Oh my god, thanks so much Sol, sera and Joaz
I love the videoreview and the many opening-variations you've given.
Sry Sol for not beeing able to kill the white group but as you mentioned I was counting very accurate and knew I would end up winning at this point of the game.
While watching the video I noticed how many bad exchanges I've done because of thinking they would actually help me ~ I'm some kind of embarrassed
f.e. the 103-104 exchange: I thought that this move would be super awesome because it took a possible eye from white. I didnt even thought that this is ajikeshi² giving white good shape and wasting my n8/n9 opportunities.
Regarding the leftside (around move #37) I took very much time to read this but wasnt able to come up with a variation I liked. Simply taking the influence looked ok on the first sight, but I wasnt able to spot a way to put my influence to use. His right group looked so stable after r12. After thinking some minutes I was going to play this variation:
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Well he didnt allow me to play like this with taking b8 for himself so I thought of a way to kill the whole thing.
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After hearing Arabans review I searched for w6 in some databases. I only found 2 games where white played this move. THe first move I thought about was indeed 'a' instead of 7... I dont know why but I didnt like to give white a later possible invasion point at 7 so I played this kind of slow move. Guess I should think about my opening judgement
I played 3 because recently many players in germany dont like the minichinese opening and attack the facing komoku directly with 4 or 'a':
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If it is a serious game I like to start with a shimari. To ensure I'll get it I started my recent important games with the 3-5 move to deny whites direct approach.