Andy Pierce
IGS 5k. Trying to improve. Slowly making progress. Hard to play any games with the two boys at home going crazy, but trying to get back in the saddle now.
Favourite go quote: "If Black wants to eat a chicken, he must first make the chicken big."[1]
currently emphasizing: reading, life/death problems
Studying:
- One Thousand and One Life-and-Death Problems
- Keshi and Uchikomi: A Study of Reduction and Invasion in Go by Iwamoto Kaoru
Fascinating reading.
I have put:
aside for now to let them digest a bit, but will go back to them later.
Done for now with:
- [1]Punishing and Correcting Joseki Mistakes by Mingjiu Jiang and Adam Miller
- Intermediate Level Power Builder Volume 1 by Wang Runan
- Attack and Defense by Ishida Akira and James Davies
- Lots of gems in this one. Highly recommended. Read it many times.
I lost a game recently by not recognizing the crane's nest tesuji. I won two games recently by knowing that the the L-group is dead and how to kill it. This seems to be knowledge not generally possessed by 5k players on IGS. I have given the tripod group a lot of thought recently too.