Hi, I played this on KGS last night, and was reasonably happy, despite losing. I lost my way a bit in the middle of the game, and seemed to lose sight of what I was trying to do, any pointers would be greatly appreciated. I have put my thoughts down as I remembered them from during the game, and a few that I had after:



Thanks, fwiffo, for the very clear posting instructions!

6: Yes it is bad in this case.
13: The relationship between G17 and L17 is not good; White can break through with H16 or K16. Furthermore he has the connection at L18 available, so this move in fact hardly pressures White at all.
16: Now you see the consequence; J15 is already damaged.
27: Too slow. Gives you little.
29: No, C6 is fine and is better than D10.
41: Cutting through only hurts your F10 group. It was once strong, but now weak after 46.
65: Too slow, just 1 stone.
67: Too slow.
69: Too slow.
71: Too slow. Your group is safe.
78: Consider P5, a move that splits O3 and R6.
85: Too slow.
90: It's safe.
93: Nope this move is better. I think L4 looks even better though.
103: Too slow, is one stone really that valuable?
109: Too greedy, yes you should have left them alone.
115: Too slow. Because White played very badly after you extracted the group from the jaws of death, you have a chance to bully White (sealing White and forcing him to make two eyes on the left is a good thing). However this move is too clunky. K8 looks better.
127: C5 >>>>> C4. B4 punishes C4 appropriately.
137: This forces White to save J8. You could J7 and kill it.
139: Too slow.
141: Too slow, it's already connected so what's the point? It just forces White to strengthen.
143: Too slow.
147: Too slow.
149: Too slow, your group doesn't just have two eyes, it has territory on the left.
151: Too slow.
167: Very bad endgame, just connect at P18, which allows for R19 in the future.
187: Too slow.

Okay I'll stop here. I was about to post overall things you could improve on in this game, but looking at my comments I think it's pretty clear what your weakness was in this game.

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Thanks for the analysis - lots to work with tonight when I can go over it at leisure.

Here is my vote for the game losing play.

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[go]$$B Capture 5
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$$ | . . O O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X O X X . . . . . . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X X . . X . O . X X O . X O . . . |
$$ | . O X X . . X O . O X O O . X , O . . |
$$ | . X X . . . X O X O O X X . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O X X X O . O . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . O . O O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . O O X X O O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | O O X O . O O X X . O O . O . O O . . |
$$ | X X X X . X O . . X X X . X . X X . . |
$$ | . . O . . X O O X X O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . X X X X O X . X . . X O . . . |
$$ | . . . . X O . . O O X X X . X O . . . |
$$ | . X X X . O . O . 3 O O X . . X O . . |
$$ | X O O X O . . . 6 5 . O X O . X O . . |
$$ | . O . O . . . . . 4 1 O O X X X O . . |
$$ | O . . O . O . . . b O X X O . X O . . |
$$ | . O O . . . . . . W X O X X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . 2 a . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

was move 158. Then Black captured one stone at "a". was better. OC, if White protects his five stones instead of capturing one stone with , Black will capture at "b", threatening to ruin White's territory.

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Everything with love. Stay safe.

Another candidate is move 177.

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The Adkins Principle:
At some point, doesn't thinking have to go on?
— Winona Adkins

Visualize whirled peas.

Everything with love. Stay safe.

Thanks Bill - quite a "duh" moment when I saw what you pointed out at 158.

Surprised you only found 2!