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From 3 kyu to what dan in a year? Realistic, but ambitious. Last one might be too ambitious:).
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Post #21 Posted: Fri Jul 12, 2024 10:35 pm 
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Post #22 Posted: Sat Jul 13, 2024 4:24 am 
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We played a game on OGS: https://online-go.com/game/65953512. Aaron was black, I was white. Although White was ahead during the whole game, I didn't feel the game was easy.

I'll post a few remarks for both players that I understand from the AI review. Other comments welcome!

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[go]$$Wc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . f . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . a . . . . . . . . . . . . . c . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . , b . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . e . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d . . |
$$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . X . , X . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


In this position, White played Q9 but AI prefers a or b. The idea of a is clear: build on the top while putting pressure on Black's left group. If Black plays around b next, don't care and continue to build. I was aware of that possibility but preferred to split the right side, however Q9 was not optimal since it allowed Black R11. A move at b would have been better: if Black c then White makes a base with e. If instead Black e then White makes points with f while putting pressure on the three black stones.

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[go]$$Bc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d X . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . a , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . b . . W . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . X . , X . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . . . . . . . . . . c . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


In this position Black played L3, however this is not the correct direction. Black seems to be making points at the bottom but after Black L3, White can invade the corner at c, and then take care of his marked group by attaching at d. The idea of the big shimari R4-N4 is not to make points but to make influence, and influence is used to attack. So instead of L3, Black should have attacked at a, and then White would need to defend at b. Then Black can play elsewhere. Black a is locally double-sente, so pretty big.

Note: during most of the game, White missed the opportunity to invade the lower right corner at R3.

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[go]$$Bc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . O . O . a . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . f . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . h X X X . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | g d c O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . e i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . b O . O . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . X X . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . O . . O . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , X . . X . , . . . X . , X . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . . . . X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


In this position Black wanted to defend his weak group by attaching at a, but this is a 2.5 pt mistake. AI prefers to play b. Although this doesn't connect the two black groups yet, White doesn't want to separate the two groups with c because if the sequence d-i follows next, White ends in gote and White's upper left corner is damaged.

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[go]$$Bc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O O . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . O . O . X O . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . X X X . . X . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . O . O X e . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . X X . . . . . O O a d . h , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . c b . . . O . X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . g . f . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . O . . O . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , X . . X . , . . . X . , X . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . . . . X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


In this position Black separated the two weak white groups with the sequence a-g, however this actually helped White to settle his group O6, and then White didn't have difficulty defending the group K10 by attacking the stone g.
AI thinks that instead of a, Black should have played at h, which puts pressure on Q9, separates the two white groups while increasing Black's potential in the upper right.

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[go]$$Bc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O O . . . . . . O . . a . . |
$$ | . O . O . X O . . , b . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . X X X . . X . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . O . O X X . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . O O X O . d , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . X O . . . O . X . |
$$ | . . . . X X O . O X . O . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O X . . c . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X . . . . . X . . . O . . O . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , X . . X . , . . . X . , X . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . . . . X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


In this position, Black played a big move at a, which triggered White b. While Black "a" wasn't a really bad move, AI thinks that putting pressure on White with c or d would have been slightly better.

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[go]$$Bc Position at move 70
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O O . b . . . . O . . X . . |
$$ | . O . O . X O . . c O . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . X X X . . X . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . W . . X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . a O . O . O . O X X . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . O O X O . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . X O . . . O . X . |
$$ | . . . . X X O . O X . O . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X . . . . . X . . . O . O O . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O , X . . X . , . . . X . , X . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . . . . X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


This move was an endgame mistake, AI thinks that a is 5 points better, however Black's response at b was a turning point of this game. White's last move threatens to cut. Since this Black's group is weakened, Black cannot afford to create another weak group. Instead of b, Black should have played at c. Many continuations are possible but if the following sequence is played


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[go]$$Bc Position at move 70
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . 8 4 . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O O . 3 2 . . . O . . X . . |
$$ | . O . O . X O . . 1 O 6 . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . 7 . 5 . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . X X X . . X . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . W . . X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . |[/go]


then White does make territory by linking two groups, but Black has made a reduction in sente while strengthening his central group and can still hope to win with good endgame.

A few moves later...
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[go]$$Bc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . O . X . . X . O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O X X . . . . X X O . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O O X X X X O X O . . X . . |
$$ | . O . O . Y O O O O O O O Z O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . Y Y O . . . . . Z O X . . . |
$$ | . . Y Y Y . O Z Z . Z . . Z O X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . O O . Z . Z . Z O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . Z . O O O . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . O . O Z Z . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . O O Z O . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . X O . . . O . X . |
$$ | . . . . X X O . O X . O . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X . . . . . X . . . O . O O . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O , X . . X . , . . . X . , X . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . . . . X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Black's position is now desperate since he can't defend both groups.

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Post #23 Posted: Sat Jul 13, 2024 6:20 am 
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Thanks for the game and review, jlt. :)

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Post #24 Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2024 11:52 pm 
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Post #25 Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2024 10:56 pm 
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Only three minutes of tsumego.
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Post #26 Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2024 12:42 am 
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Post #27 Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2024 12:51 am 
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74 minutes tsumego.
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Four and a half minutes reviewing katago games.
I canceled my awesomebaduk subscription.

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Post #28 Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2024 7:21 am 
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So you're currently almost 4 months in of the 1 year period you gave yourself to rise from 3k OGS to about 2d OGS.

How do you feel it's going? Do you feel that you're still on track to reach your goal?

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Post #29 Posted: Sat Sep 28, 2024 12:06 am 
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gennan wrote:
So you're currently almost 4 months in of the 1 year period you gave yourself to rise from 3k OGS to about 2d OGS.

How do you feel it's going? Do you feel that you're still on track to reach your goal?


I don't feel like I've made much progress. I might be happy if I hit 1d.

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Post #30 Posted: Sun Sep 29, 2024 7:00 am 
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I had an interesting game today. Quite tense.


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Post #31 Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2024 1:29 am 
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Post #32 Posted: Wed Nov 27, 2024 7:41 am 
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Put less time in this month.

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