Superior Player?

It seems that this week is the best week to watch KGS, the day right after several games by KGS favorites such as MilanMilan, JeffChang, and bigbadwolf, a few new potential high dans appeared. The first one I observed is superior. He reigstered just two days ago on August 12th. From his profile, it can be seen that he is likely from Amsterdam and will be visiting Iowa next year. Unfortunately my knowledge of European masters is not very expansive, therefore I have no idea who this may be. So far he is undefeated though he hasn't played many games.

This game started off with Chinese rules and kghin chose to use handicap stones to make a shimari immediately in the top right. Each side then occupies an empty corner, but instead of taking the last empty corner, White approached. I think that allowing Black two shimaris would have been too hard to deal with. Therefore Black got the last empty corner and White made a very interesting extension with 7. Black broke it up immediately and the first fight started. It looked at first like one of the normal one space low pincer josekis from a 3-4 point, but Black lacked room to extend due to the extension, so he played a shoulder hit on White's lone stone. I'm not sure about this tactic, but I guess the result looks alright. Next they finish up the sort of joseki sequence in the corner. Black 28 approaches the corner, but I believe the usual move is to cut at L3. White counters with 29, protecting the cut and pincering the kakari. Black simply jumps to 3-3 to avoid complications, but I find the result unsatisfying for Black. His O3 group is very cramped. Maybe Black ought to have jumped out to fight? It would be really complicated that way.

After White split with 41, Black had to deal with two weak groups. The resulting fight up to 63 forms a huge exchange, with White taking a LOT of points on the right side while Black got 3 stones to become thick in the center. The exchange is better for White. When Black turned at 64 (D6) to make a moyo, White invaded immediately with 65 (C11). Black punishes White for his tenuki on the bottom with 68 (F2). In the following sequence up to 80, White gets a ko, but doesn't play it immediately (it's not that big because it doesn't change the life of White's group). He turns to cap at 81 (E13). Black makes the double peep and cuts to try to use his thickness. White simply sacrifices a stone. When White peeped at 91, Black refused to submit docilely and counterattacked with J9. White pulled out in response and another complicated fight formed. In the end, White somewhat connected his groups, but instead of defending at B8 with 121, he invaded at C17. It feels very much like an overplay. Black cuts immediately at C8 and White is suddenly split into two not-so-healthy groups. White makes life with his left side group first in the sequence to 133. Then Black connected the ko safely instead of fighting it to attack White. White lives in sente in the following sequence. It seems that despite the unfavorable circumstances, White escaped without much damage in sente and now turns his eye to attacking Black's center group.

In the ensuing moves Black attempts to make some noise on the right, but fails. Also, Black's top side is reduced to only a few points. His top left corner is reduced to nothing, as White lives and makes 5 points there as well. It is clear that in yose White dominated Black. The result is a 1.5 point win. At the end, superior commented, "insane," not sure what he is referring to. Can we expect another solid 9d to join its ranks on KGS?