Old Men Play Games Near Jongmyo Park from ok korea on Vimeo. “You should look at the board and play wherever you want to. This is the way to get stronger.” Takemiya Masaki
Game Review
Please notice: Of course i write these reviews because i want to know why i have lost or which bad moves of my opponent gave me the victory… but i`m not a go teacher and there might be mistakes, small and big ones, in this analysis. I use my brain 🙂 as well as Kogos […]
The Only Way To Become A Real Go Player
Collected Quotes To Improve The Enjoyment Of The Game First some words from Takemiya Masaki: Takemiya Masaki was invited as the guest at the 2008 US Go Congress. At the congress, he gave the audience “the way to be stronger”. He asked the audience “When you sit down to play a game is your aim […]
COMPASSION FOR JAPAN
In remembrance of all victims of the earthquake and tsunami in japan. (images found via Google, Flickr)
GAME REVIEW
In order to improve our Go skills it is a good idea to review & analyze our games… Which Fuseki was more successfull? Which Josekis emerged? Did i or my opponent made any Joseki-mistakes? If so, were they punished correctly? Were there any life & death problems ? If the some group died, would it […]
LOOSING AT WBADUK IS FUN
Circa 1 year ago i started playing on Wbaduk ( aka. Cyberoro) for the first time and i was very staggered about the difference between a KGS-Rank and a WBaduk-Rank. I think i was about KGS 12 Kyu at this time and after i played my first dozen games i was something like 18 kyu […]
THE PLACE WHERE I GO
The Game on the Board is Sakata Eio (W) vs. Takagawa Kaku (B),played on the 24th April 1946. On the Wall hangs a map of the world which i was buying years ago at the Christmas market of my former secondary school.
„IF YOU DON`T KNOW LADDERS, DON`T PLAY GO“
is a well known Go proverb … just like for example „The opponent’s vital point is my vital point“ „Hane at the Head of Two Stones“ „Don’t touch stones you want to attack.“ „Don’t follow proverbs blindly“ A lot of these usefull proverbs we can find and study here at Sensei’s Library. But […]
Cinema-loving and a bit addicted to GO
As i wrote in my last post … since i started my film studies i had not enough leisure hours to concentrate on GO again … but i was making a shortfilm, as an exercise, in wich GO appeared! Here some screenshots! NOW i will study and play again … 🙂 “Do nothing which is […]
Time & GO
Hi there,it is been a while since i wrote something about GO here …the reason is, that i`m now studying at a film-university and that means:not much time left for playing go … and even less time for writing about go … BUT … i`m workin on a shortfilm now in wich „GO“ is a […]
ON HUNTING GNUS part 3.
A interesting point when we talk about GnuGo is this „Noseki Thing“ … here a quote from Sensei`s Library: Gnugo nosekis There are some situations where Gnugo just screws up EVERY time. If You know them, Youll improve Your performance against Gnugo considerably. Dont let this fool You into thinking You got stronger: Gnugo just […]
Check this out!
Here a wonderful (new) GO – Blog by John Arundel with a very nice text about „Fighting SPirit“ …Check it out … I like it very much! http://go.keithlard.com/fighting-spirit •• “Do nothing which is of no use” Miyamoto Musashi
ON HUNTING GNUS part 2.
Ok, although i find it really hard to write in english … i will give it a try now. As a comment to my previous post „on hunting gnus part 1.“ Nate wrote: „Do you feel like it’s useful to play Gnu in terms of developing your game against other humans? I’ve worried that the […]
The 2 Weak Groups Game COMMENTED!
Ok folks here is a commented game again, have fun! Hi! Please notice that all of these comments are made by myself ( a ~9kyu) andperhaps i am telling stupid things here … i don`t know …i`m using „Smartgo“ (+databases) to analyse, review and comment my games …i enjoy reviewing my games very much and […]
The Attempt
„Do nothing which is of no use.“ Miyamoto Musashi
ON HUNTING GNUS part 1.
¡WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE! (Look! The bloody beast is harming the innocent and poor little penguin! Tremendous! ) “ GNU Go is a free software program by the Free Software Foundation that plays Go. The program plays Go against the user, at about 8 to 12 kyu strength. „ Wikipedia GNU Go And i am […]
A lot of games …
I played a lot of games in last months … but i had a lot of work and things to do beside that … so i was just playing … not studying very much … but now i want to learn more about the mistakes i made in my games … about tsumego … professional […]
„The Half Point Game“ (Commented!)
contrary to my comments on the last game („The Ridiculous Game“) the comments on this game are much more serious and detailed! Enjoy! I was black … winning this game (undeserved!) with 0.5 points! [Please notice that all of these comments are made by myself (a 10-12 kyu) and perhaps i am telling stupid things […]
„The Unusual Game“ (commented!)
Hi! Please notice that these comments are all made by myself (a 10-12 kyu) and perhaps i am telling stupid things here … i don`t know … i enjoy reviewing my games very much and i am glad if i can share my thoughts with you … feel free to have other opinions … don`t […]
Challenging Study Material
„Graded Go Problems For Beginners“ … for me very challenging but barely doable. Nice book. A book about a Jubango (= a ten game series) in Kamakura between Go Seigen and Kitani Minorou Each game is reviewed and a lot of historical background information as well as anecdotes and quotes of the players are given. […]
Go Means Work
[While i am not a native english speaker i am using this blog not only to write about GO … but as well to improve my english skills … so please excause me if there may be some mistakes ] At the moment i am on the countryside at my mothers house with a good […]
Get Strong … At Making Good Go-Jokes
Please click here to read more funny Go-stuff •••„You can hide nothing on the goban.“Audouard, Pierre
The 11 Kyu Struggle Game
•••I think white 38 was a bad move …Without white 182 black would havewon… i guess … (yes?!)I don`t know exactly which of my moves were very bad … but i think there were several … black could have punished me more for them. For exampel: Playing white 120 while whites territory has still the […]
The Sunshine Game
I was black … i think it was a strange game … i don`t know why he allowed me to capture his Q8- Group … was it a careless mistake or was it really impossible to escape for them? … After i killed these stones i thought „victory is certainly mine“ and made a lot […]