Life In 19x19

Greetings,
if you use the Guo Juan websites, she does a series of Step by Step lectures that systematically teach counting right from the beginning in small chunks. There are also lectures on endgame points which are a real eye opener on the huge value of apparently trivial areas at the side ...

Hey JTS - thanks for the long reply and the thoughtful advice. I've been playing a few bot games (champion go hd) and have found myself starting to get an idea of which shapes are viable and which aren't. So in these cases where before I couldn't see why I didn't control a region I see now a pocket ...

Hey JTS - thanks for the long reply and the thoughtful advice. I've been playing a few bot games (champion go hd) and have found myself starting to get an idea of which shapes are viable and which aren't. So in these cases where before I couldn't see why I didn't control a region I see now a pocket ...

Knowing exactly what sort of variations and continuations are likely to take place in the area is vital to knowing how many points you can or cannot assume are in a given area, and sadly, that often comes from having your face proverbially smashed in by stronger players who know the sequences ...

Estimating the score before the end of the game is difficult to do as you need to know how things are likely going to go in different regions etc. I wouldn't worry about doing it in detail before you're a Dan player (which is my weak player opinion). In the Elementary Go series book "Attack and ...

For an iPad I don't know, but for Windows I'd still recommend the score estimator for Dariush.

My personal feeling is that experience does this more than anything else, although I may be missing some of what you're asking. Could you post an example of the sort of situation you'd want to score and ...

Hi all,

I'm a novice Go player, and I would like to buy an app for my iPad (iPad1 - hopefully to be replaced with an iPad 3 sometime soon). I already have SmartGo (Pro or Player, not sure - the HD version) and have been playing 9x9 against the AI. What I would like in a new app is something that ...

Hi and welcome,

a starter set would include:

- Playing on KGS: This is a beginner friendly server that has good opportunities to review your matches
- 321go.org : a course from the very beginning including tons of exercises
- "Graded Go Problems for Beginners": a set of four volumes with go ...

Hi all,

Complete novice, but enthusiastic learner from Toronto. Searching for a starter set while being defeated by bots on computer...