I played a tournament yesterday, with good results: I played no-komi against a 1 kyu, gave 3 stones to 6 and 7 kyus, and played even against a 1 kyu, winning all four games. Aside from the results, I think I generally played well too. Maybe the exception was one of the three stone games. We played really fast, and I had a good attack before overplaying and falling behind, thankfully I was able to create a complicated fight, and my opponent wasn't able to handle all the groups.
I've been playing quite badly in correspondence games (lost 9 out of 10 in a row earlier this year). I think the difference is that I'm grabbing time to check the game on my phone and playing a move when I'm not really focused.
Also, during my last game, I started staring at a corner position I've played dozens of times. I know White is alive, but couldn't think through the attacks and how to live.
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[go]$$Bc
$$ ------------------
$$ | . a . . c . . . .
$$ | b d . . O X . . .
$$ | . O O O O X . . .
$$ | . O X X O X . . .
$$ | X X X . X X . . .
$$ | . O O . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . .[/go]
I think b, c and d are not hard, but I wasn't sure what the response to a was.
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[go]$$Bc
$$ ------------------
$$ | . 1 5 3 4 . . . .
$$ | 7 2 . . O X . . .
$$ | . O O O O X . . .
$$ | 6 O X X O X . . .
$$ | X X X . X X . . .
$$ | . O O . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . .[/go]
Edit: Added a black stone to the diagram to make it clear the cut isn't relevant.
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