Sunday Problem #11
This is a slightly modified version of a problem that came up in the league game between bellicose and yosai.
Black to play.
Solution
Black 1 is the key point. White 2 is forced, but Black can then form the necessary eye space with the descent of 3. After 4–5, white 2 is captured in an oiotoshi, …
Area or territory – The future of go rules
(The historical information in this article is based on The History of Go Rules by Chen Zuyuan.)
As we saw in the first half of this post, go was first played with stone scoring, then with territory scoring, and then also with area scoring. Although territory scoring is nowadays attributed to the Japanese rules, they, similarly to the two …
Viktor joins the NGD teacher roster
As of today, Viktor Lin 6d is joining ngd as a new teacher! Viktor is of the same player generation as Antti, and has involved himself with many European go initiatives such as the egf academy and the German Youth League.
We are happy to welcome Viktor to our teacher roster, and are confident that ngd students stand to benefit greatly from Viktor’s experience and go insight!
Reading-Go
Streamed originally on Twitch. Streams every Friday at 6pm Helsinki time.
Sunday Problem #10
This is the cover problem of Mateusz Surma’s tsumego book series You won’t get dumber while thinking.
Composing go problems is tough work. It can take hours just to come up with one good problem and, once you publish it, the problems themselves are not even copyright-protected – only the problem collection and the answers. This is why I …
Area or territory – A brief history of go rules
(The historical information in this article is based on The History of Go Rules by Chen Zuyuan.)
For a game that has mostly remained unchanged through its history, go has a lot of different rulesets. You may have heard of Japanese rules and Chinese rules, but how about Korean rules, aga rules, New Zealand rules, Tromp–Taylor rules, or Ing rules? …
The Rules of Go in 1 Minute
Sunday Problem #9
Like Sunday Problem #8, this is also from Guanzi Pu.
Black to play.
Solution
Black’s 2-1 placement of 1 is the key to solving this problem. 2–6 are White’s correct resistance, and the result is a kō for White’s life.
If Black starts with the hane of 1, white 2 lives unconditionally.
NGD online league reminder (August I)
The first August pairing will be made this Saturday, on August 1. If you want to join the online league starting from this round, please register as soon as possible!
We currently have 38 registered participants from 16k to 4d, so we can easily set you up with interesting and challenging training games no matter your playing level!
To see what our students say about us, please check out this review thread.
Events
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Public lectures on Twitch every 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month at 1 pm.
Jeff and Mikko stream on Twitch on Fridays at 6 pm.
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