Life In 19x19

Yep, I live in the Triad, and I can confirm that the Winston Salem/Greensboro/High Point area doesn't have a stable club yet. The closest one is just as hyperpape says — about 1.5 hours east of Greensboro. I haven't made it out there yet.

Maybe one day we can gather enough players locally...

... all three of those sound good?

I tend to base my reading on what level of energy I have. Low energy something more enjoyable like historical games or commentary, high energy for new theory or tactics.

Quick update:

Recent scheduling changes have made it even more difficult to find time for full-length games, so my progress has slowed to a crawl. I've recently only had time for correspondence games, tsumego, and a bit of reading.

As far as books go, over the last several months I've completed ...

I'm a little too weak to be of much statistical value to your survey (3 months of playing of mostly correspondence games, 25 to 20kyu), but I'm interested to see the results!

Welcome!

I agree, Go is the best!

This is a fascinating game. Normally at my level (being so low) such aggression is thoughtless and without a plan. I'm extremely confident that Nobuaki had a plan, but what level was calculated and what level was emergent over those first 80 moves?

...and to high level players, how solid are your ...

I never seriously considered learning Chinese or Japanese before learning to play Go -- but since then there's been several occasions where I'm disappointed I can't understand either language!

Maybe one day...

Thanks to everyone who helps out with this effort!

I didn't know we had a National Go Center. That's pretty cool.

Is it NATIONAL national (like affiliated with the government) or more of a club/facility that's in our nation's capital?

I realized I never uploaded the 5x5. I found the small size to be helpful when explaining the rules and for little ones to play with. It makes the games VERY quick, and Black has a huge advantage going first.

I don't have much constructive feedback for you, since I'm still very much a beginner...

..but thank you for providing this service! This is my go-to resource to find pro games!

I created these PDFs to full size (according to m) so that I could easily print and play several games with friends, coworkers and family.

The smaller boards may not be EXACTLY the right dimensions, but they're based off the 19x19. They're built for standard sized stones (22.1mm white and slightly ...

Thank you everyone for your comments and suggestions. I will continue to review and analyze. Hopefully I will not make the same mistakes again!

Going back to something I said earlier, with the cheap set we now have at my office, I've now introduced Go to well over a dozen people, explained it in ...

I had not heard of this before.

The spectator aspect is really interesting, might make it seem more like e-sports tournaments. I'm sure it will be a big adjustment for the players too, thinking in loud environments and dealing with swaps and timeouts.

Following teams is also a big draw. Are the ...

That's neat. I had no clue what the balloon was until they said so.

Now we just need them to film someone aggressively placing a stone!

I have no clue if this will help, but sometimes when I'm faced with a willpower issue (or a task I don't really care to do) I have to leverage something external to help me check the behavior (only superhumans can get by on willpower alone). Usually I set timers, something like: for the next 30 ...