LukeNine45 KGS Commented Game 1
I am black. I would be happy to hear the comments of other people. :) I am going to point out the moves that I can tell are bad. Please take my comments with a grain or three of salt as I am only 18 kyu. :) I would be especially interested in mistakes I made that I didn't point out here.
(Note that this was a fairly quick game. But I should have been able to avoid many of these mistakes regardless.)
here is the game record. White is guidji on KGS.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/37/b9ab8f46fd44644844e37562e74c0bdb.png) | Moves 1 to 10 |
looks awful after . I think it should have been at or a.
I would have to agree with that assessment. 6 is played to keep the corner, but it allows entombing the black stones and forcing the sad looking
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/50/efe3e71847551cd78e0d098da279c165.png) | Moves 11 to 20 |
looks like the key mistake here. or a might be better places for it? might be questionable, too. I think is bad and I should have atari'd either or .
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/42/41c707f8a358444d0a5e0498de2477c9.png) | Moves 21 to 30 |
I don't think I did anything terrible here, considering the situation (but see the next diagram and comment).
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/1/b7c70f35fcfffe78ac074d4fa87576b9.png) | Moves 31 to 40 |
After 1-4, I decided that the marked stones of mine were pretty dead. I think now I should have either made that call sooner, or tried harder to save them.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/29/4383151a225a08c00993d18a431f0e12.png) | Moves 41 to 50 |
I made and in that way to try and avoid squeezing out the toothpaste. I didn't play at because I thought White might have a tactic to take the corner because of my unconnected stones. I'm not 100% sure those were good moves or reasons. :)
I'm not sure if was necessary, but I didn't want the corner to die, since I disconnected it from the rest of the board early in the game. :)
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/43/ad44205698b2a1bcd8cb259bb700c31c.png) | Moves 51 to 60 |
was a pointless move, or anyway, White thought so.
Perhaps should have been at ? I don't know how to deal with that situation.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/2/dc3424c3467c7f1b71448fa770821395.png) | Moves 61 to 70 |
was perhaps the most disturbing move in the game for me. It seems Black needs a move at a or thereabouts before he can think of the top as secure territory (even that might not be enough). is great because extending to b or connecting with are miai. Ouch!
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/16/031d7660e0ffbb0a2a1d50152b890620.png) | Moves 71 to 80 |
Black makes a nice wall which isn't good for anything, while White eats half his territory. I was trying to kill the white invasion, but after these moves, I'll be doing well if I don't loose the entire corner.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/50/64f7638af947064fec54ab2e8ab4fbe1.png) | Moves 81 to 90 |
Despite my best efforts, Black manages to save a few stones out of the corner.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/23/fcf5a46b6c605f0b5aa9635749d77194.png) | Moves 91 to 100 |
I like and , they make the center look better for black. puzzled me at the time. It's there in case there's a capturing race in the center, she'll be able to kill that dead group to connect all her stones out in time.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/25/4af72860764cd6ea643a1e39b9b34ffb.png) | Moves 101 to 110 |
Here we play out the first section of that capturing race. :) is not bad, it gives me another way to connect with my stones on the top right.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/25/4b07abc44953357c6b274b52ee79cb11.png) | Moves 111 to 120 |
and make a terribly ugly shape.
After this, it's not that interesting. Here is the final position. I resigned because the librarian was kicking me off the computer, but I should have anyway because I was way behind.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/51/3f7c5652b7f8a6f736faa73282f8f0eb.png) | End position |
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