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.
Two more games, with one question.
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Re: Two more games, with one question.
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.
For
Note the similarity between the two plays. Center facing turns are bigger than they look.
The Adkins Principle:
At some point, doesn't thinking have to go on?
— Winona Adkins
Visualize whirled peas.
Everything with love. Stay safe.
At some point, doesn't thinking have to go on?
— Winona Adkins
Visualize whirled peas.
Everything with love. Stay safe.
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EdLee wrote:
The Adkins Principle:
At some point, doesn't thinking have to go on?
— Winona Adkins
Visualize whirled peas.
Everything with love. Stay safe.
At some point, doesn't thinking have to go on?
— Winona Adkins
Visualize whirled peas.
Everything with love. Stay safe.
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Re: Two more games, with one question.
Some ideas including

And some ideas on the second game.
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And some ideas on the second game.
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Re: Two more games, with one question.
Thanks for all the comments.
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".)
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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Re: Two more games, with one question.
Well not necessarily that you made a mistake haha.thirdfogie wrote:Thanks for all the comments.![]()
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".)
We are about the same rank so maybe you just saw something that I can't see.