Life In 19x19

Pardon my ignorance on this topic, but I'm wondering why, when caught violating the most basic premise of competition, there is anything other than a lifetime disqualification?

(If there was actual doubt about intentional violation of the rules, then 8 years would be too harsh, but if was dead-to ...

Perhaps it can be played on waffles?

I have purchased and enjoyed several of you books, most recently Kamakura, Great Unexpectations, and Eminence Grise. I also very much enjoyed the E-book version of the "Go Consultants".

I would like to know just how much new material is the physical book re-issue of the Go Consultants.

I'm usually skeptical about some of these "go-like" games. But I checked it out anyway, and it is actually a fascinating and elegant looking game (though maybe its predecessors more so). So I look forward to trying it/them out!

Tracing the essential game, it seems to have three nearly identical ...

Seriously, though, this has been a good thread and Nate's great achievement intrigued me enough to break my normal rule and watch his YouTube video. With the caveat that I couldn't watch all of it (I have to listen with earphones at maximum volume and, if I do that, I risk losing more of what ...

Not to be off topic here, and I mentioned this on some other post a ways back.

However he was trained, however many books he read or didn't read. Nate adds something extremely vital to the go community.

In his game review videos, Nate communicates about the game so well, and in such an ...

But how thick were the "thin" stones? Or the "thick" ones?

John Fairbairn wrote:"Nicky Tams to keep the stoor oot yer een."

It's stuff like this that makes encourages me to take a second crack at learning Japanese. It can't be nearly as difficult.

The article says that the ranks in go are like karate. But it is actually more correct to say the opposite.

This Netflix series is shaping up to be a lot of fun, and I get to witness some opening moves of Sunjang Baduk!

Yeah, just encountered it on FB. It belongs in the Go Sightings as a meta-go-sighting, especially since it lists all the sources in the credits.

Black to play and win


I must be missing something, what is the number of prisoners on each side?
At first sight, assumming no prisoners, black has 22 points, white has 14, so with komi 6.5 black won already.


While not especially necessary, AGA still counts with prisoners as a convention ...

Gérard TAILLE wrote:AGA rules, komi 14.5

May I ask the point of setting Komi to 14.5? Is it just to to ensure that a win vs loss depends on the solution?

Thank you. I jumped on this right away this morning, Amazon US claims I'll have it by Sunday.

I am still getting a lot of mileage out of the Kamakura book. I loved the bit where you said you visited the site and effectively annoyed a monk by asking about the location of the match.

I truly ...

Note the superko rule doesn't require keeping information of all previous board states, just the ones that follow capture. Hmm, does that mean the Draw if Three Repititions rule in Chess is actually bad game design?
You do realize that the Draw if Three Repetitions rule is actually the opposite of ...