Hi everyone!
A few days ago, I had this game in which I was the handicapped player, and I managed to lose by resignation in ~80 moves. The opponent was way more skilled than me. However, it seems to me that all three big wins he had were solely due to my mistakes. Otherwise they were overplays. I hope not all handicap games turn out to be like that.
So, here goes:
2012-03-13-ioyuug-Median.sgf
The SGF is edited with my own experiments. You are welcome to introduce your own, and send them back if you wish, or, just tell me what you think in the comments. :)
So, the first big mistake I made was move 30, which allowed him to get a wall in the lower right. That could have been avoided by simply playing at N2, instead. Had i played there, his corner would have been way smaller than in the actual game.
Another huge mistake is 44. When I look at it now, playing 44 at J14 makes much much more sense. It still has weaknesses, but it looks a lot better for black this way. There is no fear of getting surrounded, and he can't get out into the center without sacrificing something for it first.
Things go pretty much downhill from there. I try to surround him, but end up surrounded. One important point was 82, in which i made a miscalculation and connected in the corner, whereas I could simply atari at P13. The atari would give a bit more time for my middle group to try and connect to the lower part of the board, or initiate a counter-attack, while the corner would survive anyway.
A few days ago, I had this game in which I was the handicapped player, and I managed to lose by resignation in ~80 moves. The opponent was way more skilled than me. However, it seems to me that all three big wins he had were solely due to my mistakes. Otherwise they were overplays. I hope not all handicap games turn out to be like that.
So, here goes:
2012-03-13-ioyuug-Median.sgf
The SGF is edited with my own experiments. You are welcome to introduce your own, and send them back if you wish, or, just tell me what you think in the comments. :)
So, the first big mistake I made was move 30, which allowed him to get a wall in the lower right. That could have been avoided by simply playing at N2, instead. Had i played there, his corner would have been way smaller than in the actual game.
Another huge mistake is 44. When I look at it now, playing 44 at J14 makes much much more sense. It still has weaknesses, but it looks a lot better for black this way. There is no fear of getting surrounded, and he can't get out into the center without sacrificing something for it first.
Things go pretty much downhill from there. I try to surround him, but end up surrounded. One important point was 82, in which i made a miscalculation and connected in the corner, whereas I could simply atari at P13. The atari would give a bit more time for my middle group to try and connect to the lower part of the board, or initiate a counter-attack, while the corner would survive anyway.
No comments:
Post a Comment