(;GM[1]FF[4]AP[glGo:1.4]ST[1] GN[2008,PANDA-NET] SZ[19]KM[0.5] PW[Zander]WR[10k+]PB[Some_Nyx]BR[13k+]RE[B+35.5]DT[2008/01/31]PC[PANDA-NET]CP[Nicholson] C[Zander: This one was not so good. I stranded a significant group and lost by a wide margin. But this type of swing is typical of my games these days.] ;B[dc]C[Adapted from a game record from PANDANET IGS by Zander for fantastivision.com. Comments and variations copyright Nicholson 2008.] ;W[dp] ;B[pq] ;W[pd]C[Zander: This opening is unusual, but I don't see that it's particularly good or bad for either side.] ;B[qo] ;W[de] ;B[cd] ;W[ce] ;B[bd] ;W[fc]C[Zander: I'm not sure about this move. It might contain the corner, but won't be able to connect to the left.] ;B[ed] ;W[ic] ;B[ee] ;W[ef] ;B[be] ;W[bf] ;B[ff] ;W[eg] ;B[he] ;W[pj] ;B[jq] ;W[nc] ;B[mp] ;W[gq] ;B[ph] ;W[qm] ;B[ql] ;W[pm] ;B[qj] (;W[qi]C[Zander: This doesn't do a good job of either attacking or enclosing. The variation seems better.] ;B[pk] ;W[oj] ;B[ok] ;W[nm] ;B[rj] ;W[pi] ;B[nk] ;W[pf] ;B[lk] ;W[lm] ;B[km] ;W[kn] ;B[ln] ;W[mn] ;B[lo] ;W[kl] ;B[jm] ;W[ll] ;B[nj] ;W[oh] ;B[ri] ;W[qh] ;B[ni] ;W[jo] ;B[ko] ;W[jn] ;B[rl] ;W[im] ;B[rh] ;W[rg] ;B[nh] ;W[pg] ;B[ck] ;W[cm] ;B[ch] ;W[di] ;B[ci] (;W[cf]C[Zander: C13 seems to be better for several reasons.] ;B[dj] ;W[dl] ;B[ei]C[Zander: I can't let Black break the ladder, but should I play somewhere else in between? I figure it's better to just remove the threat.] ;W[jl] ;B[dh] ;W[fg] ;B[gf] ;W[gg] ;B[if] ;W[hg] ;B[fk] (;W[je]C[Zander: I guess this is intended to increase my territory at the top, but saving the group at H13 should be my priority.] ;B[ig] ;W[mo] ;B[np] ;W[kp] ;B[lp] ;W[jp] ;B[hi] ;W[gi] ;B[gj] ;W[hh] ;B[ih] ;W[fi] ;B[dg] ;W[ng] ;B[kq] ;W[iq] ;B[rm] (;W[mh]C[Zander: This seems to be overreaching.] ;B[lf] ;W[mg] ;B[ld] ;W[kg] ;B[lg] ;W[lh] ;B[kf] ;W[jf] ;B[jg] ;W[kh] ;B[jd]C[Zander: Clearly I didn't read this well enough.] ;W[kc] ;B[kd] ;W[lc] ;B[jc] ;W[jb] ;B[md] ;W[mc] ;B[id] ;W[ii] ;B[hj] ;W[hc] ;B[hf] ;W[jj] ;B[bo] ;W[bm] ;B[cq] ;W[cp] ;B[bp] ;W[dq] ;B[cr] ;W[ar]C[Zander: I guess this was unreasonable.] ;B[dr] ;W[er] ;B[br] ;W[aq] ;B[ds] ;W[bs] ;B[ao] ;W[cn] ;B[fm] ;W[es] ;B[bq] ;W[fo] ;B[hl] ;W[ik] ;B[dk] ;W[em] ;B[el] ;W[fn] ;B[gm] ;W[hn] ;B[cl] ;W[dm] ;B[bl] ;W[jr] ;B[kr] ;W[is] ;B[ks] ;W[nd] ;B[mf] ;W[nf] ;B[on] ;W[om] ;B[qn] ;W[oo] ;B[no] ;W[pn] ;B[nn] ;W[po] ;B[pp] ;W[op] ;B[oq] ;W[mm] ;B[gn] ;W[go] ;B[hm] ;W[eb] ;B[db] ;W[da] ;B[ec] ;W[fb] ;B[ca] ;W[ea] ;B[bb] ;W[gd] ;B[fe] ;W[lj] ;B[mk] ;W[kk] ;B[mr] ;W[co] ;B[am] ;W[me] ;B[le] ;W[ne] ;B[hd] ;W[fd] ;B[bn] ;W[hk] ;B[gk] ;W[jh] ;B[il] ;W[ij] ;B[pl] ;W[mi] ;B[sg] ;W[rf] ;B[sf] ;W[se] ;B[sh] ;W[re] ;B[js] ;W[ir] ;B[ge] ;W[ib]TB[aa][ab][ac][ad][ae][af][ag][ah][ai][aj][ak][al][an][ap][aq][ar][as][ba][bc][bf][bg][bh][bi][bj][bk][bs][cb][cc][ce][cf][cg][cj][cs][dd][de][df][di][ef][eg][eh][ej][ek][fg][fh][fi][fj][fl][gg][gh][gi][gl][hg][hh][ie][je][jf][ke][lq][lr][ls][mq][ms][nq][nr][ns][or][os][pr][ps][qk][qp][qq][qr][qs][rk][rn][ro][rp][rq][rr][rs][si][sj][sk][sl][sm][sn][so][sp][sq][sr][ss]TW[dn][do][en][eo][ep][eq][fa][fp][fq][fr][fs][ga][gb][gc][gp][gr][gs][ha][hb][ho][hp][hq][hr][hs][ia][in][io][ip][ja][ji][jk][jm][ka][kb][ki][kj][km][la][lb][li][ma][mb][na][nb][oa][ob][oc][od][oe][of][og][pa][pb][pc][pe][ph][qa][qb][qc][qd][qe][qf][qg][ra][rb][rc][rd][sa][sb][sc][sd]C[Black wins by 35.5 points.]) (;W[mg]) (;W[lf])) (;W[hi])) (;W[cg])) (;W[pk] (;B[qi] ;W[qk] ;B[rk] ;W[rl]) (;B[qk] ;W[qi])))