I have not much time at the moment, so here a game with only very few comments. See you, have a nice game! (;GM[1]FF[4]CA[UTF-8]AP[CGoban:3]ST[2] RU[Japanese]SZ[19]KM[0.50]TM[1500]OT[4x80 byo-yomi] … [Continue reading]
The Surrounding Game Extended Trailer
I think you know this already, but in case you don't ... enjoy :-) “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 … [Continue reading]
GAME 3 The WBADUK „Problem“
I started to play at Wbaduk again... mostly fast games (account: "Amon") ... very frustrating. After about 20 games i was fallen to 14 Kyu! (At KGS i`m solid 6 kyu). About 1 year ago i was writing about WBADUK before. See my older Post about my … [Continue reading]
Game 2 & Again All English
As you know i was thinking about writing on this blog in german as well... i reconsidered this, because it just doesn't feel right ... i think the go comunity should unite internationally, and when writing in english the probability that people can … [Continue reading]
Game 1
Here another review of one of my games... mostyl in english.Wie schon im letzten Post angkündigt werde ich all meine Spiele mit meinem KGS account "Eyecatcher" hier veröffentlichen ... evtl. ein guter Trick um sich auf ein möglichst hohes … [Continue reading]
How to play a better game?
In order to to break through some obstacles: 1. From now on i will have 2 KGS accounts ... one for "serious" games with high concentration and one for casual games. Every game i play with "Eyecatcher" (KGS) will be published here. I will play … [Continue reading]
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 … [Continue reading]
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 … [Continue reading]
Truth and Go online again… ab jetzt eher in Deutsch!
Dear Go fan, i will reactivate this blog again! But this time at least 50% in my native language which is german! But to stay in contact with all english readers ... i will try to have allways some content in english as well. Not sure at the moment … [Continue reading]
No more updates at „Truth and Go“
I will never stop playing Go but my study at the film academy is very time consuming and while i have several other hobbys as well ... i think i should stop with writing about my Go-progress.At the moment it is hard enough to find some time to … [Continue reading]
Loosing games – learning why
In the last time, i`m not very successful, i lost most of the games i played.That might have to do something with the fact that i`m working on a documentary film right now, that keeps me busy most of the time. But anyway i think it is not wise to … [Continue reading]
"The ax's handle rots while the mind lives to the rhythm of the stones." Audouard, PierreFound here: http://gobase.org/reading/proverbs/ … [Continue reading]
„The one with the lost chance“
I was white. Time: 20 min + 20 stones in 6 minutes canadian time. B7: I do not know much joseki W8: Not very common, but possibleW10: Maybe my first mistake, has to be at p4.W18: I thought there is a chance to live with the 2 stones at Q5, but they … [Continue reading]
Many Games & Many Thoughts
As i said before, i will go on with publishing here e v e r y long game i play,with at least some written thoughts about it.Here are 8 games i played recently...comments and ~ variations are included in every one of them.The … [Continue reading]
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 … [Continue reading]
Winning a lost game
Sometimes you win a game, but afterwards you realize that you indeed played badly and that you only won, because of some more or less unexpected mistakes of your opponent, who was playing, until some blunder, better than you!Here are 2 such games: … [Continue reading]
Takemiya Masaki vs. Rin Kaiho and Sakata Eio in the back (middle)found here: http://www.goeverywhere.asia/ … [Continue reading]
The WBaduk Challenge – Part. 4
Again i lost against a 16 Kyu at WBaduk (while i can win every now and then against a 5 Kyu at KGS).First i was very frustrated about this, but then realized that even if go is a serious game, one should never forget to see things with humor. My … [Continue reading]
I highly recommend you to read this blog:
http://gooften.net/ Antti Törmänen is studying as an Insei (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insei) in Japan! He writes about Go Theory, Japan, his experiences at the Nihon Ki-in and several other things.I just discovered this blog via twitter yesterday, … [Continue reading]
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 , … [Continue reading]
The One With Many Weak Groups
25 min + 3x 1:10 min byo-yomi , i was white and won by resignation.W10: Maybe not good, better @ M16W34: strange situation now, i decided to focus on the the center... W42: Tenuki maybe not best, black can force white into bad shape at the top … [Continue reading]
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 … [Continue reading]
The WBaduk Challenge – Part. 2
Here 2 new Wbaduk games ... it is hard to feel how much weaknesses i still have, while i´m trying hard to study and learn more about the game ... i see that i still make much beginner-mistakes. But it motivates me to even study more and harder... ;-) … [Continue reading]
The WBaduk Challenge
As i mentioned before i have some trouble at the "WBaduk go server" with getting out of the double digit kyu area. Actually i`m 16 kyu there, while i`m 6 Kyu at Kgs. Maybe you think i`m a sandbagger ... but i`m not ... i started with … [Continue reading]
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 … [Continue reading]
Best before poka
Although in this game i made a terrible endgame mistake, i`m not regretting it completely ... it was a long and very nice game. It would have been not hard to see the shortage of liberties after W250 ... but sometimes in the endgame, especially if … [Continue reading]
Like Water and Fire
Here something for all fans of Go Seigen aka. Wu Qingyuan ... maybe the strongest Go player of all time... … [Continue reading]
Regrettable Game
This game was played with 25 min + 5 x 30 seconds ... I played poorly... B9 is very unusual ... the next time i meet a much stronger player i will ask what he (or her) would play with w10. W12 was maybe a bit naive. I think W24 is a mistake, better … [Continue reading]
Again 2 Long Games
Maybe the kifu of a KGS 6 kyu are not a very interesting thing ... but to publish all my "serious" games, helps me to concentrate better while i`m playing them ... it is a psychological thing, because if i know that i`m going to publish … [Continue reading]
2 Long Games and Some Words About Poka
Sometimes one should stop playing one fast game after the other ... again and again... i think you can only feel the real beauty of the game if you think hard and long ... if you do not make poka (blunder) and if you try hard to find the … [Continue reading]
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 … [Continue reading]
Some Funny Fast Games
Here are some fast games ... i play them to learn, to have fun, and to make mistakes ... not taking them too serious ... All games here were played with: 5min 2x40 seconds Byo-YomiIn this game i was happy to kill whites group at the lower left … [Continue reading]
More „Serious“ Games
Ok,i think i will not handle it to write reviews about every "serious" game i play... but i will continue to post them all here and i will write reviews about some of them. Here are 3 serious games i played recently, in the first game record … [Continue reading]
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 … [Continue reading]
Tsumego
You to live: ............................Found here: http://zenith20.blogspot.com/“You should look at the board and play wherever you want to. This is the way to get stronger.” Takemiya Masaki … [Continue reading]
Game Review No. 5 + 6
Here are two games i played recently ... i tried to make the first game a "serious" one but i was very unconcentrated and made quite obvious mistakes ... of course i do a lot of mistakes even if i`m fully concentrated ... but some kind of … [Continue reading]
Game Review No. 3 + 4
I`m really doing what i decided recently ... i play a lot of fast games without regretting bad moves ... just for fun ... and long games... but if i play a long game, i`m most of the time quite concentrated... and i`m posting every long … [Continue reading]
Game Review No. 2
I just played this game about 1 hour ago ... some comments are included in the file.I think i made two essential mistakes: 1. Capturing much too slow, and unnecessary with Black89, B91, and B93 – this was ridiculous.2. Black 157 is a good … [Continue reading]
Modus Operandi
After playing - again - too many Games, in which i made too many obvious mistakes i decided to bring some structure in my (online-) playing habits. To improve my Go, i will, from now on, only play two kinds of games, and i will decide which kind of … [Continue reading]
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 … [Continue reading]
"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 … [Continue reading]
Don`t Think – Just Use The Force | On Seriousness
(Why am i writing in English? I love to write in english because it is a nice feeling that by using english one can connect with Go players all over the world ... but i`m not a native speaker and my abilities to write in english are not very good ... … [Continue reading]
Some Go Videos
“You should look at the board and play wherever you want to. This is the way to get stronger.” Takemiya Masaki … [Continue reading]
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 ... ^^. … [Continue reading]
Baduk hangout in a Korean park – very nice video!
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 … [Continue reading]
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 … [Continue reading]
The Only Way To Become A Real Go Player
Collected Quotes To Improve The Enjoyment Of The GameFirst 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 … [Continue reading]
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 … [Continue reading]
COMPASSION FOR JAPAN
In remembrance of all victims of the earthquake and tsunami in japan. (images found via Google, Flickr) … [Continue reading]
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, … [Continue reading]