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Kirby · **#841**

I played a game today, and tried streaming again. I'm a little bit of a noob at streaming, so I screwed up the first 10 minutes of the video (I wasn't showing the board). So I won't include the video here for now.

I also didn't do a review, yet. I didn't have time after the game, and I had to attend to some medical stuff for my family today - so I'm a bit tired to do a review right now.

But here it is, for your viewing pleasure.

While I didn't review this game, I think I was a bit too casual with how I handled his group on top. Maybe I was thinking too much about the streaming, but I didn't really count liberties or anything, and assumed my group would be fine. It turned into the situation where I was the one running and being attacked.

Luckily for me, he let me break into the side and kill him. So it worked out in terms of game result, even if not in terms of game quality.

EdLee · **#842**

Hi Brian,

Not crazy about :b31:

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oren · **#843**

EdLee wrote:

Hi Brian,

Not crazy about :b31:

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Brian is white...

Kirby · **#844**

Haven't reviewed or played any more games yet due to some medical stuff, but I have been doing some go problems now and then, when I get a few minutes.

I ran across one problem that I liked, which I wanted to share:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$B $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O O . X X X . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . X . O X . O O O O X | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . . O X . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . X . O O X . O | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X . X X | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |[/go]

I like this problem because:
1.) There aren't that many possible moves, so it shouldn't take long to iterate all possibilities.
2.) I was still stumped by it for awhile :-)

I'll add the reason I was stumped in hide tags, in case anyone is interested in the problem without hints.

Anyway, that's all I have for this problem. It's a pretty simple problem, which showed a flaw in the basic reasoning I utilize doing go problems.

EdLee · **#845**

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$B $$-------------------------- $$ . . . . O O O . X X X . | $$ . . X . O X . O O O O X | $$ . . . X X . . . . O X . | $$ . . , . . X . O O X . O | $$ . . . . . . X X X . X X | $$ . . . . . . . . . . . . |[/go]

Uberdude · **#846**

Nice problem, but is only ko right?

Kirby · **#847**

The answer is ko, yes.

Bill Spight · **#848**

Kirby wrote:

Haven't reviewed or played any more games yet due to some medical stuff, but I have been doing some go problems now and then, when I get a few minutes.

I ran across one problem that I liked, which I wanted to share:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$B $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O O . X X X . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . X . O X . O O O O X | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . . O X . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . X . O O X . O | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X . X X | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |[/go]

Thank you. A very nice problem.

Kirby · **#849**

At the hospital right now, so I haven't done much studying. Also haven't reviewed much. But I decided to try to level up my Tygem account, which is currently 3d. I think 1d on KGS can be at least 4d on Tygem, so the games were not that bad.

I played three games and won them all by a good margin, against the same opponent. He challenged me again for a 4th game, but I got too tired and stopped.

In the game where I only won by 18.5, I was careless and got cut off in the center - so he killed it all there. Luckily, I killed the left side, so it was all good.

Here are the games.

Kirby · **#850**

Bill Spight wrote:

Kirby wrote:

Haven't reviewed or played any more games yet due to some medical stuff, but I have been doing some go problems now and then, when I get a few minutes.

I ran across one problem that I liked, which I wanted to share:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$B $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O O . X X X . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . X . O X . O O O O X | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . . O X . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . X . O O X . O | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X . X X | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |[/go]

Thank you. A very nice problem.

Bill, I was a bit imprecise in my description - thanks for clarifying. Also, nice examples.

daal · **#851**

Here's a problem that is a good deal easier than the one you posted, but it stumped me at first for a similar reason: “It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.” -Mark Twain

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$B Black to play $$ +-------------------+ $$ | . O X X . . . . . | $$ | . O O X . . . . . | $$ | X O O X . . . . . | $$ | X X O X . . , . . | $$ | X O O X . . . . . | $$ | O X O . . . . . . | $$ | . X O . X . . . . | $$ | . X O X . . . . . | $$ | . . X X . . , . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . | $$ +-------------------+[/go]

Kirby · **#852**

In general, an interesting thing about go is how the "rules" change. As I've gained experience, I've learned rules that have helped guide play - even with more global shapes like josekis, etc.: "This is good for black, this would be good for white. If it's a shape like this, black will get territory in this area."

But depending on the nuances of the situation (weak groups, moves the opponent must respond to, etc.), these "rules" change. Maybe on an empty board, that wide extension wouldn't be territory. But because of the nearby stones, it's going to be territory, etc.

EdLee · **#853**

Bill Spight · **#854**

EdLee wrote:

EdLee · **#855**

Hi Bill,

Quote:

1.5 eyes

Back to the basics question: 0.5 eyes means it's possible to get a real eye there with 2 moves ?

ez4u · **#856**

EdLee wrote:

Hi Bill,

Quote:

1.5 eyes

Back to the basics question: 0.5 eyes means it's possible to get a real eye there with 2 moves ?

In Japanese 半眼 (half eye) means you have a shape where you can complete an eye with one more move, i.e. in gote. If you can force another eye in sente, you can come back and live by completing your gote eye. I think Bill's 0.5 means the same thing. His 1.5 shape is one move away from completing 2 eyes.

Bill Spight · **#857**

EdLee wrote:

Hi Bill,

Quote:

1.5 eyes

Back to the basics question: 0.5 eyes means it's possible to get a real eye there with 2 moves ?

1.5 eyes: White can make 2 eyes in gote; Black can hold White to 1 eye in gote.

1.5 eyes + 0.5 eyes = 2 eyes

Example:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$B Black mistake $$ ------------------------------ $$ . . . O 1 3 4 . . . 2 O . . . $$ . X . X O O O O O O O X . X . $$ . . . X X X X X X X X X . . . $$ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[/go]

is a mistake, because after :w4:

White has 2 eyes.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$B 2 eyes $$ ------------------------------ $$ . . . O . a O . b . O O . . . $$ . X . X O O O O O O O X . X . $$ . . . X X X X X X X X X . . . $$ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[/go]

White has 0.5 eyes at "a" plus 1.5 eyes at "b".

EdLee · **#858**

Thanks, Dave, Bill.

Kirby · **#859**

Still not at home, yet. So I played two more games on Tygem once my son went to bed. I don't plan to review them. They weren't as one sided as the other day, but still lower level than KGS 1d, I think.

Maybe I will start reviewing once I get to Tygem 4d. It says 3 wins to get to 4d, and 7 wins to jump up two and get to 5d:

Here are the games.

First guy was a little rude. The game was over, so I requested to count, and he refused in order to make me wait until his time ran out (something like 6 or 7 minutes left, plus the byo-yomi).

I noticed there is a new feature, at least on the Korean client, which allows you to indicate whether your opponent had good manners and you enjoyed playing against him. I like the idea, though, it seems to make the system a bit more complicated.

Kirby · **#860**

To elaborate on the manner system that they seem to have added, here is a screenshot:

Basically, after the game, there's a dialog with the option to indicate that your opponent had good manners. If you have less than 30, you have the default icon by your name. At 30, you get the one with a "1", at 50 you get the one with a "2", etc., until you have over 700. At that point, you are a "Manner King" (with icon rainbow-colored and stamped with a "K").

It's an interesting idea, but:
1.) I haven't even played 30 games since they've introduced this feature.
2.) I'd rather identify people having bad manners than people having good manners - good manners should be the default behavior.
3.) Manner King? Seriously?

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