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Re: SoDesuNe paves his road to Shodan
Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2013 8:03 am
by SoDesuNe
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Book 1. Run (correctly solved [%]) 2. Run 3. Run 4. Run (*four months later*)
YCH Tesuji 1 // 116 / 123 [94%] | 98 / 123 [80%] | 115 / 123 [93%] | 111 / 123 [90%]
YCH Tesuji 2 // 119 / 123 [97%] | 107 / 123 [87%] | 118 / 123 [96%] | - dropped out -
YCH Tesuji 3 // 97 / 123 [79%] | 97 / 123 [79%] | 107 / 123 [87%] | 101 / 123 [82%]
YCH Tesuji 4 // 119 / 123 [97%] | 120 / 123 [98%] | - dropped out - | - dropped out -
YCH Tesuji 5 // 75 / 123 [61%] | *85 / 123 [69%]* |
YCH Tsumego 1 // 121 / 123 [98%] | 115 / 123 [93%] | 120 / 123 [98%] | - dropped out -
YCH Tsumego 2 // 110 / 123 [89%] | 113 / 123 [92%] | 115 / 123 [93%] | 113 / 123 [92%]
YCH Tsumego 3 // 101 / 123 [82%] | 105 / 123 [85%] | 114 / 123 [93%] | 108 / 123 [88%]
YCH Tsumego 4 // 69 / 123 [56%] | 74 / 123 [60%] | 92 / 123 [75%] |
GS Opening // n/a | 131 / 175 [75%] | 144 / 175 [82%] | 149 / 175 [85%]
501 Opening // n/a | 340 / 501 [68%] | 372 / 501 [74%] |
YCH Tesuji vol. 5 was kind of an up and down. Several problems I had seen already (many times), so I could breeze through them. Others were unsolvable for me ^^ And a lot of variation mistakes of course.
Still quite happy that I could solve more problems than on the first try.
YCH L&D vol. 4 is next.
- 1. YCH Tesuji vol. 1
2. YCH L&D vol. 2
3. Get Strong at the Opening
4. YCH Tesuji vol. 3
5. YCH L&D vol. 3
6. YCH Tesuji vol. 5
7. YCH L&D vol. 4
8. 501 Opening Problems
9. Go/Segeo Tesuji Dict. 1
10. 1000 Weiqi Problems
And another commented game of mine:
I'm very bad with handling weak stones/groups and profitting from an attack :o
Re: SoDesuNe paves his road to Shodan
Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2013 9:40 am
by SoDesuNe
Oh my, oh my. I must be really getting tremendously strong, as in "before results show you often play worse". I rarely play as bad and make as many "simple" mistakes as these days.
Re: SoDesuNe paves his road to Shodan
Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2013 10:12 am
by 1/7,000,000,000
SO SoDesuNe are you a solid 1d and if so when did you first reach the rank?
Re: SoDesuNe paves his road to Shodan
Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2013 11:40 am
by SoDesuNe
I'm not 1-dan on KGS anymore : ( I burst through the 1-dan barrier in early September, went halfway to 2-dan, then dropped to 1-kyu, rose back to 1-dan and dropped to 1-kyu again ^^
I first reached 1-dan - as a rank on KGS - years ago, I think in November 2011 was the first time but I dropped back to around 2-kyu shortly after that. In March 2012, I reached 1-dan again and could hold it a while but utlimatively dropped to 1-kyu after around a douzen games. After that I dropped to 2-kyu as well, got back to 1-kyu fairly quickly, got demoted to 2-kyu again... (yaddayadda)
What keeps my spirit up is that I'm doing better and better with my Tsumego/Tesuji studies. I get faster and more correctly solved problems overall. It's a bit sad that this does not seem to show in my games but well, I'll keep going for now and maybe everything will sort itself out =) (Maybe I'm going to show some games for review since I can't get hold of my usual Sempai : ) )
Re: SoDesuNe paves his road to Shodan
Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2013 2:52 am
by SoDesuNe
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Book 1. Run (correctly solved [%]) 2. Run 3. Run 4. Run (*four months later*)
YCH Tesuji 1 // 116 / 123 [94%] | 98 / 123 [80%] | 115 / 123 [93%] | 111 / 123 [90%]
YCH Tesuji 2 // 119 / 123 [97%] | 107 / 123 [87%] | 118 / 123 [96%] | - dropped out -
YCH Tesuji 3 // 97 / 123 [79%] | 97 / 123 [79%] | 107 / 123 [87%] | 101 / 123 [82%]
YCH Tesuji 4 // 119 / 123 [97%] | 120 / 123 [98%] | - dropped out - | - dropped out -
YCH Tesuji 5 // 75 / 123 [61%] | *85 / 123 [69%]* |
YCH Tsumego 1 // 121 / 123 [98%] | 115 / 123 [93%] | 120 / 123 [98%] | - dropped out -
YCH Tsumego 2 // 110 / 123 [89%] | 113 / 123 [92%] | 115 / 123 [93%] | 113 / 123 [92%]
YCH Tsumego 3 // 101 / 123 [82%] | 105 / 123 [85%] | 114 / 123 [93%] | 108 / 123 [88%]
YCH Tsumego 4 // 69 / 123 [56%] | 74 / 123 [60%] | 92 / 123 [75%] | *89 / 123 [72%]*
GS Opening // n/a | 131 / 175 [75%] | 144 / 175 [82%] | 149 / 175 [85%]
501 Opening // n/a | 340 / 501 [68%] | 372 / 501 [74%] |
72% for YCH Tsumego vol. 4, a bit worse than the last time but I personally feel I'm getting faster in spotting but remain bad in reading the relevant variations : D
Something different is next: 501 Opening Problems!
- 1.
YCH Tesuji vol. 1
2. YCH L&D vol. 2
3. Get Strong at the Opening
4. YCH Tesuji vol. 3
5. YCH L&D vol. 3
6. YCH Tesuji vol. 5
7. YCH L&D vol. 4
8. 501 Opening Problems
9. Go/Segeo Tesuji Dict. 1
10. 1000 Weiqi Problems
Re: SoDesuNe paves his road to Shodan
Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2013 8:03 am
by logan
At your level I had opposite strengths. I had hardship scoring on the opening problems, but picked up the tesuji problems naturally
Maybe it had something to do with the way I was categorizing the tesuji in my head, but had difficulty finding a similar method for the opening problems.
Let me know when you get started on
1000 Weiqi Problems. If I have the time, then I'll join you. It's a fun book
(Maybe some other people will like to join us.)
Re: SoDesuNe paves his road to Shodan
Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2013 1:23 am
by SoDesuNe
I already decided that this is the last cycle with opening problems for now. Although I'm far away from my goal to reach a score of 95% in the relevant books, I can't help but feel it's a bit pointless since my - in my opinion - more glaring weaknesses are Tesujis as in making shape and fighting. Maybe I'll compose an all-out Tesuji cycle. We will see : )
I'll gladly let you know, when I start with 1000 Weiqi Problems! Should be fun =)
Re: SoDesuNe paves his road to Shodan
Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2013 1:27 am
by RBerenguel
Let me know when you start with Segoe/Seigen's Tesuji... I guess you'll be doing B and C? Or will you also try A? At my current level I can do (and not perfectly) C level problems, and kind of find the first few moves of some B problems, so I'll only join you for the C ones
Re: SoDesuNe paves his road to Shodan
Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2013 2:22 am
by SoDesuNe
Sure : )
Yeah, I will stick with C and B right now. I tried A, too, the last time but I needed more than ten minutes for one problem and that tells me, I'm not strong enough yet =D
Re: SoDesuNe paves his road to Shodan
Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2013 11:56 pm
by rouyakun
As long as you are consistent with your studies, you should keep on improving although the results might not show up immediately - is what I believe. (How I wish I was consistent too but meh...)
What's this segoe tesuji dictionary btw? Is it a book of sorts? Looks interesting.
Re: SoDesuNe paves his road to Shodan
Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2013 12:09 am
by SoDesuNe
Ha ha ha, yeah, that's the way it normaly goes : D
Here you can find a bit more about the books:
http://senseis.xmp.net/?SegoeTesujiDictionary I only hear praise for them.
Re: SoDesuNe paves his road to Shodan
Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2013 3:07 am
by RBerenguel
Bougth the three-pack from Yutopian, and couldn't be happier. A very good price and incredibly game-like problems. I even made a half-board in leather (I posted a picture in my study journal a while ago) to have one of these problems always at hand
Re: SoDesuNe paves his road to Shodan
Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2013 9:25 am
by SoDesuNe
So, I finished Final Summit today! It took me quite longer than I expected but it sadly took also quite some time to find a quiet hour for some quality Go time.
I plan to repeat the book right away and look forward to the excellent commentary of the ten-game-match (the seven 3-game-matches are a little sparsely commentated). If I had to compare the games to those in Games of Shuei, I must say, I find them way more complex and deep. But maybe this is due to the comparable strength between Go and Takagawa. I had the feeling (and the text supports it) that Shuei was without a peer in his later life.
I already solved 360 problems from 501 Opening problems and I think, I still learn a lot with every run. The easier some problems get, the more I see in other problems - really interesting =)
Maybe I will not throw out the opening problems after all but reduce the Tsumego ones?
Luckily, I have quite some time to decide : )
Re: SoDesuNe paves his road to Shodan
Posted: Sat Oct 19, 2013 10:31 am
by SoDesuNe
Ha ha ha, if you ever want prove how your mental state might affect your game then try to solve problems on e.g. goproblems.com while being agitated ^^
Re: SoDesuNe paves his road to Shodan
Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2013 1:37 am
by SoDesuNe
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Book 1. Run (correctly solved [%]) 2. Run 3. Run 4. Run (*four months later*)
YCH Tesuji 1 // 116 / 123 [94%] | 98 / 123 [80%] | 115 / 123 [93%] | 111 / 123 [90%]
YCH Tesuji 2 // 119 / 123 [97%] | 107 / 123 [87%] | 118 / 123 [96%] | - accomplished -
YCH Tesuji 3 // 97 / 123 [79%] | 97 / 123 [79%] | 107 / 123 [87%] | 101 / 123 [82%]
YCH Tesuji 4 // 119 / 123 [97%] | 120 / 123 [98%] | - accomplished - | - accomplished -
YCH Tesuji 5 // 75 / 123 [61%] | *85 / 123 [69%]* |
YCH Tsumego 1 // 121 / 123 [98%] | 115 / 123 [93%] | 120 / 123 [98%] | - accomplished -
YCH Tsumego 2 // 110 / 123 [89%] | 113 / 123 [92%] | 115 / 123 [93%] | 113 / 123 [92%]
YCH Tsumego 3 // 101 / 123 [82%] | 105 / 123 [85%] | 114 / 123 [93%] | 108 / 123 [88%]
YCH Tsumego 4 // 69 / 123 [56%] | 74 / 123 [60%] | 92 / 123 [75%] | 89 / 123 [72%]
GS Opening // n/a | 131 / 175 [75%] | 144 / 175 [82%] | 149 / 175 [85%]
501 Opening // n/a | 340 / 501 [68%] | 372 / 501 [74%] | 387 / 501 [77%]
Again a little bit better in 501 Opening Problems than in the previous run(s).
I will start Go/Segeo Tesuji Dict. vol. 1 today (C and B problems). So, RBerenguel and anyone who wants to join, too: Have fun and good luck =)
- 1.
YCH Tesuji vol. 1
2. YCH L&D vol. 2
3. Get Strong at the Opening
4. YCH Tesuji vol. 3
5. YCH L&D vol. 3
6. YCH Tesuji vol. 5
7. YCH L&D vol. 4
8. 501 Opening Problems
9. Go/Segeo Tesuji Dict. vol. 1
10. 1000 Weiqi Problems