Life In 19x19

Good almost-midsummer!

This would be my first game review I felt like asking for tips because in so many phases of the game I don't really know where to play or how to respond. Or just the overall direction of play.

This is an OGS match. I got lucky as black, but also comments on where white went ...

Thanks for the input both

Board 1: S2 is 5-point gote, for both and . ( Not 4, because can capture S1. )

Check, or then there are the ko possibilities that Uberdude mentioned.

Board 2: the diagonal kick not only tries to make a base for , but also M2 removes all eyespace for ( there may be ...

Kind of bumping Noles' answer above, Nick was teaching a beginner class when he started recording his lectures and uploading the material to his youtube channel. If I remember correctly, more or less the same people were still there (taking the same class) at least 50 episodes later. Reasoning from ...

Hey,

So I went through an old kifu from a title match, and I can more or less understand the purpose behind every move made in the game - except for two.

In this first picture, fixing the cut in the bottom right corner is worth 4 points (I think). Is it really the most urgent move on the board ...

Hi all,

As a newcomer, I thought I'd say hello to the community here. I'm fairly new to Go, been playing for a bit over a month and currently 13kuy in OGS. I've been studying varying material online every day and read a couple books too. Finally getting a hang of the game, and getting over my fear ...