Archive for May, 2007
Thursday, May 31st, 2007
Guo Juan seminar preparation, game two
This is a picture of my answer to why black at move 21 could better have been served by breaking what looks like joseki to attack between whites two stones at the top. This is the first kyu level question of the homework for tomorrow night’s seminar. I’m so excited! [...]
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Thursday, May 31st, 2007
first homework problem for Go seminar
I finally received the pre-work that Go Juan requested we complete before the seminar, right before a long night of work in Kennewick began that left me exhausted and going to bed after 2:30am. Anyway, this is just after move 57, and is the first problem for my level I found in the pro [...]
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Wednesday, May 30th, 2007
beginners night
After stopping at home and having some dinner, I made it to the SGC with enough time to play a 13×13 game before the night time maintenance window in Amarillo Texas. I think his name was Paul, or maybe kevin? Anyway, he was an unpaired 6 kyu or maybe 9 kyu. He gave [...]
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Tuesday, May 29th, 2007
gallery of pictures from youth tournament
I have taken a look at the pictures I took while at the Youth Tournament over the weekend, and I will post some highlights as they come to me, along with a link to the pictures and the gallery I have of the full photostream of the event. Gallery direct link is here, as [...]
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Sunday, May 27th, 2007
live from the youth tourney
I’m here at the Youth Go Tournament, and the final game has completed, with Will going undefeated at 5-0 for the two days. In an amazing final game that felt close up to the last few moves, the penultimate match was also the longest of the final round. I have the game record [...]
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Saturday, May 26th, 2007
US Youth Go Championship!
Meant to play a quick 13×13 game last night, but work came up. Big time. I was up until 5am getting things put back to rights and crashed hard afterwards.
I just got a chance to watch the second two rounds of the US Youth Go Tournament going on now at the Seattle Go [...]
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Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007
game with bob-ers tonight
Tonight was an extrodinary game with bob, an even game on a full 19×19 board with no handicap that i only just barely lost at the last moment. I started with the chinese fuseki opening style, but it didnt seem to influence the game very much. Bob took all 4 corners, butI had [...]
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Monday, May 21st, 2007
tonights study
HFL vs bin7674
Tonight, I am studying a game between two highly ranked amateurs on KGS. I am done with the opening and am now about to start the middle game fighting. The white player uses the 4-4 stones for quick flexible development and specifically plays to thwart the chinese fuseki.
Now, my mind, I [...]
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Sunday, May 20th, 2007
Welcome
I’m certainly no better than most people when it comes to introductions, but the only way I know to get past the beginning of anything is to start as if I don’t care about the end result.
“Start at the beginning,
and when you get to the end, STOP.”
As I start this new blag, I want [...]
