Pasky

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I'm studying and playing go since the start of December 2006. As of 2007-02-28 I'm 8k on KGS; my EGF rating from a Jan 2007 tournament is 15k.

My ongoing journey to shodan

James Davies' Tesuji was my first Go book and it was awesome. However, I think the greatest first Go book (when you already know the rules and have a bit of experience) is Making Good Shape - it's bound to bump you by at least four stones up and that's for real! ;-) Also excellent companions for the journey through the kyu realm are Get Strong at The Opening and Get Strong at Invading. (There's plenty of tsumego and basic joseki info online, so I don't think a book for that is too worthwhile.)

Other than that, to improve it's great to learn few professional games - it's much easier than you'd have thought, even if you have horribly bad memory like me! It's also elegant way to learn some joseki and especially get feeling for shape. Besides, it's kinda fun and you can experiment with using the same patterns in your own games and see what happens. If you're a Hikaru no Go junkie like me, an excellent starting point might be learning some HnG games you like - My Friday Night Files is a treasure store of HnG games, you'll find just about any there.


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