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Thanks! That is the story I was remembering. Not sure if that is where I saw it but it's great to have it confirmed.



I've heard a similar story by word of mouth about Shuei, who famously became remarkably strong late in life.

Probably just a confusion with the Jowa story, but ...

I was thinking about Jowa today and I could swear I read a story about him somewhere. It was something along the lines that while traveling he encountered a ghost or spirit of some kind. They played a game. At some point it became an issue that Jowa didn't have a great sense of what the count was ...

ok, interesting.
All I get is a perpetual "connecting" badge.
the ipad app isn't working to connect for me either.

I currently can't connect to IGS. Anyone else having the same problem?

John, am I understanding you right that you are interested in getting us to make a better distinction between thickness and influence? That is, the stones in your example surely can be said to exert influence, but whether they are thickness is debatable.

My question is, why is this white angle contact play NOT joseki

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The reason I ask about this, is that 1) I recently had it played ...

I'm really enjoying your commentaries on these games. It's interesting that they are more concerned to make a base than today's players.

Thanks for all the replies.

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The game is a castle game with Shusaku as white. Black resigned in this position. I posted the question because I feel like counting in a simple manner it looked like black was ahead to me. I counted the lower left as the most certain territory and with ...

Just curious to see what other people here think and how that lines up with my thinking. I'm curious which side you would prefer to have and what your reasoning is.

Black to move. [edit: No komi.]


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I heartily agree with you. I really like to learn about the history of ideas and I often feel I understand something much better when I can see the historical iterations it passed though. It's harder to learn this way though because as you noted it's much less popular as an approach so there doesn't ...

It's up for me.

When I was 4 dan with a goal of 6 dan in two years I divided a three hour study session equally among problems, pro games, and my own games: 1 hour for 4 problems -- they were hard --, 1 hour for a pro game, and 1 hour for reviewing one of my own games.


Did you make your goal? Just curious how ...

I have been enjoying reading your more personal reflections on the game and its place in your life.

It's interesting to me that any time I see something like this post of yours, my immediate and strong reaction is, "just pursue go" (I don't mean quit your job, just keep go as your passion.) However ...

I'm also someone who has spent quite a bit of time on go over the years but who remains SDK. I think in my case, John's point is valid. I will pursue things pretty obsessively for a given amount of time but at some point I lose interest, or get frustrated with not progressing quickly enough, or just ...

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