Life In 19x19

Please review this game I think I made some mistakes in the middle game. but I can't find them. Also just a curious question but what rank do you think my opponent was. I mean he was registered as tygem 15kyu but I think he was stronger than that.

Are you black or white?

I posted your game for convenience:



P.S. I assume you are black, since white won. Quick remarks:

learn to read ladders.

this move is almost useless. It doesn't attack White, doesn't make territory, and Black doesn't need to defend for the moment.

in general you should avoid empty triangles, unless you have a very good reason for that.

unnecessary. White is already captured.

at R8 probably safer.

at S5 would have kept your stones connected.

109: you capture a few stones but the corner is more important.

Thanks for the advice, by the way what rank do you think white is i am curious about that.

Hard to tell but looks much stronger than 15 kyu. I guess stronger than 10 kyu but I am not sure since the game wasn't really challenging for him.

Hard to say from only one game, but my guess is that white is 10-12k.

Here are a few thoughts. Hope they help!

BlindGroup wrote:Here are a few thoughts. Hope they help!

Thanks for the advice. on move 9 I copied leela zero and alphago as they usually do it and I had played against leela zero and did that move alot of times so I felt fairly confident in it. and that ladder I didn't read it out and it was a bad mistake.

the cut at 57 was due to me not knowing which move to do next

Darknessmoves wrote:the cut at 57 was due to me not knowing which move to do next

Others may disagree, but as a general rule, I try not to cut unless I can clearly see that the result will be advantageous.

BlindGroup wrote:

Darknessmoves wrote:the cut at 57 was due to me not knowing which move to do next

Others may disagree, but as a general rule, I try not to cut unless I can clearly see that the result will be advantageous.

To be honest, I'd do the same if I could, but my reading ability is not good enough to read enough to see if it'd be advantageous. plus I am still in the stage of knowing why a move is a good move except some obviouly good moves.