A few comments on the opening.
(;GM[1]FF[4]AP[GOWrite:2.2.21]SZ[19]ST[2]CA[UTF-8]PM[0]WR[10k]C[metaperl [10k]: hi]RE[W+Resign]PB[Acce]DT[2011-06-12]TM[600.0]PW[metaperl]PC[The KGS Go Server at <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.gokgs.com/">http://www.gokgs.com/</a><!-- m -->]BR[11k]FG[259:]KM[0.5]RU[Japanese]OT[5x20 byo-yomi]GN[metaperl-Acce]
;BL[596.7]B[pp]
;C[Acce [11k?]: hello]WL[597.5]W[dd]
;BL[586.4]B[qd]
;WL[584.5]W[dp]
;BL[577.9]B[od]
;WL[578.1]W[qj]
;C[I have an urge to flatten his wings at A or B, but I see bigger moves...
*** B7 is not so good. Both of Black's enclosures point towards the right side, but White already has a stone there, with room to make a base on either side.]BL[568.3]LB[qg:A][qm:B]B[nq]
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;C[*** See variation.]WL[561.2]W[dj]
;C[He has sketched out quite a big area... and it is hard to invade on the 4-4 line for me... but I decide to play calm. His high stone at A wants to descend to B so I decide to play there.
*** Descend is a technical term. It means something else. B is an approach.]BL[561.0]LB[jd:A][fc:B]B[jd]
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;C[*** See variations.]WL[499.0]W[fc]
;C[Again, his high stone wants to descend, so I deny that as well]BL[550.8]B[jp]
;WL[470.3]W[fq]
;C[There are 7 feasible moves to make... how to decide what to play?]BL[543.3]LB[dl:A][fk:B][fj:C][hc:D][hq:E][qg:F][qm:G]B[dn]
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;C[*** Larg scale attack. See variations. ]WL[405.7]W[fk]
;BL[536.3]B[fn]
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;C[*** Not much of an attack. See variation.]WL[382.1]W[hl]
;BL[530.9]B[cp]
;WL[370.2]W[cq]
;BL[523.4]B[co]
;WL[272.8]W[bq]
;BL[517.9]B[cl]
;WL[202.1]W[bj]
;BL[511.8]B[ep]
;WL[191.4]W[eq]
;BL[505.2]B[do]
;C[*** Good!]WL[171.8]W[fp]
;BL[495.4]B[fo]
;C[*** What does this threaten?]WL[152.5]W[eo]
;BL[489.5]B[hq]
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;C[*** Black can stll invade, and this is not so big. See variations.]WL[64.0]W[ge]
;BL[476.5]B[hc]
;C[This move was played to support an attack at A I am planning
*** Why not attack now? End of com]WL[20.0]LB[ld:A]W[qg]OW[5]
;BL[470.2]B[qm]
;WL[20.0]W[jf]OW[4]
;BL[444.0]B[og]
;WL[20.0]W[ld]OW[4]
;BL[438.0]B[ke]
;WL[20.0]W[pe]OW[4]
;BL[432.0]B[pd]
;C[I think A was a better move]WL[20.0]LB[me:A]W[oe]OW[4]
;BL[425.8]B[ne]
;WL[20.0]W[le]OW[4]
;BL[412.4]B[lf]
;WL[20.0]W[kf]OW[4]
;BL[405.6]B[mf]
;WL[20.0]W[ie]OW[4]
;BL[395.1]B[id]
;WL[20.0]W[je]OW[4]
;BL[381.8]B[kd]
;WL[20.0]W[ji]OW[4]
;BL[366.9]B[jk]
;WL[20.0]W[jm]OW[4]
;BL[350.7]B[in]
;WL[20.0]W[jn]OW[4]
;BL[344.2]B[im]
;WL[20.0]W[il]OW[4]
;BL[339.2]B[jl]
;WL[20.0]W[io]OW[4]
;BL[321.2]B[hn]
;WL[20.0]W[ho]OW[4]
;BL[315.5]B[gn]
;WL[20.0]W[jo]OW[4]
;BL[306.6]B[gp]
;WL[20.0]W[go]OW[4]
;BL[293.0]B[en]
;WL[20.0]W[kp]OW[3]
;BL[283.0]B[jq]
;WL[20.0]W[kq]OW[3]
;BL[276.2]B[kr]
;WL[20.0]W[lr]OW[3]
;BL[270.4]B[jr]
;C[A was a better move]WL[20.0]LB[lq:A]W[mq]OW[3]
;BL[255.5]B[ko]
;C[The ladder works for me. END OF COMMENTS]WL[20.0]W[lo]OW[3]
;BL[218.9]B[gr]
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;WL[20.0]W[gq]OW[3]
;BL[194.4]B[fr]
;WL[20.0]W[hp]OW[3]
;BL[189.1]B[iq]
;WL[20.0]W[er]OW[3]
;BL[144.5]B[hs]
;WL[20.0]W[fs]OW[3]
;BL[130.3]B[gs]
;WL[20.0]W[is]OW[1]
;BL[124.9]B[es]
;WL[20.0]W[ir]OW[1]
;BL[111.1]B[ep]
;WL[20.0]W[dq]OW[1]
;BL[103.9]B[lp]
;WL[20.0]W[lq]OW[1]
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;W[fr]
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;B[fs]
;W[ir]
;B[is]
;W[hs]
;B[js]
;W[hr]
;B[gq]
;W[ip]
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;B[ir]
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;W[gq]
;B[hs]
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;W[ks]
;B[js]
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;B[ip]
;W[ir]
;B[is]
;W[ks]
;B[hr]
;W[gs]
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;C[*** Threatens to slide into the corner.]W[qm]
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;C[*** Plenty of room.]W[mc]
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;C[*** Make it difficult for Black.]W[io]
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;C[*** Small.]W[dl]
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;C[*** Large scale attack. Dual purpose, extending the top left framework.]W[fj]
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;C[*** Small.]W[hc]
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;C[*** Small.]W[hq]
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;C[*** Non-urgent.]W[qg]
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;C[*** Non-urgent.]W[qm]
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;W[gc]
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;W[hc]
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;C[*** Big.]W[mc]
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