Feylias
I've been playing against other beginners since November of 2006. I'm not past 10 kyu on Igowin, and am not ready for prime time.
I live in rural northern Japan and haven't seen a Go Salon yet.
My go problems
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Can White kill Black? WillerZ suggests yes...
Now needs to be played on the squared point and all the points marked a simultaneously to make 2 eyes, and even then White at b starts a Ko (although it's unfavourable for White). B at the squared point forces W to play the circled point.
xela: black can play
at
to start a ko. White has a better move instead of
.
(Thanks for the edit. I'm going to play with this on a board.)
I'm in the process of translating "A great ode to watching Weiqi" (Longest traditional Chinese poem ever) by Shao Yong
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shao_Yong
In the meantime, I've already translated this other "A long ode to watching Weiqi"
Long Ode to Watching Weiqi Shao Yong
In a quiet courtyard in the spring, with evening's light filtering through the leaves, guests relax on the veranda and watch as two compete at weiqi. Each calls into themselves the divine and the infernal, sculpting mountains and rivers into their world. Across the board, dragons and serpents array for battle, geese scatter as collapsing fortresses are sacked; masses die, pushed into pits by Qin's soldiers, and the drama's audience is left in awe of its General Jin. To sit at the board is to raise halberd and taste combat, to endure the freezing and brave the flames in the constant changes; life and death each will come to both masters, but victory and defeat must each go to one. On this road, one strips away the other's disguises, in life, one must erect one's own facade; dreadful is a wound to the exposed belly or heart, merely painful is an injury to the face, which can be cured; Effective is a blow that strikes home in an opponent's back, successful are schemes that use repeated feints and deceit. Look at the activity on the streets of our capital, if you were to go elsewhere, wouldn't it be the same?