Life In 19x19

thank you for your reviews.
i need to digest it now.

regarding tsumego: T18 ?

for some reason my sgf is not shown correctly, i will analyze the problem and update the file.
solved.

would you please review my game?
i played as black (5k dgs) against 1k dgs.

I am very interested in the correct handling of white moyo in the bottom. i think i made a huge mistake there.



thank you &
kind regards
otagotasolo

hi, thanks for your answers.

the jelausy in the opening applies good to this proverb i guess. and i am really jealous and i really like to secure my positions seeing all the bad ajis i could suffer from.

but in the late mid game something opposite happens.
the glass becomes suddenly half full ...

hi everyone

i noticed that i always heavily overestimate my territory and underestimate opponent's territory (it is like the endgame opposite to the perception that opponents moyo is bigger than mine).

but the trouble is that i end up with lost games where i thought i was nice in advantage.

did ...

Hi Bill,
thank you for the review and the great tips regarding the frontiers.
kind regards
otagotasolo

Hi EdLee

Hi ota, do you realize without the exchange, you still have R11 as an option ?
...your exchange ( - ) removed your option to jump into 3-3 at R3 -- so your exchange ( - ) helped W and hurt yourself.

frankly speaking I wasn't really aware of neither of the quoted points.
Looks like ...

thank you for explaining
I must say "wow".
I never went so deep in my analysis. thank you for showing me these examples.

Actually I have always looked for quick local solutions to avoid global "complications" or local surprises (like invasions).

Hi EdLee,

I would like to ask some questions because I can't understand some moves you described:

Game 1,
Q1)
move 16: you wrote I helped white to get stronger but I got really big corner.
I believed it to be a good exchange.
I still look at this situation and just can't see why this was not ...

Hi EdLee,
I wanted to thank you for the reviews.
I will need some time to study them.
May I contact you if I had any questions?

Kind regards
Otagotasolo

P.S.
In the Game 1, move 16: did you mean Q14?

Hello everyone,

I would like to kindly ask you to look at 2 attached games and give some comments.
Regardless of the score I didn't really know how to play them (though they look quite peaceful and simple)

My rank is about 8kyu on dragon. My opponent's rank was quite close to mine.

I have put ...