Life In 19x19

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You guys were so helpful I thought I'd come back and ask for more help.

http://files.gokgs.com/games/2014/1/1/FluffM-golocbue.sgf

Again, I'm not sure where I went wrong. Did I handle the top right well? What could I have done better there? I don't seem to do well when ...

Thanks so much for your help guys. It seems that some of the common threads here are that I don't value corners enough and I play a little over-ambitiously. If I'm correct, only one of my moves that you reviewed, Joaz, was slow.

ez4u, I can't believe I didn't see that opportunity at the end ...

Hey gang. I just played this game and I thought I did quite well until I lost (granted, by only 6.5 points I think). Still, I felt good all the way. Where did I go wrong? I'm white.

I'm an American in Baku, Azerbaijan for the summer and I was wondering if anyone has any leads on Go players in Baku. My Google-fu is not sophisticated enough.

A few comments.

(;FF[4]AP[GOWrite:2.2.21]ST[2]GM[1]CA[UTF-8]SZ[19]PC[The KGS Go Server at http\://www.gokgs.com/]TM[1500.0]GN[ ]PM[0]FG[259:]RU[Japanese]OT[5x30 byo-yomi]KM[6.5]PB[FluffM]PW[Tasadar]BR[7k]RE[W+50.50]DT[2012-06-09]C[Tasadar \[7k\]\: Hi have fun
FluffM \[7k\]\: hi, you too
]WR ...

Can someone help me with where I went wrong? Yes. Things like (as m42 noted), and , , -- what were you doing with this group? You just gave W a ton of points for nothing!

I was hoping that I could somehow capture white's group but, yeah, I had no exit strategy for my group. Was there any way I ...

:b23: @ s7 is better. It is a better move to remove aji.
is no good, I think the result shows that. If you want to atari that stone, play o6 then tenuki.
is better at b18 to keep the pressure on white's group.
is certainly overplay. You should probably just defend yourself at m17. If you played ...

I thought this was a closer game than it was... I was beat by 50 points! Can someone help me with where I went wrong? Meanwhile I'm off to continue studying life and death...

I'm so glad I stumbled on this topic! If you all will indulge me, I'd like to relate my story since Go and depression are so intertwined, in an unexpected way:

Last fall (late September, early October), I was struck with a serious depression that forced me to take a leave of absence for a full year ...

jts wrote:

FluffM wrote:

Bill Spight wrote:How about killing the Black group at move 190?

How? By filling in at R13?

Nope, keep thinking.

Oh, T12, huh? That's the sort of move I wish I could see more quickly...

Bill Spight wrote:How about killing the Black group at move 190?

How? By filling in at R13?

Well, in this game, you have a lot of time and you don't use it. You play the crucial moves 128-136 in less than thirty seconds in a game where you still have 17 + 5x:30 on the clock. So take your time. I doubt you'd have trouble seeing that the white group is in jeopardy if you played carefully ...

Yeah, see, that's the thing. I have a couple books and have attempted a few problem sets from them but I get so bored so fast. I'd much rather be playing. All the progress I've made so far has been just from playing so every time I have a spare minute and say, "Time for go!", I need to choose ...

Hi everyone,
First time posting, long time lurker here. I've been steadily improving for the last six months or so but I seem to have hit a plateau at 8 kyu (KGS). I feel like my big stumbling block right now (aside from, oh I don't know, everything ) is keeping groups alive and knowing when they're ...