First Win

Since the beginning of 2004, I’ve never won a GO play over Tiger. However hard I studied GO and tried in the play, I just could not beat Tiger once.

Now after almost half a year, tonight I had my first win over him. In fact, it is not because of any advancement of my playing skills, but rather because of his carelessness in detecting the impending danger of one block of his pieces. Then I got the first-hand advantage to take over the block.

Tiger obviously felt not happy about it. Yet he now can better cope with the defeat, which I would see as an improvement of his mentality in facing the unsatisfactory result of a play. It is good for him to become stronger in mind and heart.

I cannot but feel that GO play can indeed teach people many things one of which is to deal with the loss in life. Making a mistake will be inevitable in one’s whole life, as I told Tiger. Yet the most important is to learn from it to keep oneself from making the same again.

While I enjoy my first win, I was glad at once to see Tiger learn from each of his plays.

Grow stronger, my dearest Tiger. I’ll be here with you as long as possible enjoying your unceasing growth each and every day.