SoDesuNe paves his road to Shodan

[SoDesuNe]

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Book               1. Run (correctly solved [%])      2. Run                     3. Run                     4. Run (*four months later*)
YCH Tesuji 1     //     116 / 123 [94%]      |      98 / 123 [80%]      |     115 / 123 [93%]      |     111 / 123 [90%]      
YCH Tesuji 2     //     119 / 123 [97%]      |     107 / 123 [87%]      |     118 / 123 [96%]      |     - dropped out -
YCH Tesuji 3     //      97 / 123 [79%]      |      97 / 123 [79%]      |     107 / 123 [87%]      |     101 / 123 [82%] 
YCH Tesuji 4     //     119 / 123 [97%]      |     120 / 123 [98%]      |     - dropped out -      |     - dropped out -
YCH Tesuji 5     //      75 / 123 [61%]      |     *85 / 123 [69%]*     | 

YCH Tsumego 1    //     121 / 123 [98%]      |     115 / 123 [93%]      |     120 / 123 [98%]      |     - dropped out -
YCH Tsumego 2    //     110 / 123 [89%]      |     113 / 123 [92%]      |     115 / 123 [93%]      |     113 / 123 [92%]
YCH Tsumego 3    //     101 / 123 [82%]      |     105 / 123 [85%]      |     114 / 123 [93%]      |     108 / 123 [88%]
YCH Tsumego 4    //      69 / 123 [56%]      |      74 / 123 [60%]      |      92 / 123 [75%]      |

GS Opening       //        n/a               |     131 / 175 [75%]      |     144 / 175 [82%]      |     149 / 175 [85%]      
501 Opening      //        n/a               |     340 / 501 [68%]      |     372 / 501 [74%]      |

YCH Tesuji vol. 5 was kind of an up and down. Several problems I had seen already (many times), so I could breeze through them. Others were unsolvable for me ^^ And a lot of variation mistakes of course.
Still quite happy that I could solve more problems than on the first try.

YCH L&D vol. 4 is next.

• 1. YCH Tesuji vol. 1
  2. YCH L&D vol. 2
  3. Get Strong at the Opening
  4. YCH Tesuji vol. 3
  5. YCH L&D vol. 3
  6. YCH Tesuji vol. 5
  7. YCH L&D vol. 4
  8. 501 Opening Problems
  9. Go/Segeo Tesuji Dict. 1
  10. 1000 Weiqi Problems

And another commented game of mine:


I'm very bad with handling weak stones/groups and profitting from an attack :o

[SoDesuNe]

Oh my, oh my. I must be really getting tremendously strong, as in "before results show you often play worse". I rarely play as bad and make as many "simple" mistakes as these days.

[1/7,000,000,000]

SO SoDesuNe are you a solid 1d and if so when did you first reach the rank?

[SoDesuNe]

I'm not 1-dan on KGS anymore : ( I burst through the 1-dan barrier in early September, went halfway to 2-dan, then dropped to 1-kyu, rose back to 1-dan and dropped to 1-kyu again ^^

I first reached 1-dan - as a rank on KGS - years ago, I think in November 2011 was the first time but I dropped back to around 2-kyu shortly after that. In March 2012, I reached 1-dan again and could hold it a while but utlimatively dropped to 1-kyu after around a douzen games. After that I dropped to 2-kyu as well, got back to 1-kyu fairly quickly, got demoted to 2-kyu again... (yaddayadda)

What keeps my spirit up is that I'm doing better and better with my Tsumego/Tesuji studies. I get faster and more correctly solved problems overall. It's a bit sad that this does not seem to show in my games but well, I'll keep going for now and maybe everything will sort itself out =) (Maybe I'm going to show some games for review since I can't get hold of my usual Sempai : ) )

[SoDesuNe]

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Book               1. Run (correctly solved [%])      2. Run                     3. Run                     4. Run (*four months later*)
YCH Tesuji 1     //     116 / 123 [94%]      |      98 / 123 [80%]      |     115 / 123 [93%]      |     111 / 123 [90%]      
YCH Tesuji 2     //     119 / 123 [97%]      |     107 / 123 [87%]      |     118 / 123 [96%]      |     - dropped out -
YCH Tesuji 3     //      97 / 123 [79%]      |      97 / 123 [79%]      |     107 / 123 [87%]      |     101 / 123 [82%] 
YCH Tesuji 4     //     119 / 123 [97%]      |     120 / 123 [98%]      |     - dropped out -      |     - dropped out -
YCH Tesuji 5     //      75 / 123 [61%]      |     *85 / 123 [69%]*     | 

YCH Tsumego 1    //     121 / 123 [98%]      |     115 / 123 [93%]      |     120 / 123 [98%]      |     - dropped out -
YCH Tsumego 2    //     110 / 123 [89%]      |     113 / 123 [92%]      |     115 / 123 [93%]      |     113 / 123 [92%]
YCH Tsumego 3    //     101 / 123 [82%]      |     105 / 123 [85%]      |     114 / 123 [93%]      |     108 / 123 [88%]
YCH Tsumego 4    //      69 / 123 [56%]      |      74 / 123 [60%]      |      92 / 123 [75%]      |     *89 / 123 [72%]*      

GS Opening       //        n/a               |     131 / 175 [75%]      |     144 / 175 [82%]      |     149 / 175 [85%]      
501 Opening      //        n/a               |     340 / 501 [68%]      |     372 / 501 [74%]      |

72% for YCH Tsumego vol. 4, a bit worse than the last time but I personally feel I'm getting faster in spotting but remain bad in reading the relevant variations : D

Something different is next: 501 Opening Problems!

• 1. YCH Tesuji vol. 1
  2. YCH L&D vol. 2
  3. Get Strong at the Opening
  4. YCH Tesuji vol. 3
  5. YCH L&D vol. 3
  6. YCH Tesuji vol. 5
  7. YCH L&D vol. 4
  8. 501 Opening Problems
  9. Go/Segeo Tesuji Dict. 1
  10. 1000 Weiqi Problems

[logan]

At your level I had opposite strengths. I had hardship scoring on the opening problems, but picked up the tesuji problems naturally Maybe it had something to do with the way I was categorizing the tesuji in my head, but had difficulty finding a similar method for the opening problems.

Let me know when you get started on 1000 Weiqi Problems. If I have the time, then I'll join you. It's a fun book (Maybe some other people will like to join us.)

[SoDesuNe]

I already decided that this is the last cycle with opening problems for now. Although I'm far away from my goal to reach a score of 95% in the relevant books, I can't help but feel it's a bit pointless since my - in my opinion - more glaring weaknesses are Tesujis as in making shape and fighting. Maybe I'll compose an all-out Tesuji cycle. We will see : )

I'll gladly let you know, when I start with 1000 Weiqi Problems! Should be fun =)

[RBerenguel]

Let me know when you start with Segoe/Seigen's Tesuji... I guess you'll be doing B and C? Or will you also try A? At my current level I can do (and not perfectly) C level problems, and kind of find the first few moves of some B problems, so I'll only join you for the C ones

[SoDesuNe]

Sure : )
Yeah, I will stick with C and B right now. I tried A, too, the last time but I needed more than ten minutes for one problem and that tells me, I'm not strong enough yet =D

[rouyakun]

As long as you are consistent with your studies, you should keep on improving although the results might not show up immediately - is what I believe. (How I wish I was consistent too but meh...)

What's this segoe tesuji dictionary btw? Is it a book of sorts? Looks interesting.

[SoDesuNe]

Ha ha ha, yeah, that's the way it normaly goes : D

Here you can find a bit more about the books: http://senseis.xmp.net/?SegoeTesujiDictionary I only hear praise for them.

[RBerenguel]

Ha ha ha, yeah, that's the way it normaly goes : D

Here you can find a bit more about the books: http://senseis.xmp.net/?SegoeTesujiDictionary I only hear praise for them.

Bougth the three-pack from Yutopian, and couldn't be happier. A very good price and incredibly game-like problems. I even made a half-board in leather (I posted a picture in my study journal a while ago) to have one of these problems always at hand

[SoDesuNe]

So, I finished Final Summit today! It took me quite longer than I expected but it sadly took also quite some time to find a quiet hour for some quality Go time.
I plan to repeat the book right away and look forward to the excellent commentary of the ten-game-match (the seven 3-game-matches are a little sparsely commentated). If I had to compare the games to those in Games of Shuei, I must say, I find them way more complex and deep. But maybe this is due to the comparable strength between Go and Takagawa. I had the feeling (and the text supports it) that Shuei was without a peer in his later life.

I already solved 360 problems from 501 Opening problems and I think, I still learn a lot with every run. The easier some problems get, the more I see in other problems - really interesting =)
Maybe I will not throw out the opening problems after all but reduce the Tsumego ones?

Luckily, I have quite some time to decide : )

[SoDesuNe]

Ha ha ha, if you ever want prove how your mental state might affect your game then try to solve problems on e.g. goproblems.com while being agitated ^^

[SoDesuNe]

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Book               1. Run (correctly solved [%])      2. Run                     3. Run                     4. Run (*four months later*)
YCH Tesuji 1     //     116 / 123 [94%]      |      98 / 123 [80%]      |     115 / 123 [93%]      |     111 / 123 [90%]      
YCH Tesuji 2     //     119 / 123 [97%]      |     107 / 123 [87%]      |     118 / 123 [96%]      |    - accomplished -      
YCH Tesuji 3     //      97 / 123 [79%]      |      97 / 123 [79%]      |     107 / 123 [87%]      |     101 / 123 [82%] 
YCH Tesuji 4     //     119 / 123 [97%]      |     120 / 123 [98%]      |    - accomplished -      |    - accomplished -      
YCH Tesuji 5     //      75 / 123 [61%]      |     *85 / 123 [69%]*     | 

YCH Tsumego 1    //     121 / 123 [98%]      |     115 / 123 [93%]      |     120 / 123 [98%]      |    - accomplished -      
YCH Tsumego 2    //     110 / 123 [89%]      |     113 / 123 [92%]      |     115 / 123 [93%]      |     113 / 123 [92%]
YCH Tsumego 3    //     101 / 123 [82%]      |     105 / 123 [85%]      |     114 / 123 [93%]      |     108 / 123 [88%]
YCH Tsumego 4    //      69 / 123 [56%]      |      74 / 123 [60%]      |      92 / 123 [75%]      |      89 / 123 [72%]      

GS Opening       //        n/a               |     131 / 175 [75%]      |     144 / 175 [82%]      |     149 / 175 [85%]      
501 Opening      //        n/a               |     340 / 501 [68%]      |     372 / 501 [74%]      |     387 / 501 [77%]

Again a little bit better in 501 Opening Problems than in the previous run(s).

I will start Go/Segeo Tesuji Dict. vol. 1 today (C and B problems). So, RBerenguel and anyone who wants to join, too: Have fun and good luck =)

• 1. YCH Tesuji vol. 1
  2. YCH L&D vol. 2
  3. Get Strong at the Opening
  4. YCH Tesuji vol. 3
  5. YCH L&D vol. 3
  6. YCH Tesuji vol. 5
  7. YCH L&D vol. 4
  8. 501 Opening Problems
  9. Go/Segeo Tesuji Dict. vol. 1
  10. 1000 Weiqi Problems