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I'm Dan Smith, a beginner living in Reading, UK. Online, my handle is 'Deebster'.
I went to a Go club the first time today. Most enjoyable. Playing a player in person is so much better than over the net. It's nice to be able to get the reactions to your moves, other than how long you wait for your opponent's move.
I was slightly surprised to have success searching the net. You can imagine the problems I would have searching for "go club reading" ;)
Turns out it was on a page I'd already been to ( The BGA club list), so I must have missed it the first time. I guess I don't really understand where I live in England :)
It was good fun.
I played a couple of games, had me my first ko fight, etc.
They said I'm about 20k. I think they're just being nice.
They also said something I already knew: I play good moves, interspersed with some really dumb ones. A good example was in the game today where a move put myself into a position where I had to let my opponent take about 15 stones or get an eye in a group I was attacking. Doh.
So, I think two things to work on:
- Snapbacks - I need to recognise these before it's too late.
- Sente - Not gaining it, but using it properly, instead of just vaguely sticking a stone somewhere. I made all of my worst mistakes when I had sente.
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