Slaughtered on Tygem, but enjoyed game
Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2012 11:01 am
Hello all. Well, I can't seem to stop taking long breaks from go and then coming back and playing like crazy. (I think some consistency would help me out a lot, but that's for another discussion). I just started playing on the Tygem servers, and people there seem to be stronger than on KGS. I set my rank as 11 kyu, which is roughly my KGS rank, and played a Chinese 11 kyu on Tygem. I am black, he is white. I was obliterated but I enjoyed the game, here it is:
Things I note:
39: was it a mistake to leave the gap in my wall on the right, with W38 right in front?
51: wasted move, I believe
59: misclick, but what can one do? I meant to hane. (I think this would have helped me) (The following invasion was the end for me)
91: abysmal move, I apologize to every human who has ever played go for making this move. I should have played at the key point that my opponent then plays at W92
I am sure it is rife with other terrible mistakes. Please help me see. I am trying to use these games to help guide my study.
Also, the conversation between the Chinese player and I was very fun. He said that he learned weiqi from a TV show, and when I asked him how he become stronger, he said do "live or die" problems every morning, every day. I promised him I would follow his advice. Halfway through he said my Tygem rank should be more like 17 kyu, toward the end of the game he said I deserved 16 kyu rank.
(BTW, final question, does anyone know how to change their rank on Tygem? Do I have to make a new account and register it as 16 kyu?)
Thanks to all!
Things I note:
39: was it a mistake to leave the gap in my wall on the right, with W38 right in front?
51: wasted move, I believe
59: misclick, but what can one do? I meant to hane. (I think this would have helped me) (The following invasion was the end for me)
91: abysmal move, I apologize to every human who has ever played go for making this move. I should have played at the key point that my opponent then plays at W92
I am sure it is rife with other terrible mistakes. Please help me see. I am trying to use these games to help guide my study.
Also, the conversation between the Chinese player and I was very fun. He said that he learned weiqi from a TV show, and when I asked him how he become stronger, he said do "live or die" problems every morning, every day. I promised him I would follow his advice. Halfway through he said my Tygem rank should be more like 17 kyu, toward the end of the game he said I deserved 16 kyu rank.
(BTW, final question, does anyone know how to change their rank on Tygem? Do I have to make a new account and register it as 16 kyu?)Thanks to all!
There is no reason to short yourself on liberties. One of the most profitable ways of killing something is to take more territory/prisoners with your surrounding groups so that they are alive without having to fill the dead group's liberties. At the end of the game, you just take the dead stones without ever having filled all of their liberties. And 
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