Games

Here are some recent sgf files from my go games on KGS. Again, be kind, I am new but all comments are welcome. I recent read the first three books of the Learn to Play Go series and I think I am improving but have a long way to go.

Tumblekax 11/28 Four Stone Handicap, Win + 48.5

Moves 58-64

Should I have tried to cap the territory like that or focused on the edges in other parts of the board?

Move 87-100

Could I have more effectively blocked the intrusion?

Move 164

Is it a good idea to build thickness off of an alive shape? The wall is anchored to the two eyed fixture. Is this as good of an idea as it seems like or should I play elsewhere.

Takeru Four Stone Handicap, Win +94.5

Move 33

He starts to run, I try to stop him but he keeps squirting through the line, could I have pursued better or should I not even worry about trying to stop someone who has no intention of forming thickness or an eye?

Move 171

I get the feeling I shouldn’t have let him live in the corner but somehow he eked out a living. How could I have killed the group?

Emmiska Three stone handicap, Loss - Black Resigned

Move 31

Would I have been better served going for the piece at L 18? I couldn’t run a ladder capture. By playing the way I did, I allowed white to escape. This entire exchange up to move 42 turned the game.

Move 47

Should I have stopped fighting for the large group right here and admitted it was dead?

Move 79

Ouch, I should have resigned right there but didn’t because I felt I could contest the other side and had some thickness built on the wall.

Move 127

And done.

I resigned. I felt outclassed to be honest. The score estimator still had me up by 69but I felt like he was beating me up and down. Should I have fought some more?

And so it begins...