(;GM[1]FF[4]CA[UTF-8]AP[CGoban:2]ST[2] RU[Japanese]SZ[19]KM[0.50] PW[Round4]PB[Andrew] ;B[pd]CR[pd] ;W[dp]CR[dp] ;B[pq]CR[pq] ;W[cd]CR[cd] ;B[ec]CR[ec] ;W[df]CR[df] ;B[cc]CR[cc] ;W[bc]CR[bc] ;B[dd]CR[dd] ;W[ce]CR[ce] ;B[cb]CR[cb] ;W[cj]CR[cj] ;B[fq]CR[fq] ;W[hq]CR[hq] ;B[cq]CR[cq] ;W[cp]CR[cp] ;B[dq]CR[dq] ;W[ep]CR[ep] ;B[fr]CR[fr] ;W[go]CR[go] ;B[ej]CR[ej]C[The first major decision of the game. Yes, B has all 4 corners but I want to reduce the W moyo. Is this the best move for doing so? Would a shoulder hit be too deep?] ;W[dj]CR[dj] ;B[ek]CR[ek] ;W[dl]CR[dl] ;B[hd]CR[hd] ;W[hf]CR[hf] ;B[ff]CR[ff] ;W[id]CR[id] ;B[ic]CR[ic] ;W[jc]CR[jc] ;B[hc]CR[hc] ;W[jd]CR[jd] ;B[he]CR[he] ;W[if]CR[if] ;B[eg]CR[eg] ;W[dh]CR[dh] ;B[gi]CR[gi] ;W[gf]CR[gf] ;B[fe]CR[fe] ;W[kf]CR[kf] ;B[qg]CR[qg]C[Horrible move. B must play O17 to prevent the top W group from settling.] ;W[bq]CR[bq] ;B[br]CR[br] ;W[bp]CR[bp] ;B[ar]CR[ar] ;W[pb]CR[pb] (;B[qc]CR[qc]C[This is slack. B is in no danger here. Either P17 or Q17 would be better. ] ;W[nc]CR[nc]C[I'm not sure how tewari analysis works, but I'm pretty sure B got a raw deal in the upper right.] ;B[jq]CR[jq] ;W[hp]CR[hp] ;B[mp]CR[mp] ;W[po]CR[po] ;B[pp]CR[pp] ;W[qo]CR[qo] ;B[rp]CR[rp] ;W[ro]CR[ro] ;B[qp]CR[qp]C[S3 better.] ;W[qj]CR[qj] ;B[qb]CR[qb] ;W[oc]CR[oc] ;B[oo]CR[oo]C[This is big.] ;W[on]CR[on] ;B[nn]CR[nn] ;W[om]CR[om] ;B[nm]CR[nm] ;W[nl]CR[nl] (;B[ol]CR[ol]C[I thought for quite some time before making this move. True, W has to submit, but once W reinforces at the vital point B has no good follow-up. Without a follow-up, the cut at P8 becomes a bad move. If B is to attack, R7 to spoil W's shape in sente seems like a much better alternative. On the outside, N8 is also not bad. If I had the chance to play this position again, I would force with R7 first. ] ;W[qm]CR[qm]C[B has no good move. Playing atari against O8 from either direction is no good. Q8 nobi leads to the loss of either of either P5 or O6/O7 via ladder. P9 nobi threatens nothing and W can break apart B's lower right by O5 followed by N5.] ;B[no]CR[no]C[Sad.] ;W[nk]CR[nk] ;B[pl]CR[pl] ;W[ql]CR[ql] ;B[ri]CR[ri] ;W[qi]CR[qi] ;B[rh]CR[rh] ;W[rj]CR[rj] ;B[ml]CR[ml] ;W[mk]CR[mk] ;B[jo]CR[jo] ;W[sp]CR[sp] ;B[sq]CR[sq] ;W[so]CR[so] ;B[rr]CR[rr] ;W[ir]CR[ir] ;B[jr]CR[jr] ;W[js]CR[js] ;B[ks]CR[ks] ;W[is]CR[is] ;B[kr]CR[kr] ;W[bb]CR[bb] ;B[ne]CR[ne]C[I thought this was a nice move, but after W's reply it is obvious that this stone needs to be at P13.] ;W[pg]CR[pg]C[Ouch!] ;B[pf]CR[pf] ;W[qh]CR[qh] ;B[qf]CR[qf] ;W[og]CR[og]C[All of a sudden W is threatening to make a considerable amount of territory in the center. All this because O15 was not played at P13.] (;B[mf]CR[mf]C[The only move. N16 followed by N13 might also work.] ;W[md]CR[md] ;B[mh]CR[mh]C[This allows the N12 stone to get cut. Even though the cutting stones managed to escape, perhaps N13 would have been better.] ;W[oe]CR[oe] ;B[of]CR[of] ;W[ng]CR[ng] ;B[mg]CR[mg] ;W[nf]CR[nf] ;B[me]CR[me] ;W[od]CR[od] ;B[ph]CR[ph] ;W[oh]CR[oh] ;B[oi]CR[oi] ;W[pi]CR[pi] ;B[nh]CR[nh] ;W[ph]CR[ph] ;B[jg]CR[jg] ;W[jf]CR[jf]C[I'm not sure that the reinforcement by W here was necessary. Oh well, I won't complain.] ;B[ji]CR[ji] ;W[kh]CR[kh] ;B[ki]CR[ki] ;W[li]CR[li] ;B[lh]CR[lh] ;W[lj]CR[lj] ;B[kg]CR[kg] ;W[ih]CR[ih] ;B[jh]CR[jh] ;W[eh]CR[eh] ;B[fh]CR[fh] ;W[gg]CR[gg] ;B[fg]CR[fg] ;W[hj]CR[hj] ;B[jb]CR[jb]C[At this point, having suffered losses on the right, I decided I had to recoup by attacking W's top group. I initiated what I thought was a sente sequence at the top.] ;W[kb]CR[kb] ;B[ib]CR[ib] ;W[ll]CR[ll]C[I thought that W would have to guard against the clamp at M18, but amazingly W kept his sente and played tenuki. To me, it seems M17 is bigger than M8.] ;B[lb]CR[lb] ;W[kc]CR[kc] ;B[ka]CR[ka] ;W[mb]CR[mb] ;B[lc]CR[lc] ;W[ld]CR[ld] ;B[lf]CR[lf] ;W[pe]CR[pe] ;B[qe]CR[qe] ;W[pc]CR[pc] ;B[qd]CR[qd] ;W[qa]CR[qa] ;B[ra]CR[ra] ;W[pa]CR[pa] ;B[sb]CR[sb] ;W[ca]CR[ca] ;B[db]CR[db] ;W[mm]CR[mm]C[At this point I tried to figure out whether I could kill the W group up top, or at least force it out into the open, hoping to somehow get enough strength to reduce the lower left W moyo. By my calculations W has a 10-point lead at this stage. Sadly, my life and death reading failed me once again. W can live with the throw-in at M19, which I did not see. ] ;B[el]CR[el] ;W[dm]CR[dm] ;B[ie]CR[ie] ;W[je]CR[je] ;B[le]CR[le] ;W[hi]CR[hi] ;B[gh]CR[gh] ;W[hh]CR[hh] ;B[ig]CR[ig] ;W[hg]CR[hg] ;B[il]CR[il] ;W[hl]CR[hl] ;B[hm]CR[hm] ;W[ik]CR[ik] ;B[jl]CR[jl] ;W[gm]CR[gm] ;B[gl]CR[gl] ;W[hk]CR[hk] ;B[gn]CR[gn] ;W[fm]CR[fm] ;B[fn]CR[fn] ;W[hn]CR[hn] ;B[im]CR[im] ;W[fo]CR[fo] ;B[jk]CR[jk] ;W[fl]CR[fl]C[I thought it was extremely strange that W played this sequence, because it let me seal his top group in.] ;B[gk]CR[gk] ;W[la]CR[la] ;B[ma]CR[ma] ;W[na]CR[na]C[Doh! W won by 19.5 points.]) (;B[md]CR[md] ;W[mc]CR[mc] ;B[mg]CR[mg] ;W[oe]CR[oe] ;B[of]CR[of] ;W[mf]CR[mf] ;B[nf]CR[nf] ;W[ng]CR[ng] ;B[lf]CR[lf] ;W[mh]CR[mh] ;B[lg]CR[lg] ;W[lh]CR[lh]C[B doesn't get cut, but W's territory isn't reduced as much.])) (;B[qm]CR[qm] (;W[no]CR[no] ;B[op]CR[op] ;W[mn]CR[mn] ;B[np]CR[np] ;W[mm]CR[mm] ;B[pn]CR[pn]C[B takes a huge corner but W gets the tortoise shell in the center. With no weak B groups on the board, W might have difficulty leveraging his thickness.]) (;W[pm]CR[pm] ;B[pl]CR[pl] ;W[ol]CR[ol] ;B[pk]CR[pk] ;W[ql]CR[ql] ;B[qk]CR[qk] ;W[rl]CR[rl] ;B[rk]CR[rk] ;W[rm]CR[rm] ;B[pj]CR[pj] ;W[no]CR[no] ;B[op]CR[op] ;W[mn]CR[mn] ;B[np]CR[np] ;W[mm]CR[mm] ;B[ko]CR[ko]C[This result is inferior to the result W gets by cutting straight away at O5.]) (;W[pn]CR[pn]C[This move is out of the question.] ;B[ol]CR[ol] ;W[pl]CR[pl] ;B[ok]CR[ok]))) (;B[pc]CR[pc] (;W[ob]CR[ob] ;B[qb]CR[qb] ;W[nc]CR[nc]) (;W[qb]CR[qb] (;B[ob]CR[ob]) (;B[nc]CR[nc] ;W[rd]CR[rd] ;B[qe]CR[qe] ;W[re]CR[re] ;B[rf]CR[rf] ;W[qd]CR[qd] ;B[pe]CR[pe] ;W[nb]CR[nb] ;B[mb]CR[mb] ;W[ob]CR[ob] ;B[md]CR[md]C[B can start to mount pressure on the top W group.]))) (;B[oc]CR[oc] ;W[qc]CR[qc] ;B[ob]CR[ob] ;W[re]CR[re] ;B[qe]CR[qe] ;W[rf]CR[rf] ;B[qf]CR[qf]))