Game Finished

Move 176

beeglee[11k]

7 captures

Sebbu[8k]

9 captures

+ 7.5

Ranked

Rules: Chinese

White wins by Resignation

Move 1

May 29, 2017

[15:55] beeglee[11k]: hi, enjoy the game!

Move 2

[20:00] Sebbu[7k]: You too!

Move 171

June 11, 2017

[1:43] beeglee[10k]: well this appears to be a complete butt kicking....

Move 173

[1:59] Sebbu[8k]: Yeah, a bit

Move 175

[2:04] beeglee[10k]: OK if I just resign now?

[2:21] Sebbu[8k]: It is up to you. ^^ If you don't to keep playing, or if you want to try something crazy, I'm fine with either.

Move 176

[2:30] beeglee[10k]: thanks sebbu!

[2:30] beeglee[10k]: if i can think of something interesting...

[2:32] beeglee[10k]: nah, no chinks in the armor. nice game, well done!

[2:33] Sebbu[8k]: Thank you for the game

[2:33] beeglee[10k]: since you destroyed me so completely, I'm wondering if you have any hints...

[2:33] beeglee[10k]: What I could have done better

[2:33] Sebbu[8k]: Done something about the left side

[2:33] Sebbu[8k]: Before I started building walls facing the bottom and top side

[2:34] Sebbu[8k]: that made all of the left side practically impossible to invade

[2:34] Sebbu[8k]: Replay the game and see at which points I started growing the left side into the centre, and when/where you could have indaved or reduced

[2:35] Sebbu[8k]: (I started to grow with move 12, at the risk of giving up the top and right side)

[2:35] Sebbu[8k]: I think you should have attacked the 3-3 too. You left it alone for the whole game and I was able to get a decent corner with it

[2:35] beeglee[10k]: makes sense

[2:36] beeglee[10k]: i'll replay and see

[2:36] Sebbu[8k]: Mind you, I don't recommend that you play it. I was only experimenting with it because of Alphago haha. But I don't like the josekis around it :/

[2:36] Sebbu[8k]: You also played a little too influenced-oriented

[2:37] beeglee[10k]: What do you mean?

[2:37] Sebbu[8k]: Example: Move 13 you played at the star point on the right side. I invaded bottom right corner right away

[2:37] Sebbu[8k]: PLaying on the fourth lines usually means you want influence, playing on the third line usually means territory

[2:37] Sebbu[8k]: Four line stones are very easy to invade and live underneath

[2:38] beeglee[10k]: funny,

[2:38] Sebbu[8k]: Same with the bottom left corner. You played too high and I was able to take away that territory from you

[2:38] beeglee[10k]: i was playing someone else and they said i was too much on the 3rd line

[2:38] beeglee[10k]: i need to find the balance i guess

[2:38] Sebbu[8k]: Yup, balance is good

[2:39] Sebbu[8k]: You want territory but you also don't want to let your opponent get too strong in the centre

[2:40] Sebbu[8k]: Move 56 and 68 is where I grew the left side too big. You couldn't invade anymore but you could reduce

[2:40] beeglee[10k]: yes... i can get away with it against weaker players, but not stronger ones

[2:40] Sebbu[8k]: Also, move 81 is one example of making small moves

[2:41] Sebbu[8k]: You caught two stones, threathening to catch more. But top right corner is still a little bigger than that

[2:42] beeglee[10k]: yes

[2:42] beeglee[10k]: i remember thinking that at the time

[2:42] beeglee[10k]: but still went ahead, given the aji it felt more secure

[2:43] Sebbu[8k]: You still lost about 8 stones in the area though, so it didn't protect that particular aji

[2:43] beeglee[10k]: yeah, that was pretty boneheaded...

[2:43] Sebbu[8k]: Anyway that's mostly it.

[2:43] beeglee[10k]: thanks much, i appreciate the thoughts!

[2:43] Sebbu[8k]: Feel free to challenge me again at any time :)

[2:43] Sebbu[8k]: No worries!

[2:43] beeglee[10k]: will do

[2:43] beeglee[10k]: i'll try and give you more of a run next time

[2:44] Sebbu[8k]: I'm sure you will :)