Ian Davis
Although I play a lot of Go on KGS, I also play at my local club sometimes.
I learnt to play at Durham University, gave up for a few years then took up the game on arriving in Cambridge, where I actually improved pretty dramatically. history viewable here.
- American Sandan (3.38446) after US Open 2009
- Represented Ireland in Japan (WAGC) 2008.
- Shodan after British Open 2007.
- Nidan after 2nd World Mind Sports Games, 2012.
- Represented Ireland in Korea (KPMC) in 2006 and 2010 (25th place).
- Irish Champion in
2007,
2009 and
2010.
Teaching
For a while I used to offer lessons but I got too busy for that. However, I am interested in exchange games - go knowledge for french language.
I also made some software for Wings but it's not used anymore :) see WingsSGFPlayer for this.
Current Sensei :: Guojuan, JennieShen
Ex Sensei Solaris Tictactoe
RIP AllanScarff who first delivered some strategy to me
Online Go
I ran the first online tournament for the BGA in 2004 and 2005.
For the IGA, I was responsible for a Texas - Ireland match, I also organised some 9x9 events on DGS and two Irish Online Championships in 2007 and 2008. In 2009 I created an Irish Interprovincial Team Competition, which ran for 3 years. I admin quite a lot on some KGS server.
Top Blogs
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http://gogameguru.com/ A nice blog attached to a shop in Australia
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http://desprego.ro/ Which covers Romanian Go
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http://rfg.jeudego.com/ Which covers French Go
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http://gooften.net The Torminator's blog, fine study material
All other go blogs are a complete waste of time, apart from the exceptions.
Irish Go
In 2007 I organised the first real tournament in Belfast with Catalin Taranu as guest pro. The tournament was repeated in 2008, 2009, 2010, and in 2011. I have also been on the IGA committee for 6 years, including a reign as President of the IGA for 3 years. Now I am an emigre, but I still help out on the website. :)
EGF Histograms
Another reasonably useful tool I wrote allows me to examine rating distribution across active populations in EGF member countries. It's very improvable, if you want the java source just ask. A really basic plot from its output can be seen below. Normally I compare individual countries, you can see the album on flickr.