All about Influence in GO/Weiqi/Baduk

Within the Go community are going steady and lifely discussions about one (as amateur) can progress, or even should progress. Over centuries the Go game we all lover so much, was affected by trends and fashion, as every other parts of societies… Game rules changed, different styles had been progressed within the different houses / … Continue reading →

You have friends around the globe whom you like to introduce into the GO world ? You want make Go attractive via modern medias to kidds and teenagers in school ? You have the wish to animate your family members to start playing GO with you ? Korean GO style is seen nowadys as the … Continue reading →

In summer 2014 the Go community around the world celebrated GO Seigen’s 100th birthday. (Rec.: Already since the 99th birthday in 2013 the Go lovers around the globe promoted to present a specific Google Doodle on 12th June 2014 (see image).) Sadly the Spanish version of Wikipedia just reported 1.5 hour ago that Go Seigen, the … Continue reading →

Many tks to Benson (4D) from Singapore for his great work to teach and promote GO… here another slide… (Benson with wife) author: Benson Lam (Blog / Twitter / Facebook) date: 13th March 2012 topic: Weiqi as a character building tool (direct link) … see also Benson’s slides: “How you make yourself stronger in weiqi ? (13th … Continue reading →

The winner takes it all ! – Congrats to Korea (Kom Sooyoung + Jeon Junhak) winning against C. Taipei (Lin Hsioao-Tung + Lai Yu-Cheng). With move 186 white leads 14.5 with 84 Territory, 8 captured stones and 6.5 komi – black has 76 Territory and 8 captures stones…. black resigns. review-36582 (1).sgf (3.4 KB) For your individual … Continue reading →

(26th Sept 2014) – OGS did a first step into lectures from dans wth the [GO Learn Week 2014 (in Sept)][1] and hopefully we can see more qualified GO teachers on OGS giving steadily lectures and reviews. As we all know OGS is a young GO server, so it will take time to get a … Continue reading →

This picture says it all… Go players love it to have fun with GO in communities… so having tasty-yummie food is a must… e.g. for a BBQ Go party… ———- if you are really hungry as a Go brain needs lots of energy, have a bunch of smarties with you using them as Go stones, … Continue reading →

Accidently I fell over this interesting training programme of the GoAndMath Academy. Here the infos I found in the E-Journal / on the website of the AGA (American GO Association) being published in July 2014… McCormick Elementary Students Learn Go (And Math) Author: Paul Barchilon, E-J Youth Editor (07-29-2014) Students at McCormick Elementary, in Chicago, IL, … Continue reading →

What are your dreams ? And: Where is your Happyness playing GO ? – You might ask yourself: Why am I coming up with this question: We all know, that sometimes – in our Go studies or playing ranked games – we can have moments of frustration, desperation and doubts. Actually since couple of weeks I play … Continue reading →

A boom started in Japan when kidds and teenagers watched the Anime Hikaru-No-Go (based on a Manga series). The kidds became attraced to GO heavily… and they play very tough

Tks to Oni leaving the notice in the chat today. Here the announcment as given on GoGameGuru.com ( original source: http://gogameguru.com/be-a-part-of-learn-go-week/ ) Introducing Learn Go Week On Saturday, September 13, 2014, we’re going to go out into our local community and run a small Go teaching event. And we hope that you’ll join us – … Continue reading →

A free video (+ free download) with a review (being produced by BadukMovies.TV/Netherlands) about an interesting San-Ren-Sei style played end of January 1985 by Takemiya Masaki (as black in big moyo and for influence) vs. Cho CHikun (as white playing for territory)… It is the 2nd game of the 9th Kisei final. – Takemia won … Continue reading →

different times newbees freshly registrating on Go servers like OGS or KGS come up with the question about sources for Tsumego training…. part of Go problems (life & death) – http://senseis.xmp.net/?LifeAndDeath specificly about Tsumego… http://senseis.xmp.net/?Tsumego%2FTraining Training Tsumegos helps to keep (or get) your Go mind flexible, it gives beginners an understanding how stones and moves can collaborate … Continue reading →

ｊuｓｔ　ｃｌｉｃｋ　ｈｅｒｅ　ａｎｄ　ｙｏｕ　ｃａｎ　ｔｅｓｔ　ｙｏｕｒ　ｓｔｙｌｅ　ｉｎ　ａ　ｍｏｍｅｎｔ　。。。 Rec.: The test was compiled by Alexander Dinerchtein, 1-dan professional (“breakfast” on KGS) ａｂｏｕｔ　ｍｙ ｏｗｎ  s  t  y  l  e  ｔｅｓｔ result:　 > Your Go style is **flexible**: you can play for territory as well as for influence. > Usually you make such decisions according to the whole-board situation or the playing style of … Continue reading →

What about the GO Game in Turkey ? Go game = Go Oyunu in Turkish… as German(-Bavarian-Polish), and mostly as German naturally over decades I had steady contact with our Turkish neighbours who immigrated to Germany already in the 60th… to develope a totally bombed country after end of 2nd world war into an export world … Continue reading →