As promised, here is evidence of my redemption for yesterday’s atrocious play.

Here’s to hoping that I learned my lesson and never have to do this again. xD

Today’s game was a reminder of a concept I was told long ago in one of my teaching games:

The less groups you have on the board, the more likely it is that you’re going to win.

Sounds simple enough right? And yet at the same time, why is this the case?

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So I played my first teaching game on KGS today. It was a pretty quick game with a 3-dan who UTTERLY demolished me. I couldn’t help but laugh as I watched my shapes get cut up into tiny little pieces and get swallowed up whole by Leviathan. Don’t even want to think about what it would be like to play a pro right now…. head explodes

Anyhow, here is the following onslaught. The 3-dan has an interesting idea called: One Point Teaching Game. At first I was like do I pay him a point or something…. but then it became clear to me at the end. He gives one solid point for the player to work on. BRILLIANT! Considering weak players are being pulled five millions different directions at once (e.g. life and death, tesuji, opening theory, etc.), it’s nice to have one solid thing to focus on.

So I’m sure the question then is, what was my one point lesson for today?

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