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- Date: Thursday, 31 December 1992 16:45:48 PDT
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- From: "Anton Dovydaitis" <anton@infoserv.com>
- Organization: Ishi Press International
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- Subject: Re: 9X9 Go
- Newsgroups: rec.games.go
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- I often do GO demonstrations at shopping malls and game conventions,
- and on 9 x 9 board, I give a new player as many as nine stones to place
- anywhere they want (they're usually over-concentrated). I do this
- because:
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- 1) They'll almost certainly win (why not?).
- 2) They appreciate how handicaps even up the game.
- 3) The game is over really quickly.
- 4) There are no tactical complications.
- 5) You can get to the point of counting very quickly,
- before you've lost their attention.
-
- Using this method, I can teach someone how to play GO, play them a
- quick game, and lose to them, all in FIVE MINUTES. That's what it
- takes to sell GO.
-
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