(;GM[1]FF[4]CA[UTF-8]AP[Jago:Version 4.52]ST[2]RU[Japanese]SZ[19]HA[3]KM[0.00]PW[Kato Masao]PB[Sorin Gherman]AB[pd][dp][pp]GN[kato_sorin]BR[3d]WR[9p]DT[May 25, 1990]RE[W+R]C[This is my first game against a professional Go player. I was in Japan for the World Amateut Go Championship in 1990, where I qualified as Romanian National Champion in 1989.
Kato Masao was the main referee, and one evening I tried the newly learned (from Peter Mioch) "Sensei, onegaishimasu, Go o oshiette kudasai?".
To my surprise, Kato sensei accepted and he played this 3-stones teaching game with me.

Please read http://www.361points.com/articles/26/1/ for an article I wrote about this game.];W[cd]CR[cd];B[ed]CR[ed];W[hd]CR[hd];B[ef]CR[ef];W[cg]CR[cg];B[jd]CR[jd];W[hf]CR[hf]
(;B[ce]LB[dh:B][eh:A]CR[ce]C[Very bad: black should play  A (simple) or B (which leads to complications when white cuts).];W[be]CR[be];B[cf]CR[cf];W[bf]CR[bf];B[dg]CR[dg];W[ch]CR[ch];B[ei]CR[ei];W[dd]CR[dd];B[ee]CR[ee];W[fg]CR[fg];B[dh]CR[dh];W[dj]CR[dj]
(;B[fh]LB[hi:A]CR[fh]C[Bad: it's black's chance to counterattack now with A.];W[hh]CR[hh];B[fk]CR[fk];W[dl]CR[dl];B[md]CR[md]C[Good direction of play.];W[hk]CR[hk];B[fm]CR[fm];W[eo]CR[eo]
(;B[hm]LB[ep:A]CR[hm]C[Black has to fight with A.];W[ep]CR[ep];B[dq]CR[dq];W[eq]CR[eq];B[cn]CR[cn];W[dn]CR[dn];B[do]CR[do];W[en]CR[en]
(;B[hl]LB[cm:A]CR[hl]C[Black should play at A.];W[gk]CR[gk];B[fl]CR[fl];W[cm]CR[cm];B[bn]CR[bn];W[bp]CR[bp];B[bq]CR[bq];W[jk]CR[jk];B[jm]CR[jm];W[qn]CR[qn];B[pn]CR[pn]C[Good.];W[pm]CR[pm];B[on]CR[on];W[qo]CR[qo];B[qp]CR[qp];W[om]CR[om];B[nm]CR[nm];W[nl]CR[nl]
(;B[mn]LB[ml:A]CR[mn]C[Much too shy: should be double-hane at A.];W[ml]CR[ml];B[qm]LB[po:A]CR[qm]C[Very bad, makes white strong on the right side.
White cannot cut at A anyway.];W[ql]CR[ql];B[rm]CR[rm];W[rl]CR[rl]
(;B[jp]LB[jq:A][jr:B]CR[jp]C[Black should play lower, at A, because white is very strong on the left side and can slide in at B later.];W[qf]CR[qf];B[of]CR[of]C[Good direction of play.];W[qc]CR[qc];B[pc]CR[pc];W[qd]CR[qd];B[pe]CR[pe];W[qe]CR[qe];B[pg]CR[pg]C[Good.];W[jr]CR[jr];B[jq]CR[jq];W[ir]CR[ir];B[lq]LB[kr:A]CR[lq]C[At A is better.];W[lr]CR[lr];B[mr]CR[mr];W[kq]CR[kq];B[kp]CR[kp];W[kr]CR[kr];B[mq]CR[mq];W[er]CR[er];B[bm]LB[dr:A]CR[bm]C[Wrong: black should defend at A.a];W[cr]CR[cr];B[br]LB[cq:B]CR[br]C[Wrong: black should connect at B.];W[cq]CR[cq];B[cp]CR[cp];W[dr]CR[dr];B[co]CR[co];W[bl]CR[bl];B[ap]CR[ap];W[rp]CR[rp];B[rq]CR[rq];W[kf]CR[kf];B[jc]CR[jc]C[Good.

The game commentary ends here.];W[ng]CR[ng];B[mf]CR[mf];W[mg]CR[mg];B[lf]CR[lf];W[lg]CR[lg];B[ke]CR[ke];W[jf]CR[jf];B[qg]CR[qg];W[pb]CR[pb];B[ob]CR[ob];W[qb]CR[qb];B[hq]CR[hq];W[hr]CR[hr];B[gq]CR[gq];W[gr]CR[gr];B[kk]CR[kk];W[kl]CR[kl];B[jl]CR[jl];W[mm]CR[mm];B[nn]CR[nn];W[km]CR[km];B[oh]CR[oh];W[ik]CR[ik];B[ni]CR[ni];W[ej]CR[ej];B[fj]CR[fj];W[gi]CR[gi];B[hc]CR[hc];W[gc]CR[gc];B[gd]CR[gd];W[hb]CR[hb];B[ic]CR[ic];W[fd]CR[fd];B[ge]CR[ge];W[ec]CR[ec];B[fi]CR[fi];W[mi]CR[mi];B[ci]CR[ci];W[bi]CR[bi];B[ck]CR[ck];W[cl]CR[cl];B[bj]CR[bj];W[bh]CR[bh];B[cj]CR[cj];W[dk]CR[dk];B[di]CR[di];W[pi]CR[pi];B[ph]CR[ph];W[qi]CR[qi];B[nk]CR[nk];W[mk]CR[mk];B[nj]CR[nj];W[mj]CR[mj]C[Black resigned soon after.])
(;B[jq]CR[jq]C[Correct, to protect black's territory on the right.]))
(;B[ml]CR[ml]C[This is the only move for black.];W[nk]CR[nk];B[mk]CR[mk];W[nj]CR[nj];B[mm]CR[mm]))
(;B[cm]CR[cm];W[el]CR[el];B[fl]TR[gl]CR[fl]C[Black has naturally covered the weakness at the triangle point.]))
(;B[ep]CR[ep]C[Black has to resist here.];W[fo]CR[fo];B[do]CR[do]C[Black can play.]))
(;B[hi]CR[hi]C[Counterattack: a positive move.]))
(;B[eh]CR[eh]C[The simplest continuation, and most suitable for a handicap game.];W[di]CR[di];B[hh]CR[hh]C[Black counterattacks, keeping the initiative.])
(;B[dh]CR[dh]C[Leads to complications.];W[dg]CR[dg];B[eg]CR[eg];W[eh]CR[eh]C[Complicated variations may follow. Black may be reluctant to play this variation in a handicap game.]))
