Pictures from Living Cosmos
Today, I played someone named Eshelnah. At this move in the game, you can see him say: Eshelnah [10k]: from ago, i don’t have a game like that ^ ^ Eshelnah [10k]: I realy wanna win this xD Being Polish, his English wasnt so good. What he meant of course was: “I havent had a [...]
After watching this exciting game between two 4k players, I decided to keep a thread of games where Ko played a huge role.
SmartGo is an excellent program. Shygost is an excellent teacher. In today’s lesson, I learned that he brought on student from 30k to amateur 6 dan in 1.5 years! Now, this guy took 3 lessons a week. Each lesson 3 hours. And he spent more time reviewing the lessons than taking them. I must start [...]
With this game: http://eidogo.com/#2yU7UEha I finally earned SDK on KGS! I have to thank shygost because it was his teaching that has led the way so far.
Click to Play influence board position 12-0 start – the influence gamble sabaki invasion
Click to Play – how to “weaken” 4-4 stones – 2-space high approach to 4-4
Click to Play moyo is not solid territory edge crush is not always preferred play was fine other than slow moves.
Click to Play Shygost plays versus: 13k – shimari face, 3-4 corner joseki 10k – pinch too loose, attachment joseki 5k 2k 1d
I learned something from my teacher (Shygost) today: The heart of Go is getting moves for free by forcing your opponent to respond to weaknesses. The way to find this heart is to look at all the weaknesses on the board and fix yours while threatening his!