Comments on: See what you want to see http://www.alejostenuki.com/blog/598-see-what-you-want-to-see.html A few moments to learn, a lifetime to master Wed, 22 May 2013 08:11:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Chris http://www.alejostenuki.com/blog/598-see-what-you-want-to-see.html/comment-page-1#comment-970 Chris Mon, 05 Jul 2010 19:35:18 +0000 http://www.alejostenuki.com/blog/?p=598#comment-970 Oh, pretty. I missed it too. :-)

]]> By: alejo http://www.alejostenuki.com/blog/598-see-what-you-want-to-see.html/comment-page-1#comment-935 alejo Fri, 25 Jun 2010 10:12:01 +0000 http://www.alejostenuki.com/blog/?p=598#comment-935 Well… that’s exactly my point. If I just knew it’s a solvable tsumego, I’d try harder… but it seems I’m lacking Sai’s spirit ;)

]]> By: Nate http://www.alejostenuki.com/blog/598-see-what-you-want-to-see.html/comment-page-1#comment-933 Nate Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:59:46 +0000 http://www.alejostenuki.com/blog/?p=598#comment-933 Your post has me thinking. As a weak beginner (16k), I sometimes feel as if I spend the majority of my time kicking myself internally for the preposterous moves I make. I’m either unreflectively elated when surging past someone weaker than I am, or viciously self-critical. Neither, I think, lends itself particularly well to careful, thoughtful reading.

It reminds me of a game in Hikaru no Go where, in a crucial game in the pro exam against Waya, Hikaru needs to find a path to life for a black group in the corner in order to win. It looks hopeless – Waya, after carefully reading it, believes it is. But Hikaru keeps thinking of Sai, and says to himself: “Sai would find a way for that group to live.” And, focusing on the task, Hikaru finds a path.

It’s the conviction that someone with Sai’s spirit would just damn well FIND the path that leads Hikaru to be able to do the same thing.

Our spirit directs our mind to its task.

]]> By: Alejo http://www.alejostenuki.com/blog/598-see-what-you-want-to-see.html/comment-page-1#comment-932 Alejo Wed, 23 Jun 2010 15:18:57 +0000 http://www.alejostenuki.com/blog/?p=598#comment-932 Come on!!! Did you actually try it?

Well, I failed during the real game, too…
The solution starts with black K14, W K11 and then black’s key move at J11. Though white captures one stone, black’s atari at M11 wipes the cutting stones from the board.

]]> By: Chris http://www.alejostenuki.com/blog/598-see-what-you-want-to-see.html/comment-page-1#comment-929 Chris Tue, 22 Jun 2010 20:51:54 +0000 http://www.alejostenuki.com/blog/?p=598#comment-929 Hm, what’s the tsumego answer?

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