Kirby's Study Journal

Kirby · Post by **Kirby** » Wed Aug 28, 2019 9:57 am

Some quick highlights - 2 minutes before I have to go back to work.

Position 1

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$B $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . W X . . O . . . X . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

don't like move above. probably this one is better, but i overthought it during the game:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$B $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . O . . . X . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O . W . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Position 2

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The move above is characteristic of my play. I want to *DO* something technical, even if the result isn't the best that I could get. I want to use the stones that are there.

Instead, I think I should step back, and take a breather.

Hard in a 10 minute game, but thinking about it calmly, I think I can just be like this:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$B $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . O X . O O . . O X . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O . X . X X W O . . . . , X . . | $$ | . . . . . . O . X . . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . O . X . . . . O . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

That's a decent result, and I can keep going. I don't need to go for doing everything I can do with all of the stones, if it's not leading to a better result.

Position 3

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$B $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O X . . O . O X . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O O X X O O X . O X . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O X X O X X X O . . . . , X . . | $$ | . . . . X O O . X . X X . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . O O X . O . X O O . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O . O X . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . O . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . O X X X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X O X . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

The move above is super greedy. I think I should play lighter - something like this, maybe:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$B $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O X . . O . O X . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O O X X O O X . O X . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O X X O X X X O . . . . , X . . | $$ | . . . . X O O . X . X X . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . O O X . O . X O O . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O . O X . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . W . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . O X X X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X O X . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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Anyway, I've really gotta go. Highlights from this game are:
1. don't be so greedy - play back when it's enoguh
2. take abreather, step back, and play a non-technical move if it gives a better result than the technical move i'm thinking.

i should play more non-technical moves once in awhile if they give a better result

Kirby · Post by **Kirby** » Thu Aug 29, 2019 11:04 am

Today is go club day, so I was social with my coworkers and ate with them, instead of playing a game at lunch. I'll play some games tonight at the go club.

I did have something to note, though. Yesterday, traffic was kind of slow on the way home, so while I was stopped, I pulled out my laptop and did a quick LZ analysis on my game from yesterday. The results generally look pretty good for me, but there are two distinct points in time where I made some big mistakes which turned LZ's analysis around to saying my opponent was ahead.

LZ notes that I can always grab at least some points on the right by sliding underneath at 'a':

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$W Moves 70 to 70 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O X . . O . O X . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O O X X O O X . O X . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O X X O X X X O . . . . , X . . | $$ | . . . . X O O . X . X X . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . O O X . O . X O O . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O . O X . . . . . X a . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . b O . O . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . O B . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . O X X X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X O X . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Maybe I can get cut off, but either way, I can stop black from getting a ton of points there.

So because of that, the win rates really turned on their head when I ignored white's push, and tried to do something fancy here. LZ wants me to just block and play normally at 'b'.

The other big turnaround was around the time of this peep:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$W Moves 110 to 110 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O X . . O . O X . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O O X X O O X . O X . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O X X O X X X O . . . . , X . . | $$ | . . . . X O O . X . X X . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . O O X . O . X O O . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . O . O X . X . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . X . X O . . . . . . X . | $$ | . . . . O X . . . . . . . O O . O O O | $$ | . O O , . . . . . , O O O X . , . X . | $$ | . . X O O X . . . . O X X . X . X . . | $$ | . . X X X . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . O . . . . . . . X . O . . | $$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . X O O O . . . . , . . O X X X O . . | $$ | . X X X . O . . . . . X X O X . O . . | $$ | . . . . X X O . . . . . . O X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

LZ notes that my opponent doesn't have to respond to my peep, and can gain some advantage in this area. After my opponent responded, though, and when I continued to attack the group, the win rate gradually came back to my favor. That's about all the analysis I was able to do while my car was stopped - since I was in traffic, I couldn't really go for that many playouts, but that seemed to be the general gist of the game, according to shishou, er, i mean LZ.

EdLee · Post by **EdLee** » Thu Aug 29, 2019 4:23 pm

Don't LZ and drive!

Kirby · Post by **Kirby** » Thu Aug 29, 2019 7:40 pm

EdLee wrote:Don't LZ and drive!

Haha - don't worry - I really was stopped and not driving. It was just in the car in stopped traffic.

Kirby · Post by **Kirby** » Thu Aug 29, 2019 7:41 pm

Went to the go club today, and had the most interesting game I've had in awhile.

I don't remember the exact sequence, but the beginning was something like this (I was white):

Notably, I had a brain burp, and ignored his threat in the center to take the top right corner. The top right corner was big profit, but I misread that he captures my center stones then.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$B mistakenly ignored this move $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O X . O . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . O X . X . X . , . . . . . O X . . | $$ | . O X . X . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . O O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | X . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X O O . 1 . , . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . . . X X O . O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . O X O O . . O . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . X X X O X X . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . O X O O O . . . . X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . O X X . . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . X X X . X O . X . . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . O . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

He played some slow moves, so I feel I recovered alright after the ko on the top. But I didn't realize he could bring his group back to life.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$B i was so sad :-( $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . O O O X . X X X X O O O O . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . X O O X O O O X O . . . . . | $$ | . . O X X O O . X O X X X O . . O . . | $$ | . . O X X X O X X O X . . 1 2 O X . . | $$ | . O X . X X O X O X X X . 9 . . O . . | $$ | . O O X X O X X O O O 3 O . . . . . . | $$ | . X O O O O . . . O 4 O 5 7 . . . . . | $$ | X . X O . . . . X O X 8 6 0 . . O . . | $$ | . X X X X X . . O X . . . . . . . O . | $$ | . . . X O O X X O , . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . . . X X O O O . O . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . O X O O O . O . . . . . . O . | $$ | . . . . X X X O X X X X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . O X O O O X . . . X X X . | $$ | X X . . . . O X X . . . . . . X O X . | $$ | O X X X X . X . . X O . . . . , O O . | $$ | O O O O . . . X X . X . . O . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

In the end, I lost by 1.5 points.

Kirby · Post by **Kirby** » Tue Sep 03, 2019 6:03 am

Labor Day is over, so I’m back to my routine... Or at least that was the plan.

Yesterday, I was clearing out debris from our bathroom (I am remodeling), and part of that involved taking out the wooden frame that surrounded our bathtub (I’m going to put in a free standing tub, instead). That also involved breaking up spmenof the tile that was there. The room was getting dusty, and it didn’t seem healthy to be breathing in the debris in the air, so I opened the window. So far, so good. A little bit later, I smashed some more tile, and a puff of dust entered the air. I didn’t want to breathe it, so I quickly stuck my head out the window for some fresh air... Except that, now that my head was out the window, I felt pain in my foot. I looked down, and yes, I had stepped on a nail. It went through my shoe and I was bleeding quite a bit.

I got the bleeding to stop, got some antibiotic cream, and treated the wound. It hurt to walk, but seemed OK. The only remaining problem was that I hadn’t had a tetanus shot since 2004, so it seemed like a good idea to get one.

So this morning, I deviated from my running routine, and went to the doctor to get a tetanus shot instead. It means that’s i also didn’t do any go problems yet this morning. So I’m overall behind today.

What it means for the journal is that i wont post a game at lunchtime. I’ll catch up on problems instead.

The good thing is, the AYD started up again this week, and my first game is tonight. So I’ll play that, and post an analysis in about 12 hours...

If all goes well, my go routine will be back on track. I just won’t run today. It hurts to walk, anyway, so taking a day off due to nail problems seems reasonable

EdLee · Post by **EdLee** » Tue Sep 03, 2019 6:10 am

Hope the foot recovers quickly and nicely.

Kirby · Post by **Kirby** » Tue Sep 03, 2019 6:44 am

Depending on the vaccine, it's recommended to get a tetanus shot every 5 to 10 years. The one I received today is said to be effective for about 5 years. I am not an expert on tetanus, but from what I looked up online after getting injured, it was recommended to get a tetanus shot within 48 hours of stepping on the nail to avoid risk of tetanus. Even if you step on a nail, you might not get tetanus, particularly if the nail is clean. But stepping on one, the risk of getting tetanus is increased. Tetanus can be fatal, so I thought it'd be good to get a vaccination, just in case.

I have not read either of the books you mentioned. I like to read, but I only allocate about 40 minutes per day to doing so recreationally (shortly before going to bed). Right now, I am about 70% through a book called Sapiens - I think you might have heard of it, because if I recall, you were reading the Japanese version at some point. I'm reading the English edition right now.

Regarding baths, I'm a big fan of onsen, and I also like Korean jjimjilbangs. Whenever I went on business trips to Chicago, I'd hit up King's Spa. But at home, like you, I don't use the bathtub much. That being said, my wife likes taking baths to relax. So it's mostly for her. We have 4 bathrooms in the house, so if it were just for me, I wouldn't even need this one (indeed, while the remodeling is going on, I'm using one of the other bathrooms). I like simple showers. Recently, I've been taking cold showers for a few of reasons:
1. Supposedly, cold showers help skin health
2. They wake me up
3. Despite #1 and #2 above, I'm a little bit skeptical of the benefit of cold showers. And it's fri***** cold, so it takes a lot of willpower to take a cold shower - I ask myself, "Why am I doing this?!?"... In some ways, I feel that this helps me to exercise self-discipline... Or maybe I'm a little bit masochistic.

EdLee · Post by **EdLee** » Tue Sep 03, 2019 1:07 pm

Hi Kirby,

I only read Sapiens in English; my Japanese is toddler level.

As for cold showers, yes, takes will power; instead of 100% cold water, how about a regular hot shower, and just before you turn off the water at the end, let it become cold for a few seconds ( usually, if it's controlled by only one lever, the lever must go through 'cold' before resetting to 'off' anyway, yes ? ); this way you only 'suffer' for a few seconds; it wakes you up ( I heard it's the abrupt change in the temperature that activates your immune system and other goodies ? )

Kirby · Post by **Kirby** » Tue Sep 03, 2019 5:18 pm

I think I've heard that called a "contrast shower" before. I've done that sometimes, too.

Anyway, about the two books you mentioned - is there a reason for brining them up? I will be looking for some new reading material once I finish Sapiens...

Kirby · Post by **Kirby** » Tue Sep 03, 2019 7:36 pm

Played my first AYD game of the season against a friend, Anthony. I was nervous to play, because he's been improving a lot.

I got lucky, and won by 6.5 points.

Here is the game:

Don't have much time to review it right now, other than what I wrote in the SGF. I got pretty lucky with capturing on the top in the endgame - maybe that changed the game result? Not sure. I was in byo-yomi for awhile, so it's hard to say.

EdLee · Post by **EdLee** » Tue Sep 03, 2019 7:39 pm

the two books you mentioned - is there a reason for bringing them up?

Yes; the reason will be obvious once you read either one.

Kirby · Post by **Kirby** » Tue Sep 03, 2019 7:44 pm

OK, I lied. Skimmed through the game with LZ briefly before bed. LZ says I lose over 40% with this move:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$B $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . , O . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X O . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O W . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O . . . O X X O . | $$ | . . . . . . X X X X O . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . O O O . X O O O X O . . . X O . . | $$ | . . X X . . X . . X X O . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . X O . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

omg

Kirby · Post by **Kirby** » Wed Sep 04, 2019 10:02 am

I lost on fox for the first time. I kind of blame insomnia from last night - I'm pretty tired. But that's just an excuse, I know...

Anyway, here is the game:

Kirby · Post by **Kirby** » Wed Sep 04, 2019 10:05 am

Highlights...

Position 1

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$B $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . . O . . . . O X X . . . . . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . , O . O X . X . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . O X . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . X O . . X . O O O O O . . | $$ | . . . X . . . O . . . . . . X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X X O 6 X . X . 7 . . . . . | $$ | . . X . O O O X X 4 5 O O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . , O X X O X 2 3 O X X X , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . X O O O 1 O X O . . . . . | $$ | . . O O O O X . . . X X O X . X X . . | $$ | . . X . X X X . . . . . O . . O . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . X X O O O . O X . . | $$ | . . . . . O . O . X O X . . . O X . . | $$ | . . X O . O X . . X O . . . . , X . . | $$ | . . X . O X O O . X O X . . O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . X O O . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I thought the trade above was decent at the time, but in retrospect, I think it was pretty bad...

Postion 2

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I think the move above is too greedy. Instead, I think I should be more moderate. Maybe this:

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The tenuki above is questionable. Perhaps helping around 'a' is better.

Didn't check LZ yet.

I am basically making an excuse when I complain about being tired, but I will say that I'm happy that I played today. I was tempted to skip.

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