Life In 19x19

rhwocns wrote:SGF with variations

Much appreciated, thank you.

Invasions and reductions are not an easy topic. The AI are indicating, it seems to me, a possible third category, which for the moment I am calling shallow reductions . Interesting.

I am having difficulty with this file, both with Safari and Firefox. :scratch: If it is a review, I don't see any ...

You seem refreshingly willing to think for yourself while being willing to learn from other sources. Could I therefore ask a favour before you start reading any books? Uh-oh this linguist is up to no good ;-)

(And I'm not going to ask you to read any of mine!) I'm not familiar with the forum ...

Reduction, invasion, attack, defense, fighting and combinations thereof are rich topics, which any selection of few books does not do justice. A book recommended everywhere need not be the most informative book but is mentioned a lot also because it is ca. half a century old. Books mentioned so far ...

Alright then, I see it recommended everywhere so I guess it's about time.
Chapter 7 in it is called "Reducing and Invading Large Frameworks" so that sounds good.

I'm also considering the book Reducing Territorial Frameworks .
Not looking to study patterns in detail for now, just an overview of the ...

I know there are such things as invasions and reductions (duh), but after reviewing several games I wonder if these are a blind spot in my mental framework? I haven't played nearly as many games as my opponents and make all types of big mistakes, but for other aspects of the game I tend to have some ...