u/Kris2476 — reddlx

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Hello! I recently played this game as Black on OGS and am looking for some pointers on what to do differently. A 'trap' I keep falling into is where my opponent gets a large framework that I don't know how to reduce. Meanwhile, I create influence but I don't know how to best utilize it. I think a similar pattern shows up here in this game.

I greatly appreciate any feedback from the folks here. Some of my thoughts are below:

Move 19 at J5 - Maybe the one space extension is better than a knight's move here
Move 21 at R13 - In retrospect, I think I shouldn't be so passive about my invasions, as occurs in the continuation here. In the game, my invading stone lives, but at the cost of giving white the outside influence. I think a better continuation after wQ13 is bQ12, R12, P13, Q14, Q11. I should be prepared when invading to stay 'light' and lose that initial stone at R13 - and in exchange I get better access to the center. I think there's a broader lesson to be learned here that I'm not yet recognizing mid-game about how and why to invade.
Move 29 at S16 - I know it's slow, but I don't want to lose the corner. I can imagine the stronger player telling me to play a bigger point. Maybe L17 is bigger? Open to suggestions.
Move 31 at M5 - I think attaching is probably wrong. What's the right way to handle this invasion? Right around now, I think again that the one-space extension at move 19 might have been better.
Move 45 at J10 - I think is a good point to comment that I'm not sure what my strategy ought to be at this point in the game. This center group is not yet connected to anything, but there's a good chance I can connect at the left or the bottom, and my group feels strong enough that I'm not urgently in danger of losing eye space. What's the right way to make use of this center group?
Move 61 - AI recommends the extension at L11. I'm usually hesitant to lean on AI for too much guidance, but here I think it is right for my level. If I extend, I maintain some reach into the top. Moreover, I think there is potential to surround white's groups in the center and left - not to kill, but to gain some influence. I'm just not sure how best to surround and make use of that influence.
Move 81 - I'm not sure what this is by me or if it's the best way to try and push back on white's corner.
Move 110 at G11 - This is a move I would have liked to play myself. In general, I don't develop territory with my center group and I let white push me around. Open to suggestions about the right way/timing to make use of the center group.

I'd be open to any responses or corrections to my thoughts above, or else separate feedback entirely. Thanks so much in advance.

I sometimes record the games I play in real time by entering moves on GoDroid (the app). I keep running into this pesky problem, which is as follows:

While playing, I will accidentally misclick/fat-finger where the stone was placed when entering the move on the app. I will undo the move on the app, play the correct stone, and then continue the game.

Later, when I upload to OGS, the game remembers the fat-finger move and treats it as a branch off the main path. If I try to "fast forward" and play the arrow to move 10 moves ahead, it will get 'caught' on the side branch, which is just a single move, and won't progress past it. But I can't delete the branch - If I try, OGS tells me, "The current position is not an explored branch, so there is nothing to delete".

How do I remove this branch from the record? Perhaps there's a method in OGS, or maybe someone can recommend me a better app for reviewing .sgf files.

Thanks in advance.