Why did black do this here?

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hi to all,
this game I recently played and I was white, was weird.
why look at the 49th move that balck did. he could kill my group. why did he play like that?

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My guess would be that move 49 was some sort of misclick.

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no he spent 5 minutes for that,
it canā€™t be a misclick

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Misread then.

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Why not? It even happened to the world champion 3 years ago. When he adjusted his mouse location, the mouse cable accidentally touched the touchpad on his laptop.
His opponentā€™s reaction:

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We can all speculate until we are blue in the face, but only your opponent in this game knows why. So ask your opponent?

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I thought maybe the left group of mine were uncapturable.

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On move 49, black should have just captured at A4, which also kills whiteā€™s C4 stones.

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Black should have played A4 and then your group B5 is dead.

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When I see my opponent make a move like this in my games, i normally offer to let them undo, because I assume itā€™s a misclick. Sometimes itā€™s not, and I just donā€™t understand the move!

This isnā€™t a requirement; you never have to offer undo, I just personally like to because if I win I donā€™t like having the thought ā€œI only won because they misclack (new past-tense of ā€˜misclickā€™ iā€™ve decided to coin right now)ā€ and thatā€™s not a good feeling for me.

Iā€™ve miscluck (past-perfect tense of ā€˜misclickā€™ iā€™m also coining right now) after longer intervals of time. If you spend 5 minutes reading, that in no way improves the accuracy of your clicking ability. Thinking and mouse technique arenā€™t necessarily directly related.

Also if you donā€™t know who your opponent is, you canā€™t even know that they were reading the whole time. They may have walked away to do something, or gotten distracted.

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Thatā€™s a great attitude. Many donā€™t ever expect to become a misclicois, but we must ultimately accept that we all are.

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It can be a move of disappointment be done conscientiously or not, against you or himself. Or even some kind of resignation in front of complexity. Although itā€™s not that deep reading involved, perfectly suited to the level of both players.

Note that J7 was useless (overcautious) and may be a first step in confusion. Let say he noticed that it was useless so next situation he would be inclined to avoid to play again a useless move. He checks your move, say itā€™s useless and decide to play a no value move himself. But it was useless only if he answered.

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I see you timed out immediately after that move. Had you run out of time anyway, or did that move confuse you so much?

Edit: Sorry, I mixed up the coloursšŸ˜ž

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Their opponent timed out. OP won.

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opponent misclack
with kindness I grant undo
they may taste attack

Sorry for random haiku, I just thought misclack was too good not to use.

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I looked at the game as a whole, I want to recommend this video for getting some starting basics.

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yes I agree,
but I waited him to request for undo,
and he didnā€™t.
thatā€™s why I still donā€™t think it was a mislick.

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yeah agree