Life In 19x19

I think it will go 7-3 for Lee Sedol. But I hope Gu Li wins.

What's your point - if you have one?
I'm saying your post is a lot more confusing than it needed to be.

Maybe. The idea is pretty obvious, and basically it comes down to expecting others - stronger players - to do the very thing you refuse to do yourself, which is play weaker players. And as ...

LOL - I've never understood the mentality of not playing weaker players. If you only play stronger players, then you're guilty of doing exactly what the weaker player is doing when he challenges you. YOU are the weaker player in that case. Also, the stronger player is doing the very thing you're ...

Of course I was sarcastic, but fundamentally, if everyone only plays people stronger than they are, there will be no games.

LOL - I've never understood the mentality of not playing weaker players. If you only play stronger players, then you're guilty of doing exactly what the weaker player is ...

Hello, it's me again. Losing by 0.5 is quite rare in my experience. I think I can count on one hand the amount of times it's happened. As a matter of fact, I think I can actually count the number of games I've played that have been decided by 0.5, win or lose.

Last night I lost two straight games ...

Go has the hardest learning curve of any game that I have ever seen. What you are experiencing is normal. Hang in there, it will get better. It will be worth it in the long run.

Exactly. It took me a while to even understand the objective of the game. When I first started to play online, it was a ...

Not sure what your level is, but thinking longer isn`t necessarily going to mean better, especially since we`re not quite 9p yet

A lot of go is played by feel, which comes with experience, rather than thinking out a logical reason. As shapenaji says, play the natural moves that occur to you at the ...

"Go is not about winning, it is about total humiliation of your opponent." (from KGS kibitz)

Somebody's been watching too much poker on tv. Sounds like the Jack Strauss philosophy of busting your grandmother at the table. Usually total humiliation will only occur if you're sandbagging, or your ...

Why is constant improvement important to you? It sounds a bit like you have attached too much personal (ego) value to Go, and look at it as a mirror of your personality, your self-worth, and a tool to measure your self-esteem by.

I think a lot of go players (myself included) attach some of their ...