Life In 19x19

No offense but by only looking? Because if a pro liked to show it in public it's essentially because this "under the stones" is a bit harder to read as others... And very tempting to use a demo tool...
None taken, and I wasn't trying to give any or show disrespect for the amount of effort that ...

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J19. I really can't see how White can kill if Black starts with J19. I ...

Bill Spight wrote:Your turn.

Of course...

Hang on.

Nakamura Sumire
Amazing!

There have been Western amateurs who managed to become pro in one or another Asian country. The first two were Manfred Wimmer (Germany) and James Kerwin (USA). Kerwin got his pro status in Japan from the Nihon Ki-in by special recommendation. He won the 1p section of an ...

Start your own professional go association.
Well then, let's make that the fourth order of business. : P

basically if you are strong enough you can go and become pro anywhere,but thats not rwally the issue,yiu have to become very strong,acutually do you have enough time and patience to study the ...

Anything is possible... People thought it impossible for humans to run a mile in 4 minutes, until it was shown to be possible.
In the sense that my becoming pro would be as likely as winning the lottery or writing the next great American novel?

Why not take lessons from a pro? If you make shodan ...

This is from Go: A Complete Introduction to the Game : "At the age of six [Cho Chikun] came to Japan and became a disciple of Kitani Minoru, 9-dan. In 1968, at the age of 11, he entered the professional ranks as a 1-dan [...] and it took him only 12 more years to reach the top professional rank of 9 ...