Redundant, what were you doing in Kyoto and what was it like, especially in terms of go? I ask because I'm studying abroad there next spring.
Re: #68 Redundant 3k vs Loons 3k, 9x9
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 6:43 pm
by Redundant
Loons wrote:I did mean would you like to restart from nigiri onwards if you're keen ?
Sounds good. I think I've gotten a good deal better at 9x9 in the time since this game started.
Jedo wrote:Redundant, what were you doing in Kyoto and what was it like, especially in terms of go? I ask because I'm studying abroad there next spring.
I didn't have the time to do any go playing in Kyoto, but it was awesome. The temples are amazing, and the whole city is just beautiful. My only advice is to not go in August, as the heat is almost unbearable.
I've been playing a lot of OGS 9x9 games. As black, I play the center. If my opponent one space approaches or knights move approaches, I then attach. I basically try to seal in white and then kill when they try to live on the outside.
Go is supposed to be a social game, right? In a at most tangentially related note, I had a dream last night that I was in New Zealand, visiting Shaddy who was a foreign exchange student there. I'm still not sure if it was a nightmare.
He ignored my contact, so I take my local (hehe local on 9-9 is the entire board) profit. If I find time, I'll dig out some of my OGS games starting with this opening. I play a couple of 9x9 games there each week.
Yeh, I like how sometimes the game degenerates into a single mad, scrappy and vulgar fight sometimes. "Sometimes".
On the tactical front, after he cuts I will pick up the forcing atari and then sacrifice one side. He has a lot of input into how the rest of the game goes. Specifically, I will try and sacrifice the two stones with an eye to a split-down-the-middle board. A split-down-the middle board in which komi is huge.
My reckoning is that a line like this is good for me, but tricky enough that I might miss something. Also I would like to find something for my two stones to do as zombies. I would like to read a bit further, but I might as well just see his moves, because I dislike the alternative;
Which, hmm. Seems possible, the ball is very much in black's court with the forcing moves.
A little worried about wishful thinking 'cause of the fast play (knock wood), but as I'm seeing a lot of good lines for me, I'm happy to keep the fast pace up.
Edit (grammar)
Edit 2: Metastrategy. Actually, it is my next move that requires thought, not his. So, perhaps playing my next move quickly is a mistake, even though d6 looks very nice to me. I should examine alternatives. It is of course possible that he has gone to bed and is not going to continue our 20 minute move recent schedule.
Re: #68 Redundant vs Loons, 9x9
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 6:57 am
by Chew Terr
Redundant wrote:You know what I really like about 9x9. It gets interesting very quickly. It's also quite difficult to adapt to after playing a bunch of 19x19.