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	Articles by Professionals

Neither attachment nor detachment	Miyamoto Naoki
As Miyamoto Naoki the author explain in the introduction of this article: "It is no fun to always play a common fuseki. Sometimes you should try to devise an elaborate plan and play a free and bold fuseki. This might help you to enlarge your Go perception." This article introduces an unconventional fuseki pattern and will explain you the relevant details of the shapes and joseki which are likely to occur. Read article
Cosmic Go	Takemiya Masaki
The Master of Moyo Takemiya Masaki has written a book on his Cosmic Go. This book has recently (1997) been translated into French by Miyakawa Wataru, a Japanese Go player living in Paris. The book has been published by ALGO, the french go publisher and currently is being translated into English. We can not publish the book of course but give the games which he analyses to illustrate his cosmic concept. Read article



	Articles by Pieter Mioch

26th World Amateur Go Championship	Pieter Mioch
The 26th World Amateur Go Championship was quite different from other years. The reason: Pieter Mioch doing live reporting from the venue. With interesting interviews, background stories and game analysis he manages to make the tournament alive for all fans in the West. Read articles
World Oza	Pieter Mioch
Pieter Mioch takes you through the games of the 2nd World-Oza title match games with analysis and anecdotes from the professional go scene. Read articles
Daigo	Pieter Mioch
A monthly column by Pieter Mioch featuring a thorough game commentary tastefully seasoned with go-related stories and clues to the meaning of life. "If you never question anything, you won't get very far." Read articles
Gentle Joseki	Pieter Mioch
Gentle Joseki by Pieter Mioch is a series in ten parts including go stories and a lot of information about corner patterns. Opening wisdom and general advice as well as a glimpse of what the inside of a pro's head looks like makes for enjoyable study material. We've received very positive reactions from both beginners and dan-level players. Read articles
The Go Seigen interview	Pieter Mioch
Go Seigen, a go player from Chinese birth but who spent most of his life in Japan to study and play Go surely needs no further introduction. By some called the greatest of the 20th century Go players, by others put in the top-five all time. Read articles
The Hane Yasumasa interview	Pieter Mioch
Hane Yasumasa is a professional 9 dan in the Nagoya branch of the Nihon Ki-in. He is most known for his contributions to the Chinese fuseki, for the interest he takes in computers and of course for being the father of Hane Naoki, 9 dan. Read articles
The Catalin Taranu interview	Pieter Mioch
One of the few western Go players who could pass the 5 dan barrier. Pieter had an extensive meeting with Catalin while talking about the past, present and future. Read articles
A Kitani Pupil	Pieter Mioch
Kitani Minoru had dozens of pupils, most of whom are still famous today. Think of Cho Chikun, Kobayashi Koichi, Kato Masao, Otake Hideo,... But who did Pieter interview? Read articles
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	Articles by Charles Matthews

Setpiece Kos	Charles Matthews
This series of articles by Charles Matthews has its origins in research carried out by him for a book on ko fights, in collaboration with Kim Seong-june 6 dan. While it remains highly desirable that a dan-level book on ko should be written, it is currently hard to see how to get such a work published. Therefore Charles Matthews decided to create a series of web articles on a major theme to do with ko. Read articles
On Your Side	Charles Matthews
Charles Matthews series of articles on the opening in Go explained by studying the positions on the side. It is quite uncommon to take one side as the explicit unit; usually people discuss full board openings, or the highly-developed theory of corner openings. Read articles
Hanging Out at Dan's	Charles Matthews
Charles Matthews provides real teaching in his virtual club. The teaching is split up in three categories: beginner, intermediate and advanced but the articles are interesting for all levels really. Read articles
Shape Up!	Charles Matthews
The complete electronic edition of the new book by Charles Matthews and Kim Seong-june. The book covers all aspects and secrets of shape creation in the game of go and includes three carefully chosen collections of problems to test your knowledge. Read articles
Exchanges	Charles Matthews
This series of articles from the hand of Charles Matthews deals with exchanges in the game of Go from all kind of angles and perspectives. The articles first appeared in the American Go Journal in the period of 2001-2002. Read articles
CGT Becomes Hard Currency	Charles Matthews
Recent developments in theory have changed the picture somewhat. While rigorous chess theory may still be confined to endgame study, there is an avenue in Go for some fundamental research. This area has been opened up by Professor Elwyn Berlekamp of Berkeley, after pioneering work of others. It is now beginning to provide novel insights. Read article
Learn Go in Ten Lessons	Charles Matthews
In July 2003 Charles Matthews visited Kambala, Uganda to teach Go. The document contains the instruction material of this ten lesson course. You may enjoy some pictures of the event on this site as well. Read article
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	Articles by Jan van der Steen

1st Baduk Conference	Jan van der Steen
In May 2001 the first Baduk Conference was held in Yong-In, Korea. Please read the report and find electronic versions of some of the reports as they were presented during the conference. Read article
Joseki, a Repertoire for Beginners	Jan van der Steen
This overview contains a collection of maybe some 25 joseki variations which can be considered a beginners package to be able to play Go games. The selection is not random but carefully chosen, a so called repertoire. Read articles
Introduction to the ELO System	Jan van der Steen
The ELO rating system as developed by Prof. Arpad Elo explained and suggestions how the system could be applied to Go. Read article



	Articles by John Fairbairn

History of Go	John Fairbairn
Historical overview of Go in Ancient China. A quest to the age of Go, or better Wei ch'i, the Chinese name of the game. Read articles
The Big Game	John Fairbairn
On April the 17th 1997 John Fairbairn started a thread on rec.games.go named The Big Game which was received very well indeed by the readers of the newsgroup. John selected a professional game unknown to the readers (it has never been published) and replayed it on rec.games.go. Every once in a while he asked the readers about their thoughts for the next move. This article archives the questions and answers and the many interesting side notes made by John Fairbairn. Read articles



	Articles by miscellaneous authors

News from Japan ('91 through '97)	James Davies
Nearly a decade of Go news from Japan compiled in monthly articles by James Davies. Read articles
Go Columns	Robert Rehm
Robert Rehm, former Dutch champion, presents the columns which he wrote as part of his portfolio while approaching the media trying to seduce them to cover the game of Go. Read articles
Go Trivia	Miscellaneous authors
Go trivia from various sources, read, hopefully enjoy and submit... Read articles
Go Proverbs	Miscellaneous authors
Go proverbs, from various sources, use them wisely... Read articles



	Other Article Sites

	The Magic of Go The website of the Yomiuri Shimbun (sponsor of the Kisei match) runs a series of technical articles called The Magic of Go by Richard Bozulich and more recently Rob van Zeijst.


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