Life In 19x19

PlaySlow wrote:If all white groups i'd play at E15, if you mean right side groups i'd play at M13.

Yep I meant M13. In the game black first cemented your area by useless exchanges ( , , ) and then started to run with N13 afterwards, which did not work well. However N13 is more dangerous than it seems, I have added a few exemplary variations at (and would appreciate corrections if I missed anything!). Note that this also latently threats the L16 stones. Of course N10 at is not the only possible answer, and I have not analyzed all possible variations. Therefore it is not necessary for b to do that right away, he should continue elsewhere (thereby paying attention not to strengthen the area under question!) and wait for a good moment for exploiting that aji.

Go to move 49:

An early morning Tygem game where i got crushed. Maybe i should play more on Tygem since my reading and mid game fighting is not good.

Hi PlaySlow,

D4 is natural. After W replies, then you extend to C6.

This is unbearable.
When at D4 ( which you missed ), it's bad enough you have to reply at E5.
But this shape is terrible.

Bad habit.

Bad habit.

, -- W has developed this bad habit for some time. ( Probably nobody told him about it. )

Which side is better ( more useful ) for B ? J7 or K6 ?

note -- W is not being greedy -- you allowed his .

Locally, between A or B -- of course block directly at B.

, You mentioned the proverb hane at the head, . Did you consider hane at the tail ( J18 ) ?

Find the correct move and sequence. ( Your note at is incorrect. )

To improve our understanding of shapes, contact fights, and reading,
we must put in the effort. Study the mistakes. Not only once or twice.

Otherwise we'll continue to make the same errors over and over again.
( Like W's bad habits. )

In move there is a very simple way of keeping the N18 stones alive (Hint: count liberties!). With that move black's position would be rather on the winning side IMHO.

57: Totally my bad, i understand. I played fast there:/
59: I didnt mean that specific move, the sequence of moves where W tries to kill my group.
67-69: I considered it, but thought that J18 would single out my J15 stone. When i review game now once more, it doesnt seem like it.
75: I should have ataried. P17-O18-N18. The thing happened in game is honestly when i reading that sequence, i forgot i got a stone at P17, so i thought, oh W can play P17-O18-N18-Q18. It feels stupid. Most probably, getting scared of Tygem and near fighting makes me read nervously.. Maybe a mental thing..

schawipp wrote:In move there is a very simple way of keeping the N18 stones alive (Hint: count liberties!). With that move black's position would be rather on the winning side IMHO.

Belly tesuji, P18 right? It seems so clear now, i dont even remember why i disregarded that move in the actual game.

PlaySlow wrote: Most probably, getting scared of Tygem and near fighting makes me read nervously.. Maybe a mental thing..

Are you on blitz time settings ? If too fast, use a slower setting --
give yourself plenty of time for crucial moments, to read it out.

EdLee wrote:

PlaySlow wrote: Most probably, getting scared of Tygem and near fighting makes me read nervously.. Maybe a mental thing..

Are you on blitz time settings ? If too fast, use a slower setting --
give yourself plenty of time for crucial moments, to read it out.

I play with a minimum of 20 min main time and 30 sec byo yomi. It's more like not trusting myself. I will try to read more calmly. I should assure myself that my opponents are 9-10kyus and not all of their aggressive moves are right. They are in fact very abusable and leave many weaknesses behind.

Two more games, i didn't like my opening moves a bit.. Also it's funny that both of us forgot the life and death situation at top right in the first game:)

Forget the top right, in the first game the black group on the bottom left was dead for half the game until white forced it to make life with a series of bad moves. What would happen if white had extended to atari with the stone in the middle of the group?

skydyr wrote:Forget the top right, in the first game the black group on the bottom left was dead for half the game until white forced it to make life with a series of bad moves. What would happen if white had extended to atari with the stone in the middle of the group?

The i defend the cutting stone and then capture the extended stone? Didn't understand what you mean to be honest? Am i reading it wrong? I am talking about the situation after move 54.

Edit: typo

PlaySlow wrote:

skydyr wrote:Forget the top right, in the first game the black group on the bottom left was dead for half the game until white forced it to make life with a series of bad moves. What would happen if white had extended to atari with the stone in the middle of the group?

The i defend the cutting stone and then capture the extended stone? Didn't understand what you mean to be honest? Am i reading it wrong? I am talking about the situation after move 54.

Edit: typo

Whoops, nevermind. That's what happens when I'm doing multiple things at once.

Hi PlaySlow, as a courtesy to anyone volunteering their time and effort to review your games,
and to any readers in general, may I suggest you make it very clear what's your color in every game you post here.

It's one thing if your forum username is identical or similar to the one in your games.

But you have multiple, unrelated usernames.

( Or, we can see your alternate usernames listed in your profile on the left. )

People can of course click 'Previous' enough times to look for previous clues,
or deduce your username from 2 different games based on the one shared username.
Some folks may even enjoy the mini mystery and puzzle.

But it's much more efficient if you spell it out for every game --
then we can dive straight into it.

You are right, sorry about that. I am using "Wretched" nickname on those games.
I also uploaded the handles on my user profile.

Opening

10: how to take advantage of Black's noseki?
14: common technique to indirectly maintain a cut
25: overall Black seems to have the better opening but not by a lot
31-37: you get a good result by taking advantage of black's mistake

Middle game

48: the same technique as mentioned at 14 is available
66-76: White is very timid here. Black's groups are weak but White concentrates on living instead of cutting.
Sometimes keeping the opponent weak is a good way of strengthening your own group.
82-92: White gets a very good result out of what was initially a move too close to opponent strength
99: Black comes in too deep and
109: tries to save all his stones, eventually losing all of them
110: game over

There is no more opportunity for Black to reverse the game so didn't bother commenting on the rest.

Detailed review