Brady's Blunders

wineandgolover · **#21**

Kirby wrote:

I think the trailer is interesting and summarizes your intention well. Though, when I first read that it was a trailer, I expected something more like a commercial.

Maybe you should have a theme song - ideally, something catchy.

Sadly, I have no musical talent or expertise, but it would be nice.

On your first point, perhaps it SHOULD be more of a commercial, focusing more on the benefits to the viewer. Hmmm. Thanks, Brian.

Kirby · **#22**

Well, don't get me wrong. The format is good now, too. I just see a trailer as an opportunity to make something flashy or cinematic, perhaps. But similar to music, that takes some creative expertise.

I like your approach in doing these videos for the same reasons that you point out: the videos are short and to the point, and focus on blunders - a subject matter having relatively less attention in English go videos.

I look forward to your next video :-)

wineandgolover · **#23**

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This mistake wasn’t a true Brady Blunder because it shouldn’t cost me the game. But my opponent made a mistake that many do, up to the low dans. We should take advantage when they do. I don’t think there is anything in this video that will confuse any viewer, including relative beginners.

wineandgolover · **#24**

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daal · **#25**

wineandgolover wrote:

Episode 10

Hi Brady,

I have a question regarding the tenth episode. Assuming that "urgent before big" still applies, why is it is not considered urgent for black to defend that group on the left? What is it about this group that makes it acceptable to play a big move elsewhere and let it get chopped up?

wineandgolover · **#26**

daal wrote:

Hi Brady,

I have a question regarding the tenth episode. Assuming that "urgent before big" still applies, why is it is not considered urgent for black to defend that group on the left? What is it about this group that makes it acceptable to play a big move elsewhere and let it get chopped up?

daal, I am terribly incompetent at diagramming on this board, but I will try. In the meantime I would ask you to consider three questions.

1. Before black tenukies at D15, are the D5 stones cutting stones? In other words, is saving them really urgent?
2. How big are the three black tenukies at D15, K18, and O3? You don't have to be precise, just a rough guess.
3. If you assume black's two stones are dead after white E7, how much has white gained, versus what he'd have if black saved them?

Right, now I'll try to diagram.

Bill Spight · **#27**

Episode 10, :b7:

. Upon a little reflection, I like tenuki. I can't think of a continuation in the bottom left corner that I like for White. In the game it is hard to tenuki with :b9:

. My preference for :b7:

is to enclose the top left corner.

wineandgolover · **#28**

Bill Spight wrote:

Episode 10, :b7:

. Upon a little reflection, I like tenuki. I can't think of a continuation in the bottom left corner that I like for White. In the game it is hard to tenuki with :b9:

. My preference for :b7:

is to enclose the top left corner.

Is Bill Ultramodern?

Bill Spight · **#29**

wineandgolover wrote:

daal wrote:

Hi Brady,

I have a question regarding the tenth episode. Assuming that "urgent before big" still applies, why is it is not considered urgent for black to defend that group on the left? What is it about this group that makes it acceptable to play a big move elsewhere and let it get chopped up?

daal, I am terribly incompetent at diagramming on this board, but I will try. In the meantime I would ask you to consider three questions.

1. Before black tenukies at D15, are the D5 stones cutting stones? In other words, is saving them really urgent?
2. How big are the three black tenukies at D15, K18, and O3? You don't have to be precise, just a rough guess.
3. If you assume black's two stones are dead after white E7, how much has white gained, versus what he'd have if black saved them?

Right, now I'll try to diagram.

To second Brady, there is another go proverb that applies:

Quote:

Don't sweat the small stuff.

And the two stones on C-05 and D-05 are small stuff.

A more serious consideration is what if White attacks the whole Black group? For instance:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$W White threat? $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O , O . . . . , . . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

That's not much of a threat, now. For one thing, Black can pincer.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bm11 Black enclosure strengthens the left side $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O , O . . . . , . . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

One thing I like about :b11:

is that it makes an attack against the Black group less likely.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bm11 Local play $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . X . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O , O . . . . , . . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

If I were going to make a local play it would be the one space jump.

Edit: Compare that diagram with this one.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bm11 Variation $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . X . . . B . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O , O . . . . , . . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Bill Spight · **#30**

wineandgolover wrote:

Bill Spight wrote:

Episode 10, :b7:

. Upon a little reflection, I like tenuki. I can't think of a continuation in the bottom left corner that I like for White. In the game it is hard to tenuki with :b9:

. My preference for :b7:

is to enclose the top left corner.

Is Bill Ultramodern?

Well, the ancients (like circa 1600) were happy to approach a corner and then tenuki after a pincer. This tenuki is even better.

daal · **#31**

wineandgolover wrote:

daal wrote:

Hi Brady,

I have a question regarding the tenth episode. Assuming that "urgent before big" still applies, why is it is not considered urgent for black to defend that group on the left? What is it about this group that makes it acceptable to play a big move elsewhere and let it get chopped up?

daal, I am terribly incompetent at diagramming on this board, but I will try.

http://hiddema.nl/diagrammer/

Quote:

In the meantime I would ask you to consider three questions.

1. Before black tenukies at D15, are the D5 stones cutting stones? In other words, is saving them really urgent?
2. How big are the three black tenukies at D15, K18, and O3? You don't have to be precise, just a rough guess.
3. If you assume black's two stones are dead after white E7, how much has white gained, versus what he'd have if black saved them?

Right, now I'll try to diagram.

You can start by copying this

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$B $$ +---------------------------------------+ $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O , O . . . . , . . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]

1. No, they are not cutting stones, but they are a group that you said made a base, giving you ample compensation for white getting the corner. When are stones a group that is urgent to protect?

2. If we assume that a stone alone in a corner is worth 10 points, then another one there is probably worth an additional 8 pts. (wild guess)

3. It looks like white has secured an additional 10 points with the two moves, and has also taken away about 5 black points, so 7.5 pts/ move, not a big difference as far as my lousy calculations go.

wineandgolover · **#32**

wineandgolover wrote:

daal wrote:

Hi Brady,

I have a question regarding the tenth episode. Assuming that "urgent before big" still applies, why is it is not considered urgent for black to defend that group on the left? What is it about this group that makes it acceptable to play a big move elsewhere and let it get chopped up?

daal, I am terribly incompetent at diagramming on this board, but I will try. In the meantime I would ask you to consider three questions.

1. Before black tenukies at D15, are the D5 stones cutting stones? In other words, is saving them really urgent?
2. How big are the three black tenukies at D15, K18, and O3? You don't have to be precise, just a rough guess.
3. If you assume black's two stones are dead after white E7, how much has white gained, versus what he'd have if black saved them?

Right, now I'll try to diagram.

Okay, my answers... (note, not a pro's answers.)
1. Before black tenukies at D15, are the D5 stones cutting stones? In other words, is saving them really urgent?
No, until white plays C7, these stones aren't cutting anything. So the first tenuki should be easy.

2. How big are the three black tenukies at D15, K18, and O3? You don't have to be precise, just a rough guess.
I'd estimate the value of the three tenukies at 15 points each (double komi), since they are reasonably efficient, and we are still in the opening. So a total of 45 points. (Note - This REALLY is just my opinion, and I'd love to know what others think.)

3. If you assume black's two stones are dead after white E7, how much has white gained, versus what he'd have if black saved them?
White has gained maybe 16 points in cash if you assume black D5 is dead. White also has really good invasion potential to gain more around a, so the value of his moves is certainly greater than 16. But is it anywhere near 45?

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wineandgolover · **#33**

daal wrote:

Hi Brady,

http://hiddema.nl/diagrammer/

Damn, I did it as described in the how to make diagrams post. But your linked tool is awesome, and a reference to it REALLY NEEDS to be in post 1 of the "How to make diagrams" thread.

I've been on this forum for years, and I rarely made diagrams because it was too tedious. If somebody made it easy (Thanks Herman, I'm guessing!), then it should have been made REALLY obvious for future users. All IMHO, of course.

wineandgolover · **#34**

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wineandgolover · **#35**

Kirby wrote:

Maybe you should have a theme song - ideally, something catchy.

Does my new three second sad trombone count as a theme song?

Abyssinica · **#36**

wineandgolover wrote:

Kirby wrote:

Maybe you should have a theme song - ideally, something catchy.

Does my new three second sad trombone count as a theme song?

I was thinking of this

wineandgolover · **#37**

Abyssinica wrote:

I like that, too!

Kirby · **#38**

wineandgolover wrote:

Kirby wrote:

Maybe you should have a theme song - ideally, something catchy.

Does my new three second sad trombone count as a theme song?

Yes, very nice.

Thanks for making these videos.

wineandgolover · **#39**

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Kirby · **#40**

I just caught up on Kevin's interview with Andy Okun last night, and in watching, I came to think that it's interesting that both of Jennie's students recently started streaming.

Is this just a coincidence, or did you guys coordinate to contribute as streamers?

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