Life In 19x19

Haven't played Go in a few days, almost a week. Except for the 4 handi game against a former insei, which I was winning 100% and then... blundered.
So I've been solving tsumego almost all day in the last few days, for some reason I'm very dedicated to improving my reading right now.
Decided to play ...

Depends, what if white is ahead by exactly 1.5?

I get what you are saying, but you are assuming an erroneous calculation. Also, ko fights always depend upon the rest of the board. :)



Maybe I'm not very good at the endgame to discuss this.

Black takes the ko (gaining one point),

By ...

If black just plays the regular ko, then after black wins it, white can just connect in the corner.

If black just plays the regular ko, then after black takes it, white can just connect in the corner. :)

Depends, what if white is ahead by exactly 1.5? Black takes the ko (gaining one point ...

Speaking of wedges in endgame, go to move 175 in https://lifein19x19.com/viewtopic.php?p=234158#p234158, one of my British championship games last year in which we both missed a game changing wedge in a close endgame.
That's interesting. I guess I should be looking at every single 1 space jump in ...

I've learned 2 new endgame moves over the last few days.

First one comes up in an extremely common shape:

http://eidogo.com/sgf/3KnjHB9K5.sgf

The following sequence was usually happening in my games. Pretty sure it also happens in many kyu games.
White's push is sente, and then white can get 1 ...

星から小ゲイマジマリにツケ
(hoshi kara kogeimajimari ni tsuke)

I've been studying this position several days ago and I decided to compile an SGF with variations while doing so.
I couldn't find a place that has all the variations of this position in one place, and josekipedia entry is extremely embarrassing and ...

I'm trying to get ranked on KGS so I got matched with a [?]. I've figured that he's at least my strength by move 40, and the halfway through the game I asked what was his KGS rank. He said that he's new to KGS but he's AGA 6d.

That explained why the game felt very close and why I fell completely ...

Bill Spight wrote:For your consideration. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKVVhBoo13w

That's a very insightful video, thanks a lot for sharing it.

At this point in my reading I would say something is wrong. Here I am trying to kill but because of the weakness of the :bc: stone I play :b3: and then I am forced to connect with :b5: to save :b1:. :sad: Maybe this is OK, but I would switch to the attack at b and see if it works better.


Fair ...

Actually it was this diagram that really struck me. b (to me) feels like a complete no-brainer, I'd go so far as to call it a https://senseis.xmp.net/?Tennozan


I agree, maybe I overthought this one. Normally I'd bend without hesitation, but here I thought that white doesn't have a local move a ...

Did you consider c right away? (I don't know how good it is but it's my first instinct.)


Not really, because I know that C ends in gote for black all the time, unless white makes a mistake and keeps pushing.
After white gets sente, white can comfortably approach the corner. Having a 2 space ...

Just a quick note: on the 2nd diagram I wouldn't even consider B in favor of A. B is just a dull low stone, helping a corner that is safe anyway, while A is important for safety for both.

Interesting, why though?
My thinking, despite of what I've already said, is that white is 3rd line pincering ...

Just finished the game that I think could be the most indicative of how my games usually go. An iconic game you could say.
I'm very embarrassed for playing this way, but no matter what I try to do, I can't ever fix it.
Using age or external factors as an excuse I don't consider pleasant. Those are ...

Gosh, what a lot of reading! I rarely read that much, and I eat Fox 3ds for breakfast. So I think if you put even a fraction of that effort into all your moves, you'd easily win without getting into such dicey positions. In AI terms, maybe you need to improve your policy network more than your ...

In the recent game I've had a very interesting position, on which both me and my opponent spent 30 minutes total time reading things out.
I was black.

It started this way:

http://eidogo.com/sgf/EWJHjVan.sgf

I've made a huge mistake of not pushing through white's stones in order to create the ...