Life In 19x19

That might well be, though at least the anime doesn't explicitly say books are allowed so I think I just generalized it (but yeh, that would be odd if that were the case heh).

I guess I've never thought much about it or assumed anything about my opponent in regards to joseki dictionaries, when ...

Interesting thing I thought I recalled so I had to go back and confirm: For those of you who've watched Hikaru No Go, in the 5th episode - the first high school tournament that Hikaru is roped into playing in his teammate plays with a joseki book in his hand (as in holds it open in his hand during ...

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With the disclaimer that I'm not that much stronger - I'm very uneven anyway (from beating 1d KGS to losing against 5k on IGS on any given day it would appear, I blame it on a sleep schedule and playing environment very much dependent on my ...

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So, I guess the bot sort of had a meltdown and I don't really feel like it counts, but beat a 1d KGS bot (0 komi though)! I killed it on the left side which happened after it played a very strange corner move (endgame?) instead of reinforcing itself and after that I played kind of vague and overly ...

Ed & Knotwilg - thanks a lot for your comments & review! Despite having gotten around to play quite a few games I still feel a lot more uncertain as to where to play than I ever recall doing before - hence a lot of vague moves I think.


Also I've taken to using Crazy Sensei to help me analyse my ...

Well that took a turn - some 8 months without Go, and what I think is a rather severe regression of what minor skills I had. Turns out kid nr 2 was not conductive to improving or even playing Go.

Anyway, I think I'm going to be able to keep playing with some regularity - my old account on KGS is ...

Thanks a lot for your comments - they mirror a lot of what we thought when going after the game.

I was completely unfamiliar with the variation in the top left - but yeah, that hane is crucial, and like you pointed out I needed one more move to be honest when I chose the bad variation that I did ...

Ugh - so I'm bad at updating this thing - I'm also quite bad at playing Go recently. I still browse the forums / reddit / GoKibitz, but playing has been on a low ever since reaching 1d. Getting games became harder (not a lot, but just enough that I skim the list and then log out because I didn't get ...

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Woho! My first win in an even game against a 1d. I've added comments to the SGF - I think my opponent misplayed in the opening and then never complicated the game when he was behind - leaving me with enough points despite bad endgame ...

Thanks both of you!

Yeah, I read up a bit more on that joseki, and played around with the shape some more and saw how much damage he could have done to me if he did the cut. In the game I just shrugged it off a bit as "good enough" until he removed a liberty with N4 - but yeah, that cut / squeeze ...

The game that made me 1d - though we'll see if it sticks - I kinda doubt it since I feel I got lucky with him dying like he did heh.

http://files.gokgs.com/games/2017/1/27/Majordomo-colo0729.sgf

I think I played a reasonable game and he messed up a bit in the opening by letting me erase to much ...

So just popping in since it's been a while - january has been a bit slow Go wise, though I'm diligent with my tsumego and monday teaching games (with my teacher) at least.

Thought I'd post a game, one I did win rather easily in the end - but it's of the kind to make me nervous, because I always ...

While probably wildly inaccurate - could some measure be made for the amount of points made on the 4th line or higher?

EDIT: As a ratio perhaps, to points in the centre vs points on the sides / corners, and how that ratio compares to the pros - less interesting with just an amount - since it always ...

Why did you resign in that last game?

Hehe, like dfan says - I didn't know any better. Funny that that was my first thought on seeing the game too hehe.

And yeah - I'm happy with my progress but Go has consumed all my other hobbies this year. And I had three months off work at the start of the ...