Life In 19x19 • Life in 19x19 Title Tournament, Round 1 and 2 draws

Re: Life in 19x19 Title Tournament, Round 1 and 2 draws

Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 3:58 am

by kokomi

Chew and me will play at Saturday 24th July 20.00 GMT.

Re: Life in 19x19 Title Tournament, Round 1 and 2 draws

Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 6:59 pm

by Marcus

Kirby and I will play now.

Sorry for the Short Notice.

Re: Life in 19x19 Title Tournament, Round 1 and 2 draws

Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 9:37 pm

by lindentree

MountainGo and I will play this Friday at 2pm EST.

Re: Life in 19x19 Title Tournament, Round 1 and 2 draws

Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2010 5:43 am

by Marcus

Man, that was intense! I didn't post it last night, so here it is this morning: Kirby vs Marcus, Marcus wins, B+1.5.

A thoroughly enjoyable game, but it pushed me to my limit (and it still made the observers cringe, :lol:

). Anyone know a good way to gain at least 6 stones in strength before I go up against Tabemasu (who is, by our listed rankings, 10 stones stronger than I am)? Heh, if a 1d pushed me that hard, the 7d is going to have a field day with me.

Re: Life in 19x19 Title Tournament, Round 1 and 2 draws

Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2010 6:11 am

by Loons

I'm so impressed by Marcus, Actorios, Aph and Shaddy (who have all "risen to the challenge" when matched far above themselves.

Re: Life in 19x19 Title Tournament, Round 1 and 2 draws

Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 8:01 am

by Actorios

Daniel_the_smith and I had our game which lead to Daniel's victory by around 40 points.
Congrats, Daniel, and good luck for your next game (and many thanks to freegame for his audio review following the game) !

Re: Life in 19x19 Title Tournament, Round 1 and 2 draws

Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 8:07 am

by daniel_the_smith

Thanks for the game, it was fun and you had chances

Sorry I couldn't stay and review.

Re: Life in 19x19 Title Tournament, Round 1 and 2 draws

Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 8:18 am

by Chew Terr

Thanks for posting, that was a cool game to play through. Actorios, at least you went down nobly.

Re: Life in 19x19 Title Tournament, Round 1 and 2 draws

Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 8:32 am

by Marcus

That was an awesome seki, and a truly enjoyable game. Thanks to both players, and congrats to Daniel.

Re: Life in 19x19 Title Tournament, Round 1 and 2 draws

Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 4:19 pm

by lindentree

MountainGo(W) vs. lindentree(B), B+53.5

Re: Life in 19x19 Title Tournament, Round 1 and 2 draws

Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 6:05 pm

by Joaz Banbeck

lindentree wrote:MountainGo(W) vs. lindentree(B),

8: Wrong way. The standard joseki gets you a nice wall to go with D3

18: Again, the choice of joseki ignores neighboring corners.

21: Ouch

23: Ouch

45: The wrong direction. Try Q8. Take 4th rank territory while chasing him toward your wall. Forcing white toward the center just encourages him to surround your center group.

Re: Life in 19x19 Title Tournament, Round 1 and 2 draws

Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 6:36 pm

by daniel_the_smith

Joaz Banbeck wrote:8: Wrong way. The standard joseki gets you a nice wall to go with D3

Disagree. D3 is too far away. Black ends in sente and can nullify the wall.

As you can see here, when pros block the way you're proposing there's almost always a stone on or near D10. (Sorry, I'll try not to be obnoxious with stuff like this, but it's so easy to check now...)

Re: Life in 19x19 Title Tournament, Round 1 and 2 draws

Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 9:41 pm

by lindentree

Joaz Banbeck wrote:
lindentree wrote:MountainGo(W) vs. lindentree(B),

8: Wrong way. The standard joseki gets you a nice wall to go with D3

18: Again, the choice of joseki ignores neighboring corners.

21: Ouch

23: Ouch

45: The wrong direction. Try Q8. Take 4th rank territory while chasing him toward your wall. Forcing white toward the center just encourages him to surround your center group.

Um, thank you for the comments, but you could have been clearer on who each comment was intended for.

Re: Life in 19x19 Title Tournament, Round 1 and 2 draws

Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2010 7:52 am

by Aphelion

Oroth vs Aphelion will be in 30 min or so (about 11:20am EST).

Re: Life in 19x19 Title Tournament, Round 1 and 2 draws

Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2010 10:08 am

by Aphelion

Aphelion vs Oroth, I took black and won by resignation. Attached is game with review from Shaddy.