Hi All,
As I've had hard time to stick to tens of my training routines - decided to go public
Simple SWOT analysis:
STRENGTHS:
- reading/living (love doing tons of easy/mid tsumegos)
- not being afraid to experiment
- aggressive/territorial play
WEAKNESSESS:
- not reading during games
- playing too fast and losing the wholeboard perspective doing so
- losing sente too easily
OPPORTUNITIES:
- freeing up some time in the evening to focus on go (at least 30-60min)
- Guo's Internet Go School
THREATS:
- Work
- Laziness...
The Plan:
- continue doing tsumegos
- study more joseki patterns (and yes - memorizing them)
- playing some games and throwing these here with brief comments. I would greatly appreciate your comments too, guys.
Currently I am 3k OGS, 2D Tygem and 5k EGF.
I'm setting my first milestone as 1D OGS and second milestone at 1D EGF.
So let's go
Managed to get first game today. Failed at playing slow (around 4 minutes
)
(;GM[1]FF[4]CA[UTF-8]AP[WebGoBoard:0.10.11]ST[2]SZ[19]KM[6.5]HA[0]RE[B+R]DT[2019-06-09]PB[strlov]BR[2D]PW[jungtotp]WR[2D];B[pd];W[dq];B[qp];W[cd];B[nq];W[qj];B[ed];W[cg];B[cc];W[gc](;B[bd]C[Played myself, should recognize this shape and back off];W[dc];B[dd];W[ce];B[db];W[bc];B[cb];W[bb]C[White got slice of corner, annoying G17 and black group is still not so alive];B[jc];W[ge];B[ef];W[gg];B[eh];W[je];B[mc];W[fb];B[eb];W[fc];B[ec];W[di];B[fi];W[ej];B[hi];W[ih];B[gk];LB[cn:C][ih:2][iq:A][qj:1][ql:B]W[el]C[Don't like being pushed around like this. At least white got two groups. Thought about limiting at A, point building exchange at B and deeper invasion at C.];B[cn]C[Went with C, as I dont know what to do with R10 yet. I felt, that G17 can be somehow attacked later.];W[cp];B[en];W[fm];B[ep];W[fr];B[go];W[hm];B[io];W[cl];B[co]C[Too slow?];W[qc];B[qd];W[pc];B[oc];W[ob];B[nb];W[od];B[nc];W[rd];B[re];W[rc];B[qf];W[pb];B[oe]C[Looking at R10];W[lq]C[White is making third group.];B[ql]C[With M3 R10 and G17 I can start to prepare some attack. I think, that keeping at least one group separated from the rest should be good enough. It's not a point when black NEED to kill anything to win.];LB[mp:A][no:C][np:B]W[qh]C[I don't like any of ABC so went with bump.](;B[mq];W[lp]C[Not sure if making white stronger was a good idea. N3 is not keeping the corer as safe as I thought.];B[ir]C[Cutting the escape to F2];W[ln];B[jm]C[Cutting escape to H7];W[ll];B[jk]C[Thought this might be handy, if white would try to counterattack G9 group. And slightly helpw to separate M8 from J12];W[qn];B[mo];W[lo];B[om];W[qq];B[pp];W[rp];B[ro];W[rq];B[qo];W[or];B[oq];W[pq];B[nr];W[ps]C[I dont mind taking some extra strength in lower right in this case.];B[lj]C[Now just separate. I don't think white can easily manage R10, J12 and M8 grups.];W[mj];B[lk];W[ml](;B[mk];W[ol];B[pk];W[nk];B[nj];W[oj];B[ni];W[ok];B[pj];W[oi];B[pi];W[pm];B[pl];W[nh];B[mi];W[ph];B[nm];W[nl];B[lg];W[no];B[pn];W[qi];B[og]C[I feel this exchange gives some strength in sente.];W[oh]C[R12 group is not entirely alive, but J12 seems more open so I try to look for shape point. I used only 3 minutes from 10 at this point - should play slower :/];B[hf];W[gf];B[dh];W[ch];B[hb];W[ic];B[ib];W[hc];B[jd];W[ie];B[jg];W[ig];B[id];W[fe];B[df];W[cf];B[hd];W[fh];B[ei];W[gi];B[gj];W[gh];B[fj];W[kh];B[kg];W[ij];B[ii];W[jh];B[ji];W[ki];B[jj];W[mh];B[lh];W[li];B[mj];W[le];B[mf])(;B[nk];W[mk];B[oj];W[li]C[playable?]))(;B[np])(;B[mp])(;B[no]))(;B[dd];W[bd](;B[eb];W[jc];B[bc];W[cj])(;B[jc];W[eb])))