Life In 19x19

If we've learned nothing else from Hikaru no Go, we know how to resign.
1. Kind of make a choking sound in your throat.
2. Make sure you're making some sort of noise with the stones.
3. After you're done making the choking sound, stutter out the words, "I... I... resign" (preferrably with tears in ...

I've got some experience using Bovedas to humidify my humidor. If you can find some sort of airtight container to keep your goban in while you're acclimating it, it might work. I'd suggest using several of them; a goban is a lot of volume to humidify. Bovedas are great at maintaining humidity at a ...

IMHO the Chess vs. Go debate is best answered with "both". They're both wonderful, challenging, absorbing, rewarding and life-enriching games played on occasionally beautiful equipment... and I'd submit that the vast majority of players will never come anywhere near exhausting the possibilities and ...

Hi all: thanks for the welcome .

Welcome. But I am curious.

"HowLing, godforsaken frozen northern wilderness" sounds like it is in the northernmost corner of NE China. But your picture does not look Chinese. Why are you living in China and why did it take you so long to play again if you are there?

I've heard that it gets ...

Thought I'd introduce myself. I'm 48. I learned Go in high school, when a friend and I basically taught ourselves how to play, with limited resources. We played together through university, where we started a club. However, I got absorbed in my career, and I drifted away from the game. This was ...