Alejo's Tenuki

We all know what is a Hane, but what about the double hane? On the right side we have a sample. A double hane is when you hane twice in a row on the same group. Here you can see how the stone 1 is limits white’s growth in this column, so white has to [...]

First of all, the most important: European Go Congress 2008 open for subscription. If you want to join the next EGC, you’ll have to register there as soon as possible for the cheapest fees. This year it’ll take place in Leksand, Sweden, from the 26th July to the 9th August. If you are interested in professional [...]

The day after Sabadell’s Tournament I had to play the 2nd game in the Rioplatense Tournament. It was a game against a 13k KGS with 5 stones of handicap. The time settings were 10 minutes plus 15 minutes for 25 stones of Canadian byo-yomi. As you can see, the time settings don’t allow much time [...]

Last weekend I took part of the 2nd Sabadell tournament. Sabadell, for those who aren’t from Spain, is a city close to Barcelona, which has it’s own Go club. It was the first tournament I played on real life and I was quite nervous indeed. It was a handicapped tournament with 25 minutes and 30 [...]

It’s nice to see how people have comeback from their holidays and started talking on Go forums. Here you have a list of the last topics which I thought could be interesting for the whole community: 1. Meijin title: 1-0 for the title holder Takao Shinji – at 361points.com You can track the meijin title [...]

I guess the title is quite self-explanatory. This was the first game in the 5th Rioplatense Tournament, between me (8k) and Ecchi (7k?) and took place on KGS last Friday. As I’ve already told you and you’ve seen, my style has become more and more aggressive lately. From my point of view, I think it’s [...]