KGS Rooms / Advanced Study Room
Welcome to the Advanced Study Room. This room is for 5 kyu KGS and above. Weaker players are more than welcome, but are advised to focus on the study materials we provide before offering comments or suggestions.
The April ASR League Has Begun!
News - April 2007
Apr. 2nd: Increased the room size to 8 players (from 7). I also increased the # of points required to advance two rooms to 14 from 12, as well as the number of games required per month to 3 from 2 (or 1 every 1.5 weeks).
The winners for the March League are:
Room A: Hotspur (4W and 0L, score 8) - will receive a free public lesson from breakfast (1p), generously donated by Cloudwall.
Room B: wossname (3W and 1L, score 6.5) - will receive a free KGS+ subscription.
Congratulations to the winners, and thanks to all who participated.
Games begin today. Have fun!
News Archive
Important Pages:
- ASR League: Join the League! Play opponents and climb up to the harder rooms (based on the insei model). We are trying to organize prizes for the winners of each room.
- Waiting List: A list of people waiting to enter the league, or currently taking a vacation from it.
- ASR Suggestions: Have any suggestions for how to improve the Advanced Study Room? Please join our discussion here.
- ASR Event Schedule: Do you enjoy group study sessions? How about pro game reviews? Do you like reviewing josekis, or guessing the next move in high level games? Why not set something like this up?
- ASR Reviewers: Played an ASR League game and want it reviewed? Ask one of these dan players, and they'll be glad to help!
Study Materials
Mission Statement
The Advanced Study Room (ASR) operates to provide a controlled environment within KGS which promotes rapid advancement in Go between 5 kyu to low-mid dan strength (say, 4 dan). We aim to accomplish this by promoting self-study of fundamentals, and providing an environment where those fundamentals can be further explored and refined.
How to get involved:
- In the ASR on KGS: set up tsumego, review your games, ask joseki questions, set up fuseki positions, load up pro games, etc...
- Download Go Grinder and the GPC problem set from the Go Problems homepage (above).
- Join the League on KGS (See: ASR League).
- Set aside half an hour each day to study tsumego. If you can find time for two half an hour periods, that is better. Additional half hour periods can be used for memorizing pro games and reviewing your own games.
- Review weaker player's league games for them; and try to have your own games reviewed by your teacher or a stronger player. "There is a lesson in every fall" -Basia
- If you want to help out with the room, please let sente or usagi know - or make a suggestion on the suggestion page.
You are mainly responsible for your own progress - we just aim to create a structure which helps you along the way.