Actually the game was decided by my reading failure at the left side, but somehow it still got close to the end. Reviews, comments and ideas are highly appreciated!


Thanks in advance!

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#15 i think move15 is a bit greedy. if you just play normally san/san it's fine for b
of course the exchange was worse for w, because w didnt play in the right direction
what if w18 is at c4?
c4 - d3 exchange and w would face the left side side, then this stone would be misplaced

#33 : i prefer this at j2 or j3
if you build a wall outside here, it is not very effective because of the white settled stones left and right.
just give him something and get more : )


#52: i felt bad for b. of course, this cut is good for b but still...
#57: top not important. you cut. attack the middle group immediatly (maybe h10 or h11 for b)
-> #60: now it goes the other way round. it's you, who have to run

Yeah, I oversaw that the order of this corner pattern was changed by Black's move 15, so I didn't play C4 because it produces bad shape for White in the original pattern.

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[go]$$W
$$ | . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . b . . . . . .
$$ | . . . 5 . . . . .
$$ | . . B . . . . . .
$$ | . . . a 1 . . . .
$$ | . c 3 O 6 . . . .
$$ | . . 2 4 . X . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . .
$$ ------------------[/go]

Three threats.
If White defends 'a', it's bad shape (if White doesn't defend with 'a', shape becomes even worse because of 'c'). Black can still jump out to 'b' or could play something along the side threatening to connect the marked stone.

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