Here's the deal, folks. I haven't been actively studying go. Technically, I'm a part of the AYD, still, but that's mostly a way to take a break from work. Most of my energy goes into work, family, a second job, and a couple of classes I'm taking on the side.
But then I got Devin's email about the upcoming go tournament in Ohio. I'm in Michigan, so it's relatively close. So I figured, why not? The problem is, I'm obviously out of shape... And the tournament is in about a month.
So I've got about a month to get back into go shape. That means playing some more games.
Here's a game I played just now on OGS:
The time settings were kind of quick, but you can see the rough review I gave above, in the SGF file. I haven't checked AI, yet.
Some things that stick out to me as wrong:
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[go]$$Bc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . O . O . . . . . O . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . B . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O O . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
The marked move above protects my shape, but it seems like it's gotta be wrong. Maybe the original choice of B15 was wrong to begin with. Nonetheless, this double tiger's mouth can't be good, given the peep that white can do.
Here:
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[go]$$Bc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . O . O . . . . . O . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O O O . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . X X X X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O . O . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . X X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . O X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . O X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . W . O X . X X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O O X X O O , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | X X X X X O O . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X O O O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
I may have overreacted. Seems like this might be ok:
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[go]$$Bc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . O . O . . . . . O . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O O O . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . X X X X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O . O . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . X X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . O X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 3 X O . O X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 2 X O O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O 1 O X . X X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O O X X O O , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | X X X X X O O . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | 7 X O O O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 4 5 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
That being said, white can still capture, I suppose:
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[go]$$Bc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . O . O . . . . . O . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O O O . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . X X X X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 0 9 7 O . O . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . 6 X O . X X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . O X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 4 2 X O . O X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 3 X O O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | 5 O 1 O X . X X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O O X X O O , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | X X X X X O O . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X O O O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
So maybe I should still try to connect, and save the whole thing.
Later:
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[go]$$Bc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . X . O . . . . . |
$$ | . O . O . . . . . O C O B . . X . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O O O . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . X X X X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O O . O . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . O X O . X X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X X O . O X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . X O . O X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X O O O X . X X . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | O . O O O X X O O , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O O . . . . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | O . O O O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
The move I played is wrong, I think. I should have played the marked intersection.
Then, this:
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[go]$$Bc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O . . . X O . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . O . . X O X X X O O O O . X O . . |
$$ | . O . O . O X O . O X O X . . X X . . |
$$ | . X O . . . X O . O X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O O O X . O O X X O . . . X . . |
$$ | . X X X X X . . O X O X O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . X . X X . X O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . B . . . |
$$ | . . X O O . O . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . O X O . X X . . . . . . . . C . . |
$$ | . X X X O . O X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . X O . O X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X O O O X . X X . . . . . . . W W . . |
$$ | O . O O O X X O O , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O O . . . . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | O . O O O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Ultimately, I want to attack the marked white stones. But a high move like this invites the white move I played in the game. Maybe I should play low?
White could shoulder hit:
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[go]$$Bc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O . . . X O . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . O . . X O X X X O O O O . X O . . |
$$ | . O . O . O X O . O X O X . . X X . . |
$$ | . X O . . . X O . O X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O O O X . O O X X O . . . X . . |
$$ | . X X X X X . . O X O X O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . X . X X . X O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . X O O . O . . , . . . . . W 1 . . |
$$ | . . O X O . X X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X X O . O X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . X O . O X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X O O O X . X X . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | O . O O O X X O O , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O O . . . . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | O . O O O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
But coming under wouldn't be so bad.
And this:
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[go]$$Bc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O O O O X O . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . O . . X O X X X O O O O . X O . . |
$$ | . O . O . O X . X O X O X . . X X . . |
$$ | . X O . . . X . X O X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O O O X X O O X X O . . . X . . |
$$ | . X X X X X . . O X O X O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . X . X X . X O . . X O X . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . X . . . X X O . |
$$ | . X X O O . O . . , . . . . . , X O . |
$$ | . . O X O . X X . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . X X X O . O X . . . . . . . . . B . |
$$ | . X . X O . O X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X O O O X . X X . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | O . O O O X X O O , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O O . . . . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | O . O O O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
I overplayed here without reading much. I think I should have just given things a bit more thought.
So overall:
1. Time settings were pretty quick - maybe I should go for a slower game, next time, since I am out of shape.
2. I didn't think of my own weaknesses, enough.
Now I'll briefly check the AI.