Life In 19x19

You hav some ING GOE bowls? The originals with the counting frames? I got one of those damp (decades ago) and the springs rusted.Should have known better. Stained the white stones.

I will tell you what my teacher told me forty some years ago (although I did not appreciate this until recently):
Go is not about winning. If you need to win, find another game to play.
Influence is far more important than power.
To understand influence you must first learn to see it.
Handicap ...

" In my experience it is mostly the stones that are troublesome. If you wash them then you need to have time to dry them. I wonder if one could get away with wiping them down? I remember that especially one time that I washed the glass stones and it took more than 24 hours for them to dry. The ...

Thank you for the most recent update and explanations of the ranking system. 140 points, averaging 2.5 points/win requires 56 wins. If she is playing slightly better than 50%, that's 130-150 games. If she plays only 4pt games and wins 50%, that's 70-80 games. How many pro games can a young man or ...

From time to time, a YT channel will post something on boards or gaming pieces. It's more frequent to have then talk about shogi, but this once...

https://youtu.be/whvAB7Jl7fc?si=mvcADiItpGwlqHGK

Take care

You can also look up yunzi to see the molten ceramic being ladeled onto steel strips to ...

Are there best practices when it comes to cleaning Go playing equipment?


Stones are easy: mild soap (not detergent) and warm water in plastic tubs. Rinse and rinse and rinse, Spread on towels to dry. You can't hurt glass, shell, slate, or plastic stones with just mild soapand gentle agitation ...

There’s no voice commentary, but the process is explained via subtitles.
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I located many go equipment video clips and posted links on the facebook. Broad selection of yunzi, songyun, ceramic, shell, and various woodcrafts. Don't have the links but the search was fun. Hope you find ...

M&Ms will make custom candy for you, you just pay for it, roughly $25/pound, two pound minimum. You can have custom artwork printed on them to promote your cloub or you'd want to talk to customer service to make sure you get them without any markings at all. You can choose any of twenty-four colors ...

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I'm in. I will have five or six t-shirts featuring the embroidered Idaho Go Club logo. I'll trade for equally nice new shirts with interesting artwork or $30. XL only.

https://imgur.com/gallery/idaho-go-club-veuE8IG

Here is my review of Songyun's colorful ceramic weiqi stones. The company makes eight different colors, I ordered four.

https://youtu.be/Y-Th0d7spew?si=xlXDbPtxvXBPLv-m

Found this, unkown species: https://youtu.be/W3xAnMqGkkc?si=_tTH2giNHi4xC8vN

The Chinese and Korean go board makers that appear in yootoob clips are using largely unidenfiable species. Fascinating to watch but their operations are largely automated or at least reliy heavily on machines. Several of the older Japanese craftsmen still use hand planes and chisels.

I've shot ...

I've looked into sywq.cn, it, in particular, produces ceramic stones.
Could you clarify for not native speakers the difference between ceramic (pottery) , porcelain , glass (not that glass, that is in your window at home? (marbles) :) ), concerning the stones' material?As I noticed, the ceramic ...

Easy: Don't order from taobao. Order directly from Songyun or amazon.