Life In 19x19

Uberddude, Ed, thank you so much! I'm trying to broaden and deepen my understanding of this family of josekis and your help is extremely valuable

So why is this variation uncommon in pro games?

Based on the followups at X and Triangle, it seems to completely negate the value of Black's thickness and turn him into dame, which, if true, means this is too good for white. Since white can pick this variation, it seems like this should be played ...

Hey Ed, it's a midevil swordfghting game with bows, swords, shields, and armor. There are various "cultural" groups (meaning they are focused on some sort of skill, craft, or game) within Amtgard.

Status for yesterday:

GJ Problems - check
- 20 ish problems. Not many, but I just need to keep going.
- I'm currently way behind on these; 58 new problems, 332 learning problems, 2998 review problems in the cue.

Baduk Class - check
- I watched the "Jump Hane Naoki Jump" dwyrin lecture, which is ...

For curiosity's sake, I have attached my monthly problem totals form Guo Juan's Internet Go School going back to my implosion in Dec 2014.

Looking at the chart got me curious about exactly how long I was playing and studying, so I went back and made a timeline for my own reference.

December 2013 ...

Hi all,

I'm back. Since I'm not really a "beginner" anymore, I thought I should close up shop on my Beginner's Journey and make a new journal.

I imploded spectacularly about 8 months after I started after becoming obsessed with my rank. Every loss was like a knife. I played worse and worse (man ...

Training Update:

I have been training on InternetGoSchool most recently. Their leaderboard really has me competitive. I currently have a 13 day streak, and I got to 5th place for the week yesterday. I've dropped down today since I haven't done enough problems (it seems to be about 330 a day to keep ...

See if you can find a local big move top right corner at .

r18 and then s18

they look obvious now

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BTW, thank you very much for coming back and posting such detailed follow ups after your initial comments. It works out well for me because you usually end up doing a post about the opening ...

Thanks again, Ed.

re: the cut at the beginning
Now that I see the game after a day away, I see how much of bad plan the cut is. I was doing problems regarding another joseki that uses the cut, and I saw a "familiar" shape, so I played it. But it was wrong here because I didn't have the other side ...

Today's game, improved. Only losing by 9.5 instead of 25+. Gotta be getting a little better right? (I know that's not true).

Hey Ed -

In regards to the situation after 36, I see that it is not good for me. After that I felt i was desperately trying to play catchup all game.

Moving on to the lower right:

Understanding that the result in the lower right is not good for me either is currently difficult for me, but I think ...

Thank you Ed!

I am sorry I haven't responded yet, but I am still digesting all of this. This is great info.

When you had me cycle through the groups, my observations lined up with yours (except I did not know about the weaknesses in the knights move at the lower left (they were obvious once you ...

I've been playing a little against Crazy Stone 2013 (which isn't very strong, I hear, but plenty strong to beat me).

I'm not sure what specifically I could do better, beyond magically becoming better at reading and shape. Kind of frustrated.

Here's a game.

http://www.lifein19x19.com/forum ...

jeromie wrote:I'm glad you're finding a way to enjoy the game of Go. Best of luck with your continued recovery and never ending journey in the game!

thanks, jeromie!

Simple when you say it, harder to do, right? I will definitely memorize the priority rules. I've been looking for a sort of checklist to go through every turn, to build better habits, and it seems to be a good framework for a start.