Life In 19x19

JethOrensin wrote:Thanks to the tireless work of Lucas Félix [...].

Tiresome, you mean. If you got a bit stronger every time I reworked something, you’d soon be giving 9 stones to AlphaGo. =P

@emerus, thank you very much!

emerus wrote:I downloaded all of the 2019 games for the top 15 players on Fox.

How did you do that, though? I’d like to download some myself. :]

https://i.ibb.co/Ct5y79K/Immanuel-de-Villers-81-Little-Lions-An-Introduction-to-the-9x9-Board-for-Advanced-Beginners-Revised-Edition-2019.jpg

81 Little Lions: An Introduction to the 9x9 Board for Advanced Beginners , by Immanuel deVillers — Revised Edition (2019)
There are plenty of resources ...

The Go community is amazing. I've been playing for little over a week now and I've already come across many interesting people, new ideas and good suggestions, all of which I'm very thankful for. Now I have books to read and videos to watch, and I'm about to sit down and start going through them ...

Hello lucasfelix,

Do you know the book '81 little lions'?
It is an e-book in .pdf format and an introduction to (advanced) beginners to the 9x9 board.
I expect you would like it.

If you google around, you can probably find it. Or search this site perhaps.
It is free.
If you can't find it, send me ...

After the horrorshow that was that first match, and all the beatings that I took afterwards, I won in my eleventh game. She did win the rematch by 64.5 points, though. But still!

By the way, I've played my third match (second one's still ongoing on DGS), this time without a time limit, and it was a wonderful experience. Now I have a feeling for why someone would dedicate his entire life to learning Go.

sybob: I will!

Dontbtme: I really see the wisdom in your advice, but I will try to find the sweet spot between playing (and, well, losing) often and actually enjoying the game. Otherwise, if I'm just moving frantically, randomly, I think I will just get stressed, it would feel too much like a ...

I've been reading about Go, I know the rules, maybe even something of the basics, so while I knew I wouldn't actually win a match, I figured I might at least hope to understand what was going on. Well, I was wrong. Here's how it went.

I made a mistake when I set the challenge, should've put at ...