Second ‘Go Jam’ on Saturday, February 20, 1pm EET
Today at 1pm Helsinki time, Jeff, Antti, and Mikkgo will host the second ‘Go Jam’ on Mikkgo’s Twitch channel.
While the content of the stream is of course go-related, it is more geared towards the philosophical and psychological side of playing the game rather than particular patterns. As usual, everybody is welcome to follow and participate!
Sunday Problem #37
This is a classic problem from Gokyō Shumyō. There are in fact two solutions, but they lead to the same final shape.
Black to play.
Solution
Black can start with 1 or 5 – in either case, White responds with 2. Instead of 3, too, Black can first throw in at 5 without changing the outcome.
After 3, …
Oscar on Resigning and Winning Lost Games
Streamed on Twitch on February 13, 2021.
Sunday Problem #36
Continuing with famous classic problems, this is problem 15 from Chō’s tsumego encyclopedia, advanced section.
Black to play.
Solution
Black’s 1–3 combination is the only order of moves that works. The main challenge in this problem is finding black 3, which becomes a kind of blind spot due to its bad shape.
Sunday Problem #35
Like last week’s problem, this is also from Guanzi Pu – and, in fact, also from Xuanxuan Qijing, where its title is 水落石出 (sui-raku-seki-shutsu). Literally this means a river’s water receding and the riverbed’s rocks’ becoming visible, but the figurative meaning is that of truth becoming revealed.
Black to play.
Solution
This diagram shows White’s strongest resistance. …
Ōhashi Hirofumi’s Banri Ikkū
I love the smell of tsumego in the morning.
I just received in mail the newest, recently-published tsumego book from Ōhashi Hirofumi 6p, our Nihon Ki-In English class member as well as a regular visitor to European go tournaments. The problem collection includes some of Ōhashi’s most interesting creations from the past 20 years, with the difficulty level of …
First ‘Go Jam’ on Saturday, January 30, 1pm EET
This Saturday at 1pm Helsinki time, Jeff, Antti, and Mikkgo will hold a ‘Go Jam’ on Mikkgo’s Twitch channel.
While the content of the stream is of course go-related, the discussion will be less about particular go patterns and more about the philosophical and psychological side of playing the game. As usual, everybody is welcome to follow and participate!
Sunday Problem #34
This is a slightly modified problem from Guanzi Pu. Although most of Guanzi Pu’s content is endgame (it’s even in the collection’s name, 官子譜 or Endgame diagrams), this is clearly a life-and-death problem.
Black to play.
Solution
Black has no choice but to start by driving White down to the first line with 1–6. After this, however, …
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