[Contents]VPlate 17This is a game between a Japanese player and a beginner. It is inserted solely to show the character of the mistakes which beginners are likely to make. Such errors never occur in games between good players, and therefore this game may be more useful to a novice than the games contested between players of greater skill.Played May 7, 1907.Black has a handicap of five stones.[104]Plate 17Plate 17[105]WhiteBlack1.C 14.2.E 3. Bad; too close to the handicap stone. Besides it is better to respond to White’s attack in the same part of the board.3.O 3.4.C 15. This would be too conservative if the players were anything like equal.5.R 14.6.D 6. Much better to play in one of the right-hand corners. C 6 would be better also.7.F 17.8.P 3. O 4 is much better.9.R 6.10.Q 14.11.S 16. This would not be played against a good player.12.O 4. Black should reply to White’s last move.13.N 3.14.D 8. Unnecessary; much better to play in one of the threatened corners.15.C 3.16.C 4. B 4 would be better.17.B 3.18.D 2.19.D 3.20.E 2.21.B 5.22.B 4.23.A 4.24.C 2.25.B 8.26.D 5. Over cautious.27.C 7.28.D 7. Unnecessary; Black could gain a decisive advantage at B 6.29.B 6.30.C 8. Too near the White line, a common mistake of beginners.31.B 9.32.B 2.33.A 3.34.C 9. Too near; Black can jump one or two spaces with much better effect.35.C 10.36.D 10.37.C 11.38.D 14.39.C 13.40.D 12. At this point Black’s[106]position is good enough, as his line on D is very strong.[106]41.C 17.42.B 14.43.B 13.44.C 12. Black gains very little by this.45.B 12.46.B 15.47.D 17.48.B 16. Very bad; Black has the whole board to gain ground in elsewhere.49.E 16.50.D 15. If Black feels he must play here, D 13 is better.51.D 13.52.E 13.53.E 12.54.D 11.55.F 13.56.E 14.57.G 12.58.E 11.59.F 12.60.F 11. If Black hopes to save his group in the upper left-hand corner, he must escape toward the center at this point.61.F 14. Black’s group is now hopeless.62.A 14. Black cannot possibly form “Me”; this move is merely wasted.63.J 3.64.E 9. Too cautious.65.G 3.66.H 11.67.G 11.68.F 10. Black forms “Me” in this group long before it is threatened, while he might gain ground elsewhere.69.G 10.70.A 16. Another lost move.71.F 4.72.E 4.73.G 8.74.G 9.75.H 9.76.F 9.77.H 10.78.F 8.79.G 7.80.F 6.81.G 6.82.G 5. Should have been[107]played at F 5.[107]83.F 5.84.J 10. Black should play nearer the edge of the board. J 10 is radically wrong.85.K 8.86.H 13. Black tries to form a living group in the center without support; this can seldom be done.87.H 12.88.J 11.89.J 13.90.H 8.91.J 8.92.H 7. These stones are hopeless from the start. Black should play in the right-hand corners.93.H 6.94.J 7.95.L 7.96.J 6.97.H 5.98.J 5.99.G 4. Takes.100.J 9.101.M 6.102.N 5. M 5 would be much better.103.M 5.104.K 4. Black adds more stones to his already hopeless group. This is one of the commonest mistakes.105.M 4.106.J 12. Black should jump to the right, say at M 11.107.K 13.108.G 14. F 15 might have helped Black.109.F 15.110.H 4.111.J 4.112.F 7.113.H 3. Takes.114.E 6. Unnecessary. Black should play somewhere in the unoccupied portion of the board.115.M 12.116.A 13. Wholly wasted unless Black were an expert.117.B 11.118.B 17.119.B 18.120.C 18.[108]121.D 18.122.A 18.123.C 19. Takes.124.C 6.125.B 7.126.K 12. Like all beginners, Black keeps his stones too close together. M 10 would be better.127.L 13.128.L 12.129.M 10.130.M 11.131.N 11.132.L 11.133.N 13.134.L 10. Black again adds stones to a dead group.135.M 9.136.L 8.137.M 8.138.L 9.139.K 7.140.O 6.141.P 5.142.O 2. S 4 would have been much better.143.N 2.144.N 1. Black overlooks that he must connect at P 2. This is a common error of novices.145.P 2.146.J 14.147.K 16.148.J 16.149.K 17.150.K 15. Black tries to form another living group. His only chance was near Q 14–Q 16.151.L 15.152.L 14.153.M 14.154.K 14.155.M 13.156.M 15.157.L 16.158.G 16. Black again adds to a hopeless position.159.G 17.160.H 17.161.G 15.162.H 15. Black thinks he has the necessary “Me.” Two of them, however, are “Kageme.”163.H 18.164.J 18.165.J 17.166.G 18.[109]167.H 16. Takes, “Ko.”168.A 2. Black plays this correctly.169.A 5.170.H 17. Takes, “Ko.”171.H 19.172.K 18.173.H 16. Takes, “Ko.”174.L 18.175.H 17. “Ko tsugu.”176.M 17. Black has a chance to make some territory in this part of the board.177.O 17.178.N 16.179.Q 17.180.O 15.181.P 16.182.Q 15.183.P 15.184.R 17.185.R 16.186.Q 18.187.P 17.188.R 15.189.S 17.190.R 13.191.S 14.192.P 14.193.S 15.194.O 13. Black should live, although he has gained little space.195.N 14.196.P 12. Black should have occupied O 14.197.O 14. Black’s groups are now separated.198.N 18.199.O 18.200.P 18.201.R 18. Takes.202.O 12.203.N 12.204.E 15. This is pure waste.205.M 19. If Black had played here his group would have lived.206.E 17.207.E 18. Takes.208.A 12.209.A 11.210.O 16. Too late; this group is hopeless now.211.Q 11.212.Q 12.213.R 11.214.O 11.215.O 10.216.Q 2.[110]217.O 1. Takes.218.M 1. This is nonsense; Black might still save the corner by correct play.219.P 4.220.Q 3.221.Q 5.222.M 2. If Black played at S 5 he would still have a chance.223.R 4.224.O 5.225.P 10.226.R 12.227.F 2.228.F 1.229.G 1.230.E 1.231.F 3.232.C 1. Black wastes one of his few vacant spaces.233.R 3.234.N 19.White permits Black to play again.235.L 17.White permits Black to play again.236.J 19.237.L 19.238.M 18.White permits Black to play again.239.P 19.White permits Black to play again.240.N 17.White permits Black to play again.241.R 19.242.S 19.243.O 19.244.R 17.“Dame”—E 5 and C 5. White wins by one hundred and ninety-seven spaces and eighty-eight stones.[111]
[Contents]VPlate 17This is a game between a Japanese player and a beginner. It is inserted solely to show the character of the mistakes which beginners are likely to make. Such errors never occur in games between good players, and therefore this game may be more useful to a novice than the games contested between players of greater skill.Played May 7, 1907.Black has a handicap of five stones.[104]Plate 17Plate 17[105]WhiteBlack1.C 14.2.E 3. Bad; too close to the handicap stone. Besides it is better to respond to White’s attack in the same part of the board.3.O 3.4.C 15. This would be too conservative if the players were anything like equal.5.R 14.6.D 6. Much better to play in one of the right-hand corners. C 6 would be better also.7.F 17.8.P 3. O 4 is much better.9.R 6.10.Q 14.11.S 16. This would not be played against a good player.12.O 4. Black should reply to White’s last move.13.N 3.14.D 8. Unnecessary; much better to play in one of the threatened corners.15.C 3.16.C 4. B 4 would be better.17.B 3.18.D 2.19.D 3.20.E 2.21.B 5.22.B 4.23.A 4.24.C 2.25.B 8.26.D 5. Over cautious.27.C 7.28.D 7. Unnecessary; Black could gain a decisive advantage at B 6.29.B 6.30.C 8. Too near the White line, a common mistake of beginners.31.B 9.32.B 2.33.A 3.34.C 9. Too near; Black can jump one or two spaces with much better effect.35.C 10.36.D 10.37.C 11.38.D 14.39.C 13.40.D 12. At this point Black’s[106]position is good enough, as his line on D is very strong.[106]41.C 17.42.B 14.43.B 13.44.C 12. Black gains very little by this.45.B 12.46.B 15.47.D 17.48.B 16. Very bad; Black has the whole board to gain ground in elsewhere.49.E 16.50.D 15. If Black feels he must play here, D 13 is better.51.D 13.52.E 13.53.E 12.54.D 11.55.F 13.56.E 14.57.G 12.58.E 11.59.F 12.60.F 11. If Black hopes to save his group in the upper left-hand corner, he must escape toward the center at this point.61.F 14. Black’s group is now hopeless.62.A 14. Black cannot possibly form “Me”; this move is merely wasted.63.J 3.64.E 9. Too cautious.65.G 3.66.H 11.67.G 11.68.F 10. Black forms “Me” in this group long before it is threatened, while he might gain ground elsewhere.69.G 10.70.A 16. Another lost move.71.F 4.72.E 4.73.G 8.74.G 9.75.H 9.76.F 9.77.H 10.78.F 8.79.G 7.80.F 6.81.G 6.82.G 5. Should have been[107]played at F 5.[107]83.F 5.84.J 10. Black should play nearer the edge of the board. J 10 is radically wrong.85.K 8.86.H 13. Black tries to form a living group in the center without support; this can seldom be done.87.H 12.88.J 11.89.J 13.90.H 8.91.J 8.92.H 7. These stones are hopeless from the start. Black should play in the right-hand corners.93.H 6.94.J 7.95.L 7.96.J 6.97.H 5.98.J 5.99.G 4. Takes.100.J 9.101.M 6.102.N 5. M 5 would be much better.103.M 5.104.K 4. Black adds more stones to his already hopeless group. This is one of the commonest mistakes.105.M 4.106.J 12. Black should jump to the right, say at M 11.107.K 13.108.G 14. F 15 might have helped Black.109.F 15.110.H 4.111.J 4.112.F 7.113.H 3. Takes.114.E 6. Unnecessary. Black should play somewhere in the unoccupied portion of the board.115.M 12.116.A 13. Wholly wasted unless Black were an expert.117.B 11.118.B 17.119.B 18.120.C 18.[108]121.D 18.122.A 18.123.C 19. Takes.124.C 6.125.B 7.126.K 12. Like all beginners, Black keeps his stones too close together. M 10 would be better.127.L 13.128.L 12.129.M 10.130.M 11.131.N 11.132.L 11.133.N 13.134.L 10. Black again adds stones to a dead group.135.M 9.136.L 8.137.M 8.138.L 9.139.K 7.140.O 6.141.P 5.142.O 2. S 4 would have been much better.143.N 2.144.N 1. Black overlooks that he must connect at P 2. This is a common error of novices.145.P 2.146.J 14.147.K 16.148.J 16.149.K 17.150.K 15. Black tries to form another living group. His only chance was near Q 14–Q 16.151.L 15.152.L 14.153.M 14.154.K 14.155.M 13.156.M 15.157.L 16.158.G 16. Black again adds to a hopeless position.159.G 17.160.H 17.161.G 15.162.H 15. Black thinks he has the necessary “Me.” Two of them, however, are “Kageme.”163.H 18.164.J 18.165.J 17.166.G 18.[109]167.H 16. Takes, “Ko.”168.A 2. Black plays this correctly.169.A 5.170.H 17. Takes, “Ko.”171.H 19.172.K 18.173.H 16. Takes, “Ko.”174.L 18.175.H 17. “Ko tsugu.”176.M 17. Black has a chance to make some territory in this part of the board.177.O 17.178.N 16.179.Q 17.180.O 15.181.P 16.182.Q 15.183.P 15.184.R 17.185.R 16.186.Q 18.187.P 17.188.R 15.189.S 17.190.R 13.191.S 14.192.P 14.193.S 15.194.O 13. Black should live, although he has gained little space.195.N 14.196.P 12. Black should have occupied O 14.197.O 14. Black’s groups are now separated.198.N 18.199.O 18.200.P 18.201.R 18. Takes.202.O 12.203.N 12.204.E 15. This is pure waste.205.M 19. If Black had played here his group would have lived.206.E 17.207.E 18. Takes.208.A 12.209.A 11.210.O 16. Too late; this group is hopeless now.211.Q 11.212.Q 12.213.R 11.214.O 11.215.O 10.216.Q 2.[110]217.O 1. Takes.218.M 1. This is nonsense; Black might still save the corner by correct play.219.P 4.220.Q 3.221.Q 5.222.M 2. If Black played at S 5 he would still have a chance.223.R 4.224.O 5.225.P 10.226.R 12.227.F 2.228.F 1.229.G 1.230.E 1.231.F 3.232.C 1. Black wastes one of his few vacant spaces.233.R 3.234.N 19.White permits Black to play again.235.L 17.White permits Black to play again.236.J 19.237.L 19.238.M 18.White permits Black to play again.239.P 19.White permits Black to play again.240.N 17.White permits Black to play again.241.R 19.242.S 19.243.O 19.244.R 17.“Dame”—E 5 and C 5. White wins by one hundred and ninety-seven spaces and eighty-eight stones.[111]
[Contents]VPlate 17This is a game between a Japanese player and a beginner. It is inserted solely to show the character of the mistakes which beginners are likely to make. Such errors never occur in games between good players, and therefore this game may be more useful to a novice than the games contested between players of greater skill.Played May 7, 1907.Black has a handicap of five stones.[104]Plate 17Plate 17[105]WhiteBlack1.C 14.2.E 3. Bad; too close to the handicap stone. Besides it is better to respond to White’s attack in the same part of the board.3.O 3.4.C 15. This would be too conservative if the players were anything like equal.5.R 14.6.D 6. Much better to play in one of the right-hand corners. C 6 would be better also.7.F 17.8.P 3. O 4 is much better.9.R 6.10.Q 14.11.S 16. This would not be played against a good player.12.O 4. Black should reply to White’s last move.13.N 3.14.D 8. Unnecessary; much better to play in one of the threatened corners.15.C 3.16.C 4. B 4 would be better.17.B 3.18.D 2.19.D 3.20.E 2.21.B 5.22.B 4.23.A 4.24.C 2.25.B 8.26.D 5. Over cautious.27.C 7.28.D 7. Unnecessary; Black could gain a decisive advantage at B 6.29.B 6.30.C 8. Too near the White line, a common mistake of beginners.31.B 9.32.B 2.33.A 3.34.C 9. Too near; Black can jump one or two spaces with much better effect.35.C 10.36.D 10.37.C 11.38.D 14.39.C 13.40.D 12. At this point Black’s[106]position is good enough, as his line on D is very strong.[106]41.C 17.42.B 14.43.B 13.44.C 12. Black gains very little by this.45.B 12.46.B 15.47.D 17.48.B 16. Very bad; Black has the whole board to gain ground in elsewhere.49.E 16.50.D 15. If Black feels he must play here, D 13 is better.51.D 13.52.E 13.53.E 12.54.D 11.55.F 13.56.E 14.57.G 12.58.E 11.59.F 12.60.F 11. If Black hopes to save his group in the upper left-hand corner, he must escape toward the center at this point.61.F 14. Black’s group is now hopeless.62.A 14. Black cannot possibly form “Me”; this move is merely wasted.63.J 3.64.E 9. Too cautious.65.G 3.66.H 11.67.G 11.68.F 10. Black forms “Me” in this group long before it is threatened, while he might gain ground elsewhere.69.G 10.70.A 16. Another lost move.71.F 4.72.E 4.73.G 8.74.G 9.75.H 9.76.F 9.77.H 10.78.F 8.79.G 7.80.F 6.81.G 6.82.G 5. Should have been[107]played at F 5.[107]83.F 5.84.J 10. Black should play nearer the edge of the board. J 10 is radically wrong.85.K 8.86.H 13. Black tries to form a living group in the center without support; this can seldom be done.87.H 12.88.J 11.89.J 13.90.H 8.91.J 8.92.H 7. These stones are hopeless from the start. Black should play in the right-hand corners.93.H 6.94.J 7.95.L 7.96.J 6.97.H 5.98.J 5.99.G 4. Takes.100.J 9.101.M 6.102.N 5. M 5 would be much better.103.M 5.104.K 4. Black adds more stones to his already hopeless group. This is one of the commonest mistakes.105.M 4.106.J 12. Black should jump to the right, say at M 11.107.K 13.108.G 14. F 15 might have helped Black.109.F 15.110.H 4.111.J 4.112.F 7.113.H 3. Takes.114.E 6. Unnecessary. Black should play somewhere in the unoccupied portion of the board.115.M 12.116.A 13. Wholly wasted unless Black were an expert.117.B 11.118.B 17.119.B 18.120.C 18.[108]121.D 18.122.A 18.123.C 19. Takes.124.C 6.125.B 7.126.K 12. Like all beginners, Black keeps his stones too close together. M 10 would be better.127.L 13.128.L 12.129.M 10.130.M 11.131.N 11.132.L 11.133.N 13.134.L 10. Black again adds stones to a dead group.135.M 9.136.L 8.137.M 8.138.L 9.139.K 7.140.O 6.141.P 5.142.O 2. S 4 would have been much better.143.N 2.144.N 1. Black overlooks that he must connect at P 2. This is a common error of novices.145.P 2.146.J 14.147.K 16.148.J 16.149.K 17.150.K 15. Black tries to form another living group. His only chance was near Q 14–Q 16.151.L 15.152.L 14.153.M 14.154.K 14.155.M 13.156.M 15.157.L 16.158.G 16. Black again adds to a hopeless position.159.G 17.160.H 17.161.G 15.162.H 15. Black thinks he has the necessary “Me.” Two of them, however, are “Kageme.”163.H 18.164.J 18.165.J 17.166.G 18.[109]167.H 16. Takes, “Ko.”168.A 2. Black plays this correctly.169.A 5.170.H 17. Takes, “Ko.”171.H 19.172.K 18.173.H 16. Takes, “Ko.”174.L 18.175.H 17. “Ko tsugu.”176.M 17. Black has a chance to make some territory in this part of the board.177.O 17.178.N 16.179.Q 17.180.O 15.181.P 16.182.Q 15.183.P 15.184.R 17.185.R 16.186.Q 18.187.P 17.188.R 15.189.S 17.190.R 13.191.S 14.192.P 14.193.S 15.194.O 13. Black should live, although he has gained little space.195.N 14.196.P 12. Black should have occupied O 14.197.O 14. Black’s groups are now separated.198.N 18.199.O 18.200.P 18.201.R 18. Takes.202.O 12.203.N 12.204.E 15. This is pure waste.205.M 19. If Black had played here his group would have lived.206.E 17.207.E 18. Takes.208.A 12.209.A 11.210.O 16. Too late; this group is hopeless now.211.Q 11.212.Q 12.213.R 11.214.O 11.215.O 10.216.Q 2.[110]217.O 1. Takes.218.M 1. This is nonsense; Black might still save the corner by correct play.219.P 4.220.Q 3.221.Q 5.222.M 2. If Black played at S 5 he would still have a chance.223.R 4.224.O 5.225.P 10.226.R 12.227.F 2.228.F 1.229.G 1.230.E 1.231.F 3.232.C 1. Black wastes one of his few vacant spaces.233.R 3.234.N 19.White permits Black to play again.235.L 17.White permits Black to play again.236.J 19.237.L 19.238.M 18.White permits Black to play again.239.P 19.White permits Black to play again.240.N 17.White permits Black to play again.241.R 19.242.S 19.243.O 19.244.R 17.“Dame”—E 5 and C 5. White wins by one hundred and ninety-seven spaces and eighty-eight stones.[111]
[Contents]VPlate 17This is a game between a Japanese player and a beginner. It is inserted solely to show the character of the mistakes which beginners are likely to make. Such errors never occur in games between good players, and therefore this game may be more useful to a novice than the games contested between players of greater skill.Played May 7, 1907.Black has a handicap of five stones.[104]Plate 17Plate 17[105]WhiteBlack1.C 14.2.E 3. Bad; too close to the handicap stone. Besides it is better to respond to White’s attack in the same part of the board.3.O 3.4.C 15. This would be too conservative if the players were anything like equal.5.R 14.6.D 6. Much better to play in one of the right-hand corners. C 6 would be better also.7.F 17.8.P 3. O 4 is much better.9.R 6.10.Q 14.11.S 16. This would not be played against a good player.12.O 4. Black should reply to White’s last move.13.N 3.14.D 8. Unnecessary; much better to play in one of the threatened corners.15.C 3.16.C 4. B 4 would be better.17.B 3.18.D 2.19.D 3.20.E 2.21.B 5.22.B 4.23.A 4.24.C 2.25.B 8.26.D 5. Over cautious.27.C 7.28.D 7. Unnecessary; Black could gain a decisive advantage at B 6.29.B 6.30.C 8. Too near the White line, a common mistake of beginners.31.B 9.32.B 2.33.A 3.34.C 9. Too near; Black can jump one or two spaces with much better effect.35.C 10.36.D 10.37.C 11.38.D 14.39.C 13.40.D 12. At this point Black’s[106]position is good enough, as his line on D is very strong.[106]41.C 17.42.B 14.43.B 13.44.C 12. Black gains very little by this.45.B 12.46.B 15.47.D 17.48.B 16. Very bad; Black has the whole board to gain ground in elsewhere.49.E 16.50.D 15. If Black feels he must play here, D 13 is better.51.D 13.52.E 13.53.E 12.54.D 11.55.F 13.56.E 14.57.G 12.58.E 11.59.F 12.60.F 11. If Black hopes to save his group in the upper left-hand corner, he must escape toward the center at this point.61.F 14. Black’s group is now hopeless.62.A 14. Black cannot possibly form “Me”; this move is merely wasted.63.J 3.64.E 9. Too cautious.65.G 3.66.H 11.67.G 11.68.F 10. Black forms “Me” in this group long before it is threatened, while he might gain ground elsewhere.69.G 10.70.A 16. Another lost move.71.F 4.72.E 4.73.G 8.74.G 9.75.H 9.76.F 9.77.H 10.78.F 8.79.G 7.80.F 6.81.G 6.82.G 5. Should have been[107]played at F 5.[107]83.F 5.84.J 10. Black should play nearer the edge of the board. J 10 is radically wrong.85.K 8.86.H 13. Black tries to form a living group in the center without support; this can seldom be done.87.H 12.88.J 11.89.J 13.90.H 8.91.J 8.92.H 7. These stones are hopeless from the start. Black should play in the right-hand corners.93.H 6.94.J 7.95.L 7.96.J 6.97.H 5.98.J 5.99.G 4. Takes.100.J 9.101.M 6.102.N 5. M 5 would be much better.103.M 5.104.K 4. Black adds more stones to his already hopeless group. This is one of the commonest mistakes.105.M 4.106.J 12. Black should jump to the right, say at M 11.107.K 13.108.G 14. F 15 might have helped Black.109.F 15.110.H 4.111.J 4.112.F 7.113.H 3. Takes.114.E 6. Unnecessary. Black should play somewhere in the unoccupied portion of the board.115.M 12.116.A 13. Wholly wasted unless Black were an expert.117.B 11.118.B 17.119.B 18.120.C 18.[108]121.D 18.122.A 18.123.C 19. Takes.124.C 6.125.B 7.126.K 12. Like all beginners, Black keeps his stones too close together. M 10 would be better.127.L 13.128.L 12.129.M 10.130.M 11.131.N 11.132.L 11.133.N 13.134.L 10. Black again adds stones to a dead group.135.M 9.136.L 8.137.M 8.138.L 9.139.K 7.140.O 6.141.P 5.142.O 2. S 4 would have been much better.143.N 2.144.N 1. Black overlooks that he must connect at P 2. This is a common error of novices.145.P 2.146.J 14.147.K 16.148.J 16.149.K 17.150.K 15. Black tries to form another living group. His only chance was near Q 14–Q 16.151.L 15.152.L 14.153.M 14.154.K 14.155.M 13.156.M 15.157.L 16.158.G 16. Black again adds to a hopeless position.159.G 17.160.H 17.161.G 15.162.H 15. Black thinks he has the necessary “Me.” Two of them, however, are “Kageme.”163.H 18.164.J 18.165.J 17.166.G 18.[109]167.H 16. Takes, “Ko.”168.A 2. Black plays this correctly.169.A 5.170.H 17. Takes, “Ko.”171.H 19.172.K 18.173.H 16. Takes, “Ko.”174.L 18.175.H 17. “Ko tsugu.”176.M 17. Black has a chance to make some territory in this part of the board.177.O 17.178.N 16.179.Q 17.180.O 15.181.P 16.182.Q 15.183.P 15.184.R 17.185.R 16.186.Q 18.187.P 17.188.R 15.189.S 17.190.R 13.191.S 14.192.P 14.193.S 15.194.O 13. Black should live, although he has gained little space.195.N 14.196.P 12. Black should have occupied O 14.197.O 14. Black’s groups are now separated.198.N 18.199.O 18.200.P 18.201.R 18. Takes.202.O 12.203.N 12.204.E 15. This is pure waste.205.M 19. If Black had played here his group would have lived.206.E 17.207.E 18. Takes.208.A 12.209.A 11.210.O 16. Too late; this group is hopeless now.211.Q 11.212.Q 12.213.R 11.214.O 11.215.O 10.216.Q 2.[110]217.O 1. Takes.218.M 1. This is nonsense; Black might still save the corner by correct play.219.P 4.220.Q 3.221.Q 5.222.M 2. If Black played at S 5 he would still have a chance.223.R 4.224.O 5.225.P 10.226.R 12.227.F 2.228.F 1.229.G 1.230.E 1.231.F 3.232.C 1. Black wastes one of his few vacant spaces.233.R 3.234.N 19.White permits Black to play again.235.L 17.White permits Black to play again.236.J 19.237.L 19.238.M 18.White permits Black to play again.239.P 19.White permits Black to play again.240.N 17.White permits Black to play again.241.R 19.242.S 19.243.O 19.244.R 17.“Dame”—E 5 and C 5. White wins by one hundred and ninety-seven spaces and eighty-eight stones.[111]
V
Plate 17This is a game between a Japanese player and a beginner. It is inserted solely to show the character of the mistakes which beginners are likely to make. Such errors never occur in games between good players, and therefore this game may be more useful to a novice than the games contested between players of greater skill.Played May 7, 1907.Black has a handicap of five stones.[104]Plate 17Plate 17[105]WhiteBlack1.C 14.2.E 3. Bad; too close to the handicap stone. Besides it is better to respond to White’s attack in the same part of the board.3.O 3.4.C 15. This would be too conservative if the players were anything like equal.5.R 14.6.D 6. Much better to play in one of the right-hand corners. C 6 would be better also.7.F 17.8.P 3. O 4 is much better.9.R 6.10.Q 14.11.S 16. This would not be played against a good player.12.O 4. Black should reply to White’s last move.13.N 3.14.D 8. Unnecessary; much better to play in one of the threatened corners.15.C 3.16.C 4. B 4 would be better.17.B 3.18.D 2.19.D 3.20.E 2.21.B 5.22.B 4.23.A 4.24.C 2.25.B 8.26.D 5. Over cautious.27.C 7.28.D 7. Unnecessary; Black could gain a decisive advantage at B 6.29.B 6.30.C 8. Too near the White line, a common mistake of beginners.31.B 9.32.B 2.33.A 3.34.C 9. Too near; Black can jump one or two spaces with much better effect.35.C 10.36.D 10.37.C 11.38.D 14.39.C 13.40.D 12. At this point Black’s[106]position is good enough, as his line on D is very strong.[106]41.C 17.42.B 14.43.B 13.44.C 12. Black gains very little by this.45.B 12.46.B 15.47.D 17.48.B 16. Very bad; Black has the whole board to gain ground in elsewhere.49.E 16.50.D 15. If Black feels he must play here, D 13 is better.51.D 13.52.E 13.53.E 12.54.D 11.55.F 13.56.E 14.57.G 12.58.E 11.59.F 12.60.F 11. If Black hopes to save his group in the upper left-hand corner, he must escape toward the center at this point.61.F 14. Black’s group is now hopeless.62.A 14. Black cannot possibly form “Me”; this move is merely wasted.63.J 3.64.E 9. Too cautious.65.G 3.66.H 11.67.G 11.68.F 10. Black forms “Me” in this group long before it is threatened, while he might gain ground elsewhere.69.G 10.70.A 16. Another lost move.71.F 4.72.E 4.73.G 8.74.G 9.75.H 9.76.F 9.77.H 10.78.F 8.79.G 7.80.F 6.81.G 6.82.G 5. Should have been[107]played at F 5.[107]83.F 5.84.J 10. Black should play nearer the edge of the board. J 10 is radically wrong.85.K 8.86.H 13. Black tries to form a living group in the center without support; this can seldom be done.87.H 12.88.J 11.89.J 13.90.H 8.91.J 8.92.H 7. These stones are hopeless from the start. Black should play in the right-hand corners.93.H 6.94.J 7.95.L 7.96.J 6.97.H 5.98.J 5.99.G 4. Takes.100.J 9.101.M 6.102.N 5. M 5 would be much better.103.M 5.104.K 4. Black adds more stones to his already hopeless group. This is one of the commonest mistakes.105.M 4.106.J 12. Black should jump to the right, say at M 11.107.K 13.108.G 14. F 15 might have helped Black.109.F 15.110.H 4.111.J 4.112.F 7.113.H 3. Takes.114.E 6. Unnecessary. Black should play somewhere in the unoccupied portion of the board.115.M 12.116.A 13. Wholly wasted unless Black were an expert.117.B 11.118.B 17.119.B 18.120.C 18.[108]121.D 18.122.A 18.123.C 19. Takes.124.C 6.125.B 7.126.K 12. Like all beginners, Black keeps his stones too close together. M 10 would be better.127.L 13.128.L 12.129.M 10.130.M 11.131.N 11.132.L 11.133.N 13.134.L 10. Black again adds stones to a dead group.135.M 9.136.L 8.137.M 8.138.L 9.139.K 7.140.O 6.141.P 5.142.O 2. S 4 would have been much better.143.N 2.144.N 1. Black overlooks that he must connect at P 2. This is a common error of novices.145.P 2.146.J 14.147.K 16.148.J 16.149.K 17.150.K 15. Black tries to form another living group. His only chance was near Q 14–Q 16.151.L 15.152.L 14.153.M 14.154.K 14.155.M 13.156.M 15.157.L 16.158.G 16. Black again adds to a hopeless position.159.G 17.160.H 17.161.G 15.162.H 15. Black thinks he has the necessary “Me.” Two of them, however, are “Kageme.”163.H 18.164.J 18.165.J 17.166.G 18.[109]167.H 16. Takes, “Ko.”168.A 2. Black plays this correctly.169.A 5.170.H 17. Takes, “Ko.”171.H 19.172.K 18.173.H 16. Takes, “Ko.”174.L 18.175.H 17. “Ko tsugu.”176.M 17. Black has a chance to make some territory in this part of the board.177.O 17.178.N 16.179.Q 17.180.O 15.181.P 16.182.Q 15.183.P 15.184.R 17.185.R 16.186.Q 18.187.P 17.188.R 15.189.S 17.190.R 13.191.S 14.192.P 14.193.S 15.194.O 13. Black should live, although he has gained little space.195.N 14.196.P 12. Black should have occupied O 14.197.O 14. Black’s groups are now separated.198.N 18.199.O 18.200.P 18.201.R 18. Takes.202.O 12.203.N 12.204.E 15. This is pure waste.205.M 19. If Black had played here his group would have lived.206.E 17.207.E 18. Takes.208.A 12.209.A 11.210.O 16. Too late; this group is hopeless now.211.Q 11.212.Q 12.213.R 11.214.O 11.215.O 10.216.Q 2.[110]217.O 1. Takes.218.M 1. This is nonsense; Black might still save the corner by correct play.219.P 4.220.Q 3.221.Q 5.222.M 2. If Black played at S 5 he would still have a chance.223.R 4.224.O 5.225.P 10.226.R 12.227.F 2.228.F 1.229.G 1.230.E 1.231.F 3.232.C 1. Black wastes one of his few vacant spaces.233.R 3.234.N 19.White permits Black to play again.235.L 17.White permits Black to play again.236.J 19.237.L 19.238.M 18.White permits Black to play again.239.P 19.White permits Black to play again.240.N 17.White permits Black to play again.241.R 19.242.S 19.243.O 19.244.R 17.“Dame”—E 5 and C 5. White wins by one hundred and ninety-seven spaces and eighty-eight stones.[111]
Plate 17
This is a game between a Japanese player and a beginner. It is inserted solely to show the character of the mistakes which beginners are likely to make. Such errors never occur in games between good players, and therefore this game may be more useful to a novice than the games contested between players of greater skill.
Played May 7, 1907.
Black has a handicap of five stones.[104]
Plate 17Plate 17
Plate 17
[105]
WhiteBlack1.C 14.2.E 3. Bad; too close to the handicap stone. Besides it is better to respond to White’s attack in the same part of the board.3.O 3.4.C 15. This would be too conservative if the players were anything like equal.5.R 14.6.D 6. Much better to play in one of the right-hand corners. C 6 would be better also.7.F 17.8.P 3. O 4 is much better.9.R 6.10.Q 14.11.S 16. This would not be played against a good player.12.O 4. Black should reply to White’s last move.13.N 3.14.D 8. Unnecessary; much better to play in one of the threatened corners.15.C 3.16.C 4. B 4 would be better.17.B 3.18.D 2.19.D 3.20.E 2.21.B 5.22.B 4.23.A 4.24.C 2.25.B 8.26.D 5. Over cautious.27.C 7.28.D 7. Unnecessary; Black could gain a decisive advantage at B 6.29.B 6.30.C 8. Too near the White line, a common mistake of beginners.31.B 9.32.B 2.33.A 3.34.C 9. Too near; Black can jump one or two spaces with much better effect.35.C 10.36.D 10.37.C 11.38.D 14.39.C 13.40.D 12. At this point Black’s[106]position is good enough, as his line on D is very strong.[106]41.C 17.42.B 14.43.B 13.44.C 12. Black gains very little by this.45.B 12.46.B 15.47.D 17.48.B 16. Very bad; Black has the whole board to gain ground in elsewhere.49.E 16.50.D 15. If Black feels he must play here, D 13 is better.51.D 13.52.E 13.53.E 12.54.D 11.55.F 13.56.E 14.57.G 12.58.E 11.59.F 12.60.F 11. If Black hopes to save his group in the upper left-hand corner, he must escape toward the center at this point.61.F 14. Black’s group is now hopeless.62.A 14. Black cannot possibly form “Me”; this move is merely wasted.63.J 3.64.E 9. Too cautious.65.G 3.66.H 11.67.G 11.68.F 10. Black forms “Me” in this group long before it is threatened, while he might gain ground elsewhere.69.G 10.70.A 16. Another lost move.71.F 4.72.E 4.73.G 8.74.G 9.75.H 9.76.F 9.77.H 10.78.F 8.79.G 7.80.F 6.81.G 6.82.G 5. Should have been[107]played at F 5.[107]83.F 5.84.J 10. Black should play nearer the edge of the board. J 10 is radically wrong.85.K 8.86.H 13. Black tries to form a living group in the center without support; this can seldom be done.87.H 12.88.J 11.89.J 13.90.H 8.91.J 8.92.H 7. These stones are hopeless from the start. Black should play in the right-hand corners.93.H 6.94.J 7.95.L 7.96.J 6.97.H 5.98.J 5.99.G 4. Takes.100.J 9.101.M 6.102.N 5. M 5 would be much better.103.M 5.104.K 4. Black adds more stones to his already hopeless group. This is one of the commonest mistakes.105.M 4.106.J 12. Black should jump to the right, say at M 11.107.K 13.108.G 14. F 15 might have helped Black.109.F 15.110.H 4.111.J 4.112.F 7.113.H 3. Takes.114.E 6. Unnecessary. Black should play somewhere in the unoccupied portion of the board.115.M 12.116.A 13. Wholly wasted unless Black were an expert.117.B 11.118.B 17.119.B 18.120.C 18.[108]121.D 18.122.A 18.123.C 19. Takes.124.C 6.125.B 7.126.K 12. Like all beginners, Black keeps his stones too close together. M 10 would be better.127.L 13.128.L 12.129.M 10.130.M 11.131.N 11.132.L 11.133.N 13.134.L 10. Black again adds stones to a dead group.135.M 9.136.L 8.137.M 8.138.L 9.139.K 7.140.O 6.141.P 5.142.O 2. S 4 would have been much better.143.N 2.144.N 1. Black overlooks that he must connect at P 2. This is a common error of novices.145.P 2.146.J 14.147.K 16.148.J 16.149.K 17.150.K 15. Black tries to form another living group. His only chance was near Q 14–Q 16.151.L 15.152.L 14.153.M 14.154.K 14.155.M 13.156.M 15.157.L 16.158.G 16. Black again adds to a hopeless position.159.G 17.160.H 17.161.G 15.162.H 15. Black thinks he has the necessary “Me.” Two of them, however, are “Kageme.”163.H 18.164.J 18.165.J 17.166.G 18.[109]167.H 16. Takes, “Ko.”168.A 2. Black plays this correctly.169.A 5.170.H 17. Takes, “Ko.”171.H 19.172.K 18.173.H 16. Takes, “Ko.”174.L 18.175.H 17. “Ko tsugu.”176.M 17. Black has a chance to make some territory in this part of the board.177.O 17.178.N 16.179.Q 17.180.O 15.181.P 16.182.Q 15.183.P 15.184.R 17.185.R 16.186.Q 18.187.P 17.188.R 15.189.S 17.190.R 13.191.S 14.192.P 14.193.S 15.194.O 13. Black should live, although he has gained little space.195.N 14.196.P 12. Black should have occupied O 14.197.O 14. Black’s groups are now separated.198.N 18.199.O 18.200.P 18.201.R 18. Takes.202.O 12.203.N 12.204.E 15. This is pure waste.205.M 19. If Black had played here his group would have lived.206.E 17.207.E 18. Takes.208.A 12.209.A 11.210.O 16. Too late; this group is hopeless now.211.Q 11.212.Q 12.213.R 11.214.O 11.215.O 10.216.Q 2.[110]217.O 1. Takes.218.M 1. This is nonsense; Black might still save the corner by correct play.219.P 4.220.Q 3.221.Q 5.222.M 2. If Black played at S 5 he would still have a chance.223.R 4.224.O 5.225.P 10.226.R 12.227.F 2.228.F 1.229.G 1.230.E 1.231.F 3.232.C 1. Black wastes one of his few vacant spaces.233.R 3.234.N 19.White permits Black to play again.235.L 17.White permits Black to play again.236.J 19.237.L 19.238.M 18.White permits Black to play again.239.P 19.White permits Black to play again.240.N 17.White permits Black to play again.241.R 19.242.S 19.243.O 19.244.R 17.
“Dame”—E 5 and C 5. White wins by one hundred and ninety-seven spaces and eighty-eight stones.[111]