Help my review

[joppon]

Just played a DDK and I wrote a review to offer some advice. However I foolishly know of no way to upload the file to ogs. So, here we are. Please feel free to chip in.

http://www.lifein19x19.com/forum/download/file.php?id=976

[Chew Terr]

On OGS, you can edit comments into the game afterwards, and it'll send them a message letting them know. Or you could message the other player and try sending a link there? If you can't embed it there, you could just link to this thread.

[joppon]

Yes, I know. This is how idiotic I am. I forgot and just typed it all up in Drago. And now I've written too much to be bothered to cut and paste it all. Irritating.

[joppon]

On W46 the variation leading to B55: B55 is wrong, of course.

[EdLee]

joppon, a few ideas for you

(;CA[utf-8]RU[Japanese]FF[4]GM[1]AP[MultiGo:4.4.4]SZ[19]OT[1 days / move]GN[OGS Kuksu 6th Cycle (Main Class), Round 1 Group 39]
GC[Game ID: 273403]EV[OGS Kuksu 6th Cycle Main Class]RO[1]DT[2011-04-02,2011-06-21]
PC[Online Go.com: http://www.online-go.com]PB[joppon]BR[8 k]PW[weavehole]WR[29 k]
KM[6.5]HA[0]MULTIGOGM[0]
;B[pd];W[dp]C[J. influence ...territory, ...concentrated, fighting...

E. No. Scratch all 3 for this level. Just basic shapes.]
;B[qp];W[dd];B[fq];W[eq];B[fp];W[ch]LB[dn:b]C[J. No...

E to J. Just show the jump to W(b) is enough.]
(;B[co]C[E. No. See var.]
(;W[cp]C[E to J. See var.];B[do]
(;W[fr]C[E to J. See var.];B[gr]
(;W[fs]C[E to J. See var.];B[ep];W[dr];B[dk]C[J. The sequence... stems directly from W8.

E. Bad for W, yes, but B also played wrong.]
;W[pp]LB[fs:a][er:b]C[J. Not necessary...

E to J. No need to comment. What is more important at this level is basic shapes like (a) should be at (b), which was not pointed out to him.]
;B[pq];W[po];B[oq];W[qm];B[qo]C[E. Bad.];W[qn]TR[qo][qp]SQ[pp][po][qn]C[E. Bad exchange. You hit yourself on the head and reduce your own libs.]
;B[on];W[pn]TR[on][qo]SQ[po][pn]C[E. Bad. You make broken shape for yourself.];B[qj]
;W[rk];B[qk]
(;W[rl]C[E to J. Wrong shape. See var.];B[rn];W[om];B[rm];W[ql]TR[qk][rm]SQ[ql]
[qm][rl]C[E to J. Bad exchange again. You make broken shape for yourself, reduce your own libs, hit yourself on your head.]
;B[rj];W[oo];B[fd];W[ec]
(;B[cf]C[E to J. See var.];W[ce];B[df];W[be];B[pl];W[nn];B[qf];W[qc]C[J. Not necessary...

E to J. Not necessary to say anything here. Again, what is important is basic shapes.]
;B[pc];W[qd];B[qe];W[pb];B[ob]
(;W[pa]LB[fs:a]C[E to J. Same basic shape mistake like (a). See var.];B[oa];W[rb]
(;B[mc]C[E to J. Funny shape. See var.];W[bf];B[jj];W[ef];B[ic];W[dg]C[J.

E to J. No need to say anything here.]
;B[nk];W[fe]C[J. See...

E to J. No need.];B[mp];W[ln];B[mm];W[mn];B[lm];W[kp]
;B[kn];W[lo];B[lq];W[kq];B[iq];W[gd];B[if]C[J. Your biggest problem seems to be that...

E to J. No. The important thing for him is basic shapes, which also applies to you in some cases. End of notes.]
;W[fc];B[gi];W[ei];B[fj];W[bk];B[cm];W[bm];B[bn];W[bp];B[bl];W[cl];B[dl];W[al];B[ra]
;W[qb];B[rd];W[rc];B[re];W[hg];B[ig];W[hf];B[ie];W[he];B[gb];W[hb];B[hc];W[kh];B[mh]
;W[ji];B[ij];W[ii];B[hi];W[ol];B[ok];W[kj];B[jo];W[kk];B[li];W[ki];B[jl];W[qq];B[rq]
;W[ih];B[hh];W[id];B[jd];W[hd];B[ke];W[lh];B[mg];W[mi];B[mj];W[lj];B[mk];W[ni];B[og]
;W[pi];B[qh];W[qi];B[ri];W[ml];B[ll];W[nl];B[lk];W[kl];B[km])
(;B[nc]))
(;W[qb]C[E. Connect. Basic shape.]))
(;B[fc]C[E to J. Just block. B is happy with this exchange.]))
(;W[ql]C[E. Basic shape.]))
(;W[er]C[E to J. Connect. Basic shape.]))
(;W[ep];B[eo];W[fo]))
(;W[do]LB[cm:a][ip:b]C[E to J. B is split, broken shape. Now (a) and (b) directions are miai for W.]))
(;B[do]C[E. The follow-up is here.];W[co];B[dn];W[cn];B[cp];W[cq];B[bp];W[bq];B[ep]
;W[dq];B[cm];W[bo];B[bn];W[ap];B[dm]C[E. Joseki.]))

[joppon]

EdLee, for some reason I cannot download the sgf. Is it on my end or yours? Well, if it's yours, I'll have to wait for my riposte.

edit: Weavehole, listen to EdLee, he's better at this than I am.

[EdLee]

joppon, it seems to work OK on this end... try again?

[weavehole]

Thanks very much to you both for taking the time to comment.
It seems the main thing for me to take away is not to concentrate solely on the corners, which I've tried to avoid in more recent games. (I lost a few games for that reason).

Plus, to use 'basic shapes'. Could you point me in the direction of some examples of those, if possible? Just a link to a useful tutorial if one springs to mind. If not I'll keep the idea in mind as I look around.

I have a bunch of apps on the iphone which have some life n death and joseki puzzles plus some annotated pro games. I'll keep studying when I have the time.

All good fun though.

Thanks again.

[EdLee]

not to concentrate solely on the corners

Yes, we must always look at both the local situation and the global situation.
This takes a lot of experience.

We can see a lot of good, pro basic shapes in josekis.

Just keep playing. If you have not finished 100 games yet,
try to do so as quickly as your time allows. (Smaller boards will save you
a lot of time this way.)

After that, once in a while, when you play a serious game and don't know
why you lose, post it here for reviews. It's a very long journey.

[weavehole]

Ok, thanks.

I'll play a few more 9 x 9 games if you think that's useful.

[EdLee]

weavehole, yes, you'll learn a lot from experience right now. 9x9, 11x11, 13x13, 15x15... are all good.
(But if you have much less than 100 games, the smaller boards can save you time.)