game against stronger player of our club (2k kgs)

[otenki]

I played a game against a 2k from my club, I think I played relatively ok (since i only lost by 14) points except maybe the invasion on the right.
Howhever I really have no idea what the other mistakes are. Maybe my attachement on the left could also have been somewhere else to yield a better result?

Any hints ?

Much appreciated!!!

Otenki

[mitsun]

You lost this game in yose! It looked like a lot of your endgame play involved "wishful reading", assuming that your opponent would answer the way you wanted, but in this game he consistently found bigger moves.

The endgame started after move 103, when all weak groups were secure and the major territories were mapped out. At this point, I think W has a lead and should win with good endgame play. Try estimating the score and see if you agree.

The invasion starting at move 106 was hopeless and very costly. The exchange 120-121 in particular cost 5-10 points. Move 122 was a pass, costing another 10 points or more. Yose exercise -- how large is the difference between B playing B12 in sente and W playing B11 in gote?

The sequence 162-176 looked like W was trying to attack, but actually lost another 10 points or so, compared to simply playing O2 or R6. B played alertly here, recognizing that he did not have to connect on dame but could live with territory.

[Bill Spight]

To second what mitsun says, even after the invasion, if you play the hane-connect on the left side at move 120, you still have chances.

[otenki]

I did not expect the game to be decided by yose, most of my games are not

Ok I'll do the excersise and go through the game on a board and try to do positional analysis on points and see where to find bigger moves.

As I'm reading "positional judgement" by cho chikun I anyway need to practice this.

Thanks a lot for the pointers!

Otenki