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If you take a break from Go, you might be scared that you’ll lose all of your skills. But would that actually happen? Or is Go more like “riding a bike”? Well, in this episode, I’ll give you my thoughts about which aspects of Go I think are like riding a bike, and which aspects are likely to form some rust.
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It’s blog time again! Back when I was a 12 kyu, it looks like I was quite bloodthirsty. I didn’t want to win or improve, I wanted drama, action, and murder! Have I matured since then?
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What if you had a thousand lives to become a master at Go? How good would you be? What would be your strategy? Let’s talk about metroidvanias, time loops, and how to play each of your Go games to optimize learning and break through plateaus.
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You can read your fancy books for Go knowledge and do your life and death homework every day, but have you developed your Go senses? Most of the time, strong players just “know” what to do. Moves are simply strong or weak. Let’s talk about why that is and how we can sharpen our Go senses.
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Go is a high-minded game of pure strategy, not luck… right? But there could be an argument that there is at least a little luck involved in the game in one way, shape, or form. Are we in full control of our destinies on the goban or is this art form also subject to the waves of chaos? And if there is absolutely no element of chance, what does it mean when we lose? Bonus topic: what is the opposite of Go?

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