Hi. I'm a beginner in Cambridge, UK, recently migrated from chess. E-mail: <cjb@mrao.cam.ac.uk>, Web: < http://www.mrao.cam.ac.uk/~cjb/>.
2004-09-09: I wrote a piece of software for interpreting photographs of Go boards and outputting an SGF of the state of the board. Lots of images and a movie at < http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/cjb/>. Feedback appreciated!
2004-07-12: http://www.laweekly.com/ink/99/16/news-kim.php is a great article.
2004-07-04: A small progress table. I've been playing on KGS for a few months now; my username there is Kosai.
Date Rank Time/kyu 2004-05-01: 20k? One week. 2004-05-20: 18k Two weeks. 2004-06-01: 17k Two weeks. 2004-06-20: 16k Two weeks. 2004-07-01: 15k Two weeks. 2004-07-20: 14k One month. 2004-08-20: 13k One month. 2004-09-20: 12k One month. 2004-10-20: 11k One month (predicted).
Here's hoping I can make SDK before Christmas.
I came across this pattern in a game today (2004-03-01). I proceeded to start playing like my normal patzer self soon afterwards, losing b5-c5 after the cut on d5, and letting all of the white groups live. Are any of them ``technically'' dead, though?
Thanks for reading.
Quacki : The monkey jump at would kill the left white corner group. The stones with circle are basically alive (A white hane at
, answered by
reduces the space to four in a row, which is alive). I did not read out (if possible to me)
. There may the possibility that white can cut and kill one of the two squared groups.
Velirun: The corner will just wither away and die on its own - no provocation necessary. Next, you can aim at an invasion on the top. Either 3-3, a jump along the left side, or using the two cutting points top right will yield a fine result. Here's what may happen lower left:
Velirun: Poor corner...
(2004-04-14): I came across this seki in a game today; unusual since black has no eyes and white has two, rather than them sharing the same number. I was playing black, and white resigned at this point -- perhaps seeing that he couldn't play anywhere without checking to see whether it was the case that I couldn't either. :-) Does anyone else have unusual sekis to show off?