Saturday, August 25, 2012

A bit slow

(;GM[1]FF[4]CA[UTF-8]AP[CGoban:3]ST[2] RU[Japanese]SZ[19]KM[6.50]TM[0]OT[5x20 byo-yomi] PW[Kashomon]PB[black]WR[1k]BR[1k]DT[2012-08-25]PC[The KGS Go Server at http://www.gokgs.com/]RE[B+Resign] ;B[pd]BL[20]OB[5] ;W[dp]WL[20]OW[5] ;B[op]BL[20]OB[5] ;W[dd]WL[20]OW[5] ;B[fq]BL[20]OB[5] ;W[qj]WL[20]OW[5]C[This move gave up sente for me, which black took advantage of. I don't know if this is bad, but I really didn't like the opening that resulted.] ;B[cn]BL[20]OB[5] ;W[eo]WL[20]OW[5] ;B[cq]BL[20]OB[5] ;W[cp]WL[20]OW[5] ;B[dq]BL[20]OB[5] ;W[go]WL[20]OW[5] ;B[gp]BL[20]OB[5] (;W[ho]WL[20]OW[5]C[This move doesn't do very much for white.] ;B[ck]BL[20]OB[5] ;W[ci]WL[20]OW[5] ;B[cg]BL[20]OB[5] ;W[ei]WL[20]OW[5] ;B[ek]BL[20]OB[5] (;W[ce]WL[20]OW[5]C[Too slow. This allows black to jump to the center.] ;B[eg]BL[20]OB[5] ;W[bh]WL[20]OW[5]LB[gi:A]C[Again, very slow. It would have been better to play at A] ;B[fn]BL[20]OB[5] ;W[fo]WL[20]OW[5] ;B[en]BL[20]OB[5] ;W[jd]WL[20]OW[5] ;B[fc]BL[20]OB[5]C[I have two groups to attack! Unfortunately, I help black by playing defensively.] ;W[ec]WL[20]OW[5]C[this helps black.] ;B[fd]BL[20]OB[5] ;W[nc]WL[20]OW[5] ;B[qf]BL[20]OB[5] (;W[bg]WL[20]OW[5] ;B[ed]BL[20]OB[5] ;W[dc]WL[20]OW[5] ;B[cf]BL[20]OB[5] ;W[df]WL[20]OW[5] ;B[dg]BL[20]OB[5]C[Now is the time to connect underneath.] (;W[ee]WL[20]OW[5] ;B[fe]BL[20]OB[5] (;W[ff]WL[20]OW[5]C[An overplay.] ;B[ef]BL[20]OB[5] ;W[de]WL[20]OW[5] ;B[bf]BL[20]OB[5] ;W[gf]WL[20]OW[5] ;B[bd]BL[20]OB[5] ;W[be]WL[20]OW[5] ;B[ae]BL[20]OB[5] ;W[hd]WL[20]OW[5] ;B[fb]BL[20]OB[5] ;W[eb]WL[20]OW[5] (;B[ic]BL[20]OB[5] ;W[hc]WL[20]OW[5] ;B[hb]BL[20]OB[5] ;W[bc]WL[20]OW[5] ;B[fh]BL[20]OB[5] ;W[fj]WL[20]OW[5] ;B[jc]BL[20]OB[5] ;W[hh]WL[20]OW[5] ;B[gi]BL[20]OB[5] ;W[gk]WL[20]OW[5] ;B[hi]BL[20]OB[5] ;W[ih]WL[20]OW[5] ;B[ii]BL[20]OB[5] ;W[kc]WL[20]OW[5] ;B[id]BL[20]OB[5] ;W[ie]WL[20]OW[5] ;B[je]BL[20]OB[5] ;W[he]WL[20]OW[5] ;B[kd]BL[20]OB[5] ;W[gb]WL[20]OW[5] ;B[lc]BL[20]OB[5] ;W[ib]WL[20]OW[5] ;B[ql]BL[20]OB[5]TR[bd][ae][bf][cf][ef][cg][dg][eg][fh][gi][hi][ii]C[I am behind -- I should attack the black stones.] (;W[pc]WL[20]OW[5] ;B[qc]BL[20]OB[5] ;W[qb]WL[20]OW[5] ;B[oc]BL[20]OB[5] ;W[pb]WL[20]OW[5] ;B[od]BL[20]OB[5] ;W[jb]WL[20]OW[5] ;B[kb]BL[20]OB[5] ;W[hm]WL[20]OW[4] (;B[rc]BL[20]OB[5] ;W[dl]WL[20]OW[4] ;B[dk]BL[20]OB[5] ;W[bm]WL[20]OW[4] ;B[bn]BL[20]OB[5] ;W[bo]WL[20]OW[4] ;B[an]BL[20]OB[5] (;W[bk]WL[20]OW[4] ;B[bq]BL[20]OB[5] ;W[dm]WL[20]OW[4] ;B[dn]BL[20]OB[5] (;W[gm]WL[20]OW[4]C[Another mistake.] ;B[bj]BL[20]OB[5] ;W[ak]WL[20]OW[4] ;B[cl]BL[20]OB[5] ;W[fl]WL[20]OW[4] ;B[el]BL[20]OB[5] ;W[ao]WL[20]OW[4]C[Slow. White is already alive.] ;B[bl]BL[20]OB[5] ;W[bi]WL[20]OW[4]C[Loses sente.] ;B[aj]BL[20]OB[5] ;W[qp]WL[20]OW[4] ;B[jh]BL[20]OB[5]C[Good for black. The game is really hard for me now.] ;W[ji]WL[20]OW[4] ;B[ik]BL[20]OB[5] ;W[jj]WL[20]OW[4] ;B[jk]BL[20]OB[5] (;W[ij]WL[20]OW[4]C[A mistake.] ;B[hk]BL[20]OB[5] ;W[hj]WL[20]OW[4] ;B[gj]BL[20]OB[5] (;W[fk]WL[20]OW[4] ;B[ki]BL[20]OB[5]C[The game is over now.] ;W[oo]WL[20]OW[4] ;B[kj]BL[20]OB[5] ;W[np]WL[20]OW[4] ;B[nq]BL[20]OB[5] ;W[oq]WL[20]OW[4] ;B[mq]BL[20]OB[5] ;W[pk]WL[20]OW[4] ;B[qn]BL[20]OB[5] ;W[pm]WL[20]OW[4] ;B[pp]BL[20]OB[5] ;W[po]WL[20]OW[4] ;B[pq]BL[20]OB[5] ;W[qq]WL[20]OW[4] ;B[or]BL[20]OB[5] ;W[pr]WL[20]OW[4] ;B[oq]BL[20]OB[5] ;W[qo]WL[20]OW[4] ;B[iq]BL[20]OB[5] ;W[nd]WL[20]OW[4] ;B[nb]BL[20]OB[5] ;W[mb]WL[20]OW[4] ;B[ob]BL[20]OB[5] ;W[nf]WL[20]OW[4] ;B[jn]BL[20]OB[5] ;W[jo]WL[20]OW[4] ;B[in]BL[20]OB[5] (;W[hq]WL[20]OW[4]C[Another mistake. These leads to my resign.] ;B[hp]BL[20]OB[5] ;W[ip]WL[20]OW[4] ;B[io]BL[20]OB[5] ;W[jp]WL[20]OW[4] ;B[hr]BL[20]OB[5] ;W[fp]WL[20]OW[4] ;B[gq]BL[20]OB[5] ;W[jm]WL[20]OW[4] ;B[im]BL[20]OB[5] ;W[il]WL[20]OW[4] ;B[jl]BL[20]OB[5]) (;W[hp] (;B[io] ;W[hq] ;B[ip] ;W[gq] ;B[fp] ;W[fr] ;B[eq] ;W[er] ;B[dr] ;W[br]C[Black cannot play this way.]) (;B[hq] ;W[jp]C[A better way to go.]))) (;W[lj] ;B[fk] ;W[gl] ;B[fi] ;W[ej] ;B[eh] ;W[cj] ;B[al] ;W[ag] ;B[af] (;W[ai] ;B[di] ;W[dj] ;B[dh]) (;W[fg] ;B[ai] ;W[gh] ;B[di] ;W[dj] ;B[dh]))) (;W[lj] ;B[kk] ;W[li] ;B[hk] ;W[jm]C[At least white has a chance now.])) (;W[bl] ;B[bp] (;W[gm]) (;W[ji] ;B[jj] ;W[kj] ;B[ki] ;W[jh] ;B[kk] ;W[lj] ;B[ik] ;W[lk] ;B[kl]C[It's still hard to attack these stones.]))) (;W[cl] ;B[bk] ;W[el] ;B[fl]) (;W[dm] ;B[dn] ;W[fm] ;B[em] ;W[el] ;B[fl] ;W[fk] ;B[gm])) (;B[hl] ;W[gl] ;B[gm] ;W[hk] ;B[il] ;W[ik] ;B[jl] ;W[jk] ;B[hn] ;W[gn] ;B[im] ;W[fm] ;B[hm] ;W[em] ;B[dn] ;W[bp])) (;W[ji]C[Might as well prceed this way] ;B[jj] (;W[ik] ;B[jh] ;W[ki] ;B[ij] ;W[kj]) (;W[hl] ;B[ki] ;W[jh] ;B[ik]) (;W[kj] ;B[jh] ;W[ki] ;B[ik] ;W[jk] ;B[ij] ;W[hl] ;B[il] ;W[im] ;B[jl] ;W[kk] ;B[km] ;W[jn]C[It's hard to attack these guys effectively.]))) (;B[cc]C[Missed chance by black.] ;W[cb] ;B[bb] ;W[da] ;B[fa] ;W[ea] ;B[ba]C[over])) (;W[bf]C[better.])) (;W[bf] ;B[ef] ;W[de] ;B[gf]C[I am definitely behind, but I think this is playable. I have 3 weak groups, and black doesn't have any.])) (;W[ee]C[This would have been better for sure ] ;B[fe] ;W[ff] ;B[ef] ;W[gf] (;B[hd] ;W[fh]) (;B[fh] ;W[fj]))) (;W[eg]C[This looks better to me] ;B[ce] ;W[cd] ;B[ef] ;W[fg] ;B[ee] ;W[fc]C[I like this much better.])) (;W[cl] ;B[ho] ;W[gn]C[Better than in the game.]))

A Test Post

I would like to resurrect this blog using EidoGo, so here's a test to make sure it works.


(;GM[1]FF[4]CA[UTF-8]AP[CGoban:3]ST[2]
RU[Chinese]SZ[19]KM[7.50]
PW[Boywing]PB[Juãn]WR[5k]BR[4k]RE[W+Resign]
;B[dp]
;W[qp]
;B[dd]
;W[pd]))