#sente

Só o coração sente, o que a boca não fala.

I was originally going to title this article "The Space Between Us" with writings on my understandings of Dame and Sente like they are spaces between us and how it all relates to my style of Go but something profound happened and it made me want to change my perspective. The world renowned Quzhou Lanke Cup Go tournament happened over this weekend. The rules of this tournament are simple. Games are to be even across all ratings or ranking, no handicap stones. It was this tournament structure that sparked wide discussion, and it challenges the notions of the following fundamental concepts in Go

-Even Games

-Learning Games

-Rating and Rank

-Handicap Stones

-Sente

-Komi

All these things are fundamental if you are to pursue Go in a serious capacity. While I can't go over everything in detail; I think it's worth stopping here to take my time and appreciate all the intricacies of the wealth of knowledge and understanding that was brought about by this tournament. I'm going to take my time writing this so that I can do it the justice and appreciation it all deserves and that this will serve as my intro onto this train ride of a topic.

More on this later,