Life In 19x19

My thoughts up to move 50. I appreciate stronger players thoughts on my thoughts too.
:w12: Shape is overconcentrated. Hane Q4 is better.
:w22: D2 and C9 are already miai, so no need to play here. better to play the widest area, approach at O17.
:w24: 3-3 invasion under star point is usually ...

DrStraw wrote:Well done. How does Singapore shodan compare to shodan elsewhere. I suspect it may be stronger than most.

I can't say. I have only played on the physical board in Singapore. However, I am still no stronger than ~10kyu on wbaduk, I think.

3 years ago , I attended the Singapore Weiqi Association (SWA) Dan Certification Tournament. The report is here. The result was that I came away with 5 wins, needing 6 to be in the top 20% to make the cutoff for 1-dan.
http://www.lifein19x19.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=54&t=7311

Life and work ...

Thanks for all the super helpful replies! I didn't expect to get answers so fast! time to rank up on wbaduk!

Bill Spight wrote:My feeling:

Look at now. Better at "a", eh? White is overconcentrated.

Thanks! Any ideas for scenarios 2 and 3?

Thanks! I will remember that reply for scenario 1. Looks good!

For scenario 4, I guess I shouldn't fear :b3: ? This continuation below looks good for white since B gave up another sente?
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Hi all. I have been playing more wbaduk in the korean servers. I'm about 4k on kgs but about 12k on wbaduk. They often do these following noseki which I don't know the best way of punishing. Looking for advice on the best to punish each of these. Thanks very much in advance!

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$$Bcm75 Move 75
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$$Bcm73 Move 73
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$$Bcm71 Move 71
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$$Bcm69 Move 69
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@cobrahc: No worries at all. Hope the transitions are good for you :)

$$Bcm67 Move 67
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$$Bcm65 Move 65
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$$Bcm63 Move 63
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$$Bcm61 Move 61
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