A Go Player

One man's fascination with the world's best game

Friday, March 30, 2007

heading backwards

Over the past month, I have been reading Kagemaya's Fundamentals of Go, Breakthrough to Shodan, and my new copy of Graded Go Problems for Beginners, Vol. 4.

What is interesting (and frustrating) is that as I attempt to make sense of the material, and to integrate it into my play, my ability is suffering greatly.

Recently I felt I had a breakthrough, and was winning game after game. But now I find that my play has deteriorated. I lose capturing races, misplay fuseki and joseki, and generally muck up.

I played my first game of Rengo last night, and I absolutely ruined my team's play. I feel like my sense of direction has been completely upset.

So I'm playing a lot of free games until the world stops spinning.

2 Comments:

Blogger Unknown said...

ha!

i like to call it 'taking a small step backwards in order to make a giant jump forwards'

things will click into place soon,

Nanny

9:12 PM  
Blogger Nooly said...

ohh I remember how frustrated I felt when I was 15k ;) Actually I've been very angry after another lose, hehe but still it didnt stop me from playing and advancing.
emm..Now i'm stuck at 4k though
-_-! haha

Well i'm sure you'll improve a lot and become a reallllyy great player! ^_^
We may play some game on kgs, if you want. My account - Tibbsy.
Best regards! ;)

2:05 AM  

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