Life In 19x19

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How do you deal with information problems? I don't think many casual players have a strong idea about whether the first move is worth five points, six points, or some other number.

Finally! I found the article I was thinking of when I responded initially.

http://tv.ign.com/articles/122/1220354p1.html

Also an interview by Jason Isaacs, who is both a producer and the actor who plays Michael Britten supports what I said.

http://www.examiner.com/article/awake-jason-isaacs-interview-reveals-that-one-of-the-worlds-is-real

That said, I like that the question of which world is real is ...

Thanks for the advice, everyone.

With respect to : why would I want to invade one space lower rather than where I invaded?

After a few months of hiatus, I'm feeling a bit rusty. Here's a close game I played today, which I won on time (rather anticlimactic).

So I'm looking for an assessment of:

⋅ What could I have done to invade/reduce the right side more effectively?
⋅ Could I have done ...

One of the creators already weighed in on the question of whether any of the worlds is real:

1. 361 legal moves at the opening and only two are worth playing. An exaggeration, to be sure, but it is a little disappointing that for such an open-ended game your first move is almost invariable a 4-4 or 3-4 stone.

2. The name. Couldn't we have inherited Go by way of the Chinese or Koreans so it ...

Thanks for your comments guys!

Regarding , I even considered G13 during the game, but worried about potential fighting arising after W plays G12. I mean on review it looks like I can just respond with atari at G11, then follow up maybe with nose tesuji or an extension from G11.

Thanks for looking ...

After about five years of play, I finally managed to breach 9 kyu with this game:

Thanks, I meant to preview

Fixed in the original post.

I was playing black in a face-to-face match when white played this move:


$$B
$$ . . . O O . . |
$$ . O . . X . . |
$$ . O X X . W . |
$$ O . O X . . . |
$$ . O . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . |
$$ ------------

The resulting sequence killed my corner. Is there any way for black to salvage the ...

Okay, that's what I thought. (I'm meeting up with a friend afterward).

Anyway, look forward to beatingmeeting you all soon!

Is there any idea how late this event should run?

xed_over wrote:

NousAutres wrote:It appears that GoCommentary.com is no more, anyone know what happened?

it must've just been a temporary lapse -- it seems back now.

he has a facebook page too, but not much activity there
https://www.facebook.com/gocommentary

Yeah I noticed it was back online this morning. Phew, crisis averted.