Life In 19x19

Good news from Tsumego: I've made my way up to 15k. I'm not convinced all problems are graded accurately, but I think there has been a lack of diligence on my side. I might have relied on intuition without reading properly.

On another note, this came my way via Twitter:
"if your move does not have ...

Tsumego doesn't go well of late. After crashing to 18k, the app now has me at 17k. On the other hand, I enjoy my Malkovich games very much. I seem to experience these a lot more intensely than my other games.

I'm sure it will pay off sooner or later--it remains to be seen how long it will take.
As for getting most of them wrong, I know that feeling. After a few hundred problems, some pattern seems to emerge, though: with tightly enclosed problems I often see the vital point very quickly. When the "inner ...

My Tsumego prowess seems to develop in waves. After quickly rising to 14k, I slowly crept to 13k and briefly to 12k before dropping down to 14k again. Now I'm on the rise again, at 13k.

Yesterday, I stumbled across Kageyama's Lessons in the Fundamentals of Go again, and decided to re-read it. I got stuck around page 200 about four years ago, so it's back to page one for me.

Welcome!
I cannot really tell you if what you're planning is reasonable since I'm not stronger than you are, and I've only just begun studying (rather than just playing) go.
I'm sure others will advise you there. Still, I wish you good luck, and I hope to be able to contribute a comment or two to ...

The Tsumego app I use has three modes: six daily problems, two each from three difficulty classes; a classic book-like collection of graded problems, where the app keeps track of which problems you've already solved; and a "progress" mode that evaluates which problems you solve at first attempt ...

Three steps:
-started Tsumego; I've installed an app on my phone (Tsumego Pro by LR Studios). For me, this is much better than a book or flashcards: my phone is always at my side, I can do a problem virtually anywhere, anytime, without any preparation.
-started one Malkovich game. More to follow ...

@tj86430: Kiitos! Yes, I do speak a bit, but I'm afraid my command of the language has deteriorated a bit in recent years. So many fascinating things to learn, so little time...

@EdLee: primary stress is on the first syllable. This is a basic rule of the Finnish language.

EdLee wrote:Hi kirjoittaessani,

Welcome. How do you pronounce your username ?

Thanks! It's nice not to go totally unnoticed on such a large forum.
The pronunciation is something like keer-yoit-tah-ess-sah-knee.

Having discovered Lifein19x19 a few days ago, I decided to create a study journal. Unfortunately, Firefox ate the first version of this text, so here's a new attempt:

My father taught me how to play go when I was five or six. We played off and on, but I became frustrated and didn't play again until ...