Jujube wrote:For the first time in a while, I have played a game without feeling utter confusion.
Nice. It happens once in a while.
<-- Interesting to study.
The game is not decided here, but it's fun to study.
A basic sequence is first hane at G4. Even if you want to jump into 3-3, first hane at G4.
( As always, there are millions of exceptions. But, when the opponent attaches in top of you like this, hane up at G4 is a basic shape.
There are cases where you don't want to hane up. )
Not good. Allowing B atari at F2 is too much -- B has miai of D2 and G3 ponnuki.
Both of you missed the basic sequence: B ataris at F2 -- B has miai of D2 and G3 ponnuki.
You should fix your shape on
.
Your note here: No. See
.
Black's
is a bit too much, too far, so invading is OK. Where to invade requires study.
Not good. A kind of standard bad habit for some beginners.
Good. This exchange is bad for Black, good for White.
Not good. Locally, the simple push at R7 destroys B's shape.
Your move at Q8 -- B can choose to give up his lone R9 stone, and take R7 himself, hurting your R6 stone.
A bigger picture, strategically: you don't want to cut off his knight's move, which is what you're doing here.
Instead, you want to attack his weak group AS A WHOLE unit.
Here, you are not satisfied to just cut off his pinky or even a limb; you want to threaten his entire group.
( As always, there are millions of exceptions. )
Up to here, let's recap the local situation. At
, B has two weak groups here: the
group, and the K3 group.
But instead of attacking his
group as a whole, splitting him up if possible,
you only caught the lone R9 stone, and how his two weak groups are connected, and has even become strength.
This change is big. In general, when weakness becomes strength (or vice versa), it's a big change.
Confused. Think of (
) as dead bugs on your windshield -- nobody cares about them.
Black is equally confused. Both of you don't understand the value of some stones.
For example, Black can connect at o6 -- you want to spend a move at P7 for 4 points IN GOTE on this board ???
Look at your 3 stones,
-- Count how many points of territory they give you,
how much power they exert, whether they cut any important enemy groups, whether they are crucial for the life of your group.
Yea,
is a floater; for example,
is probably better at H4.
Soft. At least double hane at H6. The cut at H4 requires more work (reading).
Study J18 knight's move.
Soft. Hane K12. See
-- this is why you want to understand the basic shape, at
.
( When attached, hane -- barring the millions of exceptions, as always.
)
through
104 You're correct this local sequence is bad shape for Black. See also
toothpaste.
I stop here, at just over
100.
( I fast forward... )
139 through
144
This is not small; it's big.
One more,
149
Negative 1 point in gote.
Worse than pass.
It's a double edged sword.
G3 crosscut
(not that this is anything to joke about)). You are still you. In fact, with each and every game, you are likely getting stronger (although, you may occasionally play below your level from time to time).