Life In 19x19

Best of luck with it! I remember from another thread that you play guitar and so have a musical ear, in which case tones will come quite easy to you. At least they did to me, as a long-time piano player.

I've been studying Chinese for around 6 years already, so let me know if you need some ...

I forgot to update the topic, but I have already managed to secure a second-hand copy of the original kamakura book :)

However, thanks for the update on the updated Kamakura book! I still intend to get it in the near future, as I quite like the "effortful learning" approach that John Fairbairn has ...

For both the reviewer and reviewee, it can be very helpful to have the reviewee do a quick self-review of the game beforehand, writing down the main thoughts and ideas that went into moves that you deem were played during important moments of the game.

Essentially, a review aims at improving your ...

I'm very much interested in this product, but still have a couple of questions, in case anyone who actually owns the board could help me understand the specifics of some features:

I like to study pro games a lot, especially the games of Go Seigen. Does this board include Go Seigen's games in its ...

A lot of interesting comments!

Now that the curious case of T Mark Hall has been mentioned again, I wanted to bring up something that I've recently been wondering about the advice of "replay pro games to get stronger", especially if the claim is that doing so is actually the fastest way to improve ...

The September edition of the European Go Journal featured a very nice interview with Ryan Li 3p. In the interview he talks about a broad range of topics, but what piqued my interest was his remark on using AI.

The context focuses on studying with AI, or reviewing your games with AI, and Ryan Li’s ...

I counted black to be slightly ahead in this position, so white has to do something active.

$$Wc Black resists
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . 5 3 4 . . O X X . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . X . 1 2 6 O . . O X ...

$$Wc White to move
$$ --------------------------
$$ . . . 6 1 8 O O X . 2 . |
$$ . . 5 X X O . O . X O O |
$$ . . . 7 3 X O O O O X O |
$$ . . . . . 4 X X X X 9 X |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . X . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$

Thank you, I didn't see the nose attach at ...

I am as puzzled as Gérard is about all of this.

So Gérard posted this diagram:

$$Bm10
$$ --------------------------
$$ . . . . . X O O X . . . |
$$ . . . 3 X 2 X O . X O O |
$$ . . . . . X O O O O 1 O |
$$ . . . . . . X X X X O X |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . X ...

Fellow Chinese-studying Go player here!

I have some recommendations. But bear in mind that since I study traditional Chinese, I'm more familiar with the Taiwanese accent. As a result, all the recommendations are from Taiwanese Go players:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC53GmzCdrmveHDyJhw7FNrw ...

Thank you gowan and bogiesan!

Knowing that this set of Yunzi stones was simply made this way makes me appreciate the beauty of them much more.

EDIT: Added pictures to the original post.

Hi everyone,

I recently received a full set of second-hand single-convex Yunzi stones, and the white stones have become slightly (but noticably) yellow, which is most visible when placing them alongside my other set of white glass stones.

I was searching for how to return the Yunzi stones to ...

As someone who studies Mandarin and is very interested in how the old Chinese masters viewed the game, I'm very much looking forward to all these books.

The Genjo-Chitoku type book on all Huang LongShi's games sounds particularly mouth-watering. I'm a big fan of Go Seigen, so traversing the study ...

Hi there, and welcome to Go!

Unfortunately I have little time for Go at the moment (also, I live in Europe, so... timezones...), but I would recommend dropping by the Open Study Room if you're looking for a community with a Discord. Also, our local Go club is holding our club evenings online at ...