Bill Spight wrote:BTW, I did not mean to hijack your thread. It is not a place for me to expound my ideas. I will be quite happy to remove my latest tewari discussion (notes #173, 176, 178), if you wish.
I don't see this as an issue. Sure, you got into a discussion with other members, but it was related to a position in one of my games and it was a discussion I engaged in as well. I understand that you were trying to share with a less experienced player something that has been valuable for you. A study journal is a fine place to do that.
(Bill, you bring game experience and knowledge to this thread, two things that moyo lacks...
Whatever you have to say is probably better than moyo's meanderings. 
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is the opening I have been favoring as white recently.
play. The moves I'm happiest about were 
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. I believe this is the correct way to attack the black stones. 
was also a pretty fun tesuji to use, I'm glad I saw it. (What was that jts said about that one-sided game you played last year? "When your opponent's shape is bad, every move is a tesuji." 
was the correct direction to play in. Turns out I only spent 30 seconds on the move, but during the game it felt like I took a while to decide on that. I actually did spent over a minute on 
and I think it was right. The move gets me out toward my group solidly while offering a good follow-up at M14.
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at G5 looked like it didn't do much for black, but again, I didn't see how to take advantage of it. Then I saw that both groups could become weak, but I just didn't know what to do. So, I decided to tenuki and help my own weak group - which in retrospect was not weak, figuring that I should follow the proverb of "Don't know what to play locally? Then tenuki." and knowing that black could only help one of his groups.
was supposed to be the start of a large scale attack on both the wall and the right group. Then I saw that 
connected and I was getting desperate. It felt like everything I was trying was failing. So when I saw that black's wall on the bottom left could be disconnected from the group in the upper left, I took the chance with 
. I wanted to have something that I could attack - ideally, I wanted to have both the group on the right and the wall on the bottom to attack. (Trying to force your opponent to have two weak groups? As if he'd just let that happen... 
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was supposed to be for removing possible eyes.
was a misread. I thought the capture was sente and that black owed a move to defend the corner from the R3 cut. As it turned out, he did not. 
was played out of fear that my corner group could become weak. In retrospect, they are both obviously mistakes.
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) The last time this happened was before I broke through to 4 kyu. I believe that, as I get stronger, I am again recognizing the areas of weakness in my play. Because I now recognize my mistakes, I am one step closer to correcting them. While I did not achieve my tentative goal of 1 dan by March, perhaps I can still get it by the end of this summer.
is not needed to steal the B eye, so it should be omitted. Later if you get into a complicated fight with this group, you might want the last surrounding move to be atari on the three B stones, so forcing B to fill C16 now is aji-keshi. 
feels like "squeezing toothpaste". In the following sequence, B escapes nicely to the center, and W is left with a thin position on top. A slower approach like G16 would make territory while attacking, for a better result.
is a popular new joseki, but it gives B the opportunity to settle his group with B2. Given the W stone at D8, I would play the older joseki at E2, to deny B the opportunity to make a base. But you got an even better result in the game when B let you play B2 yourself. 
is a nice attacking move. When B ignores it, I think the proper punishment is to enclose B with M16. B can probably live inside, but you should make him do so. I would expect to get outside thickness plus a move like O18 during the attack. Then you can steal the corner with R17 for additional profit.
is a nice enclosing move, but after that you let B off the hook. I think you can trust your enclosure to hold. If you can force B to live small inside, the result will be very good. If you do not have confidence in the fight when B cuts, then protecting at N13 is a little better than M14, giving B no opportunity to break your connection. The game result let B off a little too easy I think.
) I also find it funny that we each came up with a different move for 
(I knew it. 
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(I certainly feel the need for a party smiley in this part of the forums). It is really good to see that your study pays off. Keep going and don't let that inner critic of yours get you down! 
) And 2. I've been intentionally playing more on the IGS.
) So yes, they are slow games.