2D Fox Game - Dispose Of What You Don't Need

[@apventer]

Great running commentary!!!

[@apventer]

I wish I had your insight into what my opponent thinks and whether his / my next move will work! :)

[@G1nkko]

And another thanks for not cuttting the endgame :) very nice video !

[@josephbrowning4220]

Another thanks for not cutting off the end game!

[@Beyondhumanlimits1]

I’m pleased to see you won big and had many moves where you fixed shape not in sente.

[@ChangShuyeGuqin]

Thanks for not cutting off the end game!

[@TritonBaduk]

It’s always tempting.

[@mitsu6276]

Hey, what puzzle collections would you recommend for a 5 kyu player? Would it be a good idea to focus heavily on puzzles?

[@TritonBaduk]

I always suggest getting into a good habit of daily puzzles, including easy timed problems and a small amount of problems your rank. For example, on 101weiqi.com if you get to 5k tsumego rank then start with 10k timed problems and do like 30 of them (can increase rank as you do them) and then do 10+ 5k problems. I would say specific collections should be a separate study because they are often trying to teach you something vs just being reading training. Mostly I would focus on any Tesuji collection you can find or “classic” tsumego collections. Playing games and studying/reviewing is where the most of your time should be spent, but puzzles should be daily if you can manage.

[@mitsu6276]

@@TritonBaduk Thank you for answering!

[@mitsu6276]

​@@TritonBaduk ​Interesting approach, I've been mostly solving more difficult puzzles (4-7kyu on 101weiqi). What do you think the time range should be for easy problems? 6 kyu guans is the best I can do and solving 10 kyu guans, takes me on average 25 seconds per problem. So, it makes me wonder if it would actually be beneficial to solve them.

[@TritonBaduk]

​@@mitsu6276 The goal is to be able to solve them pretty fast, like within 5-10 seconds. You don't have to force this, but when you can get to that point then you move to the next rank. Easy problems often have the same techniques as harder problems. Actually many harder problems are the exact same problem, but a few moves before the easier position occurs. The goal is to train yourself to recognize positions so that, when solving harder problems (or killing/living in a game) you can force those positions to happen. I would start at the easiest guan (15k) and see if you can do each problem in 5-10 seconds, then move up each rank until it takes you longer. Whatever you end up at should be the easier problems you do.

[@mitsu6276]

@@TritonBaduk TYSM!