Life In 19x19

Hey there, I am beefing up for the U.S. Go Congress in a month and I'm taking some time this month to really buckle down and study Go. It's hard to get my brain back into a disciplined mindset, but I am also losing weight and bulking up (muscle wise that is) so I find that the focus on fitness and ...

I have tried to take Alpha Go and apply it to my game, but it's really difficult. The value network idea is extremely difficult because there's so much to take into account. There's so many moves you don't end up seeing that could have been better. Glad to see you're trying this approach. I might ...

Anyone want to play Malkovich? I haven't been on this forum in probably years! Would be good to dust off the cobwebs.

Hi all!

Haven't been on the boards in forever. I wanted to get in shape for Go Congress, so I thought any form of practice would be good. I'm about 4-5 dan on Tygem.

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Wow, keeping up with 20 tsumego problems a day is proving harder than I thought it would. I need a routine in the morning to help out. I've got a lot of projects and don't want to burn out, but it's so easy to think "I'll just stick them in later in day" and then day becomes evening

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