Kirby's Study Journal

[Kirby]

I decided to play LeelaZero today without handicap, since the handicap stuff doesn't seem to work well.

I've been trying to play more games, and I succeeded in waking up early enough today. I like playing humans more than computers, but I'm feeling a little depressed today, so I decided to just play LZ.

I feel somewhat selfish being depressed. We accepted an offer on our house yesterday, but it was for less money than we were expecting to get. I feel selfish, because we still made a profit, and we are doing OK financially. But simply because I had this expectation of $X and we got $Y with Y < X, I feel a bit down.

I'm not typically driven by money that much, so I feel like I'm acting pretty entitled. A lot of people can't afford to buy a house, so why does something like this get me down? Money doesn't even matter after a certain point.

Then why am I depressed? Maybe there's another reason, but I'm not sure what it is.

Maybe it's from the memories my family had in that house - it was our first home, so it's a bit sad to see it go.

Maybe lack of sleep from getting up early.

Nonetheless, I decided to play LZ instead of human today.

Here is the game:

[Kirby]

Thinking about it more, maybe it's my personality. Typically, the worry that occupies my mind is the thing that seems the "least good", even if objectively, it's not that bad.

From that perspective, I guess things are good. My family is healthy for now, I'm having a good time at work, I'm enjoying go, thinking about getting back into studying Korean... So I guess the thing my mind can think to worry about comes to our house.

My mind seems to do this, picking the thing of most worry, even if objectively, nothing is that bad.

Goal: Aim to be more optimistic. There can be periods of *no* worry in my life.

[Kirby]

So I didn't play much go this week. I had been doing the 5am thing for awhile, but this week, I did the 6am thing. Still exercised every day, but didn't do go.

But today was a go picnic held by Sasha, a guy in the Ann Arbor area. So I went there and played.

I didn't play that many games, because I brought my wife and kids - they were pretty bored, I think.

I did play a 1d player, though. I played against him as white, and won. Here's the first part of the game:



I might have a few moves mixed up.

Don also showed up. We played a few games. I'm up to beating him at 7 stones now. Well, we only played 1 game at 7 stones, but I won (after winning at 6 and 5 stones).

I'll see if I can have a better routine this week.

[Kirby]

I bit the bullet and installed windows. I had wanted to play on Tygem again for awhile, but I kept getting some dependency problem in installing wine32 on ubuntu. So I just installed Windows. I only use my web browser most of the time while I'm using my computer at home, so I guess it's no big deal.

Many players were online, as usual. And my request to play a longer game was rejected, as usual. So I played a game with 5 minutes of main time.

Here it is.



I got pretty lucky a couple of times.

[Kirby]

Pre-Elf review highlights (my thoughts)

Position 1
This is a no-no:

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$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
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$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O O O . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . X X . X B . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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[go]$$B
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$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
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$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O O O . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . X X . X B . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I felt it was wrong, but I should just play here I think:

$$B
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O O O . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . X X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . B . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$B
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O O O . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . X X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . B . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Better shape.

Or here to take away liberties:

$$B
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O O O . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . X X B X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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[go]$$B
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
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$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O O O . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . X X B X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Position 2
This move is questionable:

$$B
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O O X . O . . O . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , X X . . . , B . . . . X . X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | O . O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . O X . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . X X . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . X X O X . X O O . O . . . . O . O . |
$$ | . O X O X . . X . . O X X . X X X X . |
$$ | . O X O X X . X . . . O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O O O X . X , . . . O . O O X . |
$$ | . . X X O X X . O . O . . . . O X X . |
$$ | . X X O . O . . . . . . . . . O O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$B
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O O X . O . . O . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , X X . . . , B . . . . X . X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | O . O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . O X . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . X X . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . X X O X . X O O . O . . . . O . O . |
$$ | . O X O X . . X . . O X X . X X X X . |
$$ | . O X O X X . X . . . O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O O O X . X , . . . O . O O X . |
$$ | . . X X O X X . O . O . . . . O X X . |
$$ | . X X O . O . . . . . . . . . O O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Because, as seen in the game, my follow up isn't that strong if he resist (as he did in the game).

I kind of like going for a big shape like this:

$$B
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O O X . O . . O . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , X X . . . , . . . . . X . X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . B . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | O . O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . O X . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . X X . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . X X O X . X O O . O . . . . O . O . |
$$ | . O X O X . . X . . O X X . X X X X . |
$$ | . O X O X X . X . . . O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O O O X . X , . . . O . O O X . |
$$ | . . X X O X X . O . O . . . . O X X . |
$$ | . X X O . O . . . . . . . . . O O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$B
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O O X . O . . O . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , X X . . . , . . . . . X . X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . B . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | O . O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . O X . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . X X . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . X X O X . X O O . O . . . . O . O . |
$$ | . O X O X . . X . . O X X . X X X X . |
$$ | . O X O X X . X . . . O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O O O X . X , . . . O . O O X . |
$$ | . . X X O X X . O . O . . . . O X X . |
$$ | . X X O . O . . . . . . . . . O O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Position 3
Corner is pretty big, so I think I should answer this at the marked spot, instead of my tenuki:

$$B
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . O O . . . . . W C . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O O X . O . X O . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , X X . . B , X O . . . X . X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | O . O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . O X . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . X X . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . X X O X . X O O . O . . . . O . O . |
$$ | . O X O X . . X . . O X X . X X X X . |
$$ | . O X O X X . X . . . O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O O O X . X , . . . O . O O X . |
$$ | . . X X O X X . O . O . . . . O X X . |
$$ | . X X O . O . . . . . . . . . O O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$B
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . O O . . . . . W C . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O O X . O . X O . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , X X . . B , X O . . . X . X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | O . O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . O X . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . X X . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . X X O X . X O O . O . . . . O . O . |
$$ | . O X O X . . X . . O X X . X X X X . |
$$ | . O X O X X . X . . . O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O O O X . X , . . . O . O O X . |
$$ | . . X X O X X . O . O . . . . O X X . |
$$ | . X X O . O . . . . . . . . . O O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

It's a pretty big sacrifice to give up the corner like that.
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I'll keep it at those points for now.

[Kirby]

According to Elf

One of the first moves that seems to clash pretty badly with Elf is this one:

$$B
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . C . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . B . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$B
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . C . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . B . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

The winning percentage for black drops by almost 10%. My basic understanding from looking at the variations is that it's pretty big to enclose or approach the top left around the marked areas. So that's what white is aiming to do next. But in this variation, white can keep black down low *and* get to approach up top. Then again, not all variations go that way.

Something like this:

$$B
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . C . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O 2 O 0 . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . X 1 4 X 3 8 . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . 7 5 6 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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[go]$$B
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$$ | . . . . C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . C . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
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$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . O O 2 O 0 . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . X 1 4 X 3 8 . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . 7 5 6 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

$$B
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$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . O O O O O . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . X X O X X O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X X O X 1 . . . . . . . . . . . |
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[go]$$B
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$$ | . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . 2 . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
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$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . O O O O O . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . X X O X X O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X X O X 1 . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Black is pressed down low, so I guess white has a good result there, and gets to play on top.

In contrast, with Elf's suggestion:

$$B
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$$ | . . . O . O B . . , . . . . . O . . . |
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[go]$$B
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$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . O B . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

White is inclined to block on the other side, so black gets good territory on the left:

$$B
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$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 3 O . O X . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . 1 . 2 X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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[go]$$B
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$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 3 O . O X . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . 1 . 2 X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I like black getting territory on the left, so I can see this. But what if white blocks the same way as in the variation that was good for white, above?

$$B
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$$ | . . X , . 5 . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . |
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$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 4 . . . O 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O . O B . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . 2 X 1 3 X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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[go]$$B
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$$ | . . X , . 5 . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . |
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$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 4 . . . O 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O . O B . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . 2 X 1 3 X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I guess with the marked black stone in place, black can push up to make a position on the bottom, which is useful for one. In this variation, incidentally, black also gets to enclose the top.

It's hard for me to definitively judge this. But it seems that there is some value in the hane that black can get locally, especially if white blocks this way. So if I know that white is going to block this way, the hane might be worth doing.

In this case, when white blocks on the right, I get good territory on the left, which is fine with me.

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Funnily, Elf thinks that the move I played in the game, but felt was wrong, is actually a good move:

$$B
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$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O O O . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . X X C X B . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . C . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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[go]$$B
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$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
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$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O O O . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . X X C X B . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . C . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Playing at one of the marked spots reduces my winning percentage (though, Elf already thinks white is winning). Elf seems to think that it's OK to be pressed down.

After white's response, Elf thinks I have a chance again. But recommends this move first:

$$B
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$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . O O O O . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . B X X . X X . O . . . . . . . . . . |
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[go]$$B
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$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
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$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O O O . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . B X X . X X . O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

It makes a lot of sense - if white blocks, then I can move out. Otherwise, I connect. Miai. Cool. I never thought of this possibility.

White my move here, Elf basically thinks I lost:

$$B
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$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
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$$ | . . B , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
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$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O O O X . X , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . X X C X X . O . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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[go]$$B
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$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
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$$ | . . B , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
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$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O O O X . X , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . X X C X X . O . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

After white pushes through, I have almost no chance according to the win percentage.

I can see that, because it was quite painful to have those stones floating.

The recommended move was to defend:

$$B
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$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
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$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O O O X . X , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . B X X C X X . O . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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[go]$$B
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O O O X . X , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . B X X C X X . O . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

And Elf thinks I'm winning.

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Evaluation after that was pretty meaningless until I captured the stones here:

$$B
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | O . O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . O X . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . X X . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . B . X O O . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O X . . X . . O X X . X . X . . |
$$ | . O X O X X . X . . . O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O O O X . X , . . . O . O . . . |
$$ | . . X X O X X . O . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$B
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | O . O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . O X . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . X X . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . B . X O O . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O X . . X . . O X X . X . X . . |
$$ | . O X O X X . X . . . O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O O O X . X , . . . O . O . . . |
$$ | . . X X O X X . O . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Suddenly, the game was turned around.

After that, the winning percentage never went down much for me, so I don't know how much I can ascertain.

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Takeaway:
My favorite takeaway was this move here:

$$B
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O O O . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . B X X . X X . O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$B
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O O O . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . B X X . X X . O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Kind of obvious, but it didn't occur to me during the game.

[Kirby]

Ug, so frustrated...

So awhile back, I was against having internet access at home - it was a waste of time, and took away from study time. But then we caved and bought internet access. A few years later, I was against smartphones - they were also a waste of time. But then we caved and bought smart phones.

Since moving back to Michigan, even though we have smartphones, we decided not to get internet access again, because we can just use the internet access from the phone - and it's all a waste of time, anyway :-p

Well, for today's game, I used my phone to get my computer connected to the internet, and then connected to Tygem. I began the game here:



But then my internet connection died. Oh well. I should have had better Internet connection. I felt good about the game up until then.

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Part 2

Then, in search of Internet, I drive to the library - it's closing, but I should have time to reconnect. Well, library wifi isn't working. Get back in the car...

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Part 3

Next stop - McDonald's. They have wifi, I think. Stop at McDonald's - buy something small, then get on laptop. Connect... Not connecting.

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Part 4

Carry laptop around McDonald's, find customer area having optimal wifi connection (per my extremely sound, scientific approach of watching the wifi connection graph on my computer).

Find optimal area. Good. Connect to wifi. Takes some time. Looks like it's working.

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Part 5

Not connecting. Phone seems to have better connection. Then phone connection is down. Back and forth a bit. Finally settle on McDonald's wifi.

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Part 6

It's getting late, so simultaneously start up Tygem, KGS, and OGS, try to get a game on all. Setup KGS automatch to accept any opponent up until 9 stones, any time setting.

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Part 7

We are good! Game is on.

Here it is:

[Kirby]

It's getting late, so I won't review in detail. I'll just point out one detail:

Black could have killed me for awhile - I was too careless, and underestimated my opponent:

$$B
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | O . X O X . . . . . O . O O . X . . . |
$$ | X X X O . X X X O . . O X O O X . . . |
$$ | . O O X X X O . O O O X X X O X . . . |
$$ | . X O O X O O O O X X X X O O X . . . |
$$ | . B . O O X X X X X . X O O X X . . . |
$$ | . . O O X X . . . . . . X X . . X X . |
$$ | . O X O O X . . X O O . . . X O O O . |
$$ | . O X . O O . . X X O . O . . X X O . |
$$ | . X X X . X X X X O . O X X . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X . X O O O O . X O X . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X . O X . . . . X O . . X O . . |
$$ | . . X X . . O . . . . . . . . X O O . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X O . |
$$ | . . O O O O . O O X X X X X X O O X X |
$$ | . . O X X X X . X O X O X O O , . O . |
$$ | . O X O O O X . X O X O O O . O O X . |
$$ | . O X X O . O X O O O X . . O . . . . |
$$ | . X . X . O O X . O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$B
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | O . X O X . . . . . O . O O . X . . . |
$$ | X X X O . X X X O . . O X O O X . . . |
$$ | . O O X X X O . O O O X X X O X . . . |
$$ | . X O O X O O O O X X X X O O X . . . |
$$ | . B . O O X X X X X . X O O X X . . . |
$$ | . . O O X X . . . . . . X X . . X X . |
$$ | . O X O O X . . X O O . . . X O O O . |
$$ | . O X . O O . . X X O . O . . X X O . |
$$ | . X X X . X X X X O . O X X . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X . X O O O O . X O X . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X . O X . . . . X O . . X O . . |
$$ | . . X X . . O . . . . . . . . X O O . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X O . |
$$ | . . O O O O . O O X X X X X X O O X X |
$$ | . . O X X X X . X O X O X O O , . O . |
$$ | . O X O O O X . X O X O O O . O O X . |
$$ | . O X X O . O X O O O X . . O . . . . |
$$ | . X . X . O O X . O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

He *didn't* kill me, but I shouldn't have left my stones like that. I forgot the shape was weak. At least by this point in the game, I should come up with a strategy so that my stones don't die:

$$B
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | O . X O X . . . . . O . O O . X . . . |
$$ | X X X O . X X X O . . O X O O X . . . |
$$ | . O O X X X O . O O O X X X O X . . . |
$$ | . . . O X O O O O X X X X O O X . . . |
$$ | . . . O O X X X X X . X O O X X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . X X . . X X . |
$$ | . O X . O X . . . . . . . . X O O O . |
$$ | . O X . O . . . . . . . . . . X X O . |
$$ | . X X X . . . . . , . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X . X . . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X . O X . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . X O O . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X O . |
$$ | . . O O O O . O O X X . . . . . O X X |
$$ | . . O X X X X . X O X . . O . X X O . |
$$ | . O X O O O X . X O X O . O X . O . . |
$$ | . O X X O . O X O O O X . . O . . . . |
$$ | . X . X . O O X . O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$B
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | O . X O X . . . . . O . O O . X . . . |
$$ | X X X O . X X X O . . O X O O X . . . |
$$ | . O O X X X O . O O O X X X O X . . . |
$$ | . . . O X O O O O X X X X O O X . . . |
$$ | . . . O O X X X X X . X O O X X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . X X . . X X . |
$$ | . O X . O X . . . . . . . . X O O O . |
$$ | . O X . O . . . . . . . . . . X X O . |
$$ | . X X X . . . . . , . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X . X . . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X . O X . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . X O O . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X O . |
$$ | . . O O O O . O O X X . . . . . O X X |
$$ | . . O X X X X . X O X . . O . X X O . |
$$ | . O X O O O X . X O X O . O X . O . . |
$$ | . O X X O . O X O O O X . . O . . . . |
$$ | . X . X . O O X . O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

It is risky even here, but much less risky than I let the game get. I just let my stones be enclosed and had a bad shape.

Opponent didn't capitalize on my mistake, but it was a big opportunity for him, and a big miss for me.

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Takeaway: Consider getting wifi for my house. It might be worth it. If I really think I'm wasting time, maybe we can ditch the smartphones. I can't be driving to McDonald's every day to steal their internet.

[EdLee]

Possible to get wifi for home, and have phones with no data plan.
( so the phone behaves exactly like a non-smartphone, unless with wifi. )

[Kirby]

Possible to get wifi for home, and have phones with no data plan.
( so the phone behaves exactly like a non-smartphone, unless with wifi. )

We might end up doing that. The only downside in terms of habits I have now might be that I probably won't listen to podcasts on the way to work.

But recently I started listening to audiobooks from the library, and that's worked just as well.

[Kirby]

$$B
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | O . X O X . . . . . O . O O . X . . . |
$$ | X X X O . X X X O . . O X O O X . . . |
$$ | . O O X X X O . O O O X X X O X . . . |
$$ | . . . O X O O O O X X X X O O X . . . |
$$ | . . . O O X X X X X . X O O X X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . X X . . X X . |
$$ | . O X . O X . . . . . . . . X O O O . |
$$ | . O X . O . . . . . . . . . . X X O . |
$$ | . X X X . . . . . , . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X . X . . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X . O X . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . X O O . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X O . |
$$ | . . O O O O . O O X X . . . . . O X X |
$$ | . . O X X X X . X O X . . O . X X O . |
$$ | . O X O O O X . X O X O . O X . O . . |
$$ | . O X X O . O X O O O X . . O . . . . |
$$ | . X . X . O O X . O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$B
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | O . X O X . . . . . O . O O . X . . . |
$$ | X X X O . X X X O . . O X O O X . . . |
$$ | . O O X X X O . O O O X X X O X . . . |
$$ | . . . O X O O O O X X X X O O X . . . |
$$ | . . . O O X X X X X . X O O X X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . X X . . X X . |
$$ | . O X . O X . . . . . . . . X O O O . |
$$ | . O X . O . . . . . . . . . . X X O . |
$$ | . X X X . . . . . , . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X . X . . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X . O X . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . X O O . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X O . |
$$ | . . O O O O . O O X X . . . . . O X X |
$$ | . . O X X X X . X O X . . O . X X O . |
$$ | . O X O O O X . X O X O . O X . O . . |
$$ | . O X X O . O X O O O X . . O . . . . |
$$ | . X . X . O O X . O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Jeez, looking at this now after some sleep, I was even luckier than I thought. Even if I live on the left, black just needs what? 40 points in the center to win, perhaps. Seems quite feasible.

It's a 6-stone handicap game so I guess I need some luck, but perhaps I cut things too close.

[Kirby]

I played my game for today. I'm a little afraid to play on my "Brian" account, because somehow I got lucky and that got to 4d - seems a bit high, but maybe if I study a bit more, I can try to play as 4d later.

So I decided to play again on my "Kirby" account, which I'm ranking up.

I played white against 2k:

[Kirby]

Some highlights...

Position 1
It's probably a bad idea to play here:

$$B
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . X . . . O . O . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X . . . . X X X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O O O X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . O X W O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . X X O X X X X X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X X . O . O O O X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$B
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . X . . . O . O . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X . . . . X X X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O O O X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . O X W O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . X X O X X X X X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X X . O . O O O X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Instead, I think it's much simpler to play here:

$$B
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . X . . . O . O . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . W . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X . . . . X X X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O O O X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . O X . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . X X O X X X X X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X X . O . O O O X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$B
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . X . . . O . O . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . W . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X . . . . X X X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O O O X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . O X . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . X X O X X X X X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X X . O . O O O X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Seems better.

Position 2

Black responded well, I think, so I shouldn't have continued here:

$$B
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . X . . X O O O . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X O O X O X . O . O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X . . . O X X X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X O O O O O X . X O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X X O O X . . X X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O X X X X . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O X X X O X X X X X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X X . O . O O O X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$B
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . X . . X O O O . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X O O X O X . O . O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X . . . O X X X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X O O O O O X . X O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X X O O X . . X X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O X X X X . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O X X X O X X X X X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X X . O . O O O X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I like my enthusiasm, but when something doesn't really work, it doesn't really work. I'm just increasing my loss here, and setting up to lose the game.

I should settle the losses, and be happy.

Position 3
If I *am* going to be stubborn about running to the top, then this seems like a pretty wasted move:

$$B
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . X O O O X X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . X O W . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O O X X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X O X . X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O X X O X O . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . X . . X O O O . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X O O X O X . O . O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X . . . O X X X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X O O O O O X . X O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X X O O X . . X X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O X X X X . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O X X X O X X X X X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X X . O . O O O X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$B
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . X O O O X X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . X O W . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O O X X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X O X . X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O X X O X O . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . X . . X O O O . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X O O X O X . O . O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X . . . O X X X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X O O O O O X . X O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X X O O X . . X X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O X X X X . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O X X X O X X X X X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X X . O . O O O X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I can't see a result I really like, but this move isn't doing much.

After that, he gave the game to me, so I don't have much to say.

Those are pretty much my main takeaways.

Biggest thing to try to remember is probably to avoid increasing the loss when I have lost out a little bit.

[Kirby]

Interesting variation I didn't think of:

$$B
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . X . . 7 O . O . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O 3 4 . . W . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X 0 9 6 5 X X X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O O O X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X 1 2 O X 8 O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . X X O X X X X X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X X . O . O O O X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$B
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . X . . 7 O . O . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O 3 4 . . W . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X 0 9 6 5 X X X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O O O X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X 1 2 O X 8 O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . X X O X X X X X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X X . O . O O O X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

$$B
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . X . 3 X O . O . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O X O . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X O 2 O X X X X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . 1 O O O O X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X X O O X O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . X X O X X X X X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X X . O . O O O X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$B
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . X . 3 X O . O . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O X O . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X O 2 O X X X X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . 1 O O O O X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X X O O X O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . X X O X X X X X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X X . O . O O O X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

And the house comes tumbling down...

I might be OK if I just play here, though:

$$B
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . X . . W O . O . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X . . . . X X X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O O O X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X X O O X . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . X X O X X X X X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X X . O . O O O X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$B
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . X . . W O . O . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X . . . . X X X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O O O X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X X O O X . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . X X O X X X X X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X X . O . O O O X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

[Kirby]

It's been a little while since I played go online (last time was when I posted here). I had a routine going of waking up at 5am, studying, then playing go. I was losing a lot of sleep, though - usually about 5 or 6 hours of sleep, and I got burnt out last week, and didn't play.

I watched a video online, and the guy brought up a good point that he can be more efficient with more sleep. He claimed that with 9 hours of sleep, he is twice as effective than when he has 6 hours of sleep. I believe he is more efficient with more sleep, and I believe I would be too... But I don't know how much more efficient.

Problem is, if I want to exercise, study go, and play go before work, then I need to get up early. If I want to get 7 or 8 hours of sleep, I have to go to bed early. But it's hard to do that with my family situation. So I'm faced with a decision:
1. Wake up early to do the stuff I want to do before work, but get less sleep (probably around 6 hours)
2. Wake up at a more reasonable time, and then do the stuff I want to do in the evening - I get more sleep, but I'm less active than in the morning, since it's in the evening.
3. Some combination of the above.

So what to do? It's impossible to know the optimal combination without better understanding how effective I am in the morning with little sleep vs. how effective I am in the evening with more sleep. For example, is 6 hour sleep Kirby + morning routine more effective than 8 hour sleep Kirby + evening routine? How about 6.5 hours of sleep? 7.5 hours? To really know, I need to experiment with it: find an objective measure - maybe number of go problems / hour? and measure myself with different amounts of sleep during different times of the day.

That's what I'd like to do in the long run.

But...

I'm going to the Cotsen. That's less than 3 weeks away. So I don't really have time to do this experimentation right now. So I just have to make a decision, go with it, and do my best to prepare for the tournament. After the Cotsen, I can do that experiment stuff and figure out what works best for me.

Since I didn't sustain the 5am thing last week, I decided for now, I'll get up at 7am, do exercise, then go to work. Then evening will be go study and playing a game.

Today was the first day of that routine.

I lost the game. It's the first game I lost in awhile, so does that mean that it's a bad strategy? Or maybe it's just since I didn't play or study much last week. Not sure. I'll try again tomorrow.

Anyway, here is the game: