Abyssinica's Study Journal

[Abyssinica]

Wasuji has occasionally appeared in this journal - he's always been a good fighter (My weakness), but here's what happens when he fights me in the middle of my "thickness". For example, W48 at P13, or W62 at K16 were moves I thought he should've played.

Pincer was bad in top left probably.

Trying to make a ponnuki also maybe bad because I spent 3 (And then 4) moves in the same corner? Sure, I wanted to see how effective it would be but...


Also, W150 at T11 wasn't a move I considered until after I decided not to capture!


Black t8 was bad because it made his atari, which he didn't do, sente.

L5 and E8 are how badly I give up points when I think I'm ahead. For L5 I was thinking there was some aji with the cut next to the left, but then I could just decide to give up two stones?

The pincer in TL was bad.

[Charles Matthews]

This game was really over at . Before that, what to say?

I think I would have played at Q5. You'd welcome at P4 and just push; but what else does White have?

seems to undermine the usefulness of the group above, so the Matthews rules say you either play C6 or tenuki.

should be OK. But with such a vague shape on the lower side I'd be worrying about White at M4 at an awkward moment.

lacks stab-in-the-back subtlety, and Black takes advantage. White makes a poor exchange on the right, and is strong, if obvious.

[Abyssinica]

This two weeks is over~

##150 Intermediate life and death

##Up to 250

250

8 games
Me vs Woss
Me vs Hipparion
Me vs Brento
Me vs Brento #2
Me vs Wasuji
Me vs Xombar
Me vs Lavas
Me vs tonberry

##Finish 501 opening problems

##Finish the capturing stones sections of my graded go problems

##Finish 50 problems in 501 tesuji

Replay 14 pro games

1. [1983-07-28] 22nd Japanese Judan, winner section round 2
Ishida Yoshio 9p Sakata Eio 9p W+0.5

2. [1985-11-20] 1st Japan-China Supergo, game 15
Nie Weiping 9p Fujisawa Hideyuki 9p B+7.5

3.[2014-11-29] 55th Japanese Okan, title match
Yamashiro Hiroshi 9p Hane Naoki 9p W+R

4. [1982-12-15] 38th Japanese Honinbo, league
Fujisawa Hideyuki 9p Takemiya Masaki 9p W+R

5. Invincible #1

6. Invincible #6

7. Invincible #7

8. Invincible #8

9. Invincible #9

10. Invincible #10

11. Invincible #11

12. Invincible #12

13. Invincible #13

14. Invincible #14


By 25 December 2014 I need to have:

273 - 350 Intermediate Tsumego
1 - 100 out of 501 opening problems
51 - 101 out of 501 Tesuji
14 additional pro games
8 games

[Abyssinica]

Currently I have over 800 Go seigen games compiled in 50 move kifu diagrams. I'm wondering if I should undertake the project to play them all out and save them as an sgf file to compile them all...

[Abyssinica]

22 August 2015

##Tsumego##
//Start 156 Elementary end 249
//Start 1 Intermediate end 30
//Start 1 Gokyo Shumyo end 5
//Start 1 501 Tesuji end 9
//Start 20 Graded Go Problems for Dan Players Fuseki end 35
//Start 73 Graded Go Problems for Dan Players Tesuji end 96


##Pro Games##

//[1983-03-03] 21st Japanese Judan, title match #1
Cho Chikun 9p (Black) vs. Kato Masao 9p (White) W+0.5 (5.5 komi)

[Jujube]

Currently I have over 800 Go seigen games compiled in 50 move kifu diagrams. I'm wondering if I should undertake the project to play them all out and save them as an sgf file to compile them all...

What software do you use to split the diagrams every 50 moves?

[Abyssinica]

Currently I have over 800 Go seigen games compiled in 50 move kifu diagrams. I'm wondering if I should undertake the project to play them all out and save them as an sgf file to compile them all...

What software do you use to split the diagrams every 50 moves?

http://www.lifein19x19.com/forum/viewto ... collection

[Abyssinica]

23 August 2015

##Tsumego##
//Start 250 Elementary end 261
//Start 31 Intermediate end 70
//Start 5 Gokyo Shumyo end 10
//Start 35 Graded Go Problems for Dan Players Fuseki end 50


##Pro Games##

//[1963-09-29] 2nd Japanese Old Meijin, title match #7
Fujisawa Hideyuki 8p (Black) vs. Sakata Eio 9p (White) W+R (5 komi)

[Abyssinica]

From now on all of my posts in this journal will be in a cute colour.

I signed up for 3 years of AGA membership because 1)Why not even if I don't play any rated games because the go activity in MY CITY OF 2+ MILLION PEOPLE IS ESSENTIALLY ZERO, and 2)it was only $10 per year for people under age 23 so that's almost nothing. I'll be 21 almost 22 by the time it expires.


24 August 2015

##Tsumego##
//Start 261 Elementary end 285
//Start 71 Intermediate end 82
//Start 11 Gokyo Shumyo end 15
//Start 9 501 Tesuji end 15
//Start 50 Graded Go Problems for Dan Players Fuseki end 60
//Start 105 Graded Go Problems for Dan Players Tesuji end 116


##Pro Games##

//[1963-08-04] 2nd Japanese Old Meijin, title match #1
Sakata Eio 9p (Black) vs. Fujisawa Hideyuki 8p (White) B+1 (5 komi)

[Abyssinica]

Lost to a 1k by 6.5 points with a 7.5 komi. Even though iwin forces fights and overplays against me, he's still supposedly 4 stones stronger. (And fighting is my weakness so the difference is probably bigger.)



##Tsumego##
//Start 286 Elementary end 316
//Start 83 Intermediate end 92
//Start 16 Gokyo Shumyo end 16
//Start 61 Graded Go Problems for Dan Players Fuseki end 70
//Start 117 Graded Go Problems for Dan Players Tesuji end 120
//Start 1 Get Strong at Tesuji end 66

So I found the right answer to this problem but I wasn't confident even though I had been trying to read white to kill my answer for 5 minutes. I got it correct but there was one variation I didn't consider which turned out to not work anyways. I said that this was a bad thing and Kretzche said it was OK. I still insisted it was bad.

Kretzsche [2k]: for how long are you doing this trainign?
Khelly [5k]: ??
Khelly [5k]: Training?
Kretzsche [2k]: yea
Khelly [5k]: what training?
Kretzsche [2k]: tsumego practice
t3suji [2d]: gokyo shumyo?
Khelly [5k]: This book or this problem?
t3suji [2d]: gokyo shumyo is fun if I remember correctly. By the time you get to the end, you can start right from the beginning
Kretzsche [2k]: the practice of solving tsumego in this throughout way in general
Khelly [5k]: Oh
Khelly [5k]: Uhh
Khelly [5k]: For over 3000+ problems
Khelly [5k]: Mostly repeats in cho's elementary about 4 times
Khelly [5k]: intermediate once through
Kretzsche [2k]: why still 5k?

RIGHT IN THE FEELS

[Abyssinica]

I lost to a 5k because I defended a cut incorrectly and there was too much cutting aji. For most of the game I ~tried~ to pay attention to batt's fundamentals as given in his back to the basics series, but I think I just forgot about them halfway through the game. After I was cut I just looked for a place to resign unless he couldn't kill.

Not a move I would consider normally, but it looks fairly big to me.

Symmetrical double wing, I should invade now yes?

Not sure what to play here; I think white can just cut and fight. Maybe 23 was wrong

much like b11, I don't think I'd play it normally, but it seems good.

should be tiger's mouth no? Or was direct connection better? I dunno, I wanted to elicit a response to semi defend in sente.

Well I'm surrounded now, I should jump out, no? UGHHH

Maybe I should've read that attachment for longer than, "Oh, I have to push out now and white will split me." and actually see if white can wiggle his way out while I try to connect myself.

I was scared of those weird attachments I know exist in that high enclosure but I don't know what their variations are

:b103: Oops. No, I'm not going to get myself cut to cut these two stones off. Abandon plan.



It's at times like this I wonder how do people actually improve since it's some metaphysical concept.

[Knotwilg]

Go to 161

[Abyssinica]

Actually I need to not panic and just give up because reading THAT should be easily feasible.

Less passively defending
Less giving up
More actual reading

[Knotwilg]

It's at times like this I wonder how do people actually improve since it's some metaphysical concept.

By going back to basics. Like reading and counting liberties.

Good luck!

[skydyr]

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