Western Go
Western Go is a series of online tournaments run by Robert O'Malley. As of January 2005, the series is about to begin its 10th round of play. The rounds are modelled after the Korean Hanguk Kiwon system of training. The participants are divided into sections based upon strength. A round robin tournament is conducted within each section over the course of about six weeks. At the end of each round, the strongest players in each section are promoted to a higher section and the weakest players in each section are demoted.
The current tournament results can be viewed online
3 September 2005 starts the 14th round of the Western Go Ladder. The round will last 6 weeks, till 19 November 2005. Anyone who did not submit a result for the 13th rounds has been placed on the inactive list. If you are interested in joining again, you need to login to the Western Go Ladder, click on Preferences, and click on the Re-Activate Player. An email will be automatically sent to the admin with your request for reactivation.
The Western Go ladder was between 23 May 2005 and june 13 2005. The discussion below dates from that time.