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Congratulations on your promotion to shodan, Herman! - Andre Engels


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Dat gaat lekker vooruit. Kan je me eens vertellen hoe je het aanpakt? Tijd/Keuzes/... Dieter

Hmmm, goede vraag. Ik ben inderdaad niet ontevreden over de vooruitgang, hoewel ik wel links en rechts voorbijgeschoten wordt door jeugdtalenten :-) Tot 1e dan heb het eigenlijk volledig op basis van rekenkracht gedaan. Ik had een gruwelijk slechte aggressieve stijl met veel overplays, die ik alleen waar kon maken door in de resulterende gevechten mijn tegenstanders eruit te rekenen. Ik heb in die tijd weinig gestudeerd en vooral eindeloos veel gespeeld, vooral vluggertjes (10 min p.p. ofzo) Toen ik eenmaal 1e dan was, kwam de realisatie dat ik op die manier niet veel verder kon groeien. Ik ben me toen gaan focussen op twee dingen:

  1. Een betere stijl. Goede vorm proberen te maken, rustiger spelen. Heb daarbij veel gehad aan adviezen van Willem Koen Pomstra (5d), wiens stijl loodrecht tegenover de mijne staat, en juist solide (bijna traag) is, met enorm veel focus op vorm.
  2. Openingen. Heb hierbij veel gehad aan Whole Board Thinking in Joseki, en aan wat lessen van Guo Juan. Wat ook wel helpt is dat ik een fotografisch geheugen heb, waardoor ik de meeste joseki kan onthouden de eerste keer dat ik ze zie.

Daarmee ben ik tot 3e dan gekomen. Op dit moment probeer ik 4e dan te worden, en ik merk dat nu de belangrijkste focus voor mij is om de partij te controleren. Nooit een gevecht uit de hand laten lopen. Geen overplays. Proberen de partij in balans te houden en langzaam de overhand te krijgen. Natuurlijk wel kansen grijpen als je ze krijgt, maar altijd voorzichtig blijven. Altijd bereid zijn tot furikawari, altijd een optie achter de hand hebben. Dit is iets wat ik in de meeste goede spelers zie, die zijn eigenlijk nooit verslagen tot er geteld is.

Dieter: Gelezen en goedgekeurd. Bij mij lag het aandeel conceptualiteit véél hoger bij mijn promotie tot 1d. Ik denk dus dat je wel ver zal geraken.

Jeff: The above content is about how Herman has studied/practiced to achieve 1d and later 3d. Apparently it's worked well for him. To read it, go to [ext] babelfish and use the "Dutch to English" option.

Herman Hiddema: Or as an alternative, let me provide a translation. Dieter asked me how I achieved the progress I did, and my answer was:

Hmmm, good question. I am indeed not unhappy with my progress, although youthful talents are passing me left and right :-) Up to 1st dan was pretty much solely on reading strength. I had a horribly aggresive style with many overplays, with which I could only win because I outread my opponent in the ensueing fights. In those days I didn't study much, and mostly played a lot, including lots of lightning games (10 min p.p.) When I had achieved 1st dan, I realised that I wouldn't be able to grow much further with that style. I then focused my studying on two things:

  1. Better style. Try to make good shape, play more calmly. I had a lot of help with this from Willem Koen Pomstra (5d), whose style is pretty much the opposite of mine, very solid (almost slow) with a lot of focus on shape.
  2. Openings. THe book Whole Board Thinking in Joseki was a lot of help here, as were some lessons from Guo Juan. It also helps that I have a photographic memory, which allows me to remember most joseki the first time I erncounter them.

That got me to 3rd dan. Right now I'm trying for 4th dan, and I'm noticing that the main focus right now is to keep the game under control. Never let a fight get out of hand. No overplays. Try to keep the game balanced and slowly push for an advantage. Which does not mean I don't pounce on a chance when I see it, but it does mean always to be careful. Always be willing to play furikawari, always keep another option open. That is something I see in most good players, they are never beaten until the game is counted.


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Herman, je bent in Delft?! Dus speel je ook op woensdag? Ik zou er wel zin in hebben om na lange, lange afwezigheid van een echte boord weer dicht bij huis te kunnen spelen. Ik woon op fietsafstand in Rijswijk. e-mail: tderz@ en verder een heel bekende provider in NL beginnend met xs4.... Trouwens is mijn stijl - IMO - een mengvorm tussen konstant zoeken naar de beste vorm, soms kunnen rekenen, maar vooral proberen niet te veel onzin in de opening uit te halen. Verder ben ik nog zwak in het eindspel.

Ik speel inderdaad tegenwoordig in Delft. Ik heb je een mailtje gestuurd met verdere details!

Bedankt tderz


I wish u good luck in the next rounds...

Thanks! I had a terrible tournament, played very badly, but it was a lot of fun :-)


thanks for answering my question. when it's x's and o's rather than stones it's harder to see when stones are put in atari.

You're welcome, glad to help


GregoryWonderwheel: Hi, I just discovered SL and your "difficult problem" page. You show H19 as the solution with E19 as white's response, but I don't see why G19 is not the right response for white? In play as white I would never try E19 while black's play at H19 was still a open door and F18 shows why. Could you explain? Also, in a game, I would have played black G18 as the solution, but your discussion page didn't even show this as a viable move, so could you explain why this isn't mentioned on the discussion page and why it doesn't work? Thanks. (I saw you're note about being away so I will check back later.)


DanSchmidt: I think the one missing entry in your Joseki Learning Order page that players would have picked up by this point is the standard 3-3 invasion underneath a hoshi stone.

Herman: Thanks, that is indeed one of the earliest joseki players pick up. I have added it now.


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ThorAvaTahr: Stiekum het eerste bord afpakken van Frederik he! Ik heb het wel door. Gefeliciteerd met je resultaat op Wintergo!

Herman: hehehe. Ja, dat ging erg hard met die ratingpunten op de manier. Ik had er eigenlijk al op gerekend dat Frederik bord 1 zou zijn, die 27 ratingpunten leken me erg moeilijk te overbruggen. Nou maar eens kijken wat het NK wordt wat betreft mijn rating :-)


Bill: I didn't mean to cause you work with the taisha page. :( I thought that the link to the joseki page would be good enough, and have the plus of showing people what the taisha really is. Otherwise I would have changed links myself.

Herman: No problem. I think the current taisha page is a good addition to SL, but most of the references to taisha are direct references to the joseki, so the interjection of another page might confuse people :-)

Phelan: Could you please review the XuanxuanQijingProblem2 pages? I merged them, but since I'm not familiar with the problem myself, I'd like to make sure I didn't mess anything up.

Herman: Done! Thanks for the merge, looked fine! :-)

Phelan: Thanks! Sorry for posting in the main page, didn't notice you had a Talk page.


tapir: 4d+, 5d+, 4d+ - I don't believe you're "only" 3 dan. You're hereby promoted to SL 4 dan - if nobody disagrees within five days :)

thanatos13: I second this motion. Looking at the charts, it is either Herman is better than ""only" 3 dan" or that ALL his opponents were not playing well due to indigestion (or other causes). If this motion is not passed then we should make a motion to give him a rank of 3d++ :P

Herman: hehehe, thanks guys! I've been having a really good run the last 8 months or so :-D


thanatos13 k thanks herman :)


JG: Thanks for your FixingAProGame? page. Move 10 was never labelled in the series of 'fixed' diagrams: I am not sure whether you meant to do that so I have not made a change. I did fix a couple of typing mistakes.


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