The psychology of the game is fascinating, especially at the moment of resignation.
The record above shows how black missed a truly vital point. The stone marked with a square connected a captured white stone out to life. Black could have played there first, but chose s15, possibly because it solidifies the black territory below.. however it separates the stones marked with triangles from it's neighbouring group. This is vital for black because there is no room to live for the separated group. This line on play is a mistake born from either misreading the dead group's chances, or from simply not reading it at all. The death of the marked group looses the game concisely for black, however we see that he continues to attack white (marked with an O) in a somewhat desperate fashion. Often it is a loss in one area that provokes such mele tactics as there is nothing to loose: invariably it is too late to make a difference.
I find the most deadly moves in Go are often the little ones that seem to do very little: the subtle invasion that swings the game two points in one's favour, the cut that kills elsewhere. I proves very hard to perceive these moves- In high level games they may take place tens of moves before the power is felt. Go demands we account for a balance across the board, not just in one area, a big setback is often delivered immediately after a positive sequence- it's the fine art of 'winning a won game.'
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