Life In 19x19

JLT and Bill thank you for your responses and help. While I still don't fully understand (I know I wouldn't be able to know exactly when the right time to make a move like that would be) I'm a step closer to potentially making moves like that.

Other things I need to report on are my goals and ...

Hey everyone!

So quick update since my last post. I am currently 4-0 in my league games which is super great. I've been watching lectures and videos recently and have really enjoyed it all. One of the most fun things I've been doing has been reviewing games from old Go World Issues

So earlier ...

GOALS:
1) Play 10 games. This isn't supposed to be challenging but get me back into enjoying playing and figuring out when I'll be able to play with my schedule.
2) Win 3 of 5 league games - So far I am 1-0 so I'll just need to go 2-2 for the next games which should be a reasonable thing to do.
3 ...

Work has kept me busy the past few days but I'm back again. I've spent sometime thinking about what I really want to achieve and how I want to go about it. So far I've come up with a few things.

First the goals

GOALS:
1) Play 10 games. This isn't supposed to be challenging but get me back into ...

Man yesterday seemed to last forever. It seemed like the day was almost 4 years long.

That being said if you were waiting for my next post all this time your wish has finally come true. I have once again returned to my return to go? I have re-returned to go? Whatever you want to call it this is ...

So completely forgot I never posted solutions to the last 2 problems

Both possible variations though I think the first has white defending better. Either way white dies.

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I was wondering where you both were able to purchase your books. I thought about purchasing this series for myself but don't know where to look for purchasing.

@Kirby

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For some reason I thought this would be a Ko fight but I see that white will just play and live.

While driving though i was able to come up with this sequence ...

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I was able to work a little on problem 2 as well

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Now that things seem to be working again I hope that you continue with this competition Kirby. After not playing for almost a year I realize how my reading skills have deteriorated.

Here's the first one

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So I know it has been a couple of days since I posted. My roomate and I had a friend from school come and visit for the week, and I have been spending time with them. Tuesday we went to see the Minions movie and yesterday decided to go for Froyo and Bowling. Due to this and working late I on both ...

Hi everyone before I beginning I wanted to comment on some of the comments.

I generally agree with this note. However, I do not think that you should just look at the solution and move on. You need to study the solution and why it works and how you might have found it. (And what was wrong with ...

2 more hours down, Only 9,997 left.

So I may have spent more that 2 hours studying today, but am only going to count the 2 hours. I figure better low ball the hours than not get enough practice time.

Today I decided to take a look at a specific part of the game today and focused primarily on the ...

1 down 9,999 to go.

I have seen the other posts about the Dan Plan and the 10,000 hours but it doesn't seem like anyone ever really focused on trying to apply it to Go. Rather it seemed like everyone was concerned on if it would work or not without actually thinking about trying it themselves. I ...

So today's journal is going to be a little different. I'll start off by saying I played a few games today everything went well, and also took a look at some problems. I also got all of the copies of Go World magazine that I purchased from someone that was getting rid of them and am looking forward ...