Friday, September 16, 2011

Game 5: solaris (w) - stevenson (b) W+0.5



Review:

1. Move 25 - don't play joseki blindly! because there w's A stone

2. Move 35 - better to stay connected

3. Move 67 - misread

Game 4: Koffein [5d] (w) - stevenson (b) W+R



Review:

1. Move 33 - joseki mistake - need to learn this joseki!

2. Move 39 - losing move, invasion failed

In general: Prepare invasion!

Game 3: lppo [1d] (w) - stevenson (b) W+R




Review:

1. move 11 - try another variant next time

2. move 19 - learn kobayashi shape

3. move 23 - to remove base from a weak group

4. move 85 - losing move, misread

In general - failed to attack weak group

Game 2: stevenson (w) - mayeck (b) B+R



Review:

1. Move 6 - need to learn how to play vs san-ren-sei

2. Move 26 - try to read and not just play joseki moves

3. Move 68 - misread


In general: gave was lost after bad invasion. Prepare invasion!

Game 1: stevenson (w) - mdyn [2d] (b) B+R



Review:

1. move 14 - not to play unknown shapes

2. move 54 - wrong shape for making sabaki, should remember this one!

3. move 58 - when in trouble jump to the center.

4. move 74 - wrong direction

5. move 100 - wrong shape


In general: created too many groups 7! Became greedy, wanted to save all groups.