Do you think you’ve got game? Apparently not. Only one person responded to my Go challenge, but I wouldn’t feel too bad about not playing. The act of playing Go is incredibly simple, just lay the stones on the board. However, understanding who is winning or controls some of the board is the difficult part. I say that because Laura and I had no one to explain the game to us and spend considerable about of time discussing the game state. I do have a call out to Jia, letting him know that when he gets back to Pittsburgh he will have to teach me is secret family Go strategy.
I did find a Go club in Pittsburgh, the Pittsburgh Go Association. Maybe I’ll hit them up for a quick lesson or two. There are a lot of Go tutorials on YouTube.
As much as I gripe over not know thing the rules Go has been really fun to play. Again if anyone wants to sit down for a game just let me know.
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Did you ever go to the Club? If so how was it?
Pittsburgh Contractor Mark Bechler
What?!? Just because I’m Chinese, you assume I’m a Go grandmaster? What next? You want me to teach you secret kungfu moves while using chopsticks and reciting math equations?
Actually, now that I think about it, my aunt actually did play on China’s national Go team and tutors players at the professional dan level.
Ack, I’m such a walking Asian stereotype. At least I no longer run a startup that makes DDR systems…
Jia, So if it is true then is it really a stereotype?
Has your aunt’s professionalism rubbed off on you? I could really use some how to.
Marcus, I never attended the club. I’ll keep you posted.