Life In 19x19

thank you for your replies

I swear i remember seeing a site that you could post your game and have it reviewed by others. Anyone has the link?

Uberdude wrote:Making people agree is hard.

Yeah, i get that but still. When i think about the uniformity of rules, ranking etc. in chess it makes the siyuation in go seem like utter chaos.

I really don't understand all these different rules. What's the point of the penalty rules? Why can't everyone agree on the same rules and be done with it?

can't log in either from Germany

w seemed so bad after fuseki, i was like yeah this is a done deal, wth happened?

I'm surprised none commented on the fact that Iyama defended his Gosei title. Not only that, it was the fifth time in a row which means he will become honorary Gosei?

Hi

In Chess, there's a Dutch series called the "Steps Method", which has been translated to many different languages. After following these books, a complete beginner in Chess will end up at playing between 2000 and 2100 ELO after step 6.

Now, i'm just a chess amateur, but i'm pretty sure in ...

Cho Chikun?!
Really Japan?

Thanks for all the comments! I am still very very winless against 1ks, but against 2ks my record is well. It's quite the mental block im having

Here's a game vs 2kyu.
I shouldn't have made 2 weak groups - but in the end due to some decent fortune, I won.

http://lifein19x19.com/forum/download ...

I went 3-1 in the tournament as a 5k. I won against a 7k,6k and 5k and lost from a 5k so i'm not overly happy about that. At least i won a prize because of the 3 wins and managed to grab a volume of the 2nd volume in the workshop series by Yilun Yang. In 3 of the games i was behind in the fuseki and ...

Still here, still struggling with my daemons. So, what's new?
Since March i reside in Germany, ''doing'' my M.Sc. The last couple go meetings back in my hometown before i left were spectacular to say the least. More than 10 people were attending them and in the last one i was present we were about ...

A tournament in DGS has just started, you can enroll

He has played like 5 games on 19x19, but i was hoping to speed up his advancement. I have no doubt in my mind that if he put some effort to his go he could be really good in a very short time. The fact that i can barely beat him with 2 stones in a 9x9 board is kinda scary considering he has played ...

gomoku, connect4