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BQM Categorical List
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After attempting to classify the first 100 BQM pages, I have come up with this. If anyone has any critiques or suggestions, feel free to leave them. After a week or two I will begin adding "see also" links to existing BQM pages. Question marks mean I'm not sure about the placement of the page, "Pro" and "Book" labels should be self explanatory, and an "GA" label means it's from a game played by the person posing the question (Game Analysis).

Life and Death

Opening

Joseki

Middlegame

This category probably needs to be broken up some.

Endgame

Added this topic during 51-100 block. Earlier pages probably need to be recategorized.

Rules

Handicap & Komi

Added this topic during 51-100 block. Earlier pages probably do not need to be recategorized.

Strategy

This is pretty much a catch-all. Often involves "which is the largest play" style questions.

Tactics

Added this category during 51-100 block. Earlier pages probably need recategorization. Try to limit this category to advice and tips that can be generalized. (Why is the peep better in a position like this than a cut?)

Tesuji

Added this category during 51-100 block. Earlier pages may need recategorization.

Questions about Books, Terms, and other Miscellany

5/6/2004: Remember, this page isn't anywhere near complete. There are still over 100 pages requiring categorization, and the categories are not refined as yet. Feel free to contribute to either situation.

5/7/2004: I have added the next 50 pages to the categories, and have added categories that didn't exist in the first block. Some pages probably need recategorization; the "strategy" block and the "Middlegame" block, for instance, are pretty vague and need to be broken up. This is all I'm doing for today, though, as this takes a while.

--Blake

See Also: BQM, BQMTaskForce


Bob McGuigan: A first approximation to categories could be as above, maybe including Endgame, Handicap, and Tesuji. But there are concepts that could well be categories, such as shape, which are important in all phases of the game. Where would a question with primary emphasis on shape go?

Blake: These are not proscriptive categories. When I began, I started with blank paper and began to list the categories that I thought best described the pages I came to. BQM1, for instance, caused me to create a "Life & Death" category. If you are planning to categorize, feel free to create other categories that you think will help. And, of course, pages can be listed in multiple categories. BQM38, for example, is listed in both "Strategy" and "Middle Game."



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