Life In 19x19

I'm not gloating but I finally won my first game on a 13x13 board after playing 110 games on KGS. I faced an opponent who was a lot closer to my skill level then most of the people I face (a lot of them are much more experienced and beat me silly). I know I have a lot to learn and I made a lot of mistakes but its okay to celebrate once and awhile right?

Anyways here is the game. I think he made a really big mistake at the end. Otherwise I probably would've lost.

Congrats on your first 13x13 won. Study your and .

Congrats! Good fighting spirit with that 3-3 invasion on move 97.

You're right, white's self-atari at move 110 was the game-deciding move.

I second EdLee's suggestion that move 67 was unnecessary. 73 and 91 were also needless. In particular, think about 91- you can wait until white fills the two side liberties of those three black stones before you have to connect solidly:

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[go]$-------
$$XXXXXXX
$$OXXXdXO
$$OOOXcXO
$$...aXOO
$$...bXXO
$$.OOOOOO[/go]

If white plays 'c' before filling 'a' and 'b', you can capture at 'd'. Then white still has to fill 'a' and 'b' because white cannot play at 'c' again. Alternatively, you could have connected at 'a' for move 91. But since your three stones were safe already, playing elsewhere would have been best.

Thanks for the help guys. I really appreciate it.

Congratulations on your first win, keep on playing and improving!

You're playing a number of connections inside your own territory that aren't required, you might want to look through every connection inside your own territory and see if W could do anything there if you don't connect.

PeterN