Hello everyone, I'm a middle-aged man that has been playing go on and off for a long time.
I have no dreams of ever becomming a strong player, but still, I have the hope to gain a few stones in time.
Perhaps L19 can help me with that.
Futile or not, time will tell.

Ps. My name isn't misspelled!

Yeah, a friend of mine from my local go club thought that I was referring to a tanuki when I first told him about what tenuki meant in go. He had heard of the Japanese animal, but not the idea of playing elsewhere. (Hopefully you don't play like you have no idea what tenuki is. )

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"You have to walk before you can run. Black 1 was a walking move.
I blushed inwardly to recall the ignorant thoughts that had gone through
my mind before, when I had not realized the true worth of Black 1."
-Kageyama Toshiro on proper moves

Believe it or not: Master Tenuki in the forever famous "Aji's Quest" was given this name with respect to the tanuki animal.
The third picture showing tanuki "N. p. ussuriensis" gives the impression of white spots on brown ground.
These contrast nicely to the black spots on brown ground which make up Aji's fur.

Cheers,
Rainer
(GoChild GoRo with 1947021 points)

Welcome

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Welcome.

I’m “middle-aged” too, BTW. Or perhaps in my 2nd third, who knows anyway, I was born in 1957, and guess I’ll be happy if I ever cross the the next “magical line”, the one to SDK, in this life But again, who knows … I’ve had several lives already in this life, perhaps I’ll get some more

Greetings from this German village,

Tom

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“The only difference between me and a madman is that I’m not mad.” — Salvador Dali ★ Play a slooooow correspondence game with me on OGS?