The expected result. Ok, fighting hasn't really started, but I'm leaving potential. Will my stone get eaten the next move? Perhaps, but I'll get my uses out of it later.

I don't want black to be able to protect the corner in almost sente, so I'll move in.

This would be pretty good since the center is useless due to (a).

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[go]$$Wcm1 Prisoners: W=0, B=0
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , O . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . X a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
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$$ | . . . X . . 6 . 4 . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . 2 3 . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . 7 . . O . X . O . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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[go]$$Wcm1 Prisoners: W=0, B=0
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , O . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
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$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . 3 , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . 2 . . O . X . O . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

This looks alright, the profit is quite good.

Looking back H3 was probably a bad move... Oh well. If w C8, I'll attach to the top, which looks favorable for me from what I can have read. I think w could start a ko for life, but even if ko is somehow won, letting me have such a wall to attack with wouldn't be a good idea. Some examples (ko variation comes about by play along the sides instead of crosscuts in which variations were too numerous to put here):

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[go]$$Bcm1 Prisoners: W=0, B=0
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , O . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 5 W 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 3 2 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 6 X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . 9 8 . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . O . X . O . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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[go]$$Bcm1 Prisoners: W=0, B=0
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , O . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . 3 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . W 1 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 6 4 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . O . X . O . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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[go]$$Bcm1 Prisoners: W=0, B=0
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , O . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . 3 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . W 1 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 7 4 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . B . . O . X . O . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Going to take a corner. This one seems more senteish than the bottom right.

He is going all-out turtle now, hopefully he has normal 2 kyu endgame skills, otherwise this could be problematic.

Prospects for the bottom have becomes somewhat lacking (at least for now; I can still reduce, invade later at M3, or use H3 aji if need be... see b). So after this joseki, I will take sente to the top.

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[go]$$Bcm1 Prisoners: W=0, B=0
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . Q . a a a . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , O . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . Q . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . X Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
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$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . b . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . b . O , . b . b . X 3 . . |
$$ | . . X . . O . X . O . b . O . 1 O 5 . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . 2 6 4 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I'm still deciding on which of the moves at a I should play. Notice how the triangle stones would no longer have a base, so it wouldn't necessarily be bad for me to run out to the center, as I could then turn around and attack that group. So should I play G17, H17, or J17? (K17 is out of the question because it is a contact play--shoulder hit--and would only force my opponent to become stronger) G17 seems a bit close to w's wall allowing w to gain more territory to the right while J17 would be hard to respond to a K17 contact play, so I'm leaning towards the middle of them. Although playing G17 would indeed remove the most base of the triangle group possible.

In any case, I'll be happy whether white has me live and take the top or run and split things up.

I'm completely out of it today, sleep deprivation and so forth.

I have two invasions left or doing something on the top. I may be hard to come up with enough points if I can't get much at the top so if he invades then I have to read out a winning strategy.

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[go]$$Bcm1 Prisoners: W=0, B=0
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . c , O . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . c . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . O , . . . . . X 1 . . |
$$ | . . X . . O . X . O . . . O . X O 3 . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . O 4 2 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Alright, forget the last plan. I'm going to take advantage the large knight up here now while I still can. Perhaps I'll put in a move around the other area later depending on the response to this. W was probably just waiting for move I was about to play to attack me and make a very secure group on the top--I don't want a repeat of the bottom. Also notice how it looks similar to this:

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[go]$$Wcm1 Prisoners: W=0, B=0
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . X . X X X . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . O O O X . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . O . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
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$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . O , . . . . . X X . . |
$$ | . . X . . O . X . O . . . O . X O X . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . O O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Now--going out on a limb--w probably wouldn't be happy with a result like this (thus it'll end up different), but I'm showing you how the position looks looks similar to one of the standard pincer joseki. The only difference locally is my stone on the 2nd line to the right. Honestly, I'm not sure what w will do with a move like this. Surely the above scenario would be quite disheartening, but letting me eat O17 and make tons of territory, or worse, letting me ruin a lot of potential on the top in sente would not be good at all.

I think that there were three or four moves to consider, the deciding factor being how deep one needs to go because of the score:

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[go]$$Wcm1 Prisoners: W=0, B=0
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . a . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . b , O . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . c . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . d . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
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$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . O , . . . . . X X . . |
$$ | . . X . . O . X . O . . . O . X O X . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . O O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

The move Black played can simply be answered like this:

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[go]$$Wc
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . 1 B . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , O . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
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$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . O , . . . . . X X . . |
$$ | . . X . . O . X . O . . . O . X O X . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . O O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I think that the increase of White's thickness on the top side is bigger than the loss of potential territory through the invasion.

Not my first choice for invasion, but it is ultra-safe like all other black moves so far. The main draw-back is that black hasn't got to use his influence stones very well so far. White has points and good positions on the board and feels almost no pressure at all. So, white being behind in territory I can still play the endgame and make invasions from solid positions, so I should have decent chances to catch up.

Typical response by me. I believe it would be quite beneficial to slip under, so w probably won't let it happen.

I could be mistaken, as FM is a fair amount stronger than me, but I'm not big on this last move. It seems fairly aji-keshi, as it's kind of helping white to build the moyo he most wants? Can anyone set me straight on this?

I am no fan of invading at M17. Basically what Harlequin said.

Sorry, I meant the followup. I understood why Harlequin said that the invasion was bad, but I wasn't big on the followup, either. Or is this just black's best local option?

Swallowing O17. Barring some sort of exchange, W will get a nice wall, but the potential territory is open towards the center, so can be reduced. Also, he'll have invested too many stones in it so must answer D18 and D16 moves, which secure the corner for me.

Looks ok.