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Before & after No.6 – WBaduk VIDEO Challenge

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Hi there!  Sometimes running a go blog is a bit annoying… for example if i want to spent some time with go study and ending up with doing wordpress/website things for the blog, without really looking at a single stone… this time i spent now more than about 10 minutes allready thinking about the question how to tructure things with tags and categorys, series, and all that stuff… but anyway… the blog should be ok, well not perfect – but what is perfect? – the way it is … so let`s forget this wordpress stuff and let`s study & play some go!

Today i want to try a new way to document my WBaduk games and try to stop me from playing too fast and too reckless. This is kind of a „double sequel“ it is „Before and after No.6“ and „WBaduk Challenge No.9“ (click for more info) but as i mentioned before, it is a bit annoying to think too much about the question how to organize a go blog. ^^ In the end, it`s all about shared games and thoughts about games 🙂

Bengozen, i don`t have to introduce him to you, recently told me i really should work on my impulsiveness … he showed me, and i allready agreed very much with him, why i lost a specific game… the losing move was played with 2 seconds thinking time by me…. so when it comes to WBaduk people there are playing very very fast… and often i do it as well… i don`t use my time in a proper way… i mean: 10 minutes + 3×30 seconds is not much … but if the game reaches the endgame and there is still some time of the initial „10 min“ left … it should be a clear sign that i played too fast.

So… as the concept here with „before and after“ could go, i explain now, just a bit, my go and general live situation at the moment…

  • First is to say, that i spent most of my free time on go at the moment… this will maybe change again when other hobbys like music making etc. will catch my attention again, but know, i can`t think of anything else, besides go, what i really would like to do in my free time… yes, you can call it a addiction… but not a really dangerous one, because i still do my work, take care of the familiy and i`m sure that i will not go on with this go excess forever 🙂  But it feels good, and if you are reading this blog, you probably are a bit of addicted as well… ^^
  • I play much fast games, at KGS and at WBAduk … i understand more and more where my main weknesses are … both technical & strategical  [joseki, L&D, reading in general, can`t handle counter attacks well] and psychologically [impulsivity, impatience, greed, some kind of „megalomania“ ]
  • I`m a spectator at European Yunguseng Dojang and i really enjoy the lectures and reviews of the league games, even while i can`t play in the league as well… i could not afford, could not handle, the money and the strict schedule at the moment (oh folks i feel it: my English still sucks, but i think you know what i mean)   …  EYD is really a place where i want to stay, and maybe i will participate in the league soon.
  • To be honest: because work and family life often costs much energy i sometimes don`t feel i have the power to study much (L&D, lecutres) … but than i play fast games 😀 and i wonder when i loose them – hahaha … but even if one is losing,  go is a great way to relax… even while it can be a thrilling game. If i`m drunk (i´m very seldom drunk) or very tired … i would NEVER sit down at a table and solve L&D … but some fast games at KGS …anytime!!! hahaha … so this is just to share my self reflection process … i think i should only play if i would feel mentally and physically in the mood to solve L&D as well… because the same level of concentration is needed to play a good and strong game! 
  • As i mentioned in a other update i want to continue with Karate and Zazen again … so, while to go to Karate hours in the sports club is in quite a distance (maybe in a few month?) i did practice some zazen yesterday and will try to sit for another 30 min today later on
  • Today: a bit tired, because our daughter (she is 1 year old by now) was/is sick … and everything was a bit exhausting, but not too tired to solve L&D or play some games 😀

 

So, „Before“… what are my goals for this game?

  • i want to use my time in a good way, never playing just out of reflex
  • i want to win the game, in order to get back to 9kyu at WBaduk 😀
  • i want to sit down after the game, and replay as many moves, on a real board, as i remember
  • I want to write some comment while playing to document what my feelings/thoughts were
  • I want to avoid overplays and strange moves even when my opponent plays kind of bizzare
  • I will write a quick review and share the SGF file as well
  • Preperation: Study how to answer  some typical „WBaduk moves“  for example they really often answer the typical approach to the 4/4 often with a kosumi attachment… often not really good, regarded as bad move, but you should now how to punish or at least, how to play „even“ with it … (if you are a „pro member at „Badukmovies“ here is a great lesson about that: https://badukmovies.com/episodes/a-bad-kosumi?play=true )
  • If possible (black)  i will try to use the chinese fuseki!
  • Most important: taking my opponent serious until the game is finished, even when it looks like a won game! I`m master at losing a won game.

 

„After“:

  • It is a pitty that my opponent was not stronger, i played some 11kyu`s  on WBAduk before in the past who are much stronger, this game is thus not very interesting to watch.
  • Everything took more time than expected, and i was jumping in to bed right after the game… so i did not replay any moves on a real go board.
  • I played at least 2 moves without any thinking… that was bad. But in the beginning, the video-thing helped to play more carefull… so, some setback, but at the same time, some progress
  • i tried to avoid overplays?! Maybe… see the SGF-File with comments
  • It is a bit dangerous to write comments while playing, because it takes too much time, and in the end i would AGAIN not use my time in a proper way…
  • Until my opponent starts many useless invasion attempts, i did took him/her very much serious, even while there were very bad moves of black in the opening…

Here is the SGf with some comments:

Download SGF
Here is the Video…

  • Moboy78

    I think, after watching that video, that there were a couple of mistakes you made that you should know about. The first is that at your level you’ll see a lot of people playing a 3-4 and then playing the starpoint adjacent to it like he did for his fuseki. While not completely the same, it is a very similar opening to the Kobayashi fuseki. Your high approach at p15 was therefore a bad move and probably should have been a two space low approach instead.
    The second big mistake I thought you made that was worth mentioning was the way you attack the weak group black had on the top. While it is generally a good idea to not push your opponent’s weak groups into your potential territory when attacking them and while it’s generally good to profit while attacking like you did here, this method of attacking black is actually inferior when compared to just trying to kill black. After black played j12 he was very weak. What you should have done was pushed him to your big wall on the left. It had less weaknesses and less places for black to escape from than the right side of the board did. It would be easy to enclose his group and for him to live on the inside. This is always harder to do that running away, and even if you didn’t kill him you would have still gotten your wall in the middle. Instead of recognizing this and attacking him with the intent to kill him, you ended up pushing him to his own already alive group on the right side. Mind you, the end result wasn’t necessarily bad for you, it just wasn’t as good as it probably could have been.

    • http://truthandgo.blogspot.de/ Eyecatcher

      Thank you very much for taking such a close lock at the game… will comment on that when i write the SGF review later today… thnx!!!

  • http://www.bengozen.com/ Ben

    Was there supposed to be sound in the video? It felt like you were trying to talk but maybe that was an accident. And also, what were you using to record the video?

    Nice workaround to trying to play more while also keeping up with the blog. It can certainly be difficult to do both! Blogging can certainly be time consuming. Haha. Keep up the good work!

    • http://truthandgo.blogspot.de/ Eyecatcher

      Thnx man.

      No, it was kind of „sign language“ … to wave about with the mouse like i would think top class analytic thoughts … hahah so i was sure about that there will be no sound. Maybe in the future i will make one with sound. I used the normal quicktime app on mac, newest version os and quicktime. —