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Friday, August 27, 2010

The reasons why it is advisable to read

Today, I played a professional. Yongshin Lee 8p who is currently a teacher of New KBC in Hungary. We played a 4 stone handicap game in which reading with foresight should always be the key!

It seems common strategy in handicap for pros to make safe living groups on the sides or corners and once the handicap receiving player builds considerable influence they turn to invade the center moyo and make it a reading contest. Whoever wins the fight will win the game then. The game displayed below shows the game I played and lost. We see all is quite peaceful until in the middle game white becomes split and a fight starts with a black group in between.

(;CA[Windows-1252]AB[pd][dp][pp]AP[MultiGo:4.4.4]SZ[19]AB[dd]GN[Free game]DT[20100827 [17\:05\]]
PB[adoreme 5D*]PW[youngshin 8DP]KM[0.5]HA[4]RE[White Win by Resign!]US[www.cyberoro.com]
MULTIGOGM[1]
;W[fq];B[iq];W[cn];B[fp];W[gp];B[fo];W[dq];B[eq];W[er];B[ep];W[gr];B[cq];W[dr];B[go]
;W[hp];B[cl];W[cf];B[ci];W[fc];B[fd];W[gd];B[fe];W[cc];B[ec];W[cd];B[gc];W[jc];B[hc]
;W[nc];B[lc];W[ne];B[pf];W[kd];B[pb];W[qh];B[og];W[qe];B[pe];W[rd];B[qj];W[qi];B[pj]
;W[oh];B[nh];W[oi];B[ng];W[oj];B[pm];W[ld];B[pq];W[kp];B[jp];W[ko];B[jo];W[jn];B[io]
;W[ho];B[in];W[hn];B[jm];W[kn];B[im];W[ll];B[km];W[lm];B[ln];W[kq];B[hq];W[gq];B[hr]
;W[mn];B[cr];W[hm];B[hl];W[gl];B[hk];W[fm];B[dm];W[fj];B[gi];W[dn];B[en];W[em];B[co]
;W[jk];B[ik];W[ji];B[ii];W[ih];B[gn];W[gm];B[gk];W[fk];B[el];W[dk];B[dl];W[fl];B[eh]
;W[di];B[dh];W[cj];B[bi];W[bj];B[cg];W[bo];B[bm];W[bp];B[cp];W[bn];B[bq];W[fn];B[eo]
;W[al];B[am];W[ck];B[ak];W[aj];B[ap];W[bl];B[bk];W[bl])


What do I learn? More reading training neccesary...

Below we see nice little problem to which I have no solution yet. It is black to play so if you want give it a try.

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