Tokee

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Table of contents Table of diagrams
5,000 unsolvable Problems: black to live. "a" might be a good start.
Standard pattern from "10,000 unreadable Kifus".
The infamous nose-reddening move
Invading second line Moyos
Dango Argentino, from the same book

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: [ext] 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."


[ext] Test your own style too (20kyu or better) [ext] Tsumego

Useful/interesting links:

 Study
 Joseki
 Life and Death
 Problems and Exercises
 Go in extreme places
 Fun Go Facts
 [ext] Tony Atkins Go Trivia
 [ext] KGS analysing
 [ext] Reviews of your online games; Go Teaching Ladder
 [ext] Beginners in Go; interactive way to Go
 [ext] Beginners in Go; the fun way to learn Go
 [ext] Problems to improve on gochild
 [ext] Weiqiok:A huge Go page
 [ext] Huge linklist by Singapore Weiqi Association

Principles & Techniques

 [ext] Shape Sense: Saijo Masataka 8p
 [ext] Innocent Warriors: Saijo Masataka 8p
 [ext] 361 points techniques & strategies
 [ext] 5 tips on unexpected moves
 [ext] Strategy: thinking big
 [ext] Technique: eternal life
 [ext] Technique: induction
 [ext] Technique: how to deal with 5-4-openings
 [ext] Kaku Takagawa - Joseki im Mittelspiel (german, pdf)
 [ext] Professionals: around 60 commented games

Principles for becoming better

 [ext] Shygost's list
 [ext] David Ward's Top Ten Tips for getting stronger (ppt)
 BenjaminTeuber / Guide To Become Strong
 [ext] Becoming shodan is easy (maybe)
 [ext] Dieter Verhofstadt´s ideas on Improvement
 [ext] David Mechner´s How to improve at Go
 Teach Yourself Go

Youtube Channels

[ext] weiqimaster [ext] LGDArchive [ext] gocommentary [ext] baduktv [ext] go9dan [ext] Jon Hop [ext] Joshua Lee [ext] dwyrin [ext] BadukChannelAmerica

Video Reviews

 [ext] Greatest Games Ever Played #1 Go Seigen 9p vs Fujisawa Kuranosuke 9p; gocommentary
 [ext] Greatest Games Ever Played #2 Nie Weiping 9p vs Fujisawa Shuko 9p; gocommentary
 [ext] Greatest Games Ever Played #3 Luo Xihe 9p vs Choi Cheolhan 9p; gocommentary
 [ext] Kim Jisuk 8p vs Park Jeonghwan 9p; 8th korea price information cup; Baduk TV
 [ext] Won sungjin 9p vs Park Jungwhan 9p; 8th korea price information cup; Baduk TV
 [ext] Lee Sedol 9p vs Park Younghoon 9p; GS final; Choi Dong Eun; Baduk TV
 [ext] Tanxiao vs Wonsungjin; chinese league; Choi Dong Eun; Baduk TV
 [ext] Lee Changho 9p vs Cho Hunhyun 9p 6th LG Cup Semi-Final 2002; Hua Yi Gang 8p
 [ext] Lee Sedol vs Jiang Hsu; Samsung Cup; John J. Lee
 [ext] Lee Sedol vs Park Jhwan; Kuksu; John J. Lee
 [ext] Kim Jisuk 8p vs Ahn Sung Joon 3p; Price Information Cup Title Match; John J. Lee
 [ext] Gu Li 9p vs Kim Ji Seok 7p; 15th Samsung Cup; gocommentary
 [ext] Lee Se-dol vs Gu Li - 2009 Fenghuang cup; Lee Ha-jin 3p
 [ext] Review of his own tournament game; Leksand; Catalin Taranu 5p
 [ext] Review of 6d vs 5d; Guo Juan 5p
 [ext] Review of 3d vs 6d; Yoon Young Sun 5p
 [ext] Review of Dan players; Lee Hajin 3p
 [ext] Review of 6k vs 6k; Jon Hop 3d
 [ext] strengths unknown; Pandanet 2010; Yuanbo Liu 2p

Video Lectures

 [ext] Advanced Yose 5k-2d; Joshua Lee 5d
 [ext] Common Tesuji; Joshua Lee 5d
 [ext] Attacking weak stones; Joshua Lee 5d
 [ext] Counting Territory; Joshua Lee 5d
 [ext] How to Study Professional Go Games; Josh Allen 5d
 [ext] What to do in Mid-Game; Josh Allen 5d
 [ext] Sanrensei Opening; Josh Allen 5d
 [ext] Shoulder Hits; Josh Allen 5d
 [ext] Influence Rules; Josh Allen 5d
 [ext] Another Lecture on simple moves; Josh Allen 5d
 [ext] Influence/invasion review; Josh Allen 5d
 [ext] Largest move; Josh Allen 5d
 [ext] Invasions; Nick Sibicky
 [ext] Using Thickness; Nick Sibicky
 [ext] Monkey Jump & Double Hane; Nick Sibicky
 [ext] Attachments; Nick Sibicky
 [ext] Entering the Middle game; Nick Sibicky
 [ext] Fuseki; Nick Sibicky
 [ext] Opening; Villach 2007; Guo Juan 5p
 [ext] Single Digit Kyu Workshop; Villach 2007; Yoon Young-sun 5p
 [ext] Double Digit Kyu Workshop; Villach 2007; Kang Seung-hee 2p
 [ext] Double Digit Kyu Workshop; Villach 2007; Guo Juan 5p
 [ext] Opening Tips For Beginners; BadukchannelAmerika
 [ext] Tutorial for Rules; Goshawk Heron

Dokumentaries

 [ext] Fujisawa Hideyuki (Fujisawa Shuko)
 [ext] The Surrounding Game Extended Trailer
 [ext] Hikaru no GO - Boom in Japan 2006

Commented games (for my study, top is newest)

  • ruestyle-Tokee [ext] Download (reviewed by ruestyle 5d) 2013
  • shygost-Tokee [ext] Download (reviewed by shygost 6d) 2010
  • shygost-Tokee [ext] Download (reviewed by shygost 6d) 2009
  • Florian-Tokee (3handi) [ext] Download (reviewed by Florian 1k) 2007
  • Hikarujr-Tokee [ext] Download (reviewed by Starstreak 1k) 2007

funny or interesting games:

  • Tokee-shifty803 [ext] download (making a horrible game more horrible, connecting dead groups, winning by 0.5) 2011
  • Tokee-Nekros [ext] download (moves 250+252) 2009
  • fj-Tokee [ext] 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

 [ext] KGS teachers
 [ext] 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:


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."
[Diagram]

5,000 unsolvable Problems: black to live. "a" might be a good start.

 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.
[Diagram]

Standard pattern from "10,000 unreadable Kifus".

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.
[Diagram]

The infamous nose-reddening move

 Black (Shusaku) played his 127th move with 1.
 He nearly got famous by playing at a.

 Other Ushi Press authors:
[Diagram]

Invading second line Moyos

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 Situations
 [ext] Video 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
[Diagram]

Dango Argentino, from the same book

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."

[ext] 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)

/The most interesting Life-and-death-Problem


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