http://wolviego.blogdrive.com/ wolvie's go Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:10:04 PST http://www.blogdrive.com Copyright 2008. Games Hobbies http://wolviego.blogdrive.com/archive/24.html Fri, 06 Apr 2007 22:54:45 GMT It's been around 1 year and 3 months since I've last posted in this blog. I haven't forgotten its existence, it's just that in that time, I have played elsewhere. At first, I was trying to figure out what I should do for a 'wow, I'm back!' post. The first draft originally listed a lot of the things I was doing *besides* playing Go, but it felt a lot like I was justifying why I wasn't playing, or justifying the tenuki. The tenuki was definitely warranted, I needed to do other things in other places at that time, and I've grown since last year. I could say all the ways that I have, but I... (more) http://wolviego.blogdrive.com/comments?id=24 http://wolviego.blogdrive.com/archive/23.html Mon, 23 Jan 2006 02:34:39 GMT Saturday, I had the pleasure of attending the Rocky Mountain Winter Go Tournament in Boulder, Colorado. The tournament was organised by David Weiss, and had 56 participants, one of the largest turnouts in an open tournament in Colorado. I went registered to play as an AGA 11 kyu, while my friend Cecilm[21k] registered as 10 kyu. We were both part of bracket D, which ranged from around 10 kyu to 14 kyu. There were five brackets total, ranging from 7 dan to ~18 kyu. My first game started a little late due to my opponent being 10 or so minutes late, so it allowed me to calm down a... (more) http://wolviego.blogdrive.com/comments?id=23 http://wolviego.blogdrive.com/archive/22.html Wed, 18 Jan 2006 19:13:20 GMT This weekend was another retreat to a cabin in the mountains with my friends. Since half of them play Go (mainly because Cecilm and I introduced the game to them), I did get some games in. Both times I lost against Cecilm, one time because my beginning game was way off, and the second one I could have made the score very close, but I lost a group due to a basic atari that I didn't see. The group would have made the score fairly close. However, from playing in real life, I've figured that for all intents and purposes, people attempt to play a couple stones higher than they would on the... (more) http://wolviego.blogdrive.com/comments?id=22 http://wolviego.blogdrive.com/archive/21.html Wed, 11 Jan 2006 03:19:19 GMT I promised an entry when I received my new goban, so here it is! :D I've had my old goban for a while now, it was purchased at It's Your Move and immediately went home with me for some atari go. This was a relatively long time ago, before I really got interested in Go. When I did start studying, I took that set with me every weekend for 4 months while visiting my parents. It's a relatively small board, with plastic bowls that have lids that should hold the stones in but never do, and small one-sided glass stones. My dad, who originally was the one who taught me... (more) http://wolviego.blogdrive.com/comments?id=21 http://wolviego.blogdrive.com/archive/20.html Wed, 04 Jan 2006 02:17:41 GMT Happy New Year to everyone out there (read: all 3 of you) that read my blog! Before you ask, no, my new year's resolution was not to play more go or get to a certain ranking. However, my resolution is extremely short, very convoluted, and may very well lend itself to go if that's the path that my mind takes. What's the resolution? It sounds so silly and simple that I won't divulge it here. :) Now, on to the extremely belated entry, now with new subsections! Go and Everyday Living A lot of what I've learned from go has lended itself rather easily to my daily living... (more) http://wolviego.blogdrive.com/comments?id=20 http://wolviego.blogdrive.com/archive/19.html Fri, 02 Dec 2005 05:32:30 GMT I am now officially back and playing on a semi-regular basis! \:D/ During November, I participated in National Novel Writing Month, or Nanowrimo. I was not the only insane one participating in this, but instead I was part of thousands of people who wanted to give this challenge a try. This was my third Nanowrimo that I've participated in, and participating with me was my roommate Acturi. We wrote many many words, had some ups and downs, but we eventually got through it, gleefully showing at least 50,000 words before the end of November 30th! The novel, for those who are curious, is mostly... (more) http://wolviego.blogdrive.com/comments?id=19 http://wolviego.blogdrive.com/archive/18.html Fri, 21 Oct 2005 22:30:12 GMT Time for bullet points! :D I've been sick for the past week or so, and I've taken time off of playing games on KGS during this time. I tried playing once while I was sick (last Friday), and managed to lose by 90+. I'll start playing again once I feel 90-100% better. In this downtime, I've been practicing tsumego and thinking a lot about the fundamentals of go (cutting, connecting, etc). When I have time, I do the 30k and 25k time trials on goproblems, which seem to help me keep at my regular playing level. I'm participating in Nanowrimo this year (this is my third attempt, I... (more) http://wolviego.blogdrive.com/comments?id=18 http://wolviego.blogdrive.com/archive/17.html Wed, 12 Oct 2005 06:42:56 GMT I didn't play any ranked games today, but that's alright, for in its place I got one free game and one teaching game. :D wolvie [28k] vs. goeasyonme [?] : W+Res My first game, I think I lucked out, since I feel that I got away with a LOT in the game. B started out with a very interesting opening (see the .sgf for more details), and I should have responded sooner and wrecked the moyo. This game inspired Agilis to give me a crash course in fighting, so we started a training game. Agilis [10k] vs. wolvie [28k] H9 : W+8.5 This game hasn't been reviewed yet, but I think I... (more) http://wolviego.blogdrive.com/comments?id=17 http://wolviego.blogdrive.com/archive/16.html Tue, 11 Oct 2005 05:35:58 GMT I'm still on my winning streak, it seems. I'm still learning a lot from the games though, so it's cool. :D wolvie[29k] vs. toastcrumb [30k]: W+21.5 Points to work on: - Reading out moves. I still make some unnecessary moves because I'm not reading out what could happen. - Life and Death. I assumed a group was alive, and they ended up dying a most miserable death. This will also help out towards reading. As a result of this game, my rank went to a solid 28k. We'll see if it stays there. :D My other three books that my brother gave me for my birthday came in, so I'm... (more) http://wolviego.blogdrive.com/comments?id=16 http://wolviego.blogdrive.com/archive/15.html Fri, 07 Oct 2005 15:16:59 GMT Today I reached 29k... and then it went to 29k?. I guess I just keep riding on the edge of an actual rank. :/ JohnBrian [25k] vs. wolvie [30k?] H5: B+94.5 I'm now on a 4-win (5-win if you count the escapee) streak. The rank change should change that a little bit though, but according to my scores, I may even need to play games that are ranked at 28k. We'll see. :) This weekend is *ultra busy*.. I'll be *very* suprised if I get any games in. :o http://wolviego.blogdrive.com/comments?id=15