I’m starting to play more seriously and trying to improve. Review is obviously one of the most important things to do.
Curious how people get most out of reviews?
Two situations I face:
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Online games: my opponent usually won’t stay to review. I’d use AI to check out the recommended plays, but I don’t always fully understand why AI played where it played. I also don’t fully understand why my move is bad, unless it leads to one of my groups being dead soon.
This helps with reviewing basic Josekis and life and death problems, but I am not learning a ton other than that.
Only effective way I know to learn more is asking for reviews from strong players in this loving community, but is there any other ways people found effective in self-reviews?
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Offline games: my opponent is usually happy to do some reviews afterwards. This has proven to be really helpful especially when I am playing someone stronger than me. They would point out how they’re thinking about the situation, and the bad variations if I played the way I did.
But I don’t get to hear what AI thinks. I’ve tried a few times to replay everything on an OGS demo board, but just can’t remember everything. Having someone to review on the spot is probably still better than self-review with AI, but feels like we both might be missing some mistakes AI would’ve caught.
Love to hear the community wisdom on this!
Edit: For context, I’m about 4 kyu on OGS and 1-2 dan on Fox