Life In 19x19

To start with, I think there are three main strengths in go, the most important goes first.

(1) Good instinct in shape and haengma; you have to branch out worthless moves and focus on moves that seem to make sense.
(2) Reading, so keeping the variation you want further enough correctly with your ...

Tygem and Oro news says the opening was a success for white, and the game is where white can make good use of his thinkness. However white failed to fully utilize his thickness in the middle game attack, and when the fights were settled, the game was comfortable for black who started with more ...

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The KBA originally prepared a certificate written in Chinese, but later decided to make it in Korean and English.

What a such a terrible translation (am I right with the grammar?) done by the Yonhap ...

Yes they did award an honory professional 9-dan to alphago. The certificate is written in a very old form of Korean, mixing Chinese characters in the middle of a sentence, like the current Japanese writing system. The vocabulary also feels quite archaic. An interesting point is that this type of ...

Before the match, I suggested that Lee must play for long-term, global interaction. Instead, Lee focuses on the contrary while Alphago opts for long-term and global interaction. I expected top human players being able to surpass Alphago there but Lee seems to be the wrong opponent for the task of ...

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I'll second what yoyoma says.

Just wanted to add that the "X-는" grammar always seemed more unintuitive to me compared to Japanese in this regard. If you know Japanese, Elom, you can slap a noun on the back of a verb pretty easily to get good results:

To play go -> 囲碁を打つ
To have played go (past ...

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The overall baduk population in Korea may be quite high, but it doesn't seem to expand through the younger generation. It's still true that most people (most men?) are aware of this game and know the rules. However, you'll find it very rare a Korean person in the 10s to 30s actively pursuing this ...

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Subotai wrote:Are there people playing baduk in the park? Are there a lot of people playing in baduk salons? Do people discuss recent matches as a means for small talk?

Nope.