Life In 19x19

Why don't you watch games by high-dan players, or at least by dan players?
Ok. I'll try that.

You're right; I was concerned about not understanding anything in these games. Honestly, I don't understand everything in SDK games either. Two dans players might not play out an SDK sequence because ...

I think I've improved slightly over the past couple months. It's hard to tell because I haven't been playing as frequently as I was before. Some games feel sandbaggy and other feel more evenly matched. I'm bordering on SDK on both KGS and OGS. I also find it hard to gauge who is winning and ...

I've continued to play a few games a week on OGS. After the rank update, my rank feels much more stable. I don't necessarily feel like I'm improving [vertically] but my move set is definitely expanding [horizontally]. My games are becoming more interesting and challenging to read. I'm not "joseki ...

I'm on book 2 of 17 of the Level Up series and I'm liking it so far. I find the tsumego to be a lot more diverse and interesting than the ones I was doing before (corner white group reducing to one eye). Those enclosed pure life and death problems are helpful but it's refreshing to try something ...

Now that I've resumed playing go, I decided to layout how I will do things differently.


No theory books (at least, not while I'm DDK). There might be some useful information in these books but it just doesn't seem efficient.
No difficult tsumego. To spend an extended period of time on a ...

(Game #4) The Comeback

I'm back from a very long haitus, hoping to do things right this time. Incidentally, I recently played a game where I made a comeback from a losing position.

Update

Tsumego Progress

Source: Many Faces of Go

Level: 0
Completed: 100%

Level: 10
Completed: 92%

Source: WBaduk

Level: Beginner
Completed: 71%

Sensei's Library

Level: Beginner
Completed: 9%

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Accuracy: 220/285 (77%)

Update

Tsumego Progress

Source: Many Faces of Go

Level: 0
Completed: 100%

Level: 10
Completed: 69%

Source: WBaduk

Level: Beginner
Completed: 61%

Sensei's Library

Level: Beginner
Completed: 7%

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Accuracy: 196/233 (84%)

Update

I'm slipping into inactivty...that's probably because I recently revived a previous hobby of music production. This is the problem with pastimes. You have to prioritize them among others. I gave up chess so I could focus on go, but it seems like now, Go is taking the backseat to music. I'm ...

Update
Didn't play go this week but I did do some problems.

Tsumego Stats

Source: Many Faces of Go

Level: 0
Completed: 66%

Source: WBaduk

Level: Beginner
Completed: 35%

Source: Sensei's Library

Level: Beginner
Completed: 4%

Ya, I think I usually would block in the direction that faces my stones...and in this case, it might have helped with preventing a black center moyo.

That make sense. I saw that weakness earlier in the game but in hindsight, I might have played there too late. I often find invasions hard to visualize so I'm a bit hesitant.

So you're saying that as long as they're consistent, it should be okay. But is it really consistent? Different databases have/lack different variations. Are you drinking the same amount of alcohol within the same time interval in relation to starting the game? Are your friends giving you suggestions ...

EdLee wrote: of course this does not secure the top --
you have an open skirt N18 !

Open skirt...I haven't heard that term before. So I guess I should have turned before the extension.
Thanks for the feedback.

(Game #3) I won?!?