So, I sat down last night to play a few ranked games. That didn't go so well. Unfortunately, my exceedingly click-happy nature when playing online came to the fore, and things went badly. I found myself clicking without reading ahead at all, and playing to save stones long after it was obvious they were dead.
Suffice to say, I lost both games.
On the bright side, losing always teaches something. In this case, it taught me to slow down and read things through. Ignore the timer...I always finish with mountains of time spare anyway. Lifein19x19.com has been helpful. My post is here: http://lifein19x19.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=3583
Off to Go Club tonight...lets hope I remember my lesson!
edit:
Played two games at once for the first time...not easy! Even against one person with a 9 stone handicap and another with a 5 stone...made mistakes I shouldn't have, but won both. I figure posting a record of the games I play here should allow me to keep track of how many I'm playing a week.
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