As a beginner of
weiqi (go) there is always this problem in how to play in the
opening. The primary suggestion is to start
playing in the corners and then move out along the sides and
save the center for last.
But how should you play in the corners? First you can place one stone on or close to the 4-4 point and wait for the opponent to approach it. And then what? I would tell you to experiment and learn from your mistakes. Others say that you should learn
Joseki. We are both right!
On
Sensei's Library there is now a page about
Joseki Every Double Digit Kyu Should Know. With "
Double Digit Kyu (DDK)" they mean beginner players with a rank from 10 kyu to 30 kyu. A player that just learned the rules is said to have the rank of 30 kyu. I am at the moment a player of the strength 4 kyu (
Singe Digit Kyu) so I don't really qualify, but I have always been ignoring to learn joseki so there is even something for me there to learn.
But remember... you don't get strong just because you know some (or a lot) of
joseki by heart. You get strong when you understand the moves behind the joseki and understand how to choose the best joseki for the current board position.
So don't memorize... Study!
A new Chinese cartoon about weiqi might give some hope for old Hikaru No Go fans.
These days there have been some media coverage about the riots in Xinjiang, China. What strikes me is how biased the news is based on who is telling them. So far the most neutral source I found is wikipedia.org. That site is probably closest to the truth, but you should never trust anything you read. So if you are interested you can read about the Ürümqi riots there.
As a beginner of weiqi (go) there is always this problem in how to play in the opening. The primary suggestion is to start playing in the corners and then move out along the sides and save the center for last.
Finally we have a new version 3.5 of the Mozilla Firefox web browser. As usual there are several new and improved features. The most talked about is the new "private browsing" porn mode. Other nice features are improvements to tabs, speed and the awesome "awesome bar".
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