Francois van Niekerk

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I am a South African Go player. I started playing Go in early 2009. I stay in Stellenbosch, South Africa.

I currently have a SAGA rank of 6k ([ext] http://www.sagoclubs.co.za/player-ratings/)

I play on KGS ([ext] rank graph), DGS ([ext] profile), OGS ([ext] profile) and IGS with the nick liquido.

You can contact me at [email] flash.slash@gmail.com


Achievement History

Here follows my list of achievements in Go: (all rankings refer to my national SAGA ranking)

  • 2009-05-21: Initialised at 14k
  • 2009-08-06: Promoted to 13k
  • 2009-11-07: Placed 9th in 4th Quarter Internet Tournament (1/1 wins) ([ext] results)
  • 2009-11-10: Placed tied 4th in 2009 Cape Town Blitz Tournament ([ext] results)
  • 2009-11-25: Promoted to 12k
  • 2009-11-28: Placed 17th in the 2009 Joburg Open (2/4 wins) (no online results)
  • 2009-12-08: Promoted to 11k
  • 2010-01-28: Promoted to 10k
  • 2010-02-06: Placed 9th in 1st Quarter Internet Tournament (3/3 wins) ([ext] results)
  • 2010-02-11: Promoted to 9k ([ext] news post)
  • 2010-04-17: Placed 11th in 2nd Quarter Internet Tournament (1/2 wins) ([ext] results)
  • 2010-04-17: Promoted to 8k
  • 2010-05-15: Placed 8th in the 2010 Cape Town Open (1/3 wins) ([ext] results)
  • 2010-06-05: Placed 8th in the 2010 SA Candidates Day 1 (0/3 wins) ([ext] results)
  • 2010-07-31: Placed 10th in 3rd Quarter Internet Tournament (2/3 wins) ([ext] results)
  • 2010-07-31: Promoted to 7k
  • 2010-09-29: Promoted to 6k
  • 2010-10-09: Placed 4th in the 2010 Stellenbosch Open (1/3 wins) ([ext] results)

Thoughts on Improvement

It is my strong belief that the best way to improve in Go, besides playing games, is to study problems. I try to maintain a daily diet of problems and play a few games a week. I also like reading books on Go and I do that if I have time. I prefer to work through problems without the solutions as I tend to look at the solutions too soon.

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