Saturday, July 19, 2014

Licking one's wounds

Black to capture the marked stones


Tough day yesterday: was on the verge of quitting go… So many efforts, so little results. Three losses in a row and I lost confidence… Been a year that I evolve around 2k. Is it worth the effort?
Then I thought, this is not the appropriate way to think about it.
One doesn’t become strong by chance or by simple practice. Problems need to be solved. Defeats are a indicator not the outcome… I have to learn from them… It’s so hard for one’s ego to go over lost games but there is no work around… I have to swallow the bitter pill. 
The game above is one example: in the game Black, went down with 1 to threaten to kill the white group. White played 2 saying « prove me that you can kill me in this position ». I missed the tsumego. Would you? For sure, I wouldn’t anymore. I guess that’s a way to learn… The hard way…

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