Hello! I can really relate to the issues brought forth this thread and Embers (and others) description of the downvard spiral of one’s motivation – lack of time, frustration of not living up to the goals you have set upon yourself.. and in similar sense I feel that I might lack some crucial ...
To get a feel for this sort of thing I strongly recommend Yilun Yang's two volume set Whole Board Thinking in Joseki. For general opening theory Otake's Opening Theory Made Easy or Ishigure's In the Beginning are both good. Yang's Fundamental Principles of Go has some good stuff about evaluating ...
I'm looking for a book suitable for learning contemporary openings and some modern joseki. I feel that the newly released 21st Century Dictionary of Basic Joseki, Volume 1 would be a good future investment and reference work for joseki studies.
I think the site got lots of potential and I really hope people will find it. I really hope, and think, the facebook connectivity is a good way to attract new people to the game.
Well I'm not exactly new to the game (have played on KGS for several years), but I've kept a pretty low profile in go communities in general. I really hope to improve my game this year though, and my aim is to overcome the 6-8 kyu stagnation that I've suffered for ...