New Go Proverbs thread

Biondy · Post by **Biondy** » Sun May 02, 2010 1:02 am

Don't listen to Lady Gaga when you're playing serious game. :p

Violence · Post by **Violence** » Sun May 02, 2010 1:49 pm

Men with one foot in the grave have nothing to lose.

(Beware of the aji from dead stones)

mdobbins · Post by **mdobbins** » Mon May 03, 2010 1:09 pm

Biondy wrote:Don't listen to Lady Gaga when you're playing serious game. :p

Don't watch Lady GaGa while....

shapenaji · Post by **shapenaji** » Mon May 03, 2010 2:46 pm

Less is

dfan · Post by **dfan** » Mon May 03, 2010 3:03 pm

One that's worked for me: "If you don't know where to play, pretend you're three stones stronger."

mdobbins · Post by **mdobbins** » Mon May 03, 2010 4:02 pm

dfan wrote:One that's worked for me: "If you don't know where to play, pretend you're three stones stronger."

or if you don't know where to play, pretend that you are kibitzing.

Redbeard · Post by **Redbeard** » Mon May 03, 2010 4:30 pm

dfan wrote:One that's worked for me: "If you don't know where to play, pretend you're three stones stronger."

This reminds me of Anne's Rule:
"If you don't know where to play, you must have sente."

POGO · Post by **POGO** » Thu May 06, 2010 8:31 pm

"The way to icecream is go" (for my son)

"If The game is lost by 100 point's,Nuclear tsuji"(in contrast to is you lose less then 7 stones tenuki)

Laman · Post by **Laman** » Mon May 10, 2010 2:37 pm

Even if you are playing against a fool, it doesn't give you any reason to play like a fool as well.

shapenaji · Post by **shapenaji** » Mon May 17, 2010 12:19 pm

Beware the flood.

(AKA, following the flow can have catastrophic results at times)

daniel_the_smith · Post by **daniel_the_smith** » Mon May 17, 2010 12:48 pm

Biondy wrote:Don't listen to Lady Gaga.

^ fix'd

HermanHiddema · Post by **HermanHiddema** » Mon May 17, 2010 1:29 pm

Know the difference between "Divide and Conquer" and "Fighting a Two-front War"

daniel_the_smith · Post by **daniel_the_smith** » Mon May 17, 2010 1:55 pm

If you're busy making eyes, you're not winning the game.

Post by **Solomon** » Mon May 17, 2010 4:17 pm

Disregard endgame, acquire dragons.

Post by **Joaz Banbeck** » Mon May 24, 2010 10:25 pm

Make bad shape inside your opponent's eye space.

Life In 19x19