My 2023 NA Pro Quals Recap
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- čas přidán 17. 08. 2023
- The pro quals in 2023 were fun! I didn't play my best, but I'm clear on what I have to improve - plain hard skill :D
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Congrats on an awesome tournament. Thanks for streaming and teaching us.
the hour of pro tele has merely been delayed, not stopped
All though it may not have been your strongest showing, I really enjoyed watching you play this tournament. You played really good, hard-nosed Go, as did your competitors. Tough field, for sure!
Was hoping you’d get pro. You’re a great player and teacher. Keep going!!
Keep going dude! you're gonna be pro one day.
Thanks for the video! You may not have played your best in every game, but the review format was interesting, and it sure is something else to have the thought process behind a mistake, as flawed as it was! ^_^ I really enjoy all your commentaries, be it on your own games or on pro ones. Keep it up!
Chen was definitely most qualified to be pro.
I'm happy he won to represent us. Sad about lukas podpera in europe.
What happened to Lukas?
@@knotwilg3596 Highest ranked European amateur. The only one 7d I believe, but 6 years in a row he lost in the finals of the qualification tournament. I think they should just give him pro status regardless due to his high rank. His skill is proven. Telegraph has videos of him.
This order of moves against Eric makes so much more sense 😅
Great games! Learned a lot from them, as I'm sure you did too. Next time!
Kudos to you for keeping on playing even after the frustrating losses.
1:30 Isn't it because then blocking the top with Black F18 then has a follow up? There are some "tesuji" in which kosumis are better than keimas because there's no sente follow up, but I suppose you probably know these better than I do.
Just a 4kyu, but is it possible that at 1:47 E18 is better than the kosumi because in the game Michael attached and you responded, whereas with the kosumi you wouldn’t need to?
Of course! But, after that, the tendency would be to believe that white's f17 threat of pushing through and splitting black's attaching stone is making a better shape than if black had made no exchange at all. It's a small detail, whatever the true answer is
Although white can get a bit more from their follow up, black can also get a bit more from his connect follow up. Notably in this game black missed the chance to play d18 d17 e19 c18 in sente.
I never understand this argument: "I wanted to practice my Endgame" when playing on in a lost game with a big gap. How can you learn something if your opponent has no reason to play a sharp endgame? If anything, you're learning moves which are not optimal, so the opposite of what you want to learn. So you're doing yourself a disservice. There may be good reasons to play on, but certainly not this.
Personally I play over a real board quite rarely, and I find counting move values a bit different compared to online, so I practiced. Miscounting and misjudgments are a much more severe source of error in endgame at this level than lack of sharpness, in my opinion.
@@telegraphgo Isn't that the same? "Sharpness" in play implies sharpness in counting. But if you need a different perspective, I'd recommend getting away from the computer and getting some good endgame problem books. I'd recommend "Brilliant Endgame Plays" from Kweon Kap-yong. These are whole board 13x13 endgame problems and are basically all about counting accurately (although it doesn't hurt to learn one or the other Tesuji along the way).