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To: carranza2 who wrote (53339)	8/8/2009 8:41:07 PM
From: TobagoJack	Respond to of 217820

i was a fair international chess player in high school, able to play blindfolded on clock against strong enough players i am a spoiling joker in chinese chess i am not at all competent in go erita coconut is apparently able to concentrate on the game with her tutor for more than an hour at a time, learning the names and rules so far and some basic moves en.wikipedia.org In China, Go was perceived as the popular game of the aristocracy, while Xiangqi (Chinese chess) was the game of the masses. Go was considered one of the four cultivated arts of the Chinese scholar gentleman, along with calligraphy, painting and playing the musical instrument guqin.[21] Go is not easy to play well. With each new level (rank) comes a deeper appreciation for the subtlety and nuances involved and for the insight of stronger players. The acquisition of major concepts of the game comes slowly. Novices often start by randomly placing stones on the board, as if it were a game of chance; they inevitably lose to experienced players who know how to create effective formations. An understanding of how stones connect for greater power develops, and then a few basic common opening sequences may be understood. Learning the ways of life and death helps in a fundamental way to develop one's strategic understanding of weak groups. [nb 12] It is necessary to play some thousands of games before one can get close to one's ultimate potential Go skill. A player who both plays aggressively and can handle adversity is said to display kiai, or fighting spirit, in the game.