Hi again and thank you for the terrific feedback
. Hope you excuse me for not answering earlier, had somewhat of a busy week and didn't have enough time yet to answer the replies and play Go.
@daal I do agree, the way I saved that group was quite horrendous. I should've played a bit calmer so that I could find time to settle the group.
Mv 12 - I do agree.
Mv 60 - I am not sure whether I should bend at D11 or defend the group as I said; the extension was clearly a bad move as it needed a follow up in what wasn't the area where I had biggest potential.
My argument is that those stones were pretty heavy and didn't serve any real purpose other than staying in the area of opponent's influence, so I maybe could've just sacrificed them later to live on the outer edges.
Mv 90 - Disgusting overplay on my part, result of a lack of reading ( like, it was totally absent ) .
Mv 101 - Not sure what you are referring to.
@Jhyn
Mv 60 - Yes, this was such a simple move that I somehow missed. Great move.
Mv 62 - When I made that jump I imagined something like this
, without the bend at N2 . You are probably right though.
Mv 82 - I thought I had more aji than I actually had; in hindsight your alternative is clearly superior .
Mv 86 - I read the O7 response, that's why I chose the O2 response without reading at all, because I judged that variation insufficient to satisfy my greed. Didn't read the Ko variation though, quite interesting.
Mv 110 var - Do agree .
Mv 111 var - The games is a mess for me at this point, I don't have a clear game plan other than complicate it. If I learned counting maybe I would've played more calmly.
Mv 119 var - That's what I initially read, and no , I don't count at all..
The rest - the last part was pretty much a disaster turned right, somehow. Ye.
@knotwilg
Mv 14 - I agree.
Mv 48 var - I wasn't sure about attacking that group because of the 53 move and S8 which would've granted the group easy life on the side.
Mv 60 - As I said to daal, here I'm not sure whether to bend at D8 or to extend the lifespace of the group that is , at that moment, just a burden.
Mv 94 ponnuki var - In the game I was set on being able to attack at least one of the two groups, but your variation clearly shows a very good situation for me that I didn't even consider because I wasn't adapting to the game but considering only my own objectives. Good stuff.
P.S. I lost some comments because I had to log in again and didn't copypaste the whole deal onto a notepad. Dammit.
Anyway, thank you again for all the reviews, and hope you would help with another terrible game of mine
. Also, I would like to share my doubts about the tomorrow's London Open Go tournament: I am not sure whether or not I should participate given the terrible state of my play, my doubts regarding my current rank , and my incapability of focusing on the game for an extended amount of time ( for the whole of 4 games I've played this month, I've blitzed through despite the lengthy time limits ) . What do you think ?
