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Kokiri
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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. 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? 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. This is a copy of the living page "Kokiri" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |