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KGS Beginner's Room
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On the KGS Go server, there is a room created for beginners, which is logically named the Beginner's Room. =)

This room, which was created by Mramahi1, has become very popular on KGS. On average over 100 KGS users join us in the Beginner's Room everyday at its peak time. Stronger players have been very kind helping by answering questions and giving teaching games in this teaching/learning based room.


No regularly scheduled activites have been planned, however we do plan to plan. =)

For more information on the Beginner's Room please see our website at: [ext] http://www.holosys.co.uk/beginnersroom/. The website is managed by holosys. If you have anything you would like to see added to the Beginner's Room site please contact him directly.

If you do receive help here please be so kind as to return the favor to weaker players when you have the chance.

What range of KGS ratings are considered beginners?
Go Seigen, considered by many to be the greatest player of the 20th century, called himself a beginner. Go is deep.
Yes, indeed. In the beginner's room Go Seigen would be more likely provide teaching games than to receive them. The question of what range of KGS ratings are considered beginners remains. (hmm....Otake takes 3 stones from God, but Go Seigen is a beginner. Makings of a Zen koan?)

Even if there is nobody there strong enough to teach you, you can always help others. =)


Sebastian: Does this refer to beginners at Go or beginners at KGS? See also KGS First Time User Experience.
TJ: Stress on beginners at go...often they'll be beginners on KGS too, though! Teach/learn/review, and review of games played here is considered mandatory. Generally, of course, review by the white player giving handicap or just a discussion between near equals, but if, as sometimes happens here, a stronger player drops in to watch you play, they'll sometimes react favourably if you ask THEM to review. I, for one, sometimes offer to review a game for anyone 5 ranks lower or so when I feel like hearing myself talk for a while.:)

HansWalthaus: Important for beginners to Go and KGS; learn a bit of ettiquete: like don't escape, don't resign when people are about to pass and don't leave a game when somebody is reviewing you. Most people pick this up with one or two hints. Other people get very annoyed by these things, so if you think the other guy is new, use 'talk to' and explain it first. If they're rude, that's what the censor checkbox is for. But please try talking to them first.



This is a copy of the living page "KGS Beginner's Room" at Sensei's Library.
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