Life In 19x19

Great comments mitsun. Thanks again for your support. Couple specific responses below. I lost twice this morning due to horrid misreads, but fought back in the second game and made it close.

Mitsun - First Game
8 - My opponent's play was the example to your theory. While 13 is too close, it was the ...

Thanks for the heads up; I've updated the post with what should be working links.

Let me know if you're still experiencing problems.

I've played well against 4kyus, but collected a loss this morning. Today's loss followed Guo Juan's teacher's tongue-in-cheek advice: "Lose a few stones, and you're ahead. Lose a big group, and you've won the game." I focused on killing a medium sized group, he focused on attacking my then multiple ...

Thanks for your great comments on my last two games. I made 4k last Friday, and won my first even game this morning. Guo Juan has helped tremendously with the fundamentals, and I believe that's what has been carrying me.

I've provided specific responses to your comments below. Thanks again for ...

Just as I start feeling pretty good about myself, I run into a couple brick walls. It's healthy. USGO.org quoted Korean pro Moonyong Choi as saying, "I myself have played more than 20,000 games and lost half of them." It's as much about losing as it is winning. If not more so. Your reviews have been ...

Thank you both for your comments. I've played well recently against 5kyus, and hope to continue.

It will be interesting when I reach the rank (1-3d?) where games aren't decided by mistakes. It's hard to imagine playing a game where the outcome is decided by good/better/best moves, not good/bad ...

I'm considering switching my current balance of lectures to games from 5:5/week to 3:7/week or 2:8/week. Reasons are to get in more games, and allow increasingly challenging Internet Go School lectures more time to sink in. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

I've attached two games I lost last ...

Really appreciate all of your comments. I spent a good deal of time reviewing them, and they're helping me begin to detect common threads in my mistakes.

I've attached individual responses below. Have a great weekend everyone.

skydyr
First Game
19: Absolutely; move 20 should have been at Q13, or ...

Thanks again for your previous comments. I played in my first AGA tournament and made 5k on KGS this past week, so your reviews helped tremendously.

I've attached two games I lost last week. I'd greatly appreciate your thoughts. Variations are from my review.

Thanks!

http://lifein19x19.com ...

Really appreciate the comments, all of which were extremely helpful. I've included specific responses below.

By the way, great study journal SoDesuNe. Way to keep at it.

Magicwand
Game 1
You make a great point, and B19 is a move I would not think to play. Thanks for the reminder on securing ...

This is my first post on L19, although I've been following it for over a year. I've been playing for 15 months and am currently 6k. I've become more serious about the game and recently changed my study schedule.

For the first 14 months, I played 4-8 games a week, reviewed my own games, and studied ...