Life In 19x19

I'm ready to pay to watch Hajin Lee & Michael Redmond comment whichever is the most exciting game of the month, live. I'm simply hypnotized by the combination of high dan reading and game interpretation with clear and organized presentation.

Mr. Redmond has a well structured mind and a rare ease ...

You played well.

A few comments.

Thank you very much! I have a lot to study from that review. It's especially interesting for me how you changed the order in some pairs of moves changing completely the end result.

It's interesting because I did know the next one in those positions, so I see ...

(;CA[utf-8]FF[4]ST[2]RU[Japanese]G[30 days with 1 day extra per move]XM[141]AP[CGoban:3]
SZ[19]GM[1]DT[2013-12-27,2014-02-05]PB[Alguien (Alguien)]BR[3k]PW[anonymized]WR[3d]
KM[0.5]RE[W+Resign]MULTIGOGM[0]
;B[pd];W[dd];B[qp];W[dp];B[fq];W[cn];B[lq];W[nc];B[pj];W[qf];B[nd];W[qd];B[qc];W ...

Here's a few ideas, hope they are somewhat helpful.

Move 15: That's way beyond my reading capabilities. Before entering such complexities I'd have to strengthen my comprehension of what is a good result in a corner. On the other hand, it does point out a clear weakness in my go knowledge "fights ...

Up to move 123 I think the game wasn't going too bad. Am I right? Was it already lost by that point?

Move 19: Q6 was better? What was the best answer?
Move 53: Should I have just P9?
Move 87: What was the correct path to fight that invasion?
Move 101: What to do?

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DT[2013-12-27 ...

I miss his game series so very much I've thought a million times about paying him directly to post more of those. I've also thought about putting together a small group of people who love them as much as myself to pay a part each.

I've seen each of the ones he has in youtube and twitch too many ...

I see no reason to publicly inform of every ban with only "Motive" and the "Details of the ban" including duration and effects of the ban (like no talking, no playing or simply no entering the server).

I also see no reason to publish less information than that.

Obviously, if all bans have the same ...

I don't understand white's moves from E7 forward.

I've never played a double hane where being cut didn't give me an advantage.

Good news! I'll be there if at all possible.

As B I have fun deciding what kind of game I'll be playing from my first stone.

As W I put some stones and wait for the fun to start after five or more stones are on the board.

Other than that, pretty much the same.

Over concentration expresses the fact that one shouldn't judge a position only by its result, but also by its cost.

i.e.: If you get 10 points of territory with four stones it can be fine. If you surround those same ten points of territory with twenty stones, you're over concentrated.

Using the ...

One of the most unique concepts in go is the following:
- The board is so big that it's possible to have several local "fights".
- Each move in one of those local "fights" have different consequences depending on the situation far away.

"Influence" is the name for "Situations that occur far from ...

I tested it yesterday in a Samsung 10.1 tablet and it works for what I was looking for.


How is the UI on the larger screen? I intend a proper landscape tablet mode that uses the space more efficiently, but I don't really know how bad (if at all) the current one will feel.

It's not bad. I used ...

For me the only "click" between 10k~4k has been that I see where eyes will be possible, or not, much sooner.

I'm also much more afraid when loosely surrounded and much more confident when loosely surrounding.

@Alguien: I like the silicone board idea. I've seen pictures of silicone boards and I'd like to get one! Would it be possible to find one being sold with single-convex stones, though?

I don't know. The ones I got on mine are cheap plastic biconvex.

However, I'm not sure single convex would be a ...