Go: following in is gone... will love stay with me?
June, 4 I become 5K but I was happy not for a long time. In the middle of June, I realize that my following in go is gone :(.
I mean that before when I fill longly, bad or bored I could play go and it is gone, when I don't know what to do I could play go and I will be happy, I stop watch almost any movie and anime, playing go was enough for me.
But now I realize that go is not one thing in my life I need something more, something else too. I still like it and play it but when I sad or want to do anything I need something else too. I still don't know what it should be but I know that I need it.
So following in go is gone, hope that real love will stay :), but now not so crazy like before :).
Around 2 weeks ago I finish to read "Life and Death" (by James Davies). It takes more then 4 months to do it. Very useful and complicated book. It is consist from small lectures and problems. In lectures rather simple examples are introduced while in most cases problems are very difficult to solve. For me it is appeared very-very complicated but useful book.
During my birthday I got two new books as a present: "Attack and Defense" and "Tesuji" (by James Davies). I wanted to read first "Attack and Defense", but everybody recommend me "Tesuji", so I started them both.
But when I went to vacation in the beginning of July I concentrate on "Tesuji" and almost finish it. Very nice book, tesujis in it are very simple but if you don't know then very hard (almost impossible) to see them, problems are not so hard like in "Live and Death", so I think that "Tesuji" is more close to my level.
I didn't play go 2 weeks and today decided to check my level :). 3 games were won and reach 4K first time in my life :). I think 4K is to early for me, it will take time to become stable 4K now :)
By the way only few thing were changed in me when I become 5K compare to 10K:
- of cause reading skill becomes better but it is hard to find any important points in development. It just slowly becomes better and better.
- at 10K I realized that ko is a force, very strong force! But I afraid it a lot and tried to avoid it. When I become 5K I stop afraid ko and even make it myself especially with weaker players for understandably reason :). Some times I failed but need time and experience to use it properly.
- become more aggressive, it helps me to jump from 6K to 5K. Unfortunately my aggressivity helps me only against weaker players and players of my level who have reading skill around my level.
I mean that before when I fill longly, bad or bored I could play go and it is gone, when I don't know what to do I could play go and I will be happy, I stop watch almost any movie and anime, playing go was enough for me.
But now I realize that go is not one thing in my life I need something more, something else too. I still like it and play it but when I sad or want to do anything I need something else too. I still don't know what it should be but I know that I need it.
So following in go is gone, hope that real love will stay :), but now not so crazy like before :).
Around 2 weeks ago I finish to read "Life and Death" (by James Davies). It takes more then 4 months to do it. Very useful and complicated book. It is consist from small lectures and problems. In lectures rather simple examples are introduced while in most cases problems are very difficult to solve. For me it is appeared very-very complicated but useful book.
During my birthday I got two new books as a present: "Attack and Defense" and "Tesuji" (by James Davies). I wanted to read first "Attack and Defense", but everybody recommend me "Tesuji", so I started them both.
But when I went to vacation in the beginning of July I concentrate on "Tesuji" and almost finish it. Very nice book, tesujis in it are very simple but if you don't know then very hard (almost impossible) to see them, problems are not so hard like in "Live and Death", so I think that "Tesuji" is more close to my level.
I didn't play go 2 weeks and today decided to check my level :). 3 games were won and reach 4K first time in my life :). I think 4K is to early for me, it will take time to become stable 4K now :)
By the way only few thing were changed in me when I become 5K compare to 10K:
- of cause reading skill becomes better but it is hard to find any important points in development. It just slowly becomes better and better.
- at 10K I realized that ko is a force, very strong force! But I afraid it a lot and tried to avoid it. When I become 5K I stop afraid ko and even make it myself especially with weaker players for understandably reason :). Some times I failed but need time and experience to use it properly.
- become more aggressive, it helps me to jump from 6K to 5K. Unfortunately my aggressivity helps me only against weaker players and players of my level who have reading skill around my level.