Life In 19x19

I have to ask this question because I've been playing Go using a 13x13 goban against the computer and it seems to me the way to win these games is to ensure you control the sides. Without this it becomes impossible to expand territory and survive on the inside without it. Is this true or are there ...

I have to ask this question because I've been playing Go using a 13x13 goban against the computer and it seems to me the way to win these games is to ensure you control the sides. Without this it becomes impossible to expand territory and survive on the inside without it. Is this true or are there ...

This is something I don't understand...why are these stores only selling gobans with painted lines and not engraved?

Have you seen my thread Just a picture of my first goban ?

Yes I saw that picture and it makes me drool with envy. That's what boards should look like and frankly, be ...

This is something I don't understand...why are these stores only selling gobans with painted lines and not engraved? Wouldn't it make more sense to manufacture gobans with laser etched lines? Even if they cost more...surely the benefits outweigh the negatives in offering such boards like that.

I tend to resign too soon, so something that helps me when I think I've lost, is to try to play a few moves in different places I feel my opponent has some weakness. If his responses don't lead me to believe that things will change, I will resign after 3-5 attempts.
(I think something like this was ...

xed_over wrote:

Alberich wrote:Sorry for the header...I meant 9x9 go games.

you should be able to edit it

Actually I tried but since I'm using Tapatalk on the iPad using the new iOS 6.0 it won't let me edit the header.

Sorry for the header...I meant 9x9 go games.

I'm having a hard time figuring out why blitz games of 5 minutes on 9x9 size gobans is considered for beginners. I've been playing against Dariush 6.0 at this size and from what I'm experiencing - there's no way this level can be called for beginners. According to the Wiki page comparing go and ...

Thanks for the link.

I'm curious to know if there's a list naming some of the best games of Go ever played using the 19x19 size goban. I have the iPad and I downloaded some apps that come with games played...but so far I haven't seen a "best of" listing of Go games played. Any ideas on this?

You shouldn't be spending time worrying about whether to resign or not. Resigning is what you do when you know you've lost, so if you don't know you've lost, don't resign. Thinking about it any harder than that is wasting time you could have spent thinking about other things.

But isn't one of the ...

What about when playing 9x9 games? Do you "play out" the entire board and not bothering to resign? By pointing out the smaller board size makes me realize the best indicator of when to resign is not counting but figuring out that you can't surround your opponents stones. But this is a harder ...

It's also fairly easy to tell based on the tournament, if that is marked on the sgf. Professional women are usually playing in their own tournaments.

By the way, I've noticed you frequently contrast go to "regular chess", Alberich. I don't know exactly what to make of this, but I wonder if you ...

I'm very new at this but I'm wondering about this issue on names. In regular chess...you can immediately tell whether the player is male or female by the designation "GM" and "WGM". However I haven't seen a method on allowing viewers to know if the player in question is male or female. It may not be ...

xed_over wrote:

Alberich wrote:Maybe what I meant is...by how many points behind should one resign?

how about when there are not enough points left to come from behind and win?

What about 20 - 60 points behind?