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From: [e-mail] (Michael Dobbins)
Newsgroups: rec.games.go
Subject: Re: FWD: GO RULES FOR BEGINNERS (rec.games.go)
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Date: 26 Jan 93 14:05:10 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Bruschke BAH) writes:
>[e-mail] (Stefan Muench) writes:
>>This holds only true if your goal is to win the game. I've read a book about
>>GO which says that it's at first a nice game with philosophical aspects, as
>>most of the readers in this group know. It also says that for some GO players
>>it's not necessary or even bad attitude to count the points in the end if
>>they've had a nice time. It's not bad to win, but that shouldn't be your only
>>intention to play GO...
>
>Wow, that's a great excuse whenever a 'good' computer go program is beaten by
>a average human go player again.

Now, let's not be too cynical.  Go has a long history and many have
used it as a meditation aid or as a model to study various types of
stratagies.  To only view go as a contest between two people with one
winner and one loser, is to lose sight of the full go experience.

Here is an interesting exersize to try: play someone an even game, it
doesn't matter the relative strength differences of the players or who
gets black or white. The winner must win by no more than a set number
of points or no one wins. The points could be different for each player
depending upon the skill level of that player.  The more skilled the
player the smaller the win range.  Beginners should use 10-20 points on
down to 1-2 for dan level.  A game played this way will give a better
feel for balance and beauty as opposed to the cut throat feel a normal
game may often give.

Mike, AGA 6k