I have two main regrets: 1.) While attacking his group on the left, I haned inside and cut him - it probably is better to hane on outside and continue attack. 2.) It was risky to try to live in his moyo in such a direct way, early on in the game (see game comments).
Please feel free to comment on the game. Comments are welcome.
I played a club game against Mr. Fukuda. He's a really nice guy, and also a recent recipient of the Lasker Award.
It was our first game together, so we did nigiri and played evenly. I lost the nigiri, and played white.
The game record is here:
As can be seen in the variations, I made a big mistake in the top right corner due to a misread. I tried to make a comeback later, and there were a few moves where I could have probably been destroyed.
Somehow, I managed to comeback and win, but it was very lucky on my part.
The marked move, above, was played emotionally by me. I don't think it's a good move, and I think I should simply respond to black's approach to the corner:
The move above was one that I was trying to use to exploit black's weakness - but white was the one that was weak. I think it's definitely both a misread and a bad move.
[go]$$B Move 110 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . X X . X O . | $$ | . O X . X . . . . . . . . . X . X O . | $$ | . . O X X O . . . , . . . X X , X O . | $$ | . . O O X . . . . . . . . . O X O O . | $$ | . . O X X . X . . . . . . . O X X O . | $$ | . . O X . O . . . . . . . . . X . O . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . X X O O | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . X . X . X O | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . X X O O | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . X O X X O O O X | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O O O X O X X | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O O X O . X X X . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . O X X X X . X . X . | $$ | . . . , . X . . . , O O . . W X O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O X X . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
It's nice to kill black as in the game, but maybe letting black live in gote is fine. I think trying to kill so hard is not great globally, since black can pressure me so much. If I were confident in reducing black, maybe I should use this opportunity to expand white's potential:
[go]$$B Move 110 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . X X . X O . | $$ | . O X . X . . . . . . . . . X . X O . | $$ | . . O X X O . . . , . . . X X , X O . | $$ | . . O O X . . . . . . . . . O X O O . | $$ | . . O X X . X . . . . . . . O X X O . | $$ | . . O X . O . . . . . . . . . X . O . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . W . . . X X O O | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . X . X . X O | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . X X O O | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . X O X X O O O X | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O O O X O X X | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O O X O . X X X . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . O X X X X . X . X . | $$ | . . . , . X . . . , O O . . . X O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O X X . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
[go]$$B Move 110 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . X X . X O . | $$ | . O X . X . . . . . . . . . X . X O . | $$ | . . O X X O . . . , . . . X X , X O . | $$ | . . O O X C C C C . . . . . O X O O . | $$ | . . O X X C X C C C . . . . O X X O . | $$ | . . O X . O C C . . . . . . . X . O . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . O . . . X X O O | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . X . X . X O | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . X X O O | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . X O X X O O O X | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O O O X O X X | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O O X O . X X X . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . O X X X X . X . X . | $$ | . . . , . X . . . , O O . . B X O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O X X . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Now white can think of possibilities in the area to reduce black. White doesn't get the pleasure of killing black this way, but he gets initiative for future possibilities.
[go]$$W Move 122 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . X X . X O . | $$ | . O X . X . . . . . . . . . X . X O . | $$ | . . O X X O . . . , . . . X X , X O . | $$ | . . O O X . . . . . . . . . O X O O . | $$ | . . O X X . X . . . . . . . O X X O . | $$ | . . O X . O . . . . . . . . . X . O . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . W . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . X X . . X X O O | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , O . O X . X . X O | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . X X O O | $$ | . . O . . . . X X X X X O X X O O O X | $$ | . . . . . . O . O . X O O O O X O X X | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O O X O . X X X . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . O X X X X . X . X . | $$ | . . . , . X . . . , O O . . O X O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O X X . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
The white move above is just silly - bad reading on my part. It can be cut off, and it wasn't a good move.
Concluding Thoughts
From this game, I learned: * I had some very silly reading mistakes. I only read the ideal variations for myself, and didn't think of good resistance. This can be seen by the blunder in the top right corner, as well as in the knight's move in the last position, above. To improve this, I should do more go problems, and make sure to read sharply and precisely during games.
* Sometimes, even when you have a big blunder, you can still use the dead stones to help you out in the future.
Yes, looks like that's correct. Let's chalk that up as another reading mistake
By the way, I recalled this game from memory, and now that you mention this position, I remember that the following exchange occurred before the position:
[go]$$B $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . X X . X O . | $$ | . O X . X . . . . . . . . . X . X O . | $$ | . . O X X O . . . , . . . X X , X O . | $$ | . . O O X . . . . . . . . . O X O O . | $$ | . . O X X . X . . . . . . . O X X O . | $$ | . . O X . O . . . . . . . . . X . O . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . X X O O | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . X . X . X O | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . X X O O | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . X O X X O O O X | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O O O X O X X | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O O X O . X X X C C | $$ | . . X . . . . . . O X X X X . X . X 1 | $$ | . . . , . X . . . , O O . . . X O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O X X 2 | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
However, this doesn't affect the status of the eye in the marked area - it can be achieved in gote, so there's no need to play the move I played.
Thanks for bringing this up - I didn't even catch it during the review of the game I made for myself.
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Kirby wrote:
I played a club game against Mr. Fukuda. He's a really nice guy, and also a recent recipient of the Lasker Award.
It was our first game together, so we did nigiri and played evenly. I lost the nigiri, and played white.
The game record is here:
In your variation for move 8, that move is quite playable for white, as it's how you get to the 'standard' taisha (read: potentially quite complex), but for the followup, white should atari from the other side. The proposed direction for generally leads to white's outside group getting captured in a net, losing a big corner, or otherwise compromised. This will either lead to a trade for white territory vs black influence or lead to the traditional crosscut fight, depending on ladders and which cut white chooses to defend. Tenuki for is generally considered bad.
My impression is that black set up the strongly influential position in the lower left with the idea of getting a decent result out of the fighting that would occur following a taisha crosscut fight, but I can't help but wonder if a one or two space low pincer would work better with black's lower left formation.
In your variation for move 8, that move is quite playable for white, as it's how you get to the 'standard' taisha (read: potentially quite complex), but for the followup, white should atari from the other side.
Sounds familiar, and I agree.
skydyr wrote:
The proposed direction for generally leads to white's outside group getting captured in a net, losing a big corner, or otherwise compromised.
From the big picture, I agree with your sentiment. However, I don't see this being a net. It might be stupid for white to play this way, but if he stubbornly moves out...:
I agree this isn't a viable option, and it doesn't look like a good way for white to play at all. But my feeling is that this is because white has two weak groups in the local area.
Don't get me wrong - I agree with your point that the atari is on the wrong side. I just don't feel that it would absolutely result in a net (though, the point is moot with poor playing). Anyway, I'm not that familiar with taisha variations. They sound fun to study.
My impression is that black set up the strongly influential position in the lower left with the idea of getting a decent result out of the fighting that would occur following a taisha crosscut fight, but I can't help but wonder if a one or two space low pincer would work better with black's lower left formation.
I don't know the full reason behind black's intentions, but in the brief chat we had after the game, he mentioned that he doesn't usually play this way, but was inspired by Yamashita. I don't know that well about particular pro styles, but maybe he meant Yamashita Keigo?
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It's very likely Yamashita Keigo. It's a common last name, but no other Yamashita has had as much success lately. He also has a fairly distinctive style.
It's very likely Yamashita Keigo. It's a common last name, but no other Yamashita has had as much success lately. He also has a fairly distinctive style.
I looked up pro games matching the left side of the board using SmartGo.
This formation matched 10 games. Interestingly, Yamashita wasn't in the list of players. The black players with this strategy were:
* O Rissei 9d * Wang Yang 5d * Ma Shi 7d * Chen Linxin 9d * Liu Wenlong * Kang Cheolmin 5d
What's also interesting to me are the dates in which this pattern was played. This precise left-side formation was played 5 out of 10 times in 1997, even in the same month, and played 3 times in 2008 and 2005. It was played once by Kang Cheolmin in 1974.
The most common follow up was to play where I opted not to play in the game, as explained in the variation:
So maybe this is what Mr. Fukuda was being inspired by. That being said, this bottom left pattern seems even more often played by:
* Yoda Norimoto 9d; and * O Meien 9d
From SmartGo results, O Meien played this bottom left pattern at least 33 times, which I personally feel is quite a bit for these types of database searches.
After this, black almost always plays the marked move, so I don't think the way I played is that bad to this point. However, later when I ignored his approach in the top right - I think that was bad.
That being said, an alternative response to the move I played was the same as what I considered myself during my personal review, which is in one of the SGF variations of the game:
As pros also play this move a good deal, I think it's viable here, since it works with his bottom left corner formation (though, perhaps he should just play this move to begin with as a pincer, as described in the earlier post).
If I follow the most popular variation from this position...
Maybe it'd work in this case, but personally, I might slightly prefer black here.
So from this I can conclude, maybe the way the game sequence was played (until I tenuki'd his approach in top right corner) was viable - I like it personally, since it limits black's potential on the left and gives white territory.
However, since black can play as just described, maybe it's worth considering the more popular Taisha variation option, as skydyr suggests:
The good thing is, in many variations, it seems that white gets groups on both the left and top side - which would have the benefit of not giving black the big moyo he got in the game on the top.
Above, white played the marked move. I am normally reluctant to play a 3-4 facing black stones like this. However, in this case, I think it's a good move, because black can't develop well on the bottom. This seems like something obvious, but I would have quickly ruled out 3-4 in this direction if it were a game I were playing, and I think 3-4 is playable here.
[go]$$W $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . X X O O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . X . X . X . O . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O O O X O . X O . | $$ | . . W . . . . . X X O O X O X . X O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O X O . . X O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . B O . X O . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . B O O X O O X . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . B B O O X X , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X X . X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . | $$ | . . O , . . . . . O . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
That is, even if white plays on the left, black can easily invade with the strength of the marked black stones. Additionally, white can't develop much because of the low marked white stone.
Maybe the third reason is that a black play on the bottom would be pretty big:
[go]$$B $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . X X O O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . X . X . X . O . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O O O X O . X O . | $$ | . . O . . . . . X X O O X O X . X O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O X O . . X O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . X O . X O . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . X O O X O O X . . . | $$ | . . B , . . . . . X X O O X X , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X X . X . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . O . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . X . . . . O X . . . . O X . . | $$ | . . O O X . . X X O O . . . . , X . . | $$ | . . . . O X . X . X X O O . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . X O O . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
While there are two black groups that white can split, it seems difficult to effectively profit from attacking either group. What's wrong with cutting to the chase and securing territory, as below:
[go]$$B $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . X X O O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . X . X . X . O . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O O O X O . X O . | $$ | . . O . . . . . X X O O X O X . X O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O X O . . X O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . X O . X O . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . X O O X O O X . . . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . X X O O X X , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X X . X . . . . | $$ | . . W O . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . O . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . X . . . . O X . . . . O X . . | $$ | . . O O X . . X X O O . . . . , X . . | $$ | . . . . O X . X . X X O O . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . X O O . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Yes, it seems mild and not severe, but if white can't attack black anyway, what's the point of being severe? Is white concerned of potential black territory later, as here:
[go]$$B $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . X X O O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . X . X . X . O . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O O O X O . X O . | $$ | . . O . . . . . X X O O X O X . X O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O X O . . X O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . X O . X O . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . X O O X O O X . . . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . X X O O X X , . . . | $$ | . . . . B . . . . . O X X . X . . . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . O . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . X . . . . O X . . . . O X . . | $$ | . . O O X . . X X O O . . . . , X . . | $$ | . . . . O X . X . X X O O . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . X O O . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Maybe that's it. Still, it's hard for me to see that this is worth more than the territory white secures by playing solidly. I'm still thinking about this, though after seeing the diagram above, perhaps securing territory is too cowardly, and black can get a lot of points by enclosing white.
It wasn't in my routine to play a game today, but a friend approached me to play a game today. To keep things anonymous, I'll omit his name.
I played white, and gave him 5 stones. Here is the SGF:
To summarize the game, there are a few points where I could have lost the game by a lot. Somehow, things managed to work out for white, but it was very lucky on my part. He might have been able to kill my bottom left corner group, too. Anyway, I was lucky.
I'll have to play more precisely for future games.
For anyone following some of the games in this thread, I have a question for you. There are different styles in go. For example, Cho Chikun is known for being a territorial player, whereas Takemiya is more oriented toward his "cosmic style" moyos.
If I try to think of styles people can have in playing go, I can come up with the following (some of which may overlap):
* Territorial * Moyo-oriented * Fighting * Calm * Thick * Fast * Influence-oriented (perhaps similar to moyo oriented)
Maybe there are some other styles that I'm missing.
Anyway, if you have a moment, could you let me know which of these styles is most prevalent in my games, and which is most lacking? For example, based on my games, am I mostly territorial? Am I mostly fast? Something else? And, based on my games, am I least likely to be ...?
The reason I'd like to know this is because it is difficult for someone to know their own style, and I'd like to investigate a style that I am *not*.
Today I had the honor of playing a Korean professional, Son Keungi 4d.
It was an internet game on Tygem at 10:30pm Korean time, which meant that I had to be ready by 5:30am. This is earlier than I usually get up, and I was exhausted. I should have gone to bed earlier.
The time settings were pretty quick - 5 minute game, plus 3 periods of 30 second byo-yomi. Combined with being tired, I played a pretty bad game, making some very silly mistakes. I lost by a lot, but it was still a great experience to play a pro.
I'm slighty embarrassed to post the game record since I played so poorly and without much thought, but after the game he kindly provided review, and I also reviewed the game a bit myself.
I made some quick plays that I should have thought more about. I should have pushed harder to think hard and win. Here are a couple of key points where I made mistakes that I know better than to make:
[go]$$B $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O X O O . . . . | $$ | . . . X O O . . . . O X X O X O O . . | $$ | . . . X . X O . . X O X . X X X X X . | $$ | . . X X . X O . . . O X . . . . . . . | $$ | . X . X O O O . . X X O X . . X . . . | $$ | . O X O . . O X . O O O . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O O O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X X . . . . X . X . . . . . | $$ | . X . X . . . . . X . . O 1 . X X . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O . C . O . . . . | $$ | . X . O O O X . . . . . . . . . O O . | $$ | . . O X X O X . . . . . X . O . . X . | $$ | . . O . O X X . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . O O O X . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O X O X X X . , . . . X . X . O . | $$ | . . O . X O O X X . . X . O X . X X . | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
The pro didn't comment on this move much, but this was a move without thought, and I immediately regretted playing it. It was a bad move. Some spectators suggested the marked intersection, and of course, without playing this, I have the double peep.
[go]$$B $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O X O O . . X . | $$ | . . . X O O . . . . O X X O X O O . . | $$ | . . . X . X O . . X O X . X X X X X . | $$ | . . X X . X O . . . O X . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O X O O O . 1 X X O X . . X . . . | $$ | . O . O . . O X . O O O . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O O O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X X . . . . X . X . . . . . | $$ | . X . X . . . . . X X O O X . X X . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O . O . . . . | $$ | . X . O O O X . . X X X O . . . O O . | $$ | . . O X X O X . . . O O X . O . . X . | $$ | . . O . O X X . . . . . O . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . O O O X . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O X O X X X . , . . . X . X . O . | $$ | . . O . X O O X X . . X . O X . X X . | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Above is a terrible threat, which just loses points. I should know better!
[go]$$B $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . O O X O O . . X . | $$ | . . . X O O . . . . O X X O X O O . . | $$ | . . . X . X O . X X O X X X X X X X . | $$ | . . X X . X O . O . O X O . . . . . . | $$ | . X O X O O O O X X X O X X . X . . . | $$ | . O . O . . O X O O O O O . . . . . . | $$ | . . O O O O . X . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X X . C . . X 1 X . . . . . | $$ | . X . X . X . . . X X O O X . X X . . | $$ | . . . . . X O O . X . X O . O . . X . | $$ | . X . O O O X . O X X X O . . . O O . | $$ | . . O X X O X . O O O O X . O . . X . | $$ | . . O . O X X . X . . . O . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . O O O X . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . O X O X X X . , . . O X . X . O . | $$ | . . O . X O O X X . . X X . X . X X . | $$ | . . . . O O X . . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Of course I should have played at the marked spot. It's obvious that if white disconnects black, he can make two eyes. I have no idea why I missed this - maybe because I was playing a pro... Maybe because I was tired... But still, I shouldn't have an excuse for playing this kind of move.
Learning Points
* Even when I am tired or lacking time, I *must* think. Otherwise, the moves become pointless and regrettable * In life & death scenarios, spend a little bit of time reading * I need to do more go problems
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How did this match with a pro on tygem get setup? I think I've seen some stuff written about matches with pros but I didn't pay close attention to the details.
How did this match with a pro on tygem get setup? I think I've seen some stuff written about matches with pros but I didn't pay close attention to the details.
Today was the Jin Chen Memorial Tournament in Seattle. Jin Chen was a great guy, and this tournament is typically the biggest go tournament at the Seattle Go Center every year. This was the first opportunity I had to go, so I was excited to play. I arrived at the center early, and there were already a handful of people there. The turnout was great, and I was surprised they had enough go boards to facilitate all of the players.
My first game was against a go center regular. I've played him casually before, and he's a nice guy. The one time we played earlier, he gave me a two stone handicap and I won, but today we were matched up to play with no handicap, but with 0.5 komi. It was our first game without handicap stones, so it felt exciting.
I found out in the middle of the game that we were using Canadian time. I'm typically used to byo-yomi, so this was a bit of a challenge.
In the end, I lost the game by running out of time, but on the board, I would have lost because he killed a group of mine. On the other hand, maybe I would not have played tenuki if I weren't short on time.
Either way, I lost, and here's the SGF:
There are a number of learning points in this game.
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generally leads to white's outside group getting captured in a net, losing a big corner, or otherwise compromised. This will either lead to a trade for white territory vs black influence or lead to the traditional crosscut fight, depending on ladders and which cut white chooses to defend. Tenuki for 
is generally considered bad.
