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I'm Marty Lewallen, and got interested in go in February 2001 when I picked up a used copy of Kawabatas Master of Go and started reading it while I was sick in bed for 3 days. The story was great, and in order to understand the game that was being played, I also started reading Basic Techniques of Go, by Haruyama Isamu and Nagahara Yoshiaki. Needless to say, much of the in-depth explanations of go techniques and tactics in both books went over my head, but the simple rules and austerity of the game intrigued me.

I made a tabletop Goban in the spring of 2001, gluing together 2 pieces of plywood with one finished side back to back. After trial and error, I got a pretty good-looking board. I got some glass stones from Yutopian, and am now considering how and of what material to make some bowls. I also play go on the board!

I play mostly at DragonGo, although I occasionally play at KGS and IGS. I am around 16k, although KGS says I'm higher; it keeps drifting up even though I don't play much there.

I live in the United States, near Berkeley, and work in San Francisco.



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