FTS-100 The Game of Go, Fall 2003
- Helpful information
- Instructor: David Wolfe
(click here for office hour information)
- Schedule times for meeting Tuesday,
September 2, in 306 Olin Hall.
- Course schedule (all assignments are here)
- Handouts:
- Course syllabus
- Overview of The Go Masters
- 9x9 Go boards in postscript format:
one 9x9,
six 9x9's,
four larger 9x9's.
- 19x19 boards in postscript format:
one 19x19,
four 19x19's
- 4-4 point joseki in sgf format.
Save the file to your home account, then open using cgoban.
- Writing assignments:
- Why I signed up for a course
about Go
- How to play Go
- Movie review
- East meets West and
related peer-review assignment
- Go as a Metaphor
- Go boards, stones and supplies:
- Samarkind (Good Move Press)
- Ishi Press
International
- Yutopian Enterprises
- Learning to play Go on-line
- The Interactive Way To Go
(mirror of
http://playgo.to/interactive/)
- Kiseido Go Server (KGS)
- Go at Yahoo Games (not as
good as KGS)
- Go problem web site
- Rob van
Zeijst's column, The Magic of Go in The Daily Yomiuri.
- Other links:
- Diane
Hacker, A Writer's Reference web resources
- Mind
Sports Worldwide: Go News
- American Go Association
- British Go Association and their
Glossary of Go terms
- NYT article, To Test a Powerful Computer, Play an Ancient Game
(on-campus use only)
- Library
resources for this course (created by Michelle Twait)
- Presentations:
- Baseball in Japan (Paul Shneider)
- Government Response to HIV/AIDS in China (Matt Klaber)
- Anime (Dan Farrington)
- Prisons condition in Japan and US (Paul Cahoy)
- A go game in sgf format (Todd Dahlquist)
- Dogs in China (Heidi Bulfer)
- Chinese funerals (Toua Vang)
- Chinese desserts (Carrie Williamson)
- Japanese and European swords (Frank Hedin)
- Whaling in Japan (Chelsea Domeier)
- Samurai (Zach Newman)
- Laws of Singapore (Jeff Heilman)
- Clothing styles (Luke Weyandt)
- Japanese architecture (Tyler Wilken)
- Table manners (Megan Tepper)
- Abortion Mabiki (Nate Souther)
- China and Tibet (Jessica Pearson)