Life In 19x19

Bill Spight wrote:4-4
3-4
3-5
4-5
3-3

Walked right into that one....

Thanks all. Currently, I use the Nirensei but I want to spice things up. I like two openings: the Mark II Kobayashi and the Mini-Chinese. I like the former because the non-4-4 corner is nicely secured right away. But, it seems slow. It seems the latter achieves a lot: influence, territory and timely ...

Does anyone know of a book or website that succinctly lists common openings?

Hi thewindbelow, Welcome to Go and the forum. :)

Play as many games as your time and energy allow.

Study whatever you enjoy studying: Life-and-Death, joseki, etc.

The great thing, Ed, is that I like studying Go right off the bat. For some reason, this highly abstract game fascinates me. I'm ...

Thanks all for the advice.

I'm using the "Joygo" app on my phone. It has three difficulty settings, which definitely seems vague vis-a-vis the quality of play the computer will deliver.

Until I can locate some local players, I was contemplating joining KGS. I see the benefit of playing human ...

Took up the game a couple of weeks ago and have been learning as much as I can. Unfortunately, I don't have a Go club I can attend in-person. So, I've been reading the Sensei database online, reading some Janice Kim books and watching YouTube lessons. I've played about 5-10 games against a computer ...