Spare a review? RBerenguel - Slowhand (ASR League, 8k-¿2k?)

[RBerenguel]

Hi everyone,

I just finished a game! Wooo! I decided only one game in the ASR league was too little, and opened up a game in the KGS room. Alas, Slowhand (no rating shown) appeared. I started playing, and made quite some errors in the fuseki already (stupid errors: I wanted to close my 4-4, not open to the center in the 6th move or so!!). Anyway, I lost by 20 odd moku. Then I found out (s)he's usually 2k, although told me he played below par (that I guessed!). I managed to cut one of his eyeless groups and kill it, also re-live a group I thought dead. Anyway, although I'm sure I made a lot of tactical errors, I'd like some pointers about direction of play. Where should I have played in the opening? Why? What group should I have attacked? Why? These are the parts of the game where I feel most lacking (subjective feeling, feel free to trash me in other things too).

Also if someone has some spare time, take a look at my move inside one of his live groups. He answered solidly, nothing for me to do, no big deal. The point is, that just a move or two ahead of what I could read I saw something with the other solid connection (atari-connect-cut-menacing snapback-I can't read farther clearly).

Well, here's the game:

[daniel_the_smith]

[RBerenguel]

Thanks a LOT Daniel! Some of your comments deeply overlap with my "D'OH" moments (the odd keima, the side push, the cut...), but with variations and motivation I see it more clearly now.

Ruben