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Grauniad
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I'm learning go for the third time in 30 years. The first two times I learnt the rules (of course) but couldn't "get" tactics or, especially, strategy. This time, by having a 1dan teacher, by reading volumes from the Elementary Go Series, by playing more (over the board and on KGS), and by attempting tsumego problems, I'm starting to "get" it for the first time. SL is a great resource. After 18 months occasional play I reached about 8kyu, but further progress is slow, concentration is a problem, errors are too frequent, ...

Rodney Topor, recent changes junkie (sigh), PilotGOne advocate
Brisbane, Australia
([email] r_topor@yahoo.com, grauniad on KGS)


Question: Is Go harder to learn if you're over 50 when you start?

See discussion at Player's Age.



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