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Placing one little stone at a time...

Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2015 7:29 am
by Shako
Yes....I'm pretty much a total beginner.

Yes....I'm still losing fighting in my first 100 games.

And No...That doesn't discourage me :D

In fact, I've been looking through some of the things people have in THEIR study journals, and I just find the idea fantastic. And I imagine that the people actually making the effort to write them are benefitting even more than the people reading.

So I figured "Why wait?" I may as well get started now. (and document the whole epic process! :oops: )

For the moment this is more a declaration of intent than a real study journal. I really have taken some people here at their word and will hobble my way through a good number of games before I start 'studying' in any organised way. That makes sense to me, and also means that I can 'just play' (which by extension is a way of showing 'lightness' in my games ;-) ).

I'll be back when I have played 100 games, or when something catches my interest enough to drag in here.

Re: Placing one little stone at a time...

Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2015 7:31 am
by Shako
Oh...I may end up working my way through 'Graded Go exercises for Beginners' when I'm stuck in the train ;-) (can't do any harm)

Re: Placing one little stone at a time...

Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2015 7:37 am
by fireproof
fighting in my first 100 games


Excellent way to think of it :)

Re: Placing one little stone at a time...

Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2015 7:42 am
by Amelia
Shako wrote:Oh...I may end up working my way through 'Graded Go exercises for Beginners' when I'm stuck in the train ;-) (can't do any harm)

No, it can't :-) I've had those book since maybe three weeks after learning the rules, and still learn from them.

For the moment this is more a declaration of intent than a real study journal. I really have taken some people here at their word and will hobble my way through a good number of games before I start 'studying' in any organised way. That makes sense to me, and also means that I can 'just play' (which by extension is a way of showing 'lightness' in my games ;-) ).

Have fun :D

Re: Placing one little stone at a time...

Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2016 4:44 am
by Shako
LONG...road back to this thread.

My wife had a very serious spine injury, and Go just faded right out of life, I didn't even think of it for something like a year. I deeply and sincerely apologise to all my opponents who won by timeout.

SO...back and hungry!

Re: Placing one little stone at a time...

Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2016 11:04 pm
by Galation
Hi Man,
sometimes it happen to live in too interesting times, I sincerely hope your life is flowing smoothing now.
Shako wrote:SO...back and hungry!
Welcome back! :tmbup:
Galation