amazing comentatory. i learn a lot from the game and the way you story tell about it. awesome

After White plays his move 74, the normal move for connecting involves sacrificing the black stone on the third line. Your cut at move 75 is correct. After White ataries with move 76, you should normally counter-atari on top (which is a move you had considered earlier) and then push through. This is the normal pattern but the ensuing fight gets difficult for you since White has lots of friendly stones nearby. After White pincers you, KaTrain recommends attaching to the left of White's corner stone. This leads to a successful invasion but the technique isn't obvious.

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I have also had this issue on this game. There is something about the way the lower level AI plays that throws me off and I can't put my finger on it. I'm glad to see its not just me having that issue. Great video quality by the way! Keep it up! *edit* I forgot to mention. In your settings you can change the speed in which the AI plays. I have mine turned down so it moves more slowly to mimic the speed at which I play so I don't find myself feeling rushed to play a move.

Good job! You played that one very well! Oh... and bye the way, today I also achieved 4k in the Just Go Career mode gameplay. So, it does indeed look like their ranking is around six or seven stones stronger than sites like OGS, KGS, IGS and Fox.

Cool game! Such massive captures! You convinced me to buy the Just Go game. I played 23 games in Career mode so far and progressively ranked up from 10k to 5k. I probably will gain another one or two stones before levelling off. I'm ranked 12k on IGS and 11k on KGS. So, I'd say rankings on online servers are at least six or seven stones stronger than they are on Just Go. The software is indeed very pleasant to use and the interface very neat and polished. It also has decent game analysis features! Contraband Go, however, advocates against using AI to review your games since it may lead one to copy "good moves" without understanding them. It may still be useful for spotting blunders or getting hints about josekis, although I prefer using KaTrain for this.

In hindsight, for the last game, I should have focused on capturing the bottom right group rather than the middle group. Should have left the middle connect back to the top group and took what I can. This blunder alone probably costed me an extra 40 points.

I have been really enjoying the content and keep up the awesome videos. I wonder if the handicap issue is a bug, has it been reported?

Black's move 13 is indeed senteish but for a different reason than the one you explain. If black comes out of atari at r3, you can atari back from the other side (at s3) and if black descends again at r2, you play s2. Black has to turn at q2. You then block at p2 and black is captured since he only has two liberties. (If he ataries at p4 or p3, you defend by playing the other one.) Rather, the reason why the move is threatening is because, if you tenuki, black can atari at s3 and squeeze. That is, after you capture at r3, black ataries at t4, forcing you to fill up the eye at r4. Black then steals the corner by playing s2 and you not only lost the corner, you end up with bad shape. The move only is senteish, though, since black ends up having cutting points and the big move that you can make elsewhere if you tenuki might largely compensate for the local loss after black squeezes and lets you take sente yet again. Congrats for ranking back up!

I really love this game.

amazing as always!🎉

This one was quite funny. Black really threw it, didn't they ;-)

Seeing you playing against the AI is fun but I'd love seeing you also play live games against human opponents once in a while on a server like OGS, KGS or IGS. This also changes the nature of the commentary since what makes a move good against AI isn't necessarily the same as what makes a move good against a human. What makes a group secure, a connection solid enough, or some territory invadable, depends on the skill level of your opponent, Since they're similar to yours, your assessment are often correct due to the fact that they generally share the same blind spots. AI always has the skill to play the best move but they are dumbed down through throwing random errors that don't have a clear rationale behind them (unlike humans who usually have at least a faulty rationale for playing bad moves). (KataGo can be used with a model that has been specifically trained to emulate the style of a 5kyu player, so its mistakes would make more sense, but I am using the KaTrain interface to run KataGo and support for this model hasn't been implemented yet, unfortunately.)

i dont understand this game. you lose corner, side, but manage to win a lot of teritory on center. i guess if you managed to stay connected, it increase your winning chance a alot

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Another nice game! On move 50, you disconnected six black stones that have little influence on the outside and you are allowing black to live pretty much unconditionally with his k16 move, which also takes away some living space for your group on the top right. My instinct would have been to peep at j17 instead (which is a move you indeed considered) since black can't make two eyes at the top (e19 and g19 are miai) and black then has to run out. You can both profit and make your white group stronger as you attack even if he manages to escape. KaTrain agrees that peeping is the right play for move 50 but after black would have blocked at g17, it recommends j18 to continue the attack. I hadn't seen this continuation but it makes sense since if black is allowed to play there, he can then run out and, if he fails to escape, has g19 as an option to live unconditionally at any time (making e19 and j19 miai). On another note, the black moyo on the lower right also is somethings that I would have struggled to cope with. Unlike human players of comparable ranks who tend to "auto-answer" locally, AIs are better at taking sente when they see big moves elsewhere!

good game. its very entertaining and educating with your way of thought. gimme some insight what must to do in game. bravo!

The turning point in this game may have been move 82. There was no need to make eye shape since you were already solidly connected to your living group on the upper left. A stone in the middle left side instead could have had both the options of making a base below, or of running to safety towards the middle group on the right. At the same time, it would have threatened to kill the four black stones above. Black would have been hard pressed to prevent you from realizing all three of those option.

Very nice game. Your shoulder hit at move 51 (j9) had me worried. My thought was that shoulder hits are good for reduction, not for stopping your opponent from reducing you. But then, I entered your game in KaTrain, and your move is the AI choice! If white plays well after that, you are forced to give up part of your moyo, but you also secure another part of it in the process while white makes no points and you gain influence to help further reduce white later. So, well played!

as a beginner, its fun to watch others playing. trying to memorize which shape is good, superior and bad. thanks,

"Only 50 games?" It says undernearth "Favorite a match to save it", so maybe clicking the little hearts will keep more, but they only keep the last 50 not-favorited ones? You'd still need to remember to favorite them, but that's probably less effort than exporting them all.

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How does Just Go compare to the online-go web app? My gripe with online-go is that the bots are so inconsistent.. you pick a bot that shows one rating and then when the match starts the rating is completely different, and I don't feel like either ratings are accurate (some bots that should be harder seem much easier, and vice versa).

thanks for the review! I had him, misread, and blew it 😂

I'm 18k, not 12k unfortunately (I've been stuck around 18/19k for what seems like forever!). Thank you for the great commentary! I think the suggestions/tips are more likely to sink in when in response to moves I know I make a lot 😄 I was sad around move 187 too.. I thought it was over, but I got a bit lucky with Dferret not spotting my plan around 228 - quite satisfying! 😄

Yay! And congratulations on starting up your Go Club!! ^_^

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Thank you, because of you I know that this nice game exists on Steam. I wish it was ported to switch or playstation

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Are you thinking about doing more games? I just found your channel and I think your teaching style is what I'm looking for at my rank.

Great review! It's nice to see a new face in Go commentary.

Great comment man- keep doing same job!

cool commentary man, also very cool board! Very unfortunate game for Mochy, expecially towards the end

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I am new to go and always wanted to find someone who can cover these. I would like to see what it looks like to see these events live.

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GG!! I was panicking throughout :3

nice to see you playing live go! keep them coming!

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Funny commentary. Yep, a blunder.

since e1 white is dead, the correct move would be f2,d1,e1,f1,e3

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