(;GM[1]FF[4]CA[UTF-8]AP[CGoban:3]ST[2] RU[Japanese]SZ[19]KM[6.50] PW[Kim Sesil]PB[Aoki Kikuyo]WR[2p]BR[8p]DT[2008-03-02]EV[9th Jeongganjang Cup 5th round]RE[B+2.50] ;B[qd]C[This is the game from the 9th Female Jeongganjang Cup. Black is Aoki Kikuyo, 8-dan (Japan). White is Kim Sesil, 2-dan (Korea)] ;W[dc] ;B[dq] ;W[pp] ;B[ce] ;W[do] ;B[ed] ;W[ec] ;B[fd] ;W[gc] ;B[cm]C[This opening was very popular in the past. Most players think that Black is slightly favorable] (;W[en]C[A good choice -] (;B[em]C[The right direction -] ;W[fm] ;B[el] ;W[cq]LB[fn:A][fq:B]C[A rare move. Usually White plays at A or B] (;B[fn]C[Black has a choice -] (;W[dp]LB[eq:A]C[The shape looks wrong. It's more active to attach at A -] ;B[eq] ;W[fo]C[Now White has to push from behind. It's painful] ;B[gn] ;W[go] ;B[hn] ;W[gq]LB[bq:A][ir:B]TR[dq][eq]C[The marked stones still have some adji. Later Black may get sente moves at A and B] ;B[gd]C[In my opinion, the opening is favorable for Black] ;W[hc] ;B[hd] ;W[id] ;B[ie] ;W[je] ;B[fc] ;W[fb] ;B[eb]C[The standard timing] ;W[gb] ;B[cc] (;W[db]C[Is it better to give up the corner? -] ;B[jd] ;W[ic] ;B[if]C[Now Black's walls are working well together] ;W[ke] ;B[ji]C[Black is clearly favorable] ;W[od] ;B[oc] ;W[nc] ;B[pc] ;W[nd] ;B[jn]C[A very thick move] ;W[cn] ;B[bm] (;W[qf]C[A passive plan -] ;B[nb]C[Black can think about tennuki] ;W[mb] ;B[ob] ;W[jp]C[White got sente. Now the position looks playable] ;B[qn] ;W[ql] ;B[qq] ;W[qp] ;B[pq] ;W[op] ;B[rp] (;W[ro]LB[oq:A]C[It's probably better to block at A -] ;B[rq] ;W[qo] ;B[nq] ;W[jk] ;B[ik]C[It's enough for Black] ;W[il] ;B[hk] ;W[jg] ;B[ig] ;W[jj] ;B[ii] ;W[ki] ;B[pe]LB[qj:A]C[A careful move. An invasion at A can finish the game quickly] ;W[pf] ;B[oe] ;W[rd] ;B[rc] ;W[of]C[White made a large moyo on the right. Now the position looks close again] ;B[ne] ;W[hl] ;B[gl] ;W[jm] ;B[kh] ;W[li] ;B[mg]C[It's better to skip this exchange. It makes White stronger] ;W[nh] ;B[kn] ;W[lm]LB[mm:A]C[White may think about defending at A] ;B[np] ;W[no] ;B[mn] ;W[mo] ;B[ln] ;W[nm] ;B[km] ;W[mk]C[Black played a great yose here] ;B[re] ;W[rf] ;B[kl] ;W[jl] ;B[ho] ;W[hp] ;B[mi]C[A nice tesuji] ;W[ij] ;B[hj] ;W[hi] ;B[lh] ;W[lj] ;B[nn] ;W[on] ;B[nl] ;W[ml] ;B[mm] ;W[om] ;B[mh] ;W[nk] ;B[gm]C[White's moyo on the right became smaller] ;W[me] ;B[mc] ;W[md] ;B[jf] ;W[oi] ;B[bq] ;W[cr] (;B[bn]LB[bo:A]C[Black may also jump at A, but this move is more solid -] ;W[bo] ;B[kr]LB[cb:A]C[The block at A is probably bigger] ;W[lr] ;B[mr] ;W[lq] ;B[ls] ;W[mq] ;B[nr] ;W[dd] ;B[de] ;W[cd] ;B[bd] ;W[be] ;B[cb] ;W[ea] (;B[bf]C[A careful move -] ;W[bc] ;B[ae] ;W[bb] ;B[kf] ;W[lc] ;B[kq] ;W[kp] ;B[iq] ;W[ip] ;B[hr]TR[cb][cc]C[Black lost the marked stones, but got sente, which was very important. Later Aoki Kikuyo, 8-dan finished the game without any problems. She was very careful today!] ;W[gr] ;B[le] ;W[kd] ;B[ng] ;W[og] ;B[ni] ;W[oh] ;B[sf] ;W[sg] ;B[se] ;W[qe] ;B[sd] ;W[rg] ;B[dm] ;W[dn] ;B[so] ;W[sn] ;B[sp] ;W[rn] ;B[nj] ;W[oj] ;B[ao] ;W[ap] ;B[an] ;W[bp] ;B[mp] ;W[lp] ;B[lo] ;W[oo] ;B[hs] ;W[gs] ;B[hq] ;W[lf] ;B[mf] ;W[pd] ;B[nf] ;W[ld] ;B[ll] ;W[jq] ;B[jr] ;W[io] ;B[in] ;W[oq] ;B[or] ;W[ac] ;B[ma] ;W[la] ;B[na] ;W[ad] ;B[be] ;W[ok] ;B[kg]) (;B[ac] ;W[bf] ;B[bb] ;W[df] ;B[ee] ;W[ck]C[Black was afraid of this invasion])) (;B[bo] ;W[bn] ;B[an] ;W[dm] ;B[dl] ;W[cl]C[Black was afraid of ko-related adjis])) (;W[oq] ;B[ro] ;W[qi]C[In my opinion, this is the best way for White])) (;W[qe] ;B[re] ;W[rf]C[It's more active to attack like this])) (;W[if] ;B[db] ;W[he]C[I would prefer to choose this pattern and make Black's lower wall less effective])) (;W[eq] ;B[gn] ;W[dp]C[The adji in White's corner would be better (Cho Hunhyun vs Seo Bongsu, 1996)])) (;B[cr] ;W[cp] ;B[gq]C[He can take territory as well]) (;B[cp] ;W[dp] ;B[co] ;W[cn] ;B[bn] ;W[dn] ;B[bo] ;W[eq] ;B[dr]C[This is another option])) (;B[gq] ;W[dl] ;B[ck] ;W[dj]C[It's important for Black to use his wall on the top. Now it's not effective at all])) (;W[cq] ;B[cp] ;W[dp] ;B[co] ;W[cn] ;B[dn] ;W[bn] ;B[bq] ;W[cr] ;B[bo] ;W[eq] ;B[bm] ;W[en] ;B[dm]C[The standard joseki is too comfortable for Black]))