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Greetings from Germany
Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2013 3:56 pm
by schawipp
Hello all,
being an average chess player, I "accidentially" found a nice goban in a game shop while in holidays about three years ago; that's why I'm now also playing on KGS and more recently also in a local go club. Compared to chess, go still feels a bit uneasy, though (and I'm too much focused on single stones...)
This forum looks interesting and fun and I'm glad to have found it.
Regards
Re: Greetings from Germany
Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2013 4:46 pm
by Bonobo
Herzliche Grüße zurück aus der Lüneburger Heide
Tom
Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2013 5:32 pm
by EdLee
Welcome!
Re: Greetings from Germany
Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 3:52 am
by PeterPeter
schawipp wrote:Compared to chess, go still feels a bit uneasy, though (and I'm too much focused on single stones...)
Me too; it took a while to adjust to the idea that a stone being captured is very different from a pawn being captured.
Re: Greetings from Germany
Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 4:29 am
by daal
PeterPeter wrote:schawipp wrote:Compared to chess, go still feels a bit uneasy, though (and I'm too much focused on single stones...)
Me too; it took a while to adjust to the idea that a stone being captured is very different from a pawn being captured.
Yep - they might all look the same, but it's all masquerade.
Re: Greetings from Germany
Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 6:20 am
by jts
PeterPeter wrote:schawipp wrote:Compared to chess, go still feels a bit uneasy, though (and I'm too much focused on single stones...)
Me too; it took a while to adjust to the idea that a stone being captured is very different from a pawn being captured.
Pawns aren't a horrible analogy, so long as you bear in mind that a mere pawn is different from a passed pawn, which is different from a pawn that happens to be lounging on a forking square; and that if a competent opponent leaves a pawn loose, he probably has a plan. Right?