Re: Zac's (unimaginatively titled) Study Journal
Posted: Thu Dec 26, 2013 1:46 am
Months since I last posted!
Actually this is because not much has been happening with me as far as go is concerned.
For whatever reason I stopped playing regularly, stopped visiting this forum, stopped solving problems consistently.
So, as a general update, over the last couple of months I've finished a couple of DGS games, played maybe 4-5 real time games on either KGS or Tygem, and occasionally have solved a few problems from 1001 L&D or some online source.
Actually I don't feel like my game has suffered all that much. The last game I played on KGS I beat a 7k fairly comfortably, bringing my rank to 6k?
I played a fast game on Tygem a few nights ago, too, an exciting game where I built massive influence and used that to chase a large group, which I very nearly killed, and ended up willing by 20 points or so. I think there I'm sitting on 10k with 3 wins 2 losses.
Thinking now that the madness of christmas is over I might start trying to stick to my previous study regime of problems. Going to go for a page of 1001 every day and 20 problems from YCH. Not worrying about reading books much at the moment. Not setting myself a particular number of games to play. I think I have 4 games running on DGS so i'll play moves in them when they come up. I guess will try to fit in a game a week on one of the real time servers, or whenever I feel like it. Fast games, slow games, whatever games. I need to remember to just enjoy playing, rather than only enjoy improving.
Actually this is because not much has been happening with me as far as go is concerned.
For whatever reason I stopped playing regularly, stopped visiting this forum, stopped solving problems consistently.
So, as a general update, over the last couple of months I've finished a couple of DGS games, played maybe 4-5 real time games on either KGS or Tygem, and occasionally have solved a few problems from 1001 L&D or some online source.
Actually I don't feel like my game has suffered all that much. The last game I played on KGS I beat a 7k fairly comfortably, bringing my rank to 6k?
I played a fast game on Tygem a few nights ago, too, an exciting game where I built massive influence and used that to chase a large group, which I very nearly killed, and ended up willing by 20 points or so. I think there I'm sitting on 10k with 3 wins 2 losses.
Thinking now that the madness of christmas is over I might start trying to stick to my previous study regime of problems. Going to go for a page of 1001 every day and 20 problems from YCH. Not worrying about reading books much at the moment. Not setting myself a particular number of games to play. I think I have 4 games running on DGS so i'll play moves in them when they come up. I guess will try to fit in a game a week on one of the real time servers, or whenever I feel like it. Fast games, slow games, whatever games. I need to remember to just enjoy playing, rather than only enjoy improving.