
(;AP[GOWrite:2.3.48]SZ[19]FF[4]GM[1]CA[UTF-8]ST[2]FG[259:]C[This is an exciting game, with many good moves by both players. There are, of course, some mistakes, and the lead changes several times.]PW[Roella Smith]KM[0.00]RU[AGA]GN[ ]PB[Hasan Nisar]PM[2]
;B[dq]
;W[dd]
;B[qp]
;W[qd]
;B[oq]
;W[do]
;B[co]
;W[cn]
;B[cp]
;W[dm]
;B[fq]
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;W[ch]C[This is the first real mistake. The joseki here is to extend 3 spaces.]
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;B[oc]C[Good. It is too early to exploit the weakness of the 4-space extension on the left. This is bigger.]
;W[lc]
;B[oe]
;W[qf]
;B[qh]C[This is bad. Black forces White to hurt the two stones at the top.]
;W[pg]
;B[ph]
;W[og]
;B[oh]C[The two black stones at the top are crying now.]
;LB[ng:A]W[kq]C[This is wrong. Black is still playing badly. Just follow along and extend to A.]
;B[pm]
;W[pk]C[Good idea to try to separate the three black stones above.]
;FG[259:]PM[2]
;B[nl]
;W[ol]
;B[om]
;W[nk]
;B[mi]
;W[ml]
;B[nm]
;W[lk]
;B[pl]
;W[ok]
;B[qk]C[Although White does not succeed in separating Black, White has made a nice reduction in sente.]
;W[hq]C[Good. Defend the stone before it is attacked.]
;B[cl]C[Good.]
;W[dl]C[Given the other weak groups around, White is wise to play this way and stay strong and connected. A bit of territory on the edge does not matter.]
;B[bn]
;W[ck]
;B[cm]
;W[dn]
;B[fc]
;W[ic]C[Good. Again, defend the single stone before it is attacked. This is also a pincer, so a dual purpose move!]
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;B[fe]
;W[df]
;B[cc]
;W[dc]
;B[cd]
;W[ce]
;B[db]
;W[eb]
;B[cb]
;W[ec]
;B[be]
;W[bf]
;B[ad]
;W[ig]C[Things are looking good for White now.]
;B[dk]C[This is a dangerous place to cut. However, Black is behind, and needs to stir things up. In the end the confusion from this fight is what lets Black win.

However, White could have defended better.]
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;FG[259:]PM[2]
;W[cj]
;B[ek]
;W[gm]
;B[dj]
;W[di]
;B[gk]
;W[il]
;B[hl]
;W[hm]
;B[ik]
;W[jl]
;B[jk]
;W[li]
;B[im]
;W[kl]
;B[in]
;W[go]
;B[ip]
;W[iq]
;B[ho]
;W[gp]
;B[ln]
;W[kn]
;B[ko]
;W[jn]
;B[jp]
;W[kp]C[Nice move.

(I am not going to comment on many moves in this fight. However, it is very exciting. I recommend you play it out on a board, and think if you would have played the same moves as the players in this game.)]
;B[kk]
;W[lo]
;B[mo]
;W[lp]
;B[mp]
;W[jo]C[Now White has solved one problem, and made two of her groups safe. Black is in big trouble.]
;B[mj]
;W[lj]C[Good decision by White to give up the 4 stones to the right. The centre is huge, so White should be trying to win simply.]
;B[mk]
;W[mg]
;B[qb]
;W[pc]
;B[pb]
;W[od]
;B[nd]
;W[pd]
;B[nb]
;W[rc]
;B[rb]
;W[mc]
;B[nc]
;W[oa]C[This move does not work. Black can live, so this ends up played inside the opponents territory.

When you are not sure, it is better to play the move on the outside of the life-and-death problem. In this case, if White plays at 109, she gets the most territory when Black lives.]
;B[mb]
;W[lb]
;B[pa]
;W[le]C[Now, if all the Black stones are dead, White's centre is worth about 120 points.

Black has at most\:
60 bottom right
20 bottom left
10 top left
5 top right

So, White is winning unless Black can live inside.]
;FG[259:]PM[2]
;B[ng]
;W[nh]C[This is an unnecessary risk for White.]
;B[nf]
;W[ni]
;B[qg]
;W[rg]
;B[re]
;W[rf]
;B[qe]
;W[pe]
;B[rh]
;W[qj]
;B[pj]
;W[nj]
;B[rj]C[White dies with one group (about -35 points) but saves 3 stones and captures 3 black ones (about +20 points) so White is probably still a bit ahead.]
;W[hj]
;B[fb]
;W[fa]
;B[mf]
;W[lf]
;B[lg]
;W[mh]
;B[hk]
;W[ij]
;B[fm]
;W[fn]
;B[gl]
;W[gn]
;B[gi]
;W[gj]
;B[fj]
;W[fi]
;B[ei]
;W[fh]
;B[jj]
;W[ii]
;B[ji]
;W[jh]
;B[kh]
;W[kg]
;B[dh]
;W[ci]
;B[eh]
;W[fg]
;B[eg]
;W[ef]
;B[ff]
;W[dg]
;B[ej]
;W[el]
;B[fk]
;W[gh]C[This was another exciting fight, which now hangs in the balance ...

Now Black has a tesuji, can you find it? (The answer, and the rest of this game, is later in this journal.)]
;FG[259:]GOWRITEFG[includePastCount:1]PM[2]
;B[hh]
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;W[ih]C[White saw the danger and connected.]
;B[gg]
;W[fh]C[But, perhaps it is only one eye?!

Time for another exciting fight. However, I cannot see any way for White to kill Black now.

Eventually White has to resign.

The last chance for White to save the game was at move 164, which should have been at either 163 or 165

As I said in the introduction, both players played a lot of good moves. Most of the opening moves were played on big points. Then there was a lot of exciting fighting in which White nearly made a huge centre and one (?????). Black showed why you should never give up when you are behind. Instead you should try to make the game more and more complicated, and hope that something happens. Of course, something is more likely to happen if you can spot the clever tesuji.]
;B[ee]
;W[de]
;B[gd]
;W[hf]
;B[ga]
;W[ea]
;B[hb]
;W[hc]
;B[ib]
;W[gc]
;B[gb]
;W[ia]
;B[jc]
;W[id]
;B[jd]
;W[je]
;B[ie]
;FG[259:]PM[2]
)
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;W[hi]
;B[gg]C[Variation 5\: Black 165 is brilliant. If White answers this way it is a shortage of liberties.]
;VW[de:kk]FG[259:]GOWRITEFG[includePastCount:2]PM[2]
)

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;W[gg]
;B[ih]C[Variation 6\: moving out with the 4 white stones does not work either. Snapback!]
;VW[de:kk]FG[259:]GOWRITEFG[includePastCount:2]PM[2]
)

)
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;W[ek]
;B[dj]
;W[bk]
;B[bm]
;W[ci]C[Variation 4\: For example, this makes it harder for Black.]
;VW[ah:fp]FG[259:]GOWRITEFG[includePastCount:5]PM[2]
)

)
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;B[cc]
;W[dc]
;B[cd]
;W[de]
;B[db]
;W[eb]
;B[cb]
;W[ec]
;B[cf]
;W[df]
;B[cg]
;W[dg]
;B[le]LB[fe:B]C[Variation 3\: It is better for Black to jump into the corner immediately. Black gets a bigger corner.

Also, after living in the corner Black has a free choice of where to play. In the game Black's extra stone is already played at B. Would you play B here? I wouldn't. It looks like trying to run away with a dead stone.]
;VW[aa:si]FG[259:]GOWRITEFG[includePastCount:13]PM[2]
)

)
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;B[cl]
;W[bm]
;B[cj]C[Variation 1\: The problem with the too-long extension is that Black can easily invade. Now the 4 white stones below are a weak group.]
;VW[ag:gs]FG[259:]GOWRITEFG[includePastCount:4]PM[2]
)

)
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;W[ci]
;B[cl]
;W[bm]
;B[cj]
;W[dj]
;B[dk]
;W[bj]C[Variation 2\: With the normal 3-space extension, invading here is difficult for Black.

Also, White's 3-space extension stone is a better distance from the top left corner.]
;VW[ag:gs]FG[259:]GOWRITEFG[includePastCount:8]PM[2]
)

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