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Q: Results of Go games are sometimes marked "B+R". Does that mean "Black won by resignation" or "Black resigned"? thanks in advance!
A: It means Black won by resignation
Q: alter Pedro: do you play with or against your opponent?
A: I'm still only playing against them, but I start to see playing with them is much more rewarding.
Q: Nico: I haven't be able to find a page explaining why the goban coordinates jump from H to J, missing I. Shame on me! I suspect some kind of historical reason. And I am pretty sure that this is explained somewhere on a wiki page...
A: Tristan Jones It's to avoid confusion between "i" and "j" in game records using algebraic notation (i.e., co-ordinates written in letters and numbers).
- I thought it was because "I" could be confused with "l" or "1".
Bill: Historically, Latin did not have both letters. I think some modern languages do not, either, but I'm not absolutely sure.
HolIgor: They had some difficulties with spelling LATIN, hadn't they?
Bill: LATJN? ;-)
Q: alter Pedro: how many 3-4 points are there on a go-ban? (8, 4, 1?)
If a is the (upper left) 3-4 point, I guess that makes b the 4-3 point. Does the order in which they are played change their names? on a 19x19 board should the point a be called the 16-3 point?
A: Confused: When used in the context of corner patterns like joseki, the expression '3-4 point' should be interpreted as 'point 3 lines from one border and 4 lines from another border'. There are 8 such points on a goban. Usually the first play in the sequence that isn't on a diagonal decides the direction of numbering.
Q: alter Pedro: I've never played face to face go ... and I wonder ... Do players keep records of their moves (like in chess)? all the pictures of boards I've seen don't have the coordinates on them which (in my humble opinion) makes it hard to know where the last stone was played (was that k15 or j15???)
A: StormCrow: It depends on the person. Most people I know rarely record casual games. I generally record games I play in a tournament using a program on my Palm Pilot. If games are recorded on paper, they are generally marked up on a grid, rather than as a list of points played.
alter Pedro: Thanks Storm :)
unkx80: Generally, the records kept look exactly the same as the diagrams you see in SL. =)
repp: I played someone recently who took down the game using a unique system. Counting from the center, each move was marked as xy, followed by an arrow representing the quadrant the move was made in. So, playing on the 4-4 point was marked as "66_|". Stones played next to the previous stone was marked "1^" or something similar. I'd never seen it before but it made for a fast and easy way to track the game.
Q: A stronger player in a 9x9 teaching game recently told me that I shouldn't "hit below the shoulder" but should "hit above the shoulder". I am familiar with the concept of a shoulder hit but why is above better than below? Q: Can somebody give me a good definition of the term "life basis"? One person told me that it is room to make an eye, another told me it is potential to make two eyes. It seems to be an important term to consider in settling groups. Perhaps someone could start a discussion page about it?
A: Charles Matthews See base. A base for a group ought to be at least one eye, really; potential to make two eyes is 1.5 eyes, as we usually reckon it, and that's harder to have in fighting.
Q: Is there a word (other than invasion) to describe dropping a stone lightly inside an over-expansive moyo when it has a chance of either achieving sabaki or escaping? I've heard it described in English as a "Paratrooper invasion". Q: Is there a word for a dragon that pokes its head through one of your walls, and runs amok reducing your territory?
A: Yes, it is called a finger. (See anatomical terms.)
Q: In Chinese there is a term that translates as 'virtuous warrior's advance' Virtuous (de) means powerful in this context. Though this term describes the dynamic action, rather than the static formation. Jadelink. Morten: Can people who copy & paste existing questions from other pages to this page please take care that the questions are 'quick questions' and are not obsolete or old, or taken out of their context? This is a copy of the living page "Quick Questions" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |