Life In 19x19

Posted: **Fri Oct 05, 2012 9:45 pm**

I don't play very much on KGS anymore; however, I played this game and really enjoyed it. I made a few obvious mistakes that I noticed, but I think it deserves a review. Oh unfortunately, I couldn't finish this game due to time since I had a Calc class I needed to attend.

Posted: **Sun Oct 07, 2012 5:07 pm**

Who do you think was winning when you had to stop?

Posted: **Sun Oct 07, 2012 7:20 pm**

i think im ahead but im wondering how i can handle my stones n the left better.

Posted: **Mon Oct 08, 2012 2:40 pm**

Maybe your calc teacher can explain about 1 hour = 60 minutes and so on? I used to do so when my students arrived late.

Posted: **Mon Oct 08, 2012 3:01 pm**

I was actually on time

Posted: **Tue Oct 09, 2012 1:34 pm**

Nobody has any comments for my group on the left?

Posted: **Tue Oct 09, 2012 4:15 pm**

Proverb: vital points before large points. Making a base for an unsettled group is vital, not merely large.

Up to move 25, B has a nice attack going, but W has compensating profit. B has a large investment in the three stones on the left, so it is important to keep them strong and efficient. Playing an extension to make a base for this group sometime soon (before W can counter-attack) is critical.

:b31:

strikes me as an overplay. You cannot surround these W stones, much less kill them, so this seems like a good time to switch to a vital extension on the left side like C6 or D6. If W cuts at K13, you have the tesuji sequence L13-K14-K15-L14-L15 to escape.

:b35:

defends the K13 cut and threatens a large hane at L16, but allows W to switch to the left side, which looks more important.

:w36:

is huge, making a base for W and depriving B of a base. Vital points like this are much larger than may appear at first glance. The three B stones on the left are suddenly floating and have lost all attacking and territorial prospects.

:b39:

is again big, but not as vital as :w40:

. Now B will have to struggle just to live here, letting W consolidate a large corner territory in the process.

There were some mistakes in the fighting after this, but the real problem was getting into this situation in the first place.

Posted: **Wed Oct 10, 2012 1:51 am**

Thanks Mitsun. Very helpful. I'll try and look out for the vital moves as opposed to the big moves.

Posted: **Wed Oct 10, 2012 6:56 am**

Sure b has plenty internal threats but in the end position wF11 makes the left side ko, no?

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