Life In 19x19

All the books I have on go plus on Hikaru No Go komi is 5.5. Now it is 6.5. What year was this decided?

Ned

Thanks for the advice, everyone. I eschewed free shipping and ordered Graded Go Problems Vol. 1 & 2.

jdl wrote:
Janice Kim book #2 and Graded Go Problems #2 are my standard suggestions for newbies who want to get started.

Can you skip Graded Go problems #1? I've done the elementary problems on http://www.goproblems.com/.

I am placing an order on Amazon for Go for Beginners by Kaoru Iwamoto. I need to add one more book to get free shipping on my order. The problem with Amazon is many of their go books are not in stock. I already own the first 2 Janice Kim books, Teach Yourself Go, and The Second Book of Go. I would ...

Is there a special way to hold and place single convex stones or do you just use the traditional middle finger over index finger technique?

Hello everyone,

I've been playing all types of board games since I was 6. I've tried to teach myself go a few time to no success. A friend of mine recently walked me through a few games and I'm trying to improve. I'm currently at the frustrated beginner stage. My handle on dragongoserver.net, KGS ...