Life In 19x19

Since 31AUG23 I have won 10 games and lost 9 of ranked matches on OGS.

By Rank here is the W/L stats:

5k - 4/2 = 67% Win Rate(WR)
4k - 2/2 = 50% WR
3k - 1/4 = 20% WR
2k - 2/0 = 100% WR
1k - 1/1 = 50% WR

I'm noticing that m loses come at the middle game where I really swing for the fences and I ...

Both games I was black and both had pretty nice outcomes and one I held the lead from move 60 until they resigned. I am noticing that I play down to competition the same way I play up to competition. I make better moves and against stronger/wiser opponents and make DDK mistakes far more often ...

I played as black in this one as m opponent was 2k and I'm hovering at 4k on OGS for now.

One of my better games, although I made plenty of mistakes and was thoroughly behind, I capitalized on the fact they were dead-set on saving 6 stones in the middle rather than 18 in the lower left corner. I ...

5 matches/day + review + watching 1 pro game/day + practicing online go problems + reading more than 1 book/month is pretty ambitious, good luck and don't get burned out!

The observation I have made about burnout is that the negative effects only amplify if you fail to achieve what you were after ...

30AUG23

3rd game for today(baseline games until October)

OGS, I was Black in this game.

I was down bad until move 117 when white made a mistake in defending their invasion.

It turned what was an 84 stone shlacking by white back to an even keel game.

Katago had them still leading with a 0.7 ...

Elom0 wrote:Onishi Ryuhei inspired?

No clue who that is, but I will look him up.

I'm just trying things. I'm not copying anyone's specific style as I haven't watch or follow any matches, tournaments or players beyond Lee Se-dol and I haven't watched any of his matches or studied any of his games, either.

I'll be working to improve m current rank on OGS to the Dan levels over the next 6 months beginning the start of October.

For now, I'm getting back into the rhythm of playing everyday while following a snippet of advice attributed to Lee Se-Dol about growing in go. This could have been just lazy ...

I was black in this game. I got a positive result this time around, but it was due to the over aggression of my opponent playing slow moves and looking to invade space from a safe position but failing to make the required preparations to pull off his invasion in the middle.

I didn't go on-tilt and ...

I held out longer in this game, but small mistakes cost me big in the middle game. I was black in this game.

;FF[4]
CA[UTF-8]
GM[1]
DT[2023-08-30]
PC[OGS: https://online-go.com/game/56627601]
GN[Unorthodox Play Style Training]
PB[I_V4]
PW[Goall101]
BR[4k]
WR[1k]
TM[600]OT[5x30 byo-yomi]
RE[W+R]
SZ ...

Let me know what you think. I am I_V4 in this game(Black).

I'm not using AI to learn how to play better so I'm trying out playing an unorthodox style that fits my way of playing go.

I know its not pretty to look at, but I find value in having my mistakes brought to my attention.

I know where I ...

https://online-go.com/game/50295896

I am just not improving. I hate that I will have to start over again because nothing makes sense on the board to me.

I can't get the sgf files to load from OGS so I have the URL at the top.

I was white in this game.

Let me know what you see.

The Good:

This is the first time I beat this player, Regginos, on OGS across 3 accounts I've used over the years. He has trashed me every beating me by no less than 50 points each time.

This time I managed to save all the thick groups and sacrifice as little as possible which caused him to resign ...

Can I ask which color you are? Sorry if I'm missing that from the description.

For me, rank has always been the most objective measure of total playing level, even if there's inflation and not all ranking systems are alike. Most people who want to improve actually go by rank, not all are as honest ...

Don't listen to silly people trying to.decide for you what your goals should be. Many of them are just projecting.

I mean by definition the reason why you want to improve your rank in go specifically, and not competitive tiddlywinks, is because it is go you want to have a derp understanding of ...

If Sensei's Library is to be believed: I'm already a 2nd Dan in Japan and China by the 08 survey OGS conducted and the 2015 survey shows Japan and AGA would consider my strength level as Dan.

I tend to like to compare my strength to the Korean system since I lived their for a short time and I ...