Kirby's Study Journal

Kirby · **#741**

So today is Friday. Expect tomorrow a summary review of all of the games that I played this week. I'll try to do from the opponent's perspective, too. Though, it is time consuming.

At some point, I should really start practicing go problems again. But somehow I've fallen off of the horse, so to speak.

When I get a habit or rhythm, it's easy to continue, but when I break, it takes awhile to get my engine running again. It's like with exercise. If I run every day, it's no problem to do it continually given the same routine. But if I go out for a movie or use the internet or something during that time for a few days, my habit switches, and it's really hard to get back at it.

Still need to get back into the go problem rhythm.

Maybe my desire to get stronger isn't strong enough, yet. I think that might be a big part of the problem (e.g. if I hit 2d on KGS instead of having 1d by my name... does it really matter?)

Kirby · **#742**

Kirby wrote:

Maybe my desire to get stronger isn't strong enough, yet. I think that might be a big part of the problem (e.g. if I hit 2d on KGS instead of having 1d by my name... does it really matter?)

Thinking about this a little bit more, since my son is sleeping right now... Probably being 2d on KGS instead of 1d on KGS may have some good feeling, but intrinsically isn't that valuable. I remember the April Fools' Day joke where everyone on KGS was 9d. That felt kind of cool, but the novelty quickly wore off.

I think the feeling of vanity comes from not doing my best to play precisely. If I'm not precise, and don't make much effort to find the optimal sequence, then there are two potential outcomes:
1. The sequence I selected happens to work to my benefit.
2. The sequence I selected doesn't work to my benefit.

In terms of planning, strategy, or pleasure gained from reading, the two outcomes are equivalent - I didn't do much planning, didn't have much strategy, and didn't try too hard to read. So in some ways, it's a bit random - like throwing the dice in the air.

Being good or bad at throwing dice in the air doesn't matter much.

So I would presume that the amount that I care about the game has a little bit to do with rank, but also has a bit to do with the extent to which I am exercising skills that make the game of go less random.

Kirby · **#743**

Though, on the other hand, there is some pleasure from seeing profit result from intuition - in areas where I wasn't precise. I get some emotion to play a given move, even though I haven't thought about it. When I play it and it works, then that's a nice feeling, I'd say...

So perhaps when I play based on emotion, my positive feeling is highly correlated with the result. But when I play based on logic, I can get some sort of pleasure from the effort I've taken to exercise my logic actively...

From this premise, I suppose that the only way I can guarantee that I have nice feeling is to put in effort to try to be precise - because I can't control the result of the game that well when I rely only on intuition.

I guess it'd be nice if all of the good moves just came to me from my intuition, and I didn't have to think at all. But then am I really even playing go?

Shaddy · **#744**

It appears to me that your instinctual response to things not going your way is to play a bunch of aji keshi. This is part of the reason that your opponents regularly end up very thick. After things go wrong, take a deep breath, and before you play a sente, think: "Do I *really* need to get this right now, or can I hold off? Is another move better?"

Kirby · **#745**

Shaddy wrote:

It appears to me that your instinctual response to things not going your way is to play a bunch of aji keshi. This is part of the reason that your opponents regularly end up very thick. After things go wrong, take a deep breath, and before you play a sente, think: "Do I *really* need to get this right now, or can I hold off? Is another move better?"

I know I play aji keshi sometimes, but it wasn't clear to what extent.

You are a stronger player than me, so for the first round of today's reviews, I'll review only looking for these aji keshi moves that you say I'm making. I'll start out the reviews that way.

Stay tuned.

Kirby · **#746**

Per Shaddy's comment, I went through each of the 5 games, first looking just for aji keshi moves that I came up with.

Please feel free to chime in if you don't think the move is aji keshi, or if you think that there are moves that I missed in the game, which are aji keshi.

Game 1

Position 1

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$ Position at move 20 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . X . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . X , . . . | $$ | . . . W . X . a . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Almost missed this move since it's not really touching any of the opponent's stones, but maybe the exchange is aji keshi. Playing the 3-3 point is valuable for territory, and it also aims at the 'a' area. But of course, with black's response, the aji in the area is erased a bit... The best way to reduce this area is still not clear to me. But considering this local aji keshi exchange, maybe I can try to take advantage of the aji immediately.

For example, what about this?

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$ Position at move 20 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . X . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . X , . . . | $$ | . . . . . X W . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

After the aji keshi exchange in the game, such a move would be harder:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$W $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . X . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . O . . 2 . . 4 . . . . X , . . . | $$ | . . . W . X 1 3 . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

After the marked exchange, white can't easily connect to the white wall, so black can focus more directly on attacking.

Now, give me a bit more time to think about the subsequent play where I tried to live. It's complicated, and I don't know the best way to try to live (e.g. what's aji keshi, and what is not).

But if I don't try to find the optimal play during the review now when I have time, how can I expect to play well during the game???

(Game 1 to be continued...)

yoyoma · **#747**

Hey Kirby, I'm at the congress. Noticed your name was listed as a translator. I knon you're having some hard times now, just wanted to let you know I'm thinking about you now.

Kirby · **#748**

yoyoma wrote:

Hey Kirby, I'm at the congress. Noticed your name was listed as a translator. I knon you're having some hard times now, just wanted to let you know I'm thinking about you now.

Thank you, yoyoma. Your sentiments are well noted, and I really appreciate it. I certainly wish things played out a different way, and that I could make it. I'm still hoping that things work out. If you're curious about details, talk to Brady - he's a pretty social guy, so he knows a lot about everybody :-)

I'm also a little guilty that I didn't end up being the translator. I'm sorry to hear that I'm listed, because that probably means that they didn't find someone to replace me. Lee Dahye is pretty good at English, I think, though I'm not sure about On Sojin's ability. I hope that there are no difficulties due to my skipping out.

Maybe you can attend their lectures, and if there are any communication barriers, you can assist. I know that you're pretty good at Korean. Or maybe ask Tony Cha.

In any case, have fun! I'll be with you guys in spirit, keeping tabs on the live broadcasts when possible :-)

Oh, and good luck tomorrow for Game 1 of the US Open!

Kirby · **#749**

Game 1 (continued)

The next move that I think is aji keshi is this one:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$B $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . X . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . O . W . . . , . . . . X , . . . | $$ | . . . O . X . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

It's a cross attach, so it looks fancy. But after the subsequent sequence, aji on the bottom is erased:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$B $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . X . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . B . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O B . . . . . . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . O B . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . O 1 W . . . , . . . . X , . . . | $$ | . . . O 2 X 3 . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

The cross attach is now a single white stone. It's true that the marked black stones now have fewer liberties, so are a little bit weaker. But was it worth erasing what was on the bottom?

Locally, I'm thinking that it was better to start with this:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$B $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . X . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . X , . . . | $$ | . . . O . X . W . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Aji for cross-attach, etc., is still there. Black will probably pincer to prevent white from making a base. A far pincer seems more severe:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$B $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . X . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . X , . . . | $$ | . . . O . X . O . . B . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Nonetheless, the exchange isn't bad for white really, because there is still a lot of space to do something in black's sphere of influence, I think.

To be continued...

Kirby · **#750**

Aji-keshi from Game 1 continued...

Next up is this move.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$B $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . O W . . . . . X . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . O X O . . . , . . . . X , . . . | $$ | . . . O O X X . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

After black responds naturally, it hurts white's chances of doing something inside:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$B $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . O O B . . . . X . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . O X O . . . , . . . . X , . . . | $$ | . . . O O X X . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

While this is aji-keshi, I suppose there is a caveat. White would really like to respond to black's push, locally:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$B $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . O B . . . . . X . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . O X O . . . , . . . . X , . . . | $$ | . . . O O X X . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

So in this sense, it's almost "double-sente" locally to play this move. However, white doesn't have to answer black here, so I think white needs to make a plan first for how to continue, before deciding whether to push.

Currently, I am liking this move:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$B $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . O b . . . . . X . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . X . W . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . O X . a . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . O X O . . . , . . . . X , . . . | $$ | . . . O O X X . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

It threatens both to connect with a move like 'a' and cut black off, and to make a pseudo-connection with a move like 'b' later. If black responds locally, white can reduce further:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$B $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . O 1 . . . . . X . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . X . O . 2 . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . O X O . . . , . . . . X , . . . | $$ | . . . O O X X . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

If black tries to grab territory and let white keep that stone, it might still be difficult:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$B $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . O . 7 0 9 5 3 X . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . X . O 6 4 2 . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O X . . 1 . . . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . O X O . . . , . . . . X , . . . | $$ | . . . O O X X . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bm11 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . 3 . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . 2 1 O . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . O 4 X O X X X X . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . X 5 O O O O . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O X . . X . . . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . O X 6 . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . O X O . . . , . . . . X , . . . | $$ | . . . O O X X . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Things might not be so bad for white.

It's true that I don't know if this is optimal. But I like this way better than what I played in the game.

Following this is the sequence where I floundered to try to escape from black's area of influence. I think that as I start off with bad exchanges, the situation gets worse and worse, so maybe it's enough to remember these first aji-keshi exchanges, and move on from this.

So next up is to do a review of this game from black's perspective...

To be continued...

Kirby · **#751**

Here is a review of the game from black's perspective.

Overall, I think black did pretty well (better than me in this case, as he won!). Some points were:
1. Pressing white down on the 4th line in the opening is a risky strategy. His intent was to make a big moyo, and he succeeded. But it's still risky - he doesn't have many points if I live within it, for example.

2. After white was able to escape, black kept white split from the group on the right - which is a pretty good plan. The downside is that it makes his center group's influence pretty weak. It might make sense to let white connect to the group on the right, and then play the star point on top to make nice central influence. Nonetheless, there was certainly value to splitting me apart.

Those were the biggest things I'd point out, though, the second one is debatable.

Kirby · **#752**

Here is a final review of Game 1 from my own perspective, again.

Learning points overall, from this game:

1. Taking 4th line territory is good, but since the opponent's plan to make a huge moyo was obvious, I should have reconsidered. It may be OK for white, but it's risky. I could have avoided that risk.

2. Play lighter moves that are more sharp, especially when trying to live in the opponent's area.

3. Before aji keshi, maybe just living inside quickly would be good. I played lots of aji keshi and made the opponent thick, as Shaddy noticed.

4. When things aren't going well, don't keep making a heavier group. Be willing to sacrifice and move on.

5. Reading better is always desired.

Kirby · **#753**

General learning point: Trying to review in detail takes a long time. I have 5 games to review from the week, and I've only done 1 so far...

Kirby · **#754**

Aji-keshi from Game 2

First point might be this one:

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This already isn't joseki, but it's still probably not best to play the peep right now. I can do that kind of thing if I have a precise plan that works out. At this point, I should probably just play in a normal way:

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Then this series of moves are all aji keshi:

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Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$B $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . O O X . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . X X O . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . O O . . O . . O . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X O X X . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . O O X . B . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . X . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Since the sequence doesn't work, I should simply try to live inside first, instead of making all of the bad exchanges:

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Still not a great result since I didn't play this well earlier, but at least I don't have useless exchanges that don't work. Then, if he tries to kill me, maybe then the cross attach, etc., will produce a good result, since I'm already stronger and have more liberties.

I think that these are the main aji keshi points in this game. I had other issues in this game, which I'll address in the review.

Kirby · **#755**

It's not what I had scheduled, but I will aim to finish the remaining reviews tomorrow. It's getting late, and I am running out of energy.

Realistically, given my current situation, the review can usually only happen during the evening... So, see you in about 20 hours.

Still no go problems done...

Where is the time to study?

Kirby · **#756**

Ok, continuing this... Game 2 from this last week, opponent's perspective.

Review here:

Kirby · **#757**

Here is final review from my perspective of Game 2.

Kirby · **#758**

Highlights of my mistakes from Game 2

Position 1:

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The marked move is a mistake. I think it's reasonable to simply invade the 3-3:

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White will get sente, but I think the reduction is modest, and I can aim for further reduction later. I still have a decent position on the bottom right.

Position 2:

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Things obviously aren't going according to plan. I screwed up in the top left, and will just continue to get attacked. It's like playing out a broken ladder.

So the move above is just making things worse. I should suck up my pride and admit that I am playing a "broken ladder", and play elsewhere. I think this is a good candidate:

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There is still aji in the top left, and I don't think white will take it away in the near future:

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The top left was painful, but I think I'd be recovering in the position above.

Position 3

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An overplay. I think it's simpler and better to simply jump:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$B $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | X . . X . O O X . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X . . X X O . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . O O O . . O . . O . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X O X X O . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . O O X O X . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . B . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . X . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Position 4:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$B $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | X . . X X O O X . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X . . X X O . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . O O O . . O . . O . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X O X X O . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . O O X O X . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . X . O . O O . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . X . O . . . . . . . . . . B . . . | $$ | . . . X X . . O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X . , O . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . O X X X X X X O . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | O . O . X O O O O . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O . X O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . X . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Obviously, I'm following white's plan. Getting the extra territory is big, but I think white is getting a better deal with the framework white is developing on top. Instead, how about this?

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$B $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | X . . X X O O X . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X . . X X O . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . O O O . . O . . O . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X O X X O . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . O O X O X . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . X . O . O O . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . X . O . . . . . . . . . . a . . . | $$ | . . . X X . . O . . . . . B . . . . . | $$ | . X . , O . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . O X X X X X X O . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | O . O . X O O O O . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O . X O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . X . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

It doesn't connect my stones nicely like 'a' does, but it disrupts white's formation.

Position 5

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$B $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | X . . X X O O X . . . . . . . O O O . | $$ | . X . . X X O . . . . . . O . X O X . | $$ | . O O O . . O . . O . . . . . X X . . | $$ | . . X O X X O . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . O O X O X . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . X . O . O O . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . X . O . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . X X . . O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X . , O . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . O X X X X X X O . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | O . O . X O O O O . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O . X O X . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . O O O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O B . . . X . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . X O X X . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . X X O X . O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Splitting white is certainly bigger. But I think it misses the big picture, which is to reduce white's framework:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$B $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | X . . X X O O X . . . . . . . O O O . | $$ | . X . . X X O . . . . . . O . X O X . | $$ | . O O O . . O . . O . . . . . X X . . | $$ | . . X O X X O . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . O O X O X . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . X . O . O O . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . X . O . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . X X . . O . . . . B . . . . . . | $$ | . X . , O . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . O X X X X X X O . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | O . O . X O O O O . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O . X O X . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . O O O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O a . . . X . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . X O X X . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . X X O X . O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Splitting with 'a' is always something I can come back to, and if he fixes it, I get a free move.

I think those are some of the key points from Game 2.

So to summarize learning points for me:

1. When things go awry locally, perhaps I can tenuki and leave the aji there. As I invest more into something that doesn't work, the situation gets worse and worse, making my chances of winning go further and further down.

2. Keep in mind the big picture, compared to finding a local move.

3. Don't go in too deep when it doesn't work.

4. Going with the opponent's plan is good when it benefits me. But if it benefits him too much, still resist. It's a tricky balance that I haven't seem to have achieved.

Kirby · **#759**

By the way, I think I'm going to change things up for next week. I will try to do a more detailed review, from both perspectives on the day that I play the game. That's when it's fresh in my mind.

Then on Saturday, I'll aim for a quick single-pass review through all games. I think this is more manageable.

Kirby · **#760**

Game 3, Aji Keshi review

Position 1

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$B $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O , X . X . . , . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . O O X . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Of course, my wannabe AlphaGo move seems aji keshi. I should study this more before using it a lot.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$B $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O , X . X B . , . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . O O X . O . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Also aji keshi...

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$B $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . B X . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . O X O O . . X X X . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O , X O X X O O X O . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . O O X X O O O O X . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . X . . X . O . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Aji keshi...

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$B $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . X X . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . O X O O . . X X X . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O O . O X X O O X O . . X O . . . | $$ | . . . O O X X O O O O X . O . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . X . . X . O . B . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Super aji-keshi :-)

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$B $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X . . | $$ | . X . . . . . . . . . X O O O O X . . | $$ | . O X . X . . . . . X O O . . O X . . | $$ | . O X , X . . . . X . . O O O X X . X | $$ | . O O X X O . . . . X O . O X O O X . | $$ | . X . O . O . . . . X X O . X X O O . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . X X X O O . . | $$ | . X . O X B . . . . . . . X O X . . . | $$ | . X . O . O . . . . . . . X O . O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . X O O , . . . | $$ | . . X X X . . . . . . X O . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . X . . . X O . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . O . . . . . . | $$ | . . O O X X O O X . . . . . X . X . . | $$ | . . O . O O X O X X X X X . . . . . . | $$ | . . O O . O X X O O X O . . X O . . . | $$ | . . . O O X X O O O O . O O O O . . . | $$ | . . . O X X X X O X . O . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Kind of aji-keshi... Anyway, bad.

So even in a game that I won, I played several aji-keshi moves...

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