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[OT] Re: A beginner's journal of little interest
Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2012 4:57 pm
by Bonobo
schultz wrote:skydyr wrote:As an irrelevant note, the k in afk stands for keyboard.
I'm glad somebody said it. Otherwise it would have annoyed me all day long!
[..]
I just found myself looking for the kibitz text field in that diagram for adding my wise guy comment about this
Re: A beginner's journal of little interest
Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2013 10:13 am
by jts
All in all I consider it a healthy thing when anyone spends less time on the internet, but do Boidhre's go-playing cronies know how he's doing? I hope he hasn't quit go!
Re: A beginner's journal of little interest
Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2013 11:24 am
by Boidhre
jts wrote:All in all I consider it a healthy thing when anyone spends less time on the internet, but do Boidhre's go-playing cronies know how he's doing? I hope he hasn't quit go!
Hey jts, the depression I was in (on and off since November) got worse in late December and amongst other things I lost interest in go. I haven't been posting as each week it's a case of "maybe next week my interest will come back and I can make a happy post" but that hasn't happened yet. At the moment, while I haven't decided to quit go, I have no interest in playing it. I still keep an eye on this forum though and pop along to the odd go meeting.
Re: A beginner's journal of little interest
Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2013 12:09 pm
by jts
Ah well - didn't want you to think you were forgotten. Here's hoping for the best.
Re: A beginner's journal of little interest
Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 4:22 pm
by tomukaze
Hope to see you back on form soon! I miss our exciting games
Re: A beginner's journal of little interest
Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2013 8:31 pm
by Boidhre
I'm back I think. The depression that started in November and resulted in me steadily losing interest (and pleasure in) go has finally abated. My interests are returning broadly and the mental fog has been lifting. I've been playing a bit, I'm rusty and somewhat weaker than I was but I don't mind that. I started doing tsumego again for a while before bed each night a few weeks ago, I've not been drilling them properly or anything just doing easy ones at my leisure and honestly just hoping the enjoyment of doing them not fading (Graded Go Problems Vol. 2 and similar). For the next while I'm just going to play a game or two in the evening after the kids have gone to sleep, fit some tsumego in where I've a chance (fun!) and maybe play out some pro games from one of the John Fairbairn books on SmartGo (purely for pleasure, I doubt they'll make me stronger).
It's nice to be back and feeling pleasure playing the game again.
Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 5:25 am
by EdLee
Re: A beginner's journal of little interest
Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 5:40 am
by Splatted
Glad you're feeling better.
Re: A beginner's journal of little interest
Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2013 1:46 am
by Boidhre
So 4ish months since I posted a game, I might as well start off with one where I did something particularly dumb. I'm enjoying myself at the moment, if depression is good for one thing it is when it's over you really do appreciate the little moments of happiness in the day. I had a lot of fun last night playing go with my son, he beat me with 4 stones on 9x9 which is good since he hasn't played any go in months.
I added some comments and a couple of variations to this game, just to get back into the habit of thinking about my games when reviewing them. I hope you can join me in laughing at the error I made.
http://www.lifein19x19.com/forum/download/file.php?id=2944
Edit: Updated sgf, turns out I did something wrong and the GoWrite board markings didn't come through.
Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2013 3:01 am
by EdLee
Re: A beginner's journal of little interest
Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2013 5:01 am
by Boidhre
Thank you Ed, a possible inane question:
You recommended a very large knight's move from the 4,4 stone as a pincer. I'm really unsure as to how to deal with the following and this causes me to rule out such moves (I did consider this move but rejected it due to not knowing how to handle
).
$$W
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . O . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . 3 . 2 . 1 . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------
- Click Here To Show Diagram Code
[go]$$W
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . O . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . 3 . 2 . 1 . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
My initial thoughts are:
$$W
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . 5 . . 4 . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . 1 . 2 3 . . . O . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . X . O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------
- Click Here To Show Diagram Code
[go]$$W
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . 5 . . 4 . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . 1 . 2 3 . . . O . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . X . O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
This looks ok for black.
$$W
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . 2 1 4 , . . . O . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O 3 X 5 O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------
- Click Here To Show Diagram Code
[go]$$W
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . 2 1 4 , . . . O . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O 3 X 5 O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
This I don't like as much, but I don't know many variations for this three space extension.
Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2013 8:10 am
by EdLee
Boidhre wrote:This I don't like as much...
$$W
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . 2 1 4 , . . . O . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O 3 X 5 O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------
- Click Here To Show Diagram Code
[go]$$W
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . 2 1 4 , . . . O . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O 3 X 5 O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
B ponnuki in sente! B is so happy. This is one reason the attach
is (often) not good for W.
Re:
Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2013 8:11 am
by Boidhre
EdLee wrote:B ponnuki in sente! B is so happy. This is one reason the attach
is (often) not good for W.
It's a ponnuki in atari, I really have no idea how to handle those.
Re: A beginner's journal of little interest
Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2013 8:55 am
by Bill Spight
Welcome back! Shodan in no time.
(;CA[UTF-8]ST[2]SZ[19]GM[1]AP[GOWrite:2.2.21]FF[4]WR[6k]BR[9k]FG[259:]KM[0.5]PW[6k]RU[Japanese]DT[2013-04-27 ]AB[dp][pp][pd]TM[1800.0]PC[The KGS Go Server at http\://www.gokgs.com/]OT[5x30 Byo-yomi ]PB[Boidhre]HA[3]PM[2]RE[B+9.5 ]GN[6k 3 Handicap]
;WL[1789.0]C[So, I played one ranked game and dropped from 6k? to 9k?, I think this is more realistic than 6k for me but it might be an overcorrection. I know this 6k, I was playing him even when he was a 7k last Autumn and winning so I felt 3 stones might be a bit too many even if I am rusty. As it turns out I did something really stupid and the game turned out a lot closer than perhaps it should have been. ]W[cd]
;BL[1785.9]B[fc]C[Sub optimal here I think but I figured a position on the side was ok given it was a 3 stone game.
*** Suboptimal? Quite reasonable, I think. Handicap or no.]
;WL[1769.4]C[I'd never seen this before. ]W[fe]
(
;BL[1756.3]B[cc]C[*** See variation.]
(
;WL[1761.3]W[bc]
;BL[1728.2]B[dd]C[I figured pulling back to D17 was too passive.
]
;WL[1735.2]C[This atari looks wrong to me.
*** Right you are.]W[cb]
(
;BL[1714.7]B[ce]C[*** But this rehabilitates it. See variation.]
;WL[1732.9]W[dc]
;BL[1679.9]B[ed]
;WL[1725.9]W[be]
;BL[1654.6]B[df]C[So yeah, this is a bit of a mess.]
;WL[1703.3]C[So he doesn't want to be pincered. Therefore he wants to approach both sides and try and stake out a claim on the bottom. ]W[np]
;BL[1626.3]B[pn]C[I'm happy to give it to him. ]
;WL[1691.4]C[I didn't expect this move but ok. ]W[jq]
(
;BL[1579.5]B[dn]C[So here, I thought you want to make a position on the bottom, ok go ahead, I'll extend upwards towards my top left group, if I can get B14 in later etc.
*** Do not assume that you can get B-14 in later. See variation.]
;WL[1653.1]W[oq]
(
;BL[1537.4]B[pq]C[I was torn about this it felt passive. That said I still felt that he had weaknesses in his shape here that I could exploit.
*** Good move. It aims at N-03.]
;WL[1649.8]C[I don't understand playing low here, it leaves his shape very weak I think and there is definitely going to be a fight now so I'd prefer my stone higher. ]W[fq]
(
;BL[1532.3]B[hq]C[*** Good fighting spirit. But see variation.]
;WL[1646.4]W[fo]
;BL[1526.2]B[ho]
;WL[1644.2]W[fm]
;BL[1513.4]B[lq]C[Perhaps an overplay. ]
;WL[1627.3]MA[hp]C[Ok. I didn't really understand this, what I saw was that it made the wedge at H4 more painful for me. ]W[jp]
(
;BL[1498.7]B[gp]C[*** See variation.]
;WL[1624.0]W[fp]
;BL[1491.3]B[lo]MA[jn]C[I'm happy to exchange the 3 stones to the left for the 2 white stones on the right if he jumps to K6. ]
;WL[1618.9]W[lp]
;BL[1471.1]B[kp]
;WL[1616.0]W[mp]
;BL[1468.8]B[kq]
;WL[1614.3]W[ko]
;BL[1467.2]B[jo]
;WL[1612.9]W[kn]
;BL[1449.0]B[jr]
;WL[1600.4]W[io]
;BL[1443.6]B[jn]
;WL[1599.3]W[in]
;BL[1438.7]B[jm]
;WL[1598.1]W[ip]
;BL[1429.7]B[ln]
;WL[1594.4]W[km]
;BL[1427.2]B[kl]
;WL[1564.1]W[im]
;BL[1416.1]B[lm]
;WL[1562.6]W[ir]
;BL[1344.7]B[kr]C[*** Ko threat.]
;WL[1556.8]W[hr]
(
;BL[1288.6]B[qf]C[*** Black is weak on the left side. See variation.
]
;WL[1501.7]W[nn]
(
;BL[1241.8]B[ol]C[*** Fine play. See variation.]
;WL[1495.0]W[om]
(
;BL[1195.6]B[nl]C[This move is perhaps very strange. See variation for what I wanted to avoid.
*** The variation is fine for Black. It makes territory while attacking. End of comments.]
;WL[1491.6]W[pm]
;BL[1183.5]B[qn]
;WL[1486.5]W[ql]
;BL[1173.4]B[pj]C[I figure contain here and he won't have enough eyespace, even if white lives here I'm happy to take the outside give the board at the moment and I didn't think my corner was in danger here.
]
;WL[1456.1]W[qj]
;BL[1164.0]B[qi]
;WL[1420.3]W[rj]
;BL[1135.3]B[pk]
;WL[1406.9]W[rl]
(
;BL[1082.7]B[or]
;WL[1397.1]W[nr]
;BL[1080.3]B[pr]
;WL[1383.8]W[rn]
;BL[1071.0]B[ro]
;WL[1381.5]W[sn]
;BL[1033.5]B[qm]C[This part is messy. ]
;WL[1281.0]W[so]
;BL[937.6]B[rp]
;WL[1259.0]W[pl]
;BL[886.5]B[sl]
;WL[1242.0]W[ri]
;BL[834.4]B[qh]
;WL[1179.2]W[rh]
;BL[794.2]B[rg]
;WL[1164.8]W[rm]
;BL[764.7]B[qk]
;WL[1161.1]C[So here I read it out. I see the hane underneath at T12 first and see it kills and then I read out the nobi to T9 and for some reason my brain went, 3 in a row, dead shape, job done. So eh, yeah this is pretty terrible. ]W[rk]
;BL[756.7]B[sk]
;WL[1123.6]W[sh]
;BL[745.7]B[sj]
;WL[1056.4]C[Ok, now. If I had looked at that and thought, hey that's a seki, this game has a good bit to go yet it would be fine. Unfortunately I looked at it and thought, dead group, white is far behind now and I started to play more conservatively. ]W[kc]
;BL[709.8]B[le]C[I prefered this to the usual cap, I didn't mind giving white some of the top. ]
;WL[1044.5]W[nc]
;BL[656.5]B[ne]
;WL[1041.5]W[pb]
;BL[651.6]B[qc]
;WL[1039.5]W[qb]
;BL[611.8]B[bf]
;WL[1005.5]W[cl]
;BL[571.3]B[cj]
;WL[981.8]W[cq]
;BL[560.8]B[cp]
;WL[976.9]W[dq]
;BL[540.2]B[el]
;WL[948.1]W[dk]
;BL[508.5]B[fl]
;WL[938.8]W[dj]
;BL[497.9]B[ci]
;WL[937.2]W[fj]
;BL[489.4]B[gm]
;WL[934.8]W[gn]
;BL[460.5]B[hm]
;WL[930.9]W[hn]
;BL[448.9]B[il]
(
;WL[916.3]W[bn]
;BL[383.5]B[hk]C[Now I'm connected. ]
;WL[825.2]W[bp]
;BL[347.4]B[em]
;WL[821.6]W[fn]
;BL[332.9]B[gi]
;WL[763.6]W[hc]
;BL[261.1]B[cn]
;WL[747.3]W[bo]
;BL[251.2]B[bm]
;WL[740.5]W[bl]
;BL[224.5]B[cm]
;WL[738.3]W[am]
(
;BL[206.9]B[gd]C[cApriCorNz \[6k\]\: playing with lee now \:P]
;WL[725.3]W[hd]
;BL[204.6]B[ge]
;WL[719.4]W[if]
;BL[171.5]B[kg]
;WL[651.1]W[gj]
;BL[138.7]B[hj]
;WL[630.4]W[hh]
;BL[73.3]B[ig]
;WL[625.5]W[hg]
;BL[60.9]B[hf]
;WL[574.5]W[fg]
;BL[15.7]B[fi]
;WL[560.4]W[ei]
;BL[30.0]B[eh]OB[5]
;WL[547.0]W[dh]
;BL[30.0]B[di]OB[5]
;WL[544.2]W[ej]
(
;BL[30.0]B[ch]OB[5]
;WL[540.6]C[Complete misread, I thought I could still connect after my last move. Live and learn I suppose. ]W[fh]
;BL[30.0]B[eg]OB[5]
;WL[539.5]W[hi]
;BL[30.0]B[ie]OB[5]
;WL[530.2]W[ji]
;BL[30.0]B[ki]OB[5]
;WL[524.1]W[jh]
;BL[30.0]B[kh]OB[5]
;WL[501.5]W[ff]
;BL[30.0]B[id]OB[5]
;WL[490.8]W[ic]
;BL[30.0]B[jc]OB[5]
;WL[483.7]W[jb]
;BL[30.0]B[jd]OB[5]
;WL[466.1]W[kb]
;BL[30.0]B[jj]OB[5]
;WL[451.0]W[rc]
;BL[30.0]B[rd]OB[5]
;WL[449.7]W[pc]
;BL[30.0]B[qd]OB[5]
;WL[448.9]W[rb]
;BL[30.0]B[bk]OB[5]
;WL[399.7]W[af]
;BL[30.0]B[bg]OB[5]
;WL[392.2]W[mr]
;BL[30.0]B[ad]OB[5]
;WL[386.7]W[bd]
;BL[30.0]B[ag]OB[5]
;WL[383.6]W[ae]
;BL[30.0]B[lc]OB[5]
;WL[373.1]W[lb]
;BL[30.0]B[mc]OB[5]
;WL[370.4]W[mb]
;BL[30.0]B[nd]OB[5]
;WL[355.5]W[kd]
;BL[30.0]B[ke]OB[5]
;WL[351.9]C[I should really have seen the danger of this. ]W[he]
;BL[30.0]B[jf]OB[5]
;WL[350.4]W[gf]
;BL[30.0]B[if]OB[5]
;WL[349.0]W[fd]
;BL[30.0]B[oc]OB[4]
;WL[343.9]W[nb]
;BL[30.0]B[ec]OB[4]
;WL[326.5]W[gc]
;BL[30.0]B[db]OB[4]
;WL[324.4]W[cc]
;BL[30.0]B[eb]OB[4]
;WL[322.9]W[ab]
;BL[30.0]B[gb]OB[4]
;WL[316.0]W[hb]
;BL[30.0]B[sc]OB[4]
;WL[311.1]W[sb]
;BL[30.0]B[sd]OB[4]
;WL[310.2]W[ob]
;BL[30.0]B[od]OB[4]
;WL[302.9]W[sg]
;BL[30.0]B[sf]OB[4]
;WL[301.3]W[sp]
;BL[30.0]B[rq]OB[4]
;WL[299.6]W[sq]
;BL[30.0]B[rr]OB[4]
;WL[298.7]W[sr]
;BL[30.0]B[rs]OB[4]
;WL[296.4]W[op]
;BL[30.0]B[mq]OB[4]
;WL[291.3]W[nq]
;BL[30.0]B[os]OB[4]
;WL[256.9]W[ls]
;BL[30.0]B[ks]OB[4]
;WL[243.7]W[gr]
;BL[30.0]B[ca]OB[4]
;WL[239.6]W[ba]
;BL[30.0]B[da]OB[4]
;WL[237.9]W[ga]
;BL[30.0]B[fb]OB[4]
;WL[227.8]W[fa]
;BL[30.0]B[ak]OB[4]
;WL[204.1]W[al]
;BL[30.0]B[ck]OB[4]
;WL[200.9]W[dl]
;BL[30.0]B[gk]OB[4]
;WL[155.2]W[mn]
;BL[30.0]B[mo]OB[4]
;WL[145.7]W[no]
;BL[30.0]B[ea]OB[4]
;WL[141.7]W[ha]
;BL[30.0]B[ef]OB[4]
;WL[121.5]W[is]
;BL[30.0]B[ep]OB[4]
;WL[116.6]W[eq]
;BL[30.0]B[eo]OB[4]
;WL[105.4]W[en]
;BL[30.0]B[dm]OB[4]
;WL[104.2]W[co]
;BL[30.0]B[do]OB[4]
;WL[99.6]W[fk]
;BL[30.0]B[gl]OB[4]
;WL[85.6]W[an]
;BL[30.0]B[ii]OB[4]
;WL[82.1]W[ih]
;BL[30.0]B[ij]OB[4]
;WL[71.7]W[po]
;BL[30.0]B[qo]OB[3]
;WL[68.1]W[oo]
;BL[30.0]B[tt]OB[2]
;WL[63.6]W[mm]
;BL[30.0]B[ml]OB[2]
;WL[60.0]W[lr]
;BL[30.0]B[ns]OB[2]
;WL[56.5]W[js]
;BL[30.0]B[ko]OB[2]
;WL[38.5]W[tt]
(
;BL[30.0]B[me]OB[2]
;WL[11.4]W[ld]
;BL[30.0]B[md]OB[2]
;WL[11.4]W[tt]
;BL[30.0]TW[aa][ac:ad][ao:ap][aq:bq][ar:fr][as:hs][bb][fi:gi][gd:ge][gg:gh][go:hp][gq:iq][ia:sa][ib]B[tt]TB[ah:bj][cf][cg:dg][dh][hl][ik:ok][je][jl][kf:pf][kj:oj][km:kn][lg:qg][lh:pi][ll][oe:se][ps:qs][qp:qr][rf]OB[2]
)
(
;BL[30.0]B[ld]C[bentw \[6k\]\: i mean the right group
bentw \[6k\]\: s9]OB[2]
)
(
;BL[30.0]TW[aa][ac:ad][ao:ap][aq:bq][ar:fr][as:hs][bb][fi:gi][gd:ge][gg:gh][ia:sa][ib]B[tt]TB[ah:bj][cf][cg:dg][dh][hl][je][km:kn][ps:qs][qp:qr]OB[2]
)
(
;BL[30.0]TW[aa][ao:ap][aq:bq][ar:fr][as:hs][bb][fi:gi][gd:ge][gg:gh][ia:sa][ib]B[tt]TB[ah:bj][hl][je][km:kn][lp:op][lr:nr][ls:ms][mm:pm][mn:on][no:po][nq:oq][pl:rl][ps:qs][qj:rj][qp:qr][rh:si][rk][rm:sn][sg][so:ss]C[bentw \[6k\]\: that one is seki]OB[2]
)
)
(
;FG[259:]PM[2]
;B[eg]
;W[fh]
;B[hi]C[Better. ]
)
)
(
;FG[259:]PM[2]
;B[ie]C[This move would be the game I think. ]
)
)
(
;FG[259:]PM[2]
;W[hl]
;B[hk]
;W[gl]
;B[gk]
;W[ik]
;B[jl]
;C[Not conntected, now dead. ]W[ij]
)
)
(
;FG[259:]PM[2]
;B[ri]
;W[pr]
;B[qr]
;W[or]
;B[qq]
;W[mr]
;B[qk]
;W[rk]
;B[sj]
;W[sk]
;B[rm]
;W[oo]
;B[mn]C[So it looks like my hane at P2 was not needed. When I tried to read it out in-game I thought he could manage a second eye somewhere. ]
)
)
(
;FG[259:]PM[2]
;B[pm]
;W[nl]
;B[nk]
;W[ok]
;B[pl]
;W[mk]
;B[nj]
;W[ml]
)
)
(
;B[nl]
;W[om]
;B[ql]C[*** Better than the game.]
)
)
(
;B[ck]
)
)
(
;B[lo]
;W[hp]
;B[gp]
;W[ip]
(
;B[gq]
;W[go]
;B[fp]
)
(
;B[go]
;W[gq]
;B[fp]
)
)
)
(
;B[bf]C[*** As planned.]
)
)
(
;FG[259:]PM[2]
;B[gq]C[I considered this for quite a while. ]
)
)
(
;B[gq]C[*** Double purpose move. ]
)
)
(
;B[dc]C[*** White has two cutting points and is not connected.]
;W[ce]
;B[de]
;W[cf]
;B[df]
;W[dg]
;B[eg]
;W[dh]
;B[ff]
)
)
(
;C[*** Of course.]W[dc]
;B[dd]
;W[ed]
;B[de]
;W[ec]
;B[ce]
;W[cb]
;B[bd]C[*** Broken shape for Black, as Ed says.]
)
)
(
;B[hd]C[*** Like the proverb says. Now White does not have an easy play in the corner. See continuations.]
(
;W[ec]
;B[eb]
(
;W[ed]
;B[db]C[*** Not so good for White.]
)
(
;W[dc]
;B[fd]
;W[ee]
;B[ge]C[*** Now the original White 3-4 stone looks funny.]
)
)
(
;C[*** Probably the best play in the corner for White, but now the capping play looks funny.]W[dc]
)
)
)
Re: A beginner's journal of little interest
Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2013 9:58 am
by Boidhre
Bill Spight wrote:Welcome back! Shodan in no time.
Thank you for the review. Shodan in no time? Hah!