A game where I played black, against an 8kyu. The game was easy in the sense that white just build up a lead slowly but steadily.
Trying to review it myself, I think I made a mistake on mainly 2 points:
- Sente
- Direction of play
I hope to get some input from stronger players. Here is my analysis and I've underlined the questions I have for you.
This is what I think:
sente
I think black (I) played some very slow moves, giving away sente, early on.
was slow. Group is already alive. Am I correct in this assumption? Is this too slow, or a thick and solid move?
is a coward's move. But without superior reading skills, I feel it's excusable.
stumped me. Maybe it's joseki, maybe it isn't, but the following sequence didn't exactly make me happy. I was down on the second line, giving away too much influence. How could I have handled this better?Direction of Play
seems a bit off. I feel like even locally there are better moves, and globally it's too small. But it breaks a big potential moyo by white, so maybe it's okay.
is this a good move? It enlarges black's area but white is the one with the most potential, so should I just come in instead? OR is it already too late and is it pointless to review from this point? Did black give away too much influence in the opening?Additional questions
I appreciate any input you can give me. There wasn't much reading in this game, though, this was mainly played blitz-y for the purpose of direction of play.
If you'd like to help, I have a few more additional questions:
IS there a particular move where you say: this is where black starts losing the game? Or is it rather an entire attitude that costs black this game? (passivity for example? Bad direction of play?...)
Thanks to anyone who is willing to help.
Maybe there was some fear of being attacked, but I didn't see white wasn't that strong either in the middle. It's a recurring thing for me: not seeing my opponent's weakness and seeing my own stones as weaker as they are, often.