A way to improve reading skills

Gomoto · Post by **Gomoto** » Sat Feb 25, 2017 3:13 am

Problem:
Black to play the only move

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$ Position at move 54 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . O O O X X . . X O . . | $$ | . . O , O . . . O X X . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . X . . . . O X . . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O X . X . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . X . . . X O . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X X O X . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . X . . . O X , X . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . O X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

hint:

answer:

illluck · Post by **illluck** » Sat Feb 25, 2017 10:47 am

Interesting - my instinct was the below:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$ Maybe $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . O O O X X . . X O . . | $$ | . . O , O . . . O X X . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . X . . . . O X . . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O X . X . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . X . . . X O . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . X . O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X X O X . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . X . . . O X , X . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . O X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Fedya · Post by **Fedya** » Sat Feb 25, 2017 12:50 pm

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$ Position at move 54 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O b . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . O O O X X . . X O . . | $$ | . . O , O . . . O X X . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . X . . . . O X . . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O X . X . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . X . . c X O . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . X . . | $$ | . . a . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X X O X . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . X . . . O X , X . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . O X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Before reading the hint, I would have thought about a, b, or c; after, I thought of

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Gomoto · Post by **Gomoto** » Mon Aug 07, 2017 5:29 am

Some comments for a friend

Dont look at the game if you were not one of the players

Gomoto · Post by **Gomoto** » Fri Aug 11, 2017 10:00 am

Comments for a friend

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Gomoto · Post by **Gomoto** » Sun Aug 20, 2017 2:45 pm

Variationen für einen Freund
(wrong joseki choice of black in the upper left is not in the sgf, e17 not b17 and it is still a game.)

Gomoto · Post by **Gomoto** » Fri Aug 25, 2017 11:43 am

(Game was played without komi, white only wins with 4 points not 9.5)

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tongue in cheek comments for a friend

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tongue in cheek two

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