I would like to become better so I’m searching for a review.
This is my last game. mi57y vs. ragkar
What I think I did wrong
Macro mistake
stone 33, should have been B13. It stop the free crawling and I don’t need a wall.
stone 54, should have been O13. I was looking at it but I thought it was smaller.
stone 60, I could probably have ignore black and focus more on surounding but I’m still not confident enough to do so.
Plus trying to build a moyo, I made him build one… Don’t know what I could have done better here. More poke on 4th line ?
I could probably invade but reducing while building seem better and easier.
Micro mistake
stone 152 should have been B2. Didn’t know that one, I will remember it.
stone 118 was useless
stone 162 should have been C10 on B9
If you have comment about direction of play, or about what I can improve for next game, I would be happy to read it !
Briefly, I think you played well in this game. Some of the moves used in building your moyo were a little slow; you need to strongly consider getting a few stones onto the right side of the board earlier on to prevent black from getting that giant area. For example D10 at move 16 isn’t bad but you might consider playing in the lower right instead.
Black can play at D10 instead of you later but you are so strong regionally you can use your response to the invasion to build a wall and enclose territory.
Playing for a giant area is fun and exciting but it also puts all your eggs in one basket.
Black played smart using the invasion to also create the central wall for the moyo. Generally speaking, he or she used initiative more often to force a response and somewhat controlled the flow of the game that way.
You made up for that somewhat with better tactical play later in the game. That shows you have the skill to invade and live earlier on, so sometimes you need to just bite the bullet and dive in. As hard as it looks on move 20 it is usually much harder on move 100.
Move 22 was too passive, in my opinion. You gave your opponent free extra space on the side to make life easier. Instead, you should have pushed with P17; This is a forcing move, also known as, Sente.
Move 33 B13 is a better move to seal off Black. This way you could solidify your left side territory, which definitely bigger than the the corner territory.
Move 54 Your move was just helping Black solidify territory on the lower side. Perhaps you could try playing a stone in the center to start building up your territory framework with the big wall that was already present on the left.
Move 60 At this point you are behind in territory. You should definitely try to capture black. Black has already the right and lower territory + the upper left corner. A better move here would be H12, because it gives Black less space to breath. Otherwise, you could have, at Move 62, separated Black with the sequence: H12, G12, G11.
I didn’t consider move 16, but it is true that I was probably a bit passive.
Plus I think you are right, I’m not really confident to jump into area where the other player is strong but I need to try and learn it !
And “use initiative more often to force a response” is actually something that I try to do but it is harder in practice =p need more game to avoid puppy go !
Move 22: super interesting thanks ! Didn’t realize, I was focus on entering the corner but I gained nothing doing so and it make much more sense to pressure the left group
Move 33: yeah fully agree, realized it after the crawling…
Move 54: I really felt I miss something here during the game and the review. I think it a perfect example about where I should use the initiative to build faster or attack for profit.
Move 60: very interesting I didn’t considered shoulder hit here, but it seems quite logical here. Especially with the sequence blocking the left and the bottom !
More poke on 4th line ?
As hard as it looks on move 20 it is usually much harder on move 100.