Life In 19x19

A pleasant game from KGS; I lost by 40 due to a toothpaste attack on move 94 that I had trouble handling.

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I've played a couple of face-to-face games with a friend who was around amateur shodan several years back, at a 9-stone handicap and finally won a game!

I've noticed that I:
* am not totally sure when my defences are secure, particularly near the corners
* leave lots of cutting points
* make small mistakes that lose me a few points here and there

To 1: can you give an example?

To 2: connect!

To 3: read very carefully.

hoshizora wrote:I've played a couple of face-to-face games with a friend who was around amateur shodan several years back, at a 9-stone handicap and finally won a game!

I've noticed that I:
* am not totally sure when my defences are secure, particularly near the corners
* leave lots of cutting points
* make small mistakes that lose me a few points here and there

you know that the first and second point are connected to eachother right?

because you are not sure when you are properly defended (aka you didnt read out if move X was secure enough) you leave either a hole in your defence (like a moyo) or you get cut.

try reading more into your position rather then reading in the others position. i would also like to point out that getting correct shape is really important in this area.

gratz on your 1st place in the ASR league btw, carry on the good work:)

jts wrote:To 1: can you give an example?

To 2: connect!

To 3: read very carefully.

I can't quite remember the corner-taking move though I think it was something like the following (below).

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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . W . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |[/go]

A game a few weeks back turned due to a bad "connection" on my part.

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[go]$$
$$ | . . . . . . X X . X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X O O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X O O . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . W . X X . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X . . . . X . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

On reflection upon point 2, I seem to end up with lots of paired weaknesses that can be attacked with a single move.

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$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X M X . . M X M . . . X M W . . . |
$$ | . . . W M . . X W X . . O O X M . . . |
$$ | . . O . X . . . O . . . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . |[/go]

stalkor wrote:you know that the first and second point are connected to eachother right?

because you are not sure when you are properly defended (aka you didnt read out if move X was secure enough) you leave either a hole in your defence (like a moyo) or you get cut.

try reading more into your position rather then reading in the others position. i would also like to point out that getting correct shape is really important in this area.

Thanks for the tips; I tend to assume connections that "look" solid rather than reading through the possible attacks. (And of course I won't pick up the correct "look" unless I do...)

stalkor wrote:gratz on your 1st place in the ASR league btw, carry on the good work:)

That must be for someone else!

lol oops i mustve mixed up threads a bit or something:P