What can ordinary go fans do to increase the number of go fans around us? Please give me some advice. Consultation One I'm sorry. Nearly 20 years have passed since I took up this occupation, but I've never dragged anyone who didn't know go at all into this hobby. So, please don't take my opinions too seriously. [Laughter] To begin with, the ideas I have come up are: ? Try playing actual games, using a 5x5 or 7x7 board. Cleverly lose the game. ? Get them to read 'Hikaru no Go'. Having got this far, I realize that Akiko Tsukuda said the same thing in the January instalment. So I'm going to change my point of view and write about the 'methods to avoid in teaching go'. ? Play immediately on a 19x19 board, give a lot of handicap stones, and kill every stone. (My cousin did this to me when I was a kid.) ? Get annoyed when the pupil can't understand you and throw the go bowl at them. (My father apparently did this to my older sister.) ? Talk at great length about things a beginner could never understand. (This is a problem I really have with my husband, who's crazy about shogi these days.) I'm really sorry, but I don't think my answer is of much use. What else? Let me see . . . I think you shouldn't make unreasonable efforts to teach someone who just isn't suited to go, as you both get hurt. I'm sorry that everything I say is negative. But that's no problem, because probably I'll be the only one out of the 12 to say this kind of thing. [Laughter]