Life In 19x19

Ordered about £200 pounds worth of books this time last year using paypal, arrived within a few days. No problems!

Though Liu Yuanbo (MilanMilan) did play in the Mlily prelims last year and won a couple of games until having to pull out for personal reasons.
Nice to see even after picking up another career path he (and I guess others) are still playing some pro games

1. Do you eat or drink while you play Go? If so, what are your favorites?
- Water

2. Do you have any nervous habits when you play Go?
- Nope.

3. Do you think there needs to be another Hikaru no Go to spur more interest in the game? Why or why not?
- Can't hurt can it? Other than make some more ...

I have a or b blacks fine, I take 3
$$Bc
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . X ...

My little comments.

I avoid it since people use and take it both ways

in my mind, I see low as the low numbers 1-3 and high being 7-9

but come on, high meaning 1-3kyu and low meaning 7-9kyu ... don't break my mind!

Strong SDK vs Weak SDK works better imo. Though referring to some people as "weak" anything might not ...

... unlike any glass, slate/shell, agate etc. that just love to skate around the board like it was an ice rink. Not an issue with the stones; the problem is the user's skills (or lack thereof).

In the recent movie Tokyo Newcomer / 初到東京 / 東京に来たばかり (2012),
even the top Japanese actor ...

Personally I just love all thin single-convex Chinese stones. They way the just click into place perfectly and STAY there ... unlike any glass, slate/shell, agate etc. that just love to skate around the board like it was an ice rink. Get you sledge hammer out or pick the board up and wander around ...

Few thoughts about the top right corner before I sleep. After you force him to connect with 17 , feels far to nice for white.
After that I just skimmed over the rest, you are just jumping around the place to place like some kinda grasshopper before settling. You were fortunate not to have your legs ...

After black 3 I would j6 without thinking >.> Have to agree with Bill's 2 though

Also been having the problem of being unable to view any game records, my own or others on the English client for at least a month.
So I switched back to Chinese client.

only looked upto move 12 about to sleep sorry.

but try 12 at b5 ... b5 b4 c5 c4 suddenly black isn't alive locally and you can just jump out to say e7 and induce and extension for your lower side group while your left side group got stronger as well, as black flails in no mans land.

Might just add that I was talking about exercise right/shortly before a game or 2.. rather than just exercise over a sustained period of time.

After personal testing for a while seems to add a stone or 2.

Quite why it works for me, I dunno. More blood to brain = win?
or really I can see it in the style.. I'm more ready for a fight after exercise! ... so it might not help every play style.

When you started learning, did anyone else find that the opening was kind of OK but the middle game was a bit like being lost at sea?
I remember early on, upto around 2kyu the constant feeling of the opening being over, what now? *confused* just playing some random moves waiting for my opponent to ...