Re: Why do some people never reach shodan
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2016 2:47 pm
Do your records still have the time stamps? With that it easy to check whether you made a mistake based on thinking something awful or whether you played carelessly. When watching pros play (not Hikaru!), they usually take their time, even in only-move sequences. When following your games here, I classified some moves as careless or needlessly desperate in the hope that the opponent doesn't see through the bluff. You can win without those moves.daal wrote:and kept finding games that were marred by some excessively stupid move that any ddk could have avoided
In case you made these blunders after having thought a long time about it, it would be worth to investigate. Even though the problem might already be solved (you can recognise it as blunder now), the questions, why you wouldn't play such a move now and where your intuition now tells you to play, might be revealing.
I'm maybe around 2kyu EGF (hard to judge, I don't play 19x19 online anymore and I am the strongest in my club. Peaked at Elo 1920 at Goquest). And I'd be afraid playing you at a tournament. Probably a coinflip. I won't be able to outsmart you. If you decide to play as a 2 kyu, you're there.