Life In 19x19

emeraldemon wrote: For what it's worth, Yoda is actually 2-0 in his group in the Kisei League right now, here's a recent victory over Mizokami Tomochika(8d)

That's the B league.

Don't give up on Yoda. There is something of a pattern in Japan of players reaching the top in their late twenties and thirties then seeming to drop down but making a comeback in middle-age. It's hard to say which of the current top players have styles like Yoda's. As I recall Yoda occasionally ...

Sigh. one of the problems with Go in the US is being out of touch with the Go scene.

For a long time Yoda Norimoto has been my favorite player to watch. But I get the feeling that he is no longer in the top level of players in Japan. ( Either because he is getting a bit long in the tooth or some ...

To me both sequences seem--well-- anemic.
As far as I know, this is a peaceful joseki.

The simplest way is to just extend back. White will probably fix his position and black will have sente.
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I am unsure how to respond to W 1, can anyone show some solid variations?

One thing to keep in mind--Samsung will be releasing ( in the next few months ) the Galaxy Note 10.1.
This tablet will come with a pen ( wacom digitzer ), which might make a lot of difference.

Seems that KGS is really hosed right now.
Not only did IO get locked up, but finally KGS seems to no longer accept connections ( for a long time it was hanging ). Not only is the server down but the databse archive also seems down. Anyone knopw what's up?