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Eldarin 5 stone handicap Win, Black + 5.5

http://www.mediafire.com/?0rexh5zmszw

Move 23, he cuts and eventually captures three stones, could this have been different? Should I have shored up this defensive position sooner?

Move 46, Oops! At least it turns out ok…

Move 68, I am kind of proud of this one, his shape is dead in the water

Move 72, Should I have captured all those or just let them exist as dead? It seemed like a large group to hold captive

Move 126, Should have playd Q11, by not connecting I doomed a huge column

Move 268, I think it’s all over, score estimator had me winning by about 30, he disagreed

Move 281, he invades what I think it a safe spot, after his last illfated invasion I was overly confident, it ends in seki (dual life)

This was close, the score estimator takes him +7.5, had I not had the large capture, this could have gone the other way… I’m sending this off to the go teaching ladder. I'll share their comments when I get them.

Fran Rod 2 stone handicap, Win, Black + 11.5

http://www.mediafire.com/?8sucu1nh9zc

This game is the opposite of the match with Eldarin, there were few battles, this was a pure territory game

Move 20, I make this move, I think I should have taken sente (initiative move that forces a response) elsewhere rather than play this

Move 64, I am afraid of his thickness pointing out towards the middle, I am also realizing that this guy isn’t a brawler, it seems like I should claim territory and build walls, I start trying a variation on an outer space style (shoutout to Takemiya Masaki) and try to hem him in and not let him get any stronger in the middle

Move 134, the walls are almost complete

Move 153, too late he makes an invasion, he does succeed in carving out a small slice, could I have prevented giving this up?

I promise I’m not just posting wins. I’m on a bit of a hot streak!