I played 7 games with this guy, and you can see three of out games. I didn’t know where I was going wrong.
why did I lost to him? how can I fix my game?
thanks.
you did self atari
opponent can play there after
and capture stones below no matter where you place next stone
you needed to protect big group instead of single stone
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In two of those three games you missed a critical opportunity to separate your opponent’s stones, and I think it’s an actual lesson.
In the first game, if you were thinking “keep his stones separate”, you might have decided to play C4 (which the AI is recommending too).
The “might” is "if you can read that it doesn’t matter if white plays at D5. Can you read that?
In the third game a very similar opportunity is lost when you chose not to play C3. Your alternative, C7 is “slack”. Can you see why? Can you answer “why does my opponent hate it if I play C7”. The answer seems to be “they don’t hate that”.
Wheras C3 - they hate that, you made their one stone very lonely, by separating it…
The middle game was much different - I can’t spot a “principle” to improve that game. Maybe it is “protect cuts”. At the time that stonedefender mentioned, or two turns before, it would be interesting for you to mark the cuts in your position and ask “what if white plays here”.
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also 2nd game
you placed additional move inside already dead group inside your own territory
its minus point in Japanese rules
you don’t need to actually capture stones of opponent
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placed a few variations in your games
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thanks I saw them. very nice of you.
but in general, what practices should I do to avoid those kind of problems?
thank you,
what do you think would make me improve my game?
reading a specific book? watching a specific video? or what?
cause I think my problems won’t be solved like this.
Well, if you have the possibility to separate your opponent’s groups without putting yourself in a vulnerable position, do so. It is harder to defend two groups than one group.
If you are being invaded it often is not wise to attach a stone to that invading stone (because by doing so you kinda ask for an extension, which makes the invading group (!) stronger.)
Finally don’t atari yourself.
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I think that watching videos and reading books will not help you right now.
This is the most likely thing to help you: reviewing your games, getting them reviewed, and asking yourself “can I see what they mean” and “why didn’t I see that?”
Then playing again and seeing if you see it this time.
You didn’t answer a question: can you see why you didn’t need to play D5 in the first game?
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I thought of another thing - a “practice”.
Make sure you are actually reading when you are playing.
This means: make sure you have asked yourself:
- If I play here
– where will my opponent play in that case?
– For each option you can think of:
— Would that look OK?
— What would I do in response?
… for each “here” you consider playing.
If you can read 2 moves ahead like this, you’ll be doing well.
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Playing more as anything else. In the first steps into the go fields, what counts is simply putting one foot after the other, nothing more really.
Fix some aims during the game. A lot will first be things about cutting and connecting, liberties, and living or dying.
Not really, but obviously you can try if you want. What you understand now will anyway be quite different from what you will later if you read the same book again. Do it only if you find it entertaining, you can find some inspiration like copying moves, why not? As long as you don’t think it as a model of perfect play to reproduce, it’s all fine.
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if you have skype, i will give you a lesson.
Not for long! Microsoft is killing it.
White has a big advantage, because on 9x9 the OGS komi is too large.
Do you also lose if you play as black?
It’s not just “the OGS komi” though. I think OGS just uses a standard komi, that matches what AI considers as roughly fair 
Yes, OGS uses what it considers the standard komi for 9x9 boards, assuming that both players are at least single-digit kyu in rank. OGS ensures fairness for such players because they are in the majority here. However, user sakta does not hold that rank. OGS does not believe that rank is relevant to komi, although I do think they believe that board size may be.
I looked at stats on a random 22k player (id=1095766). This player’s rank is quite stable
and his winrate as white is slightly bigger than his winrate as black, but the difference is not huge.
Do those stats include handicap games? They favour white by half a stone so higher winrate would be expected. Also doesn’t OGS make the stronger player white even in even games in some situations so that’s a bias that messes up stats.
I used the filter of gotstats to select only even games. The first graph shows that opponents have about the same rating.
OK, but if a 22k plays a 20k in an even game is the colour random or does the 20k get white? I recall white used to be the case, but perhaps changed.
I think it will be hard to get good stats to determine appropriate komi for DDKs without confounding factors.