Tokee
Who am I
My true name is Stefan, I come from NRW, Germany. As a kid, I played go with my brother. We only knew the rules and had much fun with it. It *always* began at Tengen, and after that, two widly fighting, spiraling groups would fight each other. After the match we stood back to watch the beautiful picture.
Isn't that true go? To not bother about consequences too much, but have just fun?
Later, we stopped playing go.
I only begun again, because a friend of mine, will wanted to learn the rules, after I told him about the game. Or did I want him learn the rules? ☺ Forgot. After a few, if not a dozen frustrating 19x19 games for both(he never took handicap) he suddenly got "the enlightment" how to play and from that on beat me all the time :( ☺. Update: in 2011 I beat him once. Thanks will, for creating enthusiasm also in me.
I am now 3kyu at KGS. I don't know about my real rank. Last tournament I played 2:3 as a 5kyu. My EGF rating is 6kyu.
I am in the ASR-League, and learn from Guo Juans audiogolessons.
I also wrote a few haikus here, related to go.
Personal dates in my go "career"
2003 11.1. 1st tournament in Essen 3:2 29.3. 2nd tournament in Castrop-Rauxel 2:3 24.5. 3rd tournament in Köln 3:2 11.10.4th tournament in Bochum 2:3 22.11.5th tournament in Paderborn 2:3
2004 10.7. 6th tournament in Köln 4:1 9.10. 7th tournament in Bochum 1:4 6.11. 8th tournament in Hannover 2:1
2005 8.10. 9th tournament in Bochum 1:0
2006 28.1. 10th tournament in Bonn 4:2 25.3. 11th tournament in Castrop-Rauxel 2:3
2007 15.1. 1st win vs 6kyu 26.1. 900th game 19.2. 1st win vs 5kyu 06.3. 1st doubleko 09.3. 1st game with 2 seki 05.3. 1000th game 02.5. 1200th game 21.5. 1st win vs 3kyu (by mistake; even was a internet tournament game) 26.5. 12th tournament in Hamburg 3:4 27.5. 1st win vs 4kyu during internet tournament 12.6. 1300th game 16.6. 13th tournament in Köln 2:3 24.7. place 46 of 93 in my category (iwamoto tournament)
2008 18.4. 2nd game with 2 seki 21.4. 1400th game 30.5. 1500th game 11.7. 1600th game 04.12.1700th game 31.12.1800th game
2009 9.1. 1st win against 1dan (he tried mirror go) 10.1.-11.1. 14th tournament in Essen 1:4 - 9 consecutive wins 28.1. won with 120.5 points 27.1. op resigned after move 28 25.1. 1900th game 4.2. 3rd game with 2nd seki 11.2. my best moves so far? Game against Nekros, moves 250+252 26.2. my first bathtube game 28.2. 2000th game 6.3. first game where I got a single group... at least with 5 tones handicap 12.6. won with 186.5 points... although the opponent left during counting ^^ 10.10.-11.10. 15th tournament in Bochum 2:3 14.10. 2100th game 26.-30.12. 16th tournament in Overasselt
2010 30.3. 2200th game in Mexico 15.5. 2300th game
2011 15.-16.1. 17th tournament in Essen 2:2 24.1. 2400th game (+33 for january) 4.2. Shortest game: W+R after 128 seconds (51 moves) 12.2. tournament in Bochum 4:4 (1st blitz) 15.2. 2500th game 26.-17.2. 18th tournament in Bonn 2:2 08.-9.10. 19th tournament in Bochum 2:2 11.10. 2600th game
2013 12.-13.10. 20th tournament in Bochum 2:3 02.10. 2700th game (+1)
20 tournaments 94 games (+1 internet tournament - 8 games, +1 blitz tournament - 8 games)
My Rating
own Rating 5Kyu KGS Rating 3Kyu EGF Rating 6kyu (1505) Eur #3033 Ger #612
My Tournaments
My tournaments: http://www.europeangodatabase.eu/EGD/Player_Card.php?&key=12901790
Go links
"Your style is passive. You play Go like a mouse on our banner. Try to attack more! If you want to change your passive playing style, study game records of Yoo Changhyuk, Takemiya, Cho Hunhyun or Miyazawa Goro. You may also try “Kill-all Go”: Take 17 handicap stones (free placement) and try to kill every group of your opponent. If you cannot kill them all – make the handicap bigger."
Test your own style too (20kyu or better)
Tsumego
Useful/interesting links:
Study Joseki Life and Death Problems and Exercises Go in extreme places Fun Go FactsTony Atkins Go Trivia
KGS analysing
Reviews of your online games; Go Teaching Ladder
Beginners in Go; interactive way to Go
Beginners in Go; the fun way to learn Go
Problems to improve on gochild
Weiqiok:A huge Go page
Huge linklist by Singapore Weiqi Association
Principles & Techniques
Shape Sense: Saijo Masataka 8p
Innocent Warriors: Saijo Masataka 8p
361 points techniques & strategies
5 tips on unexpected moves
Strategy: thinking big
Technique: eternal life
Technique: induction
Technique: how to deal with 5-4-openings
Kaku Takagawa - Joseki im Mittelspiel (german, pdf)
Professionals: around 60 commented games
Principles for becoming better
Shygost's list
David Ward's Top Ten Tips for getting stronger (ppt) BenjaminTeuber / Guide To Become Strong
Becoming shodan is easy (maybe)
Dieter Verhofstadt´s ideas on Improvement
David Mechner´s How to improve at Go Teach Yourself Go
Youtube Channels
weiqimaster
LGDArchive
gocommentary
baduktv
go9dan
Jon Hop
Joshua Lee
dwyrin
BadukChannelAmerica
Video Reviews
Greatest Games Ever Played #1 Go Seigen 9p vs Fujisawa Kuranosuke 9p; gocommentary
Greatest Games Ever Played #2 Nie Weiping 9p vs Fujisawa Shuko 9p; gocommentary
Greatest Games Ever Played #3 Luo Xihe 9p vs Choi Cheolhan 9p; gocommentary
Kim Jisuk 8p vs Park Jeonghwan 9p; 8th korea price information cup; Baduk TV
Won sungjin 9p vs Park Jungwhan 9p; 8th korea price information cup; Baduk TV
Lee Sedol 9p vs Park Younghoon 9p; GS final; Choi Dong Eun; Baduk TV
Tanxiao vs Wonsungjin; chinese league; Choi Dong Eun; Baduk TV
Lee Changho 9p vs Cho Hunhyun 9p 6th LG Cup Semi-Final 2002; Hua Yi Gang 8p
Lee Sedol vs Jiang Hsu; Samsung Cup; John J. Lee
Lee Sedol vs Park Jhwan; Kuksu; John J. Lee
Kim Jisuk 8p vs Ahn Sung Joon 3p; Price Information Cup Title Match; John J. Lee
Gu Li 9p vs Kim Ji Seok 7p; 15th Samsung Cup; gocommentary
Lee Se-dol vs Gu Li - 2009 Fenghuang cup; Lee Ha-jin 3p
Review of his own tournament game; Leksand; Catalin Taranu 5p
Review of 6d vs 5d; Guo Juan 5p
Review of 3d vs 6d; Yoon Young Sun 5p
Review of Dan players; Lee Hajin 3p
Review of 6k vs 6k; Jon Hop 3d
strengths unknown; Pandanet 2010; Yuanbo Liu 2p
Video Lectures
Advanced Yose 5k-2d; Joshua Lee 5d
Common Tesuji; Joshua Lee 5d
Attacking weak stones; Joshua Lee 5d
Counting Territory; Joshua Lee 5d
How to Study Professional Go Games; Josh Allen 5d
What to do in Mid-Game; Josh Allen 5d
Sanrensei Opening; Josh Allen 5d
Shoulder Hits; Josh Allen 5d
Influence Rules; Josh Allen 5d
Another Lecture on simple moves; Josh Allen 5d
Influence/invasion review; Josh Allen 5d
Largest move; Josh Allen 5d
Invasions; Nick Sibicky
Using Thickness; Nick Sibicky
Monkey Jump & Double Hane; Nick Sibicky
Attachments; Nick Sibicky
Entering the Middle game; Nick Sibicky
Fuseki; Nick Sibicky
Opening; Villach 2007; Guo Juan 5p
Single Digit Kyu Workshop; Villach 2007; Yoon Young-sun 5p
Double Digit Kyu Workshop; Villach 2007; Kang Seung-hee 2p
Double Digit Kyu Workshop; Villach 2007; Guo Juan 5p
Opening Tips For Beginners; BadukchannelAmerika
Tutorial for Rules; Goshawk Heron
Dokumentaries
Fujisawa Hideyuki (Fujisawa Shuko)
The Surrounding Game Extended Trailer
Hikaru no GO - Boom in Japan 2006
Commented games (for my study, top is newest)
- ruestyle-Tokee
Download (reviewed by ruestyle 5d) 2013
- shygost-Tokee
Download (reviewed by shygost 6d) 2010
- shygost-Tokee
Download (reviewed by shygost 6d) 2009
- Florian-Tokee (3handi)
Download (reviewed by Florian 1k) 2007
- Hikarujr-Tokee
Download (reviewed by Starstreak 1k) 2007
funny or interesting games:
- Tokee-shifty803
download (making a horrible game more horrible, connecting dead groups, winning by 0.5) 2011
- Tokee-Nekros
download (moves 250+252) 2009
- fj-Tokee
download (15k back then) 2002
People who might help you on KGS
Zwarn 5D frozensoul? 3D MadKongo? 3D Ameise? 3D Finn? 3D Ljys? 2D IvoSF? 2D Sarafsa? 2D Florian? 1D yunYuki? 1D Coreon? 1k impulse 1k Tokee 3k; that´s me tokei? 8k
But don´t take a review, etc. for granted; also note that some might not speak english, but only german or dutch. Some want especially to help beginners, also. etc.; you get the picture. You should friendly ask.
Teachers
KGS teachers
other teachers
KGS quotes
PaperTiger?: Neat, 3 wild turkeys walking down the road and gobbling wr: which road? RoundTuit?: ...and what were they gobbling? PaperTiger?: The road I live on. Sorry about the second question, I don't speak Turkish RoundTuit?: ?
Tokee (5k): The Cornel seems younger now areal (3k): small version of Cornel ^^ Muttley (2k): it's Minime Tyro82 (2k?): It's his daughter. gaarg (1k): already looks at least 2d Muttley (2k): She is thinking about a tesuji ..... eejanaika (6k): nice blue eyes Mystical (1d): as expected of cornel's daughter Muttley (2k): apparently she is very good at making placements in her nappies, like most babies Muttley (2k): so she has a great future in go fab (-): I was telling me that this game lacked stpuid kyu comments ^^
Important go players
Korea:
- Lee Sedol 9p, *'83 // style: aggressive, risk taking
- Lee Changho 9p, *'75 // style: superior calculating ability, peaceful, defensive, emotionless
- Cho Hun-hyeon 9p, *'53 // style: muttering to himself; graceful, lightful; with own defects: ultra aggressive & complicated
- Yoo Changhyuk 9p, *'66 // style: playing for influence, thickness & attacking, converting attacking positions to advantage in endgame
- Pak Yeong-hun 9p, *'85
- Rui Naiwei, 9p, *'63, origin: china
Japan:
- Kobayashi Koichi 9p, *'52
- Yamashita Keigo 9p, *'78
- Hane Naoki 9p, *'76 // style: thick and slow
- Yoda Norimoto 9p, *'66 // style: slams go stones onto the board, breaking them into pieces to unnerve opponent, hates being attacked, doesn't flee (lives/sacrifices)
- Ishida Yoshio 9p, *'48 // style: known as the computer, for the accuracy of his endgame play and counting skills
- Takemiya Masaki 9p, *'51 // style: became famous for his 'cosmic style' of play - focusing on the construction of large moyos and taking territory in the centre
- Otake Hideo 9p, honorary Gosei, *'42
- Rin Kaiho 9p, honorary Tengen, origin: china, *'42
- O Rissei 9p, origin: taiwan, *'58
- O Meien 9p, origin: taiwan, *'61 // style: interesting style based on quick development in fuseki and on use of influence; very determined fighter, with plenty of kiai
- Cho U 9p, origin: taiwan, *'80 // style: territory-oriented, weak groups 'charmed': they don't die; extremely deep reading; specialty: creating very difficult tsumego
- Cho Chikun 9p, honorary 25th Honinbo, origin: korea, *'56 // When asked by Dutch television why he liked go so much, Cho Chikun replied: "I hate go."
- Yuki Satoshi 9p, *'72
- Takao Shinji 9p, *'76 // thick style
- Kobayashi Satoru 9p, *'59
- Yukari Umezawa 5p, *'73 // credited for technical advice for Hikaru no Go
- Honinbo Shusaku +1862 // known for being undefeated in all of his nineteen castle games, and for the Shusaku fuseki, which still remains popular
- Honinbo Shusai +1940
- Kitani Minoru 9p, +1975 // innovator of fuseki and joseki, creator of numerous joseki
- Kato Masao 9p, +2004 // style: attacking play
- Sakata Eio 9p, +2010
China:
- Ma Xiaochun 9p, *'64
- Gu Li 9p, *'82 // style: aggressive and combative, where he immediately goes for the kill but is also known for great invading skills
- Nie Weiping 9p, *'52
- Jiang Mingjiu 7p, *'57 mingjiu
- Go Seigen, *'14 // considered one of the strongest players of the Twentieth Century and, by many, one of the strongest players of all time
- Xie He 7p, *'84
- Luo Xihe 9p, *'77
A few prominent western players:
- Fan Hui FR, 2p // 2810 fanhui
- Catalin Taranu RO, 5p // 2738 TaranuC
- Ilja Shikshin RU, 7d // 2733 roln111
- Guo Juan NL, 7d, former pro (5p), origin: china // 2733 guojuan
- Alexandr Dinerstein RU, 3p // 2723 breakfast
- Cristian Pop RO, 7d // 2694 solaris
- Diana Koszegi HU, 1P // 2665 zsi
- Mero Csaba HU, 6d // 2631
- Rob van Zeijst NL, 7d // 2627
- Dragos Bajenaru RO, 7d // 2624 toxxicu
- Zhao Pei DE, 6d // 2608
- Cornel Burzo RO, 6d // 2600 Cornel
- Christoph Gerlach DE, 6d // 2588 Gerlach
- Ondrej Silt CZ, 6d // 2586
- Ion Florescu RO, 6d // 2585 Tsurukame
- Franz-Josef Dickhut DE, 6d // 2574 fj
- Benjamin Teuber DE, 6d // 2549 Ahamay
- Radek Nechanicky CZ, 5d // 2501 HipHop?
- Yun Yeong-seon DE, 5p, honorary 8p YSYoon
- Michael Redmond USA, 9p
- Svetlana Shikshina RU, 3p redrose
- Janice Kim USA, 3p
- James Kerwin USA, pro farmboy
- Fernando Aguilar AR, 6d aguilar
- Hans Pietsch DE, 6p +2003
- Manfred Wimmer A, 2p, +1995
Big Titles in go
Korea:
Japan:
China:
International:
Art & Fun Section
Go books I wrote
Author of the books
"How to lose a lost Game", "How to count in Sente" and "Cheating with Fun", Ushi Press In preparation: "Your Breakthrough to double digit Kyu" Also in preparation: "At the empty Goban. 361 starting points for uncreative Players."
Now new: "10,000 unreadable Kifus" & "5,000 unsolvable Problems", Drama Press A common technique is handing out the Tsumego to your opponent to frustrate him before your game. Complete with "help" to the starting point, but of course without real solution.
No one grasps what happened beneath the mythical "Fog of War".
"In very bad Shape." Bear Grylls on how he survived his first Go game and how he once survived the desert, only equipped with his worm infested Goban. "O sh-t, oshitsubushi!", after "1,2,3, Furikawari" this is the 2nd lecture about professional bragging in Go. Counter the self-confident shouts of "ATARI!" from your opponent with: "OIOTOSHI!!" and leave him wondering about that while you play still concentrated and crush him. If not, then fearlessly hurl a TENUKI from your tool belt. In preparation: "The Silent Subtle Psycho Series" Unnerve your opponent with subtle, unnerving sounds and smells like stinking socks & shrieking shouts. Also in preparation: "The Stones go dancing" and other dirty distractions for your opponent.
And Mirage Press proudly presents now:
"The Kifu of Horror" 50 horrible games of Go legends; e.g. the famous nose reddening auto atari. All invented. "I shortly thought of you during Byoyomi - and 6.5 other romantic Confessions to say to your Lovemate" "My opponent? Mostly harmless. Goodbye, & thx for the fish." Hitchhikers Guide novel; revised edition. Don´t forget your Goban. "Pretending to be nice" THE way for high Dan player how to let the weaker player do what he wants to do - as long as it´s bad for him. In the appendix: how to force him to do what he wants. "Yes, you can! - unexpected invading techniques & how to defend your position", wicked edition. "Radiant new Moves - How to slowly tear your Opponent apart." (Only if he takes white.) Note that this method requires polonium deposits. Especially effective with 1000 year- ko. Fancies up your Go board as well (might glow in the night. no guarantee for that). Complete with protection suit (only pink color left in stock). Not suitable for kids under 3 years of age.
Other Ushi Press authors:
Muttley:
Invading second line moyos Selected centre fights: black to play and die Secrets to living with the 3-3 Joseki Yose means it's time to party!
Kevin James:
How to defend your Steak - Practical Go applications in real live SituationsVideo review on the mistake of a 5Dan here
Leonardo DiCaprio?:
Catch me If you can - How to taunt your opponent effectively When your Ship is sinking, go Dancing
Fernando Aguilar:
"Dango Argentino" - note on the illustration how this Dango shape is perfectly put into place.
An excerpt from my bestseller "Randomly uttered stuff by random famous - and not so famous - Go players":
Lance Armstrong:"Go is like professional cycling- just you against the elements of truth, honesty and integrity." Cho Chikun: "It is not, what we... how shall I put it?" Go Seigen: "Never forget: the most important move is... no, forget it, just play. Cya." Donald Trump: "I met my 2nd, 4th, 7th and 9th wives through go." Muttley (about Joseki): "hmmmm...." Master Yoda (about strength): "The force strong in you is, young Padawan." Croakey Hobblefoot, the one legged pirate from Snake Island: "When I was younger, everyone in my household played go- father, mother, brother, sister, my pet snake and the man in the cellar." Tokee (playing go in a Café): "I'd like a coffee, too, please." Chuck Norris "A day isn't a day unless I have roundhouse kicked a goban."
Note that we offer free online tutorials on how to do the monkey jump now
thanks @Muttley for fun quotes & inspiration
Quotes of my past go teachers
(a la Muttley)
Umezawa Yukari: Your style reminds me of Hikaru no Go. Me: Wow, Hikaru no Go. Thats some statement! Umezawa Yukari: To be more precise: you know of that girl, Akari Fujisaka that lost so badly against Hikaru with 24 handicap stones? Kobayashi Koichi: Your game reminds me of Lee Sedol. In one aspect, at least: you are taking too many risks. Takemiya Masaki: One might call your play also "cosmic": look, all ya groups are like dozens of stars, all with a single eye, and remind me of black holes. Cho Chikun: If you keep playing like this, I'll never play you again! Me: You can't, I already paid our next 20 lessons! Cho Chikun: That's why I hate Go!*
*Cho Chikun once stated he hates Go (despite his skill)
Haiku
mouseclick on goban achieving an art of shape a second seki
Waya eats mango, his opponent played dango; dangerous tango. I said to Sango: Thus play not with that dan go, play with that mango.
sip my drink at night watching go, someone plays cap - aji on the rocks
pachi* *clack* *pachi* stones they put, some took, stern look, - definately baduk!
wei qi with homie, will win with my six komi - oh sh*t, byoyomi!
overconcentrate a crane steps past the window sensei yells: focus!!
the politicians: people that try to cap us to gain influence.
and now, a 1-3-1:
Go win by one point
Fantasy go quotes
It's not how one dies, its how one lives that truly matters. - Artemis Entreri Power is always a relative concept. - Yharaskrik There are reasons for things that a casual observer might not understand. - Jarlaxle If so powerful you are… why leave? - Yoda to foe (you see, his opponent was an escaper) It's the sensible, logical thing to do, of course, which is why we don't do it. - Tanis Halfelven
Go-songs
Madonna: "Die another Day" quote: "...it´s not my time to Go." Wham!: "Wake me up, before you Go-Go" Etta James: "I´d rather Go blind" Yazoo: "Don´t Go" Nickelback: "Fight for all the wrong Reasons" Bryan Adams: "It cuts like a Knife" Destiny's Child: "I'm a Survivor" Michael Jackson: "Black or White" Fugees: "Killing me softly" Van Halen: "Jump"
... but the Group who dedicated most of their songs to Go, is Linking Park, of course:
"Breaking the Habit" "Dedicated" "Crawling" "I´ve given up!" "Never back down" "Easier to run with" "Pushing me away" "Technique" "In the End"
... and even more.
How to use the quotes as a teacher with audio: Put a "♩,♪,♫ or ♬" as comment on the stone/intersection, put e.g. "♬ - crawling" and let the music tell the rest. Thus, the pupils have something to remember.
Offtopic
Other asian stuff
About Geckos (reason: Tokee = Gecko)