It is currently Thu Oct 31, 2024 3:49 pm

All times are UTC - 8 hours [ DST ]




Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 273 posts ]  Go to page Previous  1 ... 10, 11, 12, 13, 14  Next
Author Message
Offline
 Post subject: Re: PlaySlow
Post #241 Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2016 3:55 pm 
Oza
User avatar

Posts: 2408
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Liked others: 2346
Was liked: 1332
Rank: Jp 6 dan
KGS: ez4u
On second thought we just kill it outright with a better continuation.
Click Here To Show Diagram Code
[go]$$Wc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 9 . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 7 4 O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 5 1 X 2 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X O 3 O O X . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . X X X O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O X O O X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

_________________
Dave Sigaty
"Short-lived are both the praiser and the praised, and rememberer and the remembered..."
- Marcus Aurelius; Meditations, VIII 21


This post by ez4u was liked by: PlaySlow
Top
 Profile  
 
Offline
 Post subject: Re: PlaySlow
Post #242 Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2016 10:31 pm 
Lives with ko

Posts: 176
Liked others: 102
Was liked: 7
Rank: 4 Kyu
KGS: Wretched, Secil, PlaySlow
Tygem: PlaySlow
Wbaduk: Eksert
Thanks for showing that version ez4u, I thought he's getting bad shape and i can abuse it but couldn't find a way in game.

Top
 Profile  
 
Offline
 Post subject: Re: PlaySlow
Post #243 Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2016 10:47 pm 
Lives with ko

Posts: 176
Liked others: 102
Was liked: 7
Rank: 4 Kyu
KGS: Wretched, Secil, PlaySlow
Tygem: PlaySlow
Wbaduk: Eksert
Another game that i'm deeply unsatisfied with my strategical play. Tactically I have won because I've read much harder than him, but he should have won with ease.


Attachments:
[ZHONGGGGG]vs[eksert]2016112948196173 - Copy.sgf [3.88 KiB]
Downloaded 384 times
Top
 Profile  
 
Offline
 Post subject: Re: PlaySlow
Post #244 Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2016 9:06 am 
Oza

Posts: 2495
Location: DC
Liked others: 157
Was liked: 443
Universal go server handle: skydyr
Online playing schedule: When my wife is out.
Some thoughts on the game:



Attachments:
playslow.sgf [4.99 KiB]
Downloaded 624 times

This post by skydyr was liked by: PlaySlow
Top
 Profile  
 
Offline
 Post subject: Re: PlaySlow
Post #245 Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2016 9:34 am 
Gosei

Posts: 1592
Liked others: 888
Was liked: 531
Rank: AGA 2k Fox 3d
GD Posts: 61
KGS: dfan
At :w34::
Click Here To Show Diagram Code
[go]$$W
$$ . . . . X . . |
$$ . . X X X X . |
$$ X . X O O O . |
$$ . X O O . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------[/go]


Both L+1 groups (I call this the "long L+1") are unsettled; White lives if he plays first, Black kills if he plays first.

White lives most easily like this (Black would not actually play :b2:, but it is the only remotely plausible way to attack):
Click Here To Show Diagram Code
[go]$$W
$$ . . . . X . . |
$$ . . X X X X . |
$$ X . X O O O . |
$$ . X O O . 1 . |
$$ . . . . 2 3 . |
$$ ---------------[/go]


Generally, you have to actually try to partition your eyespace into two eyes when you have a small amount of space like this; descending to the edge is not sufficient. With the move you played, Black could force a ko. Here is one plausible continuation:
Click Here To Show Diagram Code
[go]$$W
$$ . . . . X . . |
$$ . . X X X X . |
$$ X . X O O O 1 |
$$ . X O O . 2 5 |
$$ . . . . 4 3 6 |
$$ ---------------[/go]


This post by dfan was liked by: PlaySlow
Top
 Profile  
 
Offline
 Post subject: Re: PlaySlow
Post #246 Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2016 11:16 am 
Lives with ko

Posts: 176
Liked others: 102
Was liked: 7
Rank: 4 Kyu
KGS: Wretched, Secil, PlaySlow
Tygem: PlaySlow
Wbaduk: Eksert
I didn't believe that I misread :w67: and didn't see that I'm swallowing two black stones. Thanks for the review and L+1 explanation.

Top
 Profile  
 
Offline
 Post subject: Re: PlaySlow
Post #247 Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2016 12:54 am 
Lives with ko

Posts: 176
Liked others: 102
Was liked: 7
Rank: 4 Kyu
KGS: Wretched, Secil, PlaySlow
Tygem: PlaySlow
Wbaduk: Eksert
I've won against a 8kyu with 3 handicap and also won against a 5 kyu (both KGS) with no handicap. I feel I'm a bit lucky with the 5 kyu game since he made a blunder at the end of the mid game. I got have lots of questions. I was Black this game. Unfortunately I cannot paste with sgf in text. Both "notepad" copy paste and "adding download link" gives an error:(
http://eidogo.com/#wpZviyxc


Attachments:
cfyz7.sgf [7.42 KiB]
Downloaded 391 times
Top
 Profile  
 
Offline
 Post subject: Re: PlaySlow
Post #248 Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2016 2:52 am 
Lives with ko

Posts: 176
Liked others: 102
Was liked: 7
Rank: 4 Kyu
KGS: Wretched, Secil, PlaySlow
Tygem: PlaySlow
Wbaduk: Eksert
Another game i felt clueless about some direction of play questions. Also i have missed 2 tenuki opportunities which was deadly.



Attachments:
analysis_loss.sgf [2.59 KiB]
Downloaded 412 times
Top
 Profile  
 
Offline
 Post subject: Re: PlaySlow
Post #249 Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2016 5:44 am 
Lives with ko

Posts: 154
Liked others: 6
Was liked: 16
Rank: SDK
For the previous game - I'll admit - I find it difficult to look at the whole picture but I commented on the stuff that came to mind as I looked over it. Take it all with a grain of salt!

You both blundered hugely once each (you with the wrong atari, him missing his), fortunately for you his came last hehe.
The two most important things:

Severity - it looked like you had several opportunities to cut and complicate, especially after you fell behind - but you didn't take them. But if you think you're behind, you sort of have to right? Make it hard on both of you, otherwise he'll just steer the game into a comfortable endgame and win?

And second - you said "negates my thickness" and that struck me as a flawed perspective - since I didn't think he'd done anything of the sort - he'd exchanged one weak and one safe group for two medium-weak groups and given you initiative. Your thickness was still there, not for making points but for helping you harrass him in the most severe way possible (which I'll admit, I have very little clue as how to do heh but maybe someone stronger can point it out).

Just some (dubious probably) ideas and thoughts heh (from a newly minted 2k on KGS).



Attachments:
sWaAETSD.sgf [9.15 KiB]
Downloaded 567 times

This post by Majordomo was liked by: PlaySlow
Top
 Profile  
 
Offline
 Post subject: Re: PlaySlow
Post #250 Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2016 10:37 am 
Lives with ko

Posts: 176
Liked others: 102
Was liked: 7
Rank: 4 Kyu
KGS: Wretched, Secil, PlaySlow
Tygem: PlaySlow
Wbaduk: Eksert
Thank you very much for the comments Majordomo! There are too many moves I have missed in the close fights. Also I'm really clueless at attacking generally, that's why I've felt like my thickness is negated there. I felt like my top right group is weaker, but his upper group is in worse situation. I generally pay attention to "my" weak groups not opponent's.

Top
 Profile  
 
Offline
 Post subject: Re: PlaySlow
Post #251 Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2016 12:25 am 
Lives with ko

Posts: 176
Liked others: 102
Was liked: 7
Rank: 4 Kyu
KGS: Wretched, Secil, PlaySlow
Tygem: PlaySlow
Wbaduk: Eksert
Another loss when i was white. The opponent has win percentage of %85, so he might be a smurf. I got lots of questions regarding middle game fighting and some strategic decisions. Thank you in advance! Since there is tournament at December 17th-18th, I'm trying to prepare hard.



Attachments:
2_questions.sgf [3.26 KiB]
Downloaded 389 times
Top
 Profile  
 
Offline
 Post subject: Re: PlaySlow
Post #252 Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2016 6:18 am 
Oza
User avatar

Posts: 2408
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Liked others: 2346
Was liked: 1332
Rank: Jp 6 dan
KGS: ez4u
The lower right is interesting. In this case the ladders favor White. I think the key point is when Black jumps to 1 below. If White simply extends to 2, the threat on the left is the cut at 3, meanwhile on the right White can stop Black in his tracks with 4.
Click Here To Show Diagram Code
[go]$$Bcm1 :w2: with threats on both sides
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . . . . . . . . . 2 . 4 . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . O . 1 . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . , . . . 3 X O . . . |
$$ | . O X O . X . . . . . . . X O X X X . |
$$ | . O X . . . . . . . . . . X O O O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

In the game White played the marked stone below instead. When Black answered with 1, there was still the opportunity to extend with 2. Black has filled his own liberty with 1, so it seems like White can play to capture Black down all along the right side with 10.
Click Here To Show Diagram Code
[go]$$Bcm1
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . |
$$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 6 9 |
$$ | . . X O O . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 5 . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . O 1 X . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . , . . . 3 X O . . . |
$$ | . O X O . X . . . . . . . X O X X X W |
$$ | . O X . . . . . . . . . . X O O O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

_________________
Dave Sigaty
"Short-lived are both the praiser and the praised, and rememberer and the remembered..."
- Marcus Aurelius; Meditations, VIII 21


This post by ez4u was liked by 2 people: Bill Spight, PlaySlow
Top
 Profile  
 
Offline
 Post subject: Re: PlaySlow
Post #253 Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2016 9:49 pm 
Lives with ko

Posts: 176
Liked others: 102
Was liked: 7
Rank: 4 Kyu
KGS: Wretched, Secil, PlaySlow
Tygem: PlaySlow
Wbaduk: Eksert
Yeah, you are right ez4u. I couldn't read the whole sequence, thus I've taken the trade. I will try to read harder these sequences. I could have gained a big advantage over bottom right.

Top
 Profile  
 
Offline
 Post subject: Re: PlaySlow
Post #254 Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2016 6:46 am 
Oza
User avatar

Posts: 2420
Location: Ghent, Belgium
Liked others: 359
Was liked: 1020
Rank: KGS 2d OGS 1d Fox 4d
KGS: Artevelde
OGS: Knotwilg
Online playing schedule: UTC 18:00 - 22:00
I'm happy I found the same suji as Dave :)

Some more comments on this bloody fight.



This post by Knotwilg was liked by: PlaySlow
Top
 Profile  
 
Offline
 Post subject: Re: PlaySlow
Post #255 Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 10:56 am 
Lives with ko

Posts: 176
Liked others: 102
Was liked: 7
Rank: 4 Kyu
KGS: Wretched, Secil, PlaySlow
Tygem: PlaySlow
Wbaduk: Eksert
@Knotwilg, I didn't find out about the end game fight sequences, thank you.
Also I do not believe how i missed :w76:, it's incredible that how can i misread these easy situations..

Top
 Profile  
 
Offline
 Post subject: Re: PlaySlow
Post #256 Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2016 12:51 am 
Lives with ko

Posts: 176
Liked others: 102
Was liked: 7
Rank: 4 Kyu
KGS: Wretched, Secil, PlaySlow
Tygem: PlaySlow
Wbaduk: Eksert
Another game against a 5 kyu. I felt like I'm ahead all game long until end game. I couldn't use the aji and thickness properly imo as well as some ddk moves here and there.
I noticed :b31: was 1 line off after review:D, don't u agree?


Attachments:
how to use thickness.sgf [3.21 KiB]
Downloaded 393 times
Top
 Profile  
 
Offline
 Post subject: Re: PlaySlow
Post #257 Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2016 8:36 am 
Oza

Posts: 2495
Location: DC
Liked others: 157
Was liked: 443
Universal go server handle: skydyr
Online playing schedule: When my wife is out.
Some thoughts on this game:



Don't worry that you need to be alive before you can attack. Done right, you can make yourself alive in the process of attacking. Defenders often need to make contact moves, and contact moves strengthen both sides.

Most importantly: DON'T LET YOUR CUTTING STONES GET CAPTURED!


Attachments:
how to use thickness.sgf [7.04 KiB]
Downloaded 562 times

This post by skydyr was liked by: PlaySlow
Top
 Profile  
 
Offline
 Post subject: Re: PlaySlow
Post #258 Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2016 10:48 am 
Lives with ko

Posts: 176
Liked others: 102
Was liked: 7
Rank: 4 Kyu
KGS: Wretched, Secil, PlaySlow
Tygem: PlaySlow
Wbaduk: Eksert
Thanks for the review skydyr!
Here's another game I lost to a player who makes overextensions all over the board at the beginning of the game.



Attachments:
loss1.sgf [3.28 KiB]
Downloaded 364 times
Top
 Profile  
 
Offline
 Post subject: Re: PlaySlow
Post #259 Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2016 6:36 am 
Oza
User avatar

Posts: 2420
Location: Ghent, Belgium
Liked others: 359
Was liked: 1020
Rank: KGS 2d OGS 1d Fox 4d
KGS: Artevelde
OGS: Knotwilg
Online playing schedule: UTC 18:00 - 22:00
Highlights

The opening was favorable because of White's overplays. You make a few soft moves in the early middle game but you are still ahead. Your sense of direction is way better than your opponent's.

78 - your positional judgment is way too pessimistic; we've seen this before, so you must really learn to do a positional judgment because your feelings betray you.

91 & 95 - two technical mistakes in life & death positions and White is alive, where he shouldn't; again this leads to needless frustration at your end, because you're still ahread, beit less than at 78

101 - a severe technical mistake, which White uses to gain tempo

115 - your sense of direction remains splendid

130 - your view is pessimistic; you stop caring about playing the best move because in your head you have already lost

204 - your view is pessimistic and you resign too early; ok White leads by komi in the late end game but at our level, we should continue to squeeze as many points out of it as we can

Detailed review



This post by Knotwilg was liked by: PlaySlow
Top
 Profile  
 
Offline
 Post subject: Re: PlaySlow
Post #260 Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2016 4:44 am 
Lives with ko

Posts: 176
Liked others: 102
Was liked: 7
Rank: 4 Kyu
KGS: Wretched, Secil, PlaySlow
Tygem: PlaySlow
Wbaduk: Eksert
Hello again! Another game with some questions.. Especially about the bottom left corner situation. I think he should be in a worse position than me after the exchanges..


Attachments:
222.sgf [3.33 KiB]
Downloaded 397 times
Top
 Profile  
 
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 273 posts ]  Go to page Previous  1 ... 10, 11, 12, 13, 14  Next

All times are UTC - 8 hours [ DST ]


Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 1 guest


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

Search for:
Jump to:  
Powered by phpBB © 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007 phpBB Group