Could I have jumped 4 stones in strength in a week?

[EdLee]

In a moyo game, I feel as if players are just fencing off big chunks of territory, and that's that.

Hi Babelardus,

As Bill alluded to, that's not the true nature of moyo games.
Perhaps the games you have experienced so far gave you that impression.

But moyo games can be very nerve wrecking and exciting -- huge, whole board nasty fights.
You can enjoy the Honinbo game 3 that just finished yesterday.

[Babelardus]

In a moyo game, I feel as if players are just fencing off big chunks of territory, and that's that.

Hi Babelardus,

As Bill alluded to, that's not the true nature of moyo games.
Perhaps the games you have experienced so far gave you that impression.

They certainly did. I'll have to see if I can find some other player besides Takemiya Masaki who plays a lot of moyo games, so I can take a look at how they handle it.

But moyo games can be very nerve wrecking and exciting -- huge, whole board nasty fights.
You can enjoy the Honinbo game 3 that just finished yesterday.

I'll take a look at it, thanks

[Babelardus]

Well, darn.

It seems lectures alone don't provide a permanent and ongoing strength improvement. Since I've been watching more lectures, I try to apply most of the concepts I see in them, but it looks like I'm quite bad at prioritizing which concept is important at which point in the game (or even, is important at all).

Before, my strength was stable at around +/- 9k or 10k (guess, as I took 4 stones from GNU Go most of the time), then about 4 stones stronger than that, and now I'm fluctuating in between 10k and 1k or so.

Sometimes I'm destroying GNU Go and Cosumi, even when *giving* them up to two handicap stones, and once, even beat Fuego 1.1 (the 2011 version, not yet 1.1 r2029) running at full strength. There are games however, that I lose by 50 points or so, even against GNU Go when *taking* 2 handicap stones again...

[Bill Spight]

Sometimes I'm destroying GNU Go and Cosumi, even when *giving* them up to two handicap stones, and once, even beat Fuego 1.1 (the 2011 version, not yet 1.1 r2029) running at full strength. There are games however, that I lose by 50 points or so, even against GNU Go when *taking* 2 handicap stones again...

There is a saying in go: "The waves are large."

[EdLee]

It seems lectures alone don't provide a permanent and ongoing strength improvement.

( my emphasis )

Correct observation and conclusion.