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MGS Go Trip to China
   

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By Carl Johan Ragnarsson, 3d in Sweden, minismurf(4d) on kgs. Please email china@gongames.com with questions, or if you are interested in participating, and I will send out additional information as it becomes available.

Updated 09/01-04 with some more details.

Together with Michael Yao (4d in Sweden), originally from China, I have discussed arranging a go trip to China, around summer 2004. For now, all the information below is preliminary. It is very likely that the trip will happen, but it is also likely that the organizer will be more encouraged and the trip better, if more people are interested.

If you have any questions about practical issues, please contact me rather than Michael, as he will do all the arrangements on the Chinese sides.

General information

The trip would begin in June or July 2004. Right now, it seems that the trip will last 2-3 months. It will most likely take place in the Beijing area. The organizer, Michael Yao, will give introductory Chinese lessons some weeks in advance, either in Sweden or on-site, depending on what is convenient.

The idea of the trip is to stay and play go at a go school in China. The teachers are top chinese strong amateurs and pros, at or above the level of top European players. But, most different, is the environment, having people around who play and study go every day. Teaching sessions would be 3-4 hours/day, with possibilities to play go all day if you want to.

This is a great opportunity to learn go, practice Chinese, and experience a different culture. No requirement for the participants to know Chinese should be needed, but of course it will not hurt. It will be possible to do sightseeing too, or skip classes if you are tired of go. Probably, you will realise that China is a very cheap country to go on vacation to.

Details

As the trip information is preliminary, the costs are only approximate too.

Participation fee : 200 euro, Plane ticket: 600 euro, On-site expenses (per month): ca. 400 euro total (Shared apartment/per month: 100 euro, Go lessons: 150 euro, Food: 150 euro). The fee covers the practical arrangements, and will include some Chinese tutoring. The organizer (fluent in Swedish, Chinese, and English) will also be with us during the first few days. It will also be possible to get help with Visa arrangements.

The target audience is players up to European 5d (the closer to Sweden, the easier to make arrangements!). The hope is that around 12 people will be interested in joining, but the more, the better. New players are welcome to join too.

If you are interested, feel free to comment on this here, or mail me at china@gongames.com


Interested people: Niklaus, Rubus (13k), Mackan? (10kish), Iff?, Unicyclist? (and some others who mailed about their interest directly to me)



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