Life In 19x19

Hello,
Can someone help-me with a review about this game? ^^

I think that my greatest mistakes started with my move at 49, because I didn't know how to use my Wall =/
Note: In my mind, I think something like "This reduce at 50 is deep, or I kill or I lost, let's try.")

I'm black.

Thank you very much.



Thank you very much!!!!

And a good week for all.

Your game losing mistake was resigning.

You still have good chances to win, especially as your opponent is not very strong. One possible plan is to reduce White's right side and build a central framework.

I think that you do know how to use your wall, or at least your attitude seems correct. Even if white lived this time, you will learn a lot by playing moves like and .

The exchange helped white out. You would consider if it would keep white weak or if you needed to play it to live. Otherwise, it is endgame.

My comment at in particular should be taken with a grain of salt since I'm not nearly strong enough to say anything decisive on the issue.

I would have played at Q15, then K17 as soon as possible after It seems to me Black was playing an influence game and the aforementioned moves would have been advantageous in this regard. Can't play for influence without establishing it first

Black resigned too early. There was still plenty of time to turn the game around, starting with an attempt to reduce White's groups on the top left and right sides. should have been played at Q8, I think. This would help shore up the weak Black group on the bottom right part of the board and help reduce the White moyo on the right side.

I recommend to the OP to replay kifu by his favorite historical or modern pro as part of his training régime, from start to finish. This way he can develop a feel for how to play in his preferred style. I think he will do well replaying games by Hon'inbô Shûei or Huang Longshi, if historical pros are his cup of tea. Otherwise, games by, say, Takemiya or Yu Chang-hyeok should prove useful. Let's not forget Rin Kai-hô and Hon'inbô Shûho; these players had an attack-oriented style that can prove useful to the influence-oriented player. As well, the OP should replay kifu by pros preferring a territorial style of play (Shûsaku, Kobayashi Kôichi and most modern Korean pros) to better understand how such players play against opponents preferring to play for influence.