OGS proverbs

General Go Discussion
1

Sometimes we with other players come up with silly go proverbs but then time passes and we forget them. I want to jot them down.

First of all, lately I noticed a trend, in 4 games I saw with strong-ish players (2k+) people like to pull out the ladder once even if it doesn’t work for them, so let’s make a proverb:

“If the ladder doesn’t work for you, pull out the laddered stone at least once to make sure your opponent also read it out”
or shorter:
“Pull out laddered stone at least once”

And the second one is more of a saying:
“Always ko for everything”

25 Likes
2

“Avoid avoiding ko”

19 Likes
3

“Learn to ko-pe”

10 Likes
4

“The enemy’s key point is also yours.”

9 Likes
5

https://senseis.xmp.net/?GoProverbs A helpful link!

4 Likes
6

There’s also one called “Don’t follow proverbs blindly.” Makes sense :thinking:

14 Likes
7

Ok, I took off my blindfold. What’s the next step? :smile:

10 Likes
8

follow proverbs :wink:

21 Likes
9

“What to do when you lost half of the board? Capture the other half.”

18 Likes
10

How about these ones?

“Don’t play trick moves, play tricky moves.”

“Don’t hope for opponent’s mistake, wait for opponent’s mistake.”

11 Likes
11

Old Chinese proverb I just made up says: Go is like a mirror. It can be both comforting and confronting, but hardly ever both at the same time.

… and create opportunities for your opponent to make a mistake.

4 Likes
12

“What do you do when your rank goes down into the ground? Blame it on the ranking system.”

2 Likes
13

What do you do when your rank goes up sky high?

Answer

Well, for certain you don’t blame it on the ranking system.
Getting better is always a personal successtory.
:grin:

2 Likes
14

The other answer is resign. Sometimes that can lead to an increase in rating points :slight_smile:

5 Likes
15

If you have 4 corners, resign.
If your opponent has 4 corners, resign.
Never resign.

13 Likes
16

In the land of no dans, high kyu is the king.

These are terrible but can’t blame a guy for trying.

10 Likes
17

Wait for anoek’s post about the bug.

16 Likes
18

Is this one proverb or are these three separate proverbs?
In any case it is a lovely combination :grin:

3 Likes
19

“Lose 50 games againt amy-bot as quickly as possible.”

9 Likes
20

Every move is gote.

9 Likes