So what`s going on lately in my go live?I started again to play frequently at KGS, for some time rated as a 4 Kyu, now back to 5 kyu. But that`s fine, i think 4 kyu was highly overrated… i won some fast games by luck. So… i`m still not very good at Life and […]
Dark, yet clear as a kyu player
Hi again internet go baduk weiqi world! After some break because of the birth of our daughter, i`m back. I don`t know how much i will keep this blog updated, but it feels wrong to play and study again without blogging again, i think it just became a habit. Here a game with relativ detailed […]
What about english Go-Tv Channel!?
Imagine there would be regular Go-programms on (english) TV!? Found this on youtube and found it quite amusing to hear with what they come up to fill the time. They did not have the opportunity to do analysis on a extra board like in Korean and Japan tv and soo they do a lot of […]
Very nice quote!
I read this today at twitter, i think it is a very nice quote: „You know, the five reasons the Go Bible tells us we play go never mention winning.“
Zeige mir dein Go und ich sage dir wer du bist…
Ich glaube fest daran dass die Art und Weise wir wir Go spielen, nicht nur unsere vorhandenen (oder eben nicht vorhandenen:) „Go Skills“, sondern auch Züge unseres Charakters oder unserer Stimmung zum Ausdruck bringt.Wer hat sich selbst noch nicht dabei beobachtet viel zu gewagte Züge und Overplays zu spielen, weil man sich gerade über irgendwen […]
Dark and Beautiful Goban
Auf dem Blog von Michael Paffen ( http://www.michaelpaffen.de/ ) habe ich dieses wunderschöne Foto gefunden. „Don’t try to weasel a win out of a proverb.“ Go Proverb
Found here: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/tags/baduk/interesting/ “Competition and faith are my life-long vocations. Like water and fire, I depend on both. When I couldn’t outrank the others, it was time for me to leave. There are two things in my life, truth and Go.” Go Seigen
Found here: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/tags/baduk/interesting/ (you will find a lot of other intersting go pictures there!) “Competition and faith are my life-long vocations. Like water and fire, I depend on both. When I couldn’t outrank the others, it was time for me to leave. There are two things in my life, truth and Go.” Go Seigen
Go Is Beautiful
At www.flickr.com i found some beautiful go pictures. Just search for #Baduk or #Weiqi “Competition and faith are my life-long vocations. Like water and fire, I depend on both. When I couldn’t outrank the others, it was time for me to leave. There are two things in my life, truth and Go.” Go Seigen
Like Water and Fire
Here something for all fans of Go Seigen aka. Wu Qingyuan … maybe the strongest Go player of all time…
2 Beautiful Go Pictures
“You should look at the board and play wherever you want to. This is the way to get stronger.” Takemiya Masaki
Korea – Baduk In The Park
I found this very cool video at Vimeo … it is interesting to see some pictures from Seoul AND there is a short but nice „Go part“ as well… “You should look at the board and play wherever you want to. This is the way to get stronger.” Takemiya Masaki
Meijin – Yamashita Keigo & Hane Naoki
Interesting to see how ritualised it is… If you want to know about the „Meijin“ Title : http://senseis.xmp.net/Meijin “You should look at the board and play wherever you want to. This is the way to get stronger.” Takemiya Masaki
„Go uses the most elemental materials and concepts — line and circle, wood and stone, black and white — combining them with simple rules to generate subtle strategies and complex tactics that stagger the imagination.“ Iwamoto Kaoru, 9-dan professional Go player and former Honinbo title holderFound here: http://senseis.xmp.net/GreatQuotes
Some Go Videos
“You should look at the board and play wherever you want to. This is the way to get stronger.” Takemiya Masaki
The Moment To Play
I found this nice picture here: http://www.selbstfindungstrip.ch/ At the moment i don`t have enough ~ leisure time to play Go … only some dragon games are going on, as a sideline, but that`s all … maybe tomorrow … ^^ .
Go Video
Some interesting shots, a dynamik cut & a nice background makes this short Go Video, which i just found on youtube, worth seeing! “Do nothing which is of no use” Miyamoto Musashi
TAO TE CHING & GO
With a little bit fantasy we might can read the following chapter from Lao Tzu’s „Tao Te Ching“ as advice for becoming a better Go player! „Being over bold and confident is deadly. The wise use of caution will keep you alive. One is the way to death, and the other is the way to […]
BEST GO PROVERB
„Eat well, sleep well, and gain two stones“
GO HAIKU
Here at this LINK you find some funny GO Senryu dated back to the Edo time, compiled by John Fairbairn. „Senryu are Japanese poems that have the same structure as haiku (snapshots in 17 syllables), but instead of grand themes such as the transience of life, they satirically focus on the earthiness of life and […]
Black And White Variations
„Today, the ninth of September of 1978,I had in the palm of my hand one small discof the three hundred sixty-one that are neededfor the astrologic game of Go,that other chess of the East. It is older than the oldest writingand the board is a map of the universe. Its black and white variationswill exhaust […]
The possibilities of game play are endless like the sea
Found here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/leokoolhoven “Do nothing which is of no use” Miyamoto Musashi
What i need: a „Casio Tsumego Calculator“ in my brain!
FOUND HERE : http://tchan001.wordpress.com/ •••“Do nothing which is of no use” Miyamoto Musashi
Game Review / Video Lesson WITH STYLE!
Via Twitter (i am @taoteaking there) i found a Video-Game-Reviewon www.livestream.com by Graham Philips ! I was suprised by Grahams Philips very fast, eloquent, insightful and most of all very clear teaching style! I highly recommend you this Video if you are a Kyu player … but even Dan players perhaps would have some fun […]
Ask yourself: „Why did i win?“
„You have to like to win, and to learn to recognize the errors that gave you the victory.“ Audouard, Pierre LINK
You!, read less blogs and play more GO ! ;-)
“Do nothing which is of no use” Miyamoto Musashi
GO scenes in the movie „π“
Here 2 very cool GO-Videos ! „π (also known as Pi) is a 1998 black-and-white American psychological thriller directed by Darren Aronofsky, who won the Directing Award at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival, the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay and the Gotham Open Palm Award. This film was Darren Aronofsky’s directorial debut. The […]
NO FIXED PLANS
„A good traveler has no fixed plansand is not intent upon arriving.A good artist lets his intuitionlead him wherever it wants.A good scientist has freed himself of conceptsand keeps his mind open to what is. Thus the Master is available to all peopleand doesn’t reject anyone.He is ready to use all situationsand doesn’t waste anything.This […]
Fighting Spirit Is Important In Go!
Maybe following quotes can give us some insight … FIGHTING – SPIRIT – INSIGHT 😉Enjoy! ••• “Perceive that which cannot be seen with the eye.” Miyamoto Musashi••• “Study strategy over the years and achieve the spirit of the warrior. Today is victory over yourself of yesterday; tomorrow is your victory over lesser men.” Miyamoto Musashi••• […]
The Magic Of Go
„Everything would seem to be possible in go. Like pulling a rabbit, by a magical move, out of a hat.“ Audouard, Pierre
Their First Time Playing Go
••• „You can hide nothing on the goban.“ Audouard, Pierre
Easter Tsumego
White to play and win the capturing race. ••• „To do or not to do something is not determined by what is done in general, any more than by what is necessary. Doing or not doing something is determined by what you want, and to want in go is to want to win.“ Audouard, […]
Remember…
… it takes two eyes to become immortal ! 😉 „Whenever you advise a ruler in the way of Tao, Counsel him not to use force to conquer the universe.For this would only cause resistance.Thorn bushes spring up wherever the army has passed.Lean years follow in the wake of a great war.Just do what needs to […]
The Place Where I Go
„When in a winning position, keep the game simple; Make it complex only when losing“Go Proverb ( Gobase)
Go Seigen
„Wu Qingyuan (born May 19, 1914), generally known in the West by his Japanese name Go Seigen, is considered by many players to be the greatest player of the game of Go in the 20th century and probably the greatest of all time.“ Wikipedia If you want to know more about Go Seigen, you should […]