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geetarzero
United States217 Posts
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Kaminate
United States49 Posts
I don't play on KGS often, but my username is "Nate". The 2010 US Go Congress is fast approaching by the way. It's at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs from July 31 - August 8. Go Professionals from all around the world will give lectures, review games, etc etc. More information at www.gocongress.org If you can gather the money and fly to Colorado, I'd highly suggest everybody to attend. It's a great way to get started at Go or improve your game. | ||
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Robinsa
Japan1333 Posts
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lac29
United States1485 Posts
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pontrjagin
United States14 Posts
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DrainX
Sweden3187 Posts
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TanGeng
Sanya12364 Posts
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quillian
United States318 Posts
I'd also second the recommendation for Janice Kim's Learn to Play Go series. The "get strong at (the beginning, the endgame, tesuji, etc)" series is also great for quick puzzles that expand your knowledge rapidly. Also, if you want a board on the cheap, I recommend making one! It is quite fun and you can decorated to suit your taste. 3/4 inch particle board, a sharpie, and a rich wood stain produce a classy looking board for under $20! Glass stones can be acquired separately at lots of game shops, asian marts, and online stores. | ||
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CCow
Germany335 Posts
I'd love to play some more Go than I am doing right now, so if any of you would like to play, please tell! (: I used to be about 4d-5d on KGS, don't know my current rank though. Still after not playing much for the last 4 years my style hasn't gotten any better so I guess I might be 1 oder 2 stones weaker. Since I have way too many accounts on KGS, just tell me if you would like to play any of you here or on ICQ (#130123681)! (: I also don't mind tutoring a little, just want to play some more again! PS: As for books I really would recommend "In the Beginning" by James Davies. Best book for 30kyu - 1dan, imho. Also helping out a lot when you are even stronger. (: | ||
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whatusername
Canada1181 Posts
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xsksc
United Kingdom1044 Posts
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NDeR
United States38 Posts
Looking to get back into playing go. It's been a few months and haven't really had anyone to play with locally, so I'll hit you guys up on KGS. I hate KGS, and prefer TYGEM just since the interface is more modern. http://www.tygem.com/global/global.asp?gubun=en | ||
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BrTarolg
United Kingdom3579 Posts
Unfortunately i've been taking a break recently (havnt played in about 3 weeks?) haha but i'll probably play some more again once i re-pick th einterest | ||
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Torte de Lini
Germany38463 Posts
Additionally, I'm learning about False Eye right now but sometimes I don't understand situations where it does look like I surrounded someone, but I don't see it. | ||
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No0n
United States355 Posts
![[image loading]](http://senseis.xmp.net/diagrams/38/7710b00c6275f25e28ae8e87c6b8091f.png) | ||
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Shymon
United States620 Posts
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Torte de Lini
Germany38463 Posts
http://www.playgo.to/iwtg/en/ I'm using this to learn and I'm on #21. But the previous problems didn't make sense to me: I've already figured them out, but the 'failed' situations don't look like failures to me: ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/rg5EmJJ.png) For problem 1. How is F5 a false eye and why would it be catastrophic to be in this situation. For problem 2. I don't understand how D9 is a false eye and if he placed it there, would he be capturing stones (how if he isn't surrounding me) This is #17 in the table of contents. So far, some ataris don't make sense, or rather; how they 'surround me' and capture stones don't make sense. Especially when it comes to long chains or captures that involve a side/wall (sorry for poor terminology). Also, is there much difference between Korean and Japanese rules? Everyone I know plays Korean, but I only know Japanese I believe. | ||
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Roggle
United States142 Posts
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nimbim
Germany986 Posts
Problem 2: When the liberty on F9 gets filled, the E9 stone will be in atari. A key characteristic of an eye is that the opponent cannot play in there. Afaik there are only Chinese (area) and Japanese (territory) rules. For now it's not very important. http://senseis.xmp.net/?Scoring "Which system is used will not normally affect who wins the game, and the difference between the margin of victory for the two methods will be zero or at most one point in the vast majority of games." | ||
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Torte de Lini
Germany38463 Posts
On May 04 2014 07:36 Roggle wrote: In both cases the stone that is forming the false eye doesn't have a solid (straight line) connection to the rest of black's stones and is thus vulnerable to capture. The only way the stone at G5 in the first problem and E9 in the second could avoid immediate capture by white is by connecting in the space where the "eye" is located (which is why they're given the name "false eyes"). So in both cases, I only lose one stone? In the second problem, wouldn't it take two stones to capture E9? thank you so much by the way | ||
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