Finally, a victory against mfgo09kyu1.

[tekesta]

Hello again. In the first game against shown here, I took White and Black won by 22.5 pts. Needless to say, I was not aggressive enough in the opening, among other mistakes.



Then I took a brief hiatus and began watching some pro games for fun. Right before playing the second game shown here, I was watching the first 15 minutes of Gu Li (B) vs. Park Ji-eun (W) in the 16th Samsung Cup Baduk Masters, Round of 32, shown here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eOQmzqLL6Y

In the second game, I took Black and won by - wait for it - 37.5 pts.



I believe some of the strong SDKers on here would be able to detect my mistakes in both the lost game and the won game. One thing I was looking out for in the second game was a C3 invasion by white. I did think of playing there to prevent that, but I did not want to take a point away from myself and miss other important points on the board.

[emeraldemon]

Check out what Sensei's Library has to say about that press:

http://senseis.xmp.net/?35PointLowApproachPress

Short version:

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[Bill Spight]

A couple of comments on the opening.