So, the last round of the tournament I went to this weekend was against a 6 dan. I held 5 stones, and was feeling confident. I had been getting better and thought that I would stand a good chance.
In short, I didn't play very well but managed to avoid dying up until the endgame before being completely outplayed.
I had a lead (maybe 15-20 points?), and as the game was wrapped up, I saw him take every single big point on the board.
I realized at this point that I am absolutely horrible at endgame.
I thought I would post this on here for two reasons.
1) He commented a little on the game after it was done - this might prove instructional for someone.
2) I need some helping figuring out why the heck I stink so badly at the endgame and what I could have done differently.
On a side note, for those of you who studied the endgame to become better, how did you do it? I'm curious to hear about that too.
Anyway, I'm looking forward to your comments, everyone.
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2011-04-23a - Koosh vs 6dan.sgf [2.3 KiB]
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Black seems to have a great deal of confidence - perhaps a little more than was appropriate for facing a 6-dan? Black was too happy to scatter stones around that begged White to cut. Black has to learn to play more consistently and think more carefully about the potential available to the opponent.