There's actually a Go proverb (there are lots of these, and they're quite good!) along the lines of "lose your first 50 games as quickly as possible". Having s

There's actually a Go proverb (there are lots of these, and they're quite good!) along the lines of "lose your first 50 games as quickly as possible". Having said that, I struggled to do this (even against a computer I hated to lose, which impeded my progress for ages).