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[go]$$ Position at move 26
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$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . X . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X . , . . . . . X . . . |
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$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . O O . , . . . . X , . . . |
$$ | . . X . . X X O . . . X . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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I think the marked move protects the weakness alright, but the left side seems more urgent, given the investment I've put into it. His move hurt a lot.
I like this way better:
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[go]$$ Position at move 26
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$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . X . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
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$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . O . W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . O O . , . . . . X , . . . |
$$ | . . X . . X X O . . . X . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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He might invade on the right, but I think white's left side is working together nicely.
Position 2
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[go]$$ Position at move 34
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$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . X . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . X . . . O O . |
$$ | . W . O . . O O . , . . . . X , X X . |
$$ | . . X . . X X O . . . X . O . X . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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I think the marked move is *not* good. Black already has a stone in place on the left, and I just make a weak-ish group. Black's group is not that weak. So I lose out.
Position 3
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[go]$$ Position at move 58
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$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . X . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . a O W . . X . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X . X . . . . . . . . . O . . . . |
$$ | . O X . O X . . . . . . X . . . O O . |
$$ | . O X O . O O O . , . . . . X , X X . |
$$ | . . X . . X X O . . . X . O . X . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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I think this is not good, given the aji at 'a'. It's true that I didn't get captured during the game, but he was able to use the aji to squeeze me well. I think he got more than I did by not connecting.
I should just play simply:
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[go]$$ Position at move 58
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$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . X . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . W O . . . X . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X . X . . . . . . . . . O . . . . |
$$ | . O X . O X . . . . . . X . . . O O . |
$$ | . O X O . O O O . , . . . . X , X X . |
$$ | . . X . . X X O . . . X . O . X . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Position 4
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[go]$$ Position at move 74
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$$ | . . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O . O . O . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O O O X X . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X . X X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . O X W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X . X X . . . . . . . . O . . . . |
$$ | . O X . O X . . . . . . X . . . O O . |
$$ | . O X O . O O O . , . . . . X , X X . |
$$ | . . X . . X X O . . . X . O . X . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
The marked move, above, felt bad before I played it. But I played it anyway, feeling black was ahead. I think black is ahead, but I think I should take a more relaxed approach, instead of making a weak group.
Gotta remember: Weak group == no points on other parts of the board.
Instead, I like this:
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[go]$$ Position at move 74
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$$ | . . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O . O . O . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O O O X X . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X . X X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . O X . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . |
$$ | . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X . X X . . . . . . . . O . . . . |
$$ | . O X . O X . . . . . . X . . . O O . |
$$ | . O X O . O O O . , . . . . X , X X . |
$$ | . . X . . X X O . . . X . O . X . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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I can threaten a big shape, and see if I can make something happen - instead of fighting in black's area.
Position 5
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[go]$$ Position at move 130
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$$ | . . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . O . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O . O . O . . . . W . X . . . . . |
$$ | O X X O O O X X . , . . . . . X . X . |
$$ | . X O X X X X X . . . . . . . . X X . |
$$ | O X O O O O X . . . . . . . . O O X O |
$$ | . O X O . X . . . . . . . . . . . O . |
$$ | . O X . X . . X . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . O X . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X , . . O . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . O X . . O O X . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . O . X X O . X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . O O O X . X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X . X X O O X . . . . . O . . . . |
$$ | . O X . O X . . X . . . X . . . O O . |
$$ | . O X O . O O O X O . . . . X , X X . |
$$ | . . X O X X X O O X . X . O . X . . . |
$$ | . X X X . X O . O X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
The marked move is another example of the same thing. I just dive in. Maybe I can live, yes.
Instead, maybe this:
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[go]$$ Position at move 130
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$$ | . . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . O . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O . O . O . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | O X X O O O X X . , . . W . . X . X . |
$$ | . X O X X X X X . . . . . . . . X X . |
$$ | O X O O O O X . . . . . . . . O O X O |
$$ | . O X O . X . . . . . . . . . . . O . |
$$ | . O X . X . . X . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . O X . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X , . . O . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . O X . . O O X . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . O . X X O . X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . O O O X . X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X . X X O O X . . . . . O . . . . |
$$ | . O X . O X . . X . . . X . . . O O . |
$$ | . O X O . O O O X O . . . . X , X X . |
$$ | . . X O X X X O O X . X . O . X . . . |
$$ | . X X X . X O . O X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
But weak group on top == no points on right!!! Why can't I get this through my head?
Position 6
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[go]$$ Position at move 160
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$$ | . . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . O . X . . . . X O . . . . . |
$$ | . O O . O . O X . O W O . X X . . . . |
$$ | O X X O O O X X . X X . . . . X . X . |
$$ | . X O X X X X X . . . O . X . . X X . |
$$ | O X O O O O X . O O . . . . . O O X O |
$$ | . O X O . X X O O X . O . X . . . O . |
$$ | . O X . X . O X X . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . O X . . X O . . X . O . X . X . . . |
$$ | . O X , . . O . O , . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . O X . . O O X . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . O . X X O . X . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O . O O O X . X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X . X X O O X . . . . . O . . . . |
$$ | . O X . O X . . X . . . X . . . O O . |
$$ | . O X O . O O O X O . . . . X , X X . |
$$ | . . X O X X X O O X . X . O . X . . . |
$$ | . X X X . X O . O X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
The marked move gives away maybe my last potential chance of something happening. I don't know 100% that I can kill him, but I've gotta try this way:
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[go]$$ Position at move 160
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$$ | . . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . O . X . . . . X O . . . . . |
$$ | . O O . O . O X . O . O . X X . . . . |
$$ | O X X O O O X X . X X W . . . X . X . |
$$ | . X O X X X X X . . . O . X . . X X . |
$$ | O X O O O O X . O O . . . . . O O X O |
$$ | . O X O . X X O O X . O . X . . . O . |
$$ | . O X . X . O X X . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . O X . . X O . . X . O . X . X . . . |
$$ | . O X , . . O . O , . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . O X . . O O X . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . O . X X O . X . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O . O O O X . X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X . X X O O X . . . . . O . . . . |
$$ | . O X . O X . . X . . . X . . . O O . |
$$ | . O X O . O O O X O . . . . X , X X . |
$$ | . . X O X X X O O X . X . O . X . . . |
$$ | . X X X . X O . O X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
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Learning Points
1. Biggest thing is to recognize, again, that weak group means I won't get points on other points of the board. I created weak groups multiple times.
2. When I fall behind, instead of making weak group, try to make a big shape - try to catch up. Wait for him to give a weakness, and then pounce.
3. Play biggest place in the opening.
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I hope this isn't the start of another losing streak.