October 18, 2006
I have this 13x13 goban (go board, 19x19 is the standard board size) which Miguel gave me some time back. On Monday night, I taught my brother how to play go. We played without him getting a handicap and I overwhelmingly beat him. With all the stones I captured (which we use to fill up his territory at the end), he didn't have any territory left and even got a "negative" score.On Tuesday night, it was my mom's turn. Who would've thought my 50-plus-year-old mom would be willing to learn such a mind-wracking game? Without a handicap, she actually fared much better than my brother; I still garnered a decisive victory but she had some territory left after counting.
I really enjoyed teaching them and playing go again; the last time I played was probably over a year ago. It's a game I want to be good at but I never had the time to practice. I think I'll start playing go online and watch recorded games to build up my skills.
Labels: board games, family, go
Me too. I got some books; they look interesting but they're hard to follow because all the stones in the diagrams are on the board at once, and they're just numbered.
50 is not too old to learn. Not even for "mind racking" stuff. Trust me on that. I'm 53.
From the looks of it and after watching several of those matches in TV here in Japan, it is quite amusing and interesting. Would love to learn how it works and hopefully beat my sensei on this game. hehehhe Go go GO!