Norman Pratt

Yes. I seem to have sneaked an extra black stone on to your board at Q 15, i.e. it appears on your picture but I can't see the move recorded anywhwere. Apart from that, your board looks exactly like mine except yours is neater. Somehow, on my own board I had given you an extra stone (again, without a record to back it up). So 'time out' has been useful. Please don't be in a hurry. Having taken a number of months off myself it would be somewhat churlish to ask you to get a move on! I can't imagine the use of clocks in 'Go' ... Chinese water clocks perhaps?

B - Q 6

B - P 8

B - P 7

B - Q 5

B - M 4

B - D 3

B - C 2

B - E 4 Thanks for the warning. I have just got to a chapter halfway through my 'Go' book. (I say 'my' - I could be in dead trouble if the Library says I can't renew it any more!) The opening paragraph states: 'You will certainly win and lose many games just on your understanding of the small number of facts on the next few pages ...'

B - C 3

Pause for thought. Then B - D 6.

B - A 8

B - C 8

B - G 5

B - P 19

B - P 17

B - Q 19

B - M 18 atari

B - S 17

B - R 16

B - N 18

B - P 18

B - O 9

B - N 12

B - O 12