(;GM[1]FF[4]CA[UTF-8]AP[CGoban:3]ST[2] RU[Japanese]SZ[19]HA[5]KM[0.50]TM[0]OT[40/180 Canadian] PW[MEDVED]PB[TheCaptain]WR[9d]BR[4d]DT[2005-03-04]PC[The Kiseido Go Server (KGS) at http://kgs.kiseido.com/]AB[dd][pd][jj][dp][pp]RE[B+Time]VW[] ;W[qf]CR[qf]WL[168.865]OW[38]C[The game is "TheCaptain", 4-dan vs "MEDVED", 9-dan] ;B[nd]CR[nd]BL[177.94]OB[39] ;W[qj]CR[qj]WL[166.188]OW[37] ;B[ql]CR[ql]BL[176.13]OB[38] ;W[lc]CR[lc]WL[163.012]OW[36]LB[qe:A][qh:B] (;B[qe]CR[qe]BL[173.299]OB[37]LB[ic:B][qh:A]C[Black must think about the invasion at A or the pincer at B -] ;W[pf]CR[pf]WL[159.909]OW[35] ;B[nc]CR[nc]BL[171.668]OB[36]C[The adji-invasion at san-san is still bad, so it is usually better to defend solidly at X]MA[ob] ;W[fc]CR[fc]WL[153.004]OW[34] ;B[ic]CR[ic]BL[169.684]OB[35] ;W[cf]CR[cf]WL[141.58]OW[33] ;B[df]CR[df]BL[167.404]OB[34] ;W[dg]CR[dg]WL[137.801]OW[32] ;B[ef]CR[ef]BL[165.681]OB[33] ;W[cc]CR[cc]WL[130.449]OW[31]LB[dc:B][ce:A] (;B[ce]CR[ce]BL[163.218]OB[32]LB[dc:B][cg:A]C[The correct choice -] (;W[cg]CR[cg]WL[127.824]OW[30]LB[dc:B][bd:A]C[An overplay -] (;B[bd]CR[bd]BL[161.117]OB[31]C[The wrong answer -] ;W[dc]CR[dc]WL[122.92]OW[29] ;B[ck]CR[ck]BL[159.613]OB[30]C[The pincer at X would be normal here]MA[dj] ;W[ek]CR[ek]WL[113.786]OW[28]LB[ci:B][el:A] (;B[el]CR[el]BL[157.534]OB[29]C[The wrong direction -] ;W[cj]CR[cj]WL[101.441]OW[27] ;B[dl]CR[dl]BL[150.72]OB[28] ;W[bk]CR[bk]WL[83.313]OW[26] ;B[bl]CR[bl]BL[148.548]OB[27] ;W[dk]CR[dk]WL[81.42]OW[25] ;B[cl]CR[cl]BL[147.925]OB[26] ;W[fk]CR[fk]WL[78.531]OW[24]C[White's shape is powerful] ;B[gd]CR[gd]BL[145.873]OB[25] ;W[fd]CR[fd]WL[74.627]OW[23] ;B[ge]CR[ge]BL[144.412]OB[24] ;W[fe]CR[fe]WL[69.952]OW[22] ;B[ff]CR[ff]BL[142.869]OB[23] ;W[gf]CR[gf]WL[69.22]OW[21]C[A brave move] ;B[gc]CR[gc]BL[141.265]OB[22] ;W[bc]CR[bc]WL[66.055]OW[20] ;B[fh]CR[fh]BL[137.784]OB[21] ;W[gg]CR[gg]WL[59.46]OW[19] ;B[eh]CR[eh]BL[135.035]OB[20]LB[gh:B][di:A] (;W[di]CR[di]WL[55.491]OW[18]C[It is not easy for White to capture the group -] ;B[gh]CR[gh]BL[132.81]OB[19] ;W[ig]CR[ig]WL[50.26]OW[17] ;B[gj]CR[gj]BL[122.795]OB[18] ;W[fl]CR[fl]WL[44.294]OW[16]TR[gc][ic][gd][ge]C[The wrong direction of play. First of all White has to attack the marked group] ;B[kg]CR[kg]BL[115.071]OB[17] ;W[jd]CR[jd]WL[40.41]OW[15] ;B[ie]CR[ie]BL[112.161]OB[16]C[Now the fight is difficult for White] ;W[ii]CR[ii]WL[36.207]OW[14] ;B[je]CR[je]BL[102.767]OB[15] ;W[ij]CR[ij]WL[32.522]OW[13] ;B[hh]CR[hh]BL[101.265]OB[14] ;W[ih]CR[ih]WL[27.104]OW[12] ;B[hg]CR[hg]BL[99.398]OB[13] ;W[ke]CR[ke]WL[23.455]OW[11]C[An overplay. White must sacrifice these stones] ;B[kf]CR[kf]BL[96.145]OB[12] ;W[me]CR[me]WL[20.308]OW[10] ;B[of]CR[of]BL[93.395]OB[11] ;W[lf]CR[lf]WL[16.98]OW[9] ;B[nf]CR[nf]BL[89.115]OB[10] ;W[lg]CR[lg]WL[14.853]OW[8] ;B[kh]CR[kh]BL[87.724]OB[9] ;W[lh]CR[lh]WL[12.117]OW[7] ;B[ki]CR[ki]BL[86.152]OB[8] ;W[il]CR[il]WL[9.168]OW[6] ;B[ni]CR[ni]BL[82.96]OB[7]C[The fight seems to be hopeless for White] ;W[li]CR[li]WL[7.451]OW[5] ;B[lj]CR[lj]BL[81.208]OB[6] ;W[nh]CR[nh]WL[6.356]OW[4] ;B[oh]CR[oh]BL[76.865]OB[5] ;W[mj]CR[mj]WL[5.434]OW[3] ;B[mi]CR[mi]BL[75.297]OB[4] ;W[lk]CR[lk]WL[4.34]OW[2] ;B[kj]CR[kj]BL[73.631]OB[3] ;W[ng]CR[ng]WL[2.478]OW[1] ;B[og]CR[og]BL[72.021]OB[2] ;W[oi]CR[oi]WL[180]OW[40] ;B[nj]CR[nj]BL[65.393]OB[1] ;W[if]CR[if]WL[171.377]OW[39] ;B[hf]CR[hf]BL[180]OB[40] ;W[mk]CR[mk]WL[150.373]OW[38] ;B[ik]CR[ik]BL[166.124]OB[39] ;W[pl]CR[pl]WL[127.029]OW[37] ;B[ok]CR[ok]BL[158.303]OB[38] ;W[oj]CR[oj]WL[118.239]OW[36] ;B[nk]CR[nk]BL[155.89]OB[37] ;W[pk]CR[pk]WL[117.44]OW[35] ;B[om]CR[om]BL[149.456]OB[36] ;W[hk]CR[hk]WL[106.771]OW[34] ;B[jk]CR[jk]BL[147.473]OB[35] ;W[hj]CR[hj]WL[95.038]OW[33] ;B[jc]CR[jc]BL[141.114]OB[34] ;W[mm]CR[mm]WL[75.102]OW[32] ;B[nm]CR[nm]BL[138.295]OB[33] ;W[kc]CR[kc]WL[59.11]OW[31] ;B[mb]CR[mb]BL[128.59]OB[32]LB[jf:A][km:B] (;W[jf]CR[jf]WL[55.039]OW[30]C[A new overplay -] ;B[jl]CR[jl]BL[123.899]OB[31] ;W[id]CR[id]WL[53.025]OW[29] ;B[he]CR[he]BL[121.909]OB[30] ;W[jm]CR[jm]WL[50.719]OW[28] ;B[im]CR[im]BL[116.595]OB[29] ;W[hl]CR[hl]WL[49.062]OW[27] ;B[km]CR[km]BL[114.969]OB[28] ;W[mn]CR[mn]WL[34.767]OW[26] ;B[pm]CR[pm]BL[106.058]OB[27] ;W[jn]CR[jn]WL[32.843]OW[25] ;B[kn]CR[kn]BL[103.101]OB[26] ;W[ko]CR[ko]WL[28.542]OW[24] ;B[ll]CR[ll]BL[99.397]OB[25] ;W[ml]CR[ml]WL[27.117]OW[23] ;B[jo]CR[jo]BL[96.678]OB[24] ;W[in]CR[in]WL[25.903]OW[22] ;B[lo]CR[lo]BL[94.907]OB[23] ;W[oo]CR[oo]WL[24.242]OW[21] ;B[po]CR[po]BL[88.663]OB[22] ;W[kp]CR[kp]WL[22.376]OW[20] ;B[ln]CR[ln]BL[86.965]OB[21] ;W[mo]CR[mo]WL[20.631]OW[19] ;B[lp]CR[lp]BL[85.662]OB[20] ;W[kq]CR[kq]WL[18.299]OW[18] ;B[lq]CR[lq]BL[84.001]OB[19] ;W[nq]CR[nq]WL[16.81]OW[17] ;B[kr]CR[kr]BL[81.634]OB[18]C[White is trying to start the capturing race, but actually he is lot of liberties behind. In my opinion, the handicap is too big. The normal one would be 2 or 3 stones.] ;W[ip]CR[ip]WL[15.477]OW[16] ;B[mr]CR[mr]BL[75.968]OB[17] ;W[nr]CR[nr]WL[13.819]OW[15] ;B[io]CR[io]BL[64.141]OB[16] ;W[hn]CR[hn]WL[12.531]OW[14] ;B[ho]CR[ho]BL[62.875]OB[15] ;W[iq]CR[iq]WL[11.083]OW[13] ;B[gn]CR[gn]BL[57.793]OB[14] ;W[hm]CR[hm]WL[10.162]OW[12] ;B[jr]CR[jr]BL[53.639]OB[13] ;W[go]CR[go]WL[8.259]OW[11] ;B[hp]CR[hp]BL[50.855]OB[12] ;W[hq]CR[hq]WL[7.172]OW[10] ;B[gp]CR[gp]BL[49.044]OB[11] ;W[gq]CR[gq]WL[6.595]OW[9] ;B[fp]CR[fp]BL[47.248]OB[10] ;W[er]CR[er]WL[5.323]OW[8] ;B[dr]CR[dr]BL[43.245]OB[9] ;W[eq]CR[eq]WL[4.023]OW[7] ;B[dq]CR[dq]BL[41.707]OB[8] ;W[ep]CR[ep]WL[3.46]OW[6] ;B[eo]CR[eo]BL[39.823]OB[7] ;W[do]CR[do]WL[2.446]OW[5] ;B[co]CR[co]BL[34.9]OB[6] ;W[dn]CR[dn]WL[1.262]OW[4] ;B[en]CR[en]BL[33.272]OB[5] ;W[cn]CR[cn]WL[0.699]OW[3] ;B[bn]CR[bn]BL[29.573]OB[4] ;W[cp]CR[cp]WL[0.044]OW[2] ;B[bo]CR[bo]BL[26.619]OB[3]) (;W[km] ;B[jf] ;W[qn]C[White has no other way])) (;W[gh] ;B[ci] ;W[di] ;B[bj] ;W[dh] ;B[dj] ;W[ei] ;B[fi]C[White would be in trouble])) (;B[ci] ;W[eg] ;B[ff] ;W[ei] ;B[dm]C[This is the proper way to attack])) (;B[dc]LB[db:B][be:A] (;W[be] ;B[cd]C[Black's shape would be powerful]) (;W[db] ;B[bf] ;W[bb] ;B[bg] ;W[ci] ;B[di]C[It would be difficult for White to defend]))) (;W[dc] ;B[cg]C[This is the gentle way])) (;B[dc] ;W[cd] ;B[ce] ;W[be] ;B[de] ;W[bg]C[The result of this variation is always favourable for White])) (;B[qh] ;W[rh] ;B[ri] ;W[qi] ;B[rg] ;W[ph] ;B[qg] ;W[pg] ;B[pf] ;W[rf] ;B[sh] ;W[qd] ;B[pe] ;W[qc] ;B[rj]C[The fight would be promising for Black]))