Life In 19x19

Okay, maybe I should try to embrace the lonely iron pillar shape, even if it goes against my wish to play cool moves.

The move by Kim Seongjin does not look so silly as in the diagram above though, since there is an enemy stone nearby.

Regarding this question, there is an advice in Attack and Defense by Ishida and Davies that wonder about.
At least two times (diagram 8, page 14 and diagram 8, page 26) they suggest that after making a lot of potential territory, the corner should be closed, as in the diagram below.

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If you log in to "net social plaza" at the pandanet homepage:
m
you will see the number of games, for example:
Current win/loss tally and points: 21 wins 15 losses (rating 27 matches)

If you do not have a confirmed rank, then the number of "rating matches", i.e. matches with confirmed rank ...

Thanks EdLee for clarifying things, and for pointing out some errors that I think I have made many times without noticing!

This is my first game on OGS. I choose this to ask for my first game review since it has less tactical mistakes than my games on KGS, so the strategic mistakes might be more visible. I am grateful for any input!


(;FF[4]GM[1]PC[Online Go.com: m]
RE[W+Resign]
DT[2012-08-10,2012-08-15]
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I doubt they are available from European resellers, but I guess you could save some money by buying it directly from Japan (try rakuten).

That sounds interesting!

However, there doesn't seem to be any game going on at that site at the moment.

p2501 wrote:Does amazon.jp deliver to europe?

Yes, they deliver books worldwide.

Does anyone know what is the status of the Go server DashN?
The english page for the site, m still exist, but the content is in korean, and identical to the korean homepage, and it has been that way at least since I started playing go again some month ago.
Is it worthwile to go through the ...

Thanks, I looked at their online catalogue, and they seem to be very well stocked!
I'm not in Tokyo, but I might be able to go there during next year.

I have two questions regarding the availability of Japanese go books, since I noted that a lot of them are sold out.
For example many of the Japanese books reviewed at Senseis Library, including many books in the NHK series, and the Tesuji Dictionary by Segoe (I saw there is already a thread about ...