Burn, Pillage, and Blunder.
Yes, you read this correctly.
Burn, Pillage, and Blunder.
That seems to be the mindset of my games lately. Concentration level isn't easy to maintain. One moment, you're charging ahead and attacking everything very effectively, feeling like a strong dan player, then suddenly, next moment, your mind goes blank, and you look at the position. You're looking at it calmly. You know what is going on, but your mind is blank. You gingerly pick up a stone, and plunk it down, because you think that it's best answer.
Bam.
Opponent's stone suddenly flies in and takes its rightful place.
You're looking at it.
And going dammnit. Blunder. A gigantic group just died. Only because of that small lapse of concentration. Anything could swing back.
Fortunately, despite that 30-40 points worth of blunder, I managed to fight back and take most of that back from his territory by driving into what he have with a little shobute. In fact, he mishandled, just pretty much like I mishandled that one teeny blunder. Fortunate, since I'm supposed to win, with 90-points corner, but cannot believe a blunder can happen in simplest way.
Just...happened. Not sure if all reading in the world would help, but rather, an ability to organize your thoughts, and way you look at the game. That would help, but it is tough when your mind just goes blank, even if you know what is going on.
Apparently, I'm glad that I'm not alone, because Chang Hao, a professional player from China apparently have the same problem. He actually said in a review of the game that his mind went blank when he saw a move happen, and tried to find a way around it, but just couldn't find it in time despite the obvious move.
Blunders do happen. But rather, it is a matter of disclipine of really understanding what is really going on. Experience do help, because with more practice, you're less and less likely to blunder. So therefore, Burn, Pillage and Plunder.
Burn, Pillage, and Blunder.
That seems to be the mindset of my games lately. Concentration level isn't easy to maintain. One moment, you're charging ahead and attacking everything very effectively, feeling like a strong dan player, then suddenly, next moment, your mind goes blank, and you look at the position. You're looking at it calmly. You know what is going on, but your mind is blank. You gingerly pick up a stone, and plunk it down, because you think that it's best answer.
Bam.
Opponent's stone suddenly flies in and takes its rightful place.
You're looking at it.
And going dammnit. Blunder. A gigantic group just died. Only because of that small lapse of concentration. Anything could swing back.
Fortunately, despite that 30-40 points worth of blunder, I managed to fight back and take most of that back from his territory by driving into what he have with a little shobute. In fact, he mishandled, just pretty much like I mishandled that one teeny blunder. Fortunate, since I'm supposed to win, with 90-points corner, but cannot believe a blunder can happen in simplest way.
Just...happened. Not sure if all reading in the world would help, but rather, an ability to organize your thoughts, and way you look at the game. That would help, but it is tough when your mind just goes blank, even if you know what is going on.
Apparently, I'm glad that I'm not alone, because Chang Hao, a professional player from China apparently have the same problem. He actually said in a review of the game that his mind went blank when he saw a move happen, and tried to find a way around it, but just couldn't find it in time despite the obvious move.
Blunders do happen. But rather, it is a matter of disclipine of really understanding what is really going on. Experience do help, because with more practice, you're less and less likely to blunder. So therefore, Burn, Pillage and Plunder.
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