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Steve Fawthrop
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I learnt to play in 1973 in the U.K., where I became shodan before emigrating to the U.S.A. I stopped studying over 10 years ago and have been rated AGA 5d for 15 years. My biggest regret about leaving the U.K. is that, because of the greater access to players and tournaments, I probably would have had a trip to the World Amateur Go Championship by now had I stayed. If you want to read the story of why I started playing Go look at the page Why Did You Start Go.

I can usually be found on KGS where, time permitting, I am usually willing to give advice and lessons to anyone who asks nicely. (But please read my info there before you ask me.) I have several accounts but I am usually logged on as DrStraw because that is an admin account. I also play as Vegetarian, straw and strawman.

I have given several formal lessons on KGS in the Wings Go Club room and these are archived on my web page at [ext] http://www.eklectika.net/ORIGINALS/INDEX.HTM. The most recent ones were a series of 5 lessons on Counting. I will probably do some more at some point in the future.

For day-to-day teaching you will find me in KGS Teaching Ladder room, but recently I have been too busy building a house to spend a lot of time there. This is a very popular room which I set up to be a teaching ladder but have now passed on to others. There are usually over 75 people there and the rule is that if you receive a lesson there you must give a lesson to a weaker player in return. In April 2004 I first offered a monthly reward of 5 teaching sessions to the person who teaches the most games in the room during the month. I am also a regular reviewer for the Go Teaching Ladder.

I also set up and ran the first three KGS Team Tournament, which recently dinished its third edition. Unfortunately I have had to pass this on to someone else to run for the fourth installment due to time constraints,

A few years ago I mentioned to someone that I had once played a game against Iwamoto Kaoru. As far as I am aware I have not mentioned it since, but I notice that several references in SL are appearing which claim a Shusaku number based on games against me. Seems like someone spread the word. It is only fair to point out that I never claimed a 1-on-1 game against him. It was only a simultaneous game and I am not sure if this counts. Incidentally, I do know what my "true" Shusaku number is (and it is pretty low) but it is no big deal to me so I have no intention of revealing it.



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