Rhys D
February 2013: My progress has been okay; my KGS rank is now 9kyu. It seems that a lot of players at this level attack like crazy. I'm sure that my opponents are playing lots of overplays, but I'm only sometimes able to punish them. My other major problem is that I still make far too many really stupid mistakes, especially in the endgame; several of my losses on KGS have only happened because I lost a big group at the end which should have lived.
December 2012: I first taught myself Go in about 2008 by playing against the computer until I understood what was happening. For a while I played only occasionally, against GNU Go on my own computer, but recently (late 2012) I have been making a serious effort to improve. I have played a handful of games at a local club, and on KGS, but have still been playing a lot against GNU Go. I think this might be a good way to stagnate, and to fall into bad habits, so I will be trying to play more often against human opponents. As of December 2012, my rank is something like 11 or 12 kyu.
Recommendations:
- The video commentaries and lessons at Go Commentary are very good.
- Baduk movies is also a good resource, although many of the videos are behind a paywall.