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February 27, 2005
Go
David and I were trying to teach ourselves the game Go yesterday afternoon. Apparently there are two important things to know about Go:
1. It's not fast; and
2. It's not easy.
After trying it, we agree.
To make the game a little faster and easier for beginners such as ourselves, we made the game board a quarter of the size. How do you like our fancy chopstick borders?
I have to say that my impression of the game is that I would (almost?) rather play chess (to which I am fairly resistant), but I would far prefer to go horse back riding. Or if it has to be something on a Go board, I actually love playing Go-Moku, which is "Five in a Row."
David liked the introduction to Go. Maybe Jason will learn to play with him.
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I'm no good at Go, but I'll play a few games with you guys next time we're together.
Posted by: wink | Feb 28, 2005 7:14:58 AM
I'm no good at Go either, but on the other hand since yesterday was my first game, I'm not yet worried about that fact :-)
Most of my instruction has come from these sites: http://www.telgo.com, http://playgo.to/interactive, and oddly enough http://www.sentex.net/~mmcadams/teachgo/index.html which is funny since that one is teaching people how to teach people Go!
Also found a good Palm OS app, AIGO (http://www001.upp.so-net.ne.jp/iizuka) as an opponent, which usually beats me soundly, but it's still great practice. :-)
Posted by: David | Feb 28, 2005 9:25:31 AM
The story of how your dad bought our fancy, authentic Go board at Harrod's in London is a fun tale, and his most famous success at bargaining, which I shall tell you when next we talk!
Mom
Posted by: Patricia Taylor | Mar 9, 2005 9:39:07 PM
