Life In 19x19

Thanks jts ... explains it all. And I'm glad my memory wasn't off on the first five moves thing .. good to know differences with Automatch.

But I don't think he did leave, it said he resigned (at least I think it did, admittedly I was confused and didn't read the message carefully).

Is it possible to resign before the first move and get a forfeit result?

I started an automatch game this morning. Before a stone was even played, I get the message that my opponent resigned. And now in my games list I have the game listed as a win +forf.

Does this "game" count for me? It seems odd that I get the credit for a win when no stones were even placed. I seem ...

I've two very fun games as white against fellow 9k's and came out of each with the win. The result is that I've achieved my goal of returning to 8k, the strongest level that I've ever previously achieved. From here on out, its virgin territory for me.

The latest game was kindly reviewed by a ...

Congrats Twitchy ...

We are trending in the same range. I'm up for playing if you ever see me online.

Cheers

EdLee wrote:Find a better local move for .

You mean F2 no doubt

Not feeling especially keen this morning so instead of another game, I reviewed my latest one as a number of fights piqued my interest.

http://files.gokgs.com/games/2012/5/16/ayabe-EiggHead.sgf

My own comments .. other are always welcome.


21 was a boneheaded move, bad shape and needlessly ...

I'm always game. I usually play around 8:30 or 9pm Central time. I'm up for regular set times as well (its how I usually game).

Will look for you on KGS

After two great weeks followed by two horrible weeks (mostly due to work), I'm sitting down to play again.

I am still working problems but am really focused on getting in at least 4 serious games per week. Before work interrupted my life, I had gotten to 10kyu. I found using all my time in a 20 ...

If you're looking for material on shape ...

For free is Charles Matthews' Shape Up - http://senseis.xmp.net/?ShapeUp

There is also Making Good Shape from Kiseido - http://senseis.xmp.net/?MakingGoodShape

Thank you Ed and Bill ... I love how when doing fuseki problems I can maintain a calm that is seems impossible when I'm actually playing

Thanks emerald ...

Would something like 32 at Q7 be a better move to contest the right, even at the expense of settling the N4 group?

I especially like 132 at B11, thanks again!

Crossposted from Study Journal forum ..

Here's a very fun game I had played last night against another rusty returnee. His provisional rank was 16k?. But I saw him decimate a 14k with a 2 stone handi and so I offered to play him even. He agreed and it was a blast, ending up with a 0.5 win.

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Thank you EdLee!

Here's a very fun game I had played last night against another rusty returnee. His provisional rank was 16k?. But I saw him decimate a 14k with a 2 stone handi and so I offered to play him even. He agreed and it was a blast, ending up with a 0.5 win.

http://files.gokgs.com/games/2012/4/24/EiggHead ...