Well, I feel like white's last move gives me a few choices. Of course, I want to separate white. If he connects the two groups below, he is a lot more comfortable:
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[go]$$Wcm81 black: 6 white: 4
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X W . X W . X O . |
$$ | . . . X . . . X . X X W . X . X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X W W W X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . W . X . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . X . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . X . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O O O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O O X X O X . X . X . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . X . X X O X O O X . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . X . X O . X O O X . |
$$ | . . . O . O . . X , X O . O O X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O O X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X . O X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
But there is also the weakness from earlier:
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[go]$$Wcm81 black: 6 white: 4
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X O . X O . X O . |
$$ | . . . X . . . X . X X O . X . X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X O O O X W . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O . X . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . X . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . X . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O O O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O O X X O X . X . X . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . X . X X O X O O X . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . X . X O . X O O X . |
$$ | . . . O . O . . X , X O . O O X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O O X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X . O X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
I'd like to deal with this weakness. If I do so directly, then it's very easy for white, and I don't have much of a base:
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[go]$$Bcm1 black: 6 white: 4
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . O X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X O . X O . X O . |
$$ | . . . X . . . X . X X O . X 1 X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X O O O X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O . X . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . X . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . X . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O O O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O O X X O X . X . X . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . X . X X O X O O X . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . X . X O . X O O X . |
$$ | . . . O . O . . X , X O . O O X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O O X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X . O X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
It's hard to block, then:
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[go]$$Bcm1 black: 6 white: 4
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . 4 . 3 2 . O X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X O 6 X O . X O . |
$$ | . . . X . . . X 5 X X O . X 1 X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X O O O X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O . X . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . X . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . X . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O O O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O O X X O X . X . X . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . X . X X O X O O X . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . X . X O . X O O X . |
$$ | . . . O . O . . X , X O . O O X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O O X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X . O X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
And white is very comfortable. So I want to find a better way to defend that weakness. The reason I want to play

, above, is to give myself a base. I run into problems later, since I cannot play

, above, and it is very easy on white. So maybe I can switch the order around and play

, first.
Unfortunately, I think that I'll still get cut this way, as before, but I will try my best to fight:
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[go]$$Bcm1 black: 6 white: 4
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X O . X O . X O . |
$$ | . . . X . . . X . X X O . X . X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X O O O X 2 . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O . X . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . X . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . X . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O O O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O O X X O X . X . X . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . X . X X O X O O X . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . X . X O . X O O X . |
$$ | . . . O . O . . X , X O . O O X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O O X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X . O X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
The

, above, is pretty severe on me. I do not see how I can avoid getting cut, unless I want ko. For example:
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[go]$$Bcm1 black: 6 white: 4
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 6 . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . 5 O B B . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X O . X O . B O . |
$$ | . . . X . . . X . X X O 3 X 4 B . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X O O O X 2 . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O . X . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . X . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . X . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O O O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O O X X O X . X . X . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . X . X X O X O O X . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . X . X O . X O O X . |
$$ | . . . O . O . . X , X O . O O X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O O X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X . O X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
It would be a pity to put the marked black stones, above, at risk of being lost by ko.
Alternatively:
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[go]$$Bcm1 black: 6 white: 4
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X O . X O . X O . |
$$ | . . . X . . . X . X X O 5 X a X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X O O O X 2 3 . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O . B 6 4 O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . B . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . X . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . X . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O O O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O O X X O X . X . X . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . X . X X O X O O X . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . X . X O . X O O X . |
$$ | . . . O . O . . X , X O . O O X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O O X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X . O X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Above, I would like to strengthen the marked black stones after

. My first concern with this is white's possible play at "a", above. But this would be OK:
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[go]$$Wcm1 (after strengthening the marked stones & such)
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . 2 O X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X O . X O 4 X O . |
$$ | . . . X . . . X . X X O X X 1 X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X O O O X O X 3 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O . B O O O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . B . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . B . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . X . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O O O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O O X X O X . X . X . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . X . X X O X O O X . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . X . X O . X O O X . |
$$ | . . . O . O . . X , X O . O O X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O O X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X . O X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Unfortunately, though, white might not play that way. He can also play like this if I choose to strengthen the marked stones, above:
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[go]$$Wcm1 black: 6 white: 4
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X 1 3 O X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X O 5 X O . X O . |
$$ | . . . X . . . X . X X O X X 4 X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X O O O X O X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O . X O O O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . X . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . X . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O O O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O O X X O X . X . X . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . X . X X O X O O X . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . X . X O . X O O X . |
$$ | . . . O . O . . X , X O . O O X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O O X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X . O X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
So I think I'm going to have to bite the bullet and let my stones get cut. Since that's the case, I want to switch my connection move around to get a sequence like this:
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[go]$$Bcm1 black: 6 white: 4
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . 5 O X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X O . X O . X O . |
$$ | . . . X . . . X . X X O 6 X . X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X O O O X 2 4 . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O . X 7 3 O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . X . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . X . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O O O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O O X X O X . X . X . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . X . X X O X O O X . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . X . X O . X O O X . |
$$ | . . . O . O . . X , X O . O O X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O O X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X . O X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
I will be in danger with the marked stones:
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[go]$$Bcm1 black: 6 white: 4
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X O X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X O . X O . X O . |
$$ | . . . X . . . X . X X O O X . X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X O O O B O O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O . B B B O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . B . B O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . X . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . X . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O O O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O O X X O X . X . X . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . X . X X O X O O X . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . X . X O . X O O X . |
$$ | . . . O . O . . X , X O . O O X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O O X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X . O X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
But he's not totally out of the woods, either...
