Life In 19x19

I played this game just now. My opponent was 12k, but I lost by 9.5 points. He played rather solidly, almost like Shusaku Still, I have not been playing daily and it shows in my less-than-optimal opening plays. And I did give up 6 White stones in the lower right corner, so this might have decided the game in my opponent's favor. Much obliged in advance for your comments.

C10.

C10.

D6. Shared vital point.

D6. Shared vital point.

Q8.

Common mistake.

N4.

- Terrible exchange for B.

Slow.

.. Seems big thank-you sequence for B.

.. Another thank-you sequence for B.

Greedy/reckless, perhaps. G9.

- Another thank-you exchange for B.
Without this, you could capture the 2 stones with B7.
G9.

Confused/misread.

G9.

G9.

Another thank-you move.
Standard, common mistake.

Locally, bad shape for W, thanks to ;
see Toothpaste and related pages.

P6.

Confused, giving free points to B, forcing B to live happily.

K9. Capture free gift on a bigger scale, live happily.

Almost a pass.

Gote. B can ignore this.

100 Small, slow, & gote.

111 Small. ( Much bigger: M2, H2, A5, etc. )

130 Bad habit. Re: .

139 Small. Re: 111.

140 Almost a pass.

147 Almost a pass.

159 Thank-you move. H2.

184 o1.

211 If B first throws in D8, if W takes,
the rest the same sequence, W may die.

262 -1 point gote.

263 -1 point gote.

Recurring problems:

• Basic shape problems;
• Bad habits ( , 130 );
• Small, slow moves;
• Sense of sente/gote;
• Thank-you moves;
• Reading mistakes.