My name is Ben Bildstein, I live in the city of Hobart, in the state of Tasmania, Australia. If you're ever down here, catch up with me for a game of Go.
If you've just done a Google search on something like "igo hobart tasmania", you'll understand what this sentence is all about (on that note, have you ever read
Godel Escher Bach?). Please see my contribution to Why Did You Start Go for more info on me.
I can't say exactly, for spam reasons, but my e-mail address is of the form firstname.lastname@gmail.com. That's slightly cryptic, but I'm sure you understand. For more info, see the section above.
http://www.dragongoserver.net/userinfo.php?uid=4146
Was Bildstein, with which I went from 25k* in about 2001 (I'll confirm this soon) to 4k* in October 2004. Then, on a hunch that the rating system wasn't keeping up with me, I created a new account as a 2k called BenB, which was 1k* by the time I earned my '*'. When the Bildstein account is removed for lack of activity, I will create it again with a more correct rank.
Currently playing as BenB 1k*.
Here are questions that I've asked on this site, and had answered by people more knowledgable than myself.
I've started a page on, and am now actively discussing, how Go could be played on a board with no lines, where stones can be placed freely.