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Ian Rapley 2K (jun 03) Central London Go Club;

I have spent four years studying go; two as a student in Japan, two back in England. Go now absorbs enough of my time that I wonder exactly what I did before I took it up.

I was fortunate enough to have a number of strong players teach me in Japan; one day I hope to be both strong and dedicated enough to pass at least some of this on.


I have recently started playing on IGS under the name haniwa at a grade of 4k. Haniwa is a term for small clay figures found covering the burial mounds of ancient japan. Anthony Gormley has recently created several art works consisting of upward of 40,000 similar clay figures about 6 inches high. [ext] http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/exh/ART14127.html I saw the one in the British museum; I believe he was creating another in Xian in China, the site of the terracotta army.

It is an amazing feeling to see thousands of small faces all arranged to stare at you. I chose the name when i discovered that thousands of years ago, people were creating similar fields of small staring figures.


Kokiri is a (probably bad) romanisation of the korean for elephant. I don't really know any korean, but I was fortunate enough to make several korean friends at language school in Tokyo, and this was a nickname that I had, and quite liked (I think it was good natured as I'm not that big ;)


Which pro do you most play like?

tewari example 3


kokiri The other day I was playing a game on IGS when, in the late middlegame/early endgame, my AOL ran out of memory and crashed. When I finally fixed the PC & reconnected yesterday, the game was there under the recommence option but obviously as my opponent was offline I couldn't get into the game. COuld someone with more experience advise me if:

is there some way I can resign the game from outside it. I thought I was winning comfortably, but it was late in the game and it was my computer error, so I'm happy to take the 'L', but I don't want to get a reputation as an escaper and it was an interesting game so I would like to get my hands on the SGF.

Anyway if you're out there Sweedish, BoHjort??, apologies, I (Haniwa on IGS) am not an escaper, honest. Thanks for the game.



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