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What is Rengo ? – How does work Pair GO ?

Not many know, that Go can be played in a team of two players for each colour… this form of GO is called Pair GO or Rengo.

Rengo (mixed pairs) during KIDO Cup 2014 (photo: © 06/2014 – LinuxGooo)

In Korea even couples play Rengo Tournaments…
http://senseis.xmp.net/?PairGoTournaments

More infos what Rengo is you find at Sensei’s Library (SL) here:
http://senseis.xmp.net/?PairGo

Pls leave here your name by replying, if you are interested in playing REngo, e.g. on Go servers like DragonGoServer (DGS), Pandanet-IGS, KGS or OGS… (Rec.: Technically yet its not possible to setup a Rengo game on OGS where the software matches the moves of the 4 players and correct timer. We expect it in 2015, meanwhile on OGS we will use specific Rengo Team accounts (with multiple login).)

You want play Rengo ?  

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Huge Loss with SanRenSei as black (07/15/2014)

just coming from KGS server… witth a game I played as black in San-Ren-Sei-Style…. the fuseki worked, but the opponent white regognized the strategy by time and set a stone close to center (H10) early with move 18…. I didnt manage it to isolate white completly….

So the loss was huge as San-Ren-Sei is “all or nothing”. 🙂

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For your individual Go training / review pick up the SGF here:  Eidogo | OGS

Have fun with playing GO !  

The Grandfather of GO: Yasu Senchi (1764-1837)

Yasui Senchi’s book “KARAKU YO SU (KARAKU YOSU)”, published 1822. (Source: Biblio.com)

I am inspired by the description about the “Grandfather of GO” (or the Father of Modern GO), so was called GO Pro Yasui Senchi ( 1764-1837).

Senchi’s style was notably different from the other players of his days, leading to one description of his play as “switching between the orthodox and unorthodox in fathomless ways“. His style was later revived and refined as shinfuseki in the 1930s

Senchi often began from the 4-5 and 3-5 points, played on the fourth and fifth lines, emphasized the center, and enjoyed building large center moyos.

Here a game from Sensei’s Libary Senchi played against Monetzu (7D) on 23rd December 1809 (Source: http://senseis.xmp.net/?YasuiSenchi )

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For your individual Go training pick up the SGF here:  Eidogo | OGS

Another game of Senchi I found on Badukmovies (Source: http://goo.gl/E6hC0n)

Black: Yasui Senchi Senkaku 6p
White: Honinbo Retsugen 7p
Date: 26 June 1787
Result: B+12

Yasui_Senchi_Senkaku-Honinbo_Retsugen.sgf (1.8 KB)

For your individual Go training pick up the SGF here:  Eidogo | OGS

Have fun with playing GO ! 

07/14/2014: another SanRenSei game on KGS (review)

A SRS game I played on KGS yesterday (14th July 2014)…. tks to CyclonBunny for the feedback and to sefo’s review. 

As I do regularly, here a screenshot from the deeper analysis/review… the split J10-K9 could have worked to isolate whites left side

For your individual review / Go training pick up the SGF here:  Eidogo | OGS

( Sefo’s review: http://online-go.com/review/26725 )

Have fun with playing GO ! 

07/15/2014: SRS game on Wbaduk with fully enclosure of white

Today another game on Wbaduk I played as black.. the opponent attacked very early botttom right side…. but still possible to turn the game with a fully enclosure of white, so I could give up top side with 35 points…

baduk201407151633korhjlinuxgooo14-1.sgf (2.1 KB)

For your individual review / Go training you can pick up the SGF here:  Eidogo | OGS

Have fun with playing GO !  

Hikaru-No-Go… Go Boom in Japan

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