Life In 19x19

Do not use OGS to measure your strength as a beginner as 30k there is very broad and includes many stronger players. Some (e.g. Bill) will say beginners shouldn't worry about rank but I can understand wanting to see a number changing to give feedback and encouragement of progress (I did and still ...

Thanks for everyone's help. I think I've seen the writing the wall at this point and I'm giving up Go in search of a different hobby (lots and lots and practice doesn't help me get below 30kyu, supposedly absolute beginner level, on OGS) but it's nice to know there's such a great community of ...

I couldn't see 25 moves ahead. If you can consistently and accurately read 25 moves ahead, you can beat 95% of the people here. Did you mean 2-5 moves ?

Get your serious games reviewed, here or on KGS, etc.

I know they aren't actually reading 25 moves ahead, It just seems that way sometimes (e ...

Anyone have advice on analyzing your own games for a beginner player? I'm trying to figure out what my mistakes were, but it just seems like with stronger players my mistake was that I couldn't see 25 moves ahead.

EdLee wrote:

gorogue wrote:it has been incredibly buggy

Could you elaborate ?

Sure. I actually started a topic asking for help in the KGS forum: viewtopic.php?f=24&t=10272

A couple of other suggestions: if you go to the beginner/teaching section of KGS, you can often ask for a teaching game from a more experienced player. They will be able to give you some practical, hands-on tips.

Also, watching other players play can give you an idea of good general play, as well ...

Every time I try to run the KGS client on my macbook pro it will stop responding as soon as I try to log in (or even type in my password). My Java is up to date, and my security settings are as low as they can be. Anyone know why this might be happening? Thanks!

I'm running into similar problems on my Mac book pro. I changed my Java security setting to allow the exception and now I can "run" it, but when I try to do anything (like type in my password and play) the application won't respond and I have to force quit it. I've been told that this is the best ...

Never mind! I just figured it out. I had to change my Java security settings. Java is insisting that the KGS client is a huge threat to my computer, but I think I'm safe, right?

I'm not sure if this is the right section, or if anyone will be able to help me, but I just downloaded the KGS client CGoban for my macbook pro and when I try and run it, something pops up that says "your security settings have blocked an application signed with an expired or not-yet-valid ...

This was a game against another player who is very new to the game. I thought I was doing well, as a large group of his looked dead and I had a good amount of territory, but then I started making some mistakes that were incredibly stupid even for me. Regardless, I understand the basic reasons I lost ...

Hey, thanks for all of the help! I'll be working through some of the resources posted on here.

Thanks for all of the helpful replies! Part of the problem I don't really know how to approach go even though I've played chess before is I played chess a lot when I was younger, so when I started playing again a few months ago I already had some experience to draw on. I don't really remember how I ...

I'm really interested in learning how to play go, but I don't really know how I can make any progress. I learned the rules a couple of weeks ago and have been practicing life and death problems on goproblems.com and playing some games on KGS. Every time I play, I get crushed by what seems to be the ...