nasdaq journal
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2017 5:33 pm
This will be my journal for games I play with my comments.
Goal:
To reach at least 1dan or preferably 2dan within 2 or 3 years, mybe 5years or however long it takes.
Some background:
Learnt to play Go about 14years ago., reached about 1k-1d in a year or two.
After this I played for another year or two, but gradually stopped playing much. Every so often I would play for a few weeks and then stop.
Guess I didn't like the idea of studying to improve. When it stops being fun and turns into work then I gave up.
Nowadays I like doing tsumego or reviewing pro games more than playing.
But if I'm going to reach my goal then I have to play.
I find going through pro games on a board gives me the inspiration and motivation to actually play go.
Strengths / Weaknesses:
My calculation/reading has always been good for my level due to liking tsumego.
Direction of play and positional judgement is weak due to not playing much and never getting a good grasp of the theory.
I like to play unusual fuseki such as blackhole (5-7 rotate) or tengen as black and white and then approach corners instead of taking an empty corner. This is so that my opponent and I have a position that we have never seen before and fuseki/joseki knowledge is then rendered less important.
I will try and play conventionally though for a while for my serious games.
Currently studying material:
[*]Playing out games from 'Invincible', guessing the next move, memorising, reading out sequences. I feel I have a good general grasp of the games and intuition as to what's important but the deep reading and fighting is beyond me which is to be expected. May get the Honinbo Shuei collection to go through.
[*]Lee chang ho tsumego vol 1-6. Stopped after doing vol 4 previously with about 66% correct for vol4.
Carry this in my pocket for work breaks, travel time etc. Currently starting vol 2 again.
[*]800 rapid weiqi, good easy problems, not done one complete pass yet, upto 250 currently.
[*]Weiqi sihuo life and death drills vol 1, currently on first pass, page 25, harder problems but not impossible.
[*]No other theory books as I find it a waste of time for me as I dont have the greatest memory and find not much fun to do, and since I don't play often I don't get a chance to use the info.
[*]I've got a ton of tsumego books, four commented games books, master of haengma and fundamental principles of go by yilun yang.
Aim:
Play one game on IGS 1/10 time each weekend, and then review.
Review on a real board, go through the game once or twice, find a handfull of points where I could improve or don't know what to do next.
Focus on direction of play, and fundamentals such as shape, as opposed to reading mistakes.
Run the game through Leela at the key points to get some alternative moves.
Post here with the game and some comments to act as a motivation to continue.
First serious game in a while, it was comfortable, but overall I'm not totally happy with my game yet.
[*] Bottom right joseki is kind of old according to 'jungsuk in our time' and doesnt give black a chance to split bottom.
[*] G6 i like but leela suggests to play joseki D9. Note to self try and learn it. But I like G6 as it builds power in whites sphere.
[*] C7 is bad i think, aji keshi? This is kind of bad habits I'd like break.
[*] E8, should take stone instead, Less aji remaining.
[*] C13, leela says I can hane.
[*] R12, shape move is P15, or mybe N16.
[*] I feel I got lucky taking the right side. My opponent missed T18 kill, but after this it is game over.
Goal:
To reach at least 1dan or preferably 2dan within 2 or 3 years, mybe 5years or however long it takes.
Some background:
Learnt to play Go about 14years ago., reached about 1k-1d in a year or two.
After this I played for another year or two, but gradually stopped playing much. Every so often I would play for a few weeks and then stop.
Guess I didn't like the idea of studying to improve. When it stops being fun and turns into work then I gave up.
Nowadays I like doing tsumego or reviewing pro games more than playing.
But if I'm going to reach my goal then I have to play.
I find going through pro games on a board gives me the inspiration and motivation to actually play go.
Strengths / Weaknesses:
My calculation/reading has always been good for my level due to liking tsumego.
Direction of play and positional judgement is weak due to not playing much and never getting a good grasp of the theory.
I like to play unusual fuseki such as blackhole (5-7 rotate) or tengen as black and white and then approach corners instead of taking an empty corner. This is so that my opponent and I have a position that we have never seen before and fuseki/joseki knowledge is then rendered less important.
I will try and play conventionally though for a while for my serious games.
Currently studying material:
[*]Playing out games from 'Invincible', guessing the next move, memorising, reading out sequences. I feel I have a good general grasp of the games and intuition as to what's important but the deep reading and fighting is beyond me which is to be expected. May get the Honinbo Shuei collection to go through.
[*]Lee chang ho tsumego vol 1-6. Stopped after doing vol 4 previously with about 66% correct for vol4.
Carry this in my pocket for work breaks, travel time etc. Currently starting vol 2 again.
[*]800 rapid weiqi, good easy problems, not done one complete pass yet, upto 250 currently.
[*]Weiqi sihuo life and death drills vol 1, currently on first pass, page 25, harder problems but not impossible.
[*]No other theory books as I find it a waste of time for me as I dont have the greatest memory and find not much fun to do, and since I don't play often I don't get a chance to use the info.
[*]I've got a ton of tsumego books, four commented games books, master of haengma and fundamental principles of go by yilun yang.
Aim:
Play one game on IGS 1/10 time each weekend, and then review.
Review on a real board, go through the game once or twice, find a handfull of points where I could improve or don't know what to do next.
Focus on direction of play, and fundamentals such as shape, as opposed to reading mistakes.
Run the game through Leela at the key points to get some alternative moves.
Post here with the game and some comments to act as a motivation to continue.
First serious game in a while, it was comfortable, but overall I'm not totally happy with my game yet.
[*] Bottom right joseki is kind of old according to 'jungsuk in our time' and doesnt give black a chance to split bottom.
[*] G6 i like but leela suggests to play joseki D9. Note to self try and learn it. But I like G6 as it builds power in whites sphere.
[*] C7 is bad i think, aji keshi? This is kind of bad habits I'd like break.
[*] E8, should take stone instead, Less aji remaining.
[*] C13, leela says I can hane.
[*] R12, shape move is P15, or mybe N16.
[*] I feel I got lucky taking the right side. My opponent missed T18 kill, but after this it is game over.
How about tenuki? Like a high enclosure in the top right corner, P-16 or O-16?
A hanging connection at B-02 threatens to make a large slide to F-02. The slide to E-02 allows White to make a solid wrap around wall.
Not good, as you discovered. Better attach at P-08, for instance.
Clue given in first hide, answer in second hide