Life In 19x19

Looking at this game, I'm not sure why white doesn't take the five black stones in the top left. That seems to break the quintuple ko apart as far as I understand it, but I haven't studied it deeply. What's up with this?

I bought the carnauba wax Erythen recommends. Because I already spent the money, I don't really want it to go to waste (although I do have the receipt and could return it).

I just assumed it was a necessary step after soaking in H2O2. If it's optional then I may consider returning the wax.

Back with pictures. I have rinsed off the H2O2 and they are laying out to dry for the night. Waxing comes next, possibly tomorrow, possibly later this week. Depends on when I get time.

Small update:

WOW! They've been soaking in peroxide for around 20ish hours and just looking at them in it I cannot see any of the brown on any of them. I didn't expect it to be completely removed, but it looks like it may very well be, unless all the brown spots somehow shifted out of view. They're ...

The H2O2 soak begins! I took one more before picture of the most browned stones to put alongside an after picture once the soak is up.

I notice there are some air bubbles on some of the stones. Mostly I've kind of shifted the stones by squeezing the container around them to get them out. I know it ...

Here they are after their soap soak. I found a "no dyes or strong perfumes" dawn soap that seemed good for this. Honestly, they all look so white now compared to before that I wonder if the hydrogen peroxide soak is even necessary.

Nonetheless, I figure it won't hurt, and those I had pictured ...

Thanks guys!

Cool to hear from you Erythen, the person behind the tutorial I've been referring to! Now that I've heard your recommendation I feel more confident about doing the hydrogen peroxide clean and I will gladly post pictures, I'll even do a comparison one with just a few stones.

That being ...

Hi all!

After years of playing Go off and on, I have decided to commit to playing regularly because I really do love the game. I have been lucky enough to find some local players who are a good match to play with, and one of my friends convinced me to buy a nice set of stones.

I found some used ...

In practice was there any cost related to duties/customs/importing to the US in general? Not to bring back an old post, I just didn't want to make a new thread if the topic was already looked at.

I'm looking at a used set of snow grade stones to import from Japan into the US; is there any ...