Advice from the Kansai Kiin

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Advice from the Kansai Kiin

1. IN GENERAL

  • Approach go for fun - Ieda Ryuji 8-dan
  • Dream and play go - Sekiyama Toshimichi 8-dan

2. WHILE PLAYING

  • Treat each game you play as important - Minami Yoshimi 9-dan
  • Only actual games - Sato Sunao 9-dan
  • Have confidence and strive to do your best - Shiraishi Yutaka 9-dan
  • Playing with confidence. Being taught by professional players. - Hotta Yozo 9-dan
  • Acquire the habit of reading out moves as you play - Kurahashi Shozo 8-dan
  • Always think about tenuki and be sure to seize the initiative - Inoue Shusaku 5-dan
  • Think about what you should be regarding as most important in the current position - Koyama Yasuo 9-dan
  • Play where you want to - Morino Setsuo 9-dan
  • Play moves you want to play regardless of the outcome - Yokota Shigeaki 9-dan
  • Vary your go style. Your form may fall off when you change, but you are bound to become stronger once you absorbthe change completely. - Katsuma Shiro 5-dan
    • (1) Throw away your scruples.
    • (2) Survey the whole board.
    • (3) Check whether you can tenuki. - Miyamoto Naoki 9-dan
    • (1) Try new ideas and play for fun.
    • (2) Do simple life-and-death problems. - Yamazaki Yoshihiro 9-dan
  • Play each game earnestly so that it remains in your mind, stressing the concepts without worrying about local details - Kashiwabara Yasuto 6-dan
  • Be sure to count during the game - Tono Hiroaki 9-dan
  • Don't attack and don't defend - Sonoda Yuichi 9-dan
  • Stress a feeling of reserve - Kubo Katsuaki 9-dan
  • Do not try to win - just play moves you think are objectively best. T. Derz Amateur 3-dan

3. STUDY READING PROBLEMS

  • Do life-and-death problems - Cho Rosho 6-dan
  • Enjoy life-and-death problems - Mizuno Hiroshi 9-dan
  • Enjoying easy life-and-death problems - Oyama Kunio 9-dan
  • Striving to solve easy life-and-death problems completely and asking pros about problem points - Ushikubo Yoshitaka 9-dan
  • Study tesuji and life-and-death problems - Yuki Satoshi 9-dan
  • Repeatedly study simple and basic life-and-death problems, until they are in your eye and

brain. You will become strong by understanding the patterns and processes. - Miyamoto Yoshihisa 9-dan

  • Studying games, and life-and death problems - Honda Kunihisa 9-dan
  • One life-and-death problem each day - Imamura Toshiya 9-dan
  • Solve lots of simple life-and-death problems - Takiguchi Masaki 7-dan
  • Solving lots of life-and-death problems in order to acquire reading ability - Yukawa Mitsuhisa 9-dan
  • Solve lots of simple life-and death problems and play lots with players just a little stronger than you - Aragaki Shun 8-dan
  • Read "Igo Kansai" - Hasegawa Hiro 5-dan
  • Learn the basics thoroughly - Fujiwara Katsuya 5-dan

4. STUDY YOUR OWN GAMES - MORE ... IS SOMETIMES BETTER

  • Play lots of games - Ushinohama Satsuo 9-dan & Muraoka Shigeyuki 9-dan & Takahara Shuji 9-dan & Honda Goro 6-dan
  • Playing lots of games. But don't just play - put your heart and soul into it. Kubouchi Shuchi 9-dan
  • Lots of games with stronger players - Endo Takahiro 9-dan
  • Play lots of games for fun, and with players stronger than you - Mizuno Hiromi 4-dan
  • Review your own games by playing them over. - Ishii Shinzo 9-dan
  • Study your own games - Kamiya Tetsuo 7-dan
  • Play lots of games and have a stronger player review them immediately afterwards - Iwaya Shigeru 3-dan
  • Play lots of games for fun and accumulate experience - Sumi Shinsuke 5-dan
  • Take note when you see things you don't know and imitate - Nakano Yasuhiro 7-dan
  • Do your own question-and-answer sessions on your own moves - Honda Mitsuhiko 8-dan
  • Use moves you have learnt - Chin Kaei 9-dan

5. ON GO PARTNERS

  • Have a rival - Hasegawa Sunao 9-dan
  • Find a rival, and persist until you don't lose to him - Kurahashi Masayuki 9-dan
  • Play with people about two stones stronger - Hashimoto Shoji 9-dan

6. ON TEACHERS

  • The most important thing is to find a good teacher. - Ota Seido 9-dan
  • Play often with stronger players - Yata Naoki 8-dan
  • Make friends with a pro - Saito Tadashi 7-dan
  • Studying with a professional player is most important. Also, life-and-death problems in order to acquire reading ability. - Kawamura Kazunori 8-dan
  • Choose a teacher or go rival - pro or amateur doesn't matter. Have time to talk with friends about go over a drink. - Hayashi Kozo 6-dan
  • Make contact with a pro. If that is not possible, play over pro games and do simple life-and-death problems. - Yoshida Mika 6-dan

7. WANT TO GET STRONG? THERE IS A WILL - THERE IS A WAY

  • Believe that you want to improve - Yokochi Susumu 3-dan
  • Sustain the feeling that you want to become strong - Kiyonari Tetsuya 9-dan
  • Believe that you can become strong - Imai Kazuhiro 5-dan
  • If you have a mind to study sincerely and with unmixed feelings, I believe you will improve irrespective of the circumstances or the means - Moriyama Naoki 9-dan

8. FOR BEGINNERS:

  • Lose Your First 50 Games As Quickly As Possible (SL)
  • Beginners lose -- that's just the way it is. I lost a lot when I was a novice, and I still lose a lot. Winning my first even game felt really good, but it didn't come until I had gotten stomped into mush by every opponent I came across.
  • Don't think of losing in terms of failure, especially when you're a novice. You are gaining experience. Think of it as a stepping stone to future victories. Don't delude yourself -- if you lose, you lose. But don't beat yourself up over it the way a lot of novices do. Seize the lessons in the loss and stay positive.

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