Beginner Game Sample 2 / Part 1

Moves 1 to 10  

Andre Engels: Not a dan player's sequence certainly (both and would be called 'unusual' at least), but I still want to say "Good".

Moves 11 to 20  

12: Andre Engels: White should definitely have played atari at a before extending with . After , a has become slightly less urgent, but still certainly big enough to be played by either player.

13: Andre Engels: Interesting idea, and not bad either.

15: Andre Engels: Black should probably play a first (as should White, any moment now).

17: Andre Engels: Modest. Spending too many moves to not-even-yet capture a stone.

19: Andre Engels: Good.

Moves 21 to 30  

21: Andre Engels: The usual answer to in the previous diagram is at .

23: Andre Engels: Joseki would be at a.

24, 25: Andre Engels: See the comments in the lower left corner.

27: Andre Engels: Good move.

29: Andre Engels: This is a success for White - Black has now played two moves on the second line here.

Moves 31 to 40  

31: Andre Engels: Good, big.

32: Andre Engels: Inconsistent. Best would have been to play in the previous diagram here, but since White has played where she did play, it is bad now. (the marked stone) is now in a bad position.

33: Andre Engels: Too vague.

35: Andre Engels: Strange shape.

36, 40: Andre Engels: These positions indeed needed playing out. However, the correct move for White is atari rather than descent in this position.

39: Andre Engels: Defending here is not a bad idea (probably not really necessary, but a good moment to think 'better safe than sorry'), but the correct shape would be Black a.