King's Baduk Center

King's Baduk Center is defunct right now, some of the teaching staff moved to Hungary and started the Korean Baduk Center there. (See also: http://www.lifein19x19.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=33086#p33086)

King's Baduk Center was an international Go school located in Gangwon-do, South Korea run by Mr. Kim Sung-rae 4p.

KBC's website

We confide in our strength, without boasting of it; we respect that of others, without fearing it. - Jefferson

The Teachers

Visit our KBC League Archive to see past results/ records.

KBC now has a room on KGS! Look for 'KBC - King's Baduk Educational Center' under 'Social' in the 'Room List'

Some problems

Random problem from one of our problem books:

Black to live  

• KBC Problem 3/Attempts
• KBC Problem 3/Solution

Archive of older problems posted here:

• KBC Problem 1
• KBC Problem 2
• KBC Problem 3

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Current Students

Name, Country (KGS name)

• Vorawat Charoensitthisathien, Thailand (Kaduke?)
• Tungalag Ravjir, Mongolia (Tungaa?)
• Klara Zaloudkova, Czech Republic (Klaza?)
• Bruno Borchartt, Brazil
• Thiago Augusto, Brazil
• Michiel Tel, Nederlands
• Dusan Mitic, Serbia
• Pierre Paga, France

"Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for awhile and leave footprints on our hearts. Whichever it may be, we are never ever the same."

Former Students

Name, Country (KGS name)

• Gabriel Benmergui, Argentina (danigabi?)
• Svilen Pavlov, Bulgaria (Taisha)
• Leonardo Dal Zovo, Italy (Ciovo?)
• Pedro Carmona, Portugal (PCT?)
• Pavol Lisy, Slovakia (Liso)
• Limpornkul Ratchaphon, Thailand
• Supasit Meeprasert, Thailand
• Yoon Dong-ha, South Korea
• Park Chul-min, South Korea
• Kim Yoon-jung, South Korea
• Janine Boehme, Germany (Ninbo?)
• Sebastian Rieche, Germany (Adoreme)
• Ron Lavi, Israel (Ronl?)
• Daniel Reiter?, Israel (Reiter101?)
• Rikku Lavy?, Israel (KinShou?)
• Ofer Zivony, Israel (AhSayuni?)
• Francesco Marigo, Italy
• Ben Mantle, Canada
• Vit Brunner, Czech Republic (tasuki)
• Santiago Uribe Espanosa, Columbia
• Scott Jankowski, United States (Ellimist)
• Luka Dobrota, Slovenia (angerfist)
• Miika Vuorela, Finland (Hanezeki)
• Emilien Mendels, Netherlands

Also, be sure and check out these blogs for more details about life at KBC!

Leonardo's Blog

Luka's Blog

Sebastian's Blog

Class Schedule

Comments:

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Scott Jankowski: We just started working on this page, so it may be a while before we finish all that we want to do with it. Coming soon will be the class schedule, and first-hand descriptions of the daily life here at KBC from some of the students. Enjoy.

Phelan: Let us know if you need help editing it, adding pictures, etc. :)

Scott Jankowski: Ok, thanks Phelan! :)

Vincent: Is ko or seki an acceptable result for black in the random problem you posted or must he unconditionally kill white?

Scott Jankowski: Ko or seki is not good enough. Black must kill unconditionally. Tip: Read. Don't believe your instincts. To solve this, you can't just 'feel' it out. Place the stones one after another in your mind until you find the answer.

Uwe Rieger?: I think that problem isn't that hard. I (as a 5 Kyu) needed a few minutes to solve it (as Scott said, reading is the key). The first move looks a little bit weird to me.

Scott Jankowski: Wow Uwe Rieger! not bad. That problem was a 2d problem from our life and death book. Not easy to see in your mind. Try this one now, ok? This is a bit more difficult.

Phelan: Scott, someone asked in the forum for this page who is the King in King's Baduk Center.

Scott Jankowski: Good question Phelan! I honestly don't know. I'll talk to the CEO of King's Baduk? for more details. Give me a few days, and I should have an answer.

AnonLinguist: These are nice problems. They have a wrong answer you must avoid. I really like it when tsumego have these little traps in them. It keeps you alert and minimizes complacency. Trusting blind instinct is a bad idea, and these problems show you why.

Scott Jankowski: Sorry guys, I've been up to my neck in work, so I haven't been keeping up with this site. I'll give it some attention as soon as possible.