Archive for August, 2007

5th Rioplatense Tournament

Written by alejo on August 30th, 2007
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Today starts the 5th Rioplatense Tournament, a tournament among Spanish-speaking countries which takes place on KGS. The tournament is paired with McMahon to 6 rounds, which lasts till early October. It’s open and handicapped, but I guess that I would need somewhat like 20 stones to beat Fernando Aguilar (one of the strongest latin player, [...]

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Applying new knowledge to actual games

Written by alejo on August 17th, 2007
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Sometimes when I study go I wonder if I’m ever going to put it into practice. I learn some tesujis which I can use in real games, strange josekis appear in pro games and if I try playing them my opponent doesn’t follow the sequence… In the end it is all very frustrating. It is [...]

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Recommended articles IV

Written by alejo on August 14th, 2007
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There hasn’t been much activity on the last weeks on the Go Blogsphere, but it seems like people have returned from their vacations and started posting, on GoDiscussions too. I’ve collected a few interesting posts which have appeared on the internet during the whole month, that is the reason for not calling this post “recommended [...]

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Capturing on a large scale (2nd part)

Written by alejo on August 9th, 2007
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This situation is extracted from a real game played on KGS between to high dan players. The game was played by matsumoto (7d) vs gerard (6d). Obviously, since I’m not a dan player either, I won’t comment on things which I don’t get, so I’ll just try to focus on some aspects of the game [...]

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SmartGo 2.7.1

Written by alejo on August 6th, 2007
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Hi there!! I finally got the SmartGo 2.7.1 reviewed. The review lasts for 26 minutes and covers as many features and details as I could and comments on a few weak points. In fact, I think that even if you have it, you’ll find some good details you may not be aware of. Is it [...]

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Capturing on a large scale

Written by alejo on August 2nd, 2007
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To capture on a large scale means to limit a group’s development or eyespace till he dies but from the distance. On the side we have a sample. Black B stone hasn’t got enough space to develop and get eyespace, it’s very difficult (if not impossible) to escape from that white moyo; so, in fact, [...]

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