Life In 19x19

i had to much fun working through attack and defense last night so i think I'm going to finish this book
and make a few more notes as i go along today
when i need a break from my books ill do some problems online
i did problems 20-30 in graded go problems Vol. 3 last night and got all of them right
I'm currently on problem 72 on Wbaduk 19-15k i missed 6 so far today

i don't think I'm going to play today just do tsumego and finish my book and review my games in depth
i got a lot of new games to go over

as far as bots go when i don't have the internet on and i wanna play go its nice to have a challenging bot to play
it would be even nicer if go was more popular and i could find more people that played go, but so far i only know one other person
and I'm glad i got him

quick up date:

im on problem # 58 on vol. 3 all together im 73 %

i finished attack & defense i got a lot of ideas i need to try out so im back to playing serious games tonight
i been reading around L19 more and more getting ideas and i read somewhere it will take time for the information i been studying to show up in my games
so i think im just going to review the same books until i can see some improvement i even notice sdk players studying elementary series

im on problem 72 on wbaduk set 19-15k these are easier than the vol 3 set but these problems are new so i plan to do them in between games

see ya

i've been studying more than i have been winning since i ranked up i have been getting creamed even my handicap games are more challenging its fun but after each loss i gain a better understanding for the game so its a win win

on vol 3 im currently on problem #70 i missed 23 problems so far out of 70 they get harder as you go along but i like this book im around 68%


i had to start over on my wbaduk problems since i had to reinstall wbaduk because it wasn't connecting or something
so im redoing 1 -72 currently and i got the first one wrong i was so mad i haven't missed on since im on number 30 currently.

its the holiday season i have been thinking about buying the fundamental principles of go by Yilan with this amazon gift card i got as a early christmas gift. either that or first kyu i read reviews and they say its a awesome story, decisions decisions

btw. you can manually set the wbaduk problems (those in the client) you prefer to solve - while redoing is fine, you don't "have to start over".

I would like to modify my study journal technique
so far it has been diary style and at first it was goal oriented
but now I want it to be improvement based
So from now on each of my post will be

1: go problem report w/ questions
2. game posted for comments w/ questions
3. Current points w/ rank -wbaduk

I wont post until my points raise I gotta start seeing more progress from my program
And if I don’t have more points I have made no improvement and that helps from keeping my journal from getting as big as the starcraft thread wow


Here's what I'm doing to get strong –

Problems – go problems Vol 3 and wbaduk problems
Read Books & Watch tons of reviews and lessons – elementary series /go videos
Play a ranked game everyday – wbaduk
Look for cool new go stuff


My plan is based of tsumego will make you strong
Doing tsumego correctly reading out the complete sequence before placing you first stone
So that covers reading

For improving my understanding of the game I'm watching a lot of go videos right now
That gave me the post a game for review idea with every post from now on

I read anything go related but I wont post my books progress anymore because I'm just going to reread the same book over again until I'm done with my elementary education and that’s 1 kyu
I will post when I add to it or if I want to compliment something I read

Play more ranked games so it will be no handicap
Not to many people ranked the same level as me so I play a lot of handicap games against stronger players and my no handicap opening is soft so now I'm room jumping on wbaduk looking for even matches to get stronger playing even because I can out read a lot of my even opponents

These go videos are helping me see better ideas and its really good stuff I just got turned on to video commentary and review from browsing L19 this places is a gateway to fuel my addiction to getting stronger and stronger

i went from 3450 to 3700 points on my 23 kyu rank since my last post
i haven't touched Graded go problems 3 since my last post so im still on # 70
back to those tonight i got extra energy
i went from #72-112 on wbaduk 19-15ky set i only missed 7



here are my questions-
My question is simple did I get the most out of my opening?
if not what are some better moves?
what moves could have i had made to turn the game around?
what are the profitable attacks that i missed?

1986 wrote:here are my questions-
My question is simple did I get the most out of my opening?
if not what are some better moves?
what moves could have i had made to turn the game around?
what are the profitable attacks that i missed?

No, you didn't. Most of us don't for that matter.

Opening:
Common wisdom is to extend from a corner enclosure or deny this extension for your opponent respectively. So something like K3 with move 6 would be my first choice, (http://senseis.xmp.net/?BeginnersGuideToTheOpening#toc4) With move 26 I would consider the right side first.

Middle game:
N16 and the cut there were not good in my opinion. The center is open from two sides, you don't have to push through there. Something like F15 would have been fine. (And hard to stop.) N16 helped Black to close the top side, which were open on the side before. + There is no need to worry about the top left it is so very much alive after your opponents mistake earlier, that you should not worry at all. You can ignore several moves of your opponent in that area and still would be alive.

happy new year - mountain time
this year will be my first year playing go straight through I'm excited

to get the most out of it I'm going to start playing more on
KGS for the in depth reviews & teaching

I'm playing DGS games as well i have all the time i need to read out my most confident move

2011- my go resolution is to gain a firm understanding of the game and read at first kyu level
by 2012

hey life is good in my go world
this year started off with a blast

I beat a 7 kyu playing even on KGS
its kind of funny because it was suppose to be a teaching game and at the end he asked me what should he work on

I made my own folder for the games I most proud of
It only has 2 games this one and the 3 dan game

I'm at 3800 points on wbaduk
I think my studying is starting to sink in

I have been taking advantage of the free reviews & lectures on KGS in the KGS teaching ladder room , I wish I would have knew about this stuff before when I was trying KGS out

I feel pretty confident so I have my estimated rank at 10 kyu so well see what happens I’m currently 11 kyu my rank hasn't settled yet I kept getting guests matches until I took my auto match off of free games

My first ranked match against a 10 kyu I lost by 16 points in the endgame so I’m confident I can make 10 kyu soon

Also I got a few games going on DGS

My new year ambition for go is 20 tsumego a day
So far I'm staying with it

Currently
I completed 60 tsumego this year so far

I'm on wbaduk #132 missed 2

Vol 3 # 90 Missed 4

Magic Baduk Go problems iphone app # 20 intermediate missed 7

Here my game with they 10 kyu any comments are appreciated I don’t really have questions this time I got a review online but I don’t mind good ideas on the game

I LOVE THIS GAME!!!!

this is the only game i played today
i put my everything into it, i'm actually tired
i had to show somebody well back to tsumego

i should have got points for this game because it was no handicap and he was 18 kyu versus my 23 kyu wbaduk
but they dont allow rated games between uneven ranks unless its within 4 stones


i have been doing way more tsumego than 20 a day
so far i solved 250 tsumego since the year started and still counting
im on number 170 on vol 3 my ratio is 58% im workin on improving my ratio
its kinda embarrassing

i play on both servers now i figure i would do kgs one day and wbaduk the next
becasue i still got friends on wbaduk
and their are alot of pro games to watch
and they got the coolest problems
i haven't been solving them as much becuase i have been on a roll with vol 3 and dgs

i love playing games on dgs the iphone app makes it so easy to play go on the go
and some people are really active so its cool i got a few games going
and i just started this year

well time to watch a go video see ya

I'm 4000 22 kyu on wbaduk now
I ranked up today
it feels good

KGS was down all day
but I'm 10 kyu on that server
so I ranked up from 11 kyu since my last post
actually the last game I posted from KGS
was the one that ranked me up


I played a really good teaching game with redundant on Sunday
I have been reviewing it in my spare time improving on my fundamentals
I'm excited about go

I'm at 320 problems for the year so far
I was thinking about getting into tesuji also
just to mix it up but I'm on a roll since the new year
I kind of don't want school to start

I'm still on #170 in Vol 3 I have been doing the
wbaduk problem set instead I'm on #245
19-15k set out of the 20 I did today I missed 3

I think that's it well you know the drill

Keep on going. I like that you keep playing on WBaduk, in some month when you improved further i like to interview you about how KGS and WBaduk compare in the kyu ranks. (Ranking, playing style etc.)

so this update is kind of different it’s a bit chatty

Tapir-
That’s a great idea I would like to see more people
Play wbaduk its only a few American flags every time I get on
I see Oren from l19 but that’s it
and it’s a shame because
in the kyu ranks are some great rivals
I have been chasing a few guys for a long time
I need to rank up that’s why I play so much wbaduk
Those guys think they just going to leave me behind
But No sir buddy I'm coming for em
I'm even loading my wbaduk games in KGS for review
Now take advantage of the free teaching

yesterday I played majority wbaduk
Solving problems and looking for even games
my goal was 20 kyu because I was 10 KGS
but I didn’t get any wins yesterday out of 4 games with a 21 kyu Korean player

I reviewed the games last night to find out my most basic mistakes
I'm getting better at my own reviews

but I digress I logged on to KGS
and hit auto-match
a game pops up and I'm 9 kyu
To my surprise

my first ever game as a 9 kyu
I never was 9 kyu on anything
not even many faces so
I’m smiling all hard
I had to calm down and get a
cigaret before I could play
and then internet messed up and I got put out
That game sorry Jukebox
I left him a message I want to finish that game

But since I won my last game as 10 kyu
I ranked up and didn't know it

Then I thought about redundant saying I was good for a 10 kyu so then I
Was like maybe I'm am sdk

I stopped being nervous and was mentally preparing myself to hang with the 9 kyu stone for stone

I went to bed I was to excited to play last night didn’t want to mess up and rank down from excitement and nervousness

I got up got some coffee and played my second game as a 9 kyu the first one completed


I just checked and I'm 8 kyu
i don't know how to post my graph but if i did i would have put it here

here the link to my graph http://www.gokgs.com/graphPage.jsp?user=go1986

I think I'm going to play mostly wbaduk today and see if I can get the ranks to even out

I will play my first game as a 8 kyu when I feel ready

I don’t know why I second guess myself on rank in KGS I beat a 7 kyu playing even before so maybe I'm 6 kyu but it was a teaching game so I didn’t get the credit

I just don’t know what rank I am on KGS its kind of wired to rank up so fast I only completed one game as a 9 kyu

Buy hey I'm going to see how far I can push this thing I will play every game like it’s the championship game and see where I settle down at.

OK this is to long my hands hurt but
Nobody else I know cares until my school buddy comes back from New York,
I just tired to tell my girlfriend I'm 8 kyu KGS and she just looked at me like so

p.s. I'm at 350 tsumego for the year it will be 370 tonight
I'm on # 275 wbaduk 19-15 kyu set I missed 4 yesterday
I'm going to pick back up Vol 3 I should be doing better at those problems

Maybe tsumego does make you strong

I'm 22 kyu 4500 Wbaduk now
5 more wins to 21 kyu

I'm still 8 kyu on KGS although
my first game at 8 kyu I lost then I demoted &
got mad and won the next game and got ranked backed up,
then I lost again back to 9 kyu then won again and back to 8 kyu
Its like a roller coaster

I'm at 420 problems solved
for the year
I'm on # 190 on Vol 3 I missed 4 out of 20 last time I went through some problems the day before yesterday

I did 20 wbaduk problems today I'm on #285
I missed 11 out of 40 problems over the last two days

Here is the close game of the day




something new I have been looking at is Haengma
I did some research on this site and sensei’s library
To find out more about the concept.

After I got a idea of what it is I recognize the concept immediately because I see it so much on wbaduk

I played with that idea in mind today and I saw how some of my friends in the Korean room used it so now I gotta learn more about it.

I'm adding the study of Haengma
To my elementary study criteria

I plan on ordering Master of The Haengma
And This is Haengma together for about 50 bucks
That’s including shipping & handling