Tuesday 12 October 2010

Teaching game at the chess club.

I went to the chess club today, hoping that I might possibly be able to perhaps play a game, or even get some new people interested in go too. I was delighted to find out that the kid I had played against last week was totally in for a new game. This time he wanted to play on the 13x13 board. At first we took a quick match of atari-go and he owned me in just a few moves. I thought it would be a good time to start playing for real, so I told him to place the handicap, so he did, all five of them. And the game took off... In the end I kind of messed up the score because there was some distraction, so after I got home, ate dinner and had a beer I decided to recreate the game as an SGF and get it scored right. And here it is:


(;GM[1]FF[4]CA[UTF-8]AP[CGoban:3]ST[2]RU[Japanese]SZ[13]HA[5]KM[0.50]GN[teaching game at the chess club]PW[AmbyR00]PB[Go beginner]AB[dd][jd][gg][dj][jj]RE[W+38.50]
;W[cc]
;B[dc]
;W[cd]
(;B[db]
;W[de]
(;B[da]
;W[kc]
(;B[jc]
;W[kd]
(;B[je]
;W[ke]
;B[jf]
;W[kf]C[White is building a great wall and securing territory. There's a slight danger of getting closed in, but white is already "peeking" around the corner on the other side.]
;B[jb]
;W[ck]
;B[kg]
;W[lg]
;B[mg]C[White is happy and thanks for the prisoner.]
;W[lf]
;B[mf]C[Yum yum.]
;W[mh]
;B[jg]
;W[li]
;B[kj]
(;W[lj]C[White moves too small, it's easy to block and secure.]
;B[lk]
;W[mk]
;B[ml]
;W[mj]
;B[ll]
;W[dk]C[These kinds of moves can not go un-answered.]
(;B[hg]
;W[cj]
;B[ej]
;W[ed]
(;B[di]
;W[ci]
(;B[ig]C[A bit too small. Should go for bigger points.]
;W[dh]
(;B[ij]C[Small, again.]
(;W[fe]
(;B[ja]C[Small move.]
;W[ek]
;B[fj]
;W[fk]
;B[gk]
;W[gj]
(;B[gl]
;W[fi]
;B[hj]
;W[gi]
;B[hi]
;W[fc]
;B[gh]
;W[gd]C[White is playing very small.]
(;B[fh]
;W[ei]
;B[gm]
;W[hc]C[White is dancing in blacks area in small steps. And D11 is almost dead. Last chance for black to make a saving move.]
(;B[ff]
;W[ib]C[Black D11 died here.]
;B[id]
;W[eb]
;B[lb]C[After some discussion, black decided to take my advice and try reducing by invasion.]
;W[kb]
;B[ka]
;W[lc]
(;B[ma]
;W[mc]
(;B[la]
;W[kh]
;B[jh]
;W[ki]
;B[ji]
;W[gf]
;B[dm]
(;W[fl]C[White made a mistake. Black is sure to exploit. Not bad!]
;B[fm]
;W[el]
;B[em]
;W[cl]
;B[cm]
;W[bl]
;B[bm]
;W[al]
;B[ga]C[This came as a suggestion from a chess player who was watching the game. As having never played go before, he had no idea this move would really work, but it was a good idea anyway.]
(;W[ea]
;B[ia]
;W[gb]
;B[ha]
;W[cb]
;B[fg]
;W[ef]
;B[eg]
;W[dg]
;B[hf]
;W[ge]
;B[he]
;W[hd]
;B[hb]
;W[ic]
;B[fa]
;W[fb]
;B[]C[The end. The game was practically over, and moreover it was abruptly stopped by a phonecall from my wife. We had run out of wok veggies. I ended up going to the grocery.]
;W[ca]
;B[]
;W[]TW[aa][ba][da][ab][bb][db][ac][bc][dc][ec][gc][ad][bd][dd][fd][ld][md][ae][be][ce][ee][le][me][af][bf][cf][df][mf][ag][bg][cg][mg][ah][bh][ch][lh][ai][bi][di][mi][aj][bj][dj][ej][fj][ak][bk]TB[ie][if][hh][ih][ii][hk][ik][jk][kk][hl][il][jl][kl][hm][im][jm][km][lm][mm]C[White: 47 territory + 10 captures + 0.5 komi = 57.5
Black: 19 territory + 0 captures = 19.0

White wins by 38.5])
(;W[ia]C[This would have foiled the plan. I showed the both outcomes, and we decided to continue from E13.]))
(;W[cl]))
(;B[df]
(;W[cf]
;B[dg]
;W[cg]
;B[eh]
;W[ef]
;B[eg]
;W[ee]
;B[he]
;W[gf]
;B[fg]
;W[ge]
;B[hf])
(;W[mb]
;B[la]
;W[eg]
;B[ef]
;W[cf]
;B[dg]
;W[cg]
;B[fg]
;W[eh]
;B[ee]
;W[ce]
;B[ge]
;W[fd]
;B[hd])))
(;B[mb]
;W[mc]
;B[la]))
(;B[ga]))
(;B[ga]
;W[fb]
;B[fa]
;W[gb]
;B[ha]
;W[hb]
;B[ia]
;W[ea]
;B[eb]))
(;B[gi]C[Only move.]))
(;B[gc]C[Still time to connect.]
;W[ec]
;B[eb]
;W[fc]
;B[fb]
;W[gd]
;B[hc]
;W[hd]
;B[id]))
(;W[ec]C[White could go for kill here. Getting late, and D11 can prove problematic.]
;B[eb]
;W[fb]
;B[fa]
;W[ga]
;B[ea]
;W[gb]))
(;B[eh]
;W[dg]
;B[eg]
;W[ef]
;B[ff]
;W[fe]
;B[ge]
;W[gd]C[Small moves, but effective for white. If black were to take C6 the tables are turned.])
(;B[ee]
;W[fe]
;B[ef]
;W[df]
;B[eg]
(;W[dg]
;B[eh]C[Might possibly work.])
(;W[eh]
;B[fh]
;W[dg]
;B[fd]
;W[ec]
;B[fc]
;W[eb]
;B[fb]
;W[ea])))
(;B[gc]C[Bigger points.]
(;W[ec]
;B[eb]
;W[fb]
;B[fc]
;W[gb]
;B[hb]
;W[cb]
;B[fa]C[Like this...])
(;W[eb]
;B[ec]
;W[fb]
;B[fc]
;W[gb]
;B[hb]
;W[hc]
;B[hd]C[Like this...]))
(;B[lb]C[Bigger points.]
;W[kb]
;B[ka]
;W[lc]
;B[mb]
;W[mc]
;B[la]C[Reduction.])
(;B[ch]
;W[bh]
;B[cg]
;W[bg]
;B[cf]
;W[bf]
;B[ce]C[I think MASSIVE points here.]
(;W[ee]
;B[gc])
(;W[ee]
(;B[bd]
(;W[bc]
;B[be]
;W[fb]
;B[ac]
;W[ab]
;B[ad])
(;W[cb]
;B[bc]
;W[ca]
;B[bb]))
(;B[bd]
;W[be]
;B[bc]
;W[cb]
;B[bb]
;W[ca]))))
(;B[gb]C[Should secure some territory and saves the D11 group. G11 could work too, giving more points.]))
(;B[ek]
;W[ej]
;B[di]
;W[fk]
;B[el]
;W[fj]
;B[fl]
;W[gl]
;B[gk]
;W[hl]
;B[dl]
;W[hj]C[The fight is fierce.]))
(;W[lk]
;B[lj]
;W[mj]
;B[kk]
;W[ll]
;B[kl]
;W[km]
;B[jm]
;W[lm]
;B[il]C[Compared to M4, here white reduced 7 more points from black and gained 3. M3 would have gained white 10 more points.]))
(;B[ke]
;W[le]
;B[kf]
;W[lf]
;B[kg]
;W[jb]
;B[ib]
;W[kb]
;B[hc]C[Joseki... But could be better to make it horizontal.]))
(;B[kd]
;W[jc]
;B[ic]
;W[ib]
;B[hc]
;W[hb]
;B[gc]
;W[ld]
;B[le]
;W[lc]
;B[kf]C[Maybe even like this.]))
(;B[gc]C[Extend & secure territory.]))
(;B[ce]
;W[be]
;B[cf]
;W[bf]
;B[cg]
;W[db]
;B[eb]
;W[cb]
;B[fc]C[3-3 Joseki]))


Argh. I can't seem to get Eidogo to show the variations. Something wrong with the SGF perhaps. Anyone know what could be the problem here? I posted the SGF on pastebin if someone is able and wants to make corrections. It'd be nice if it worked though. I'm a bit too tired to work on it now because it's already way over midnight here. But hey, I hope you like the game!

There was this one thing on my mind... Oh yes. I was checking out twitter and my new followers, and I discovered one of them, RazorBrain, has his own blog: RazorBrain's Go Journal. Looks nice, and has a lot of neat problems for all the beginners out there, with explanatory videos to accompany them. Check the site out!

But, habitually yours is going to take a short nap before taking his son to the daycare. (Damn, is it 1am again???) Ohh... btw. I was told I should be eating 10k's for breakfast, or something like that. I'll see how that goes, after all, I'm only 12k because of rank drift. Of course, if a 4dan tells you something like that there must be some truth to it. Maybe I'm not bad after all. ^^ See you soon, and have great games (gg) while waiting for the next update. Hopefully I can play soon too! Good night!

Update: The problem corrected itself over-night.

1 comment:

  1. Oh, the variations work now. I must have done something right before going to bed last night. ^^

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