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 personal things that were troubeling me, […]
„Go“ the Zen Way: the art of loosing
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 game, not only one part.“ by […]
(updated) Book Review: „Segoe Tesuji Dictionary“
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 was reading about the „Segoe Tesuji Dictionary“ (link to SL) […]
On focussing
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 moment, and he explains: to […]
Tsumego Lab No. 0.1 What`s wrong with my tsumego technique?
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 he never did tsumego… but apart from […]
The Freedom To Play Wherever We Want
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 mean. First of all, it seems […]