It's a Family Affair

So now I'm not the only one playing go. My wife is picking it up. She is getting good in a hurry. I beat her twice last week with a 9 stone handicap. She is now 20 kyu on KGS. I'll play her again with 9 stones but I should only give her 6.

As for me, you know, gutters and strikes. All my games are close. I'm losing a little more than I'm winning. I really need to work on not allowing my opponent to get thickness. I've lost three games to people I felt I was better than. I would beat them in running battles all over the board only to find they got thickness in exchange and turned that into territory to beat me by 10 stones.

Look for my wife, MaidMarian and me, Alcibaides on KGS.

After Seven Matches

So I beat a fellow 14 kyu player by 40. I played white. I think I may actually be a 13 kyu like KGS (now) says I am. I really feel like I'm seeing the board well. I understand better now how to make moves count for more than one battle at once. I do have some crazy battles with hyper aggressive players. I'm doing more work on goproblems. Apparently I'm better at tseuji than life and death. Anybody know of any good life and death english language books?

Not that I have time for this.

Alright, I have a question about 4x4 joseki. I approach on the third line with a knights approach. More often than not, my opponent attaches to that stone on a 3X5 space. I play attach to my own stone on the fourth line then make a base with my next move. I know this exchange is bad for my opponent but I can't figure out why? Am I supposed to play behind the original stone with a 3x3 play for life in the corner? Any help would be useful.

Back at It

I've been gone a long time. I haven't played enough games this summer. I played this weekend and remembered why I loved it so. I went to the Go club with my wife, La Bonita. She is now learning the game. I did ok. I was around a 12k when I last played. I think I'm closer to 14k now. I won 3 of 5 games played since then on KGS. I need to read some more and do some studying (in between law classes) but I think I can get down below 10 kyu this year. Maybe one day I'll make the dan ranks . . .