New Years Go Resolutions

2006

Calvin

• Same stuff as last year.

RBerenguel

• Play more (easy?).

WillerZ

• Think during games
• Count during games
• Get to 4kyu on the EGF list

2005

Calvin

• Study tsumego more than SL.
• Count more frequently, especially before a potentially risky tenuki.
• Stop trying to win by 30 points; instead, play according to principles of Winning A Won Game.
• Learn to trust reading more; stop playing moves that I read don't work, hoping that my reading is incorrect.
• Don't play bizzare moves just to see if they work.

Benjamin:

• do more TsumeGo
• play more on Tygem
• read at least 5 moves ahead always (now I sometimes read 20, sometimes 0)
• be less addicted to my stones/territory
• become german champion ;)
• visit a korean baduk school and learn much there
• keep up the German Insei School
• develope a prototype of the Ultimate Go Server

Trinity151:

• do more TsumeGo
• play more
• be less angry after losing
• replay pro games
• become 2d (currently 3k)

Quicksilvre:

• do more go problems
• think more before moving
• transition from 9x9/13x13 to 13x13/19x19
• get a couple of teaching games
• try new openings
• get less stressed while starting a KGS game
• make it to 18K (now 25K)

IanDavis

• Count during games
• Think during games

Mef:

• (Shamelessly stolen from Ian) Count during games
• Play more, Kibitz less
• Avoid aji keshi and thank you moves

Pajaro:

• Count during games (yes, me too)
• Win at least one game everyday.
• 1 dan by end of 2004 (4k now)
• 95% in Cho chikun's Encyclopedia of L&D, elementary level.

Zarlan:

• Learn to read (well ok, I might occasionly read ahead a few moves, but that not nearly enough)
• Count (me three ^_~)
• Play at least a few games per week.

2004

eng60340:

• reach 5k by end of year 2004. (now 11k as of 17 jan 2004)

..... don't think i can reach that goal at all. i am now at 15k.......... :( ...

*commits cyber hara-kiri. drops dead. drools a river of blood*

Fhayashi: Here are my New Years Go Resolutions:

• Don't play blitz
• Use my time
• When considering whether a group needs a move to be defended or not, count the score
• Count the score more often
• Play different fuseki
• Read out more than two moves ahead

Velobici:

• Learn to attack to make territory...don't get caught up in trying to kill.
• Play more often.
• Continue practicing Life and Death, daily if possible, even if only a dozen problems a day.

Floris:

• Play a lot of blitz
• Work on intuition
• Rely less on reading
• Count more often
• Reach european 5d level strengthwise

wms:

• Play at least twice a week

kokiri

• tenuki (much) more
• evaluate the score more during the middlegame; evaluate moves more in the endgame
• worry about rating less, playing good moves more.

Rich

• Play more, theorise less
• More emphasis on shape
• Count more
• Consider reducing instead of invading (depends on counting too)

Zerokun

• Play more
• Watch more
• Pay attention to what im watching
• Chat in moderation

Fwiffo

• Play every day (or as close to it as is reasonable)
• Become more consistent (I think I vary by 6-8 stones from my worst to best games day-to-day)
• Don't get flustered when doing poorly; relax and have fun
• Count better, faster, more
• Stop using Go as an excuse not to sleep (i.e. find another excuse)
• Stop playing aji keshi
• No more cargo cult go

Halfling

• Review more pro games
• Learn how to count
• Play calmly, patiently, and peacefully
• Invade less
• Read farther ahead
• Play super slow
• Catch up to kamyszyn on KGS
• Learn to read better on real boards
• Learn how to use influence

chrise

• Improve my opening game
• Improve my middle game
• Improve my endgame

R3my

• What chrise said
• Slow down a bit
• try to be a be a bit less hyper
• tenuki more
• cut more
• win more ^_^