I don't play very many online games these days, so I thought for some of the ones I do play it may be a good idea to rewind and see why I played what I did and what I could have done better (whether I win or lose). I don't really have a study plan other than just play some games, read through some books (probably gone through 8 or so by now), and do some problem/random study every now and again. So this isn't going to be a journal like most of the others, just collection of self-reviews, but this seems to be the best section for such a thing.
Maybe this'll help some other people out more than it does me. Feel free to give your own comments.
PS: And I haven't gotten to know anyone around here! So hit me up if you ever want to play a game.
Here's a game I played yesterday. I'm 3k on KGS currently, but I'm most likely under-ranked simply because I don't play online all that much. I feel a little bad about it, always whooping the other 3k players, but it'll fix itself eventually.
[sgf-full](;GM[1]FF[4]CA[UTF-8]AP[CGoban:3]ST[2]
RU[Japanese]SZ[19]KM[0.50]TM[600]OT[5x30 byo-yomi]
PW[Exologist]PB[keyakinao]WR[3k]BR[4k]DT[2010-09-24]PC[The KGS Go Server at
http://www.gokgs.com/]C[Exologist [3k\]: hi
keyakinao [4k?\]: hi
]RE[W+Resign]
;B[pd]BL[584.252]
;W[dp]WL[591.379]
;B[pq]BL[581.931]
;W[ec]WL[585.245]C[Something I don't usually try, thought to put a little more variation on things.]
;B[jq]BL[580.457]
;W[nc]WL[578.798]
;B[pf]BL[577.998]
;W[pb]WL[563.094]
;B[fq]BL[575.349]
;W[dn]WL[557.011]
;B[cl]BL[572.823]
;W[cm]WL[549.873]
;B[dl]BL[556.654]
;W[qj]WL[495.388]
;B[qm]BL[549.958]
;W[rg]WL[488.043]
;B[rf]BL[545.823]
;W[qg]WL[468.215]C[I was expecting some response followed by me taking the corner at R17...]
;B[cq]BL[542.258]C[An interesting tenuki, but nothing I was afraid of.]
;W[dq]WL[461.852]
;B[dr]BL[540.562]
;W[er]WL[456.329]
;B[cr]BL[538.919]
;W[eq]WL[454.684]
;B[ao]BL[536.041]C[Misclick?]
;W[bo]WL[441.192]
;B[de]BL[530.996]
;W[cd]WL[431.675]C[Thank you for letting me take the enclosure...]
;B[lc]BL[527.113]
;W[ld]WL[422.555]
;B[md]BL[524.68]
;W[mc]WL[418.72]
;B[kd]BL[523.505]
;W[le]WL[416.86]
;B[kc]BL[521.389]
;W[ne]WL[411.009]
;B[od]BL[520.182]
;W[nd]WL[407.533]
;B[pg]BL[516.962]
;W[ph]WL[404.939]
;B[oh]BL[515.116]
;W[pi]WL[393.554]
;B[gc]BL[513.443]
;W[og]WL[384.43]C[Of course you had to know this cut was coming.]
;B[of]BL[510.957]
;W[ng]WL[383.001]
;B[nf]BL[504.512]
;W[mf]WL[381.521]
;B[mg]BL[503.162]
;W[nh]WL[379.914]
;B[mh]BL[502.118]
;W[ni]WL[374.783]
;B[lf]BL[493.772]
;W[me]WL[358.202]
;B[ob]BL[492.009]
;W[nb]WL[335.472]
;B[qb]BL[490.145]
;W[oc]WL[324.871]
;B[pc]BL[488.411]
;W[oa]WL[323.78]
;B[rc]BL[480.356]
;W[re]WL[314.96]
;B[qe]BL[472.231]
;W[rd]WL[305.476]
;B[qd]BL[460.341]
;W[qf]WL[288.901]
;B[oe]BL[456.876]
;W[qa]WL[274.285]
;B[ra]BL[454.638]C[I have a feeling I could've attacked this corner more severely, but it didn't bother me too much since he lived so small and I got such strength along the outside--M14, N13 are pretty much useless as long as the L15 is still open. Plus, there's the fact that B had a stone in this corner first.]
;W[di]WL[253.057]C[Breaking some things up trying to get an attack going.]
;B[ce]BL[451.482]
;W[bd]WL[245.814]
;B[fi]BL[447.531]C[To me, this cap seemed useless. It is much easier to go for a connection underneath a 4th line stone. And if he were to connect, my D11 would then become pretty useless.]
;W[cg]WL[232.56]
;B[bi]BL[440.977]
;W[be]WL[227.441]
;B[ch]BL[436.393]
;W[dh]WL[221.666]
;B[dg]BL[434.832]
;W[ci]WL[205.635]
;B[bh]BL[433.383]
;W[bg]WL[199.497]
;B[cj]BL[427.674]
;W[dj]WL[190.231]
;B[ck]BL[424.019]
;W[ah]WL[177.186]
;B[bj]BL[420.337]C[Keep them stones heavy.
]
;W[eg]WL[172.797]
;B[df]BL[414.542]
;W[fj]WL[154.677]
;B[fl]BL[408.076]
;W[fe]WL[129.119]LB[ic:A]C[Surround D15 and threaten to attack G17. ]
;B[bp]BL[376.814]
(;W[cp]WL[118.778]
;B[bn]BL[367.695]
(;W[bq]WL[116.101]C[Perhaps a bad idea to let C10 off the hook like this, but I was interested in making my group safe rather than persist in some attack while I had a relatively weak group. Or maybe it wasn't relatively weak. hehe]
;B[co]BL[366.014]
;W[br]WL[112.349]
;B[oj]BL[350.931]
;W[nj]WL[104.621]
;B[ok]BL[348.764]
;W[oi]WL[102.573]
;B[fh]BL[345.011]
;W[eh]WL[92.003]
;B[eb]BL[343.668]
;W[dc]WL[84.056]
;B[ml]BL[324.598]LB[po:B][qo:A][nq:D][qq:C]C[My only chance to do something about the moyo in the bottom right. I had no idea which was really the best method.]
;W[qo]WL[69.077]
;B[qp]BL[321.671]
;W[oo]WL[22.855]C[I always remember from books I've been reading to keep groups light and flexible while heavily pressured/surrounded.]
;B[nq]BL[316.759]
;W[pm]WL[18.524]
;B[pl]BL[314.344]
;W[qn]WL[12.858]
;B[ql]BL[307.553]
;W[om]WL[8.903]
;B[nk]BL[287.406]
;W[rp]WL[30]OW[5]
;B[rq]BL[284.384]
;W[pp]WL[30]OW[5]
;B[qq]BL[282.972]
;W[mn]WL[30]OW[5]
;B[km]BL[277.346]
;W[lm]WL[30]OW[5]
;B[ll]BL[275.347]
(;W[kl]WL[30]OW[5]C[Overplay? I was thinking I could attack O9, but as the saying goes you should be stronger yourself before you attack something.]
;B[mm]BL[235.804]
;W[ln]WL[30]OW[5]
;B[nn]BL[232.943]
;W[no]WL[30]OW[5]
;B[nm]BL[231.434]
;W[ol]WL[30]OW[5]
;B[pk]BL[199.056]
;W[ko]WL[30]OW[5]
;B[mp]BL[193.487]C[Excellent kikashi on the part of my opponent. Seems vital I should have gone here first.]
;W[mo]WL[30]OW[5]
;B[kk]BL[190.416]
;W[jl]WL[30]OW[5]LB[io:A]C[A would probably work better to run away.]
;B[jm]BL[187.675]
;W[im]WL[30]OW[5]C[This situation was really complicated and I didn't have nearly enough time to figure out what would happen. Let me see what some variations say...]
;B[il]BL[176.632]
;W[jk]WL[30]OW[5]
(;B[kj]BL[152.094]C[B instead played here. He might have been nervous that I was going to capture all of P9, which maybe I would have having looked at some variations.]
;W[jn]WL[30]OW[5]
;B[in]BL[147.864]
;W[hm]WL[30]OW[5]
;B[io]BL[139.209]
;W[mj]WL[30]OW[5]
;B[lk]BL[134.633]
;W[jj]WL[30]OW[5]C[Doing some more pressure.]
;B[ji]BL[128.847]
;W[ki]WL[30]OW[5]C[Definitely overplay, I had a moment of blind greed.
Well actually this might not have been a bad idea, but the follow up was blind greed.]
;B[li]BL[126.159]
;W[kh]WL[30]OW[5]
;B[jh]BL[120.292]
(;W[kf]WL[30]OW[5]LB[kg:A]C[Maybe if I played at A, something could have come of it.]
;B[kg]BL[117.097]
;W[lg]WL[30]OW[5]
;B[ij]BL[109.808]
;W[kn]WL[30]OW[5]
;B[lh]BL[106.639]
;W[jg]WL[30]OW[5]C[To me it looked like he still had yet to get an eye, so I thought to keep pressure up.]
;B[fd]BL[91.11]
;W[ee]WL[30]OW[5]
;B[ge]BL[81.387]
;W[gf]WL[30]OW[5]
;B[hf]BL[75.201]
;W[he]WL[30]OW[5]
;B[gd]BL[65.31]
;W[gg]WL[30]OW[5]
;B[ed]BL[53.176]
;W[dd]WL[30]OW[5]
;B[ff]BL[51.874]
;W[ef]WL[30]OW[5]
;B[fg]BL[50.668]
;W[hg]WL[30]OW[5]
;B[hi]BL[23.887]
;W[gi]WL[30]OW[5]
;B[gh]BL[17.507]
;W[hh]WL[30]OW[5]
;B[gj]BL[14.275]
;W[ei]WL[30]OW[5]
;B[gi]BL[12.801]
;W[if]WL[30]OW[5]C[I believed that this was sente to his top group, but he didn't respond.]
;B[lf]BL[2.664]
;W[ke]WL[30]OW[5]
;B[fn]BL[30]OB[5]
;W[gk]WL[30]OW[5]
;B[fk]BL[30]OB[5]
;W[ej]WL[30]OW[5]
;B[hl]BL[30]OB[5]C[And he saves everything at last.]
;W[ic]WL[30]OW[5]C[Except for the top group... Meanwhile I should've played to strengthen my bottom group, since it had one eye maximum.]
;B[id]BL[30]OB[5]
;W[hd]WL[30]OW[5]
;B[ib]BL[30]OB[5]
;W[hc]WL[30]OW[5]
;B[hb]BL[30]OB[5]
;W[gb]WL[30]OW[5]
;B[do]BL[30]OB[5]
;W[eo]WL[30]OW[5]
(;B[bm]BL[30]OB[5]C[B wanted to avoid any ko madness.]
;W[hq]WL[30]OW[5]C[Me foolishly pooping stones in what seem to be cool places to invade.]
;B[hp]BL[30]OB[5]
;W[gq]WL[30]OW[5]
;B[fp]BL[30]OB[5]
;W[fr]WL[30]OW[5]
;B[gp]BL[30]OB[5]C[Now I see the trouble.]
;W[kq]WL[30]OW[5]
;B[lp]BL[30]OB[5]
;W[kp]WL[30]OW[5]
;B[iq]BL[30]OB[5]
;W[mr]WL[30]OW[5]
;B[nr]BL[30]OB[5]
;W[mq]WL[30]OW[5]
;B[np]BL[30]OB[5]
;W[jr]WL[30]OW[5]
;B[ir]BL[30]OB[5]
(;W[gr]WL[30]OW[5]LB[on:A]C[This was almost the game losing move...like what 6 points? Why would I risk that? Just play A.]
;B[on]BL[30]OB[5]
;W[rn]WL[30]OW[4]
;B[rm]BL[30]OB[5]
;W[so]WL[30]OW[4]
;B[jm]BL[30]OB[5]LB[pn:A]C[Why not take 3 stones and remove liberties in sente for B?]
;W[ks]WL[30]OW[4]
;B[is]BL[30]OB[5]
;W[lq]WL[30]OW[3]
;B[ms]BL[30]OB[5]
;W[ip]WL[30]OW[3]C[Timesuji ftw.]
;B[jp]BL[30]OB[5]
;W[gm]WL[30]OW[3]C[This was a non-move (me trying frantatically to figure something out). I don't think B even had to respond.]
(;B[fm]BL[30]OB[5]
;W[ls]WL[30]OW[3]C[But I saw a light at the end of the tunnel (just in time too).
]
;B[kr]BL[30]OB[5]
;W[ns]WL[30]OW[3]
;B[js]BL[30]OB[5]
;W[or]WL[30]OW[3]
(;B[pr]BL[30]OB[4]
;W[oq]WL[30]OW[3]C[Saving move at 218 is really quite necessary. But other than the result of this game was ok. It appears B set up too many weak groups for me to attack.])
(;B[oq]
;W[pr]
;B[qr]
;W[os]))
(;B[]
(;W[fm]
;B[em]
;W[en]
;B[ep])
(;W[gl]
;B[ik]
;W[km]
;B[fm])))
(;W[on]
;B[jm]
;W[rm]
;B[rl]
;W[sn]))
(;B[en]
;W[cn]
;B[bo]
;W[bm]
;B[am]
;W[al]
;B[bl]
;W[an]))
(;W[kg]
;B[kf]
;W[jg]
;B[ig]
;W[jf]
;B[ke]
;W[if]C[B looks to be in a bind here.]))
(;B[in]C[I was expecting this move...]
;W[hm]
;B[jn]
(;W[kj]
;B[mj]
;W[mi]C[Looks like this starts a giant semeai.]
;B[on]
;W[pn]
;B[op]
;W[po]
(;B[lp]
;W[kp]
;B[kq]
;W[rm]LB[io:A]C[M4 is actually bad for B because of the tesuji for W at A. So B would have to go to K4. See earlier varation. But even if that tesuji weren't available, it appears w may still have the upper hand.]
;B[rl]
;W[rn]
(;B[rj]
;W[ri]
;B[rk]
;W[lk]
;B[mk]
;W[lj]
;B[kn]
;W[lo]
;B[jp]
;W[sj]
;B[sp]
;W[sl]
;B[sk]
;W[si]
;B[sn]
;W[sm]
;B[so]
;W[pj]
;B[jo]
;W[qk]
;B[ro]
;W[nl])
(;B[sp]
;W[rk]
;B[sl]
;W[lk]
;B[mk]
;W[lj]
;B[kn]
;W[lo]
;B[jp]
;W[qk]
;B[jo]
;W[sk]
;B[ro]
;W[pj]
;B[sn]
;W[sm]
;B[np]
;W[nl]))
(;B[jp]
;W[lp]
;B[lq]
;W[kp]
;B[kq]
;W[rm]
;B[rl]
;W[rn]
;B[sp]
;W[rk]
;B[sl]
;W[lk]
;B[ro]
;W[mk]
;B[nl]
;W[qk]
;B[sn]
;W[sm]
;B[np]
;W[pj]
;B[kn]
;W[sk]))
(;W[kq]
(;B[kr]
(;W[lp]
;B[lq]
;W[kp]
;B[jr]
;W[kn]
;B[on]
(;W[pn]
;B[op]
;W[po]
;B[rn])
(;W[rn]
;B[sp]
;W[so]
;B[ro]C[Fierce Ko.])
(;W[rm]
;B[rl]
;W[sn]C[Life!]))
(;W[jp]
;B[iq]
;W[ip]C[Looks like I'm safe.]))
(;B[kp]
;W[jp]
;B[lp]
(;W[iq]
;B[jo]
;W[ip]
;B[hn]
;W[gm]
;B[gn]
;W[fm]C[This does not appear like it will work, although it is starting to look like another capture race.])
(;W[jo]
;B[iq]
;W[ho]
;B[hn]
;W[gn]
;B[gm]
;W[hl]
;B[go]
;W[fn]
;B[io]C[W fail, although maybe back to that huge capture race in the upper variation.])))))
(;W[kn]
;B[mm]
;W[ln]
;B[nn]
;W[no]
;B[nm]
;W[mp]
;B[mq]
;W[lq]
;B[lr]
;W[kq]
;B[kr]
;W[jp]))
(;W[co]
;B[bm]
;W[bq]
;B[aq]
;W[ap]))
(;W[bn]
;B[fr]
;W[fp]
;B[es]C[Hard to attack C10 effective I would think.]))[/sgf-full]
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