White to move

Move 131

3 Days

Tekkonkinkreet[2k]

1 capture

2d 19h

mattclarke[3k]

2 captures

+ 6.5

Ranked

Rules: Japanese

White to move

Move 1

February 16, 2025

[20:00] Tekkonkinkreet[2k]: what's up

February 17, 2025

[0:46] mattclarke[3k]: Heyo

[0:47] mattclarke[3k]: oh, same old same old

[0:47] mattclarke[3k]: I've been reading a manga called the climber

Move 2

[0:52] Tekkonkinkreet[2k]: what's it about? I watched the Ping Pong anime series by the way. It ends very differently than the book...

Move 4

[1:45] mattclarke[3k]: It's about rock climbing and mountaineering. The art is top notch

[1:46] mattclarke[3k]: But on a deeper level, it's about loneliness, alienation, passion, and ambition

[1:47] mattclarke[3k]: I watched the ping pong anime, but I haven't read the manga

[1:48] mattclarke[3k]: how are they different?

[3:03] Tekkonkinkreet[2k]: The kid who ends up winning 1st place in the final tournament in the anime, Pico?, becomes this burned out loser hanging around video arcades and smoking cigarettes in the manga. I forget what happens to Smile, I think he wins the championship. Basically, the anime paints a brighter picture of the story than the manga does

Move 5

[4:34] mattclarke[3k]: oof - yeah, that's bleak. The anime is more nostalgic or bittersweet in tone at the end

Move 6

[5:05] Tekkonkinkreet[2k]: Does the climber manga have a corresponding anime?

Move 7

[6:19] mattclarke[3k]: ha, funny playing the avalanche and talking about a climbing manga

[6:19] mattclarke[3k]: No, just a manga

Move 8

[15:37] Tekkonkinkreet[2k]: I was thinking the same thing, that’s kind of why I played it

Move 10

February 18, 2025

[0:03] Tekkonkinkreet[2k]: do you know this joseki? I haven't memorized very many...

Move 11

[0:23] mattclarke[3k]: I only remember up to the point where Andrew and Milan would mess it up

Move 12

[1:02] Tekkonkinkreet[2k]: aha

[1:02] Tekkonkinkreet[2k]: i use OGS joseki tool a lot

Move 14

[4:12] mattclarke[3k]: I'll grind out the same opening against AI sometimes

Move 15

[7:30] mattclarke[3k]: All I know is that you could play q6 at r6 if you have the ladder

[7:30] mattclarke[3k]: And that P6 is a move

Move 16

[7:30] mattclarke[3k]: (for me now)

[7:31] mattclarke[3k]: now I'm lost in the woods

Move 17

[7:35] Tekkonkinkreet[2k]: Hmm, P6 isn’t Joseki I don’t think but ok

Move 18

[8:21] mattclarke[3k]: It's similar to o5

Move 27

February 20, 2025

[2:52] mattclarke[3k]: Oooh, one space high pincer

Move 32

[17:37] mattclarke[3k]: This is scary

Move 72

March 7, 2025

[1:50] Tekkonkinkreet[2k]: Do you climb yourself?

[1:50] Tekkonkinkreet[2k]: Or have you ever been climbing?

Move 74

March 8, 2025

[4:42] mattclarke[3k]: I was a bit of a rock gym rat for a few months. I've only gone outdoor climbing once

[4:42] mattclarke[3k]: It's quite fun!

[4:42] mattclarke[3k]: How about yourself?

Move 76

[16:21] Tekkonkinkreet[2k]: I’ve been to a climbing gym a few times as well. I liked it but I feel like my forearms start to burn out very fast. Never actually been real rock climbing but I had a friend in college was did it and he was very cool.

[16:23] Tekkonkinkreet[2k]: Also, I used to love this Netflix show called “The beast” about an obstacle course and lots of different people from different fitness backgrounds would compete to win. But I noticed that the contestants who always seemed to do the best were climbers…

[16:24] Tekkonkinkreet[2k]: Actually the show was called “The Ultimate Beastmaster”

[16:24] Tekkonkinkreet[2k]: Just looked it up

Move 78

[17:42] mattclarke[3k]: Yeah, forearms run out of juice fast!

[17:43] mattclarke[3k]: I ran into issues with my shoulders, but I learned better form and that stopped

Move 79

March 11, 2025

[4:19] mattclarke[3k]: What do you usually do for exercise?

Move 82

[17:59] Tekkonkinkreet[2k]: I bike a lot, sometimes I do yoga with instructional videos... I have been trying to do 20 pushups and 30 situps everyday for the last few months

[18:00] Tekkonkinkreet[2k]: When we met, I was going to the gym everyday, I got pretty pretty fit back then...

Move 83

March 13, 2025

[19:53] mattclarke[3k]: 💪

Move 84

[20:17] mattclarke[3k]: I'm doing bodyweight stuff 2-3 times a week too.

[20:17] mattclarke[3k]: It's fun to try out different versions of the same exercise and progress through them

[22:06] Tekkonkinkreet[2k]: I wish I shared your enthusiasm for fitness. I don't find it very fun

March 14, 2025

[0:12] Tekkonkinkreet[2k]: not anymore I mean. I used to enjoy going to the gym, haven't been in a long time

Move 86

[19:29] mattclarke[3k]: The enthusiasm exists mostly when I'm not exercising. It's a struggle to get started, but I'm pushing myself!

Move 92

March 16, 2025

[17:11] mattclarke[3k]: A most dangerous game x_x

[18:24] Tekkonkinkreet[2k]: well... i need more points, you've got all the corners

Move 97

March 19, 2025

[4:15] Tekkonkinkreet[2k]: Have you seen this?

[4:15] Tekkonkinkreet[2k]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touching_the_Void_(film)

[4:15] Tekkonkinkreet[2k]: Great movie about a horrible climbing accident

Move 98

[16:55] mattclarke[3k]: I haven't but I have found a way to watch it <_<

[16:55] mattclarke[3k]: I'll let you know when I watch it

[20:54] Tekkonkinkreet[2k]: yeah lmk. very intense

Move 100

March 21, 2025

[16:27] Tekkonkinkreet[2k]: I'm planning on going to the European Go Congress in Poland. How did you find out about that Osaka Go camp thing?

Move 101

March 24, 2025

[14:56] mattclarke[3k]: That should be fun!

Move 102

[15:00] mattclarke[3k]: Something about it being international makes it seem more prestigious than the American Go Congress

[15:01] mattclarke[3k]: I learned about Osaka from Audrey or Andrew. I went woth both of them. I think some of the older crowd went there years ago too

Move 110

March 29, 2025

[15:29] mattclarke[3k]: I went biking for the first time in like two years last weekend with Audrey

[15:29] mattclarke[3k]: I brought up the Rockport trip we all did years ago

Move 112

March 30, 2025

[23:05] Tekkonkinkreet[2k]: what did she say?

Move 113

April 1, 2025

[17:14] Tekkonkinkreet[2k]: I joined a climbing gym

Move 114

April 2, 2025

[14:50] mattclarke[3k]: oh she didn't say much

[14:50] mattclarke[3k]: Mostly she was complaining about how she can't bike very fast

[14:51] mattclarke[3k]: That's cool! what's the Gym like? More bouldering or more top rope stuff?

[15:55] Tekkonkinkreet[2k]: Both actually. A lot of bouldering and top rope, I just learned how to do top rope the other day, it's cool

Move 116

April 3, 2025

[0:58] mattclarke[3k]: A climbing gym is a great way to meet people and make friends

[0:59] mattclarke[3k]: I remember there was this one guy I kept seeing. Eventually I asked him if he is here every day. He said he was going to ask me the same thing.

[0:59] mattclarke[3k]: Turns out our schedules just signed up

Move 121

[2:39] Tekkonkinkreet[2k]: Where are you these days?

April 5, 2025

[0:09] mattclarke[3k]: I'm in the burbs a bit out from Boston

[0:09] mattclarke[3k]: Gonna move to camberville once I find a good place

Move 122

April 6, 2025

[0:13] Tekkonkinkreet[2k]: I thought you were in Portugal or something... Your profile indicates that you are still in Portugal at any rate...

Move 124

April 8, 2025

[2:02] mattclarke[3k]: I'm working on getting Portuguese citizenship