White had a fantastic territory on the bottom left but trouble was brewing above. I poked at his large centre group and exposed the heartbreaking false eye in the middle of the shape. With just one eye, the whole group collapsed and White resigned the… Read More
I’ve been playing the game or Go more or less once each week with my friend Vox and we’ve been doing this for some 30 years. We have had quite a fierce competition over the years, and the more I play, the more I realize… Read More
Great game. Lee Sedol played some awesome moves and glory be, AlphaGo actually made mistakes. Go great Gu Li described Lee Sedol’s move 78 as “the hand of God”. AlphaGo is up 3-1 and has won the series, but Sedol has a chance for one… Read More
Super-bot Alpha Go defeated Lee Sedol in the first of 5 games in their million dollar match. AlphaGo won by resignation after 186 moves. Lee Sedol said at the post-game press conference, ‘I would like to express my respect to Demis and his team for… Read More
Last night was Go night – Vox and I play most Friday evenings. Go, for those who don’t know is that Asian game played on a 19 X 19 line grid with black and white stones. Vox and I have been playing since sometime in… Read More
Our friend Toni is in town (from England). She enjoys games so this morning I gave her a Go lesson. Go wasn’t the only game today though. Tonight Toni and Tuffy P and I also played Quirkle, a deceptively simple game that can be… Read More
I’ve been playing Go with Vox once a week more or less since some time in the 80s. I bet Vox could tell you precisely when we started. Initially it was chess, then a couple games of chess and a game of Go. Eventually, we… Read More
One evening each week, more or less, I get together with my friend Vox for several games of Go. We’ve been battling over the Go board since some time back in the 80s and along the way we’ve played thousands of games. In recent months,… Read More
Who would cheat at chess? Three leading French chess players have been found guilty of cheating in last year’s world championship, using a mobile phone messaging system. The article is from the Vancouver Sun. This is even worse than those scaliwags who cheat at sports… Read More
…and it’s about time too. Off to play Go tonight with Vox, who has been unbeatable lately. I’ll do my best to turn around my fortunes tonight. I put up an ad on Kijiji in my effort to find one or two button accordion students.… Read More
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