Life In 19x19

By the way, what is the status of this group?

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For me, during the game, it seemed unsettled. Playing it out offline, I ...

At move 69, there was a huge opportunity.

The relevant stones are marked with circles.

You saved your stone at O17 in gote. It does offer some tactical aji with plays at 'a' and 'b', but you aren't ready yet because you don't have 'c' or 'd'.

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You have a choice between something in the upper ...

From moves 1 through 15, both sides played reasonably well. There might be alternatives that would be worth a few more points, but it was good play for kyus.

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As white at move 16, I would have played at 'e'. It gets a loose grip on corner territory, prepares to pincer any black stone that ...

I thought I was playing well in the opening, then fell behind after :b25:.

http://files.gokgs.com/games/2018/8/7/Degan-PAPS111.sgf

However, as I review this later, perhaps some moves in the opening were too slow. In any case, after :w74:, I thought I would have a great chance to capture a larger ...

Hello EdLee,


Currently it's a bit of work; please see under Computer Go
from the main forum. Examples:
LeelaZero
Lizzie

I did not have much trouble. I went to https://senseis.xmp.net and searched for Leela. This game me the link to: https://www.sjeng.org/leela.html where I was able to ...

Hello Joaz Banbeck,

I appreciate you making a review as well, and following my stated request. I also appreciate that you showed variations for white as well as black.

I will have plenty to try to apply in my next games.

Thank you,

Degan

Hello EdLee,

Thank you very much for the review. I was white and I appreciate you seeing through my erroneous subject.

You have given me some great things to work on in my next games. I expect I will go through your review more in the future to work on my shape.

I approached what I can see as the ...

Degan-2.sgf

While attempting to use my own strengths, I created a week group and as a result allowed my opponent to create a huge group at the bottom. Of course there may be other systematic error that I do not even realize.

I have gone through the game and made comments (in the attached version ...