A Sample game of Go / Weiqi / Baduk
Thanks to all of you for your valuable mails. I got positive replies for my previous article on GO!
Unfortunately I can’t write all about this game in one post. I planned to post this as a series.
People use to ask what’s so specialty of Go then compared to Chess.
Following is a small info from http://www.nihonkiin.or.jp
Medical evidence
It’s usually said that the left side of the human brain handles the functions of calculation, memorization, and logical thought. The right side of the brain is intuitive and perceives shapes and spatial relationships; it also handles judgement from a large-scale perspective.
It’s important to make good use of both sides of the brain, but it seems that there are many predominantly left-brain people.
Go is a game that makes particular use of the right side of the brain. It has already been established medically that Go stimulates the right side of the brain, enhances judgement, and is effective in relieving stress.
Go is also beneficial in preventing senility and strokes and helps in rehabilitation after a stroke.
An hour back, I played a game on KGS Server. I planned to put this game as an example for how this game is played. There are some mistakes which i have made in this game. some are…
Running for nothing!
Missing a good Ladder pattern
Missing capture!
Missing stones! etc
Below is the game I played an hour back. I played with black stones. The game ended with black win. In Go terms, it’s written as.
Board Size: 19×19
White Rating: 21k
Black Rating: 23k (Result increased to 22k)
Handicap: 2
Komi: 0.5
Rule Set: Chinese
Result (Score Estimate): B+92.5
Video coming soon!
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why was white playing so defensively???
Go is complex.
The game of any beginner is not an “example” of the game. Despite the fact that the game is engaging and fulfilling at any level, which is part of the beauty, at first one is effectively “blind.”
Think of it as looking at a deep lake.
First you see only the surface, and then the reflections. Then perhaps you can see just below the surface. But if you could see all the way to the bottom, and maybe discern what is on and below that surface, as well as how /all/ the things in and of the lake are one and separate, THEN you’d begin to see the equivalent depth in Go/Weiqi.
regards,
godzilla on IGS go server
Hi GodZilla.
Yes. its true that the beginners games are not a good example for the game.
I searched for some good game to post in my site, unfortunately i didn’t get one. If possible can you provide me any good game (with annotated will be more good)? It must not have a copyright.
Thats the problem on net that i can directly post other people game without there permission.
If you have any historic game.. it will be more helpful.