Life In 19x19

Basically, yes.
It's very important that all your groups are able to make two eyes at the end of the game, or else they can likely be killed.

However, the concept of life(being able to make two eyes), gets more and more complex as you advance in Go.

To answer you more precisely, could you ...

I understand that if you can make a shape with two eyes your opponent cannot take that shape. What I am not sure about is should you deliberately try and create such shapes as you set out on a game. In the beginners games I have played so far they have rarely if ever featured. What I was wondering ...

In chess they have the concept of pieces being "en prise" when the piece is left "hanging" so that it is undefended and can just be taken. This is a common fault with beginners.

Is it common for beginners in Go not to even see that they are in atari or is just me?

I am amazed at the number of ...

When you become good at something you sometimes look back and realise that there were certain things you wished you had known or appreciated right from the beginning. If you had known this you might have made progress much quicker or much easier. Is there anything like this which experienced players ...

Thanks to everyone for the advice and encouragement. I have set up an account on the Dragon Go Server and have started on the traditional Go process of losing my first 100 games already! If anyone would like to offer me a an unrated teaching game for a 9x9 match on the dragon server that would be ...

Hello there - my daughter (15) and I have both taken up Go - she sees things much quicker than me but I will study harder to catch up!


Anyway we both use SmartGo for 9x9 games against the program and also to challenge each other.

We have also both got the SmartGo versions of Learn to play Go by ...