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David likes teaching, learning, playing and writing about the game Go. He's taught hundreds of people to play Go, including many children at schools in Australia. In 2010 David was the Australian representative at the 31st World Amateur Go Championships. He's a 5 dan amateur Go player and is the editor of Go Game Guru. You can find David on Google+ and follow Go Game Guru on Facebook, Google+ or Twitter.
Here are the weekly Go problems. Easy Go problem: Capturing a stone isn’t always the best approach. Intermediate Go problem: When you have the advantage it’s important not to get greedy… Hard Go problem: This is not a situation to shoot first and ask questions later. In fact, just the opposite.
Here are the weekly Go problems. Easy Go problem: Do you know the shape that makes an eye here? If you don’t, remember this one… Intermediate Go problem: In capturing races like this, you have to be meticulous. Don’t give white any leeway. Hard Go problem: Making an eye isn’t that hard, you just need to figure out how to do it in sente.
Here are the weekly Go problems. Easy Go problem: You need two stones to make a second eye, think about which one to place first. Intermediate Go Problem: Does this look familiar? You can settle things with one precise blow. Hard Go problem: Black’s marked stones seem to threaten white. Finding a way to balance offense with defense is the key to attacking.
Here are the weekly Go problems. Easy Go problem: We solved a similar problem last week, so… Intermediate Go problem: White appears to be connected, until you find the vital point. Hard Go problem: There are only a few moves to try here, but pay attention to the move order.
Here are the weekly Go problems. Easy Go problem: A ko would be a failure here… Intermediate Go problem: It’s a capturing race with four liberties each. You should be able to win if you play first, but how do you stop white from getting more liberties? Hard Go problem: Maybe you think this is the same as the last problem? Perhaps so, but be careful…
Do you remember when the world watched IBM’s ‘Deep Blue’ supercomputer challenge grandmaster Garry Kasparov across the chess board? It was almost 15 years ago now, but it was big news at the time, shocking news for some, because the computer won. Many believed that it marked the beginning of the era of machine supremacy in the realm of board games…
Here are the weekly Go problems for week 20. Black plays first in all problems and all solutions are labeled ‘correct’. Have fun! Easy Go problem [link] Intermediate Go problem [link] Hard Go problem [link]
Here are the weekly Go problems for week 19. Black plays first in all problems and all solutions are labeled ‘correct’. Have fun! Easy Go problem [link] Intermediate Go problem [link] Hard Go problem [link]
Here are the weekly Go problems for week 18. Black plays first in all problems and all solutions are labeled ‘correct’. Have fun! Easy Go problem [link] Intermediate Go problem [link] Hard Go problem [link]
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Man vs Machine match: Final results and game commentary
The ‘Man vs Machine’ Go match ended on January 16, with the computer winning 3-1. It was a very interesting series of games and we all got to see just how good computers are at Go now. They may not be good enough to challenge a professional player yet, but I felt that Zen’s performance was quite impressive when you think about where computer Go was at just a few years ago…