Life In 19x19

Abyssinica wrote:

Calvin Clark wrote:There is a large gap between what is possible and what actually happens.

I recommend looking at EdLee's classic thread So.

That 6d comment was sarcastic.

which 6d comment?

Hi zedmango, do you have an estimate how many total games you have played ?

Hmm... I was trying to figure that out a while back... in the last couple years it's about 200 or so maybe? So in my lifetime, going all the way back, maybe 300-400?

What makes you ask that question? I'm interested in ...

Hi,
I've been stuck at 9 kyu for 8 months, and I only just broke the 8 kyu barrier.

I've studied opening theory, but maybe I became good at that, but too weak at everything else.
So I tried to solve Tsumegos, but I didn't seem to be very good at that. Maybe my book was too difficult.
So I tried to ...

Are pros still unbeaten with 3HC? I am sure that no pro ever lost a 2HC game to a program. I think when the first program wins over a pro with 1HC then it will be interesting to look into the future. Because with 2 or more HC stones the game is just different...it's like if a chess player would ...

Lost both of these on time. Curious what the followups on these might have been - I thought there were some interesting situations here and wasn't sure what would have happened.

Any reviews/corrections/notes on mistakes I keep making welcome!

http://lifein19x19.com/forum/download/file.php?id=6146 ...

Any thoughts or comments welcome

Hey, thanks so much for the detailed response! You gave me a lot of really good and helpful pointers. Hope you don't mind a few questions:

From moves 18 to 60 it appears that White was attempting to contain Black - even though there were no White stones in the center.

I'm not sure I understand ...

Thanks for looking at this!

Well, the first thing to look at are basic opening principles. I won't go into too much detail or find a link to you, because people always say something like "I know that already"

No, please do go into more detail and find a link, if you're willing!

Look at the ...

Yeah, I was fixing that as you replied!

Which invasions did I need to respond to? Help me figure out how this happened! What should I have done?

I ignored some invasion moves by Black. How should I have responded?