New Books!Ordered a few new books to dive further into the world of Go.
Most books are less about improving to play myself (they do that, but not very effectively), rather to expand on my Go-lore.
A few books from the 'Master Play, The Style of ...' series:
- Go Seigen
- Takemiya
- Lee Sedol
- Kato Masao & Seo Bong Soo
By John Fairbairn:
- Go Consultants
- Go Companion
Also:
- Attacking and Defending weak groups (newest book in Mastertering the basics of Go series)
- How to play Handicap Go
And an entire tsumego series called:
You won't get dumber thinking. Pocket books tsumego, 8 volumes, ranging from 20 kyu to 3 kyu.
I also ordered my first set of Chinese stones (flat on one side) for analysing purposes and because they are cool
And lastly the Nihon Ki-in 2019 calendar, in which I'll be marking my 2019 Go studies.
2019: Under ConstructionSo for 2019 I'm going to try a new study theory. I've already talked about it above but I'm trying to make it more concrete. Hopefully I can kick it off starting 1st of January, 2019.
For now, it looks like I'll use a calendar to mark my activities, always for the week to come (no further in the future). Although I'll mark some things earlier in advance, probably.
I'll cross, or mark, the things I did. If I don't manage to do something (because something came between it, or I didn't feel like doing Go that day), it doesn't move up the calender. Instead it's just passed over. Like that. (there are exceptions)
I'll probably also use different categories to make sure the studies are diverse enough to keep interest. In these categories I'll also have different types of study, which I'll try to switch up.
Example: if I have the following 4 sub-categories in Pro Games Study (see below), I might schedule Pro Games Study in once a week, let's say on Thursday. Then I'll probably do: 1st thursday of the month: Shape! 2nd thursday: Counting! and so on.
I can mark these activities far in advance.
Categories I've come up already, but will think on deeper later:
Pro Games Study1. Shape! = replay quickly, only look at shape or a specific theme.
2. Counting! = replay quickly, analyse board + counting every
x moves
3. Next move? = replay but every few moves, come up with 3 possible next moves.
4. Pro Study! = replay with commentary, think about every move, etc.
Book LearningOnly 1 or 2 books at the time. Books like: Attack & Defense.
These activities best marked only a week in advance, progress in books may vary.
Tesuji/L&D BooksExceptions on the "pass over" rule. If I miss the next lesson in Jump Level Up, or don't do Chapter 5 of Tesuji, I won't pass it over, but do it again. These tasks are to be written down max. 1 week in advance, to make sure I don't make a chore out of it.
- Jump Level Up
- Tesuji
Game ReviewsReview games. These can be:
- games played
- online games by other players