1st of all, thats not a ladder, its a net.I would worry about the conflict in the upper left blocking my ladder at P4.
Second guessing yourself is a bad habit. In such situations you might try and tenuki all the time. Remember my proverb, When in doubt, tenuki. Sometimes that will be wrong, but you can learn from that.Joelnelsonb wrote:Thank you all for the much needed feedback. I think that the worst bad habit I have as of now (I hope) is that it seems that there at least 1 to 2, sometimes 3 places where I finish my shape and don't really think I need another stone, but I'm second guessing myself and say things like "I really can't afford to lose that wall/ influence/ eye space whatever" and so I'll make one more local move, giving away sente.
At your level, a single insight can be worth one stone or more.You ask the wrong questions. You overlook the important questions. You need external advice from books, clubs and / or teachers. In order to get advice about books, see my earlier message.Joelnelsonb wrote:I think that the worst bad habit I have as of now (I hope) is that it seems that there at least 1 to 2, sometimes 3 places where I finish my shape and don't really think I need another stone, but I'm second guessing myself and say things like "I really can't afford to lose that wall/ influence/ eye space whatever" and so I'll make one more local move, giving away sente. I think the most common example of this is when I have a cut in my shape but I also have the ladder working for me so I haven't blocked it yet. However, I know that a conflict will so take place that could potentially block my ladder and I don't want to be in the middle of a fight and then have to go cover my cut, leaving myself a stone behind. The way I see it, I'm letting my opponent get a stone up regardless but by blocking the cut first, before the fighting begins, I don't have to do it later once a shortage of liberties is in issue. The following is a basic example of what I'm talking about.
As white, looking at two opposing enclosures at the top, I would worry about the conflict in the upper left blocking my ladder at P4. Especially considering the very weak shape at B16 needing to run into the center.
If you spray enough weak groups all over the board, white can't possibly attack them all.Bill Spight wrote:Remember my proverb, When in doubt, tenuki.
jdl wrote:If you spray enough weak groups all over the board, white can't possibly attack them all.Bill Spight wrote:Remember my proverb, When in doubt, tenuki.
On a scale of, say, 0 to 5, tenuki can take any value. Those who "follow the opponent" around must be assuming that it takes values like 2 or below. If it takes the value 4, and the punishing move locally takes the value 5, then at least you are two plays into a different plan. "After every disaster you have sente", a proverb as dubious as most of them. But at least you have morphed the game, and presumably have some aji left. (No aji is a fairly good indicator that you should not play tenuki.)jdl wrote:If you spray enough weak groups all over the board, white can't possibly attack them all.Bill Spight wrote:Remember my proverb, When in doubt, tenuki.
Or with the introduction of jokes, obvious as they may be to most.Charles Matthews wrote:...jdl wrote:If you spray enough weak groups all over the board, white can't possibly attack them all.Bill Spight wrote:Remember my proverb, When in doubt, tenuki.
I do get concerned that these advice threads become incoherent, what with the introduction of pet theories,
We should have some kind of forum where we can aggregate the advice given and clear it of signature, so that it becomes coherent and supported by a community, rather than a compound of individual contributions of equal weight. Now wait a second ...Charles Matthews wrote: I do get concerned that these advice threads become incoherent, what with the introduction of pet theories,
I don't know all of these. It is fairly obvious to me that you should not do much reading in "38 Basic" or the Kajiwara book, until you are about 5 kyu. You should read some of "Tesuji" by Davies in depth, instead.Joelnelsonb wrote:The following is a list of books that I've been through:
Go: A Complete Introduction to the Game by Richard Bozulich
Learn to play Go volume II: The way of the Moving Horse by Janice Kim
Double Digit Kyu Games by Neil Moffatt
How Not to Play Go by Yuan Zhou
Mastering the Basics Volume 5: The Basics of Go Strategy by Richard Bozulich
Fundamental Principles of Go by Yilun Yang
38 Basic Josekis by James Davies
In the Beginning by Ikuro Ishigure
Attack and Defense by James Davies
The Direction of Play by Takeo Kajiwara
You can order straight from Jasiek.Joelnelsonb wrote:Thank you for the responses. I've just purchased "Tesuji" from Apple Go Books and will look into the other two books recommended by RobertJasiek once I've found a good place to purchase them from. Thanks again!