Alright, feeling much better today. Able to focus a bit. So I decided to play a game on KGS. The other player was 23k I was 25k at the time. Which means I got a 2 stone handicap. I was absolutely prepared and planning to lose. I was planning on trying new things and seeing how things worked out. I tried to read a head a little bit in my moves to see what they would provoke from my opponent. The really cool part is when we got to the end I had won. The game felt good. I wasn’t stressed when playing it. And I think I found my mindset necessary to play. I do think if I would have played better I could have killed that group in the top left corner. Definitely going to have to keep working on defending invasions and being more aggressive(maybe more of taking the initiative) in my play.
Here’s the game record:
–John
