Life In 19x19

$$W
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 O . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . X O X X . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . 5 a X X O ...

$$W
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 7 O . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 X O X X . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , 9 4 8 X X O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 O O O ...

...but I played as white for this game. Yes, I knew you played White. In the variations you can see how B could've replied better to foil some of your moves.

Was just hoping to clarify for others . The variations are interesting. It would have been a much different game if black had played some ...

You forgot a very important stone that was on the board. Your diagram doesn't work if the missing stone is restored.
True. I'd be somewhat afraid of the cutting points next to 3 and 9. Also. I doubt my friend would have responded with 2. I think that it is much more likely that he would extend and ...

(;CA[utf-8]OT[5x30 byo-yomi]GM[1]FF[4]ST[2]AP[CGoban:3]SZ[19]RU[Japanese]DT[2013-01-05]
PC[KGS]PB[MjMjMjMj]BR[14k]PW[Tsuhre]WR[13k]KM[0.5]TM[1800]RE[W+40.5]MULTIGOGM[0]
;B[dd]BL[1795.48];W[pc]WL[1795.19];B[dp]BL[1769.35];W[pq]WL[1793.01];B[qo]BL[1758.53]
;W[nq]WL[1788.67];B[op]BL[1748.21];W[pp ...

Here's one small thing: White 1 is almost a net and gives you a nice squeeze if black tries to escape with 2 (other moves fail). All of white's stones are doing something, but black's 8-stone dumpling is doing almost nothing. From that standpoint, this should give white quite an advantage so black ...

I'm hoping to get an opinion on how I played in this match against my friend MjMjMjMj on the KGS go servers. MjMjMjMj played black in this game and I played white with a 0.5 komi. I ended up winning the match, but there were several moves that were questionable and I think if my friend were a ...

Black can't even make seki.

$$Wc ...

In a way it's somewhat irrelevant anyway. I might eke some short term satisfaction out of crushing the computer, but it wont help my overall strength. As mike says, changing the option to do not resign changes how the computer plays and is therefore not a good determining factor in how much I've ...

xed_over wrote:

tsuhre wrote: Unfortunately for me, Fuego (W) resigned after a blacks play at 123, so I still don't get any satisfaction form this match.

most programs have an option to "not resign". You may have to search for it.

Good to know

Some thoughts

(;GM[1]FF[4]CA[UTF-8]AP[CGoban:3]ST[2]
RU[Japanese]SZ[19]KM[0.00]
AB[dd][jd][pd][dj][jj][pj][dp][jp][pp]
;B[gg]
;W[fj]
(;B[fl]C[Why?

Making points wins. If White wants to play here, keep him work by making points rather than trying an attack.]
;W[eh]
;B[ch]
;W[qo]
;B[qp]C ...

I'm only 4 kyu, but a few notes:

⋅ Move 3: notice the strange shape that F8 and D10 make. It has a weak point in the middle. This isn't a problem right now, but you don't know what's going to happen in 100 moves' time. There's no point setting yourself up for trouble, and it's too early ...

It's been bothering me for quite some time that I can't seem to make any headway against the go playing program Fuego (an attachment of the gogui). I think even in the best match I even came close to winning legitimatley on ( by legitimately I mean never going back to fix mistakes) I still lost by 7 ...

How does black get ko if white responds to A with B2 clamp?

This is probably why I need to do more reading problems. You're right, if white plays the clamp then white is alive because we end in something like this shape:

http://i.imgur.com/i6EUb.png?1

In that case a black play ...

Bonobo wrote:BTW, tsuhre, I like your sig

Haha, Thanks! I like it a lot too. Now I just wish I was better at winning battles.

Seriously though, I often find that different play strategies or move sequences are comparable to real life situations in how you approach or defend against conflict.