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Date Rank Game 2004-09-02 7-kyu 1HC jraitsev2?(9k) 2004-05-24 8-kyu 1HC larryr?(8k) 2004-04-22 9-kyu 1HC Pub?(9k) 2004-03-08 10-kyu 3HC Minipousse?(14k) 2004-02-03 11-kyu Charos?(11k) 2004-01-21 12-kyu (Natural increase) 2003-12-26 13-kyu Razorbrain?(15k?) 2003-12-01 14-kyu 2HC Googol?(13k) 2003-11-25 15-kyu damitus?(16k) 2003-11-10 16-kyu swing39?(17k) 2003-11-05 17-kyu beniamino?(18k) 2003-11-04 no? 18-kyu Straza?(?)
2004.11.10 - The KGS readjustment brought me back to 8k and I can't seem to move from there (perhaps I need to play more rated games). I definitely think I've grown stronger, supported by the fact that I've won all of my recent games and most by a very large margin (no Manbang yet except by resignation). I'm guessing 5-6k in the current KGS rankings, but it can be hard to tell (won by about 50 versus a 5k with 3hc, though).
2004.09.03 - And now I'm 7k! I think I reached 8k about 5 times... (only the first time is shown above). I hope I don't slide back and forward again, but I suppose it all depends on my playing! My personal SGF database shows me winning about 75% lately - which is too high! Hopefully that means I'll speed through 7k.
My games last night did seem different somehow. I played an 8k Free - he said he was drunk, but I did play very well. The real difference between my good games and my poor games is the amount of calm I have. If I'm a bit hyper-active in my play, I tend to make quick, thoughtless moves, using up maybe half of my time. If I spend a bit of time actually reading through a situation, I'm much more likely to come out of it ahead!
2004.05.24 - Another KGS Rank promotion! I'm an 8k now... and very SDK :D. I didn't play very many ranked games this month (in fact, just two in May)! Hopefully I'll be in the 5-6k range by August when I leave for Taiwan. I assume that's a respectable goal for someone who's played only about a year.
2004.04.22 - I just earned my KGS rank promotion to 9k! That makes me an SDK now! It's been a while, I think primarily because of my low number of ranked games this month (and the fact that sometimes I just end up playing like an 11k).
2004.03.08 - No... not still 11k - I Level Upped today at lunch in a 3 HC game vs Minipousse? (14k). I'm going to add a rank history section.
2004.03.03 - (Yes, still 11k). I'm heading to Taiwan in late summer. Added the Taiwan page to hopefully get some help on go resources over there.
2004.02.24 - Still 11k ;) - I've been studying more than playing lately... on my list are Tesuji the book and weiqi.tom.com. My focus on Tesuji is because I really don't know any (aside from the newbie ones like cranes nest) and because I need a lot of help in my reading skills!
2004.02.09 - I'm an 11k now. Certainly can change a lot in about 6 months. My only issue is... why am I not shodan yet?! ;) I've been taking lessons with Ion Florescu for a few months now, but I haven't really changed from the 10-12 kyu region in about a month. I've heard of these plateaus (Kageyama's Lessons in the Fundamentals of Go), but hopefully this first one will be easy to push through for me! I will give this bit of advice - telling yourself the plateau is not there doesn't work ;)
Velirun: Man, have I been there! I got stuck at 5 kyu for the longest time... but then suddenly broke through to dan-level. One day, I just said I was going to be shodan, and proceeded to drill life and death like mad... a month later, I was 1 kyu. Moral of the story - stick with it, study life and death, and all will be well!
Malweth: Thanks :) I'm drilling problems, and having a teacher certainly helps keep me on track. Check out my go blog for my thoughts on the psychology of go (as of 2-10-2004).
2003-10-15 I'm a fairly new Go player... though my experience dates back to the mid 90s.
In high school there was a Go game on some of the computers (due to World History, I believe). I played this game until I always beat it, but quit Go at that point because there was nobody else to play with. I hadn't been connected to the internet yet, and I forgot about it in College.
In Summer 2003 I discovered it again (how? Just a whim from those past memories) and found IGS, KGS, and the like. Now I'm very hooked and spend most of my free time with it -- just wish I had more free time!
I'm currently about 17k on KGS. I haven't played many internet games because it takes a lot of time away from my wife of 3 weeks. I'm hoping for a palm pilot IGS/KGS client so I can play over my wireless LAN (and yet still make her feel wanted ;)!
People who have escaped games with me:
dhq? (KGS)
Nobuca? (KGS)
I am also MalwethPDA (when using my PocketPC).