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by Xom
Tue Jul 21, 2015 12:12 pm
Forum: Go Books
Topic: The 3 books you'd recommend
Replies: 12
Views: 10816

Re: The 3 books you'd recommend

HermanHiddema, thank you for clarifying what I was thinking.
RobertJasiek, thank you for clarifying the difficulty levels of the books.
by Xom
Tue Jul 21, 2015 11:18 am
Forum: Go Books
Topic: The 3 books you'd recommend
Replies: 12
Views: 10816

Re: The 3 books you'd recommend

My club's reading list starts with The Second Book of Go, after which are (in no particular order) Opening Theory Made Easy, Attack and Defense, Tesuji, and Lessons in the Fundamentals of Go.
by Xom
Wed Jun 24, 2015 1:56 pm
Forum: Study Journals
Topic: PlaySlow
Replies: 272
Views: 229387

Re: PlaySlow

I made some comments, but I didn't have time to comment endgame, maybe somebody else can?
by Xom
Thu Jun 18, 2015 1:18 pm
Forum: Study Journals
Topic: The Empty Triangle
Replies: 74
Views: 60948

Re: The Empty Triangle

Some more comments:
by Xom
Thu Jun 18, 2015 12:39 pm
Forum: Study Journals
Topic: The Empty Triangle
Replies: 74
Views: 60948

Re: The Empty Triangle

Let's look at the joseki in the upper left.

Standard joseki (White gets sente):
https://i.imgur.com/1L10AfE.png

In the game (Black gets sente):
https://i.imgur.com/x6GJhTE.png

At the end of the standard joseki, White often immediately plays L17 or exchanges E13 ...
by Xom
Wed Jun 17, 2015 12:05 pm
Forum: Study Journals
Topic: Path to 9Dan, step by step.
Replies: 520
Views: 456197

Re: Path to 9Dan, step by step.

I made some comments.
by Xom
Tue Jun 16, 2015 2:22 pm
Forum: Study Journals
Topic: loganmhb's summer studies
Replies: 14
Views: 12240

Re: loganmhb's summer studies

I made some comments.
by Xom
Mon Jun 08, 2015 6:03 pm
Forum: Game Analysis
Topic: Review my game, 7-8k
Replies: 7
Views: 5120

Re: Review my game, 7-8k

Hi Alexfrog, nice to see you here. I'm a fan of your analyses in games other than Go.

I'm not that much stronger than you but I commented what I could: