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| bio | website | mafutrct.de/blog |
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| location | Germany | |
| age | 26 | |
| visits | member for | 2 years, 8 months |
| seen | 2 days ago | |
| stats | profile views | 102 |
I'm a 25 year old EGF 1 dan, playing Go since late 2006. I was active in the community at Sensei's and former shidogo.com, now switched my attention to BCG.SE
Known as recorder, I published the first large collection of Go videos in the West a few years ago. I've created a platform for bad Go jokes.
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Understanding influence and using it properly Can you explain a little more about the diamond shape? What is the purpose, and how is it useful in practice? |
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Nov 12 |
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Understanding influence and using it properly Actually, you brought up a very good point there. It doesn't look that great for white, you're right. However, compare this to black defending with a one point jump after white played wrong direction (or black playing that jump even without playing anything) - now that looks great for black! By comparing, we can see that in one diagram, black is very good, and in the other dia, it's even. Do you see how vast the difference is now? We always have to compare, because an even situation is a lot better than a bad situation. |
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Nov 12 |
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Understanding influence and using it properly On the top of my head, yes, thickness is always influence. |
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Nov 12 |
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Why did black avoid the straightforward capture here? Regarding the counter attack (I think you means after the last diagram in my post), certainly, black has to be careful, but the fight is at least even so it's better than, well, not being able to start a fight at all. |
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Nov 12 |
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Why did black avoid the straightforward capture here? I don't think this is an issue. To make it a ko, white whould have to play bad shape, making her group more heavy. And even if black simply defends, the exchange does not really help white. |
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Nov 12 |
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Understanding influence and using it properly I used a modified example from Sensei's and a few examples and text passages given in Strategic Concepts of Go by Yoshiaki Nagahara 5d, chapter 4 and 5. |
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Nov 12 |
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Understanding influence and using it properly consulting a few books right now, not satisfied with this answer at all yet |
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Nov 11 |
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How to protect a large piece of side territory @Paul, what is your level in Go? So I know how to direct the answer |
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Nov 11 |
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Where can I find a good Joseki database? Nice idea, but seems to offer little practical value |
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Nov 11 |
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Why did black avoid the straightforward capture here? @Adrian Have you got a SGF of the game at hand? |
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Nov 11 |
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Why did black avoid the straightforward capture here? Whoa, nice one. I got a slight idea, but I'm only 1d so probably wrong. |
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Nov 11 |
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What is the difference between thickness and heavy stones? todo: add diagrams |
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Nov 11 |
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Why are Chinese stones half-convex? Nice explanation. Lead me to a followup question: go.stackexchange.com/questions/160 |
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Nov 10 |
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Where to play Go online? It's fine to add this as a separate answer. DGS is a major Go server and deserves it's own place in the list. |
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Nov 10 |
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Is playing on a 9x9 board a solved problem? This is not an answer to the question at all though. Chess bots beat pros all the time yet chess is still far from being solved. |
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Nov 10 |
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Why is the 19x19 board so much more common than other sizes? An intersting answer, but a little too much guessing for my taste. Could you state more about the evolution and history? Afaik 17x17 is not certain to be the predecessor to 19x19. Also I'm also not sure if the 4 initial stones were the dominant fashion on early 19x19 boards. As a bonus, would be nice to see a few notes on the 21x21 research that is going on, too. |
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Nov 10 |
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How can I create that sharp, intense sound when placing a stone? Don't agree since I've seen (heard, rather) this on normal wooden boards, too. |
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Nov 10 |
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Where can I find a good Joseki database? (Disclaimer: I'm a top contributor at JP) The sourced variations are accurate, though their description is sometimes off. Nonsourced variations tend to be "reasonable", but not as reliable as, for instance, KJD. Recent variations show up almost instantly, though many of them as "question". |
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Nov 10 |
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Where can I find a good Joseki database? (1 item per answer preferably) |
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Nov 10 |
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Where to play Go online? please split it up ;) |
