Monday, January 14, 2008
Brawling
So I've played the same game like the last 12 games. Every time I try to get out they keep dragging me back in. I really prefer to play a simple negotiating game. I want to outline territory, place stones, play hane, fill out borders, and call it a day. I'm not a capture oriented kind of guy. I also am tired of people trying to hem me in by allowing me to claim corner territory. They get greedy and want to wall in the entire center. Here's how it goes down. I gain solid territory in the corners and sides. They try to minimize damage, no they try to beat me, by walling off access to the center. There's always a flaw. I push, they bend. Eventually there's an opening. I make a gambit. They chase me for a while and suddenly realize too late that they are being chased. I capture a group of seven or so and have access to the entire center. Even if I don't capture a large group they never capture the group before I've made two eyes and destroyed large amounts of potential territory for everybody. I win by somewhere between 20 and 100 stones. Seriously why do people around this ability level want to brawl? Why are they greedy? Anyway I'm on a hot streak. I've won like 9 of 11 since I went up to 17 kyu. I know I shouldn't complain about winning but it just seems so formulaic.
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