So it’s been two weeks already, but I meant to thank spatula & bugcat for the review and I guess, better late than never ???
I think handling invasions was the biggest issue in the game (moves 65- and 111- ) - the proper answer is to push the opponent towards my strong groups, and not get into cross-cutting fights. I’ve gone up 4 ranks in the 2 weeks since I posted the request, and I think this is largely due to not going into losing such mud fights every time I get invaded anymore, and also (as a consequence) being more confident about going into other fights when they are more warranted.
Other things that came up:
- Too much delay approaching my opponent’s corner in the early game. Once I finally got to it, the opponent already had extra stones around, so that my approach immediately got pincered - by that time, I should have probably gone for a side extension instead.
- Did not immediately defend my pincered stone. Did not claim enough of the corner when I finally did.
- Mis-timed moves - doing things that would have been great a couple moves earlier, but have a lower value after my opponent’s recent moves.
- Several times, stayed in local fights for too long. Should have tenuki-ed to reduce my opponent’s influence on the low side or lower left corner. Left those areas un-challenged for the entire game…
- Slow development for my own invading group (going into my opponents moyo). Should have used longer extensions once my invading group had enough liberties.
Thanks again to spatula & bugcat for the review !