For today's go meditation, I am showing the game where I became more aware of the impact of moves on a whole board scale in regards to "slow" moves along with how differentiating between active and passive moyos caused a shift in how I now valued certain moves. It is a teaching game that is a bit short, but hopefully it helps to illustrate what went on in my mind during that game.

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For today's go meditation, we continue on with handicap go! Here is another game from my kadoban with Paul. In this game, there is a lot of interesting exchanges and swings in the game; but it ultimately boils down to White ending a ko fight too early that leads to my demise.

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And we're back to handicap games! In my kadoban with my friend Paul, it seems we are at a stalemate with 3 stones. Today's game is one where you will see how difficult it is to truly silence an opponent's stones in addition to how speed of development at the opening can poise White to even out the battlefield.

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Today's game comes from the last ranked game that I played on KGS. There are parts of the game that I'm proud of, but overall I felt it was a bit reckless of me for the most part. Perhaps it was due to the fact that my attention was split, but it is a game that I should have convincingly lost and somehow make a rather exciting comeback.

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We're taking a break from handicap games this week and revisiting a game that I got to play with my longtime friend and rival Nate! It is a game that is fraught with big swings and a big case of kyu tunnel vision from both players. This is probably one of my last Chinese fuseki games for a while, so I hope that you enjoy it!

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For this week, I'm happy to announce the premiere of my first official three stone handicap game (since turning a new leaf over with handicap games). At this point, my study of handicap games have come to a halt due to a necessity to revamp my training schedule, but hopefully you will still find this game review helpful in your next 3 stones handicap game!

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In continuation of the last MGM, today's game is another 2 stone handicap game where I play White and endure a difficult battle. On the upside though, I am happy to report that handicap games are starting to become less fearsome as time goes on. And to clarify, it's not so much that I'm sure that I can win; but I see the handicap stones as more of a complicated obstacle course instead of a huge tower of death where I am sure to lose.

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When it comes to handicap games, I think a majority of players would agree with me that it is far more scary to play White than to play Black. With that being said, I thought it would only be appropriate that I started showcasing some of my games as White in handicap games. So, without further adieu, let us start with the easiest handicap game (but still terrifying) you can play as White: a two-stone handicap.

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With all my talk about handicap games last week, I only thought it be appropriate to feature a 3 stone game against my friend Tilwen. Hope you enjoy!

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This is my first proper ranked game in almost two months. Although I'm sad to say that I have not been able to have a decisive win yet, it was a game where I felt I was actually in control and not attempting to be too reckless. Plenty of mistake were made, but I am happy to say that my mistakes were never on epic proportions. =D

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