InHo's Study Journal from 15k

Goceman86 · #1

InHo's Study Journal

About me

my Name is InHo just started Go semi serious about mid july decided to get serious last month. i played very little before july. I am Currently 15Kyu KGS am a Fulltime student and worker

Goal

To get to 5kyu by June 2011 (i dont know if this is alot of time or not if it is let me know)

Schedule

Weekly:

1)Games: Due to time restraints minimum 3 serious games a week.
2)Teacher Review: minimum 1 hour a week; to go over games and work on other stuff
I am currently looking for a Go mentor but dont have one so if anyoneis up to it please tell me

Daily:

1) Go problems: 30+min a day 4 days a week . ill set 30min separate for study but ill also study during free time like when I'm on the toilet and such.
2) Reveiws and Demos on KGS: 1 daily if there are people doing it

I'll be posting hear daily letting you guys know about stuff and posting up some game links to the analysis forum for reviews and opinions

Wish me luck

Goceman86 · #2

Just Joined ASR league the other day. i feel this will help me with game experiance and playing with High lvl players

Goceman86 · #3

how do i post up my ranking chart?

Redundant · #4

Goceman86 wrote:

To get to 5kyu by June 2011 (i dont know if this is alot of time or not if it is let me know)

This is definitely possible. I started playing around this time last year and was 4k in June.

Goceman86 · #5

Redundant wrote:

Goceman86 wrote:

To get to 5kyu by June 2011 (i dont know if this is alot of time or not if it is let me know)

This is definitely possible. I started playing around this time last year and was 4k in June.

awesome maybe ill make it 3kyu then

Goceman86 · #6

Up to 14k
heres a game i had it boosted me up to 14k and had a lot more fighting then i was used to but thats what makes this game so awesome. and it makes your heart beat like crazy.

[sgf-full]http://www.lifein19x19.com/forum/download/file.php?id=490[/sgf-full]

palapiku · #7

Go is fun, but try to avoid heart attacks

Goceman86 · #8

palapiku wrote:

Go is fun, but try to avoid heart attacks

haha love it

SinK · #9

Goceman86 wrote:

how do i post up my ranking chart?

Go to the KGS page click "Archives" at the bottom put your name into the graph search bit and your graph should come up. Right click and select Copy Image location. When you post it on the forum paste the location in place of the x in:

{img}x{/img}

*switch [-brackets for {-brackets.

Good luck with your goals.

Goceman86 · **#10**

Ok I had a nice serious game today with a 14k this was my first match as 14k and i was nervous but i did well.

in the End i won by 17.5 Moku but it was a Awesome game with some fighting in the midgame
any comments is much appreciated.

i also added my thoughts for each key move in the game so you can see what i was thinking

[sgf-full]http://www.lifein19x19.com/forum/download/file.php?id=491[/sgf-full]

Goceman86 · **#11**

just started a Dragon server game and did some life and death problems over the weekend

Goceman86 · **#12**

Me vs 16k 2stone handi

There was No one near my rank playing on a 19x19 so i just played a handi game and this was my first 2 stone handi as white

Added me thoughts throughout the game so please read my thoughts and tell me if i was thinking correctly

[sgf-full]http://www.lifein19x19.com/forum/download/file.php?id=507[/sgf-full]

Goceman86 · **#13**

Excited since I'm in the ASR league this Month Delta II. so hit me up

Goceman86 · **#14**

good game but i lost

please comment for me

[sgf-full]http://www.lifein19x19.com/forum/download/file.php?id=529[/sgf-full]

dtslife · **#15**

After looking at your self, review you seem to be fairly aware of your play which is good. The cut at A (r13) probably would have worked earlier in the game. This weakness existed very early in the game.
Also, you did not have to lose the bottom right corner. that cost about 20-30 points.

gaius · **#16**

You put up an impressively good self review indeed! My conclusion after viewing this game: losing your group on the left side was just too big of a loss. After that, you kept fighting nicely and came back quite a bit, but the game had simply become too difficult.

But, I think you were much too pessimistic in judging the weakness of your group! In go, it is simply very very difficult to kill entire groups if their owner uses them smartly. Let's look at the position after move 42. Imagine that you're white... I personally would be frightened as hell by all the possibilities black has! To begin with, you can just cut at H12. After he cuts back, maybe you attach a stone at G14, then he has two separated chains... Quite dangerous! In situations like these, don't despair, but calmly look at ways to fully exploit all the aji (=latent threats) in white's position. Make it difficult for him! Besides, if the entire group dies like it does in the game, you're probably not going to win the game anyway, so you might as well try to somehow pull off something risky, right? If, in the progress of pulling out your group, white gets some compensation, that's OK. The group should not have died entirely though...

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