Life In 19x19

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Ah. I see. I have it:


$$W Attack marked stones!
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$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O O X O X . O . . O O X . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X O X . . , . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . X O X . X . O ...

Perhaps you are not so visually inclined. You could try mouthing silently to yourself, "white goes there--black goes there--white goes there--" and focus on each individual point with your eyes as you say there . This tends to slow down the reading, and helps me think it out more. Later, as I needed ...

Speaking as a linguist here, Chinese is deceptive. For reading and writing, it is fine, but if you ever hope to speak the language with native speakers, You'll find that learning any form of standard chinese will leave you so dicombobulated as to regret it. The many hundreds (it's almost a thousand ...

I'm not familiar with the AGA, so I could be putting my foot in my mouth, but, does the AGA have a proffesional go system? Like in the east? If not, how, theoretically, could the AGA work towards establishing one?

What would have to be done? Just curious.

You would have to be contracted by their company, or as a freelancer, to translate their magazine for english markets. In order to do that, they would have to be interested in publishing their magazine in English markets. Selling online wouldn't be good enough. And THEY would need to be making a ...

Well, I haven't really played anyone who's around my strength in real life. Online, if there is a picture of a cute girl for their avatar... I admit, it's a little distracting. If they say that they are a real girl, though, then I immediately lose three stones.

And yes, I'd say I've noticed a ...

I am a weak player.

Another member on this forum, daniel_the_smith, was kind enough to give me some comments on a game I played for the L19 tournament (m).

One thing that I was curious about was the best way to attack the black group on the left, locally, from the following board position:

$$B Attack marked stones ...

Hi, all. I'm new. Not to Go though. I've been playing that for a few years. I don't ever expect to be Especially good. I do love the game though. At the same time, I know I haven't taken my game as far as it can go. (Which may not be too surprising, given my rank.)

If you need any help, just ask. I ...