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AdorableStar: Jul 13, 2013

uranus posted:

i played a game.

http://eidogo.com/#3fK4Izwlh

the whole top should have been dead but for a series of blunders on my part. i fell pray to the 'match your opponents speed' problem that i often have in online games. take hand off the mouse between moves!

this style of play seems really bad though, the games they do win must be just through brute forceing a fuckup out of their opponent

In response to white 20 I would take an empty corner.

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Xom: Sep 2, 2008; 文化英雄; Fan of Britches

uranus posted:

F1? Lol

We established that White can resist that with ko. Look for unconditional kill.

# ? Jul 14, 2015 19:37

Shadonra: Oct 16, 2012

h1 again, duh

Shadonra fucked around with this message at 00:13 on Jul 15, 2015

# ? Jul 14, 2015 23:55

Xom: Sep 2, 2008; 文化英雄; Fan of Britches

wow spoilers

# ? Jul 14, 2015 23:58

derp: Jan 21, 2010; when i get up all i want to do is go to bed again; Lipstick Apathy

huh. tygem weird. randomly gained 800 rating points for winning one game against someone my same rank.

# ? Jul 15, 2015 06:39

o.m. 94: Nov 23, 2009

i just rerolled on tygem to a 3k from korea so i can actually get games

# ? Jul 15, 2015 17:53

derp: Jan 21, 2010; when i get up all i want to do is go to bed again; Lipstick Apathy

tygem is the easiest place to get games ive found

# ? Jul 15, 2015 18:14

derp: Jan 21, 2010; when i get up all i want to do is go to bed again; Lipstick Apathy

igs is good too but i dont like that i cant choose the time setting

# ? Jul 15, 2015 18:14

o.m. 94: Nov 23, 2009

... and holy poo poo these guys are aggressive. it's insane!

# ? Jul 15, 2015 18:18

derp: Jan 21, 2010; when i get up all i want to do is go to bed again; Lipstick Apathy

yeah ive noticed that at my level too. got to play calm or die.

# ? Jul 15, 2015 18:23

AdorableStar: Jul 13, 2013

Tygem 18k is where the real fun is. :getin:

# ? Jul 15, 2015 22:16

Prodigious: May 6, 2007; On an epic quest to find spiky rocks to upgrade my club

how play the go

# ? Jul 15, 2015 23:28

mycophobia: May 7, 2008

Play stone, take liberty

# ? Jul 15, 2015 23:54

mycophobia: May 7, 2008

http://playgo.to/interactive/

# ? Jul 15, 2015 23:56

derp: Jan 21, 2010; when i get up all i want to do is go to bed again; Lipstick Apathy

i'm pretty sure he knows how to play

# ? Jul 16, 2015 00:05

mycophobia: May 7, 2008

Oh. I didn't know

# ? Jul 16, 2015 01:16

o.m. 94: Nov 23, 2009

I'm going to polish my fighting skills on these Tygem people and return to KGS a more complete warrior.

# ? Jul 16, 2015 04:35

derp: Jan 21, 2010; when i get up all i want to do is go to bed again; Lipstick Apathy

tygme:

every single game

# ? Jul 16, 2015 05:39

derp: Jan 21, 2010; when i get up all i want to do is go to bed again; Lipstick Apathy

i would like a lesson on how to take advantage of this opening as white

# ? Jul 16, 2015 05:47

o.m. 94: Nov 23, 2009

Depends entirely on the rest of the board, of course, the diagram is insufficient in that regard. But if you extend at Q14, then black will most likely play the low stone at O17 or the higher stone at O16 which is more territorial but also has greater aji.

Either way you'll want to make a basic extension of 2 stones at Q11. If black doesn't respond with O17 or O16, I beleive white should attach at P16 with the aim to create a shimmering radiance of outer influence towards the center.

I would see what a Dan or someone with a fuseki book says, though. I used EidoGo for the board positions BTW.

# ? Jul 16, 2015 05:58

derp: Jan 21, 2010; when i get up all i want to do is go to bed again; Lipstick Apathy

i remembered soemthing wuchou showed me months ago

is this the answer to the sequence that happens like 90% of the time i approach a corner on tygem:

# ? Jul 16, 2015 05:58

o.m. 94: Nov 23, 2009

In that case I'd split the two groups, let white live in gote and then attack the poo poo out of the two stones on the outside

# ? Jul 16, 2015 06:00

derp: Jan 21, 2010; when i get up all i want to do is go to bed again; Lipstick Apathy

not immediately of course but later. the corner is too good as is so they owe a move to make it secure? i think.. that seems right

# ? Jul 16, 2015 06:00

derp: Jan 21, 2010; when i get up all i want to do is go to bed again; Lipstick Apathy

oiseaux we keep jynxing

# ? Jul 16, 2015 06:01

o.m. 94: Nov 23, 2009

THat;s because we're both terrible

# ? Jul 16, 2015 06:05

IMlemon: Dec 29, 2008

Many people think kicking without pincer in place is bad but it can be used in some cases: http://eidogo.com/#2WlbJar51 if black has something in the lower right to negate influence white is getting it's a good result.

# ? Jul 16, 2015 08:17

WuChou: Aug 28, 2002; Cosmic.

Yeah it's very board dependent to attack the corner after the kick. You'll actually see the variation lemons posted above a lot with Korean players, in my experience at least. You also do generally want to do the outside attach versus the low extension, rather than the invasion (at the 3-3 point instead of the 2-3 point.)

The basic variations I remember for dealing with the kick. But, as said above, always situational that you even want to do any of this. I just see a lot of players in the DDK range thinking they can kick and it's an instant huge corner and there's nothing you can do about it, when it's pretty easy to at least reduce, just take care of your outside group or as oiseaux said they will probably let you have a gote life and return the favor immediately against your outside stones.
http://eidogo.com/#2bC8JfmKA:0,0

# ? Jul 16, 2015 16:28

AdorableStar: Jul 13, 2013

uranus posted:

i remembered soemthing wuchou showed me months ago

is this the answer to the sequence that happens like 90% of the time i approach a corner on tygem:

There's a serious on baduk tv about the 3-3 invasion after the kick joseki.

Also :laffo:

at the thought that prodigious didn't play Go.

# ? Jul 17, 2015 21:20

mycophobia: May 7, 2008

I don't know you people

# ? Jul 17, 2015 21:46

AdorableStar: Jul 13, 2013

It was quite ironic.

# ? Jul 17, 2015 21:52

derp: Jan 21, 2010; when i get up all i want to do is go to bed again; Lipstick Apathy

like ten thousand forcing moves when all you need is sente

# ? Jul 17, 2015 22:42

derp: Jan 21, 2010; when i get up all i want to do is go to bed again; Lipstick Apathy

haylee playing against nick sibicky and andrew jackson tomorrow night

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PL4pGoTqDjo

gunna be really interesting to listen to her comments

# ? Jul 18, 2015 03:56

derp: Jan 21, 2010; when i get up all i want to do is go to bed again; Lipstick Apathy

also holy wow is lessons in the fundementals of go really good. already 1/3 through it, its very enjoyable read and doesnt feel like 'studying' at all.

# ? Jul 18, 2015 03:59

Pander: Oct 9, 2007; Fear is the glue that holds society together. It's what makes people suppress their worst impulses. Fear is power.

And at the end of fear, oblivion.

uranus posted:

also holy wow is lessons in the fundementals of go really good. already 1/3 through it, its very enjoyable read and doesnt feel like 'studying' at all.

If you cannot see the obvious properness of this move, you have learned nothing!

# ? Jul 18, 2015 04:15

Pander: Oct 9, 2007; Fear is the glue that holds society together. It's what makes people suppress their worst impulses. Fear is power.

And at the end of fear, oblivion.

uranus posted:

also holy wow is lessons in the fundementals of go really good. already 1/3 through it, its very enjoyable read and doesnt feel like 'studying' at all.

It's a big reason I've gone from feeling like I'm an idiot who happens to win randomly to having an unexpected ounce of confidence. Just having a well-written book about connectedness, good shape, and the like helps refocus things.

# ? Jul 18, 2015 04:17