Hello again! I would like to thanks all of you for your comments on my previously posted games. Now I bring you a game in which I tried playing for framework. I will say that it was not particularly successful since I lost by 29.5 points. I know one has to be aggressive strategically to make the best use of frameworks, but in this game I seem to play a bit too soft. It appears that (again) I allowed my opponent to get a big piece of territory; the right side of the board was open to invasion for a long time. Much obliged in advance for your comments!
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would have been better than sanrensei. But the real problem is 
, yonrensei. It is too thin and does not accomplish much. If you want to play on the bottom side, the keima at F-03 is better. But just replying to the top left approach is fine. 
. Rapid development, remember? That would have been a good time to go back to the top left corner or possibly to approach the top right corner. 
gave you another chance to take sente. Instead you blocked with a descent. First, you should not follow a strong player around, and you certainly should not follow a player at your own level around. Second, with the block you are trying to make territory with thickness. That's not in general a good idea, especially so early in the game. 
is an interesting play, taking advantage of the fact that the sanrensei stone is on the 4th line. 
is good. You want to drive the Black stone towards your wall. But 
should be either the descent at B-11 or the solid connection at D-11. There are three problems with the 4th line push. First, it's a push, so you are one step behind. Second, it allows Black to play the hane at B-11, making it easy for him to make life. When your opponent invades your framework you should make it difficult for him. Third, there is no territory in the center to keep Black out of. 
is good, approaching the top right corner. There is also something to be said for approaching from the right side instead of the top.
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are not good. Again, you seem to be trying to make territory out of thickness. 
should simply take sente, and so should 
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is another attempt to make territory out of thickness. You should be attacking Black. 