27th Street

The last 2 sessions, Vox has won 3/5 games. It seems to be getting harder for me to maintain my winning ways giving 2 stones and receiving 6.5 points komi. As much as I want to kick his butt over the board (online in this… Read More

The night before last we played 5 games online, of which I won 3. I’m continuing to give him 2 stones and I receive 6.5 points komi. In the first game, Vox was ahead and I was obsessing about how to catch up, when he… Read More

Here’s something from YouTube for all of you who have seen my posts about the game of Go and wonder just what the heck that’s all about. Here’s an extremely brief explanation.

We played 5 games online the other night and once again I had an edge, winning 4. Of those, 2 were decisive but 2 were within komi. How can we define this edge? In other words, what does Vox have to do to erase the… Read More

I played 5 games online last night with Vox. I managed to win 3/5 games, but was only that successful because he made a terrible blunder in the second game, giving up 10 points and losing by 8.5. I really didn’t find my stride until… Read More

We played 5 games online last night. I continued to give 2 stones and receive 6.5 points komi. I won 4/5 but needed the komi to win 2 of them. This is the 3rd game, which I won by 9.5 points. Vox misplayed the bottom… Read More

We had an exciting set of 5 games online last night. I won 3/5, winning 2 of those by resignation and the other by 11.5. Vox won one by the same margin, 11.5 and another by resignation. The first game turned into a very exciting… Read More

We adjusted the handicap last night. I continued to give Vox 2 stones, and I took 6.5 komi. I won 4 of 6 games, but needed komi to win one of them. Here’s a look at game 4 I invaded the bottom left corner. Vox… Read More

Vox won 3/5 games last night. The first one was the most interesting in that it was a big come-back kind of game. Vox took a big moyo on the bottom and the situation looked grim for me. However, he left a good deal of… Read More