An ancient strategy game for 2 players who try to outwit each other by placing stones on the board to simulate the capturing of territory.
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How does one set up a 1/4 board for GO?
As a beginner, I was handed a full go board. And, somehow figured it out.
A beginner friend wants to start "small" and something like 1/4 of the board.
Personally, I think that we should start with ...
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Traditional 1-stone handicap before komi
In "traditional" handicap, when there is a ranking difference of 1, black plays first and there is no komi (Sensei's Library uses this term). But if you play without komi anyway, this is no handicap. ...
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A reference of practical tsumego?
There are insanely many tsumego in existence, but many of them are very artificial and would never occur in real games. While any tsumego helps to improve, specifically learning shapes likely to be ...
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Is this corner dead?
Played a game on KGS. We are both 4K. He was good at life and death, and I am rusty.
Was B1 sente?
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What is the difference between thickness and heavy or over-concentrated stones? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What is the difference between thickness and heavy stones?
Many beginners and even advanced players have difficulties telling apart thick from heavy or over-concentrated ...
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Do professional-level Go players memorize a list of endgame positions as part of their training?
As in this question there were two questions, I extract the second question here.
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What is the meaning of 'karai' and how is it applied?
A Western insei recently wondered about the term "karai":
Japanese
players call black 57 "karai", which is a term which I haven't heard
used in western go at all! The meaning appears to be ...
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Chess (and variations) Endgame Complexity
My understanding is that the game of Go with Japanese Ko rules is, like most such games, EXPTIME-Complete, but that ladders are PSPACE-Complete and that Go endgames have been analyzed independently as ...
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Komoku-Oogeima joseki order variation
In a game my opponent derived from the joseki line I was familiar with.
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$$ -...7.......
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Where can I find a good Joseki database?
I've been wondering about certain positions that arise often. To help me understand them, I would like to study the joseki moves. Since printed joseki dictionaries are out-dated very fast, I'd prefer ...
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What is the Chinese-language equivalent of gobase (main resource for SGF files)?
I would find it hard to believe if someone tried to tell me that there was not such a website, and that people in China relied on gobase. Isn't there a Chinese-language resource for SGF files?
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Go, MahJong, and Chess. Together?
Do you think these games have enough in common to start a serious, competitive club focusing around them? There's definitely enough between Go and Chess, but what about MahJong? I know there is plenty ...
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Magic Sword: Peaceful Variation or is Punishment Possible?
In a game earlier today I encountered a deviation from the Magic Sword pattern that I haven't been able to find anywhere. Instead of cutting, White seemed to offer a peaceful trade of influence for ...
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life and death: 2 x 4 in the corner with defects
In a go game (with another 4K) I got a 2 x 4 region in the corner with lots of defects.
W1 almost surely will happen. Can White get life or ko?
$$Wm1
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$$ | . . . . X .
$$ | . . O ...
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4-4 pincer variant - not in joseki dictionary
I am 4K and played against 2K in handicap game (2-stones).
The point of B3 was to prevent a double-wing shape for white (along the right and bottom)
So W4 pincer leads us into this joseki variant. ...
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3-4 point joseki - wide double-pincer
After a low approach at W2, B3 is a wide pincer. I double-pincered at W4 and then diagonal B5.
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Where can one find “The Surrounding Game” Documentary? [closed]
On youtube there is a really nifty trailer about a documentary for a board game. It looks interesting, and I was wondering if anybody knew where to actually get the documentary? I am willing to pay ...
