Journey to Strong dan

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Re: Journey to Strong dan

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nyuubi wrote:With Quality, you're only thinking about the game, and naturally you'll be stronger if you try to find good moves every move instead of playing mechanically. That Mechanical play is the bane of progression. You have to exercise your calculation muscle every game, every move. One thing is being told this, another thing is realizing it for yourself. Needless to say realizing it for yourself is much more powerful. Anything not realized by myself feels fake and shallow. That's also why Imitating other people's moves is not an option for me.


Very very true, I think. Playing even 'obvious' moves casually is an awful mistake (that is very easy to make).


I also want to ask the same question as Osvaldo! Would you like to schedule a weekly serious game/review? I'm trying (very unsuccessfully) to break past 2d on KGS recently. (Actually, same question to Osvaldo, Sodesune if you're interested).
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Re: Journey to Strong dan

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bakekoq wrote:btw, may I know the articles?
Where do you come from? it seems that U do know about igoindonesia too?

No, people here don't know about igoindonesia, except for this one famous article about how to get to strong dan. It has already been linked to in a posting above
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Re: Journey to Strong dan

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Loons wrote:(Actually, same question to Osvaldo, Sodesune if you're interested).


Sure! Although I'm still weakish 1-kyu ; )
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Re: Journey to Strong dan

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Yeah I'd like to schedule a weekly game/review for sure. Just throw some numbers at me and I'll see if they fit into the clockwork :)
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Re: Journey to Strong dan

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karaklis wrote:
bakekoq wrote:btw, may I know the articles?
Where do you come from? it seems that U do know about igoindonesia too?

No, people here don't know about igoindonesia, except for this one famous article about how to get to strong dan. It has already been linked to in a posting above


owh. I see.. there're a lot of players here that follow that guide?
I'm really appreciate for this. hopefully U all share a lot to ur buddy too. btw,this year tournament is coming up in 24 june. hopefully I can give nice game. I'll try to post my kifu later. :D
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Oh is that so? That's nice! I hope you play some good games. I've always wanted to participate in tournaments :)

And yeah, that article is pretty well known on this site, though I don't think there's that many people who adhere to it at all. Most people who keep study journals are kyu players and that 'guide' is for dan level. Even so, it still introduces some important points which will benefit players of any level.
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Re: Journey to Strong dan

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it's my first time in participating a tournament too. why don't u participate in ur country, I think there'll be one. yeah, the key for becoming dan player is also important guide for improving of kyu player ability. hopefully we can reach dan level asap.
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Re: Journey to Strong dan

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I'm already dan level :p

But I want to become much stronger :salute:
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Re: Journey to Strong dan

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wah. shame on me. :tmbup:
hmm.. I'll catch up in the future.
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Re: Journey to Strong dan

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Any room for 1 kyu / 1 dan to join the study group? :)

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Re: Journey to Strong dan

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Thanks a lot for the link to http://tsumego.tasuki.org/?page=tsumego . I really wanted some problems to do away from the computer, but most of the books were too expensive.
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