Hi
I played a little six years ago, and got frustrated. Now, I am playing again, and feel better, since I win sometimes against bots (the two easier ones) and humans (in my rank). However, the balance seems to be negative…
How do I improve my game a little? I dont want to read or invert much time on this, just a game for me. I feel there are some strategic thinking I lack…
Maybe playing a teaching match is what I need… I play on 9x9 board. Played a few games 13x13…
Best regards
Ernesto
No one?
I’m not available for live games, I’m happy to do a correspondence game with you. If that works for you, then feel free to send me a challenge. I’m 11k.
And then please set the time to about 3 days per move. I often play much faster than that, but sometimes I can’t play two days in a row due to work.
In the other direction, I don’t play correspondence Go,
but I can play real-time teaching games with you.
Thanks! Do you think it will be better on 9x9 or 13x13?
Never played correspondence game before 
Great! I will send you a message!
Lets start on 9x9, simply because we’ll run into more moments
In case you didn’t see the review, here it is:
Hi!
Yes, I have seen it!
Thanks a lot for the review!
Your lessons let me win more often when I played against the weakest bot, Agapanthus. I cant beat yet the next one, Amaranthus.
Regards!
Happy to hear that! Good luck, and if you’re up for another game, you know where to find me.
I made another review for you:
Hi!
Still looking for teaching games. I am playing 13x13, and losing almost every match…
Regards!
Hi Ernesto,
I took the liberty of reviewing a recent game of you.
16 is rather small. Why not make a basis in the top right corner with J11 or L7
22 is very safe and solid, but L10 is still a lonely stone.
28 you keep ignoring the top right corner stones. Black gets a chance to create a large influence sphere. White bottom left is already safe for a while.
Up until 48 you claim a large corner (top right), Leading by 20 points. Now it is time to play a few solid moves to secure your territory.
56 (G8) is an overplay, that Black ignores (and captures a few stones).
F8 is crazy (waste of a possible ko threat).
61 - N6: white’s lead dropped from 20 til 12 points.
86: B2. What are you afraid of? And if you really wanted to secure a group, L12 would have been a great move. But now Black inavades with L11.
100: L9 is obviously wrong. Should have pursued the ko battle.
The triangles mark two potentially fake eyes.
Wow. Thanks for the time to make the review!
I play too defensive, I know… And made lots of mistakes. I played B2 because I am afraid of a possible invasion (which happened in nort east). I cant see if such an invasion is possible or not, however… Of course, with the results, secure north east was a better option… Bad choice.
I did not understand your coment about 100 (“should have pursue the ko battle”).
By move 100 (L9) you played a self atari, but if you would have played N10 you would have captured a black stone and put the five black stones top right in atari. If black couldn’t have played a very big move (a ko threat) you could have captured those 5 stones (and ignored black’s ko threat).
In that case you would have won, I think.
But N10 is forbidden…
Hate to admit it but you are 100% correct.
Hi ernelopez, if you are still interested in a teaching game, I would be happy to do so! I sent you a private message to look into 
