Archive for the ‘Columns’ Category
Compromise
Aug 14th, 2009
by Gemma
Benjamin Boas wrote a fantastic article for Mahjong News and it’s had me thinking…
(Don’t worry, I’m fully aware that I’m starting to sound like a mahjong version of Carrie Bradshaw!)
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Posted in Columns, Gemma's Journal |
Konno’s Kolumn #7: Quads
Aug 13th, 2009
by admin
Hello Mahjong players of the world. This is Shintaro Konno. Today I want to talk about Quads (kan).
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Tags: Konno's Kolumn, mahjong, Quads, Shintaro Konno
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EMA Rules – Tina
Aug 11th, 2009
by Gemma
I’m sure a lot of people have already read Tina’s response to my article regarding EMA rules. But I thought it was worth posting on the front page. Hopefully this can lead to more discussion on an interesting issue that European mahjong faces.
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Posted in Columns, Gemma's Journal, News, Regional News |
EMA Rules
Aug 9th, 2009
by Gemma
Controversial? Very. This is something that I discussed with Robert in Vienna. He’s a very passionate person on the subject. To be honest, I didn’t think too much about before, but hearing his well-considered arguments, I started to reconsider things…
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Posted in Columns, Gemma's Journal, News, Regional News |
Shin’s Eye
Aug 6th, 2009
by admin
Another installment from Shin! This one is a bit complicated… Hold on…. Our next example is the psychology of a player that is revealed through their discards.
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The Linguistics of Mahjong
Aug 4th, 2009
by Gemma
The world of mahjong is now multi-lingual. How do we face the problems that occur when players don’t share the same language?
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Tags: Gemma Collinge, mahjong, reach mahjong, Riichi
Posted in Columns, Gemma's Journal |
RM.com Interview: Raphael Hobbinger
Jul 2nd, 2009
by jenn
ReachMahjong.com caught up with one of the founding members of Kasu, the popular Japanese game club in Austria, Raphael Hobbinger. Raphael is currently studying in Niigata, a prefecture just North of Tokyo, and will be there until September learning Japanese and honing his Mahjong skills. He took the time to answer a few questions for us about his accomplishments and goals in Mahjong and his studies.
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Tags: EMA, Kasu, mahjong, Raphael Hobbinger, reach mahjong, Riichi
Posted in Columns, Interviews |
Shin’s Eye 7 Part 3
Jun 28th, 2009
by admin
Part 3 of Shin’s Eye. Make sure you check out the previous installments! Today I want to continue to talk about opponents who are intermediate or higher and the signals that may unwittingly reveal their hands.
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Jenn’s Corner #32: What in the World Was I Thinking?
Jun 26th, 2009
by jenn
My mahjong decisions are improving drastically as time goes by. I went from a long, hard losing streak to an upbeat and frankly, fun winning streak.
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Posted in Columns, Jenn's Corner |
