Don't take the fun out of this! But that was a nice write up about Go and I enjoyed the analogy
I'm glad you said something about shape. It's something I'm stumbling through right now.
http://www.gobooks.info/k73.html
The problems are very challenging, but that shouldn't stop you from thinking about them and then enjoying the enlightenment of the answers after a minute. Very helpful material! Best of luck in your pursuit of a better game