Life In 19x19

I don't know quite what happened, but I changed from the 9x9 to the 13x13 playing against the computer. It was not good. I could win a fair number of games on the 9x9, but I lost big time on the 13x13. If I could put my finger on it, I didn't spread out enough, but the computer spread out plenty and ...

I was playing Igowin on my iPad, and won a game - without realizing it. Still trying to learn defense mostly, and I can't seem to get below 28 kyu. Well, tonight I was playing, missed connecting two chains, and thought for sure I was going to lose big time. I had a few chains and eyes around, but no ...

Aha! Thanks for the tip! Correct moves are E2, C5, and D5. Little by little, I'm learning. Thanks much!

I've been looking at the playgo.to site, and learned a few things. I must be learning something, I managed to beat my smartphone finally. There's one problem on this page that I have given up on, it's #2. I found two of the moves that seem to work (E2 and C1), but I can't seem to find the third move ...

Thanks all, I think I got some of it sorted out. It turns out when I lost pieces in what seemed like the same situation, there wasn't space to make an eye. In the case I gave above, there was plenty of space. I went through some of the puzzles on the playgo.to site, and it's making a little more ...

Thank you amnal, here's the scenario my phone had that really had me puzzled (I was black):

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$$|....OX...|
$$|....OX...|
$$|.OOOXX...|
$$|OOXXX....|
$$|XXX......|
$$|.........|
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Yes, I have read up on the concept of eyes, and ...

I'm new to Go, but I've been a chess player for a long time. Not a great chess player, mind you, but I like to play. One thing has me confused on Go, and I'm trying to figure out whether it's something I really don't understand, or the free Go game I have on my Droid phone is buggy.

I thought I had ...