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Where I Live and Play

My name is Josh Larson. I am an AGA 2 kyu. I live in Roseville, Minnesota (USA).

I began playing Go around August of 2002.

I play at the Minneapolis / Saint Paul Go Club

I have online accounts on KGS, IGS, DGS, & Dashn as joshual000 however DGS seems to be the only server I've found time to play on for nearly a year.

I attended the 2004 AGA Go Congress. Some notes from the congress are here Joshual000/2004CongressBlog.


Trying to Improve My Game

Memorizing Pro Games

Currently I've found pro game memorization to be useful for improving my play. This seems to work best with a companion to play the moves of the other color.

Memorizing games that have additional analysis has been especially useful, as first I memorize the game. Then, I play through (with a companion) and try to imagine possible variations. Often variations I try are mentioned in the analysis. This has been much more rewarding than simply reading the analysis passively.

Usually my whole-game retention lasts only a few days. However I generally retain the fuseki for quite a while. This is also especially helpful as I believe most of my games are won/lost in the fuseki.

Playing Stronger Fuseki

(Clearly I make mistakes throughout the game, but playing a strong fuseki generally induces my opponent to make more mistakes than I do)

Reading 'Get Strong' Books

Otherwise I've embarked upon the 'Get Strong' series (not the parodies). Currently working through 'Get Strong at Joseki' & 'Get Strong at the Opening' both borrowed from scotth.


Books

My Library Contents

Go Books in my Library (and who currently is borrowing them):

Life and Death

Tesuji

   (Brian)

Attack and Defence

Whole Board Thinking in Joseki I

Whole Board Thinking in Joseki II

Strategic Concepts of Go

The Chinese Opening (The Sure-Win Strategy) Masao Kato

Dictionary of Basic Joseki I

Dictionary of Basic Joseki II

Dictionary of Basic Joseki III

The Nihon Ki-in Small Encyclopedia: Fuseki Volume II

How to Win a Won Game

   (Dave?)

Rescue and Capture

   (Dave?)

Learn to Play Go vol IV: Battle Strategies

   (Dave?)

The Direction of Play

Get Strong at Attacking

Position Judgement High-Speed Game Analysis

Get Strong at Joseki

Get Strong at Invading


Other Books I've Read

Books outside my library I've managed to scavenge (borrow) and read:

The Great Joseki Debates

How to Play Handicap Go

Appreciating Famous Games

Get Strong at the Opening

Get Strong at Joseki I


Rating Graphs

KGS

KGS Rating Graph

DGS

[ext] DGS Rating Graph


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