Arate

2010-04-19T06:40:00.001-07:00

I feel so sorry, but it's impossible to me due to lack of time mantain two blogs. So if you want to read "El Camino al Dan" in English, just enter into http://elcaminoaldan.blogspot.com and translate it with google translate. I'll put a button for do this. :/

Hi fellas!

2010-03-24T01:41:00.000-07:00

I don't really understand the meaning of fellas, is an insult or despective?

Apart from this I'm going to talk a bit about Cadiz. Cadiz is a city in southern spain. We have beach, sun and lots of pretty brunette girls. The first spanish constitution was written here, and a lot of interesting and historical events happened here.

But, what about go? We have Agoca, Cadiz Go Association. We meet twice a week, tuesdays in Cultural Center "El Bidón" (Cádiz, Alcalde Manuel de la Pinta Avenue, near of the corner where it cross with Velazquez street ) and mondays in Tsuki Coffe (C/ Doctor Zurita Nº4 11004 Cádiz).

So if you're here on holidays or something, don't doubt about visiting us.

Here is a contact email

Free knowledge, free your mind

2010-03-15T15:36:00.000-07:00

Share is good, the bible says "Share your bread with your friends" or something like that. So, why not share this?

Elementary go series

In the beggining Also in spanish

38 basic joseki

Tesuji

Life and Death

Attack and Defense

Endgame

Learn to play Go series

A master's guide to the Ultimate Game

The way of the Moving Horse

The Dragon Style

Battle Strategies

The Palace of Memory

Tsumegos

Cho Chikun

Enciclopedia of life and death. Elementary Here are the solutions

Enciclopedia of life and death. Intermediate

Enciclopedia of life and death. Advanced

All about life and death Vol. 1

All about life and death Vol 2.

Korean Academy Problems

Korean Academy Problems Level 1

Korean Academy Problems Level 2

Korean Academy Problems Level 3

Korean Academy Problems Level 4

Playing against Dani

2010-03-03T14:22:00.000-08:00

Today I met Dani again in our univerty's go club, our small go club. He won me... That's all, but I remembered a lot of things and was great to review the game after play it.

I think that I learn some things reviewing and I remembered a lot of other things. :/

This is the game, if you want to point out something just comment. :)

(;GM[1]FF[4]AP[Drago:3.18.01]SZ[19]CA[UTF-8];B[pd];W[dp];B[pp];W[dd];B[jj];W[nc]
;B[lc]C[Esta es la jugada original.

Dani ha realizado algunos comentarios sobre ella, dice que no le gusta, no aprecia mi maestría. Pero tiene razón.

Esa pinza no trabaja con nadie, realmente la pinza que mejor trabajaría sería A, pero no sé porque no la hice realmente. Parece una pinza demasiado suave, pero es pinza porque no deja hacer una extensión cómoda, y trabaja mejor con la piedra en tengen.]L[jd];W[qc]C[Dani tampoco se comío mucho la cabeza, simplemente invadió.];B[pc];W[qd];B[pe];W[pb];B[ob];W[qb];B[oc];W[qf];B[gc];W[cf]
;B[og]
;W[qg]C[Esa jugada es cuestionable, él no quería vivir pequeño y tal y cual. Pero bueno, yo estaba demasiado abierto supongo que fue una buena idea por su parte sacar la cabecita.

Lo que no sé si hubiera sido mejor saltar una más lejos... :/]SQ[qg];B[fq];W[cn];B[jp];W[qn]
;B[np]C[Muy suave por mi parte, no debería haberle dejado conectar.

Quizás un ataque intentando separarle hubiera sido buena idea, y luego haber intentado montar agrandar el moyo de arriba, pero ando demasiado abierto. :/]SQ[qj][qk][pk][pj];W[pj]L[pk]C[Dani se quejó de esa jugada, a mí me parece correcta. Le parece que está sobreconcentrado, que era mejor A. Un poquito más cerca];B[pl];W[ql];B[pm];W[qm];B[pk];W[qk];B[oj];W[pi];B[pn];W[oi]
;B[nj];W[ge]
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La invasión directa era mejor idea...];W[fd];B[ed];W[ec]
;B[fc]C[Que sí, que lo leí mal coño... xDDD]
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(;B[dg])
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A era mucho mejor]L[qp];W[qq];B[ro]
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(;B[dh];W[df];B[ei];W[fh]
(;B[ci])
(;B[cj];W[ch];B[di])))))

Touching stones again

2010-02-24T13:38:00.000-08:00

Today I had being playing against Dani at university, we have changed our meeting's schedule and we meet wednesdays at two o'clock until five. I'm very weak now, I haven't played for a month and I feel weird touching the stones. When I arrive home at night I don't really want to play a game, I want to sleep or just talk to my girlfriend.

But he won me, so I have to study and play more, I want to improve. I'm competitive, I think that my own nature is to learn things, a lot of things about different subjects, I really love learning new things. So I'm going to apply this for go.

I was seeing Eloy's photos of Barcelona's Tournament. There're some of them. :)

So many time...

2010-02-22T12:50:00.001-08:00

Touching go stones is so weird... So many time without them ...

Weaker :/

2010-02-06T12:12:00.000-08:00

I feel weaker, I'm on a losing streak, it's quite painful. You sit and play, you lose, you play another game, you lose, and it repeats once and once until you close the window.

I think that sometimes I get quite obsessed with my KGS ranking, especially when I'm feeling that I'm stronger, I take a sight to my graph and it's near the next rank... But I lose... :/

Not play for win, play for learn and fun...

Not play for win, play for learn and fun...

Not play for win, play for learn and fun...
Not play for win, play for learn and fun...

Not play for win, play for learn and fun...

Personal mantra... Oooom

Things I hate

2010-01-31T02:47:00.000-08:00

I hate people who:

Don't say "Thanks for the game" because they have lost.
Extend the game trying to live inside your smaller territories, or trying to kill two eyes groups.
Lose on time deliberately just to no have a resigned or lose by 50 points game in their statistics.
Don't answer when you ask them why are they playing stupid moves ( in relation with second point )

Internet go has these problems, but there're a lot of good players, serious players. They want to play a good game, despite of winning at any cost, they 're the really good players. Those who want to win are not go players, are stupid stubborn that won't improve never, because they don't enjoy go, they enjoy winning.

"Go players are clever people"

2010-01-28T10:25:00.000-08:00

"Go players are clever people"

Dani's Mom

Today I met Dani at university library's door. We bump each other and started talking about a lot of things, he remembered me this sentence. We were in his sailboat after 1st Cadiz Go Open, and her mother asked everybody ( we were about 7 go players and his parents ) about what was doing.Four IT students, one matemathician and two engineers.

It's curious that a lot of go players are science people, it's something special in go for people that likes mathematics, physics or just curious and interested in technical things. I remember one of my sensei's post, very interesting. :)

"Only the dead have seen the end of war."

2010-01-27T12:44:00.000-08:00

I really enjoy tsumego. It's very gratifying to find the solution. Sometimes they are simples moves with just a move or two. Sometimes it is really difficult to find the move, or when you think that you've found it you're mistaken. And when you find the right sequence you're happy, working hard and seeing the answer as a white flash into your eyes.

It's very amazing the way our mind works. We can't control it, and without really reasoning anything it shows the right way to work out the problem. Go is amazing :).

Black to move and kill.

Do you...

2010-01-26T14:54:00.000-08:00

... listen to music while playing baduk? :)

It's a really serious question. I don't usually listen to music while playing, because I find myself singing or whistling, so I think that it makes me less concentrated.

And you? :)

Razor's Lorizael

2010-01-26T03:27:00.000-08:00

Feel my mortal blow...

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Lorizael [6k\]: :)
cardo [5k\]: hello
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;B[ds]BL[132.265]C[cardo [6k\]: thanks
]
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;B[lc]BL[35.549]C[Lorizael [6k\]: Visit my go blog!
Lorizael [6k\]: http://elcaminoaldan.wordpress.com
Lorizael [6k\]: :)
cardo [6k\]: to learn?
Lorizael [6k\]: To ...
Lorizael [6k\]: To do tsumegos!
Lorizael [6k\]: I write it in spanish
Lorizael [6k\]: But tsumegos are in GO!
Lorizael [6k\]: :)
cardo [6k\]: : )
Lorizael [6k\]: Thanks for the game
])
(;W[bs]C[Lorizael [6k\]: And a capture race
Lorizael [6k\]: But i'm ahead in it
Lorizael [6k\]: So thanks
Lorizael [6k\]: :)
cardo [6k\]: yes
Lorizael [6k\]: bb
cardo [6k\]: bye cu
]))

Why did you started playing baduk?

2010-01-22T19:32:00.000-08:00

Ok, let's go. One question for people who read me.

Why?

I discovered Baduk three years ago, I learn how to play and I played a beginner 9x9 tournament, I won. The prize where a little board and stones, so I teach one of my partners and we played about a month.

I liked a lot the game, but I didn't found nobody to play so I got bored.

One year later, I was helping Alex to do some graffitis in an event in my university, and I heard that they needed some people to teach baduk. I offered myself to contact Sevilla's Club and I lost myself in the game.

I love Baduk, I think that is one of the beautiful games which exists...

And you? Why?

Go, Weiqi, Baduk

2010-01-22T04:29:00.000-08:00

Hi all, from Spain.

I'm Lorizael, the owner of this blog and this other in Spanish. We are here to talk about baduk, I'm going to post a lot of problems of my level ( actually 6k ) and reflexions about the game.

So first day, first problem.

If you click on the board you will be redirected to eidogo, you can use it to check that your solution is the correct. But, don't use it to put stones in the board you won't earn anything doing that, think before put the stone. :)

Pd.- Feel free to correct my english, and to comment solutions. :)