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Dangling A Stone Above The Board While Thinking
Path: BadHabits · Prev: TakingBackAMove · Next: RattlingTheGoStones JanDeWit writes: I used to do this a lot when I was playing chess. Somehow, I always managed to point out to my opponent the lines of play I was worried most about. It didn't help me become very good at chess; I guess that's why I'm playing Go now. So remember the proverb "Play where your opponent wants to play". If you contraposit this very roughly you end up with: Don't do what your opponent wants you to do. Don't show your opponent what you are thinking about! A friend of mine, with whom I have an indefinite jubango running (he recently beat me back to three stones handicap), does this a lot (dangling stones above the board). About once every other game, a stone or three falls from his grasp onto the board. Grrr! (He also rattles incessantly... I regard it as a way to improve my concentration... :-) -- TakeNGive TakeNGive-Does this ever lead to the "bomb tesuji"? (for those who do not understand-dropping the stone and scrambling the position). --TimBrent One of my teachers has an effective method of proving to the offender how annoying this is: take one of your own stones and "help" them by weaving it about in a similar manner, obscuring their line of sight. They will either realise sheepishly what they are doing, or take offense, at which point you have an ideal opportunity to suggest that neither of you should do it any more. -- BenFinney
Skelley: A lot of beginners like dangling. Tell them that it seriously affects their playing strength because: "If you hover your hand over the board, you can't see the whole board properly and you'll miss important moves." Path: BadHabits · Prev: TakingBackAMove · Next: RattlingTheGoStones This is a copy of the living page "Dangling A Stone Above The Board While Thinking" at Sensei's Library. (C) the Authors, published under the OpenContent License V1.0. |