Thus far I think I have only seen somebody place a stone with their right hand. Do left handed Go players just learn to use their right hand similar to an instrument (like a guitar)? That seems pretty possible, but even then I'd expect there to be some pro or something out there who pulls a Jimmy Hendrix and puts his bowl on the left side and uses his left hand to place stones.

Maybe there are tons of left handed players out there using their left hand and I just haven't noticed it. I don't know, it was just a random thought I was curious about.

Mr. Iyama, and many others. Mr. Shida:Mr. Fujii:Mr. Sonoda & Mr. Aragaki:

Iyama Yuta comes to mind. For instance: https://youtu.be/C-aMpnq8_2A?t=4m53s

Well, if I had been forced to place stones with my right hand I would probably never have taken up the game because I have almost no coordination or dexterity with my right hand (or right foot). I am totally reliant on my left side to do anything which involves detail. Although, strange as it seems, my right arm is stronger than my left and I use to for lifting much more than my left.

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Ah, ok, thanks for the vid. Just thought it would look odd with the bowls on the same side, but it doesn't really look that odd. Heh, thanks for the fast replies; my curiosity is sated.

Somewhat unrelated, but I have a Korean friend who is left-handed. Korean culture is somewhat strict with eating etiquette (bowl of soup should be to the right of your bowl of rice, you shouldn't leave the chopsticks sticking in the rice, you should evenly distribute the side dishes you eat, finishing your last bite of rice simultaneously with the last side dish you eat, etc.).

Due to this, while he was inclined to eat holding his chopsticks with his left hand, he was strongly scolded not to do so as a child, and even punished. As a result, he eventually learned to eat holding chopsticks with his right hand.

As Iyama Yuta plays with his left hand, apparently it's not so strict with go (at least in Japan).

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Kirby, yes, I know.

I'm the opposite, I'm right handed but play left handed. I started this when I began recording my games on a palm pilot (then later an iPad) and felt constantly switching between the stones and the stylus was distracting.

A nice thing about (right-handed people) playing lefties is the clock can be on the more convenient playing hand side for both players (it's usually on White's right). To answer the original question Csaba Mero from Hungary is another example.

Iyama is right handed. He just chooses to play go with his left.

Did he say why?

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I was going to lazy, but great... you made me find it...

He doesn't even really remember when he started playing with his left hand. There was some mention of his teacher thinking it might help. However, he's right handed.

https://ssl.nihonkiin.or.jp/meijin34_ta ... ort_2.html

The mentioned Korean eating habits remind me of my time in India where it is (was?) a strict taboo to have the left hand on the table while eating … you eat with your right hand because the left one is the “dirty” hand — used for cleaning one’s behind after defecating.

At least that’s how it was explained to me when I lived there (long ago, and my memory is fading).

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