I had an opportunity to play an even game against a stronger player online. It was a quick (10m + 3x30s) and unrated game, so my opponent probably didn't play up to his true strength. Nevertheless, such games are good learning opportunities, so I am posting it here hoping to get some reviews from stronger players. Thanks in advance!

I thought the game was pretty even for a long time. I thought that I was behind when white played 88. I was probably behind before that, but I can't quite pinpoint the moment I started falling behind.

black was ahead and started to lose from 51.
almost all moves after 51 seems timid or wrong direction.

_________________
"The more we think we know about
The greater the unknown"
Words by neil peart, music by geddy lee and alex lifeson

since I can't figure out how to post sgf files. I'll just comment here.

Move 14 - looks like the wrong move by white.

Move 24 - seems wrong by white again.

Move 46- The lower left joseki is obviously unfavorable for white . He had c8 already, so he should have played different to get sente.

Move 49 - doesn't seem necessary.

Move 51- This is definitely not necessary now. You lost a move here, this is where white starts catching up. Instead of this move you could have played the move white played at 52.

Move 57 - This move seems too loose. After white invades I can't see any good responses for black.

Move 65 - your peep move seems aji keshi. see below

Click Here To Show Diagram Code

[go]$$c This is a label for the diagram.
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O O O O . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . X X . X X . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1 X 3 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |

$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Move 73 - this diagonal move seems really small, a jump to the center like k11 seems bigger.

I agree entirely with magicwand (I had the same thought and then read his post)

Thanks for the comments!
I missed these in the game. One of my bigger weaknesses is playing slow/unnecessary moves. Should I have played on the bottom side instead? Or is it bigger to protect that gap on the top side?
What would be a good move instead and what do you think my most important in-game goal should be at that point?
I always forget about this descent...

at Move 51 you definitely should have went l6 it looks huge.

For move 57? I'm not sure actually. maybe this?

Click Here To Show Diagram Code

[go]$$c This is a label for the diagram.
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |

$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

In bottom left his shape is defective.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code

[go]$$c This is a label for the diagram.
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , O . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X O O O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , O . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . X 3 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O 2 6 O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O 7 1 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . X O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Click Here To Show Diagram Code

[go]$$c This is a label for the diagram.
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , O . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X O O O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , O . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . X 3 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O 2 4 O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . X O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

edit: Maybe 3 for black instead of 1 is better. black plays 3 first, then white goes 5 and then play the point to the right of 1.

Maybe your opponent let you beat yourself. Too much small and passive play.



Edited goof.

_________________
The Adkins Principle:
At some point, doesn't thinking have to go on?
— Winona Adkins

Visualize whirled peas.

Everything with love. Stay safe.

Wow, thanks a lot. I really appreciated the details. I'll learn quite a bit from this.