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KGS Teaching Ladder
    Keywords: Online Go, Clubs & Places
  The incomplete french version of this page can be found [ext] here.

The New (and hopefully improved) Straw Hut, The KGS Teaching Ladder's name is also its mission statement. In other words, it's for people who don't only want to be taught but are also willing to return the favor to weaker players.

Players of all strengths are welcome in the KGS Teaching Ladder. If you are a beginner needing help, please feel free to ask! Don't worry if you think you aren't good enough to teach: even a 25k can help a complete beginner with the basics. For everyone else, the idea is that if you receive a teaching game from a stronger player you should give a teaching game to a weaker player. "The Hut" runs on an honor system but so far it seems to be working really well.

It is also a social room, although we try to keep the emphasis of conversation related to go in some way. We also have simultaneous games a lot and a few other fun things.

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Weekly Schedule

Intro & Info

We are trying to organize a teaching shedule whereby people will teach hopefully once a week if not more. Please check if there is someone who can teach you. Ideally we would like it if someone ranked 5-6 stronger could teach you, and then you teach someone 5-6 ranks weaker, thus making a ladder.

If you would like to add your name to the teaching schedule, please copy the format used in the schedule by other teachers. Short and specific is best and please include the rank level you are targeting.

Note: One time events are also fine. Also note that if you're interested in a teaching game you do not have to wait for an of us, lazy folx to preschedual - Just get online and ask in the room! ;)

Daily

Everyday at 5:00 p.m. EST.. umezawayu, gives teaching games for the 19k-30k range,, the games are even games. The discussion after will focus on answering the most important aspects of the game played,dealing with shape,, life and death, and all other topics as needed. umezawayu's other account is ozawagaku. feel free to send a message to that account as well.though If i am in a game.. please wait till the game is over. thank you

Weekly (somewhat)

Every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, YouCantWin will be giving group lessons and demonstrations. We talk about whatever you want and answer your questions. Come by at around 8:00pm EST or NY time

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Scartol (7k) is offering a weekly lesson on Wednesdays at 5:00 PM EST (10:00 PM GMT). I'll focus on tactics for those in the 20-15k range, but all are welcome. See Scartol School for more information.

Thursday

yaya 1d offers weekly lessons upon semeai starting on Thursday 16.09.04 at 21:00 Western Europe Summer Time (GMT+2). There will be 5 or 6 lessons about one hour each. The teaching level is for players between 5k - 15k, but everyone is welcome of course. /Schedule

Friday

Saturday

Sunday



Time Zone Translation

Need to translate your local time to GMT or vice versa? Checkout [ext] this link. Also hold in mind that EST is five hours behind GMT (EST = GMT - 5 hours).


Teachers available in the room

Thing? aka DeSade? is available for game reviews >5 ranks down from me. 19x19, even, which you lost tends to be best. Regular students (which is almost a crime against Go) also welcome.

tomicus? if I'm on, <20k I'll try to help the best I can.


Misc

Discussion

Drimgere all right, all the extra stuff is gone. in answer to Reuven's question: i prefer ppl who want to teach post themselves up instead of having ppl request lessons, for one, it's more polite.... and secondly, no one really likes being asked for a lesson when they are tired, working or playing other games.

if ppl would bother to put themselves on the schedule for times they'd like to do reviews and games, then interested parties could show up at those times.

There's no easy way to please everyone, especially with such loose organization, but it seems that to get everyone motivated takes a lot of continued energy, and includes pestering a lot of strong players, I don't have the time to do this. I have noticed a large number of SDKs (3-9 kyu) teaching DDKs (12-19 kyu) and hopefully we can work on that, if the ladder can be a place for intermediate kyus to go learn, it would be a nice niche


How to find us?

  • Step 1 - Never been on KGS before?
    • Visit the [ext] KGS website, where you can either download a client for KGS or use the [ext] applet.
    • If you're new to the KGS, enter a nick (any nick, you would like to log on with) and click on "Guest".
    • You will land in the "English Room".
  • Step 2 - Where's the "KGS Teaching Ladder"?!
    • You will find a menu called Rooms at the top, click on Room List under it.
    • Open the category called, Lessons and enter the KGS Teaching Ladder!
  • Step 3 - Enjoy! ;)

Related links

We need a new monthly event! Have one in mind? Visit the Ideas page to see and/or post new ideas!

Also see the monthly challange game archives.

  The incomplete french version of this page can be found [ext] here.


This is a copy of the living page "KGS Teaching Ladder" at Sensei's Library.
(OC) 2004 the Authors, published under the OpenContent License V1.0.