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Two more games, with one question.

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Improving at Go seems to be mostly a matter of getting better at spotting and exploiting
the opponent's mistakes, certainly down in the SDK boondocks.

Here are my other two games from the 2013 Northern Tournament. I won with black in both games.
Comments on Black's moves 39 and 41 in the first game are particularly invited.



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thirdfogie wrote:Improving at Go seems to be mostly a matter of getting better at spotting and exploiting
the opponent's mistakes, certainly down in the SDK boondocks.

Here are my other two games from the 2013 Northern Tournament. I won with black in both games.
Comments on Black's moves 39 and 41 in the first game are particularly invited.

:b53: should probably be the turn at N-08. Even if it carried no tactical threat, it would be a big move.
For :b17: I like the capping play at P-11. It is consistent with the one space jump. :)

Note the similarity between the two plays. Center facing turns are bigger than they look. :)
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EdLee wrote:
:b25: looks better as an underneath hane. :)
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Some ideas including :b39: :b41:

And some ideas on the second game.

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Thanks, Bill. :)
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Thanks for all the comments. :salute:

I do have answers for UnusedName's embedded questions, but I'll treat
them as rhetorical. (About half the answers would have been
"I made a mistake".)
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thirdfogie wrote:Thanks for all the comments. :salute:

I do have answers for UnusedName's embedded questions, but I'll treat
them as rhetorical. (About half the answers would have been
"I made a mistake".)
Well not necessarily that you made a mistake haha.
We are about the same rank so maybe you just saw something that I can't see.
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