Life In 19x19

Posted: **Fri Sep 04, 2015 10:14 pm**

4 September 2015

##Tsumego##
//Start448 Elementary end 491
//Start 186 Intermediate end 192
//Start 27 Gokyo Shumyo end 27
//Start 81 501 Tesuji end 89
//Start 115 Graded Go Problems for Dan Players Fuseki end 116
//Start 281 501 Opening end 300

Posted: **Sat Sep 05, 2015 9:27 pm**

5 September 2015

##Tsumego##
//Start 492 Elementary end 503
//Start 193 Intermediate end 220
//Start 28 Gokyo Shumyo end 28
//Start 90 501 Tesuji end 95
//Start 117 Graded Go Problems for Dan Players Fuseki end 120
//Start 301 501 Opening end 320

##Invincible##

As something to take up my time when I'm bored, instead of doing nothing and procrastinating about studying Go (When I'm sick of tsumego), I REALLY want to go through all the games in invincible. It's just a light play through and read of.

Games 1-5

Also I beat a 5k or something. He could've come out and then we'd have a ko that I get to take the first move of. Maybe I'd let him kill my corner in exchange for the ko. Also instead of w62, I could hane underneath, he'd back off, then I make a tiger's mouth shape and then he plays some such p13 move. This is NOT the kind of game I want to play so I need to rethink how much I want to keep taking points and giving away influence. W64 at S16 and 72 at R10.

http://lifein19x19.com/forum/download/file.php?id=6389

After attempting to get rid of playing unconfidently, being scared, and just giving up, I've been recently more able to beat 5k/4k and the one Xombar in free games so far.

Posted: **Sun Sep 06, 2015 10:58 pm**

6 September 2015

##Tsumego##
//Start 504 Elementary end 550
//Start 221 Intermediate end 227
//Start 29 Gokyo Shumyo end 29
//Start 96 501 Tesuji end 104
//Start 121 Graded Go Problems for Dan Players Fuseki end 123

//Start 321 501 Opening end 340

##Invincible##

Games 6 - 8

Posted: **Mon Sep 07, 2015 8:54 pm**

7 September 2015

##Tsumego##
//Start 551 Elementary end 580
//Start 228 Intermediate end 238
//Start 30 Gokyo Shumyo end 30
//Start 105 501 Tesuji end 110
//Start 124 Graded Go Problems for Dan Players Fuseki end 127

##Invincible##

9-10

Posted: **Tue Sep 08, 2015 9:35 pm**

8 September 2015

##Tsumego##
//Start 581 Elementary end 600
//Start 239 Intermediate end 244
//Start 111 501 Tesuji end 116

##Invincible##

11- 11

Posted: **Wed Sep 09, 2015 2:53 pm**

I started to mess around on flyordie, but once it was at least a bit obvious to me the guy wasn't a ddk, I began to take the game a bit more serious and try to play in a way I normally wouldn't. I notice I won by ~20 and yet he took zero corners. The second move of the game was a misclick(?) by me as I intended to attach underneath. Oh well.

:b25: I wasn't sure of a move here, but I'm pretty sure counter pincering was the right option. I don't know WHICH move to play, however.

Maybe this is the wrong direction. Since I was OK at the bottom I felt I could at least attempt to develop this area while chasing white, but maybe playing a move near the o6 area is better. Which one, I dunno. Maybe it'd have some affect at an invasion on the bottom.

Maybe I should've hane'd at the top, but I felt at the time this didn't gain him much. If he plays r7 he still has no base ish as I could play r9 next? If he played s6 I could hane at r7 and he can't cut me.

If he just played normal joseki, I planned to completely devalue the top area in terms of points (He's low and I have Q17), and then try to get something on the left. He did not do this. I was sad.

A move like e15 didn't go so well in my reading.

Not sure what to do but I didn't want him to connect so easily.

This sequence was me experimenting with something I'd normally not do. I didn't have points here anyways, so I cut him.

There's no need to connect like I normally would. It wouldn't make sense for him to cut me right now as he'd be doubly surrounded.ALTHOUGH I attacked from the wrong direction. Should have been a move from the bottom.

I thought at this point a cut would've been severe against me and I already had strength ish to play m3 later. Maybe I should've jumped to attempt to connect my two groups since if he cut me I'd get another move.

Oh boy, I had no clue what to do here but at least he played out what I read. Too bad he could poke out that eye anyways even though I captured the stone. My one move at didn't even help against that.

Trying to help force myself to connect.

:b133: Is an issue with reading but I felt like I was ahead so I didn't put in the effort to read the hane above.

:b231: Whoops, I forgot white couldn't play here anyways.

All in all, a 40 minute game with minimal reading. And I should be reading. Also he has one big group and I have 4.

Posted: **Wed Sep 09, 2015 7:26 pm**

9 September 2015

##Tsumego##
//Start 601 Elementary end 630
//Start 245 Intermediate end 256
//Start 31 Gokyo Shumyo end 37
//Start 117 501 Tesuji end 122

##Invincible##

12 - 12

Posted: **Thu Sep 10, 2015 7:51 pm**

10 September 2015

##Tsumego##
//Start 631 Elementary end 652
//Start 257 Intermediate end 273
//Start 123 501 Tesuji end 128

##Invincible##

13-14

Posted: **Fri Sep 11, 2015 5:37 pm**

I got wrecked. Also the internet was supposed to go out like 3 hours ago for about a day and yet it's still here. I try hard to play differently against people way stronger and it never turns out well. But I guess that's better than just underplaying and passively taking points to lose by 30 at the end.

http://lifein19x19.com/forum/download/file.php?id=6404

Posted: **Fri Sep 11, 2015 11:11 pm**

Phone posting because no internet:

11 September 2015

653 - 785 Elementary
274 - 276 Intermediate
38 Gokyo Shumyo (Felt good to dothis with no help)
129 - 137 501 Tesuji
63 - 90 Get stronf at Tesuji
341 - 360 501 Opening

Invincible 15-20

Posted: **Sat Sep 12, 2015 4:25 am**

Abyssinica wrote:I got wrecked. Also the internet was supposed to go out like 3 hours ago for about a day and yet it's still here. I try hard to play differently against people way stronger and it never turns out well. But I guess that's better than just underplaying and passively taking points to lose by 30 at the end.

[chokan 7d vs Khelly 5k]

wow, I can't help but notice the similarities in your opening here, and the recent Cao Youyin 3p vs Mark Lee 7d game at this year's US Go Congress.

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http://www.usgo.org/tournaments/crossta ... 8471-18463

Posted: **Sat Sep 12, 2015 8:28 am**

A pincer in the top right would've actually been nice because after he invaded I kind of winged it and the game went downhill from there. :X

I tried too hard to attack that group, but I always do. White literally did NOT care about what I was doing (Tenuki to the left) and showed me how he got out of "trouble"

Posted: **Sat Sep 12, 2015 9:21 pm**

Started playing on igs today. I also did tsumego with Str1fe so that's why there's not that many actual ones done for today.

12 September 2015

##Tsumego##
//Start 39 Gokyo Shumyo end 41
//Start 138 501 Tesuji end 146

##Invincible##

21-21

Posted: **Sun Sep 13, 2015 7:31 pm**

13 September 2015

##Tsumego##
Jackson problems Life and Death week 1 except for 6,9
//Start 786 Elementary end 823
//Start 277 Intermediate end 291
//Start 42 Gokyo Shumyo end 48
//Start 147 501 Tesuji end 155
//Start 361 501 Opening end 380

Either the Gokyo Shumyo is getting easier or I'm at an easy section.

Posted: **Mon Sep 14, 2015 2:54 pm**

14 September 2015

##Tsumego##
//Start 381 501 Opening end 400
//Start 155 501 Tesuji end 164

Not doing anything because my phone fell out of my pocket near class and not half an hour later when I noticed it wasn't there anymore.

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