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I need to start channeling the spirit of a dead Go master any day now
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xau, what were the ranks of your opponents in your 4 games? Do tournaments do handicaps like kgs?
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I've heard mixed reviews of the basic joseki book and how it is a little outdated, but the rest of the kiseido books are awesome
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I like to lose a bunch of games on purpose so I can just relax and get easy wins back to my current rank. It is perhaps the worst way of improving go skills
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Black to kill
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this is how Cho U says gently caress YO COUCH Black to kill 
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Just got back from a Go tournament in Portland. Playing slow and thinking through moves really helped my game, as well as hammered home the value of keeping sente. I registered as 8k based on my kgs rating at the time Game 1 vs 9k - win Game 2 vs 8k - win. I took black and made a serious error around move 30 and thought all was lost. I took my time and came up with a surprise attack that definitely would not have worked on a 6d player. Game 3 vs 1k - lose. I had a 7 stone handicap and couldn't pull this one out, and really it all came down to one dumb mistake that I should have read through before playing. Went home for the night frustrated. Game 4 vs 7k - lose. I had it in the bag until I made a stupid ko threat that I didn't need to make, had to resign. Game 5 vs 7k - win. Played a solid game and didn't make any big mistakes. Works out a lot better when I do that.
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Oct 19, 2009 01:51
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There were 33 players in this tournament and all the pairing was done by the tournament software. Rounds 3-5 had a lot of 6+ stone handicap games, it was really weird.
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Oct 19, 2009 18:55
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I'm looking at Go boards for sale, and they all looks the same size physically. Stones, however, come in a range of sizes. How would I know if I need 22mm stones, 22.5mm, 23mm, etc?
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I was playing a pretty crappy opening and the other guy asked me if I was 'playing go or just throwing stones at him'. Eventually he had to invade my territory with next to zero chance of surviving, and he kept trying to live even though it was clearly impossible at that point. I asked him if he was playing go or just trying to gift me some stones and he quit. Huzzah
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Nov 6, 2009 08:08
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ThePineapple posted:I don't know if it's been posted in the thread or not, but i find breakfast's go tests pretty interesting. The 'real level' test got me spot on, and now I am depressed because all the other moves looked crappy and I don't know why
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My friend's wife went back to Korea for the green card process, and I asked her to bring me back something go-related like a fan with a player's signature on it or something equally cheesy. This is what she showed up with Click here for the full 1000x669 image.  Click here for the full 1000x669 image.  Click here for the full 1000x669 image. Now I just need to get better at go 
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My latest acquisition, and my favorite opening for when I just want to gently caress with people Click here for the full 1000x669 image.  Click here for the full 1000x669 image.
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I stopped by the Seattle Go Center yesterday and played a quick game. That place is really f'in nice, and teh guy running it was more than happy to teach my brother how to play while at the same time showing me all my terrible moves.
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