(;GM[1]FF[4]CA[UTF-8]AP[CGoban:2]ST[2] RU[Japanese]SZ[19]KM[6.50] PW[Kid]PB[Becci]C[Becci (black) vs. one of the kids from the weiqi center. 08/11/06 B + ~30] ;B[pd]CR[pd] ;W[dc]CR[dc] ;B[pq]CR[pq] ;W[cp]CR[cp] ;B[ep]CR[ep] ;W[gq]CR[gq] ;B[cq]CR[cq] ;W[dq]CR[dq] ;B[dp]CR[dp] ;W[cr]CR[cr]C[Yan Laoshi said this is a trick joseki. White ends up tricking himself though.] ;B[bq]CR[bq] ;W[co]CR[co] (;B[dn]CR[dn] ;W[br]CR[br] ;B[dr]CR[dr] ;W[eq]CR[eq] ;B[fq]CR[fq] ;W[er]CR[er] ;B[fr]CR[fr] ;W[ds]CR[ds] ;B[gp]CR[gp]C[Now Black has played an extra move at D6. This stone should instead be around R9.] ;W[fo]CR[fo]C[This is not good for White.] ;B[fp]CR[fp] ;W[do]CR[do] ;B[eo]CR[eo] ;W[en]CR[en] ;B[cn]CR[cn] ;W[bp]CR[bp] ;B[bo]CR[bo] ;W[aq]CR[aq] ;B[dl]CR[dl] ;W[em]CR[em] (;B[ck]CR[ck] ;W[ci]CR[ci] (;B[hn]CR[hn]C[This is the wrong direction. Throughout this whole fight, Black is playing from the wrong direction.] ;W[fk]CR[fk] ;B[di]CR[di] ;W[dh]CR[dh] ;B[dj]CR[dj] ;W[ch]CR[ch] ;B[fi]CR[fi] ;W[eh]CR[eh]C[This is big. Now White is starting to get a lot of points on the top. ] ;B[fj]CR[fj] ;W[gm]CR[gm] (;B[go]CR[go]C[This is not good. It's bad shape for Black. White doesn't have an eye here anyway. This also emphasizes the fact that Black attacked from the wrong direction with H6.] ;W[gk]CR[gk] ;B[fh]CR[fh] ;W[fg]CR[fg] ;B[il]CR[il]C[This is again the wrong direction. These moves are empty. This only works if Black is absolutely sure of sente against the White group. Otherwise this wall is too big and White can just come back and live underneath, making it useless. Yan Laoshi gave the analogy of building a house: you don't make one wall really high and then start building the other wall. Instead, you build both walls up at the same time. This again emphasizes the fact that Black is attacking from the wrong direction.] ;W[hj]CR[hj] ;B[hh]CR[hh] ;W[jj]CR[jj] ;B[gg]CR[gg] ;W[gf]CR[gf] ;B[hf]CR[hf] ;W[ef]CR[ef] ;B[ge]CR[ge] ;W[ff]CR[ff] ;B[qo]CR[qo] ;W[ig]CR[ig] ;B[hg]CR[hg] ;W[he]CR[he] ;B[ie]CR[ie] ;W[hd]CR[hd] ;B[if]CR[if] ;W[bl]CR[bl] (;B[bm]CR[bm] ;W[bk]CR[bk] ;B[cl]CR[cl] ;W[dm]CR[dm] ;B[cm]CR[cm] ;W[cj]CR[cj]C[It's bad for White to play this though, because White ends in gote. Yan Laoshi says that you can let your opponent take 20 points from you in gote but you can't let your opponent take 5 points in sente. Sente points are free points. ] ;B[el]CR[el] (;W[fl]CR[fl] ;B[fn]CR[fn] ;W[fm]CR[fm] ;B[id]CR[id] ;W[gd]CR[gd] ;B[kl]CR[kl] ;W[ik]CR[ik] ;B[hl]CR[hl] ;W[mq]CR[mq] ;B[ii]CR[ii] ;W[hk]CR[hk] ;B[jk]CR[jk] ;W[kk]CR[kk] ;B[jl]CR[jl] ;W[ij]CR[ij] ;B[kj]CR[kj] ;W[ki]CR[ki] ;B[lj]CR[lj] ;W[ji]CR[ji] ;B[kq]CR[kq] ;W[pr]CR[pr] ;B[qr]CR[qr] ;W[kr]CR[kr] ;B[jr]CR[jr] ;W[or]CR[or] ;B[oq]CR[oq] ;W[rr]CR[rr] ;B[qq]CR[qq] ;W[nq]CR[nq] ;B[lr]CR[lr] ;W[lq]CR[lq] ;B[mr]CR[mr] ;W[kp]CR[kp] ;B[jq]CR[jq] ;W[nr]CR[nr] ;B[mo]CR[mo] ;W[no]CR[no] ;B[mn]CR[mn] ;W[op]CR[op] ;B[on]CR[on] ;W[pp]CR[pp] ;B[qp]CR[qp] ;W[nn]CR[nn] ;B[nm]CR[nm] ;W[mm]CR[mm] ;B[oo]CR[oo] ;W[np]CR[np] ;B[lm]CR[lm] ;W[om]CR[om] ;B[ml]CR[ml] ;W[po]CR[po] ;B[pn]CR[pn] ;W[qn]CR[qn] ;B[pm]CR[pm] ;W[qm]CR[qm] ;B[pl]CR[pl] ;W[ro]CR[ro] ;B[rp]CR[rp] ;W[rn]CR[rn] ;B[rs]CR[rs] ;W[sr]CR[sr] ;B[so]CR[so] ;W[ql]CR[ql] ;B[lp]CR[lp]C[Fortunately for me, my opponent just died when he jumped into my area. That doesn't make it ok that I attacked from the wrong direction. A stronger player would have lived, and I'd be left with nothing to compete with all those points in the top left.] ;W[pk]CR[pk] ;B[ol]CR[ol] ;W[sn]CR[sn] ;B[sp]CR[sp] ;W[ps]CR[ps] ;B[qs]CR[qs] ;W[sq]CR[sq] ;B[ns]CR[ns]C[This is bad. Black does not need to play here. Then White dies in gote. That could mean big troubl for the L11 group.] ;W[kg]CR[kg] ;B[ld]CR[ld] ;W[nh]CR[nh] (;B[oj]CR[oj] ;W[pj]CR[pj] ;B[oi]CR[oi] ;W[gi]CR[gi] ;B[hi]CR[hi] ;W[gj]CR[gj] ;B[gh]CR[gh] ;W[ek]CR[ek] ;B[dk]CR[dk] ;W[nf]CR[nf] ;B[nc]CR[nc] ;W[ke]CR[ke] ;B[ic]CR[ic] ;W[kd]CR[kd] ;B[kc]CR[kc] ;W[lc]CR[lc] ;B[lb]CR[lb] ;W[jc]CR[jc] ;B[kb]CR[kb] ;W[jb]CR[jb] ;B[ib]CR[ib] ;W[jd]CR[jd] ;B[ja]CR[ja] ;W[le]CR[le] ;B[qe]CR[qe] ;W[md]CR[md] ;B[mc]CR[mc] ;W[oc]CR[oc] ;B[pc]CR[pc]C[I think I can just cut right away, but I knew I was ahead regardless, so I didn't want to make things complicated.] ;W[ob]CR[ob]C[But I thought this was going a bit far.] ;B[od]CR[od] ;W[nd]CR[nd] ;B[mb]CR[mb] ;W[gb]CR[gb] ;B[li]CR[li] ;W[lh]CR[lh] ;B[jh]CR[jh] ;W[kh]CR[kh] ;B[qh]CR[qh] ;W[ri]CR[ri] ;B[rh]CR[rh] ;W[qi]CR[qi] ;B[si]CR[si] ;W[sj]CR[sj] ;B[sh]CR[sh] ;W[rk]CR[rk] ;B[oh]CR[oh] ;W[og]CR[og] ;B[pg]CR[pg] ;W[pi]CR[pi] ;B[ph]CR[ph] ;W[pf]CR[pf] ;B[oe]CR[oe] ;W[of]CR[of] ;B[qf]CR[qf] ;W[jg]CR[jg] ;B[ih]CR[ih] ;W[mg]CR[mg] ;B[al]CR[al] ;W[bj]CR[bj] ;B[an]CR[an] ;W[ak]CR[ak] ;B[am]CR[am] ;W[ok]CR[ok] ;B[nk]CR[nk] ;W[mi]CR[mi] ;B[mj]CR[mj] ;W[hb]CR[hb] ;B[ne]CR[ne] ;W[me]CR[me] ;B[jf]CR[jf] ;W[kf]CR[kf] ;B[ni]CR[ni] ;W[mh]CR[mh] ;B[fs]CR[fs] ;W[ap]CR[ap] ;B[ao]CR[ao] ;W[hm]CR[hm] ;B[im]CR[im] ;W[gn]CR[gn] ;B[ho]CR[ho] ;W[ej]CR[ej] ;B[ei]CR[ei] ;W[ha]CR[ha] ;B[ia]CR[ia] ;W[hc]CR[hc] ;B[pb]CR[pb] ;W[ld]CR[ld] ;B[fo]CR[fo]) (;B[pi]CR[pi]C[Black should play on this side. Black can eat the R7 stones.] ;W[oj]CR[oj] ;B[qk]CR[qk] ;W[qj]CR[qj] ;B[rk]CR[rk] ;W[rj]CR[rj] ;B[pj]CR[pj] ;W[ok]CR[ok] ;B[rl]CR[rl])) (;W[fm]CR[fm]C[White should play here.])) (;B[bk]CR[bk]C[Black should block from this side. Either way, Black doesn't get any points down here, but this is better for endgame.])) (;B[ip]CR[ip]C[It's better for Black to fix outside here (this helps secure points). ])) (;B[fk]CR[fk]C[Black should play here. ] ;W[hn]CR[hn] ;B[ip]CR[ip]C[Black gets secure points on the bottom and a strong group in the middle so that White can't get much in the top left.])) (;B[dk]CR[dk]C[This is better for attacking. There aren't any points to be had over here anyway.])) (;B[dr]CR[dr]C[Black should play here right away.] ;W[eq]CR[eq] ;B[fq]CR[fq] ;W[er]CR[er] ;B[fr]CR[fr] ;W[ds]CR[ds] ;B[gp]CR[gp] (;W[br]CR[br]C[White still needs to come back and fix. This is a loss for White. The G3 stone is wasted and Black gets to make his stones cooperate in a big way.] (;B[qk]CR[qk]C[For example, Black can play here. This is really good for Black.]) (;B[]C[Tewari analysis:] ;AE[co][dp][ep][gp][bq][cq][dq][eq][fq][gq][br][cr][er][fr][ds] ;W[] ;B[ep]CR[ep] ;W[eq]CR[eq] ;B[fq]CR[fq] ;W[dq]CR[dq] ;B[gp]CR[gp] ;W[gq]CR[gq] ;B[fr]CR[fr] ;W[co]CR[co] ;B[dp]CR[dp]C[(Black loses some here.)] ;W[er]CR[er] ;B[cq]CR[cq] ;W[cr]CR[cr] ;B[bq]CR[bq] ;W[br]CR[br] ;B[dr]CR[dr] ;W[ds]CR[ds]C[But overall, it's much better for Black. ])) (;W[]C[If White doesn't play B2...] ;B[br]CR[br]C[Black can start a ko like this.] ;W[bs]CR[bs] ;B[fs]CR[fs] ;W[es]CR[es] ;B[as]CR[as])))