(;GM[1]FF[4]CA[UTF-8]AP[CGoban:3]ST[2] RU[Japanese]SZ[19]KM[6.50] PW[Rin Kaiho]PB[Hashimoto Yujiro]WR[9p]BR[9p]DT[2008-04-24]EV[34th Japanese Meijin]RO[preliminary]SO[Go4Go.net]RE[B+10.50] ;B[pd]C[This is the game from the 34th Japanese Meijin tournament (preliminary stage). Black is Hashimoto Yujiro, 9-dan. White is Rin Kaiho, 9-dan] ;W[dd] ;B[pp] ;W[dq] ;B[do] ;W[co] ;B[cn] ;W[cp] (;B[cf]C[Usually Black starts from the other side -] (;W[di]C[The most active answer -] ;B[fc] ;W[df] ;B[dg] ;W[ef] ;B[ce] ;W[cd] ;B[eg] (;W[fg]C[A rare move. It considered to be unfavorable for White -] ;B[fh] ;W[eh] ;B[ff] ;W[gg] ;B[de] ;W[ee] ;B[ed]C[The fight is not easy for White] ;W[fe] ;B[ch]LB[cg:A]C[A good move. It's better than the direct connection at A] (;W[ci]LB[ge:A][gf:B]C[White has no time to block here. It's more urgent to defend at A or B -] ;B[gf]C[Now White is in trouble] ;W[gd] ;B[hf] ;W[hg] ;B[ig] ;W[gi] ;B[bd] ;W[bc] ;B[cc]C[A good order] ;W[dc] ;B[db] ;W[cb] ;B[ec] ;W[if] ;B[ie] ;W[cc] ;B[hc]TR[gd][ee][fe][df][ef]C[Black captured the cutting stones. The result is very good for him] ;W[jf] ;B[fd] ;W[ii] ;B[gn]TR[ig][fh]C[White's wall is not yet ideal. The marked stones have some adji] ;W[dn]LB[gp:A]C[Too greedy! It's better to attack the whole group at A] ;B[dm] ;W[en] ;B[em] ;W[eo] ;B[ih] ;W[hi] ;B[kh]C[Black's advantage is obvious now] ;W[fm] ;B[pf] ;W[ob] ;B[oc] ;W[pb] ;B[nb] ;W[qc]LB[qd:A]C[Is it better to attach at A?] ;B[qd] ;W[rd] ;B[re] ;W[rc]C[White is alive, but it's gote] ;B[ji]C[A key point] ;W[nc]C[White is far behind, so he wants to fight] ;B[mb] ;W[mc] ;B[lc] ;W[ld] ;B[kc] ;W[ng] ;B[pi] ;W[ni] ;B[lf] ;W[ne] ;B[fk]C[A good move] ;W[ej] ;B[fn] ;W[cm] ;B[mf] ;W[nf] ;B[qh]LB[pk:A]C[A very solid answer. Black may think about defending at A instead] ;W[nk] ;B[mj] ;W[nj] ;B[pk]LB[pl:A]C[Once again Black is playing solidly. Niken-tobi at A looks possible here] ;W[li] ;B[jk]LB[nh:A]C[White made this exchange for preventing the cut at A] ;W[lh] ;B[kg] ;W[me] ;B[je] ;W[kd] ;B[jc] ;W[lb] ;B[kb] ;W[kl] ;B[jl] ;W[km] ;B[kk] ;W[na] ;B[la] ;W[nm] ;B[sd] ;W[pg] ;B[qf] ;W[ra] ;B[oh] ;W[lk] ;B[lj] ;W[mi] ;B[mk] ;W[ml] ;B[ll] ;W[lm] ;B[ol] ;W[nl] ;B[ep] ;W[bn] ;B[fo] ;W[dp] ;B[nq]TR[mc][nc][kd][ld][me][ne][nf][ng][lh][li][mi][ni][nj][nk][kl][ml][nl][km][lm][nm]C[Black's lead is very big now. It's not even necessary for him to kill the marked group] ;W[pn] ;B[kp] ;W[no] ;B[np] ;W[kj] ;B[jj]C[It's enough!] ;W[lk] ;B[gq]C[Black has 3 big territories - top side, right, and lower one. White has the left side only. I believe, it's not possible for Black to lose this game. Finally he won it by 10.5 points.] ;W[qp] ;B[qq] ;W[rq] ;B[pq] ;W[qo] ;B[el] ;W[rr] ;B[jn] ;W[ge] ;B[he] ;W[hm] ;B[hn] ;W[fr] ;B[gr] ;W[ql] ;B[qk] ;W[fq] ;B[fp] ;W[rl] ;B[dh] ;W[ei] ;B[bh] ;W[dl] ;B[dk] ;W[cl] ;B[ek] ;W[bi] ;B[bj] ;W[cj] ;B[ai] ;W[bk] ;B[be] ;W[eb] ;B[fb] ;W[da] ;B[fa] ;W[ea] ;B[aj] ;W[ck] ;B[hk] ;W[rj] ;B[rk] ;W[sk] ;B[ri] ;W[qj] ;B[pj] ;W[ko] ;B[jo] ;W[ps] ;B[or] ;W[lp] ;B[lq] ;W[lo] ;B[mq] ;W[eq] ;B[qi] ;W[sj] ;B[si] ;W[sl] ;B[og] ;W[gs] ;B[hs] ;W[fs] ;B[ir] ;W[pc] ;B[od] ;W[oo] ;B[os] ;W[qr] ;B[pr] ;W[qs] ;B[jm] ;W[sc] ;B[se] ;W[ak] ;B[ah] ;W[jd] ;B[id] ;W[ke] ;B[kf] ;W[gj] ;B[gk] ;W[ij] ;B[ik] ;W[oe] ;B[pe] ;W[ad] ;B[ae] ;W[ac] ;B[fj] ;W[fi] ;B[hh] ;W[gh] ;B[ki] ;W[lj] ;B[pl] ;W[pm] ;B[om] ;W[op] ;B[mp] ;W[mo] ;B[oq] ;W[on] ;B[kn] ;W[ln] ;B[ma] ;W[oa]) (;W[ge] ;B[dc] ;W[cc] ;B[db] ;W[cb] ;B[bd] ;W[gc] ;B[gb] ;W[hb] ;B[hc] ;W[gd] ;B[fb] ;W[ic]C[This is probably the best way for White])) (;W[fd] ;B[gd] ;W[fg] ;B[ed] ;W[de] ;B[ch] ;W[fe] ;B[fh] ;W[gg] ;B[ei] ;W[gc] ;B[dn]C[This is the best way for both sides])) (;W[fc] ;B[dn] ;W[fq] ;B[dj] ;W[qj]C[White may also keep the game simple])) (;B[fc] ;W[cf] ;B[dn] ;W[fq] ;B[cj] ;W[db] ;B[jd]C[This is the classic opening]))