Life In 19x19

I think Cornel is 7d now.

I think they are about the same. I registered on tygem with 2 5d accounts when it opened. both got demoted to 4d. on wbaduk, I recently managed to get to 5d. I got demoted to 4d once, but after the next game I was 5d again. I think I have improved since I started on tygem, and now I think I could be ...

p2501 wrote:Inredible how Catalin won today, everyone on kgs counted him out in the midgame. So impressive.

Korean on the first board won by .5 and Korean on the second board lost by .5

What do you think, does Hirata have any chance of winning the tournament? That would be really great, but I doubt it, because of his bad SOS...

On short analysis, black seems pretty much behind so this looks good. But I would be very concerned about future of B's 2 lower side stones... Maybe try to make shape there somehow..

Actually reports by fast improving players are pretty different. A very few have claimed almost not to have studied at all. A few say 7 or 9 hours. The majority seems to be in the eat, sleep or study camp. The 16 or (on lazy days) 14 hours are my experience.


I find it pretty much impossible to ...

Update: John Power tells me that he has seen somewhere that while Iyama does indeed play go left-handed, he is not left-handed in general. He says, "He plays go left-handed because he got into the habit of making his moves with his left hand when playing go as a computer game."


It is not ...

The preliminaries were held before the earthquake and the field was set, so that's no reason.

From your post, I couldn't tell if you were saying that you'd heard news that the tournament would be held or not.

Really? Oh I must have confused them with BC cup or smthg, my bad!
I still think I ...

It is going to be held. What is the purpose of preliminaries otherwise?

The one-space pincer did seen a tad agressive to me too.
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As mentioned above, 4 is probably an overplay...
Nonsense.

I don't know what to write here, I almost feel like I'm being trolled here or something. One space pincer is overplay? Black even has a stone in the other ...

Paris is probably missing because it's so recent.

The most recent tournament (Prague, 7-8 May 2011) is there, but most probably you're right. French organizers (or whoever has to submit the results) are not that fast like the Czech ones.


I really don't understand how can they take that long. I ...

John Fairbairn wrote:

I'm a student, so I probably have more time then people with regular jobs...

I'm sorry (all round): I was misled by a double quote block above into thinking it was Robert who made the statement.

Oh, that explains a few things. No problems

And to put aside that much time it is very hard to have a regular job. So earning money on go is their only way to continue promoting it without dying of famine. And, if they don't win money on tournaments, it is very hard to earn enough...

You haven't died of starvation and don't make a living ...

Most strong Europeans I recall spend extraordinarily much free time for teaching, organization etc.

And to put aside that much time it is very hard to have a regular job. So earning money on go is their only way to continue promoting it without dying of famine. And, if they don't win money on ...

I spent about 2-3 times more time on it and was completely focused. I got 134 if I recall correctly. it was the same test. I found the results quite strange...

Most IQ tests also take into account time taken, so 2-3 times more may have marked you down a fair bit.

I consider IQ tests to be a bit ...