Jared Beck

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Jared Beck
1 kyu KGS, 2.8 dan AGA

Proud of [ext] my country,
embarrassed by [ext] my leaders

Hello!

My name is Jared Beck. I have been playing go for four, maybe five years. On Oct. 23, 2005 I became AGA Shodan. This year I took second place in the Shodan section of the US Open. So now I am AGA 2 Dan.

Quotes

  • In Go, and in Life, we search for the best move. The beauty in Go and Life are the same.
  • There are pictures in your mind, and you can choose them. --Guo Juan on how to select a move
  • My own mind is my own church. - [ext] "Age of Reason", Thomas Paine (1794, 1796)
  • The multitude of books is making us ignorant. - Voltaire
  • SL is a large sandbox .. everyone can build his own sandcastle here -Arno
  • Innocence of heart and violence of feeling are necessary in any kind of superior achievement: The arts cannot exist without them. - Louise A. Bogan

Stuff

Clubs: [ext] Empty Sky, [ext] Cornell Go Club

Pages: Guestbook, My go history (for posterity), Upcoming Tournaments I will play in

Games: [ext] Jared's KGS games, [ext] meditation's KGS games

Thoughts: My Teaching Experiences

How I try to play Go

What should we read first?

  1. Tactics
    1. Small Scale
      1. Breaths (Liberties) are the life of stones
      2. Read the net then the ladder [1]
    2. Large Scale
      1. Create cutting points
  2. Life and Death
    1. Small capturing races are fundamental
      1. In races with few liberties remaining, especially those along the side, consider all moves which take those liberties. ([ext] example)
  3. Reading and Seeing
    1. See a range of moves from strong to weak
      1. Read the strongest move first
    2. Read all Atari and all Cuts

Great pages on SL:

Selfless Go, Ben's Guide To Be Strong, Mental Activity, Joseki, Sake Bottle Shape, Mentality Path, Advanced Technique, Give me liberties, Go History, Kanazawa Tesuji Series, Ang-Yue Go School Study Guide

Other

Go Project

May 30 2005 I want to study the Development of Go. I hope to better understand modern pro games by studying their precursors. Perhaps a careful look at the past millenium could turn up 100 great games, or some other nice round number; providing a clear course of study.

August 18 2005 I've side-lined this project. While the history is facinating, these games are very difficult to learn from.

December 7 2005 I keep adding to this collection when I see something interesting.


Footnotes

[1] Because the net is better than the ladder


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