Thu 23 Aug 2007
I had the good fortune to play two games in the last two nights, both of them excellent opponents and teachers (/smile). I will write about the second when I get a chance later on. My friend Matt was visiting for a few days as I mentioned earlier and the night before he left, he and I stayed up until (I think) 3 in the morning playing a game of Go, his very first. He has heard me talk about the game with varying levels of enthusiasm for quite some time, but refused to play till now due to his research and thesis work not leaving any time. In any event, he finally relented and indulged me for a game with my nice set at my newly child-proofed Go table. Here is a shot close to the end of the game, with the borders almost finished and prisoners out of view:
When scored and the prisoners placed onto the board to leave only the territory total, it looked like the following:
It was a very close game, with only a few points at the end giving White the victory. I think we both enjoyed the game quite a bit, and we spent some time afterwards working out a problem with the corner.
