Follow Up Post / Tengen & 3 San Sans

I got some interesting feedback to the game in the previous post.

@iGoPau from the iGoPau Go Club in France ( https://www.facebook.com/iGo.Pau)  was so kind to write some comments in the SGF file. The new comments from @iGoPau are always beginning with "hq:"
@LevelOneDev was sharing a wonderfull youtube video lesson of @GoDwyrin "Bat" about this tengen+san san fuseki.

Thank`s a lot to both of you for this very usefull feedback!
 

(;GM[1]FF[4]CA[UTF-8]AP[CGoban:3]ST[2] RU[Japanese]SZ[19]KM[6.50] GN[2014-03-01a]PW[eyecatcher]PB[ibm009009]WR[4k]BR[4k]RE[B+Resign] ;B[jj]C[I tried to answer to tengen with something a bit more unusual than 3/4 or 4/4 :)] ;W[qc] ;B[pd]C[But we played rather fast, i think it was something like 10 min each ...] ;W[qd] ;B[pe]C[Ok being pushed on the third line is ok i guess... some territorry (may) arise... but of course one should not forget the power of the stone at tengen.] ;W[qe] (;B[pc] ;W[pf] (;B[of] ;W[pg] ;B[og]C[Being pushed on the forth line should be even better...] ;W[ph] ;B[jd]C[I like these kind of slow looking but (in the best case) powerfull moves.] ;W[oh] ;B[qb]C[play tenuki] ;W[pp] ;B[qq]C[This is a interesting style ... play tengen first... every time white plays 4/4 invade san san (= 3/3 point) immediately. Maybe you think this fuseki is strange, but why not? I will try it out myself.] ;W[qp] ;B[pq] ;W[oq] ;B[or] ;W[nq] ;B[nr] (;W[mr]C[hq: that move is a mistake. You rarely can play that hane because initial white plan is to be very thick ! Here tengen just made it worse.] ;B[rp] ;W[ro] ;B[rq]LB[qo:A][mq:B]C[hq: Black has no idea how to protect here A and B.] ;W[mp] ;B[pl]C[This allready some kind of loosing move? I regret, i think i should have protected the weakness at R5] (;W[nl] ;B[qo] (;W[qn]LB[rn:A][mr:B]SQ[pp][qp]C[hq: if white wants to sacrifice the 2 marked stones, then it's better not playing the atari. it's similar to B move.] ;B[po] ;W[pn] ;B[op]C[If i would have been in a not so good mood maybe i would have resigned here.] ;W[on] ;B[oj] ;W[mh]C[hq: this is a good move.] ;B[mj] ;W[ne] ;B[oe] ;W[md] ;B[mb] ;W[nb] ;B[nc] ;W[mc] ;B[ob] ;W[lb] ;B[na]C[I played very risky and agressive, because i thought i would not have a chance if not, because of the desaster at the right side...] ;W[kd]LB[kc:A]C[hq: it's better to play that move at A.] ;B[jc] ;W[kc]LB[jc:1][kd:2]C[hq: it's similar to play the 1 for 2 exchange. ] ;B[jb] ;W[dd] ;B[cc] ;W[cd] ;B[dc] ;W[ed] ;B[fb] ;W[dp] (;B[cq]LB[cj:A]C[I played 3 times at the 4/4 point ... every time he invaded san-san... i`m too weak in my kyu mind to understand how to really deal with this... hq: that move is badly timed, black should have played at A.] (;W[dq]C[hq: to me this the wrong direction of play. End of commentary. ] ;B[cp] ;W[co] ;B[do] ;W[dn] ;B[eo] ;W[bo] ;B[dr] ;W[eq] ;B[er] ;W[fq] ;B[fr] ;W[gq] ;B[bp] ;W[br] ;B[cr] ;W[en] ;B[fo] ;W[cm] ;B[lq] ;W[jp] ;B[ho] ;W[lp] ;B[kq] ;W[hp] ;B[lr] ;W[io] ;B[hn]C[i still was willing to fight :) Last comment.] ;W[kh] ;B[mf] ;W[kf] ;B[mg] ;W[ni] ;B[nj] ;W[kj] ;B[li] ;W[ki] ;B[lh] ;W[lg] ;B[lf] ;W[kg] ;B[qj] ;W[je] ;B[rh] ;W[rg] ;B[qh] ;W[rb] ;B[ra] ;W[sc] ;B[rm] ;W[eb] ;B[ec] ;W[gc] ;B[fc] ;W[hc] ;B[fd] ;W[fe] ;B[ga] ;W[ge] ;B[bd] ;W[be] ;B[bc] ;W[cf] ;B[gj] ;W[ej] ;B[ao] ;W[bn] ;B[ml] ;W[aq] ;B[ap] ;W[lj] ;B[mi] ;W[mq] ;B[ms] ;W[ln] ;B[mn] ;W[no] ;B[nm] ;W[ol] ;B[om] ;W[gr] ;B[fs] ;W[il] ;B[jm] ;W[in] ;B[im] ;W[hm] ;B[hl] ;W[gm] ;B[gl] ;W[fm] ;B[jl] ;W[ik] ;B[ij] ;W[fk] ;B[hj] ;W[gk] ;B[hk] ;W[kk] ;B[jk] ;W[kl] ;B[kn] ;W[lm] ;B[ko] ;W[kp] ;B[lo] ;W[mo] ;B[ig] ;W[hh] ;B[ei] ;W[ih] ;B[gh] ;W[fj] ;B[fi] ;W[hi] ;B[gi] ;W[eg] ;B[hg] ;W[jg] ;B[fl] ;W[el] ;B[dj] ;W[ek] ;B[dh] ;W[ci] ;B[di] ;W[bj] ;B[fg] ;W[eh] ;B[ie] ;W[if] ;B[hf] ;W[he] ;B[jf] ;W[gf] ;B[gg] ;W[if] ;B[ef] ;W[dg] ;B[jf] ;W[pr] ;B[ke] ;W[mm] ;B[qr] ;W[rn] ;B[rl] ;W[mk] ;B[nh] ;W[pi] ;B[rf] ;W[re] ;B[qg] ;W[qi] ;B[ri] ;W[pj] ;B[qk] ;W[pk] ;B[ok] ;W[qf] ;B[sg] ;W[rj] ;B[rk] ;W[se] ;B[rd]C[ibm009009 [4k: gg eyecatcher [4k: thank you]) (;W[cp] ;B[dq] ;W[fq] ;B[fr] ;W[dj]C[hq: this way, white is happy.])) (;B[cj]LB[dp:A][lq:B]TR[lb][kc][mc][kd][md][ne]SQ[cd][dd][ed]C[hq: If black plays here, then white is gonna regrets his move (overplay) at A. Because now marked stones are still weak, the marked wall is kind of useless and it will be hard to build on bottom because of B weakness. ])) (;W[rn] ;B[po] ;W[pm] ;B[op] ;W[om]C[hq: this is better than game. ])) (;W[qn] ;B[oj] ;W[dp] ;B[ri] ;W[qi] ;B[qj] ;W[rh] ;B[rj] ;W[mh] ;B[rc] ;W[rd] ;B[rb] (;W[rf]) (;W[dd] ;B[rf] ;W[qf] ;B[sf] ;W[se] ;B[sh] ;W[sg] ;B[rg] ;W[qh]))) (;W[mq] ;B[rp] ;W[ro] ;B[rq] ;W[qn]C[hq: this is good enough and white doesn't has to care about a cut. It's also harder for black to reduce.])) (;B[qf] ;W[qg] ;B[rf] ;W[rg] ;B[pg]C[hq: that kind of move is terrible because black is broking himself his shape !] ;W[of] (;B[nd] (;W[re]) (;W[pp] (;B[og] ;W[re]) (;B[re] ;W[rd] ;B[qb] ;W[se] ;B[rc] ;W[sf]))) (;B[re] ;W[rd] ;B[qb] ;W[rb] ;B[sd] ;W[rc] ;B[pb] ;W[se]LB[me:A][sf:B]C[hq: tenuki is possible here, by example A. And locally it's better to play B :)] ;B[sf] ;W[sg])) (;B[qb] ;W[rb] ;B[pb] ;W[qg]C[hq: better than game but still looks like black doesn't use the center stone as its best.])) (;B[pf]C[hq: this was more natural I think. ]))

“Competition and faith are my life-long vocations. Like water and fire, I depend on both. When I couldn’t outrank the others, it was time for me to leave. There are two things in my life, truth and Go.” Go Seigen

What about english Go-Tv Channel!?

Imagine there would be regular Go-programms on (english) TV!? Found this on youtube and found it quite amusing to hear with what they come up to fill the time. They did not have the opportunity to do analysis on a extra board like in Korean and Japan tv and soo they do a lot of "small talk".




“Competition and faith are my life-long vocations. Like water and fire, I depend on both. When I couldn’t outrank the others, it was time for me to leave. There are two things in my life, truth and Go.” Go Seigen

Like Water and Fire

Here something for all fans of Go Seigen aka. Wu Qingyuan ... maybe the strongest Go player of all time... 
At this Italian Go blog: http://goigoweiqibaduk.blogspot.com/ i found pictures from some of Go Seigens Jubangos  ... i think they are very beautiful. Enjoy! 

 Go Seigen vs.   Kitani Minoru  

Fujisawa Hosai vs. Go Seigen 

Go Seigen vs. Fujisawa Hosai 

Go Seigen vs. Fujisawa Hosai 

Go Seigen vs.  Iwamoto Kaoru

Sakata Eio vs. Go Seigen 

Go Seigen vs.  Takagawa Kaku

 Hashimoto Utaro vs. Go Seigen

Update: And in addition i just found this video with Go Seigen himself  from Japanese television via twitter!




“Competition and faith are my life-long vocations. Like water and fire, I depend on both. When I couldn’t outrank the others, it was time for me to leave. There are two things in my life, truth and Go.”
Go Seigen

Korea - Baduk In The Park

I found this very cool video at Vimeo ... it is interesting to see some pictures from Seoul AND there is a short but nice "Go part" as well...




“You should look at the board and play wherever you want to. This is the way to get stronger.” Takemiya Masaki

Meijin - Yamashita Keigo & Hane Naoki

Interesting to see how ritualised it is...



If you want to know about the "Meijin" Title : http://senseis.xmp.net/Meijin

“You should look at the board and play wherever you want to. This is the way to get stronger.” Takemiya Masaki

Some Go Videos

“You should look at the board and play wherever you want to. This is the way to get stronger.” Takemiya Masaki

Go Video

Some interesting shots, a dynamik cut & a nice background makes this short Go Video, which i just found on youtube, worth seeing!




“Do nothing which is of no use” Miyamoto Musashi

Game Review / Video Lesson WITH STYLE!

Via Twitter (i am @taoteaking there) i found a Video-Game-Review
on www.livestream.com by Graham Philips !

I was suprised by Grahams Philips very fast, eloquent, insightful and most of all very clear teaching style!

I highly recommend you this Video if you are a Kyu player ... but even Dan players perhaps would have some fun watching it ... beacause of the nice teaching style.

Watch live streaming video from topazg at livestream.com

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“Do nothing which is of no use” Miyamoto Musashi

There is no simple pattern

Here 2 very cool GO-Videos (embedding impossible) :


http://youtu.be/BNOQUPmgbnY"Pi - Patterns"

http://youtu.be/Yi80SuJx3Kk "Pi"

"π (also known as Pi) is a 1998 black-and-white American psychological thriller directed by Darren Aronofsky, who won the Directing Award at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival, the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay and the Gotham Open Palm Award. This film was Darren Aronofsky's directorial debut.

The title refers to the mathematical constant π"
Wikipedia

NO FIXED PLANS

"A good traveler has no fixed plans
and is not intent upon arriving.
A good artist lets his intuition
lead him wherever it wants.
A good scientist has freed himself of concepts
and keeps his mind open to what is.

Thus the Master is available to all people
and doesn't reject anyone.
He is ready to use all situations
and doesn't waste anything.
This is called embodying the light."

老子 Lǎozǐ; Tao Te Ching

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THE POPCORN GAME


THE WASTE LAND GAME

(Me = TaoTeaKing)

Fighting Spirit Is Important In Go!

Maybe following quotes can give us some insight ... FIGHTING - SPIRIT - INSIGHT ;-)

Enjoy!

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“Perceive that which cannot be seen with the eye.”

Miyamoto Musashi

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“Study strategy over the years and achieve the spirit of the warrior. Today is victory over yourself of yesterday; tomorrow is your victory over lesser men.”

Miyamoto Musashi

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“You win battles by knowing the enemy's timing, and using a timing which the enemy does not expect.”

Miyamoto Musashi

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"The weekest things in the world can overmatch the stongest things in the world.

Nothing in the world can be compared to water for its weak and yielding nature; yet in attacking the hard and the strong nothing proves better than it. For there is no alternative to it.

The weak can overcome the strong and the yielding can overcome the hard.

This all the world knows but does not practice."

Tao Te Ching, Lao Tzu

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"Empty your mind. Be formless, shapeless, like water. Now put water into a cup, it becomes a cup. You put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle. You put water into a teapot, it becomes a teapot. Now water can flow, or it can crash. Be water my friend."

Bruce Lee

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"Go is a game of chance where the strong player is he who renders circumstances favorable with tricks."

Audouard, Pierre

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"He who chases around after many rabbits ends hungry."

Okinawan Proverb

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"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of
thinking we were at when we created them."

Albert Einstein

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"Fall down seven times, get up eight."

Japanese Proverb

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"Rule number one: Don't let them scare you."

Unknown

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"Do, or do not. There is no 'try'."

Yoda

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"Five Secrets of Japanese Goju Ryu:

Move quickly
Sound, calm mind
Be light in body
Have a clever mind
Master the basics"

Gogen Yamaguchi

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“Do nothing which is of no use.”

Miyamoto Musashi

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The Ridiculous Game

Do you know these moments:

... when you think you can just play go without any worries about bringing your groups to life

... when you are very sure that YOU will win the game and that everything is possible on the board

... when you are sure that you will very soon perform some kind of magic ...

(Quote: "Everything would seem to be possible in go. Like pulling a rabbit, by a magical move, out of a hat. "
Audouard, Pierre )


a few moves later you realize ... how messed up the situation is ... suddenly: death agony ... you fight a bit more ... even with moves which are worse than the ones that brought you into this situation ...

... time to resign ...


and ... again – time to think about your attitude towards the game.

I call this game "The Ridiculous Game " because i think i was playing a lot of unnecessary ridiculous moves.

(It was NOT a blitz game! )


Enjoy :-)



(+ few ridiculous comments!)



"You can hide nothing on the goban."
Audouard, Pierre

The Fluky Shinogi Game

I was playing this game a few days ago on IGS as black. 

You will find some comments and variations when you browse through  the game.

But beware i am only a beginner (~11 Kyu).  No warranty that there is at least one true word in my commentary! ;-) 

fluky, flukey [ˈfluːkɪ]
adj flukier, flukiest Informal
1. done or gained by an accident, esp a lucky one
2. variable; uncertain fluky weather
flukiness n (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/fluky) 

Shinogi,

a Japanese go term adopted into English, is the technique of making a living group inside the opponent's sphere of influence. (SL)

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"The stone in the bowl is idiotic." 
Audouard, Pierre 

Easter Tsumego

White to play and win the capturing race.  

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"To do or not to do something is not determined by what is done in general, any more than by what is necessary. Doing or not doing something is determined by what you want, and to want in go is to want to win." 

Audouard, Pierre

Remember...

... it takes two eyes to become immortal !  ;-) 

"Whenever you advise a ruler in the way of Tao, 
Counsel him not to use force to conquer the universe.
For this would only cause resistance.
Thorn bushes spring up wherever the army has passed.
Lean years follow in the wake of a great war.
Just do what needs to be done.
Never take advantage of power.
Achieve results,
But never glory in them.
Achieve results,
But never boast.
Achieve results,
But never be proud.
Achieve results,
Because this is the natural way.
Achieve results,
But not through violence.



Force is followed by loss of strength.
This is not the way of Tao.
That which goes against the Tao comes to an early end."

Tao Te Ching ; Chapter 30 , Jane English & Gia-fu Feng

Go Seigen

"Wu Qingyuan (born May 19, 1914), generally known in the West by his Japanese name Go Seigen, is considered by many players to be the greatest player of the game of Go in the 20th century and probably the greatest of all time." Wikipedia








If you want to know more about Go Seigen, you should visit:

http://www.scoop.it/t/go-seigen