eyespace in sente and I can play A next, so what's the problem? Ok I'm badly affecting my cutting stones but that's a price I'm willing to pay] ;B[nk] ;W[qh] ;B[rh] ;W[pg] ;B[rg] ;W[rk] ;B[ri] ;W[po]LB[li:A]C[This bulge feels natural to me
KG sees it as -6 to A because it loses all the potential at the bottom] ;B[oo] ;W[pn] ;B[op]C[But suddenly Black's corner is big and strong] ;W[nn] ;B[mn] ;W[so]C[KG: big mistake] (;B[rq] ;W[mj]LB[lk:A][kq:B]C[Even If Black answers the way I want (A), I don't like my position as much anymore. I have created a weak group close to his strength, he has a big strong corner and my B stone is vulnerable
KG: still has W+2] ;B[nj] ;W[mh] ;B[mi] ;W[li] ;B[ni] ;W[lg] ;B[nh]C[KG: -4 ajikeshi ] ;W[ng] ;B[lj] ;W[kj] ;B[lk] ;W[ki]C[After this exchange though I'm comfortable again
KG: W+12] ;B[cn] ;W[bp] ;B[dm] ;W[dl] ;B[el] ;W[bn]LB[dj:A][ek:B]C[KG: -5 to A or B] ;B[ek] (;W[co]C[My corner is as big and strong as Black's and my center group is strong too
KG: timid] ;B[mf] ;W[mg] ;B[of] ;W[og] ;B[kg] ;W[lf] ;B[me] ;W[qf] ;B[qg]C[blunder] ;W[pf]LB[qe:A]C[blunder - A kills] ;B[qe] ;W[hi]C[It's enough to live by expanding here] ;B[ij] ;W[ii] ;B[il] ;W[kk] ;B[km] ;W[ll] ;B[mk] ;W[kl] ;B[lm]C[This was aji keshi
KG: indeed] ;W[je]C[blue move!] ;B[jh] ;W[ig]C[Perfect counter and I'm sure of victory
KG: blue move] ;B[if] ;W[jf] ;B[hf] ;W[hg] ;B[kh] ;W[hj] ;B[ik] ;W[gf] ;B[id] ;W[ge] ;B[hd] ;W[fg]C[Perhaps a slow connection
KG: indeed] ;B[hq]C[Black's obvious counterattack but I don't think it's big enough] ;W[ch] ;B[bh] ;W[bg] ;B[cg] (;W[bi] ;B[dh] ;W[ci] ;B[di] ;W[gl]C[This is a bit reckless
KG: yes, the advantage drops from 40 to 25] ;B[bj]C[Black captures ] ;W[ah] ;B[bf] ;W[dj] ;B[ej] (;W[bk] ;B[aj] ;W[dk] ;B[ai] ;W[ei] (;B[eh] ;W[fi] ;B[fm] ;W[gm] ;B[cm] ;W[bm] ;B[gn] ;W[hn] ;B[go] ;W[hr] ;B[ir] ;W[hp] ;B[gp] ;W[gq] ;B[iq] (;W[hm]C[I thought about the alternative but not very well
[go]$$B $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X O O . . . . | $$ | . . . O . O . X . . . X X X X O O O . | $$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . O . . X X O . | $$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . X . . X . | $$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O X . . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O O . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . X @ . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . X X . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . O . X . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
KG: this atari is -8 to A
This is not easy for me to understand.
My move expands the eyespace in sente and I can play A next, so what's the problem? Ok I'm badly affecting my cutting stones but that's a price I'm willing to pay
[go]$$Wm1 20+ points than Black $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X O O . . . . | $$ | . . . O . O . X . . . X X X X O O O . | $$ | . . O , . . . X X , . . O . . X X O . | $$ | . . O X . . O . . O . . X . X . X X . | $$ | . 1 X X . . O X X O . O X . X O O . . | $$ | . O X . . O . O O . X O O O O O X X . | $$ | 3 X O X . . . . . X X . O X O . O X . | $$ | . O O X . . . O O . O O X X O O X X . | $$ | . 2 X . . . . O X , O X . X O X X . . | $$ | . . . . X . 4 . X . O X X X X O O O . | $$ | . . O O X . . . X . O O . X O . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . X X . X O . . . . | $$ | . O X . . . . . . . . . X O O O O O . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . X . X O X X O | $$ | . O . O . . . 5 . , . . . . X X . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . X . . O . X . . . . X . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
[go]$$Bm2 $$ +---------------------------------------+ $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X O O . . . . | $$ | . . . O . O . X . . . X X X X O O O . | $$ | . . O , . . . X X , . . O . . X X O . | $$ | . . O X . . O . . O . . X . X . X X . | $$ | . O X X . . O X X O . O X . X O O . . | $$ | . O X . . O . O O . X O O O O O X X . | $$ | . X O X . . . . . X X . O X O . O X . | $$ | . O O X . . . O O . O O X X O O X X . | $$ | . . X . . . . O X , O X . X O X X . . | $$ | . . . . X . . . X . O X X X X O O O . | $$ | . . O O X . . . X . O O . X O . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . X X . X O . . . . | $$ | . O X . . . . . . . . . X O O O O O 4 | $$ | . . O . . . 5 . . . . . X . X O X X O | $$ | . O . O . 2 . . . , . . . . X X . . 3 | $$ | . . . . . O 1 X . . O . X . . . . X . | $$ | . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]
[go]$$B $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X O O . . . . | $$ | . . . O . O . X . . . X X X X O O O . | $$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . O . . X X O . | $$ | . . O X . . . . . O . . X . X . X X . | $$ | . . X X . . 1 X X O . O X . X O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O O . X O O O O O X X . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . X . . O X O . O X . | $$ | . . . . . . . O O . O O X X O O X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . X , O X . X O X X . . | $$ | . . . . X . . . . . O X X X X O O O . | $$ | . . O O X . . . X . O O . X O . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . X X . X O . . . . | $$ | . O X . . . . . . . . . X O O O O O . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . X . X O X X O | $$ | . O . O . . . . . , . . . . X X . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . O . X . . . . X . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
[go]$$Bm1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X O O . . . . | $$ | . . . O . O . X . . . X X X X O O O . | $$ | . . O , . . . X X , . . O . . X X O . | $$ | . . O X . . O . . O . . X . X . X X . | $$ | . X X X . . O X X O . O X . X O O . . | $$ | . O X . . O . O O . X O O O O O X X . | $$ | O . O X . . . . . X X . O X O . O X . | $$ | . O O X 4 . . O O . O O X X O O X X . | $$ | . X X O 2 3 . O X , O X . X O X X . . | $$ | . . 7 1 X . . . X . O X X X X O O O . | $$ | . 5 O O X . O . X . O O . X O . . . . | $$ | . . 6 X . . . . . . X X . X O . . . . | $$ | . O X . . . . . . . . . X O O O O O . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . X . X O X X O | $$ | . O . O . . . . . , . . . . X X . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . X . . O . X . . . . X . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]