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I always wanted to start learning Go, any tips on where/how to start playing?
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United States24665 Posts
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i tried learning Go once, i was completely confused 
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Go is kind of a slow game.
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Wow shit. This is such a frustrating game to see played out from both sides. Especially since I'm watching white a lot more than black, just cause white has sente.
I thought you played early game pretty well, until ~85 or so, with the battles in lower left. I think you made some easy errors in there, probably cause you're rusty. Most obviously, Move 92: F2. It's just impossible, unless for very specific situations where you're one move away from capturing, for that to work. And overall, it generally is bad to attempt those kinds of blocks anyways, since it is very likely to lead to a laddering situation.
Move 112 was kind of dubious from my point of view. If he had gone H6 instead of G7 you would've been forced to patch and he would've had more room to develop in A-E.
I'll just stop here since I'm just nitpicking at this point. Hindsight is 20/20 of course. I hope you blog more about future games!
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I haven't posted in a while, but I'm a member of the Go Teaching Ladder (GTL). If you want, you can send the game to me and I'll give it a detailed review. I'm ~5k by the way.
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64 was your first real bad move imo, m6 cleanly captures white.
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I'm ~1d. Have been lurking on TL for maybe a year.
Account is mahatma, ~1 year ago I was 2d but I only recently started playing again.
Some comments.
15 should have been at 17. You can't let white just slip in and get a comfortable group.
18 is weird, you should be taking territory on the 3rd line rather than try to gain influence on the 4th line.
Moves up to 76 all favor black. Good play here.
88 is an example of what some call "the worst type of move". You hardly ever want to push in and let him connect, because it destroys all the potential moves you could have had here. In this case, it's not terribly game-breaking, but its just something to keep in mind.
What is the point of 92? If your trying to put pressure on the white group, you must extend outwards with 96, or 92 will be captured by white easily.
104 should be at F6. You can't harm the white group here anymore.
144: don't fear ko. You should cut aggressively here, perhaps at N17. You don't have much to lose here.
In the sequence around 180, you need to make sure you always watch groups that are "almost dead" so they don't spring up some type of trap, such as what you fell into. Of course time pressure is a huge factor.
You played quite well in the opening, and of course the problems you had were due to lack of concentration.
If you ever want to play a teaching game, message me, or PM me here on TL.
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I played like 15 games when I was like 13 with a friend I can't believe I remember how to play after playing 10 games right now.
I'm 3-7. 
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I love Go. I tried to learn it back when I was in college for a brief period of time, but I was pretty bad at it, though I'd like to get back into it and learn in my spare time.
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Germany2896 Posts
Just a reminder: We have a teamliquid room on kgs: Social->Teamliquid
I'm there in the european evening, and some more people are there once it gets a bit later in the US.
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konadora
Singapore66156 Posts
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Germany2896 Posts
On January 18 2010 17:36 konadora wrote:
I'll pwn anyone in go
show me
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konadora
Singapore66156 Posts
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Germany2896 Posts
http://www.gokgs.com/applet.jsp
Enter a nick and click on "guest". Then go to the roomlist and select teamliquid which is in social.
I can't play for the next 1.5h, but after that I'm free to play
You can also download the client(if you can call java webstart downloading). Then it has a few additional features and can be started offline.
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konadora
Singapore66156 Posts
Lol I can't find roomlist, I'll try again later after Proleague :<
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I know the general rules of go and play occasionally but I probably suck balls compared to most real players. Regardless, thanks for the tips as to where/how to play.
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On January 18 2010 17:40 MasterOfChaos wrote:show me
Kona, u play on KGS? I used to play there a lot...once reached 1D...you?
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Germany2896 Posts
Oh and since at we had at least two users who joined and quit quickly: KGS doesn't indicate that someone chatting, so we are often don't notice. And who is chogoling?
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EPT
