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Hello, world!

I'm Alexander Duytschaever, aka "Alex", aka axd

I learned about Go some time around 1985 while still in my birthtown, (Gent, 5103N00344E, that's in Belgium, I was born there in 1967) when I stumbled upon a book written by Leon Vié (thx Frank Segers who helped me with the author's name). The black and white patterns fascinated me, and still do.

I remember I tried to introduce Go in a Shogi club that met in some cafe (forgot the name - it's a shop now) not far from the Botermarkt/Belfortstraat, without much success however. A few years later I had the occasion to start really discovering Go together with a former colleague, Christophe Fichefet. We later tried the ASCII interface of NNGS - a rather unsatisfactory way to play - until DGS and KGS came in sight.

I discovered the Dragon Go Server in June 2003; this refuelled my addiction for this so fascinating game. ([ext] invite me, my user ID is [ext] axd). Later I also joined KGS (also [ext] axd).

[ext] BGF member since January 2004, performing at the local Go club in Gent.

Feel free to browse my Go webpage at [ext] http://users.pandora.be/dual/go (especially the wallpaper section!)


Clubbing in Limburg!

See [ext] http://www.gofed.be/clubs/has/


Literature

GO, Het oudste denkspel, Léon Vié, 1979 (?), Uitg. J.F. Duwaer & Zn.
If I remember well, this was the book that introduced me to the game.
Go For Beginners (Dutch)
first book I bought - my sole reference for years (because I didn't have anything else)...
There is an error in the game pictured on the cover of the Uitg. Spectrum, 1976 (Prisma 1765) edition (see [1] for the answer)
Go And GoMoku (Dover, 2nd ed.)
I liked this book because it dated back to the years '30
Kawabatas Master Of Go (Dutch, De meester van het go-spel, BZZToH 1987)
found at [ext] De Slegte
Basic Techniques Of Go
Tesuji The Book
Strategic Fundamentals In Go
Opening Theory Made Easy
The 33 Point
KageS Secret Chronicles Of Handicap Go
Lessons In The Fundamentals Of Go
The Direction Of Play
Attack And Defense The Book
38 Basic Joseki

Wishlist

In The Beginning
Strategic Concepts of Go
A Way of Play for the 21st Century

Free SGF editors I recommend

MultiGo
easy to use, quick; my best pick (hurry if you want to catch the freeware version)
cGoban2
the client used on KGS, can also be used as SGF editor
Jago
I don't use it often any more, but it is nice if you want to play across the Internet without a need for a Go server.

Recommended links

Benjamin Teuber/Guide To Become Strong
Dieters Ideas On Improvement
Uxs
Kris created an interesting summary of terms/concepts
Handicap For Smaller Board Sizes
nice to know what handicap to use on smaller boards
RGG FAQ
holosys
Chris Lawrence made some [ext] gorgeous pics of his freshly acquired Go set
Dieters Ideas On Go Theory

Bookmarks

SL should have a favorites/bookmarks mechanism to ease managing links one wants to visit, to avoid having to edit a (home) page each time a link must be added/deleted


And before you leave my page...

Leave a message here if you feel the need for it...


http://www.dragongoserver.net/ratingpng.php?uid=3209&startyear=2003&startmonth=8&size=500.png

My KGS rating is not really representative, I don't play often there for the moment. http://kgs.kiseido.com/servlet/graph/axd-en_US.png


Footnotes

[1]: look at k17


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