No problem. The game is getting interesting, isn't it!

It's livening up a bit anyway.

I want to attack his top left group so I can get some sente jumps into the centre with mine. I don't expect to kill his group but hopefully I can make an eye in the centre. My reading isn't good enough to say.

For the craic

What's a craic?

This hane is more interesting, the other hane is too passive I think. This can end peacefully with both of us connecting out, or in a capturing race. I might be mad doing this.

It means for some fun. It's an Irish expression.

Let's see what happens

Here's where I hope I haven't horribly misread!

I let myself get pushed around on the go board a lot. I need to push back sometimes. This mightn't work but if I'm passive Tom will walk all over me.

Time to try and start making some eyes.

Perhaps something peaceful like this:

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[go]$$Wcm69 Prisoners: none
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X . X . . . . . . O . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . X . O . . . X . . |
$$ | . . O , . . X X . X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X O O O O O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X 3 . X . . . O O X . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . 4 X 5 7 . O . . X O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O 6 X . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 8 O X X X X . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . O X O X . . , . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . O . O O . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . O . , O . . |
$$ | . . X X . . O . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . O X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

First a peace offering which will almost certainly be turned down.

He has miai for a second eye after F14, I'm aiming at his top group with this move with a placement at O18.

I'm weak in too many places. I don't see a way to settle my left centre group otherwise I'd do that immediately. So I'll settle for connecting out. Going for the placement immediately would be a mistake I think, I need to be stronger first. I'm feeling the fight go out of me in this game unfortunately.

Time to take a big point.

I'm decently behind, I need to take risks.