Life In 19x19

Still going: http://www.online-go.com/games/board.php?boardID=348064.

Finally finished this one up. Thoughts? he broke my back in the middle, looking back, N10... It let him push in, maybe that was a problem, but I'm not sure.

I enjoyed the game. Thanks a lot for posting it.

Here are some comments (from the 2kyu section. To open the discussion.. I happily stand corrected and learn some things)

I got the feeling that you were way to aggressive, always looking for a contact fight. Did you feel OK playing against breakfast or were you overly frightened? Many moves seem to be desperate attempts to me. Maybe you were already behind and you had to play like this to have a chance. I'd be very happy to see comments about this from other 19x19ers.

move 30: P5 seems premature. I'd prefer N3
move 32: again, not convinced that this is a good idea that early in the game.
move 38: OK it's attaching to a strong stone. But I don't see the purpose.
move 40: crosscut first, think later? Black builds influence that is going to hurt K3.
move 55: The fight gave you territory in a part of the board where you shouldn't have been able to get any territory at all. I have the feeling that you paid a very high prize for this and black was toying with you. I was fearing about the aji of the three "dead" black stones on the righthand side for most of the game. And I find it strange that black never explicitely activated it.
move 56: Again, is this really called for?
move 65: this seems like game over to me. The white wall to the left became very useless
move 72: again a deep reduction move. Is it not better to reduce from the left? Well at least you got a nice cut at K11, so it was maybe OK.
moves 112 and 114: I find this combination highly contradictory. With 112 you say: I try to kill you, with 114 you say: I make you stronger.

breakfast made some comments: http://gosensations.com/?id=2&server_id=8&new_id=1387

He thought the trade in the lower right was good for you.