Life In 19x19

There is also the matter of how seriously you take your own rank, specially in online go servers.

For instance, when I started I took my rank very seriously. I was used to competitive videogames, and keeping my rank was important. Therefore, whenever I played a ranked game I focused really hard and ...

Yep, beat to it as well . This is exactly what I think when I see someone creating a Go variant. If you think Go needs radical improvement (hexagonal grids, etc), you obviously don't know much about Go.


Your approach is a bit too radical though. There is nothing wrong with variants, as long as ...

I think (from my limited experience) that learning how to fight comes in two parallel ways:

1) Reducing the number of moves you consider, by applying general principles. This means you know where to start reading, to the point where your 8 reasonable responses boil down to two or three of which you ...

I like playing the empty triangle too, because... Well, it's one of the few good empty triangles you get to see!

I'm currently learning how to properly utilize the low Chinese and Kobayashi openings, partly because I like them both and also because if one fails, I can easily transition to the other.

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Just a small tactical thing, but I think 140 should've clearly been at N11. Reading mistake maybe?

RobertJasiek wrote:Elegant rules do not introduce exceptions and in particular do not prescribe an artificial "no result" or "seki".

Then under that definition I guess Japanese rules aren't too elegant (Bent 4 in the corner for example).

cyclops wrote:I suppose the game would be voided if you could not afford to give up that corner. As white I would have forced you to give it up before resigning. Just for revenge.

I understand.

I think the rules would be a bit more elegant if they regarded those situations as Seki, but I guess that works too!

You are right to be proud, you outplayed White throughout the game. You were already well ahead when he flipped his lid and filled his own liberty so as to lose the "fight" in the bottom right. I believe that, played correctly, you had the choice of playing the triple ko so as to achieve "no result ...

Hey guys.

I'm pretty proud of this game I just played. I have a good day and I feel I'm playing reasonably well. I would like your insight on the game, what things should I've done better, etc =).

My purpose with this game was applying the concepts I've been reading on James Davies attack and ...

I happen to go to the same club as Alguien. A very nice place to play indeed. And the local master is a fun teacher too (if only he found time to teach me...)

Sorry if someone mentioned it on the SGF (I can't read them from the uni computer) but what happened to your left side is called the Monkey Jump, and it's an annoying little move you'll learn to hate (or love). Watch out for the setup: a stone on the second line "peeking" at your open territory.

(1) I think White would play f5, which looks OK for both: Black has territory, White has influence. It could go anywhere though.

(2) Well... c5, c6 and c7 all look good. I slightly prefer c6 as it covers the upper left corner while still working with c3.

From reading a couple of your threads I ...

I don't like how either of those turn out for Black.

Would you say was a mistake, as it gave White 2 cutting options?

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Hey there!

I've gotten to a point of my Go learning (KGS 5 kyu-ish) in which I think it's about time I start learning some Fuseki patterns. I've never really looked into them, and it's clear people around my level at my Go club are much more experienced in that field, being able to name them and ...