Life In 19x19

Thank you to everyone who contacted me about the old Google Drive links no longer working and for all the kind messages over the years. (Although I do not intend to create any more collections in the near foreseeable future, as my interests and priorities are now elsewhere, anyone can make their own ...

Just the words "trick play" conjure up images of swindling, of taking the low road, of dirty underhandedness; going so far as to consider that the aesthetics of the game of go are sullied by them. Should one clumsily apply such research and study, one might even find imputations directed against ...

On the topic of shuban versus yose, here's a modern example of the extremely high-level of shuban in today's go. It's game three of the 17th Tianyuan-Ch'eonweon Match.

Yes, you can learn things. What is your goal?

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Best of luck phillip : )

@Ed: I agree quick improvement of the type I mentioned will be much rarer in the older age groups. However, logan's claim was a teacher is necessary for quick improvement, so just one counterexample of any age disproves it. Of course a teacher can accelerate improvement and for some people is ...

Having a teacher is essential to quick improvement, but it only makes up about 10-15% of learning. The rest has to come from self-study and reflection.

Update: There won't be any releases this month due to my busy schedule. I will try to put something out around the New Year. Until then, Happy Holidays and happy reading.

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Here are the first moves. See if you can get the rest. Should you need any more help, please let us know.

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Dear Robert,

I don't believe you rounded and properly valued the endgame mistakes at various parts of the game accurately enough. I've gone ahead and corrected the game record. While by your count Black was only able to improve 367/14-pt.-per-rank = 26.2 ranks to 10p and White 291/14-pt.-per-rank ...

If a player misplays an endgame tesuji, which causes a loss of points, then the move order was incorrect. How do you differentiate this from other endgame, value calculations where move orders are also incorrect?

Thank-you

However, a study of the frequencies of endgame mistakes by kyu players ...

Final 2/9/15 - 2/12/15

Semifinals

Yes, they should be out within a year.