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Rules: Japanese
Black to move
csu.imamoglu[17k]: yoroshiku :)
csu.imamoglu[17k]: we have time :)
Move 31
SgtSunshine[14k]: this is true
SgtSunshine[14k]: anyway, I think I was being a bit pessimistic.
csu.imamoglu[17k]: pessimism can detach us from reality, as it did in this case. sometimes it brings us closer
Move 33
SgtSunshine[14k]: you know what an optimist is?
csu.imamoglu[17k]: I don't know, I'm not an optimist. but sometimes I'm a pessimist ^^
Move 35
SgtSunshine[14k]: an optimist is just a pessimist with no experience :)
February 26, 2025
SgtSunshine[14k]: this happens to me a lot playing black in a handicap game. I get into a fight early on, lose it, and I'm on the back foot for the rest of the game. sometimes it's me starting the fight, sometimes my opponent provokes it.
csu.imamoglu[17k]: I agree with what you said about optimism :)
csu.imamoglu[17k]: I try to be realistic. sometimes, pessimism can be a big part of realism. but I've also seen that it can distance me from reality at times
csu.imamoglu[17k]: your relationship with the black stones and your awareness of it are interesting—in a good way. :)
Move 37
February 27, 2025
SgtSunshine[13k]: Reinhold Messner said he didn't climb mountains to stand on summits, but to learn about himself. Go is like that too, but I guess any activity can be, as long as you're sufficiently into it.
csu.imamoglu[17k]: yes, you're right, how beautiful. :) it reminded me of Basho, the haiku poet. Even when he was ill, he traveled from mountain to mountain, writing haiku
csu.imamoglu[17k]: his goal wasn't to reach a specific place
Move 75
March 6, 2025
SgtSunshine[14k]: interesting fight. I kind of wish I hadn't got in it, but there's no way to tenuki, I let my stones get heavy :(
csu.imamoglu[16k]: I think I won't be able to achieve a good outcome in this area for myself
csu.imamoglu[16k]: :')
Move 77
SgtSunshine[14k]: I doubt I'll be able to kill the group in the centre, but it's a perfect opportunity to work on reining in my bloodlust. besides, there's bigger places to play. the question is when it's safe to tenuki.
March 7, 2025
csu.imamoglu[17k]: that's a good question :)
SgtSunshine[14k]: qq
Move 89
March 10, 2025
SgtSunshine[14k]: looks like I get to live, but you're looking strong in the north.
Move 93
SgtSunshine[14k]: cunning...
March 12, 2025
csu.imamoglu[17k]: but obvious
Move 95
SgtSunshine[14k]: I've missed more obvious things than that :)
March 13, 2025
csu.imamoglu[17k]: :) me too
Move 107
March 18, 2025
SgtSunshine[13k]: killing the centre group would make about 28 points I think, but there's so much empty space on the board that makes me think I should be playing there instead.
SgtSunshine[13k]: especially since there's no guarantee of killing it anyway.
SgtSunshine[13k]: it's a major weakness in my game that I get caught up trying to kill a group just for the sake of it, instead of considering what the best move might be.
SgtSunshine[13k]: also, you should be deeply suspicious of a stone played in a place it can't live. my philosophy tutor, who was Greek Cypriot, used to say that if you shake hands with a Greek, you should count your fingers afterwards :)
SgtSunshine[13k]: anyway, if you kill the white stone, the centre group dies, if you don't, then the chase continues and the stones on the left are under pressure.
SgtSunshine[13k]: interesting how having the advantage means you can make your opponents best option for survival, an opportunity for profit.
SgtSunshine[13k]: human society under capitalism, writ large on the gowan. every political activist should play Go...
SgtSunshine[13k]: hope this doesn't sound condescending. it's not meant that way. sometimes a thought pops into my head and I lack the self-control to keep it there.
SgtSunshine[13k]: also gowan =goban - I hate autocorrect.
March 19, 2025
csu.imamoglu[16k]: sometimes a stone might try to save a position where it cannot live, outside of an attack plan ^^ it didn’t sound condescending. I think everyone should play Go. but I’ve noticed something—I struggle to maintain focus in these long games. I’ve realized that I’m better in fast-paced games. I wonder why that is. :)
Move 109
SgtSunshine[13k]: with me it's because I forget what my plan was between moves, and I don't take any longer to think in a correspondence game than a live one.
March 22, 2025
csu.imamoglu[17k]: me too!
csu.imamoglu[17k]: Sorry, I can't check my phone or the game much. Things are a bit chaotic in my country, and I don't have time because I'm following the events.
Move 111
SgtSunshine[14k]: that sounds ominous
SgtSunshine[14k]: hope you're safe
csu.imamoglu[17k]: yes, thank you. maybe something will be alright. I hope
Move 142
csu.imamoglu[17k]: thank you
Move 143
SgtSunshine[14k]: if I disappear in the next day or so, it will be because I can't credit my phone
April 2, 2025
csu.imamoglu[16k]: I will wait :)
csu.imamoglu[16k]: nice!
csu.imamoglu[16k]: how are you
csu.imamoglu[16k]: in these days
Move 147
April 4, 2025
SgtSunshine[14k]: I'm safe enough in the UK, for now, but bad things are coming it seems.
April 5, 2025
csu.imamoglu[16k]: I'm worried... what kind of things?
Move 149
SgtSunshine[14k]: well there's a crazy guy in charge of the world's largest military. I can't imagine that ending well. the far right is on the rise all over Europe. it's not like we don't know where this goes.
April 6, 2025
csu.imamoglu[16k]: you're right, the same issue exists here too—strange things have been happening for the past two weeks. people are angry and me too. what really frustrates me is that while we’re busy dealing with the actions of these psychotic men, we can’t focus on truly important issues like global warming.
Move 151
SgtSunshine[15k]: yeah. when I was 15, this was the stuff of dystopian fiction.
April 7, 2025
csu.imamoglu[15k]: yes... we must not forget to create–discover, protect, and live our own ways of being
Move 157
April 9, 2025
SgtSunshine[14k]: at least in times like these it's easier not to take the future for granted
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