i thought a lot about this move i was going to push
but i don't want his group strecthing out too much so I'm taking care of this pesky cutting stone and its back to business

Well, once again, that's not a move I expected. I expected either a further push, or a one point jump to get ahead - in either of which cases I had plans to try to use the aji of that D13 stone to try to cut his wall off from his corner. I guess I won't get that now (The stone still has aji though - just a lot less; I probably won't get to use it, although I'll certainly be on the lookout for it.)

The obvious move now, since he hasn't continued to push, is to turn at H12. The trouble is, it's not clear that this would be sente anymore, or even particularly big (it's certainly moderately big, but I'm not sure it's big enough).

So, since I seem to have sente (I know my F11 group isn't yet definitively alive, but it's easy enough to make it so, or connect it to other living stones, that I think anything further there would be far too slow), I should take one of those invasions that I've been after for a long time. Now seems a good time for the 3-3 - it's a lot easier to pull off than an invasion on the side, and his thickness won't be worth very much at this stage of the game, when I have opportunities to reduce white's big lower area both from above and, perhaps, from the right. I must confess, I've never tried the 3-3 invasion in a 4-4 7-3 enclosure before, but I'm pretty sure it should live. Ideally I'll do so in sente (as in the standard 3-3 invasion with no other opposing stones around), but I don't expect that to be possible. (My preliminary reading has suggested to me that I'll live in gote, but I'll see what happens.) Nevertheless this is still a big move for this stage of the game, so I want it

This is the correct side to block on the only move right now!

Can't say I agree with black’s last move.

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[go]$$Wcm74 prisoner count B - 0 W - 0
$$ +---------------------------------------+
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O X . . . . . . . O . O O O . |
$$ | . . . O . X . . . X . . . . X X X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . X X . |
$$ | . . O . O . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X O O O O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X X . X X X . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X O X . . . . , O . X . . , X . . |
$$ | . . X . X . . . . . . . X O O O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O X X O O . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . O X O X O . |
$$ | . 5 7 . . . . . . . . . . O X X X X . |
$$ | . 4 3 6 . . . . . . . . O X . . . . . |
$$ | . . 2 O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X 1 . . . . . . O . . O . . X . . |
$$ | . . 0 8 9 . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]

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[go]$$Wcm84 prisoner count B - 0 W - 0
$$ +---------------------------------------+
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O X . . . . . . . O . O O O . |
$$ | . . . O . X . . . X . . . . X X X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . X X . |
$$ | . . O . O . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X O O O O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X X . X X X . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X O X . . . . , O . X . . , X . . |
$$ | a . X . X . . . . . . . X O O O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O X X O O . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . O X O X O . |
$$ | . O O . . . . . . . . . . O X X X X . |
$$ | . X O B . . . . . . . . O X . . . . . |
$$ | 2 . X O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X O 1 . . . . . O . . O . . X . . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]

Black is annoying but the white stones can link under at (a) as far as I can tell and he has a decent wall towards his influence. Black on the other hand just has a small corner. I would have probably played this:

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[go]$$Bcm73 prisoner count B - 0 W - 0
$$ +---------------------------------------+
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O X . . . . . . . O . O O O . |
$$ | . . . O . X . . . X . . . . X X X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . X X . |
$$ | . . O . O . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X O O O O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X X . X X X . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X O X . . . . , O . X . . , X . . |
$$ | . . X . X . . . . . . . X O O O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O X X O O . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . O X O X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O . . O . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]

It depends, partly, on the score. If B is ahead by taking 3-3 in sente, it can be a good choice. What's your count?

I guess you’re right. My count says black is leading by roughly 35 points after the corner invasion but I didn't count the resulting moyo of white. I feel that this moyo is white’s last chance. If white gets the corner and black takes the side black has probably won. (Even if his side is smaller than whites corner because whites influence has gone to waste)
With this sequence I feel white still has a small chance.

Not much choice here. Note that if white subsequently double hanes (which is clearly better for white than normal because of the 7-3 stone), I think I can get something out of this variation:

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[go]$$Bcm75 prisoner count B - 0 W - 0
$$ +---------------------------------------+
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O X . . . . . . . O . O O O . |
$$ | . . . O . X . . . X . . . . X X X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . X X . |
$$ | . . O . O . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X O O O O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X X . X X X . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X O X . . . . , O . X . . , X . . |
$$ | . . X . X . . . . . . . X O O O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O X X O O . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . O X O X O . |
$$ | . 4 6 . . . . . . . . . . O X X X X . |
$$ | . 3 2 5 . . . . . . . . O X . . . . . |
$$ | . . 1 O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . O . . O . . X . . |
$$ | . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]

After the fate of this invasion becomes clear, I think we'll then be basically in the endgame (One of the things I dislike about go is how much of the game seems to be endgame, and I gather this becomes more and more true as one gets stronger.) I'll do a count then, but my preliminary counts seem to indicate that I'll be about 10-15 points behind in definite territory, so I think I'm going to have to play pretty aggressively.

In your second variation ( changed to a tiger's mouth)...
suppose tenuki -- instead of W(a) -- then B(a) seems sente;
and did you consider the B(b-c-d) push-and-cut (and the resulting count)?
Also, how do you feel about W's two walls facing each other,
and the effect of the thickness on the (e) areas?

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[go]$$W tenuki
$$ +---------------------------------------+
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O X . . . . . . . O . O O O . |
$$ | . . . O . X . . . X . . . . X X X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . X X . |
$$ | . . O . O . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X O O O O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O # # . # # # . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . # O # . . . . , O . X . . , X . . |
$$ | . . # . # . . . . . c b X O O O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . d O O X X O O . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . O X O X O . |
$$ | . O O . . . . e . . . . . O X X X X . |
$$ | . X O X a . . . . . . . O X . . . . . |
$$ | 2 . X O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X O . 1 . . . . O . . O . . X . . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]

That's why I played the solid connection in my variation But apparently white is not as thick as I thought (didn't think about your b-c-d variation, that just seems evil) And black is very strong up above (although I think e is a bit deep if you just play it without fist either a or b-c-d)
White really does seem on his last leg I wonder what robinz is counting?

So my question to you: If you see you win the game by invading at the 33 is it the right option because it is safer/less complicated than other moves like my 5-2? Or is blacks move just “good enough” in this game but not optimal (not saying my move is).

I'm glad he went here now i don't gotta worry about the knights move and i dont gotta worry about him crawling up the side heading to his other group

*sigh of relief*

as far as this move it is also the only move

As expected. I really hope I manage not to die here. *looks around nervously, and makes note to look up the 3-3 invasion in this situation after the game*

This is a strong move I was going to connect but that's to timid 

So it is the double hane. I really hope this works... (my reading suggests that it does, but there are a lot of variations here, so the probability of me having missed something is probably quite close to 1 )

Why the double hane? if I was white, i'd just extend. the corner doesnt get that much larger, and there's no cutting stone. The cutting stone looks awesome for b

I expected this move let the fighting begin 
My strategy is to play strong he has weak groups to push around

All of Black's groups are strong; there is nothing to push around.

Here we go then. I think I get quite a good result here if black fights too much and tries too hard to kill the corner - but if he just plays solidly and defends on the outside I will have to come back and live in gote. (Which, at this fairly late stage of the game, I'm prepared to take.) But let's see

(e) was not a point; it was the general area, thus "(e) areas".Yes, it'd be a very good candidate, unless I can find something else vastly superior to "winning".

Interesting move the on space jump looks good alot better than a hane