but since I have a blind spot with some techniques and a few beginner problems seemed impossible at first glance I wanted to check
Re: GoChild Problem
Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 6:18 am
by Hushfield
Chew Terr wrote:
ninestone wrote:These connect and cut problems make me feel like I'm too stupid to play Go. I nailed everything up to them, and now I don't get any.
Oh, don't worry, they're really tough. If you have a bad time with them, you can always work on a different set and come back later. That set and some of the endgame sets are particularly merciless.
I can second that. It seems that correct answers that are just a little bit inferior to the chosen solution are also marked wrong. The connecting and cutting set on gochild is indeed quite unforgiving.
Re: GoChild Problem
Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 11:50 am
by xed_over
judicata wrote:
ninestone wrote:These connect and cut problems make me feel like I'm too stupid to play Go. I nailed everything up to them, and now I don't get any.
Starting out, I found "connect and capture" and shortage of liberties problems to be difficult to grasp at first--keep practicing and you'll get the hang of it.
I still have problems with the connect and cut problems. Heck, I can't even get past the Entrance level problems.
Its trying to teach me what should be fundamental shapes that I just never learned as a beginner. I'm slowly starting to see and play these shapes in my games.
My favorite cut and connect shape is:
$$B cut and connect 31 (black to play) $$ ---------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . , . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X , . . , . . , . . . | $$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | X O X . O . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X . . O O . . , . . . | $$ | O O X . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . O X . X . . O . . . . . | $$ | . O O O . . . O . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------
