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In last few days i didn’t write any post. It’s because I was playing in local go tournament in Bytom. The Results. Unfortunately I forget kifu so I don’t have full record of my games.

Tomasz Ślązok 1-Dan(W) vs Krzysztof Bożek 2-Dan(B)

In first round I was playing against 2-Dan player from my club, but my records with him are very poor. I lost every game we play in tournament. Of course in club we play on even level but in tournaments i never beat him until today. I took white stones, so I was happy. He start with rare joseki in mini-Chinese opening in bottom right corner. After opening my position was thick and I had easy game. Later I build big moyo in centre. My opponent was greedy and made some unreasonable moves. I kill his invader and won the game by resignation.

Marek Kamiński 3-Dan(W) vs Tomasz Ślązok 1-Dan(B)

In Second round I was playing with Marek Kaminski 3-Dan. This time I was black. After fuseki I feel very comfortable but Marek start big fight in centre where I made some mistakes :( The game was even but my opponents play better yose and he easy won by 8,5 points.

Ewa Moś 2-Dan(W) vs Tomasz Ślązok 1-Dan(B)

In third game I play with Ewa Moś 2-Dan. This my worst game because I was leading a lot, but later on left side I play 3 time tenuki and after third tenuki Ewa kill my group on left side. It was very painful. After I lost the group i tied something on some Ewa weak groups but made some stupid mistake giving her easy live in upper and bottom right corners :( In the end I lost by 2,5 points.

Tomasz Ślązok 1-Dan(W) vs Wojciech Woskresiński 1-Dan(B)

So first day was very bad I lost two game. Next day my opponent was Wojciech Woskresiński 1-Dan and now i take white stones my favourite :) In fuseki we play very even game. He surprise me with this good fuseki. Normally after fuseki I’m leading, but this time it was even.

Tomasz Ślązok 1-Dan(W) vs Wojciech Woskresiński 1-Dan(B)

But when we enter chuban he lost many points and unexpected resigned. Even if his position was bad, he could try something but not resign. I don’t understand his decision.

Tomasz Ślązok 1-Dan (W) vs Sebastian Pawlaczyk 1-Dan(B)

My Last game was again the young very talented polish player – Sebastian Pawlaczek 1-Dan. Computer decide to give him black stones and he feel very comfortable with this, so we both were happy. It was his first tournament with 1-Dan ranking but he train a lot lately i he was sure his strength is now about 2-Dan. In fuseki he made some mistakes which give me a lead, but the more surprising was yose. I thought if he train a lot by playing on KGS he should be good in yose, but he lost so many points in yose and in the end lost by 35,5 moku!!

I end on 4th place. The tournament was good but I my go was horrible. I need to pay more attention in weakness of my groups. A long way before I will get a 2-Dan promotion.

Related posts:

1. Andrychów Tournament ’09
2. 8-9 November Bytom

Tomasz Slazok

Haengma founder. Baduk Teacher. 2-dan EGF.