A game I couldn't read

[Lamp]

A15 connects.

I don't read b as you do. What if b goes directly to C12 and C9 instead of connecting?

A15 connects the upper 2 stones to the corner, but then other stones die (shown in the diagram originally posted).

If b goes directly to C12, I suppose that's a bit of a problem. I forgot to check that sequence. I feel like you might be able to push the stones into your thickness at the top and kill an even larger group as a result, but I guess the proverb goes something like "If you can't read exactly how the killing sequence plays out, you shouldn't attempt it".

[Alguien]

at move 147, find a better move than black 148. The followup will involve a tesuji, and big gains in endgame there. Good exercise.

O1 is sente. ... But this shape is very frequent. How many times I've played not knowing that O1 was sente!

I need a list of tesuji problems or frequent shapes of some sort.

Also, Move 101 -- center is dime a dozen... not that big as he will need to spend several moves reducing that! Take sente and attack the corner, and try to keep sente! Corner usually much bigger than center.

Yes, topazg added some variations of how I should have punished that tenuki to my attachment.


Thank you.

[Alguien]

I liked the way Lamp commented. He knew he was not stronger than Alguien but still made some interesting observations. Not all made sense but that happens to me also when commenting stronger player ( even with weaker players ). I also liked the respectfull way Alguien reacted.

Hope nobody is bothered if/when I comment on a stronger player's game. It's a useful exercise for me, if nothing else, to compare my thoughts to those of other stronger players later in the thread. it also forces me to thoroughly review a game, which is something I don't do often enough.

I don't think anyone is. I did the same not two weeks ago and my comment was even after another one of a higher ranked forumite. I didn't read the previous one at first and I then compared my comments to his'.

I think commenting other people's games that you can understand (not pros) is a useful learning tool. The fact that it may help the other guy is a big bonus.