On Wednesday, I woke up feeling satisfied that I had been consistent with running on a regular basis, doing problems, and with playing games. So I decided to take a break. I didn't run, didn't do problems, and didn't play a game. Well, I did a few problems. But no game and no running. Furthermore, I had a big lunch.
It felt nice to relax at first, but when I looked back on the day, I felt bad about it. I want to avoid days like that in the future. So maybe when I feel like I've been doing well, I'll just take it easy, but still do those activities - a light run, a casual game, or some easy problems. Then at least I'm doing something, and I'm still getting some rest.
Anyway, I came back today, and ran pretty hard this morning. Then I rode the bus to go to work, and did some problems. But I was making mistakes. I thought I'd have the answer, and then I checked the solution, and it was wrong. I don't feel sharp today.
But anyway, I already took a break the other day, so I wanted to play a game today, nonetheless. So here it is: I played a 2k on KGS. I felt like I wasn't sharp today, and I almost lost the game. But I guess I got a bit lucky, and took away a win.
Here is the game with some comments:
And now, as usual, some pre-AI analysis highlights.
Position 1
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[go]$$B
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$$ | . . O . . . . O O O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . O X X X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X . X X O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . |
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I feel the move above is slightly questionable. I expected black to play there, which is why I took it. But I don't know if moving out my stone has definite benefit right now. And if he comes back and plays a move to stop me from moving out, he's a move behind anyway.
That being said, I don't know where the best place to play is. Some ideas that stick out are:
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[go]$$B
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$$ | . . O X . X . . . X O . X . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . O O O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . O X X X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X . X X O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
A shoulder hit on the bottom seems to negate the central influence a little bit.
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[go]$$B
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$$ | . . O X . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . X . . . X O . X . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . O O O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . O X X X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X . X X O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . X . O . . |
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A move on the side, like above, helps me with territory, and also plays a role in reducing the center... Both seem reasonable to me.
Position 2
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[go]$$B
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$$ | . . O X . X . . O , O X X . . X O X . |
$$ | . . O . . . . O O O O O X . . O . O . |
$$ | . . . . X . . O X X X X O . . O O . . |
$$ | . . . O X . X X O . . . O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . O . X X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . X . . . W . . . . . |
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Maybe the move above is over-ambitious. I leave a lot of space for a black invasion. Maybe a more conservative approach works alright:
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[go]$$B
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . . X . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . O . O X X . . . X O X . |
$$ | . . O X . X . . O , O X X . . X O X . |
$$ | . . O . . . . O O O O O X . . O . O . |
$$ | . . . . X . . O X X X X O . . O O . . |
$$ | . . . O X . X X O . . . O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . O . X X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . X . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . |
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Not sure, but it seems like an option.
Position 3
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[go]$$B
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . . X . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . O . O X X . . . X O X . |
$$ | . . O X . X . . O , O X X . . X O X . |
$$ | . . O . . . . O O O O O X . . O . O . |
$$ | . . . . X . . O X X X X O . . O O . . |
$$ | . . . O X . X X O . . . O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . O . X X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . X . . . O . . X . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , X O . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . X . . X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . O . O , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . W . X X . X . O . . |
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The move above seems a bit like an overplay. But maybe it's OK, since I'm still in a tricky situation above. I don't really like this move, but I'm having a hard time thinking of a better one right now.
Position 4
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[go]$$B
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$$ | . . . . . . . O X X X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X O . O X O X . O . . . X . . |
$$ | . . O X . X . O O O X X . . . X O X . |
$$ | . . O X . X O . O , O X X . . X O X . |
$$ | . . O . . . . O O O O O X . . O . O . |
$$ | . . O X X . . O X X X X O . . O O . . |
$$ | . . . O X . X X O X . O O X X . . X . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X O X X X X O . O O . . |
$$ | . W X X . X . . O X . O O O . . X . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . X X O . X X O . , X O . |
$$ | . . . O X . . . . O . O O X . . X O . |
$$ | . . . O X O . . X . X O . X . . X O . |
$$ | . . X X O X . X . X . O . . O . X O . |
$$ | . . . X O . . O X . O O X X O . . . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . O X X . X O . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . X . O . O O X . X O . O , . . . |
$$ | . . . . X X O O . O X X X . X . O . . |
$$ | . . . . X . X O O . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . O . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
The move above is the biggest psychological problem that I feel this game. I tried to read something that would work with this move, failed, and played it anyway. I figured he'd play passive or that I could trick him.
Bad way of playing.
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Those are the main points I want to highlight from this game, from my personal review.
The biggest takeaway I have is from that last position:
1. When I read something doesn't work, don't play it. Don't hope for the opponent to make a mistake.
I think that this advice goes along well with my earlier thoughts about acquiescing when I've made a small failure locally: don't play something that doesn't work. Be patient, and wait for something that works.
Patience is hard.