Well, it looks like I was able to reduce white successfully. I made a mistake in not reducing earlier, so I suffered a bit, but I feel like I've recovered a bit.

I'm still ahead, and it's going to stay that way!

Give it your best shot, Magicwand. Even if it were an even game, I'd still win.

I've had enough, and I'm not going to lose.

If he makes a mistake, I'll exploit it. If he doesn't, I'll hang on to my lead.

He can give it his best shot, but I'm ready for anything he has in mind.

Why do I feel different now? I studied a lot yesterday. The past doesn't matter. I'm going to win, now.

i have achieved what i wanted and satisfied with my sente.

I want to connect.

I thought briefly about tenuki-ing, but he is touching my stone directly. It is a big difference locally to tenuki and let him push me around. So I want to respond to the stone that he touched me with.

Why did I choose this response? Because it threatens to push out along the left side more. On the right side, I already let white close me in on the side. I don't know if that was the best choice.

I won't let it happen here again.

I am going to keep my lead this game. Mark my words.

By pushing along the second line? O.o

Fourth line is the line of success. Second line is the line of uber success!!

Also, if anybody has any questions or requests, please feel free to let me know.

as i explined earlier i will get more thickness and give him sente in this variation.
influence is small in the beginning but when they start to grow...it grows expontentially.

White can't do anything fancy; I'm perfectly fine.

There is no other (consistent) move. If I protect the atari the other way, white gets to force me, locally at least:

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[go]$$Bc Prisoners: B=0, W=1
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O O X . X X O X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . O X X X . O O . X . . |
$$ | . X . O . O . O . O . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X 1 . . . . . O . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . |
$$ | . X O . O . . . . X . . . O . O O . . |
$$ | . 2 . . . . . . . O O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . X . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I guess C12 was also an option, but I already played. Oh well.

i dont think what i played is correct but i dont think Kerby can find a way to take an advantage of it.
i think it might rattle his patience and force him to an overplay.

Well, I have sente. I don't really understand Magicwand's last sequence. I think that it's missing the big picture. Magicwand's influence is already pretty great, so it seemed to me that he should have used it. I suppose it's a bit stronger now, but he gave me the opportunity to simply grab more territory.

I feel completely at ease with this game right now. Maybe he'll play something like K8 next. I'm not sure what's best, though.

I considered playing a large knight's enclosure, but it's not good because white can then play somewhere in the center and make one of my enclosures ineffective.

it is a sort of probe. i wanna see how he react to my strange attack.
if i attack too close he might sacrifice 1 stone.
so i am attacking it little bigger.
i hope he runs then game will be quick.
if he still sacrifice then .....it will be long and tiring game.

This game provides some examples of contact moves.

1-on-1 contact moves should be made against strong stones, like this:

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Not against weak stones, like this:

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My sealed move:

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[go]$$Bc Prisoners: B=1, W=1
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O O X . X X O X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . O X X X . O O . X . . |
$$ | . X . O . O . O . O . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . O . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | X . X O . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . |
$$ | . X O . O . . . . X . . . O . O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . d . . . . . B . . . . . , b . . |
$$ | . . c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . a , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

White cannot capture the marked stone large. If black simply takes some more territory and reinforces his corner, then no matter what white does, I believe his last move will end up in a terribly overconcentrated position. After this, I have no idea what white is supposed to do next... And whatever he does, black can easily continue grabbing solid cash at points like a-d, and wrap up the game.