at 10:25 -- your opponent defends himself. I like that! He might be a simple 1D, but that guy actually noticed when he needed to defend. He did it a bit late, but it's one of the few times you've played someone that weak that actually noticed when they needed to defend and to sacrifice. That guy you played might be ranking up soon if he can build on those instincts. But, just like always, the opponent gets cut into so many groups his head spins -- you're awesome! I've been training with some bots that don't ever leave weak stuff (4-7D strength). That makes it easy to pounce on human players when I transition back to servers.
The most instructive moment for me as a low dan is 06:16 where he overplays and you react with ... play elsewhere to defend. Most of us would be emotionally and intellectually engaged in what happens at the top and get all wrapped up in that area. You, high dan for good reasons, instead switch off the hot area and go elsewhere. How do you make that mental switch? How does an overplay in one area trigger a reflex to look at another area? Probably you have an ingrained "mistakes will punish themselves". I find that most enlightening.
I couldn't see a way to cut it off cleanly, and attacking it might have lost me sente. So, rather than make him 100% alive which gives him sente to counter attack something weak that i have, I played away to keep my stuff strong and deal with his big points before going back to it.
@@dwyrin As always I'm jealous of your reading skills. In longer games, my reading is good, but in the online 10min games with 20-30S boyomis, my reading is just not fast enough. Do you have any techniques or material I could read that would improve my reading speed? I'm planning on entering a real tournament next year and it would be nice to read faster in Life and death + cuts
@@paysonfox88 There is only one way I know to improve reading accuracy and speed: practice. An easy way to practice is to bring with you a tsumego book (you can get for free a pdf of Cho Chikun's "all about life and death" online). You don't need long sessions to improve, short periods of regular practice will do just fine (even 2-3 minutes).
@@EgenSayak I know that if I improve my life and death speed, I'll darn near be at bats level. I'm getting really good at the other fundamentals oh, so much so that I can predict Pro sequences in terms of Direction a lot. I just need a lot more work at Reading to be a great amateur player. Right now because I lacked those skills I wouldn't put myself anything above AGA 2 dan at best
I really have hard time understanding mindset of someone who keeps playing after 27:32. Do they just play on hoping for blunder by opponent? Personally certain sense of fair play/honor in game would prevent me from doing that.
Typically, yes. A lot of players have trouble admitting when they've lost a game. The majority of players will tell you never to give up a game and keep hoping for anything. You get used to it
at 10:25 -- your opponent defends himself. I like that! He might be a simple 1D, but that guy actually noticed when he needed to defend. He did it a bit late, but it's one of the few times you've played someone that weak that actually noticed when they needed to defend and to sacrifice. That guy you played might be ranking up soon if he can build on those instincts. But, just like always, the opponent gets cut into so many groups his head spins -- you're awesome! I've been training with some bots that don't ever leave weak stuff (4-7D strength). That makes it easy to pounce on human players when I transition back to servers.
Sanrensei IS appropriately spooky for spooktober month
no worries, i have some grand ideas for spooktober...
The most instructive moment for me as a low dan is 06:16 where he overplays and you react with ... play elsewhere to defend. Most of us would be emotionally and intellectually engaged in what happens at the top and get all wrapped up in that area. You, high dan for good reasons, instead switch off the hot area and go elsewhere. How do you make that mental switch? How does an overplay in one area trigger a reflex to look at another area? Probably you have an ingrained "mistakes will punish themselves". I find that most enlightening.
I couldn't see a way to cut it off cleanly, and attacking it might have lost me sente. So, rather than make him 100% alive which gives him sente to counter attack something weak that i have, I played away to keep my stuff strong and deal with his big points before going back to it.
@@dwyrin As always I'm jealous of your reading skills. In longer games, my reading is good, but in the online 10min games with 20-30S boyomis, my reading is just not fast enough. Do you have any techniques or material I could read that would improve my reading speed? I'm planning on entering a real tournament next year and it would be nice to read faster in Life and death + cuts
@@paysonfox88 There is only one way I know to improve reading accuracy and speed: practice.
An easy way to practice is to bring with you a tsumego book (you can get for free a pdf of Cho Chikun's "all about life and death" online). You don't need long sessions to improve, short periods of regular practice will do just fine (even 2-3 minutes).
@@EgenSayak I know that if I improve my life and death speed, I'll darn near be at bats level. I'm getting really good at the other fundamentals oh, so much so that I can predict Pro sequences in terms of Direction a lot. I just need a lot more work at Reading to be a great amateur player. Right now because I lacked those skills I wouldn't put myself anything above AGA 2 dan at best
Enjoying the Sanrensei games! Perfect way to induce the shift to the early 3-3 and show us some live analysis on it!
The double small knight from the 4-4 stone at 6:40. I see this Soooo much on OGS.
It can be ok as long as they are normal small knights if the opponent hasnt approached the corner, but here? It's just strange
oh yeah
someone's gotta add them comments.
Close-ish Basics. Make the series.
7:50, I would want to 5-5.
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I really have hard time understanding mindset of someone who keeps playing after 27:32. Do they just play on hoping for blunder by opponent? Personally certain sense of fair play/honor in game would prevent me from doing that.
Typically, yes. A lot of players have trouble admitting when they've lost a game. The majority of players will tell you never to give up a game and keep hoping for anything. You get used to it
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