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In position A I think is correct because there is no way for white to link his stones together.

My thoughts on position A:

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In my opinion the most important thing to progress in Go is just consistent playing of thoughtful games.

It's really important not to play things that people tell you are good, but you don't understand. For instance, if you're not comfortable with the result after reading it out or reviewing the game afterward, think about what you could play that YOU think is good (or at least even.)

Let's say that a ...

Seems that it will be a couple weeks before we play, one of us will post that date here when we have it set.

I'll play! Gonna schedule the game with herman.

For me losing hurt if I made really dumb mistakes. If I played a really good game and still lost, it could be disappointing, but it didn't hurt the same way. This is how it used to be for me.

Recently I have gotten over these feeling because I think I have developed more as a person (not related ...

In my experience, if the handicap is correct, there is no need to induce mistakes from your opponent. It's very possible to win just by taking advantage of your opponents mistakes.

For me, the goal of studying L&D or tesuji is to be able to start reading a position correctly without having to read ...

I recommend trying to play on Tygem or Wbaduk. The style is much different than KGS/IGS and it may give you some good experience. The lower dan ranks are weaker than KGS so I would set your rank 1 or 2 stones higher on these servers.

If you really want to get stronger I would recommend looking ...

Do you only play on one go server or have you tried others? You also said you were taught before, have you tried many different teachers or only one? In any case, here's a quick review of your game, enjoy!

W36: This move is too passive. You are better off playing at e7 to put black under pressure ...

Here are a few comments about the opening,

B50: You have a good position for sure.

B51: This move is just too slow, the problem is that it has no follow up since white is 100% alive. f3 is the move I would play as black.

B53: This is the wrong direction. You should play around f3, if white jumps ...

If you've hit a wall I seriously doubt changing your first 2 moves or your opening is going to help you very much, and if it does it won't for long.

It's more likely you are making some fundamental mistakes, and for that you should get some games reviewed by a stronger player.

Hello tabemasu, sir. I would be honored if I could receive a review of my game in the oza thread in the game analysis forum. I put my heart and soul into that game, and it lasted well over two days. Sincerely, oso. Thank you.

Unfortunately I can't seem to download your game to review, if you want ...

A question about joseki. Pros never play , so why is it bad? It looks like Black can get a good result.

http://www.lifein19x19.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=414

My answer.
If white doesn't have an extension somewhere around a, I don't think he will normally extend at b. However there are some ...

What is the status of the top white group in this thread ? I think mw42's ko for seki seems the best answer, but I'd like to be sure. If I only get one question, what I'd really like to know is if it would give a good tsumego.

I think it should be alive unconditionally if W doesn't mind losing ...

What is my biggest flaw in playing go (sorry, no diagram)?
Dunno, I would have to study your games to make a guess

Can you recommend a good way to learn or better understand how to make use of thickness? Or is the best way to simply play for thickness often so that you get a better set of ...