blog on hiatus for an indefinite period of time

3. Februar 2017 by eyecatcher Leave a Comment

I love go…

I had many ideas for a new go related blog post, and 30+ samples of tea to review, but …

i have a job, i have a daughter … and i always have too little time to study and play go, and to really have a relaxed tea session…

writing about go and tea does not give me more time 🙂

… so, i guess i will play and study more go, drink, study and enjoy tea… but at the moment i don`t feel like that writing a blog about it will do much for you or for me … at the moment 🙂

Have a good game / have a nice www:pocketoption.in/pocket-option-deposit-methods

With love!

(again revised) beginners mind – my way of tasting tea

2. November 2016 by eyecatcher Leave a Comment

If you reading my tea tasting notes, that`s maybe because you are a tea (and most likely puerh-) fanatic like myself. You might already know every active tea blog in the webs, and take time to even flying over this little one... that`s nice! Welcome … [Continue reading]

Chaozhou Gongfucha & 2005 Mengku „Zheng Shan Da Ye“

25. Oktober 2016 by eyecatcher Leave a Comment

Vendor: Yunnan Sourcing Producer: unknown Origin: "Xiao Hu Sai area of http://www.pocketoption.in/pocket-option-deposit-methods in Lincang" Storage: Guangdong (relatively) dry storage Link: Tea at Yunnan Sourcing For this session i used 5g in a 75 ml gaiwan with hot filtered tab … [Continue reading]

thick & green: „2007 Dayi Hou Qing Beeng“

24. Oktober 2016 by eyecatcher Leave a Comment

Name: "2007 Dayi Hou Qing Beeng Tea Cake (701)" Vendor: Sampletea Producer: Menghai Origin: unknown Storage: unknown Link: this tea at sampletea.com … [Continue reading]

In Search of Lost Tea: „Ying Ming Hao 1980`s“

9. Oktober 2016 by eyecatcher Leave a Comment

Name: "Ying Ming Hao 1980`s“ Vendor: Aged Taste Producer: Tung Xing Hao Factory Origin: Yiwu Storage: "Natural Hong Kong Dry Storage" Link: Tea at AgedTaste.com … [Continue reading]

Celebrating autumn with „2004 Nan Jian Phoenix Aroma Aged“

2. Oktober 2016 by eyecatcher Leave a Comment

Name: "2004 Nan Jian Phoenix Aroma Aged" Vendor: Yunnan Sourcing Producer: Nan Jian Tea Factory Origin: Wu Liang Shan (in the county of Jingdong in Simao aka. Pu`er) & Yun Xian county (Lincang) Link: Tea at YS For this session i used 6,5 g … [Continue reading]

Want some earth with your earth? „90’s CNNP Guang Yun Gong Beeng“

1. Oktober 2016 by eyecatcher Leave a Comment

Name: "1990's CNNP Guang Yun Gong Beeng" Source: Sampletea Origin: "processed and compressed in Guangdong" Link: Tea at Sampletea For this session i used 9 g in a 150ml celadon teapot with boiling water. If you want to read some thoughts about … [Continue reading]

„2000 Yi Wu Shan Aged Raw Brick“

30. September 2016 by eyecatcher Leave a Comment

Name: "2000 Yi Wu Shan Aged Raw Brick" Source: Yunnan Sourcing Origin: Yiwu Storage: wet!! Link: Tea at Yunnan Sourcing For this session i used 6,5 g in a 100ml gaiwan with boiling water. If you want to read some thoughts about my way of tea … [Continue reading]

Long game, deep breath

24. Januar 2015 by eyecatcher 1 Comment

This was a quite long game i played at #kgs against a 4kyu as 5kyu. We used all of our time. I think around move ~137 all changed, up till there i think i was quite ok. First it was not that easy for me to accept, that i finally messed it up and … [Continue reading]

Only the here & now

7. September 2014 by eyecatcher 4 Comments

Hi everyone! Hope you doing well and i hope you have the luck to spend more time than myself on a REAL goban playing somebody you can watch in the eye while playing... and not like me, only internet go on kgs. But let`s stop complaining, it`s fun … [Continue reading]

a „full stop“ … to go on

29. August 2014 by eyecatcher 2 Comments

Hi again! As i wrote in my last post, i was very busy the last two month shooting a documentary movie. Now, a lot of things have changed in my life, mostly to the better... :-D As i already had several different phases / thoughts about the … [Continue reading]

Go Seigen & the direct approach

11. Juni 2014 by eyecatcher 4 Comments

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 … [Continue reading]

Tsumego Lab – Let`s take a break again

8. Juni 2014 by eyecatcher 7 Comments

For this "tsumego lab" (click for some introduction) i will make a chronological attempt. For this afternoon i will briefly document my tsumego study and my thoughts about it. (that was allready yesterday, 8.6.2014) 4:51 pm I`m starting to … [Continue reading]

Before & after No.6 – WBaduk VIDEO Challenge

6. Juni 2014 by eyecatcher 4 Comments

Hi there! Sometimes running a go blog is a bit annoying... for example if i want to spent some time with go study and ending up with doing wordpress/website things for the blog, without really looking at a single stone... this time i spent now more … [Continue reading]

A preventive measure: No games without review

4. Juni 2014 by eyecatcher 2 Comments

Hi there! Maybe you have noticed that i did not write anything here recently... i was using the time i had more for playing games and some study and somehow did not had much extra energy to write a new update. But i made some drafts for new posts, … [Continue reading]

Fighting is the essence [ Quote ]

24. Mai 2014 by eyecatcher 2 Comments

"The theory of the Korean style is that the key to the game is fighting. Territory should come from fighting because then it is the most secure. Territory that is made without fighting will have weaknesses that you must worry about and fix later. … [Continue reading]

Quick Review

24. Mai 2014 by eyecatcher 4 Comments

Just a quick review of a fast automatch kgs game i played this morning. … [Continue reading]

A dream comes true / ASR game review

23. Mai 2014 by eyecatcher 8 Comments

As i mentioned before ("To conquer one’s weaker self: Starting from Zero") after i have realized that i have cultivated soo many bad habbits in my go i really tried to change that. And it was very motivating that i somehow could beat a dan player … [Continue reading]

WBaduk Challenge / Game 7 and 8

23. Mai 2014 by eyecatcher 1 Comment

So, here again my latest two WBaduk games. I played them before i - once again - started to question the way i approach go and wrote this post about that: "To conquer one’s weaker self: Starting from Zero" Do you know that feeling, when reviewing … [Continue reading]

To conquer one’s weaker self: Starting from Zero

15. Mai 2014 by eyecatcher 2 Comments

Today, after i played a lot of games in a row, and lost almost all of them, i was asking myself a question about my go: should i totally rethink the way i aproach the game? Should i try something like starting from zero again? Today i had some … [Continue reading]

Before & After No.5 (follow up)

10. Mai 2014 by eyecatcher 3 Comments

This is mainly a follow up to yesterdays post: Before & After No.4 … [Continue reading]

„Go“ the Zen Way: the art of loosing

10. Mai 2014 by eyecatcher 3 Comments

A discussion at twitter evolved after i shared the first part, up to the word "war", of this quote : Go is really a interesting game, because even if you win in all battles, you may lose your game, because go is like a war, you should control the … [Continue reading]

Before & After No.4

9. Mai 2014 by eyecatcher 1 Comment

Hi there, welcome to another "Before & After" (for more info read post No.1 ). Today there is a kind of special challenge to do. Recently i joined "European Yunguseng Dojang" as spectator. As spectator you can`t play games in the "league system" … [Continue reading]

WBaduk Challenge No. 6

7. Mai 2014 by eyecatcher 3 Comments

Hi there, here comes another reviewed WBaduk game (more info here: WBaduk Challenge). I continue with posting every "TruthAndGo" (my WBaduk Username) game here... it is the only one i played (at Wbaduk) until last update. Even while i realized that … [Continue reading]

Tsumego Lab No.1 – a magical land called „dan“

2. Mai 2014 by eyecatcher 3 Comments

For some introduction see: Tsumego Lab 0.1: What`s wrong with my tsumego technique? As go players, we might all have at least one thing in common: we want to get better... we strive for a deeper understanding of the game... we want to play … [Continue reading]

Before&After No.3 – a Little Bit Closer

28. April 2014 by eyecatcher 3 Comments

For todays "before & after" (link to first post which explains the concept) i have set a simple goal: after the game i will try to replay as many moves i remember on a real go board.Nothing more special, i feel a bit tired, it`s 9:30 pm and it`s … [Continue reading]

(updated) Book Review: „Segoe Tesuji Dictionary“

28. April 2014 by eyecatcher 3 Comments

As i said in a previous post, i`m focussing on L&D problems at the moment, reading L&D by James Davies and try to spent my "go time" mainly for "Live and Death" practice/study (as contrasted with study of "tesuji"). But, a few weaks ago i … [Continue reading]

On focussing

26. April 2014 by eyecatcher 8 Comments

Maybe you noticed the new page "goal setting", i created it about 2 or 3 weeks ago, and i now realize that my plans on how many books i want to finish soon... are not very good. I'm reading a book of Leo Babauta (yes, the minimalism guy) at the … [Continue reading]

Before&After No.2 Losing & „The Go Challenge“

25. April 2014 by eyecatcher 3 Comments

So, ready for another "before and after" (click for info about this series) game. As you might have read in my last post, i`m having some kind of a "losing streak" and it feels suddenly like i lost 2 stones. But it is ok, even when this is going … [Continue reading]

“Before & after” no.1

23. April 2014 by eyecatcher 2 Comments

Today i will try something new... directly combining two things: 1. Playing games 2. Update this blog Maybe some kind of "series" will originate ... so, the idea is: I start with a blog post like this one, in which i describe the current state … [Continue reading]

Quick review

16. April 2014 by eyecatcher 5 Comments

Mostly i try to, if i write a review, do it with much time and as detailed as possible, but often, i wait too long... and the game then is not as interesting any more for me, as it would be right after playing it... That is the reason why i write … [Continue reading]

WBaduk Challenge No.3, 4 and 5

13. April 2014 by eyecatcher 1 Comment

Here just a quick update with all my latest WBaduk games. (More info here: WBaduk Challenge) Almost without comments this time, just a few variations. … [Continue reading]

Old & Beautiful French 16 mm Go Video

12. April 2014 by eyecatcher 1 Comment

@osmoticferenc (The Eclectique Prism) was sharing this wonderful Go video on Twitter recently. You don`t need to understand French to enjoy it :-) … [Continue reading]

Game Review by A. Dinerchtein / Bengozen vs. Eyecatcher

7. April 2014 by eyecatcher 8 Comments

Here comes another review by Alexandre Dinerchtein 3p Enjoy! … [Continue reading]

WBaduk Challenge No.2

7. April 2014 by eyecatcher 5 Comments

Ok, today just a quick review of my "Wbaduk Challenge game No.2" It was not a very interesting or good game, i played bad moves and lost clearly. Funny is when you see the second game... it is not from Wbaduk, i played it at KGS right after i lost … [Continue reading]

The WBaduk Challenge no. 1 / Review by Alexandre Dinerchtein

28. März 2014 by eyecatcher 2 Comments

Maybe some of you know my WBaduk history... starting out with my KGS rank i was quickly fallen in to the low double digit kyu realm (= realm of fire, torture and pain :twisted: ). But i made a new account recently, starting again from 6 kyu. Of … [Continue reading]

Tsumego Lab No. 0.1 What`s wrong with my tsumego technique?

27. März 2014 by eyecatcher 2 Comments

As almost every more or less serious go player, sooner or later, at one point accepts: in order to become stronger or even to reach true dan level one has to develop good reading skills. I once was meeting a go player of dan level who claimed that … [Continue reading]

The Freedom To Play Wherever We Want

24. März 2014 by eyecatcher 4 Comments

Maybe you noticed i like the quote of Takemiya Masaki: You should look at the board and play wherever you want to. This is the way to get stronger." But today i want to try to explore a bit, what this really means, and maybe what this does not … [Continue reading]

The pretended ASR game – Dan Player Review

22. März 2014 by eyecatcher 5 Comments

Today i share a very detailed and interesting game review. SimeonG (HelloQtion on KGS / about 1 ~ 3 dan / twitter: @iGoPau ) from the Go club in france: Club de Go de Pau was following my study journal twitter account and was offering to review this … [Continue reading]

game review: BenGoZen vs. Eyecatcher

19. März 2014 by eyecatcher 14 Comments

This is a more or less detailed game review of my game with BenGoZen. I started with Tengen and BenGoZen played 5-5. After the game, even while BenGoZen was winning he regretted to play 5-5. I regret a lot of moves as well... but not opening with … [Continue reading]

Fresh Design for „Truth And Go“

17. März 2014 by eyecatcher 4 Comments

I moved this blog from blogger to this self hosted wordpress.org site. That`s it. In case you wanna know: the main reason to do this was in order to be able to use the "full view" of Eidogo...[see below!!!!:))] … [Continue reading]

Intuition is good, reading is better!

10. März 2014 by eyecatcher 2 Comments

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 … [Continue reading]

Why Do You Play Go?!

6. März 2014 by eyecatcher 4 Comments

Recentyl i was writing this tweet and got some interesting replies which i want to share here!(some people send their answers after the post was published, feel free to send me your answers via Twitter or the comment section, i will add them as … [Continue reading]

Tsumego everywhere

2. März 2014 by eyecatcher 7 Comments

It's been a while, when i was reading at the 19x19 Go forum in a post from John Fairbairn ( here is the post, some of you will allready know it: lifein19x19.com ) about a "new" or just very usefull method to solve tsumego aka. life and death … [Continue reading]

„Truth & Go“ – about this blog

27. Februar 2014 by eyecatcher 2 Comments

Hi, my name is Amon and i play Go since 2008 soon after seeing the movie "PI", in which one can find 2 Go related scenes, i joined the Go club in Hamburg (Germany) and became a enthusiastic player. Also i only make slow progress, Go became a very … [Continue reading]

Dark, yet clear as a kyu player

25. Februar 2014 by eyecatcher 3 Comments

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 … [Continue reading]

The „thinking game“ and the „feeling game“

27. Mai 2013 by eyecatcher 2 Comments

So far it works fine with having 2 accounts, one for short games in between and one for long serious games. But often i found my self playing fast (and sometimes stupid) moves even when i still have long thinking time. This has to do something with … [Continue reading]

What about english Go-Tv Channel!?

19. Mai 2013 by eyecatcher 2 Comments

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 … [Continue reading]

Very nice quote!

15. Mai 2013 by eyecatcher 1 Comment

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." … [Continue reading]

Something funny…

15. Mai 2013 by eyecatcher Leave a Comment

I found this randomly at youtube... i think it is a bit funny because he explains everthing a bit over-enthusiastic... but anyway he seems to be a nice guy and people who are not knowing anything about baduk can learn something with this video.Have … [Continue reading]

“Play where you want and don’t be afraid. If you’re chasing the dream you must take the risk.” Yasumasa Hane 9p