Recentyl two fellow go bloggers, Bengozen and Michael Henseler, were discussing two important general questions 1. What is my favorite go player, the one on which games i focus most of my studys on? 2. What is my own playing style? Do i really yet have one? If not, what style would i play if i […]
Intuition is good, reading is better!
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 […]
Some Links
Some great things you should not miss! –Go Down Under: An interview with David Ormerod -The Scoop.it topic about Go Seigen, one of the greatest go players in history –Some interesting information about Go history –The Scoop.it topic about Go , curated by GoGameGuru and there, the following two articles i liked most: the-important-skill-of-calculation/ how-to-get-better-at-go/ […]
Like Water and Fire
Here something for all fans of Go Seigen aka. Wu Qingyuan … maybe the strongest Go player of all time…
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 […]
Truth And Go
„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, from the movie „The Go Master“ ( The Go Master is a 2006 biopic by […]