Bildstein
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Me
My name is Ben Bildstein, I live in the city of Canberra, the Australian national capital. If you're ever nearby, catch up with me for a game of Go.
Please see my contribution to Why Did You Start Go for more info on me.
E-mail address
I have a private e-mail address that I don't publish on the web for spam reasons, but my alternate e-mail address is ben.junk@gmail.com.
Dragon Go Server account
http://www.dragongoserver.net/userinfo.php?uid=4146
IGS account
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* (April 2005).
How many games I've played
As of 26 April 2005, I've played approximately 770 games. Here's a bit of a breakdown:
- Bildstein on IGS: 500 games
- BenB on IGS: 80 games
- Bildstein on DGS: 115 games
- Karateka on DGS: 25 games
- Manego on DGS: 28 games
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Local club: 20 games (approx)
Of the Internet games, it seems about 20% were non-rated games.
Questions and Answers
Here are questions that I've asked on this site, and had answered by people more knowledgable than myself.
An idea about ko
I had some thoughts about what the possibility of playing go without allowing ko at all. It's now in a sub-page: /AnIdeaAboutKo
Positions of note
This is another sub-page I created so as not to forget a position that I found interesting (even educational).