Life In 19x19

im posing from my ipod, so i think safari works as i can see them XD

You may want to look for Yu Ch'ang-Hyeok. He's not so much about influence, but he's thick alright. One of the best korean player there is too.

That may be the case for an even game Magicwand, but I think you would still have a good chance of winning against me at 4 or 5 stones, even if in theory, you should give me only 3. You would also notice a change of strength if I played you evenly, than if I played at 3 stones, even if you would win ...

There is a lot of things to consider... f4 would be bad with the way you played afterwards. However, it wasn't a bad move on the moment. You could consider e11 instead of f4, or d6 perhaps. After f4, maybe you can j4 instead of e11. Else, I spotted e9 instead of k7, but that would lead to a bad ...

i think that black getting a handi actually makes it harder to win because when i have handi i have no idea what to do after white takes his/her turn so i always end up losing the game (most of the time it is a close game) and i was wondering what most people worry about when they have handi.
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Well, different things work for different people... For myself, I started a little less than two years ago, and made it to 1d. When I was about 2-3k, I was constantly watching higher level games, and tried to guess the next move. When I played, I tried to play like them. That's what mainly made me ...