introduce
It’s time to play Go!
Go, is an old Japanese board game. It’s like chess, only more interesting. But to find a game partner, you need very much luck, because there are not many people who like it to play Go. One possibilty to find somebody is the Internet. When you are crazy enough you find a homepage like Animexx - you can play with people from all over the world. But the names of the members do not tell you where they come from. I guess, it’s time to play!
Und nur so als kleine Vorinformation, das ganze ist entstanden bevor ich hier meine erste Go-Partie gespielt hab. Ich garantiere also für nichts - weder für inhaltliche nach grammatikalische Richtigkeit.
Aber für mich war es ein willkommener Anlass endlich mit Go spielen hier anzufangen. Wer also Lust hat zum spielen, ich bin immer für eine Partie bereit
Einfach mal auf eine 19er Partie mal herausfordern =^.^=
1st challenge Germany-France
A long time ago, I read an newspaper article about Go. But I couldn’t find someone who wants to play Go against me. A month or two ago, I found some software to train playing Go. That was too easy for me to win against the computer, because a computer is a computer: predictable. It’s getting boring. Now, I search in the Internet again to find something more about Go.
There are thousands of homepages where I can look at go. But nothing is there what I need. Oh, what’s that? A Go-Server!? Will it function? Let’s try it. First registration. Okay, that is ready. So, let’s play! Second, I need someone who wants to play Go. Let’s look at this list. Kyu? What is that? Ah, I understand. That means, I, as a beginner, have 30 kyu and so it will be better to play with someone who has 30kyu, too. Ah, I found someone in this list!
“Hi, do you want to play with me?”, I ask via ENS and the answer commes immediately.
Yes, he wants to. Or is he a she? I don’t know.
“Which color do you want?”.
“White like every time” he answers.
So, I get the black stones. I begin.
“Okay, then it’s up to me to begin this game”, I write in the little comment-box.
That’s my first play against a human.
“You are very good” , he praises me.
“Thanks, but you, too. Is this your first game?”, I want to know.
“Yes, and yours?”.
Time to answer for me: “Me, too. But I found some Go-software in the Internet after a very long search. So, I could play at home”.
“Not bad. You havn’t got someone at home who likes Go, have you?”, he comments.
“No, if here isn’t anybody who know what chess is, then here is nobody who know what Go is”, I say to him being a little bit disappointed.
“Oh yes, I can write a novel about this subject. But I think, that it’s getting very popular. I’ve hear about a man who is a master of chess who had live in the first half of the 20th century which praises Go. I thought he came from america or so”, he tells.
“What!? Is this real!?”, I can’t believe it.
“Yes, but I should use my computer at home for getting details.”
“Are you not at home?”, I want to know from him.
“No, I use the computer at school” he reveals to me.
“Your first stones were caught”, I tell him with a bit of pride.
“Oh no, but I catch one of your black stones! It’s nice to catch two bird with one stone ”, he states.
Shit, he caught me, too.
“I didn’t notice it”, I confess and place a stone.
“Wait a moment, I must help someone with his homework”.
I hope that’s a very easy homework. So I was waiting, I am looking at other sites. Possilbly, I find this master of chess who likes Go. But he needs very long. What kind of people is he, I ask myself. I can look at his ‘wanted’ poster. Why not? Ah, here he is. It’s a girl, 15 years old. That means, she is younger than me. And she came from France!? I need help with my French. I think, he, hm, she came from England or America, because she wrote her appeal in English.
Okay, what should I write in the chat?
“Bonjour, mon ami. Voulez vous parler francais avec moi ? ”
I am waiting and waiting till a white stone appear at the board.
“Oui, mon amie d’Allemagne”, she replies.
Oh, I see she is well informed.
“J’apercue que je gagne”, I say to her with pride.
“Oui. Neue Partie?”, she asks me.
“Kannst du etwas deutsch?”, I want know.
She confesses: “Nur diese Vokabel und ein paar wenige andere. Je détéste mes notes en Allemagne.”
”Information is all you need”, I write as a comment.
“All right my German friend. This time I will win the game”, she thinks,
but I say: “Not today, but tomorrow. Same time, same place?”.
“Yes, but can you help me with my German?”.
There is only one answer: “ Yes, but only when you help me, too”.
“Okay, ciao till tomorrow!”, and klick, she is away.
Time to logout for me, too.
2nd challenge Japan-America
I like this homepage, because it’s full of wonders and people with the same interests like me. Last year I studied in Germany, but now I am back in Japan. After my studies I will work as an Au pair in America, for one year. At home, I, a young woman, am the best at the Go-Club of my hometown. But we are only five members there. It’s a very new club, founded by me, because the other clubs have too many members for me.
Today, we practise Go. We had all been members of Animexx before the Go-Club existid. New opponents were waiting for us. My knowledge of German is very important on this German homepage. Time to play.
First the appeal: “Neue Gegener gesucht: Wer traut sich?”
One moment of waiting and already three answers via ENS. Not bad, that means, I can meet my opponent. It’s a boy, I’m happy, because I like it more to win against a boy than against a girl.
I am pleased: “Du darfst anfangen”.
I will give him a chance.
“Danke”, he shortly replies.
Catch my if you can, smart boy with 5kyu. We play on the board of 19x19, the hardest. I ask him about his age and I get only the number 17 for an answer. He is very monotonous. Okay, if he doesn’t want to speak, I will make a very fast end. Stone after stone. White angel over black hole. I win. What a miracle!
“ Do you train with champions or what, 30kyu-girl!”
Oh, he can speak.
“ I play at a Go-club. Why did you write in English, when you answered on my appeal in German?”, that is very mysterious.
“I came from America, but I thought you come from Germany”, he confesses to me.
“No, I am from Japan”, I begin the second game:
“Next year I will work as an Au pair in America”.
“Then I don’t wonder that you can play Go so well. Your club has surely over 30 members”, he writes a little bit angrily.
“No, we are only five members. On my ‘wanted’ poster you find the others. At the moment, we all train at Animexx, because tomorrow there is a competion near here”, I answer full of joy.
“Oh, wow. Do you look at the board or do you concentrate on the comments, because, I think I will win”, he asks.
“Shit, I forgot myself. But I can win. Look!”.
But it’s too late: “Next time I will win!”.
“Yes, I see”, he replies.
