Life In 19x19

Among pros recently, especially in the LG cup. I've seen alot of players playing Komoku with low approaches, and answering the low approach to their komoku with another low approach to a komoku. It has a nostalgic feeling. In some of the cases, the response move is 2 space high pincers and ...

I'm happy you guys are enjoying Diablo 3. I tried it but the fact that you can't choose your own stats like in the previous games really put me off. The joy of really deep customization was one of the main points that I loved with the first games. But it's still a great game and I like the AH ...

Also, FWIW, I used to read in bed. When I fell asleep reading, I would have no memory of the last 2-3 pages I had read. If sleep enhances learning, how come?


You don't remember the last minutes before sleep. It's got something to do with the fact that your brain is in a transitory state, but it ...

If you are applying yourself and forcing yourself to stop and read every move then I don't think your reading will get worse unless you are not doing anything.

Maybe you're exhausting yourself doing tsumego and when the games come 'round you don't really feel like applying yourself to reading ...

I'm already dan level :p

But I want to become much stronger

Oh is that so? That's nice! I hope you play some good games. I've always wanted to participate in tournaments

And yeah, that article is pretty well known on this site, though I don't think there's that many people who adhere to it at all. Most people who keep study journals are kyu players and ...

Yeah I'd like to schedule a weekly game/review for sure. Just throw some numbers at me and I'll see if they fit into the clockwork

I have to disagree. Maybe that works for DDK/SDK but for me it's not even worth considering such an idea. The last two games I played on tygem (3d level so far), I have looked up the opening in the moyogo database and even with the first game, which had a bit of a crazy opening with 6-4 and stuff, I ...

Yes, of course he is. There's many of those on tygem:)
If players have huge strings of losses and wins, alternating between the two, then you can be almost certain you're dealing with a sandbagger. But I like the challenge of it.

I think counting how many tsumego you do is a fallacy. They are supposed to increase your reading ability, right? So it should be time dependant, not number dependant. And yeah, 20 is not many at all. I think you should do atleast 2 hours of tsumego a day, probably 3

It's not really joseki. I play alot of people who always deviate from Joseki and play their own ideas. I think it's basically reading ability and tesuji knowledge. All the other things like opening and endgame are side-dishes to the middle-game where reading really shines. If you can't keep up with ...

I'm 20, turning 21 on the 15th of June. I started playing Go in April 2011...

Tygem is THE place, if you want to improve through playing games and reviewing them afterwards. It's also frustrating, so be sure you have a strong heart or be ready to develop the thick skin required to play on tygem. Rank doesn't mean much there when you're in the kyus/low dan, as many opponents ...

This is turning out to be quite the awesome event!!!

All of the three players I rooted for are off to a good start with wins! I'm especially happy that Lee Changho beat Kong Jie. I'm so happy to see him back in action. The game felt very like his distinctive style of play and I'm happy to see it ...

When I was weaker and read Attack and Defense and other books mainly about opening, I always read one chapter, one concept, and then immediately played some games after that to solidify my knowledge and try out the things I learned in the book. This helps retention alot and I recommend it. Also, you ...