Any GO chads able to explain to me why this move was considered such a monumental fuck up that black should resign instantly? I'm a n00b to go
>>98335868you lost the tempo and opportunity to connect your two main groups of stones, and now white will capture that area which is effectively the whole game from this position.
>>98335868Pretty much what >>98338207 said. In Go, Tempo and Momentum are key. If you are too slow or make a mistake, you can lose whole groups and basically go from a huge lead to playing catch up hoping they might make a mistake for just a chance to win.
What did you think this move was contributing when you played it?
>>98335868>>98338207At first I thought cutting at J-16 would kill the black group, but wouldn't a ladder work?I must be retarded and missing something, or maybe the four black stones are okay? K-17 was still a dumb move that doesn't seem to accomplish anyhthing but it might not be game over?
>>98342019White doesn't have to try and kill it, especially not now. There are much bigger moves on the board and because black took a turn off to waste its own eye-shape white is free to do whatever it wants.
