My first self-review.

This is bad, hopefully it's not a total failure. It looks as though I've just gone through different scenarios where both of the players are equally bad, and ended up a lot like many of my games with lower or similar ranks than myself. But I think I managed to learn something from this, although I don't yet really know what it is. It's a funny thing when you sort of get it, but yet don't, although maybe some sub-conscious element is still working overtime to crack the answers.


At least I think I now know how I can find and review some of the errors in my games. That is, going them through after every or so game and go through the situations again and try different ways to play. Perhaps it will eventually work out and everything falls into place. I hope. Well, without further ado, here's the review:

(I was black)

(;GM[1]FF[4]
CA[UTF-8]
AP[Quarry:0.2.0]
SZ[19]
ST[2]
PC[The KGS Go Server at http://www.gokgs.com/]
DT[2010-03-22]
RU[Japanese]
HA[6]
KM[0.5]
TM[600.0]
OT[5x30 byo-yomi]
PB[AmbyR00]
BR[19k]
PW[Chameau20]
WR[10k]
RE[W+73.5]
AB[dd][pd][dj][pj][dp][pp]
;W[nq]C[AmbyR00 [19k\]: hello :)
Chameau20 [10k\]: hello gg
My Review: I wonder if my Joseki skills suck, but considering white's \
attack at the corner I might have had better chance keeping it by \
answering P3 instead.]
WL[595.206]
(;B[qn]BL[582.997];W[qq]WL[591.473];B[qp]BL[577.106];W[pq]
WL[589.821];B[np]BL[575.383];W[mp]WL[588.032];B[no]BL[566.795]
;W[mo]WL[575.778];B[jp]BL[563.703];W[hp]WL[569.557];B[jn]
BL[554.748];W[io]WL[567.976];B[jo]BL[542.993];W[kq]WL[565.138]
;B[iq]BL[524.564];W[cn]WL[562.606]
(;B[en]BL[512.664];W[do]WL[560.394];B[eo]BL[507.196];W[ep]
WL[559.221];B[fp]BL[497.8];W[eq]WL[557.076];B[fq]BL[496.256]
;W[dq]WL[555.583]
(;B[go]BL[485.132];W[cl]WL[551.667]
(;B[ck]BL[480.542];W[el]WL[549.623];B[ek]BL[479.249];W[fk]
WL[548.113];B[fj]BL[468.893];W[gk]WL[545.372];B[gj]BL[467.321]
;W[fm]WL[542.768]
(;B[gn]BL[460.477];W[hj]WL[537.476];B[hi]BL[453.264];W[ei]
WL[528.76];B[hk]BL[436.195];W[ej]WL[525.477]
(;B[dk]BL[421.591];W[ij]WL[521.924];B[gl]BL[399.99];W[fl]
WL[515.017];B[fi]BL[398.392];W[fh]WL[510.014];B[gi]BL[375.462]
;W[hl]WL[503.351];B[eh]BL[370.377];W[ik]WL[490.476];B[gh]
BL[341.275];W[hn]WL[487.48];B[gm]BL[337.557];W[hm]WL[483.838]
;B[in]BL[325.712];W[hq]WL[476.275];B[ip]BL[320.427];W[ho]
WL[473.11];B[lm]BL[254.062];W[mm]WL[471.259];B[lk]BL[243.519]
;W[kl]WL[466.928];B[jl]BL[234.785];W[km]WL[463.703];B[jm]
BL[233.37];W[kn]WL[461.366];B[ko]BL[219.754];W[ln]WL[458.548]
;B[ll]BL[216.474];W[jk]WL[457.035];B[ki]BL[198.081];W[nn]
WL[450.115];B[on]BL[192.776];W[om]WL[447.154];B[pm]BL[178.481]
;W[oo]WL[445.689];B[op]BL[169.545];W[pn]WL[444.223];B[po]
BL[167.745];W[on]WL[442.526];B[nl]BL[164.664];W[oq]WL[435.03]
;B[ol]BL[151.792];W[qm]WL[432.349];B[pl]BL[142.839];W[rn]
C[AmbyR00 [19k\]: no
Chameau20 [10k\]: Sorry...
AmbyR00 [19k\]: hardly anything black has, lives]WL[429.877]
;B[ql]C[Chameau20 [10k\]: you still have a big influence]
BL[62.902];W[rm]WL[417.486];B[rl]BL[48.468];W[nc]WL[402.502]
(;B[oc]BL[34.891];W[nd]WL[397.199];B[od]BL[30.009];W[kc]WL[394.712]
;B[ne]BL[28.176];W[me]WL[392.266];B[nf]BL[10.086];W[le]WL[390.339]
;B[pf]BL[30.0]OB[5];W[fc]WL[388.163];B[ec]BL[30.0]OB[5];W[fd]
WL[386.564];B[ed]BL[30.0]OB[5];W[ic]WL[384.032];B[fe]BL[30.0]
OB[5];W[ge]WL[379.861];B[ff]BL[30.0]OB[5];W[he]WL[378.573]
;B[gf]BL[30.0]OB[5];W[jg]WL[375.374];B[if]BL[30.0]OB[5];W[jf]
WL[373.243];B[ig]BL[30.0]OB[5];W[ie]WL[370.301];B[kg]BL[30.0]
OB[5];W[lg]WL[365.47];B[kh]BL[30.0]OB[5];W[lf]WL[361.845]
;B[kf]BL[30.0]OB[5];W[ke]WL[359.768];B[jh]BL[30.0]OB[5];W[je]
WL[358.611];B[mg]BL[30.0]OB[5];W[lh]WL[356.455];B[mh]BL[30.0]
OB[5];W[li]WL[355.409];B[lj]BL[30.0]OB[5];W[mi]WL[354.484]
;B[ni]BL[30.0]OB[5];W[mj]WL[352.753];B[nj]BL[30.0]OB[5];W[mk]
WL[351.628];B[ml]BL[30.0]OB[5];W[mn]WL[346.87];B[lq]BL[30.0]
OB[5];W[lp]WL[342.344];B[oh]BL[30.0]OB[5];W[nb]WL[339.698]
;B[ob]BL[30.0]OB[5];W[eb]WL[337.812];B[db]BL[30.0]OB[5];W[fa]
WL[336.635];B[da]BL[30.0]OB[5];W[bl]WL[332.461];B[bk]BL[30.0]
OB[5];W[dl]WL[331.103];B[dh]BL[30.0]OB[5];W[ii]WL[328.586]
;B[ih]BL[30.0]OB[5];W[oa]WL[317.941];B[pa]BL[30.0]OB[5];W[na]
WL[316.64];B[qb]BL[30.0]OB[5];W[ea]WL[315.276]
(;B[jj]BL[30.0]OB[4];W[kk]WL[310.961];B[kj]BL[30.0]OB[4]
;W[ak]WL[309.084];B[aj]BL[30.0]OB[4];W[al]WL[307.816]
(;B[ef]BL[30.0]OB[3];W[bj]WL[302.693];B[bi]BL[30.0]OB[3]
;W[ai]WL[300.602];B[ah]BL[30.0]OB[3];W[aj]WL[298.723];B[ch]
BL[30.0]OB[3];W[ci]WL[294.319];B[bh]BL[30.0]OB[3];W[cj]WL[291.428]
;B[di]BL[30.0]OB[3];W[rp]WL[284.086];B[sm]BL[30.0]OB[3];W[sn]
WL[278.053];B[sl]BL[30.0]OB[3];W[nk]WL[271.555];B[ok]BL[30.0]
OB[3];W[hf]WL[269.239];B[hg]BL[30.0]OB[3];W[mf]WL[267.933]
;B[og]BL[30.0]OB[3];W[]WL[267.933];B[]C[AmbyR00 [19k\]: thank you
Chameau20 [10k\]: Thank you]BL[30.0]OB[3]TB[qa:sa][rb:sb]
[dc][pb:pc][qc:sd][de:ee][oe:se][of][qf:sf][aa:cg][df:dg]
[eg:gg][fh][hh][ng:nh][pg:sh][oi:si][ei:ej][oj][qj:sj][pk:sk]
TW[ga:ma][fb:mb][jc][lc:mc][gc:hd][id:md][hk][am:em][gl:gm]
[dn:gn][il:jn][qn][eo:go][jo:lo][po:so][dp][ip:kp][no:np]
[op:qp][sp][fp:gq][iq:jq][lq:mq][rq:sq][an:bs][co:cs][dr:ss]
)
(;B[bj]C[I should always remember this.]))
(;B[hg];W[kj];B[kk];W[jj];B[hr]C[Black is not going to be happy.]
;W[gr];B[ir];W[gq];B[fr];W[gp];B[fo];W[fs];B[es];W[gs];B[er]
;W[dr];B[cp];W[cq];B[dn];W[co];B[bp];W[bq];B[bo];W[bn]))
(;B[nd];W[oc];B[od]C[Zach, would this have been better in terms of \
power distribution?]
))
(;B[ij];W[dk];B[di];W[bk];B[cj];W[dh];B[ch];W[bj];B[ci];W[dg]
;B[cg];W[df];B[cf];W[de]))
(;B[hk];W[gn];B[ho];W[hn];B[in];W[gq];B[fo]C[Not a chance for this \
black group.]
;W[ip];B[gp]C[No? Seems it was very much alive.];W[hq];B[hr]
;W[ir];B[gr]))
(;B[el]
(;W[cj])
(;W[dk])
(;W[dk];B[ek];W[cj];B[dl];W[ck];B[dm];W[dn];B[di];W[ej];B[fj]
C[This might be good.]))
(;B[in]C[Zach (zbass) noted I should've done this to protect my bottom \
groups from getting cut. He's right, there doesn't seem to be a \
straight forward attack for white to exploit this move. Two white \
stones most likely die here.]
(;W[hn]
(;B[ho];W[gn];B[fn];W[gp];B[fo])
(;B[hm];W[gn];B[gm];W[fo];B[fn];W[gp];B[ho]))
(;W[ho];B[hn];W[hq];B[hr];W[ir];B[jr])))
(;B[hq]
(;W[gp];B[gq];W[fo];B[go];W[hn];B[fn];W[gn];B[dn];W[co];B[cm]
;W[bm];B[cl];W[bl];B[ck];W[bk]
(;B[bj]C[Right way to do it? White has secured the corner, black has \
rescued two weak groups and has some strong powers towards the center. \
But white also has the sente.]
)
(;B[er];W[dr];B[fr];W[es];B[fs];W[ds]C[A bit early for a joseki though \
still black now has sente.]
;B[il];W[cj];B[ci];W[bj];B[bi];W[el]C[Is this bad or just scary? Let's \
find out.]
;B[fl];W[dm]
(;B[em]C[This doesn't work.];W[dk];B[dl])
(;B[dk]C[Better.];W[ek];B[ej];W[fk];B[gk];W[fm];B[gl];W[gm]
;B[dl];W[em];B[fo];W[fj];B[fi];W[gj];B[hj];W[ei];B[di]
(;W[gi];B[fh]C[And white still manages and escapes.];W[ho])
(;W[eh]C[Jeesh, It's gonna be a long solo play here. I don't really \
think white would be this bad, but I just started playing, so I let \
these stay here.]
;B[gi];W[hi]
(;B[hh];W[ii];B[ij];W[hk];B[hl];W[ik];B[jj];W[jk];B[ji];W[ih]
;B[ig])
(;B[hh];W[ii];B[gh];W[hk];B[ij];W[hl];B[ji];W[cg];B[dh];W[eg]
;B[dg];W[df];B[ef];W[fg];B[gg];W[ff];B[ee];W[de];B[ed];W[ch]
;B[bh];W[bg];B[cf]
(;W[ce];B[bf];W[ag];B[af];W[ah];B[ai])
(;W[ce];B[bf];W[be];B[ag];W[ae];B[aj];W[ak];B[ai];W[cd];B[cc]
;W[bc];B[cb];W[bb];B[ad];W[ac];B[ba];W[bd];B[aa];W[da];B[ca]
;W[dc];B[db];W[eb]
(;B[ea];W[ec];B[fb];W[fc];B[fd];W[gd])
(;B[ec];W[ab];B[ea])))))))
(;W[gq];B[gp]C[I should've probably secured my base before trying to go\
after white stones leaving myself open like that.]
)))
(;B[dn]C[Harder to cut.];W[do];B[eo];W[en];B[dm];W[co];B[fn]
(;W[em];B[dl];W[el];B[ek];W[ep];B[fo];W[cp];B[fl]C[If only white were \
that dumb. Which I doubt. He would probably attack some other corner \
and try to distract me. Let's say move 25.]
)
(;W[nc])))
(;B[oq]C[I guess white can still attack the corner but he would have \
smaller life there.]
;W[qq];B[qp];W[pq];B[np];W[or];B[op];W[mq]C[Maybe.

At least a bit better outlook for black.])
(;B[pq];W[qn]C[Not sure about this.])
)

I have a feeling I might have done it a bit better, but I have been having some distraction in a form of a four year old running around and climbing all over me so this will have to do for now. See ya soon! gg! ^^