(;GM[1]FF[4]CA[UTF-8]AP[CGoban:3]ST[2] RU[Japanese]SZ[19]KM[7.50] PW[Gu Li]PB[Kong Jie]WR[9p]BR[7p]DT[2008-03-22]EV[2008 Chinese A League (Team Chongqing vs Team Baejing)]RE[W+Resign] ;B[qd]C[This is the game from the Chinese A League-2008. Black is Kong Jie, 7-dan. White is Gu Li, 9-dan] ;W[dd] ;B[pq] ;W[dp] ;B[nc] ;W[po] ;B[qo] ;W[qn] ;B[qp] ;W[pn] ;B[nq] ;W[qj] ;B[qh]C[The opening is classic] ;W[gc]LB[oj:A]C[A good move. It would be slow for White to defend at A] ;B[cj] ;W[cl] ;B[cg] ;W[ce] ;B[ej] ;W[di] (;B[ci]C[The right answer -] ;W[co] ;B[ic] ;W[ge]LB[eb:A]C[A very solid move, which prevents the invasion at A] (;B[dh]C[Is it necessary for Black to defend here? It looks very slow -] ;W[lc] ;B[ie]LB[ql:A]C[Black may still think about the invasion at A] ;W[oc]C[The standard tesuji] (;B[od]LB[pc:A]C[Black can keep the corner by attaching at A -] ;W[pc] ;B[nd] ;W[pd] ;B[pe] ;W[qc] (;B[rd]LB[re:A]C[Is it the right answer? Kosumi at A looks better -] ;W[nb] ;B[mb] ;W[ob] ;B[mc] ;W[rc]LB[qe:A]C[White lives in gote, but there is a big weakness at A] ;B[pk]C[Black's idea is very unusual] ;W[qk] ;B[pj] ;W[ql] ;B[qi]C[White's group became stronger, but Black is also happy, because he made a nice moyo] ;W[qe] ;B[pf] ;W[op] ;B[oq] ;W[re]LB[gq:A]C[A huge move, but an extension around A is probably better] ;B[cc] ;W[dc] ;B[ji] ;W[jg]C[A brave move, typical for Gu Li, 9-dan] ;B[ig]LB[hf:A]C[The straight attachment is wrong. Kosumi at A would be better here] ;W[le] ;B[lg]LB[jf:A]C[Another mistake. It must be at A] ;W[ih] ;B[jh] ;W[lb] (;B[ma]C[I would prefer to defend in the center -] ;W[if] ;B[hg] ;W[je] ;B[hf] ;W[id] ;B[jf] ;W[jd]C[Black got a ponnuki, but his central wall looks overconcentrated] ;B[fq] ;W[eq]C[The game is comfortable for White now] ;B[er]LB[fp:A]C[Normally Black extends at A] ;W[fp] ;B[gp] ;W[fr] ;B[gq] ;W[gr] ;B[iq] ;W[hr] ;B[ip] ;W[dq]C[Black lost a lot of points here] ;B[nn] ;W[mo] ;B[mn] ;W[pl] ;B[ol] ;W[om] ;B[nl] ;W[np] ;B[mp] ;W[mf] ;B[no]C[A slow move] ;W[ng] ;B[og] ;W[nf] ;B[oe] ;W[nh] ;B[rm] ;W[rn] ;B[rj] ;W[rk] ;B[ri] ;W[sm] ;B[sl] ;W[sk] ;B[sn] ;W[ro] ;B[sp] (;W[qq]C[The winning tesuji! -] ;B[rq] ;W[qr] ;B[pp] ;W[rp] ;B[rr] ;W[on]C[Now White's group is completely alive. Black lost several points again] ;B[nj] ;W[fm]C[The largest place on the board. Now White has a comfortable 10 points lead. Kong Jie, 7-dan resigned few moves later] ;B[bd] ;W[ir] ;B[hm] ;W[oh] ;B[pi] ;W[qg]) (;W[so] ;B[on] ;W[sm]C[If White cuts directly, he cannot avoid the ko fight])) (;B[jf] ;W[ma] ;B[fq]C[This result is better for Black than the real game])) (;B[re] ;W[rd] ;B[qe] ;W[nb] ;B[mb] ;W[ob] ;B[mc] ;W[oj] ;B[rc] ;W[rb] ;B[sd] ;W[sb] ;B[fq]C[This result is probably better than the real game])) (;B[pc] ;W[od] ;B[ob] ;W[nd] ;B[nb] ;W[le] ;B[ig] ;W[qe] ;B[re] ;W[pd] ;B[qc] ;W[qf] ;B[rf] ;W[qg] ;B[rg] ;W[ph]C[Black can take the territory, but his position would be quite low])) (;B[ql] ;W[pp] ;B[qq] ;W[pl] ;B[rl] ;W[pk] ;B[rn]C[The invasion looks more active] ;W[dj] ;B[dk] ;W[ck] ;B[eh] ;W[dh] ;B[dg] ;W[ek] ;B[ei] ;W[dl] ;B[ch] ;W[dk] ;B[ff]C[Black can always sacrifice one stone and defend his group])) (;B[dj] ;W[bh]C[Black must be afraid of this attack]))