mottiti
Hi I'm Tim Pirotte and I'm from Belgium. I started a sort of diary just so that i can reread it myself later on. (things tend to become funny when you see it later again) Comments are always welcome!!! (and asked!)
Diary:
02-december-04: I have been playing a little over a year now. From the start I had my games regularly reviewd by TTT . And he has done a great job, i think. He explains games, problems good and clear imho :-) (Never knew what it meant, but it seems imho means: in my humble opinion) I've never studied a lot, don't ply that much, and certainly: i don't think much. I found itvery difficult to get excited for playing games on my computer.
But lately i tried more, started with a serious 'thinking' account, where i took my time before placing the stones on the board. And guess what: i play about 2-3 stones stronger. When i play fast, without much effort (which isn't really fair for the opponent i think... it is a bit disrespectful...), i lose mostly to 10-9k. When i'm motivated, when i really want to play a good game (I know that is relative...) i play with my "good" account and it seems i am stronger than 7k... Maybe it is just a period of luck, who knows... But I have to admit, it gives me a better feeling that i played with my best. It is fair for the opponent that he plays against someone who tries to play a good game.
Maybe, on a slow pace, I'm getting mature. (although i'm already 23) All I have to do now, is to study some L&D, replay games, and propabely play more games than those 3 games / week I play now. But this is easily said... "all i have to do"
I think the way you look at the game, the way you play is an often underestimated "weapon" in your go-arsenal.
Taking time to read (when someone like me says this, i find it a bit strange, for I feel like a 6year old kid that learns how to read.
I cannot say i will be a strong player... considering the effort i put into it and the growth so far, i'll just make it to the dan barrier. Although some say i'd be able to get a little stronger than that in ... 10 years or so:-) But... since i'm getting more and more motivated, i think that will do me good, and makes me more wanna study some go. (Some day i want to beat the Belgian Champion in an even game... something like that)
And before i start whining too long, i will stop here. Next time I hope to post more interesting things.
Tips and links to get stronger on every possible aspect of go (here i can use some help:))
11-12-04 Discussion on ranking...again on KGS... It is strange how people are addicted to their graph. I think it is ok to have a ranking as a sort of comparison... to be able to play against someone of equal strength. But i don't really understand why people only look at the graph instead of at their games. It is a way to see if you make any progress, i agree. But all this fuzz... Naah nothing for me. (2.15am in the morning for me... I will see tomorrow what i wrote)
11-01-05 I got the book of shusaku (invincible) for christmas. Great book, with a lot of backgroundinformation. But his games aren't so easy to learn. Lucky there is a lot of explanation. That clears some things up. But I need time. I can't even study life & death... when am I going to study kifu? It is easy to say: when i had more time, I would progress faster'. Maybe it is true, but i think you need a degree of 'gift' to play. If this weren't true, all players would become horribly strong when they study hard:) Sigh, just an old man jawning...
MrT