Four short examples about the back and forth of development/haengma, with attention to forcing moves, tempo, and efficiency.
1st, an example of everything we're going to look at. Black gets the most effeciency he can while white gets in a forcing move. 2nd, an example of punishing a common kyu-joseki/noseki. If you don't get full use of your stones, white's bad move becomes a good move! 3rd, an example of how awareness of their forcing moves can help us fix our shape and ensure we can develop in good style Last, putting it all together, a question about how to develop after the end of a common joseki.
We did our "connecting at the edge" homework review, covered "loose ladders & nets", and looked (briefly) at a Lee Changho game where he knew about a double ladder breaker -- BUT WHEN DID HE KNOW??...
Single digit kyu class at the Seattle Go Center, 2014-10-22 -- connect by capturing, knight's move net, and DOUBLE SNAPBACK ALL THE WAY, plus some miscellaneous L&D problems from the korean set we'...
Major camera failures today by me: I forgot the little tripod adapter piece, so there's some shaky camerawork for the first problem until like 11:20, and I also managed to have the video cut out ha...
For class on 11/19, i rambled a bit about how to not help your opponents shape. Not sure if i picked the best game for the demonstration... We also reviewed a couple problems and reviewed a game p...
Hey all! A few more examples about how "don't let them make shape" can be applied to thinking about joseki. Plus the usual roundup of go problems... do yr homework!
A long one this week as we discuss 4 "trick" plays and how we can think about them, in addition to the usual liberty shortage problems, and some joseki questions from students.
A quick one last week about one of the themes i see when people are reviewing their games; folks get to a place where they see a result they really want to achieve (e.g. "how can i save these stone...