![]() See Sensei's Library for more discussion. I've never played with Chinese-style stones (and until about 6 months ago had never heard of them) so if they are that style I'll be interesting to hear about that. However I'm interested in if the ones you've obtained are Chinese style (flat on one side) or Japanese/Korean style (rounded on both sides) as I couldn't see it noted anywhere and the picture wasn't quite clear enough to make it out. Interesting, I've pondered Yunzi stones before, from the materials they're made of I would suspect they'd be quite nice to hold and use and could well make a very nice sound (so in other words I'm looking forward to hearing what they're like to play with). Their web site also lists the same kaya 15cm board for $795. For example, on the kaya 15cm board I purchased for $300, in the "See More Great Items" panel, there is a 13cm board for $650 and a 2-3/8" Shin-Kaya table board for $250. It would appear that they only occasionally list a goban with the lowest price. At any rate, if you had any thoughts on some of ymimports's pricing strategies it would be interesting to see some of those thoughts on your blog. :) It would appear that ScatCat also has an interest in the quality so I'll be sure to provide some photos and impressions, myself. Nice purchase! I was thinking that, perhaps, I was the ChiyoGuineaPig for the 15cm goban after you left the KGS message. A $150 Go set is probably closer to most of your (overstretched) budgets. Still, I think this turn of events is good not just for me but also for many of you. There's a big difference between $153 and my preferred Kuroki set which would have cost $700. Kuroki but, alas, most of my discretionary income must go to ChiyoChan's college fund. I was very much hoping to acquire a lovely set of real slate-and-shell stones from Mr. Let's hope all turns out well in the shipping process. That will help you with your decision to bid or not. When the set arrives, I will blog a product and purchase experience review and provide photographs. You can find these sets by entering these words in an eBay title search: kaya go board Over the next week, I will be blogging about that research which may help you with your own bidding efforts. I had done a bit of research on this product before placing my bid. The bid was carefully planned but I did not think I would win as these sets normally go for $138 to $203. After adding shipping from Southern California to the San Francisco Bay Area and 8.25% state sales tax (inapplicable to everyone who lives outside of California), the total cost came to $152.38. I will treasure this set and until I get to 5dan, I won’t buy another set (but perhaps will buy another Hyuga Kaya table goban. ![]() So the total for the set is around 105,000 yen before shipping. The price is very reasonable, the goban at around 70,000 yen and the gosu plus goishi is around 35,000 yen. ![]() Goishi (stones) – Size 33 (9.2mm) moon grade slate and shell stones.Īll the above was bought from Kuroki Goishi Ten, the gosu and goishi was bought about a year earlier. Goban – Size 60 (17cm) Shinkaya (New Kaya) floor goban. This is a very quick picture and more will follow, since my wife the photographer has volunteered to take nice pictures of my goban. Here is a sneak preview of the floor Goban. ) But realistically speaking, I can just derive enjoyment from other Go related things, such as Go equipment, books and especially my Go friends, since I am very weak at Go. However, equipment and books do correlate closely with the enjoyment one can derive from the game, although it is very true that the ultimate enjoyment is to be able to crush each and every player one encounters. It is my caveat here to mention that strength in Go does not correlate to the equipment (and for that matter, the books) you own. But to really sound like a snob, a floor goban is the ultimate.įunny thing is I have come into knowledge of really strong players, I think 5dan, who really do not own any equipment at all and play using the computer. Since I started learning and playing Go, I have owned some table goban, which is really very practical and not very expensive. The first time I watched Hikaru No Go, I wanted to own a floor goban. Surprising as I have only confirmed my order just on Thursday itself, so it took only 2 days to reach me.Ī floor goban is actually a long dream come true. The new floor goban that I bought from Kuroki Goishi Ten has arrived on Saturday.
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