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Author: | yakcyll [ Wed Dec 26, 2018 6:02 am ] |
Post subject: | What a chaotic mess. |
As I climb the ladders, the shapes become more complicated (as the overplays are not as blatant) and the threats my opponents make grow more sophisticated with each game. I feel like I can keep up, if barely so, but there's still this kind of players I absolutely dread playing. You know, the ones so confident in their ability to manage ten groups on the board that it just happens that they (almost) all end up alive in the end, as if by magic. They start by plopping stones seemingly randomly on the board, then building some strength in one part of the board, then pulling out each stone step by step or looking for potential peeps and cuts. What results is usually pure chaos that the stronger player is expected to succeed in, mainly due to their better reading and evaluating ability. Games like that are so out of my comfort zone that I can't even understand what went wrong in them for me. One example of such a match I attach below, with some simple comments. If you could advise what the weak points of my game are based on it and how to systematically get better at fighting in those scenarios, I'd greatly appreciate it. |
Author: | Bill Spight [ Wed Dec 26, 2018 10:24 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: What a chaotic mess. |
Top of the head comments: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ———————— Whatever one may think of Black’s plan not to defend the top right corner, it is at least a plan, and a bold one at that. ![]() One weakness seems to be an over concern about single stones, both attacking your opponent’s single stones and saving your own. Another is a certain thinness, giving your opponent targets for attack or counterattack. Another is a failure to seize attacking chances, at least, a failure to attack more than one stone. Another is a failure to recognize heaviness. White made a heavy group which you failed to attack; later you made a heavy group on the left side which you let White attack. Edit: Note that on the left side your heaviness arose out of thinness. During the fight you went back to protect your thinness, and in the process ended up making heaviness. |
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