About 2 years ago my Sensei introduced me to Go. We played I think 2 games. I got a Go set for Christmas 2 years ago and my wife and I played 1 time.
We were both rather confused by the scoring and dealing with a couple of situations we ran into and kind of gave up on it.
For the past few weeks I've been following links from this forum and reading various tutorials on Go (thank you all, by the way, for posting very helpful information).
Last night I went to yahoo games and played my first 2 games of Go (getting royally whooped), but luckily found somebody who was willing to take some time and patience and teach me as we went.
My question is this: How long does it usually take to pick up basic understanding of simple strategies for a 9x9 board?
I learned a few things last night, but really didn't get any better.
If I'm going for a week and still haven't really picked anything up is it hopeless for me? A month?
Or this the type of thing that could commonly take months just gain a basic understanding?
Just looking for some advice on my own self encouragement.
Thanks all.
Greg Hoover