Wbaduk 4Dan - Finding The Balance 

What witch craft did you use to find those numbers! Iv been searching for 50 years on how to find the score of the game with out using the all knowing SE!

I was ahead by about 35-40 before the blunder according to AI

I have no clue what your talking about…lol jk. I don’t count in my games any more because I used to count too much and would change my play too much, like playing slack or playing over aggressive. I play much better when I don’t count or know the exact score lol

@@contrabandgo it's interesting you say that... I would have thought being closer to the truth, i.e. whether you are winning or losing and what needs to be done to win, can only help you become a better player?

@@arman2339 it is if you can control your emotions and play calmly. I’m over sensitive when I count, if I count I’m up by even a small margin I’ll start playing more slack without realizing it, or if I’m behind I start playing more aggressive and start fights when really I just need to play calm and play a solid move. so now I just try and play the best move on the board and I play much better. I know people say to count to know where to play and if you should invade or reduce, but I think the board already tells you that. If a invasion looks bad it’s bad if your ahead or not.

@@contrabandgo Take what I say with a grain of salt because I'm not at your level, but isn't it better now that you've highlighted your weakness to work on it rather than avoid it? Shouldn't you get better at optimising the kinds of moves you play, given that go is not "solved", and so the best move is not objective because it cannot be known, it's a probability, and is related to the risk associated with the position relative to your ability, and your assessment of your opponent's ability? If you ignore the reality of the situation and all the forces at play and just try and calculate the best move which is unknowable, maybe you're limiting how good you can get? Sorry for the rambling.

@@arman2339 I disagree a bit. Since I started not counting I have a much higher match to AI moves on average and I win a lot more games. And the time spent counting is then spent on reading and other things. And even without counting I can tell if I’m ahead or not, but I don’t change how I’m playing based on that. So for me at least it’s not a weakness, Iv never once been like oh I was behind here so I should have been more aggressive or I’m winning so I should have played more passive. It’s normally I misread here or made a bad judgment of the situation regarding how strong or weak a group is. My highest account right now is 7d on fox, so maybe I’ll hit a wall as I get to 9d but for now I have plenty of other bigger weaknesses to work on.