“Tribute to Guo Juan”
The Party banned Go
Yet on a distant mountain
Stone still clicks on wood
Guo is a pro who learnt Go whilst it was banned during the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s; she got away with it because she lived on a mountain.
“Tribute to Guo Juan”
The Party banned Go
Yet on a distant mountain
Stone still clicks on wood
Guo is a pro who learnt Go whilst it was banned during the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s; she got away with it because she lived on a mountain.
Interesting. I didn’t know that go was banned during the Cultural Revolution. Thank you.
“Want of Skills”
Double-digit kyu
I’m going to put my group
In self-atari.
Christmas Debacle
I lost a go game
On the fourth day of Christmas.
Four groups a-dying.
Kiema, nobi, crawl,
Running my stones to freedom,
My overplay lives!
‘Tesuji’
Little wooden click…
Smell of surprise, then silence.
Stones are shaking.
“Tengen is awesome”
“Then you must be mistaken”
Says Alphago Teach
“The Game of the Century”
Shusai’s win a loss
The true victor shadow-screened
One more tsumego
If you don’t know the Game of the Century, now you have to look it up! Just forced you to study Go history.
Christmas tradition:
Playing go against Santa.
Takes generations.
I feel like I’m in dueling banjos. lol
Crane’s Nest Haiku
Behold the crane’s nest!
There shall you find only death.
(Giggles for me though.)
Sharpening my knife
Gonna cut you from inside
Ah?! A sacrifice
Feeling prolific today. Another haiku:
Could you let me live
There is no place to hide
Please? Just one more eye.
The forgotten gift
The wise men brought from the east:
A goban and stones.
“The Hobbit’s Game”
Bilbo’s tsumego
Enthralled the trolls; arguing
They saw dawn too late.
How Bilbo really outwitted the trolls in The Hobbit.
Love this one! Really did lol. I’m a Hobbit fan from way back.
Cosmic Style Haiku
Black plays gorensei.
(More delusions of grandeur?)
White has a hangnail.
Sweden’s white Christmas:
Warm house, hot glögg, fiery go.
What more could you want?
I came to this a day late, so here’s a double dose to catch up.
San-San Haiku
I claim this corner,
And so there’s an end of it!
(Sheesh, it looks so small.)
Mirror Go Haiku
You are entering
A parallel universe.
Better pack a lunch.