One of my games I wanted to share because I found it fun(which isn't a particularly unique occurrence but this one more so then most).
Anyway, I'm sharing this game primarily because it was really fun to play.
This game versus uwms was particularly interesting to me. It felt like I kept losing the local fights but yet kept coming out ahead or at least even.. An odd feeling to be sure.
I decided in post game that R17 was a bit to passive, although still playable perhaps, and that I should have directly pincered there. And I'm not sure if I should have pressed the white group on the right as hard as I did. It ended up handing me the win on a silver platter when W allowed the cut at L5. So that was a bit of a bummer.
One thing I've noticed when playing Go, at least at my level. Sacrifices can be amazingly successful. Although sometimes they end up being worth more then I though they were. Other players of approximate skill seem to be over eager to snap up my now unimportant stones. The good thing is a sacrificing sequence is often forcing so there is no real way to backtrack once you accept it. I ascribe this tendency to an over attachment to their own stones.(perhaps incorrectly) In a similar situation they would want to fight for life, instead of using them for points in a different way. Perhaps my favorite thing about sacrifices though is that they can leave so much aji behind
In other news I got the $20 dollar baduk on demand plan, only to get an email later that evening telling me the English one was now going to be $20. Not being one to look a gift horse in the mouth I've taken this as a sign to upgrade and have been enjoying it immensely. I've also joined the ASR league. Although both my games so far have left me feeling a bit dissatisfied. This was mainly due to their short length. Game one my opponent resigned relatively early, and while I think I had a better position on the board it should have still been a tight game.
The second game I died quickly and painfully in the corner after several poor decisions and a misread, so yeah. Of course the post game was very informative. So I think I'll enjoy the ASR in the long run
Was a surprise. It seems like bad direction for W and white 12 feels greedy. But the moves that you reflexively feel are perhaps a bit to greedy always end up being hardest to "punish". So I just settled the corners, after all the stone on the top owes a move if it's not just going to be treated lightly. And R6 still has aji to reduce whites side. Especially with the 4 space extension.