FritzS
February 28, 2026, 9:40pm
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I believe it’s helpful for you to know that @dokbohm (previously using the account @NEWOLDGUY ) is bit of a celebrity here and that the community did invest a “bit” (wink wink) of effort already to get him to a point where he would be able to play real Go.
Unfortunately with very limited success.
i have started week three of my journey into playing go, and its very trying at times, that’s for sure, the game is not as simple as i was told before i started. There are too many rules to remember or what to do’s, if your opponent does this or that, you do this or that too many names to remember, but i am trying to understand. This week i lost as many games as i have in other weeks but the disappointment is less with each loss - getting some advice from other kind opponents, which is great,…
if you look at my last game i controlled the middle part of the board yet the other guy had over 90% control of the board at the end on review please could someone explain why this is ???
i read on another go site in their forums about a fellow who went two years before his first win – is that to be expected i have won a couple of games, but really, they were the other person giving up, and in no way was my playing the reason they lost. so after a month of playing, I’m still waiting for my first legit win. in a 13 x13 3 day game – but i hope it doesn’t take years to accomplish that. yeps!!! Maybe a little sooner, i hope good luck to new players and their goals
i would like to know exactly and by example one or two would be nice, how you score oneself, as the game proceeds how do you know if you are ahead or behind without looking on the right to the score indicator i need to know exactly when i make a move weather i make a point or lose a point please show me, i know many other begineers don’t know like me, how to score a point or lose a point till the game is over thank you in advance
i have, while playing chess, set a goal for each game i play since i play 7 day games most time against 1000 plus players, so winning is never a option, i have set it to making it to 30 moves with my queen intact or 40 moves if i lose the queen early - this seems to keep me modivated to keep me playing. a small goal each time , at first i set it at 25 moves with the queen intact, then i moved up one move, each week i played. my question is what kind of goal should set for playing go that is re…
looking for friendly one on one at least 7 day maybe longer game more of a teaching thing i guess. i am looking for where someone could on each move tell and show their thinking about each move telling about scores and strategy and helpful advice about the game we are playing. someone does have to be really good iam 25k or worse iam sure player, and anyone 15 to 10k would be of great help iam sure even someone 18k thats played a while who has patience with an old goat please pm me to start a …
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