Life In 19x19

@Knotwilg - Re Exercise 4; i see why that's such a big endgame move! it's a shame i didn't catch it in the game.
@rhwocns - thanks again for all the variations!!

Thanks for the comments!! Please see my answers below. I'm probably way off, but these are good thinking exercises.

Exercise 1:
I think move 8 would be a good shape move to give my white group 2 potential eyes:
$$B Moves 16 to 18 ...

Hello all

Please see another game I lost as White. This game is a bit different as I'm not able to clearly identify any major blunders, but I still ended up losing definitively. Would be curious to see your insights/advice.

Thanks!

thanks for all the advice.

@Joaz - for 3-3 invasion joseki (around move 17), i thought it was normal to end the joseki after building a wall of three and tenuki. i will follow your advice and try extending next time.
@Knotwilg - thanks for the variations. i'm not able to get Katago to work on my ...

Thanks Knotwilg & Joaz for the comments.

I fully agree - for my level i think i'm better at finding bigger moves, direction of play, while my weakness is in reading. I try to practice tsumego daily but progress is slow!

Thanks very much rhwocns for sharing your variations. It provided alot of insight.

Hi all

I would like to use this thread to upload and get feedbacks on my games. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Below is a game I lost as White.

Please see below on a game I lost today (i'm black). This game surprised me a bit since I thought i was ahead but ended up losing by over 20 points haha.

I should've counted territory more often :lol:

(;GM[1]FF[4]CA[UTF-8]AP[Sabaki:0.51.1]ST[1]SZ[19]HA[0]KM[6.5]PW[teramiti]WR[9k+]PB[sidk]BR[9k ...