Life In 19x19

A ko? I thought I was going to get a ko in the game with my descent, but my reading was not good enough. I didn't consider his correct response.

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That is two tips more than anyone else. I appreciate the feedback Magicwand! I don't believe I will ever come anywhere close to to 6d. I became content with the game around 6k and any progress made past that point is just a byproduct of enjoying playing and thinking about go.

Comments are appreciated. Anything that rubs you the wrong way for either side.

My goal in this game is to play solid moves that I can understand. I want to play territorially to see if I can learn more about dealing with opponent moyos. I have noticed a bad habit in my games where I play strong looking moves but have not read out any continuations. They usually rely on my ...

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I commented my thoughts during the game in the file. I have terrible playing habits. I frequently play moves that don't work that I believe my opponent will fall for. They often do, but when I play this way against a stronger player I fall apart. I want to try to play moves that I understand will ...

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Thanks again Knotwilg! Because of the lack of time limit on our games, we like to work on positional judgement. We aren't great at it, but we try to estimate the score a lot, which helps explain some overly slack moves. We both hate dealing with moyos and want to learn more about reduction moves ...

From 10k to 5k I learned how to stop following my opponent and take sente. From 5k to my current level, I thought about when to play gote. When we first learn to attack we get a little attack happy and try to kill everything. After that, we learn to defend first and then attack. This isn't the ...

I'm curious about alternatives to move because it felt terrible to make that move.

This is a game with my good buddy Cacafogo. We usually play without time constraints and try out new and bad moves on each other. We usually discuss the game for about as long as the game took. In this game I felt like I got ahead in the beginning and played slack moves the rest of the game. We like ...

Thank you Knotwilg for the detailed review! I always like to think of myself as the kind of person who wouldn't start a fight that wasn't beneficial, but your comments in this game show that we are not always the best at judging ourselves. On Wednesday's I play a lot of handicap go. Perhaps I can ...

I have not reviewed this game myself yet. Allergies have turned my eyes into sand. Everything felt random and I have never seen any of the patterns in the game before so prepare yourself for suboptimal play all around!

The exchange helped white out. You would consider if it would keep white weak or if you needed to play it to live. Otherwise, it is endgame.

I think that you do know how to use your wall, or at least your attitude seems correct. Even if white lived this time, you will learn a lot by playing moves like and .