Life In 19x19

I'd say the biggest mistake was the tenuki at which allowed your left group to be killed. If you had kept that alive there's a good chance you would have won on territory. You would have also had the potential cut at D5 that could have been quite devastating for Black.

Thankyou. I hadn't thought of C12. Yes it would have saved that rather painful attack that came there later on. So it seems in this game I neglected the Corner, Sides, Centre rule in a number of places. I will make an effort to keep this in mind in my next few games.

Another game. This time I don't really think I made any major mistakes, but I think through a series of playing small moves I just lost the vital points, primarily in the opening.

I do need to focus on my opening more..

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Thanks for the comments.I think the general gist I get from them is I could have been a bit more aggressive and put a bit more pressure on my opponent. Also it seems I often fail to see what the biggest point on the board actually is.

I tried to play a few games last night bearing this in mind and ...

Another game. This time a victory. I made some embarrassing mistakes, but I think by concentrating on playing the largest move rather than just following my opponent around I was able to make up for them.

I really do need to work on my reading though..

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Ah yes, think I've got it :

$$B
$$ | . . . . . . . .
$$ | . X . . . . . .
$$ | . . X X X . . .
$$ | X X O O . . . .
$$ | X O X O . X . .
$$ | 4 O X O . . . .
$$ | 3 2 . O X X . .
$$ | . 1 . O O X . .
$$ | . . . . . . . .
$$ +----------------

Of course, White cannot play 4.

I really struggle to ...

Graded Go Problems for Beginners Volume 3, problem 300

$$B
$$ | . . . . . . . .
$$ | . X . . . . . .
$$ | . . X X X . . .
$$ | X X O O . . . .
$$ | X O X O . X . .
$$ | . O X O . . . .
$$ | . . . O X X . .
$$ | . . . O O X . .
$$ | . . . . . . . .
$$ +----------------

Black to kill.


The given ...

In James Davies Tesuji there is a particular problem regarding a capture race:

White to play


$$W
$$ . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ . . , . O O X X X . . . |
$$ . . O O X X O O X O X . |
$$ . . O X . X . O O X X ...

You could try playing on Pandanet. I find the Canadian time system used there to be much more relaxing.

Or pull out a real board and play in meat space where you can both agree to not worrying about time controls.

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You are absolutely right. I've just sat here for the past 5 minutes trying to see what variations I was going through that made me think I couldn't play this, but I can't see it now...

Thanks Bill. I wish I could get these reviews before I played the game!

Hi mongus,

What was the time control ? Blitz ?



Oh dear. :oops: No this is on DGS. I think it was 10 days. I had plenty of time to think over my moves. (but in my defense I play a lot whilst at work when technically I am supposed to be concentrating on other matters...)

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Wow, many thanks for your comprehensive review! I will go over it later this evening when I have some free time.

A crushing defeat. I played shamefully, leaving far too many weaknesses behind..




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GN[Mongus-eds-1184766-20171003]PW[Mongus Pong (Mongus)]PB[Ed (eds)]WR[10k]BR[12k]DT[2017-09-14,2017-10-03]GC[Game ID: 1184766
Game Type: GO (1:1 ...

It's been a while since I have posted. Life kinda got in the way. My Go has been suffering so I think it is time to start studying seriously again. Especially now I am starting to get close to SDK territory the opposition is getting really tough.

Here is a recent game. I made a ton of mistakes ...

I think about quitting pretty often. There is definitely a love hate thing with Go for me. If I suffer a painful loss it does seem to really affect my peace of mind.

I'm playing a game on DGS at the minute that I was feeling pretty confident about, I'd killed off a large group and just had the end ...