Tsumego Collections in PDF Format (free)

March 8th, 2008 mspaner 2 comments

Tasuki has several Tsumego (life and death puzzle) Collections available for free download here. Check out his website at http://tsumego.tasuki.org . The collections show only the board postions (not solutions). This works well if you are trying to adhere to Benjiman Tueber’s outline for getting Strong at go which you can check out at this Sensei’s Library page.

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Think Globally, Play Go/Weiqi/Baduk Locally

February 18th, 2008 mspaner Comments off

Check out the beta global go map at www.goplayer.com/gomap. Better yet, post yourself and your local club onto the map.

–Mike 

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Don’t Forget Weiqi and Baduk Players

February 18th, 2008 mspaner Comments off

I am happy to announce that goplayer.com now includes weiqiplayer.com and badukplayer.com. I haven’t figured out the best way to divide and conquer yet so all three domains point to this one for the moment.

I am working on expanding the site beyond the present state ( rarely updated blog that it is) .

-Mike

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Two Active Go Clubs in Connecticut

February 5th, 2008 mspaner Comments off

Ben Harter has done a great job setting up the Central Connecticut Go Club. The club meets at the Barnes and Noble Bookstore in Glastonbury. Click here for information.

I am also very excited about the formation of the New Haven Go Club. You can find out more information at their Google Group website at http://newhaven.goplayer.com .

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The 23rd Annual US Go Congress (2007)

March 17th, 2007 mspaner Comments off

… will be held July 28 – August 4, 2007, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. See this link for details.  I have yet to be able to attend a Go congress. Hopefully I can finally attend this year. Everyone that I know that has attended says that it is an awesome experience.  See this link for details.

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Basque Open Go Championship 2006

March 17th, 2007 mspaner Comments off

Here is a nice 9 minute video of the first Basque Open Go Championship (November 2006). The video quality is good. Subtitles were a little small but readable. The video includes a very basic introduction to the game. I wish I was there.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SM2n1CUl0yw

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Go Crazy … a BBC Video about Go

February 3rd, 2007 mspaner Comments off

Check out this video on Youtube. It is a mini-documentary on the revival of Go in Japan. More video links to come.

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Goboard PinCushion

February 1st, 2007 mspaner Comments off

goboard pincushionCheck out this nicely crafted Goboard Pincushion at www.etsy.com. The artist is from Germany. It is certainly more beautiful and rugged than the little magnetic set I have.

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Becoming an Expert (at Go, Lisp, Ruby, …)

March 5th, 2006 mspaner Comments off

How to be an Expert: … an interesting article about becoming expert by developing a “a rage to master.”Maybe it possible to reach Shodan even if you started playing later in life. Doing some life and death problems might be a good start.

-mike

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Welcome to goplayer.com

February 25th, 2006 mspaner Comments off

Since I don’t have any meaningful go information posted yet, check out the American Go Association for all things GO.

Best Regards,

Mike

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