Life In 19x19

I enjoyed Milena's article very much. It is always a pleasure to read her reports.
If I see one, I click on it with a lot of positive anticipation in advance.

This discussion has reminded me of one of the great smokers (though not a pipe smoker as far as I know) on the European Go circuit, the late David Schoffel 6 dan. Checking on Google, I am shocked to see he is almost lost to history, and even Sensei's Library has the minimalist entry:"German 6 dan ...

Yes, on OGS. Look for the scribes EGF[1-3].

https://online-go.com/demo/view/1011304
https://online-go.com/demo/view/1011291
https://online-go.com/demo/view/1011307

Martin Stiassny yesterday wrote an announcement to the mailing list of the Hamburg Go-players.

The Grand Slam Qualification will take place in the Restaurant Yin Yang https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=53.59760&mlon=9.99638#map=19/53.59760/9.99638 .
The rounds are played Saturday from 11:15 to 20 ...

Maybe you can try to contact the captain at his work.
Looks like this could help:
https://artes.esa.int/contacts/vasco-pimenta

There was a stream by the nihonkiin on their YouTube channel on game 1:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kj9-JQH1P_k

For game 2 there is also a scheduled stream:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kj9-JQH1P_k

If anyone is interested, here are the games of the 5. round:

https://online-go.com/review/899821
https://online-go.com/review/899835
https://online-go.com/demo/view/899831
https://online-go.com/review/899834

What? What a loss.
My sincere condolences to Kishiko.

ez4u wrote:A Master of Go is amazing. How can I see the nps on the ipad?

If you rotate the iPad in portrait mode, you should see them in the lower right.

I think c is good. Threatening either to cut off two stones or to break into the white territory with two peeps from inside.

In these kind of series I always thought it is not so much the "fault" of the streamers, but a "feature" of the servers they are playing on. The server only allow you to register at i.e. 3d and forces you to fight your way up to your real strength.

So pairings like this must be common on this ...

How about looking at professionel games?

Use a real board and a kifu on paper or from a book.
Just lay out the moves and think a bit about what they are doing.

This might improve your feeling for shape and enhance your flexibility.
Especially the latter might help a lot. At your level it is one of ...

If others care to join me, shall we say 10pm GMT (23 November)? My own tipple is Dalwhinnie's Winter's Gold, which is made in Scotland's highest and coldest distillery and is also nicknamed the "Gentle Spirit." I think that is sufficiently redolent of Rina and her scaling of an immense peak ...

Here you are.

Here is an unboxing video with this board by Yoon Young Sun:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uo-kI9Ncq_U