Life In 19x19

Total endorsement of the post above. It always makes me squirm when someone is explaining go and says "the rules are so much simpler than chess". When you consider the movement of the pieces etc., the statement is defensible, but when you try to explain why you are telling a beginner the game is ...

I have played games all of my life and it is apart of who I am. I love to compete and practice whatever I do. Yet of all of the games and sports I have played I think none of them are as devastatingly frustrating as go. While I enjoy playing teaching games with better players and like to play on a ...

I am going to have to start ignoring this thread. I keep pulling myself in. OTOH, some of my previous remarks seemed to be helpful.

How hard would it be for the admin to send a private message to the player who was perhaps the butt of some sexist remarks and ask, "Is that guy bothering you ...

Hi again Peter

I bought this book and whilst the content looks really good and interesting, I have to say im disappointed at paying £35 for the book with postage given that it isnt even bound properly!

It comes in a very flimsy ring binding, which makes the book (in my opinion) look cheap.

I ...

It is a good book. I think its reputation suffered from two things. First, it was not quite the beginners book that it was partly intended to be. Second, the at times hilarious reliance on japanese terms harmed its accessability.

In reality though, everything is there to make you a competent player ...

KGS has a reputation for having rude admins. This has been the case for as long as I can remember, almost 10 years.
KGS also has a reputation for nothing ever changing. This has been the case for as long as I can remember, almost 10 years.

So, complaining will get you nowhere. If you are really ...

Everyone is different, but the bottom line is life is short. Regardless of how strong you are and the arrogance of Korean 5 dans, if you are seriously thinking about this, then you are serious about improving. Of course, there is a whole other lecture about books and studying life and death and you ...

This is not my strong suit, and when I left this thread earlier today, I still could not see it. After all, you are either in one bowl or the other, so its 50/50.

But you are not in one bowl or the other, you are already in a bowl. And, since two of the three chances for your first pick were in one ...

No one seems to have directly answered the question posed by the thread title.

Usually there are only lines on one side, so the side without the lines is the downside.

One of the greatest chess players, Lasker (ok, 27 years world chess champion) wrote a book on go. Does anyone know how good he was at go? My guess is the game was not well known in Europe at the time so he didn't have chance to shine.

Edward Lasker wrote a book on go and he was a strong Chess ...

Okay,

I've just been kicked from KGS for swearing once, I did not get any warning. Anybody has anybody experience with this? What is the estimated time until I can log on again?


Strange - I swear all the time when I am playing on KGS and I NEVER get banned.

Of course, I really do not see how ...

Balance

i wonder if anyone here played game with john lee? if so howmany stone?

John Lee beat Jimmy Cha face to face in the US Fujitsu Cup preliminary. He has won the US Open and the Ing as well and finished very high in the World Amatuers.

On the other hand, some rust was showing when he played in the ...

It's interesting because under "pass stone" rules, it is pretty much legal. You place a stone in an opponent's eye, it gets captured - you give them your stone and give up your turn. Same thing, essentially. Passing is playing a dead stone.

I like the "no-suicide" rule, because it's another ...

It is true that suicide can have practical value as a ko threat. However, is that really a reason to overturn years of tradition? Given the limited tactical value afforded by the allowance of suicide, I'd have to vote against its inclusion.

To me, it seems inconsistant to have an additional rule ...