Life In 19x19

Sorry to revive such an old topic but I cannot help but think that the low interaction in this forum could be at least partially solved throught a better mobile experience.

Speaking for myself, I often read the forum while not being connected and NEVER use it on mobile to interact. This reduce ...

I finally get around to add a new game here.
Since last time, I got demoted to 3kyu and it took me 37 games to go back to 2kyu!
Here is the promotion game:
https://lifein19x19.com/download/file.php?id=14041

I took the time to think and play seriously. I don't have much time with enough mental ...

Lost a game of yesterday against a 2k.
After analysis with katago, I actually could have won this game twice at moves 42 and 90

Currently at 10 wins - 9 losses at 2k on fox.
I had a quick look at all the games played at 2k so far to try to pick up a pattern to improve. I gound that:

I tend to leave weak group unattended, sometimes to enclose, sometimes to create another weak group in the opponents region
I am really bad ...

FWIW, my inclination now would be to play in the bottom left quadrant. I don't like the 3-3 invasion, but maybe the 4th line attachment at G-04, or C-04 or C-06 or C-08, or even the submarine approach at B-05, looking at C-03 or C-08.


Is that a personnal preference or a fairly forced move? I ...

I suppose you're talking about the pushing contest around N4 in this game? I think white should not have pushed at N4 on move 24 (knight move was better shape and the ataris helped black) and I think black should not have pushed on move 33. I think black (or perhaps both players) should have ...

After a long hiatus, I am back playing go.

I had to remake my fox account and started at 3kuy, the level I had when I stopped playing.
Fox changed and I cannot get 10min + 3*30s games anymore?
So I started with 20min main time but I guessed not a lot of people choose this setting because I was ...

So saturday I sit down with the idea to play a tournament level game. It started well with me being focused and using my opponent's time to think. Unfortunately, I forgot that to make a great game you need 2 players. The opponent quit after move 22.
Nevertheless, I decided that since I took the game ...

Hi, I am back!

So it's been more than a year since I poster in this study journal but I didn't stop to play.
However I think I progressed faster when I was posting here so let's try to restart this journal.

My goal is just to post a game every week with first a review by me and next some insight ...

I got curious and entered the position in LZ.
I use only CPU LZ so the analyses aren't done with much playouts but still, it's probably far higher level than I am.

Actually LZ is cool letting your group be a stick and playing elsewhere, quite surprinsing to me.
My suggested move doesn't even ...

US Go Congress Day 7
See if you can spot what it didn't like.


my guess, either
:b1: was bad because it allows white to split you and ensure access to the center with weak group to attack
$$B ...

Time for a new post!
I played almost exclusively on fox now and on average less than 1 game per day and I climbed to 4K steadily. But I felt that even though some games were challenging I felt that it wasn't challenging enough to maximise the learning per game.
So I decided to make an account at 1D ...

I'll have a look, thanks uberdude.

In the meantime, I rose to 6k on foxgo and I am still about 50% win so I am quite happy about that.

Here are 2 games that I played today, one won, one lost.

The lost game was because of move 55 I think.
The won one I have no real question, I am just proud of how ...

Indeed Ed, it's here.

At move 15
Surprisingly, it gives 40.3% to F16 while AQ judge it at 50.78%.
AlphaGo prefers to extend F17 at 45.1% while AQ thinks it is worst than F16 (but still overvalue this position) at 49,16%

At move 16, once again their opinion differ.
AlphaGo move is B16 with 39.1% of ...

So that's why I see it all the time.
I missed the memo that is isn't as bad as previously thought. What is the reason?