(;FF[4]
CA[UTF-8]
GM[1]
DT[2018-03-31]
GN[Tournament Game: Correspondence Weekly McMahon 19x19 2017-11-11 17:00 (31678) R:2 (zirth vs integer)]
PC[https://online-go.com/review/332905]
PB[integer]
PW[zirth]
BR[4d]
WR[4d]
TM[259200]OT[86400 fischer]
RE[W+R]
SZ[19]
KM[6.5]
RU[Japanese]

;B[pe]
;W[pd]
(;B[qd]
;W[qc]
;B[rc]C[Seems like a completely normal game of go so far.]
(;W[qe]C[I was happy about this move as it helps me do what I want to do anyway? ELF2 also thinks it's a mistake. Black takes the lead.]
;B[rd]
(;W[oe]LB[oe:B]LB[qe:A]C[Another move I feel helps me do what I want to do anyway. ELF2 shows some interesting alternatives. A and B together makes ELF2 already give 80% score to Black.]
;B[pf]
;W[oc]LB[pc:A]C[Three mistakes in a row?! Not a good start for White. ELF2 hates this move compared to connecting at A. 97% for Black now (wtf?).]
;B[qb]LB[of:A]C[I thought the corner was big and this atari was so tasty... But it was a mistake. It's not needed, I can take it whenever I want, White doesn't have any good local play. I 100% should have played at A.
]
;W[of]
;B[pc]LB[pg:A]C[Another move I could have just saved for later. I will have to play A no matter what, and White won't connect against this atari, so there's no point in collapsing my possibilities here... Two lessons for me already: stop rushing for stuff that my opponent isn't going to deny me from taking later.]
;W[od]
;B[pg]
(;W[og]LB[oh:A]C[ELF2 suggests jumping ahead to A instead.]
;B[ph]
;W[ed]
;B[ni]LB[pp:A]C[This was a weird/bad move. Not sure about my thinking... At least if I had the corner at A it would make more sense, but now. I probably just felt ahead and wanted to make sure White would never get a moyo. Playing around A would clearly have been better.]
;W[qj]LB[pp:A]C[Felt too close, but I found it surprisingly hard to punish. I didn't want to let White cut me and start a precarious fight like it seems he wants to. ELF2 thinks this move is bad, also, and again wants to just play in the A corner.]
(;B[pk]TR[ni]C[I gave up on pincers and decided to allow white to live locally if he wanted, even if this makes my marked stone look weird. The plan is to focus on the lower right corner, which I also very much wanted to play in.

ELF2 thinks this move isn't terrible, but would much more prefer to just ignore it and take the corner directly.]
;W[qk]LB[oh:A]C[ELF2 would still do A. Desperation?]
;B[qm]LB[pk:A]LB[pm:B]LB[qn:C]LB[dp:D]C[The planned move behind A, was proud of this one and it gets ELF2's stamp of approval too. It can't decide between this, B, C, or D. Apparently the lower right corner has a lower value now?
]
;W[ql]
;B[pm]
;W[oi]LB[pl:A]C[I felt continuing at A would be natural, and what I expected.. This move surprised me, and I don't think it got a good result for White.]
;B[oh]
;W[ok]
;B[pl]
;W[pj]
;B[nj]
;W[oj]
;B[mh]C[White gets out, but at what cost?]
;W[rh]C[Going to skip review-comments for a while until the score changes, because it's like 99.8% for Black now and ELF2 thinks all of Black's moves are winning and all of White's moves are losing. But I'm interesting in seeing where I lost.

Maybe this was a bad game to pick... And maybe ELF2 is just too strong to be a helpful reviewer for my level. For the next ~50 moves the score doesn't budge from 98-100% and there's dozens of alternatives for each move.

]
;B[ml]
;W[rm]
;B[rn]
;W[sl]
;B[kd]
;W[lf]
;B[gc]
;W[kg]
;B[cd]
;W[cc]
;B[dc]
;W[dd]
;B[ec]
;W[fc]
;B[fd]
;W[fb]
;B[cb]
;W[bc]
;B[eb]
;W[ce]
;B[gb]
;W[fe]
;B[gd]
;W[rf]
;B[ob]
;W[nl]
;B[mk]
;W[nm]
;B[pq]
;W[do]
;B[jh]
;W[ng]
;B[nh]
;W[if]
;B[fg]
;W[kh]
;B[ki]
;W[ih]
;B[ji]
;W[ig]
;B[cg]
;W[ef]
;B[ge]
;W[dh]
;B[fi]
;W[gh]
;B[fh]
;W[hj]
;B[dg]
;W[eg]
;B[eh]
;W[ch]
;B[bh]
;W[bi]
;B[bg]TR[cg]TR[dg]TR[bh]C[The first score change! 4%~

I didn't realize that what I'm planning here doesn't work. ELF2 realized it a lot earlier but considered the marked stone useful aji and so allowed Black to play them. Now it wants to play _almost anything else_ than on the inside. But my move commits Black and allows White a good move on the outside.
]
;W[cj]
;B[ff]C[ELF2 dislikes this move too, but I have no idea why. More taking useless sente moves and collapsing potential?]
;W[ee]
;B[hl]TR[bg]TR[cg]TR[dg]TR[bh]C[It was only now that I realized my little tactical dream has no merit... So I just play some random attacking move. I still feel comfortable in the game.

I spent a lot of time (maybe too much) over the course of the next moves trying to figure out some good way to use the aji of the marked stones... Because it felt like there should be something.
]
;W[ik]
;B[jm]
;W[mc]
;B[cq]C[Still I'm kind of thinking of my dead stones so I played 3-3 here hoping to get a cut of some sort and being able to play a sacrifice sequence.]
;W[dq]
;B[dp]
;W[cp]
;B[ep]
;W[cr]
;B[bq]
;W[co]
;B[br]
;W[er]
;B[dl]LB[eo:A]TR[dq]TR[cr]TR[er]C[It didn't go exactly as I had hoped and I got impatient to do something...

Black should probably just have played A. If he gets the liberties to capture the marked stones, that's huge.]
;W[eo]C[White says he's OK. (Which he might be, the upcoming tactics were and still are extremely difficult for me, so much so I don't even trust ELF2 with it.)]
;B[bk]
;W[ej]
(;B[ek]C[Might be a big mistake!? Or ELF2 blind spot? Now suddenly it's kind of a game again (71% to Black)...
]
;W[dk]
;B[fj]
;W[el]
;B[fk]
;W[cl]
;B[dm]
;W[cm]
;B[ck]
;W[dj]
;B[df]LB[ke:A]C[Here ELF2 would leave the situation, it seems ELF2 thinks black can't do anything(?). It would play at A, which is a very interesting move in itself (and I wouldn't think of).

I feel committed though.]
;W[bd]
;B[bf]
;W[bb]
;B[ba]C[Black's score keeps dropping during this sequence, to around ~60%... In the game I thought I would get a ko or seki.]
;W[da]
;B[db]
;W[em]
(;B[be]LB[ai:A]C[I should have played A directly.]
;W[ca]LB[ah:A]C[ELF2 _really_ dislikes this move, thinking White should play A directly... Because it wastes a ko threat? If so, that's incredible...]
;B[ea]
;W[ah]
;B[ag]
(;W[ai]C[White backs off and sacrifices to get sente. Probably a good call but didn't expect it.]
;B[ae]
;W[ca]
;B[da]
;W[ad]
;B[ab]
;W[jc]
;B[mm]C[I felt good about the game again, so I played this super safe move, but ELF2 thinks it's almost like a pass move. ELF2 still prefers Black but White still has a chance.]
;W[qo]
;B[po]
;W[qp]
;B[pp]
;W[qn]
;B[qq]TR[dp]TR[ep]C[Too slow! Again I play too safe and slow when I think I'm winning. Using the aji of the marked stones seems a lot more urgent.]
;W[iq]C[White gets to play in this area first, which is huge.]
(;B[kq]C[Again slow..]
;W[jq]
;B[eq]
;W[dr]
;B[gq]
;W[fr]LB[gp:A]C[White could have instantly taken the lead here with A, because I didn't use the throw-in technique which ELF2 found.

]
;B[hp]LB[go:A]C[... I have no idea. A is obviously the shape.]
;W[gr]
;B[kp]TR[kc]LB[mm:A]LB[kp:C]LB[qq:B]C[Again too slow... Still playing carefree. Now White takes a slight lead for real. A, B, C were probably the key moves to giving up any advantage I had.

The real focal point is the marked point. It's too important. I didn't worry too much about letting white live, but
]
;W[ib]C[White found a very good way to live and make everything safe.]
;B[mb]C[I was still thinking I must surely be winning by a comfortable margin, due to the capture (which isn't as big as it looks), so was content with just reducing. ELF2 thinks it's a very close game. The following moves are all natural.]
;W[lb]
;B[nc]
;W[nd]
;B[nb]
;W[lc]
;B[rp]
;W[ro]
;B[pn]
;W[sn]
;B[nn]
;W[io]
;B[gn]
;W[jo]
;B[jk]C[This was a careless move I didn't really think about. Maybe the 'real' losing move? And it doesn't make much sense. White leads now.]
;W[ko]C[This point is too good.]
;B[lo]
;W[ln]
;B[mo]LB[jr:A]C[ELF2 suggests A instead. My move is too submissive.]
;W[il]
;B[im]
;W[jl]
;B[km]
;W[hn]C[Key point, hard to deal with.]
;B[ho]
;W[in]
;B[fm]
;W[fl]
;B[gl]
;W[dn]
;B[hm]
;W[gf]
;B[gg]
;W[hf]
;B[ij]
;W[hk]
;B[kl]
;W[fn]C[And having to fight this ko is unbearable. I finally realized I would actually lose.]
;B[go]
;W[gm]
;B[id]
;W[jd]
;B[fm]
;W[ii]
;B[jj]
;W[gm]
;B[ie]
;W[je]
;B[fm]
;W[hi]
;B[gk]
;W[gm]
;B[hq]
;W[hr]
;B[fm]
;W[kr]
;B[lr]
;W[gm]
;B[jr]
;W[ir]
;B[fm]
;W[js]
;B[gm]
;W[ls]
;B[mr]
;W[ms]
)(;B[dr]
;W[ds]
;B[eq]
;W[dr]
;B[gq]LB[gp:B]LB[dr:A]C[If it wasn't for the weird throw-in at A, white could play B here probably.]
;W[fq]
;B[fp]
;W[fr]
;B[hq]
;W[ir]
;B[go]C[Cute sequence by ELF2.]
))(;W[ae]C[This was the move I expected, and felt like it lead to a ko.]
;B[ci]
;W[di]
;B[bj]
;W[dn]
;B[ai]C[Good ko for Black tho? If White just connects it seems Black wins the race?]
))(;B[ai]
;W[bj]
;B[be]
;W[ad]C[Pop-quiz: what is the status? If Black plays away?]
))(;B[ai]C[ELF2 suggests this after a very deep think. I think it leads to either a ko or excellent result on the outside, but the tactics are way too complex.]
;W[bj]
;B[ck]
;W[dj]C[etc..?]
))(;B[ql]C[Was the first move I considered of course, but...]
;W[oh]
;B[oi]
;W[pi]C[I hated this. ELF2 says Black can actually play ]
(;B[qh]
;W[oj]
)(;B[ol]C[More interesting but some hair-raising variations.]
(;W[ok]
;B[nk]
;W[pl]
(;B[pk]C[Doesn't work.]
;W[qf]
;B[qh]
;W[rh]
)(;B[pm]
;W[pk]
;B[qi]
;W[pj]
;B[nl]
;W[qh]
;B[qf]
;W[qm]
))(;W[qf]C[Doesn't work directly.]
;B[qh]
))))(;W[oh]
;B[ph]
;W[pi]
;B[og]
;W[ng]
;B[qi]
;W[oi]
;B[qj]
;W[dd]
))(;W[qf]LB[pc:A]C[White dares Black to cut at A (which he apparently shouldn't).]
;B[pf]C[Seems strongest follow-up by Black.]
;W[qg]
;B[pg]
;W[qh]
(;B[qb]LB[pc:A]C[Playing A instead is bad. The atari is poisoned!]
)(;B[pc]
;W[od]
;B[ng]
;W[qb]
;B[pb]
;W[ob]
;B[rb]
;W[oc]
;B[qa]
;W[kc]
))(;W[pc]
;B[pf]
;W[dd]TR[qe]C[White cuts losses and leaves the marked stone as aji. Seems acceptable too.]
))(;W[pc]
;B[re]
;W[oe]
;B[pf]LB[dd:B]LB[pp:A]C[White takes sente for A or B and it's an even game?]
))(;B[od]
;W[qe]
;B[pc]
;W[qd]
;B[qc]
;W[oc]
;B[nc]
;W[ob]
;B[rc]
;W[oe]
;B[nd]
;W[pf]
;B[nb]LB[lc:A]C[Interesting "joseki" suggested by ELF2. Although here's a good example of how ELF2 baffles me. I'd want to play A instead of O18, being greedier, yet somehow ELF thinks that's much worse due to...I have no idea. Giving White more potential aji to exploit? Pushing O15 won't be sente (with B playing A) but it becomes a stronger move at least?]
))