halo5
Table of contents |
Introductions
A friend of mine introduced me to Go in July of 2003 and I've been hooked ever since. I can be found on KGS and Dragon Go Server as halo5. My blog/sandbox can be found at http://www.revgum.com .
My rating graph on KGS
My rating graph on DGS
Building Goban(s)
I just finished building my first goban, you can find the details at Halo5Gobans.
Western Go Ladder
The Western Go Ladder is an 'insei-style' ladder where each round is played over the span of 6 weeks. The goal is to have each player play a game against all players in their tier. After each round, players having won 2/3 of their games are promoted to the next tier and players having lost 2/3 games are demoted to the tier below. Administration of the Ladder is done by Bob O'Malley and myself through a collection of PHP applications.
I designed and developed the Western Go Ladder at http://www.westerngo.org/ladder/ . Please consider taking a peek at the Ladder and if it looks interesting, fill out the form to join and be added during the next round of play.
Sensei's page can be found at WesternGo
Tournament Results
I thought I'd like to have a space to collect the results of tournaments that I've entered.
- Oregon Spring Go Tournament ( Corvallis, OR, May 21, 2005 )
Registered as 10kyu, 1 win/1 loss, ranking stays at 10kyu.
- Salem Go Tournament ( Salem, OR, January 9, 2005 )
Registered as 12kyu, 2 wins/1 loss, ranking bumped to 11kyu. Tied for first in my division, won a cash prize.
- Oregon Fall Go Tournament ( Portland, OR, October 30, 2004 )
Registered as 12kyu, 2 wins/1 loss, ranking improved to a solid 12kyu.
- Oregon Spring Go Tournament ( Corvallis, OR, May 2004 )
My first tournament, 2 wins/1 loss, established a ranking of 14 kyu AGA. I won a book, 'Star Point Joseki'.
- Western Go Ladder ( ongoing online at
http://www.westerngo.org )
Started January of 2004, active for every round of play and making progress up the Ladder..slowly but surely.
Books
2005-1-23: I just bought and finished reading Otake Hideo's, 'Opening Theory Made Easy'. This is a great book, it gave me some insight as to how I might make use of my stones better in fuseki. I'm experimenting with some of the new ideas and will likely be reading this again soon!
I'm adding a list of books in my collection, I've read almost all of these and continue to learn new things everytime I read them. Considering the wealth of information in these books and my mid-kyu strength, I've probably got enough material to study and improve my strength for many years to come.
- "Opening Theory Made Easy", Otake Hideo
- "Lessons in the Fundamentals of Go", Toshiro Kageyama
- "Graded Go Problems for Beginners, Vol 2", Kano Yoshinori
- "Learn to Play Go, Volume IV : Battle Strategies", signed by Janice Kim
- "Rescue and Capture", Yilun Yang
- "In the Beginning", Ikuro Ishigure
- "38 Basic Joseki", Kiyoshi Kosugi and James Davies
- "Tesuji", James Davies
- "Life and Death", James Davies
- "Attack and Defense", Akira Ishida and James Davies
- "Proverbs", Nihon Kiin
- "Get Strong at Joseki 3", Richard Bozulich and Furuyama Kazunari
- "Star Point Joseki", Nihon Kiin
- "100 Challenging Go Problems for 100 Days of Study", Nihon Kiin
- "Go A complete introduction to the game", Cho Chikun
- "The theory and practice of Go", Oscar Korschelt