Some of the bigger mistakesPosition 1
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[go]$$ Position at move 57
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$$ | . . . . . . . . X . . . . X O O . . . |
$$ | . . . O O . X X O X X X . . X O . O . |
$$ | . . O , X O O O O O . . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . B X . X . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . O , X . . . X O . . . X . O X O . |
$$ | . O X X . . . . X . . . . . . X X X . |
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I played the move above, because I thought the aji in the corner would let me cut his group in sente. But that may be a misconception.
His play was a big point. But now that he's made it, I should compromise. I can't get everything after he's played a good move.
Instead, I think I should just play this:
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[go]$$ Position at move 57
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$$ | . . . . . . . . X . . . . X O O . . . |
$$ | . . . O O . X X O X X X . . X O . O . |
$$ | . . O , X O O O O O . . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . O B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . O , X . . . X O . . . X . O X O . |
$$ | . O X X . . . . X . . . . . . X X X . |
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OR, later:
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[go]$$ Position at move 57
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$$ | . . . . . . . . X . . . . X O O . . . |
$$ | . . . O O . X X O X X X . . X O . O . |
$$ | . . O , X O O O O O . . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . X X . X . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . O , X . . . X O . . . X . O X O . |
$$ | . O X X . . . . X . . . . . . X X X . |
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I need to learn to compromise when the situation is good for my opponent.
Position 2
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[go]$$ Position at move 71
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$$ | . . . . . . . . X . . . . X O O . . . |
$$ | . X B O O O X X O X X X . . X O . O . |
$$ | . O O X X O O O O O . . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . X X . X . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X , X . . . . , . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . O , X . . . X O . . . X . O X O . |
$$ | . O X X . . . . X . . . . . . X X X . |
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Derrr... I can do nothing but cry.
Obviously this doesn't work. I am falling apart, because I am in two groups, because I resisted his good move. If I was so worried about the move, I should have played there first, but I didn't.
This is a disaster.
I cannot see a good variation in the top left for black, so it's already bad because of position 1.
But the fact that I didn't see that the move above doesn't work is... Ridiculous.
Position 3
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[go]$$ Position at move 141
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$$ | . O O . . . . . X . . . . X O O . O X |
$$ | . X X O O O X X O X X X . . X O . O . |
$$ | . O O X X O O O O O . . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . |
$$ | . X X O X O X X . . O . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . O . . O O . O X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X O X . X O X X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X , X X O . . , . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | . X O O X O O . . . . . . O X . . . . |
$$ | . . X X O . O X . . . . . O O X X . . |
$$ | . X . . O O O . . . X O a . X O X . . |
$$ | . . . O . X . O X X O X . . X O X X . |
$$ | . O . . . . . X O O O X . . X O O O . |
$$ | . . O , X . . . X O O . X X . O X O . |
$$ | . O X X . . . . X X B O . O . X X X . |
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No!!! Bad Kirby!!! Honestly, I tried reading this out to make sure it worked before playing the move. In fact, I "read" out to here:
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[go]$$ Position at move 141
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$$ | . O O . . . . . X . . . . X O O . O X |
$$ | . X X O O O X X O X X X . . X O . O . |
$$ | . O O X X O O O O O . . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . |
$$ | . X X O X O X X . . O . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . O . . O O . O X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X O X . X O X X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X , X X O . . , . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | . X O O X O O . . . 8 . . O X . . . . |
$$ | . . X X O . O X . 6 7 9 . O O X X . . |
$$ | . X . . O O O . 4 5 X O . . X O X . . |
$$ | . . . O . X . O X X O X . . X O X X . |
$$ | . O . . . . . X O O O X . . X O O O . |
$$ | . . O , X . . . X O O O X X . O X O . |
$$ | . O X X . . . . X X X O 1 O . X X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 . . . . . . |
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And this one, too:
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[go]$$ Position at move 141
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . |
$$ | . O O . . . . . X . . . . X O O . O X |
$$ | . X X O O O X X O X X X . . X O . O . |
$$ | . O O X X O O O O O . . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . |
$$ | . X X O X O X X . . O . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . O . . O O . O X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X O X . X O X X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X , X X O . . , . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | . X O O X O O . . . . . . O X . . . . |
$$ | . . X X O . O X . . . . . O O X X . . |
$$ | . X . . O O O . . . X O 8 . X O X . . |
$$ | . . . O . X . O X X O X 5 6 X O X X . |
$$ | . O . . . . . X O O O X 4 7 X O O O . |
$$ | . . O , X . . . X O O O X X b O X O . |
$$ | . O X X . . . . X X X O 1 O . X X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . c 2 3 . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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But I was only checking whether 'b' would work for white. Since black had enough liberties, I could then play 'c' and win, right?
Of course, I forgot that the first sequence I read was no longer valid since

is present.
Ug.
So instead, I should play this:
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[go]$$ Position at move 141
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$$ | . O O . . . . . X . . . . X O O . O X |
$$ | . X X O O O X X O X X X . . X O . O . |
$$ | . O O X X O O O O O . . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . |
$$ | . X X O X O X X . . O . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . O . . O O . O X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X O X . X O X X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X , X X O . . , . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | . X O O X O O . . . . . . O X . . . . |
$$ | . . X X O . O X . 3 . . . O O X X . . |
$$ | . X . . O O O . . . X O . . X O X . . |
$$ | . . . O . X . O X X O X . . X O X X . |
$$ | . O . . . . . X O O O X . . X O O O . |
$$ | . . O , X . . . X O O 1 X X . O X O . |
$$ | . O X X . . . . X X 2 O . O . X X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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This is clearly better.
Position 4
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[go]$$ Position at move 189
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . |
$$ | . O O . . . . . X . . . . X O O . O X |
$$ | . X X O O O X X O X X X . . X O . O . |
$$ | . O O X X O O O O O O X . . X X O B . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . X X O . O . . X X . |
$$ | . X X O X O X X . . O O X X O . X . . |
$$ | . O . . O O X O X . O X O O O . . . . |
$$ | . O O O X O X O . X X X X X O . . . . |
$$ | X O X . X O X X X O X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X , X X O . X O O X a . O O O . . |
$$ | . X O O X O O . X O O O . O X . . . . |
$$ | . . X X O . O X O X O O . O O X X . . |
$$ | . X . . O O O . . X X O . . X O X . . |
$$ | . . . O . X . O X X O . O . X O X X . |
$$ | . O . . . . . X O O O . O . X O O O . |
$$ | . . O , X . . . X O O O X X . O X O . |
$$ | . O X X . . . . X X X O X O . X X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Obviously, I should play at 'a', instead, because that group is bigger than white's top right group. He answered, but if he played at 'a' after that, I'm just dead bigger than he is.
Position 5
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[go]$$ Position at move 204
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . |
$$ | . O O . . . . . X . . . . X O O O O X |
$$ | . X X O O O X X O X X X . a X O X O O |
$$ | . O O X X O O O O O O X . O X X . X . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . X X O . O . . X X . |
$$ | . X X O X O X X . . O O X X O . X . . |
$$ | . O . . O O X O X . O X O O O . . . . |
$$ | . O O O X O X O . X X X X X O . . . . |
$$ | X O X . X O X X X O X . . . . . . B . |
$$ | . X X , X X O . X O O X X . O O O . . |
$$ | . X O O X O O . X O O O . O X . . . . |
$$ | . . X X O . O X O X O O . O O X X . . |
$$ | . X . . O O O . . X X O . . X O X . . |
$$ | . . . O . X . O X X O . O . X O X X . |
$$ | . O . . . . O X O O O . O . X O O O . |
$$ | . . O , X . O X X O O O X X . O X O . |
$$ | . O X X . . X . X X X O X O . X X X . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . O X X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O X . . . . . |
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I thought the game was close, so I needed to grab big points before he did. So I didn't connect at 'a'. Clearly, that's better, though.
Why didn't I connect? Why didn't I connect? Why didn't I connect???
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Learning Points
1. When the opponent plays a good move, or gets a good position - I *cannot* get as much as usual. I must learn to acknowledge his move, and play properly.
2. Avoid obvious reading mistakes.
3. Connecting is good

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By the way, I still can't read a way to kill or get ko with this shape... But I feel like I should be able to. No?
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[go]$$ Position at move 44
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X W W . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . X . . X W . W . |
$$ | . . O , . O . . . O . . . . X X W . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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