Had a horrible game, want a review

Lys had some great advice above. However, unless you have a good understanding of

  • how to use sente and gote to assess the current danger level
  • how to settle your stones
  • how to tell if your frameworks are “settled enough” or “alive enough” to make living shapes down the road
    you’ll have a difficult time following that advice in the course of a game.

If you have time, I encourage you to read through this 19x19 FOR BEGINNERS series that I’ve been working on, that tries to examine these concepts. The goal is to help beginners learn the language of the game, and be able to read the risk and opportunity which is implicit in the position of the stones at any point in the game (i.e. is it time to attack? is it time to defend? is it time to tenuki? are my stones settled? is my group in danger? if it’s my turn to attack, where is the biggest point on the board? etc).

It seems like you’ve already got a good handle on the overall game, so I say skip the INTRO article, and move on to Part 1: Sente and Gote. You’ll links to the 2nd article at the bottom of the 1st one, and so on, etc.

Good luck!

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