(;GM[1]FF[4]CA[UTF-8]AP[CGoban:3]ST[2]
RU[Japanese]SZ[19]KM[5.50]
PW[Yoon Young Sun]PB[Yi Cheong-weon]WR[1p]BR[1p]DT[1995-02-03]GC[Hikaru no Go Chapter 75: the game against Hon Suyon.]EV[Kuksu Female Championship]US[JBvR]C[This is the famous game from Hikaru no Go volume 9. It took place in the Kuksu Cup, the most important female tournament in Korea. I am Hikaru (w), Yi Cheong Won is Hong Su Yeong who is Insei in Korea. I knew my opponent very well, because we studied together in the same school.  I knew here to have a very careful, defensive style and played accordingly, but she surprised me on more than one occasion.]RE[W+1.50]
;B[pd]
;W[dp]
;B[pp]
;W[ec]C[When i was young, i used to play 3-5 to scare my opponent! ^^]
;B[cd]
;W[cf]
;B[ed]
;W[fd]
;B[ee]
;W[dc]
;B[ce]
;W[cc]
;B[ch]C[Old Joseki]
;W[cj]
;B[fq]
;W[dn]
;B[ip]
(;W[qk]LB[nc:C][qj:B][qn:A]C[White A or B are normal here. But I wanted to try something different.


This is an unusual move, but white plays here in order to get sente and play at C.]
;B[qi]C[Now this is the bigger side for black, so he plays here in a natural flow.]
;W[qn]C[And white gets a narrow extension. Black is happy to pressure.]
;B[qo]
;W[pn]
;B[np]C[White seems overconcentrated, but it's ok. She gets sente to approach the upper side.]
;W[nc]C[What white wanted.]
;B[pf]
;W[kd]
(;B[dg]C[This is too slow and overconcentrated.]
(;W[ci]LB[cl:A]C[The meaning of this move is to make the invasion at A for black less attractive]
(;B[bh]LB[dg:A]C[Black becomes stronger locally. But white does not care because after black played A he already became strong. ]
;W[ok]LB[qq:A]C[This move defends the right group. After that it is easy to invade at A.
]
;B[cq]
;W[dq]
;B[dr]
;W[cp]
;B[br]
;W[bq]
;B[cr]
;W[qq]
(;B[qp]C[White can treat this exchange as a testing move. And switch to another big corner.]
(;W[pr]LB[qc:A]C[It is too early and small. White A is bigger now.]
;B[pq]
;W[rr]
;B[or]
;W[rp]
;B[ro]
;W[qs]TR[ro]C[White lives in the corner, but S5 was too painful.]
(;B[mm]C[It was too far. There is some aji on the lower side.]
;W[mk]
;B[sp]
;W[rq]
(;B[os]C[This exchange was too  early.]
;W[ps]
;B[kl]
;W[oo]
(;B[mq]
;W[mn]C[Now you can see why the move N7 is not good.]
;B[ln]
;W[mo]
;B[lo]TR[kl][mm]C[The two marked moves turn out to be unnecessary now.]
;W[qc]
;B[pc]
;W[pb]
;B[qd]
;W[rb]
;B[rc]
;W[qb]
(;B[qj]C[Too slow. Maybe B wanted to defend the side or expected an answer from W.]
;W[eq]
;B[er]
;W[fp]
;B[gp]
;W[gq]
;B[fr]
;W[go]
;B[hp]
(;W[fe]C[Too ambitious. I wanted to put pressure on the left side and scare her, but...]
;B[ie]
(;W[ff]C[I didn't want to give in and extended a second time. She just had to answer!]
;B[ic]C[She wasn't afraid though, and invaded even deeper. I was shocked, my mind racing: I invested two moves on the left which she answered with two big moves of herself. If I don't make any profit from this attack, I'll be behind!]
;W[bf]C[This group is very hard to catch, but I had to start an attack to somehow get my points back.]
;B[df]
;W[bc]
;B[ad]
;W[dd]
;B[de]
;W[bd]
;B[be]
;W[bi]
;B[di]C[The group has only one eye, but lots of space to run away. I still had no choice but to continue the attack.]
;W[eh]
;B[dh]
;W[kc]
;B[dj]
;W[ck]
;B[jf]
;W[hd]
;B[id]
(;W[lf]C[If I see this move today, I feel that this can't be the right direction of play.]
;B[jh]
;W[kk]
;B[jk]
(;W[ll]C[This is the move where Hikaru is ahead of all the observers, except for Sai. It looks like a bad move, but it has a lot of potential. At the time, I thought I couldn't play anywhere else. I was behind and had to play aggressively. I was certain she wasn't just going to extend, because that would make it too easy for White.]
(;B[kj]C[The answer I expected.]
;W[lm]
;B[lk]
;W[km]
;B[lp]
;W[rd]
;B[re]
;W[sc]
;B[mj]
;W[ml]C[Black gets a Ponnuki in the center, but my group is save, I got ten points in the middle and Sente to play the huge move at S 16. I think the game is evened up again at this point.])
(;B[lm]C[Black could have considered this move. Connecting is a strong move....]
;W[jl]C[... But I already had an answer prepared.]
;B[km]
;W[jj]
;B[ik]
;W[kj]C[White can cut the black groups.]
;B[ij]
;W[ii]
;B[ji]
;W[hi]C[I was hoping for this fight. It is going to be tough, but Black has two weak groups and dangerous aji at K8.]
;B[lh]C[B can fight too.]
;W[nh]C[My group is weak as well, but I get a chance to fight my way back into the game. If I get Sente just once, I can launch a serious attack at the left side.]
;B[mg]
;W[fj]C[Now Black is in a bad spot: Defend the left group and give up the K9 stones, or play on the right and bet the left groups life?]
(;B[dk]
;W[cl]
;B[fk]
;W[gk]
;B[fl]
;W[il]C[I capture the three most important stones.])
(;B[il]
;W[ph]
;B[qh]
;W[pg]
;B[qg]
;W[of]C[I can probably live in Sente here, because B has to save his upper group, and I now have a good chance of killing the left group.])))
(;W[kj]
;B[jj]C[Too easy for black]
;W[ll]
;B[lm]
;W[jl]
;B[km]
;W[il]
;B[hj]C[I can't just let B connect if I want to have any chance of winning.]))
(;W[fj]C[I should have continued the attack here! I wasn't sure, because it's usually bad to attack a group directly, hence my hesitation. In this case though, it is important to see how Black answers. B has to live now, and I could have reinforced the middle to attack the stones at the top.]
;B[dk]
;W[cl]
;B[fk]
;W[gk]
;B[fl]
;W[dl]
;B[gl]
;W[gj]
;B[ej]
;W[ik]
;B[hl]
;W[kk]C[If White is connected this solidly, the attack on the upper B group is considerably more severe.]))
(;W[ic]C[I still should have answered here. White needs to be patient now.]))
(;W[id]C[White is leading.]))
(;B[ic]C[It's time to invade.]
;W[kc]
;B[gb]
;W[fc]
;B[ie]C[Very big.]))
(;B[no]
;W[oq]C[There is a cuttingpoint now.]
;B[op]
;W[nq]
(;B[nr]
;W[mq]
;B[mr]
;W[lq]
;B[lr]
;W[kq]
;B[kr]
;W[jq]
;B[jr]
;W[iq]C[Too terrible for black.])
(;B[mq]
;W[nr]
;B[mr]
;W[ns]C[Because of this, the exchange at P1 was bad. 
White gets more points and still there is N1 endgame.])))
(;B[pb]C[Still here is the best place.]
;W[oo]C[If white peeps..]
;B[no]C[Black can answer like that.]
;W[nr]C[There is this aji and endgame.. ]
;B[nq]
;W[os]
;B[mr]
;W[oq]
;B[op]C[But not so serious.]))
(;B[mn]C[If Black wants to play on the lower side, the keima is better or..])
(;B[pb]C[Taking the corner !]))
(;W[qc]C[Proper move.]))
(;B[ro]TR[ok][qk][pn][qn]C[You play this move when you want to counter-attack. In this case cutting at s5 is not good,  because the white group is strong enough and white can take the corner easily.]
;W[oq]
;B[op]
;W[nr]
;B[nq]
;W[or]
;B[mr]
;W[rr]))
(;AE[cc][dc][ec][nc][cd][ed][fd][kd][pd][ce][ee][cf][pf][dg][ch][ci][qi][cj][qk][dn][pn][qn][qo][dp][ip][np][pp][fq]
;B[dp]
;W[fq]
;B[cn]
;W[cl]
;B[]
;W[dr]
;B[cq]
;W[cr]
(;B[br]C[If black blocks, white has a peep.]
;W[bp]
;B[bq]
;W[co]
;B[do]
;W[bn]C[White can connect underneath. ])
(;B[cm]C[Black can prevent that by playing here. Note: normally this is not a good move, it's a special emergency strategy.]
;W[dl]
;B[br]
;W[bp]
;B[bq]
;W[co]
;B[do]
;W[bn]
;B[bm]C[White can no longer connect.])))
(;W[]
;B[cl]
;W[dl]
;B[ck]
;W[dk]
;B[bj]C[Bad style but now it's easy to see that black can connect.]))
(;B[rn]
;W[rm]
;B[ro]C[If i were Black, i would play in the lower right corner.
B can keep the corner and at the same time attack the white right group!])
(;B[pb]C[Or this move looks also bigger and better than the game.]
;W[bf]
;B[dh]
;W[df]
;B[fe]
;W[gd]
;B[fg]
;W[bd]
;B[cl]C[There is some Aji on the left side, but White is weak too, so Black can afford to fight.
]))
(;W[qj]LB[nc:A]C[This is more usual, but now black will get moves around the same area (A).]
(;B[qm]C[Natural flow. Black can build something big on the lower side, his stones work together.]
;W[qf]
;B[qh]
;W[of]
;B[nc]LB[fd:A]C[Black gets to play at the top naturally. This is also a point that white would like to play at because his stone at A is high.]
;W[rd]
;B[pi]
;W[qc]
;B[kc]
;W[pj]
;B[ni])
(;B[qg]C[Not natural.])))