Life In 19x19

Posted: **Tue Oct 08, 2013 11:26 pm**

101 Fighting video by Sibicky.

It's super basics but I still like watching them to see how he teaches ddk.
Even at 3kyu it gives me new ways to think about things I should know o___o

"liberty fights vs. space fights"

There are two kinds of fights. Fights where liberties are more important, and fights where space is more important.

"Attacking vs. fighting."

The difference between being in a fight and being attacked.
When you are trying to pick a fight with someone make sure they have something at risk otherwise you are just being attacked.

"General Rule for Fighting in the Opening"

1 vs 1 tenuki okay
2 vs 1 no tenuki
3 vs 1 tenuki

"black stone here I want to fight here."

This one is still kind of fuzzy for me.

I still have trouble remembering that it's a strong play to pincer on the side that has 4-4 support across the board.
And that's supposed to be super basic too. >_>

Posted: **Thu Oct 10, 2013 11:04 am**

A lucky win for confidence

But I have some questions on how I play and think about the opening (SODESUNE! your forte!!)

:b9:

After that it's just me being bad at L&D

Posted: **Sat Oct 12, 2013 3:31 am**

Some comments, which could be totally or partly wrong since I'm just a weak 1-dan : )

Posted: **Mon Oct 14, 2013 3:14 pm**

is usually one space farther (territory) or one space closer (thickness). After this move, I think the W push at E7 is good, letting W enlarge his moyo at negligible cost. The stone at C9 ends up poorly placed.

B play around :b27:

seems fine to me. I would be reluctant as B to force at K15, as that helps W eliminate the aji around L17. I do not think the three B stones are very weak. The fight after :b31:

is difficult for both sides, maybe a bit more difficult for B but playable. The suggestion to cut at C16 and take the corner is a good idea, simplifying the position and avoiding the difficult fight.

:b41:

should just hane at H13. If W cuts, B squeezes outside for a good result. :b43:

at H14 would be another way to avoid getting enclosed.

:b61:

could be at H11 to get a good squeeze, without creating any ladder aji. :w66:

could be at M6 to keep the ladder broken. The trade up to :b71:

seems better for B, unless the upper side actually dies.

:b79:

could connect underneath to live, but I am not sure the game move is wrong. :b81:

at C18 would preserve more B liberties than the game move, for a better capturing race. I did not read out all variations, but it looks good for B.

Posted: **Sun Nov 10, 2013 12:54 pm**

the computer i use to play league of legends just broke
so i'm probably going to come back to go haha

uh hmmm things i can bring over that I learned from League...

the inchworm theory!
how blitz games can probably up my C game.

Posted: **Wed Dec 18, 2013 1:18 am**

Finally played a game.

handicap games still feel uncomfortable.

got a lot of thickness didn;'t really know what to do with it.

couldn't even tell if i was ahead or not.

kgs is inflating my rank, which is kinda cool haha

Posted: **Sat Jan 04, 2014 3:06 am**

Stuff

a few different situations involving the 3 space high-low extension.

my most common move is to just attach on top.

But I always forget to note the similarities this has to the kick extend joseki.

I'm always dissatisfied with how easy my opponent settles under my 3 space high-low extension when I am very strong in the area.
Maybe this is the solution.

It's obvious how to attack when you can kick from the side of your high stone without hurting your low stone, but when it's your high stone that is already strong it seems trickier....

1-2-3 Seems like black is hurting himself too much
3-4-5 Seems great for black because both sides can fend for themselves, one side is even settled.
5-6-7 requires more information of the board.

edit:
A post which shows how I can expand how I think when dealing with thickness.

Posted: **Sat Jan 04, 2014 3:46 am**

Also played a few games. Lost half Won half.
I feel stronger than the 4kyus but I feel so weak playing 1kyus.
Not really trying anything new, just focusing on creating weak groups for my opponent.

A game in which I think to treat a stone lightly but then cling to it madly and die horribly all over the board.

A game in which I am given massive thickness but try to hard to start a fight and die.

A game in which I enclose the center and my opponent must enter in the middle. I have trouble with cleanly killing a group and I have Life and Death comes down to a Ko and Semeai

I think I'm going to start playing more often. I want to start playing blitz games but I always get too nervous.

Posted: **Sat Jan 04, 2014 6:23 am**

My few words of advice: Blitz games are no good. You will not learn anything. Simply you don't have enough time to think and analyse situation, and reading in such time constrained condition is just a mess. Instead of playing mindless blitz games it is better to go through some pro games. Less stress

, much more of a good stuff (opening, shapes, direction of play etc).
Go is not an arcade game, and should not be.

Posted: **Sat Jan 04, 2014 10:18 am**

Nice diagrams on 3 space high-low extension.
Often see in my games.
Keep it up!

In the game against wangy how would deal with invasion on H3 if you didnot have support on M4?

Posted: **Sat Jan 04, 2014 12:39 pm**

lobotommy wrote:My few words of advice: Blitz games are no good. You will not learn anything. Simply you don't have enough time to think and analyse situation, and reading in such time constrained condition is just a mess. Instead of playing mindless blitz games it is better to go through some pro games. Less stress , much more of a good stuff (opening, shapes, direction of play etc).
Go is not an arcade game, and should not be.

Ack yeah, that's why I'm always running out of time. So much analyzing. But i figured being forced to think faster would speed that up and improve my regular games.

Hah interesting analogy. I suppose pro games would be an upgrade from sitting in the kgs lobby watching the 5d games :p
I haven't played through one of those in ages.

MrHeisenberg wrote:Nice diagrams on 3 space high-low extension.
Often see in my games.
Keep it up!

In the game against wangy how would deal with invasion on H3 if you didnot have support on M4?

Uhh, it's kind of hard to say.

This is what I imagine would happen. And actually maybe even what I should have done in game. haha.
So thanks for asking and letting me see this as well!

This is why I'm trying to find different responses to mid game situations like this because with different stones on the board I feel like I deserve a better result.

Posted: **Wed Jan 15, 2014 6:26 pm**

One of those games you win but it sure doesn't feel like it.

Got lucky at the start but white grabbed every point he could. And I sure felt like I was pushed around.

Posted: **Fri Feb 07, 2014 10:17 am**

So in my game with skydyr I became hugely accustomed to the vulgar diagonal cut.

He played it I think twice at the end and it led to me losing.

I guess I just didnt' consider it because it was "bad shape" but if it is, i don't even really know how to punish it haha.

Maybe from now on when my opponent is strong in the area I'll remember to consider it.
Also for myself when I have a lot of strength.

I just remember the second time i saw it thinking. You again. and anger. hahaha.

Posted: **Fri Feb 07, 2014 10:46 am**

Unusedname wrote:So in my game with skydyr I became hugely accustomed to the vulgar diagonal cut.

He played it I think twice at the end and it led to me losing.

I guess I just didnt' consider it because it was "bad shape" but if it is, i don't even really know how to punish it haha.

Maybe from now on when my opponent is strong in the area I'll remember to consider it.
Also for myself when I have a lot of strength.

I just remember the second time i saw it thinking. You again. and anger. hahaha.

Well, lots of things work when you have lots of strength, but at the time I think I played that way because black was losing any other way and needed to make something big happen, since if it didn't work it didn't change the outcome, but it might if it did.

Posted: **Sat May 10, 2014 6:38 pm**

I'm back
Played a game.
Lost.
Saw the terror of an out of control moyo.
Opponent made 2, arguably 3, pass moves that let me catch up.
I handle invasions poorly.
I don't lose by as much as I thought I would.

I think 104 Was the losing move
After move 27 I thought I would lose by 100 points

Maybe instead of :W22: I should reduce K15

Maybe there was a better way to handle O12
or was it an overplay I just didn't know how to punish.

Also the Upper Right corner didn't help lol.
A lot of good joseki did me :oops:

Ah well, it's good to be back.

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