Subtlety

Subtlety.

Possibly...

most difficult part of go is subtlety.

Subtlety is what puts us apart from professional players. It's also what puts us apart from high dan players.

Think back to all forcing moves that you made. How many of them are necessary? Are they that important? Do you even need them?

Think back to that big wall you made. Did you needed to push one more? Can you? Or can you just tenuki, and work with wall from distance?

If I pushed one more, would it give my opponent too good of a shape? If I hit with shoulder, would that help me or him more?

Go is like a dance, you have to keep balance, you do not want to fall back, or fall on your opponent, and your opponent just let you go past, and walk over you.

If your move seems to help him more than it helps you, it may be a mistake, but how to see them? It is difficult, and requires a lot of thought. Tremendous amount of study and thought. It is actually simple at the same time, but we have to go back and look at how we play, and throw away all old habits that we have developed over the time, and play the board with open mind.

In fact...I will throw up some examples soon. Soon as I figure out what I'm talking about. There are numerous examples for me to think about, but I have to be able to draw upon one of them, and be able to clearly explain the impact a move can make.

But...in all...

go is very subtle.