Dieters Ideas On Improvement/ Discussion

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have fun

jfc: in the introduction is play for fun a euphemism for play inattentively or some other less rigorous standard? I always play for fun but I also take my fun seriously. For me fun is making the best effort that I can make.

I take exception with the introduction's implication that making a strong effort to improve is incompatible with having fun. Perhaps This is just a misinterpretation in the way I read the introduction...

anecdote: a friend of mine started playing Go again after years (2 decades?) of not having played. He tried really hard to improve and win his first 9 stone handicap against me but for months didn't seem to make any progress. He finally gave up on trying so hard and instead focused on enjoying himself at the club. Not long after this he made great strides in his level of play -- we've gone from playing 9 stone games to playing 1-3 stone handicap games.

I suggest that for amateur players the most important aspect of playing Go is to have fun. Improving at Go is important only as far as it improves our enjoyment of the game. I have seen far too many players leave a tournament dejected because they had not improved to the level they had set up for themselves (I know I can play at the 2-kyu level, I just had bad luck this weekend). Learn how to savor your games. Enjoy them to the utmost, both your wins and your losses.

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