(; GM[1]US[Brought to you by No Name Go Server] CoPyright[ This game was played on the No Name Go Server Permission to reproduce this game is given.] GN[cricket-ianm(B) NNGS] EV[None] RE[W+38.5] PW[cricket]WR[4k*] PB[ianm]BR[20k*] PC[NNGS New York USA: ra.york.cuny.edu 9696] DT[1996-07-29] SZ[13]TM[1800]KM[0.5] HA[4]AB[jd][dj][dd][jj] ;W[gj];B[gd];W[dh];B[df];W[ch];B[cg]C[ cricket 4k*: what client do you use? cricket 4k*: (touching me like this is not too good cricket 4k*: (good client) cricket 4k*: Better might be c3, to help the crner cricket 4k*: or k7 to start the side for you cricket 4k*: when you touch something, you make it stronger cricket 4k*: by forcing it to strenghten cricket 4k*: but here, it is like I've stood up at d6 already cricket 4k*: so I can ignore your touch cricket 4k*: so, your move becomes 'wasted' in a way ] ;W[jh];B[jf];W[kh];B[gf]C[ cricket 4k*: probably over concentrated. cricket 4k*: in a 13x13 game, territory along EDGES is king cricket 4k*: so, the corners are HUGE cricket 4k*: so, any of the 4 corners would be better cricket 4k*: since I can still invade them ] ;W[kc];B[jc];W[jb];B[ib];W[lb];B[ja];W[kb];B[kd]C[ cricket 4k*: I may have needed to play that as ko, but I forget ] ;W[ld];B[le];W[mc];B[ia]C[ cricket 4k*: okay, this protects against a non-threat cricket 4k*: it also prepares to poke my eye out cricket 4k*: but it will take anothe rmove to really threaten cricket 4k*: so I can ignore cricket 4k*: c3 or L3 would be better or D11 ] ;W[bj];B[kk]C[ cricket 4k*: good ] ;W[ik]C[ cricket 4k*: struggle to live, and it is huge, but watch cricket 4k*: watch for the time when you are alive or dead ] ;B[jl]C[ cricket 4k*: once this corner is settled, we'll each want the first move in the open corner, upper left ] ;W[il];B[lk]C[ cricket 4k*: I like M4 better for Black, but I'm having trouble seeing how to kill cricket 4k*: so this seems okay too ] ;W[jk];B[kl];W[ml];B[kj]C[ cricket 4k*: sometimes L1 is better than L2 for shape, but here, I like your L2 better ] ;W[li];B[ii]C[ cricket 4k*: L4 looks heavy. M1 threatens an eye, then L5 would threaten an eye or connection, and you would be in great shape cricket 4k*: but, you are doing fine cricket 4k*: don't accept too much in my criticisms cricket 4k*: these little details would be more important if the hdcp were smaller cricket 4k*: but you doing fine with hdcp I think ] ;W[ih];B[hi];W[gh]C[ cricket 4k*: don't learn from my exampel that groups should be killed cricket 4k*: in this case, I feel I need the kill to win, but that is rare cricket 4k*: Normaly, I wouldn't purusue a group quite this tenaciously ] ;B[jm]C[ cricket 4k*: do you think you'll get to come to Go CLub Thursday? ] ;W[lm];B[mk]C[ cricket 4k*: now it's dead cricket 4k*: one sec cricket 4k*: I'll explain, but folks in my office hold on cricket 4k*: okay, let me explain, and then I have to go for about 10 minutes cricket 4k*: if you had pushed at H6 (where i will now go) cricket 4k*: then, you can surround the K6 stones cricket 4k*: and it becomes a capture race that you might in cricket 4k*: might win. Might not, but that was the best chance cricket 4k*: my earlier comments were more critical for life though, in my opinion cricket 4k*: I'll be back in about 10 minutes ] ;W[hh]C[ cricket 4k*: sorry for that delay cricket 4k*: was my notes clear to you? cricket 4k*: but now, that you know it is dead, you can secure another area cricket 4k*: you do have threats in this corner, so you no longer should fear ko cricket 4k*: moves like M2, N5, H3 will fail,but require a response from me cricket 4k*: perfect ko threats cricket 4k*: upper left is still opan cricket 4k*: you might be able to save the lower left, but it would be tough cricket 4k*: if you analyze it, you may be able to repel my invasion of upper left cricket 4k*: if so, then you could play somewhere else cricket 4k*: they could be interesting. Potential reducing moves cricket 4k*: edge moves will be worth more in this endgame cricket 4k*: but they are playable. f6 can get dangerous though ] ;B[bg]C[ cricket 4k*: good ] ;W[eg];B[ff]C[ cricket 4k*: I'm trying to make sure you dont' rescue your d4 stone by connecting to it ] ;W[ef];B[ee]C[ cricket 4k*: e8 might have been a little better for you cricket 4k*: then I couldn't poke in one more like this ] ;W[bh];B[fg];W[fh];B[lg];W[lh]C[ cricket 4k*: we're pretty much in the endgame now ] ;B[ig]C[ cricket 4k*: so you want to find the moves that are sente (force me to reply) and increase your area cricket 4k*: j8 would be less dangerous normally, but this is fine. Probably is worth 2 points or so ] ;W[ag];B[af]C[ cricket 4k*: this is a classic endgame move worth 4 points in sente for me cricket 4k*: but for you, it was only worth 3 points gote (actually, only 3 points for me too, but sente) ] ;W[ah]C[ cricket 4k*: yes, you have had to fill in 2 spaces (you need to connect now) ] ;B[bf]C[ cricket 4k*: and I have increased my area by one, over what you would have taken had you moved there first cricket 4k*: so , a total of 3. (my B4 stone is normaly the 4th point, but It's already in place here) cricket 4k*: does that make sense? ] ;W[ka];B[me]C[ cricket 4k*: basically, a move is valued (in the endgame) on the points it MAKES and the points it TAKES ] ;W[md];B[mh]C[ cricket 4k*: yes. B4 was played to secure the corner, but it ended up in a nice place for endgame too ] ;W[mi];B[mg]C[ cricket 4k*: ur last 2 moves very good ] ;W[kf];B[kg];W[jg];B[ke]C[ cricket 4k*: okay, this was a tricky move. L8 was a sacrifice cricket 4k*: to set up this sneaky crap on you ] ;W[if]C[ cricket 4k*: it's just hard to spot this stuff, I shouldn't be so mean cricket 4k*: but perhaps it will help you spot them in the future ] ;B[hg]C[ cricket 4k*: the L9 defence did alleviate worst problems though, so good for you :) ] ;W[hf];B[gg];W[je];B[lf]C[ cricket 4k*: J9 would be better, since it protects your area after I connect ] ;W[jf];B[id]C[ cricket 4k*: you J9, I'd connect, then you h9, and ur protected ] ;W[he]C[ cricket 4k*: now I steal a couple of more points ] ;B[ge];W[hd];B[hc]C[ cricket 4k*: okay, this move is too scared. You can just block cricket 4k*: Do you see that you are protected? I can't hurt you cricket 4k*: if you had connected to the right, I probably could hurt you more, actually ] ;W[dg];B[ce]C[ cricket 4k*: which was your best game? srobi, oneeye, gun or pumpkin? (that you lost) cricket 4k*: that is a good precautionary move in most cases. ] ;W[tt];B[tt]C[ cricket 4k*: I'm trying to see which of the 4 to review for you ] ;) ---