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Icepick
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I play on KGS as Icepick. I'm currently rated around 8k. I'm fortunate that I'm able play and learn in person with the TwinCitiesGoClub. My tartrate number is 4: tartrate - Zerokun - JVD - yugidragon - Icepick My Shusaku number is 6 Shusaku - Iwasaki Kenzo - Honinbo Shusai - Iwamoto Kaoru - James Kerwin - Dave R - Icepick. Major milestones: 4-1-3 -- I beat a 1d+ with a 9 stone handicap for the first time. Very happy about that. 9-11-3 -- One year of playing on the KGS server. 11k
You can reach me at icepick@netfamine.com or visit my homepage at Go books completed, in order:
Learn to Play Go Series
In progress:
Invincible The Games Of Shusaku
On deck: So far, all have been pretty good. I found the Learn to Play Go series a little content light, but a good introduction to many topics. I think that Tesuji has improved me the most, simply because it forced me to improve my reading ability. I found Appreciating Famous Games slow going. It was hard to follow without having a board or SGF reader handy to follow the variations. While reading The 1971 Honinbo Tournament, I was better able to mentally follow along. A sign I'm getting better? Invincible will take me a while. Lately I've tried to strike a balance between reading about go, playing go, and everything else. It seems to be working. This is a copy of the living page "Icepick" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |