Tokee
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Who am I
My true name is Stefan, I come from NRW, Germany. As a kid, I played go with my brother. We only knew the rules and had much fun with it. It *always* began at Tengen, and after that, two widly fighting, spiraling groups would fight each other. After the match we stood back to watch the beautiful picture.
Isn't that true go? To not bother about consequences too much, but have just fun?
Later, we stopped playing go.
I only begun again, because a friend of mine, will wanted to learn the rules, after I told him about the game. Or did I want him learn the rules? ☺ Forgot. After a few, if not a dozen frustrating 19x19 games for both(he never took handicap) he suddenly got "the enlightment" how to play and from that on beat me all the time :( ☺. Update: in 2011 I beat him once. Thanks will, for creating enthusiasm also in me.
I am now 5kyu at KGS. I don't know about my real rank. Last tournament I played 2:3 as a 5kyu. My EGF rating is 6kyu.
I am in the ASR-League, and learn from Guo Juans audiogolessons.
I also wrote a few haikus here, related to go.
Personal dates in my go "career"
2002 20.8. 1st internet games as 22-24kyu
2003 11.1. 1st tournament in Essen 3:2 29.3. 2nd tournament in Castrop-Rauxel 2:3 24.5. 3rd tournament in Köln 3:2 11.10.4th tournament in Bochum 2:3 22.11.5th tournament in Paderborn 2:3
2004 10.7. 6th tournament in Köln 4:1 9.10. 7th tournament in Bochum 1:4 6.11. 8th tournament in Hannover 2:1
2005 8.10. 9th tournament in Bochum 1:0
2006 28.1. 10th tournament in Bonn 4:2 25.3. 11th tournament in Castrop-Rauxel 2:3
2007 15.1. 1st win vs 6kyu 26.1. 900th game 19.2. 1st win vs 5kyu 06.3. 1st doubleko 09.3. 1st game with 2 seki 05.3. 1000th game 02.5. 1200th game 21.5. 1st win vs 3kyu (by mistake; even was a internet tournament game) 26.5. 12th tournament in Hamburg 3:4 27.5. 1st win vs 4kyu during internet tournament 12.6. 1300th game 16.6. 13th tournament in Köln 2:3 24.7. place 46 of 93 in my category (iwamoto tournament)
2008 18.4. 2nd game with 2 seki 21.4. 1400th game 30.5. 1500th game 11.7. 1600th game 04.12.1700th game 31.12.1800th game
2009 9.1. 1st win against 1dan (he tried mirror go) 10.1.-11.1. 14th tournament in Essen 1:4 - 9 consecutive wins 28.1. won with 120.5 points 27.1. op resigned after move 28 25.1. 1900th game 4.2. 3rd game with 2nd seki 11.2. my best moves so far? Game against Nekros, moves 250+252 26.2. my first bathtube game 28.2. 2000th game 6.3. first game where I got a single group... at least with 5 tones handicap 12.6. won with 186.5 points... although the opponent left during counting ^^ 10.10.-11.10. 15th tournament in Bochum 2:3 14.10. 2100th game 26.-30.12. 16th tournament in Overasselt
2010 30.3. 2200th game in Mexico 15.5. 2300th game
2011 15.-16.1. 17th tournament in Essen 2:2 24.1. 2400th game (+33 for january) 4.2. Shortest game: W+R after 128 seconds (51 moves) 12.2. tournament in Bochum 4:4 (1st blitz) 15.2. 2500th game 26.-17.2. 18th tournament in Bonn 2:2 08.-9.10. 19th tournament in Bochum 2:2 11.10. 2600th game
2013 12.-13.10. 20th tournament in Bochum 2:3 02.10. 2700th game (+1) 11.11. 2800th game
2014 16.12. 2900th game (+3)
2015 26.2. 3000th game (+1) 21.3. 3100th game (+9) 15.6. 3200th game 15.-16.08. 21 tournament in Köln 2:3 25.7. 3300th game (+3) 06.9. 3400th game (+2)
2016 -2020 Between Feb 2016 and May 2020 no Go
2020 Starting again: 08.7. 3500th game (+4) 23.7. 3600th game (+1)
21 tournaments 99 games (+1 internet tournament - 8 games, +1 blitz tournament - 8 games)
My Rating
own Rating 5Kyu KGS Rating 5Kyu EGF Rating 6kyu (1460) DGOB R. 6Kyu (1505) Eur #3113 (-80) Ger #601 (+11)
Gostyle Web App: 7k ± 2.63
My Tournaments
My tournaments: http://www.europeangodatabase.eu/EGD/Player_Card.php?&key=12901790
Tactical Notepad of Progression
Tokee's Notepad of Progression
/Tactical Notepad of Progression
Go links
"Your Go style is flexible: you can play for territory as well as for influence. Usually you make such decisions according to the whole-board situation or the playing style of your opponent. You may force him to choose the strategy he hates. For example, if he likes moyos, you can play for influence yourself, just for making him angry. Your Go style is actually the best one. You may improve your Go by studying different things, but I suggest paying attention on yose and positional judgment."
Test your own style too (20kyu or better) Tsumego Let an app analyze your style (KGS/.SFG)
Useful/interesting links:
Study Joseki Life and Death Problems and Exercises Go in extreme places Fun Go Facts European Go Page for Kids Top20EuropeanPlayers ~50k professiional games Tony Atkins Go Trivia KGS analysing Reviews of your online games; Go Teaching Ladder Beginners in Go; interactive way to Go Beginners in Go; the fun way to learn Go Problems to improve on gochild Weiqiok:A huge Go page Huge linklist by Singapore Weiqi Association
Principles & Techniques
Shape Sense: Saijo Masataka 8p Innocent Warriors: Saijo Masataka 8p 361 points techniques & strategies 5 tips on unexpected moves Strategy: thinking big Technique: eternal life Technique: induction Technique: how to deal with 5-4-openings Kaku Takagawa - Joseki im Mittelspiel (german, pdf) Professionals: around 60 commented games
Principles for becoming better
Shygost's list David Ward's Top Ten Tips for getting stronger (ppt) BenjaminTeuber / Guide To Become Strong Becoming shodan is easy (maybe) Dieter Verhofstadt´s ideas on Improvement David Mechner´s How to improve at Go Teach Yourself Go
Youtube Channels
weiqimaster LGDArchive gocommentary baduktv go9dan Jon Hop Joshua Lee dwyrin 5d BadukChannelAmerica Nick Sibicky 4d Haylee L 3p Songbirdo Shawn Ray sundaygolessons Andrew Jackson gogameguru Lightvolty littlelambgo Adrian Petrescu 1d badukmovies Yunxuan Li 7d Christopher Rodgers The Nova League Online Go Sydney Go Club cinemabaroque Baduk TV (korean) Jonathan Markowitz 5d gocommentary
Video Reviews
Greatest Games Ever Played #1 Go Seigen 9p vs Fujisawa Kuranosuke 9p; gocommentary Greatest Games Ever Played #2 Nie Weiping 9p vs Fujisawa Shuko 9p; gocommentary Greatest Games Ever Played #3 Luo Xihe 9p vs Choi Cheolhan 9p; gocommentary Kim Jisuk 8p vs Park Jeonghwan 9p; 8th korea price information cup; Baduk TV Won sungjin 9p vs Park Jungwhan 9p; 8th korea price information cup; Baduk TV Lee Sedol 9p vs Park Younghoon 9p; GS final; Choi Dong Eun; Baduk TV Tanxiao vs Wonsungjin; chinese league; Choi Dong Eun; Baduk TV Lee Changho 9p vs Cho Hunhyun 9p 6th LG Cup Semi-Final 2002; Hua Yi Gang 8p Lee Sedol vs Jiang Hsu; Samsung Cup; John J. Lee Lee Sedol vs Park Jhwan; Kuksu; John J. Lee Kim Jisuk 8p vs Ahn Sung Joon 3p; Price Information Cup Title Match; John J. Lee Gu Li 9p vs Kim Ji Seok 7p; 15th Samsung Cup; gocommentary Lee Se-dol vs Gu Li - 2009 Fenghuang cup; Lee Ha-jin 3p Review of his own tournament game; Leksand; Catalin Taranu 5p Review of 6d vs 5d; Guo Juan 5p Review of 3d vs 6d; Yoon Young Sun 5p Review of Dan players; Lee Hajin 3p Review of 6k vs 6k; Jon Hop 3d strengths unknown; Pandanet 2010; Yuanbo Liu 2p
Video Lectures
Advanced Yose 5k-2d; Joshua Lee 5d Common Tesuji; Joshua Lee 5d Attacking weak stones; Joshua Lee 5d Counting Territory; Joshua Lee 5d How to Study Professional Go Games; Josh Allen 5d What to do in Mid-Game; Josh Allen 5d Sanrensei Opening; Josh Allen 5d Shoulder Hits; Josh Allen 5d Influence Rules; Josh Allen 5d Another Lecture on simple moves; Josh Allen 5d Influence/invasion review; Josh Allen 5d Largest move; Josh Allen 5d Invasions; Nick Sibicky Using Thickness; Nick Sibicky Monkey Jump & Double Hane; Nick Sibicky Attachments; Nick Sibicky Entering the Middle game; Nick Sibicky Fuseki; Nick Sibicky Opening; Villach 2007; Guo Juan 5p Single Digit Kyu Workshop; Villach 2007; Yoon Young-sun 5p Double Digit Kyu Workshop; Villach 2007; Kang Seung-hee 2p Double Digit Kyu Workshop; Villach 2007; Guo Juan 5p Opening Tips For Beginners; BadukchannelAmerika Tutorial for Rules; Goshawk Heron
Dokumentaries
Fujisawa Hideyuki (Fujisawa Shuko) The Surrounding Game Extended Trailer Hikaru no GO - Boom in Japan 2006
Commented games (for my study, top is newest)
- ruestyle-Tokee Download (reviewed by ruestyle 5d) 2013
- shygost-Tokee Download (reviewed by shygost 6d) 2010
- shygost-Tokee Download (reviewed by shygost 6d) 2009
- Florian-Tokee (3handi) Download (reviewed by Florian 1k) 2007
- Hikarujr-Tokee Download (reviewed by Starstreak 1k) 2007
funny or interesting games:
- Tokee-shifty803 download (making a horrible game more horrible, connecting dead groups, winning by 0.5) 2011
- Tokee-Nekros download (moves 250+252) 2009
- fj-Tokee download (15k back then) 2002
People who might help you on KGS
Zwarn 5D frozensoul? 3D MadKongo? 3D Ameise? 3D Finn? 3D DarkIBlade? 2D Ljys? 2D IvoSF? 2D Sarafsa? 2D Florian? 1D yunYuki? 1D Coreon 1k impulse 1k Tokee 3k; that´s me tokei? 8k
But don´t take a review, etc. for granted; also note that some might not speak english, but only german or dutch. Some want especially to help beginners, also. etc.; you get the picture. You should friendly ask.
Teachers
KGS teachers other teachers
Playing one-colour-go on KGS
1-color-go on KGS:
The stronger player creates a Teaching Game & takes W ...... B can 1st play a stone as normal ...... W now uses teaching mode (CTRL-T) ...... W - while pressing CTRL + Shift - clicks on board to change color ...... W now releases CTRL + Shift, waits a second & can now place a Black stone ...... W passes control back to B (CTRL-G) ...... B should do the same as above, now cycle ......
Capture stones: Edit Tool
3rd person useful (to make a note of all moves played and tell you if a stone is dead if none of you have pointed it out)
Above is for all stones on BLACK. To use WHITE stones, the weaker player creates a game and passes the first move. Player who I played so far: darkronin Will make a list somewhen and maybe the players want to play you, too. Remember to play fair and friendly and don´t get upset if your opponent is of some very other opinion where the stones are!
KGS quotes
PaperTiger? : Neat, 3 wild turkeys walking down the road and gobbling wr : which road? RoundTuit? : ...and what were they gobbling? PaperTiger? : The road I live on. Sorry about the second question, I don't speak Turkish RoundTuit? : ?
Tokee (5k): The Cornel seems younger now areal (3k): small version of Cornel ^^ Muttley (2k): it's Minime Tyro82 (2k?): It's his daughter. gaarg (1k): already looks at least 2d Muttley (2k): She is thinking about a tesuji ..... eejanaika (6k): nice blue eyes Mystical (1d): as expected of cornel's daughter Muttley (2k): apparently she is very good at making placements in her nappies, like most babies Muttley (2k): so she has a great future in go fab (-): I was telling me that this game lacked stpuid kyu comments ^^
Important go players
(at the moment outdated)
Korea:
- Lee Sedol 9p, *'83 // style: aggressive, risk taking
- Lee Changho 9p, *'75 // style: superior calculating ability, peaceful, defensive, emotionless
- Cho Hun-hyeon 9p, *'53 // style: muttering to himself; graceful, lightful; with own defects: ultra aggressive & complicated
- Yoo Changhyuk 9p, *'66 // style: playing for influence, thickness & attacking, converting attacking positions to advantage in endgame
- Pak Yeong-hun 9p, *'85
- Rui Naiwei, 9p, *'63, origin: china
Japan:
- Kobayashi Koichi 9p, *'52
- Yamashita Keigo 9p, *'78
- Hane Naoki 9p, *'76 // style: thick and slow
- Yoda Norimoto 9p, *'66 // style: slams go stones onto the board, breaking them into pieces to unnerve opponent, hates being attacked, doesn't flee (lives/sacrifices)
- Ishida Yoshio 9p, *'48 // style: known as the computer, for the accuracy of his endgame play and counting skills
- Takemiya Masaki 9p, *'51 // style: became famous for his 'cosmic style' of play - focusing on the construction of large moyos and taking territory in the centre
- Otake Hideo 9p, honorary Gosei, *'42
- Rin Kaiho 9p, honorary Tengen, origin: china, *'42
- O Rissei 9p, origin: taiwan, *'58
- O Meien 9p, origin: taiwan, *'61 // style: interesting style based on quick development in fuseki and on use of influence; very determined fighter, with plenty of kiai
- Cho U 9p, origin: taiwan, *'80 // style: territory-oriented, weak groups 'charmed': they don't die; extremely deep reading; specialty: creating very difficult tsumego
- Cho Chikun 9p, honorary 25th Honinbo, origin: korea, *'56 // When asked by Dutch television why he liked go so much, Cho Chikun replied: "I hate go."
- Yuki Satoshi 9p, *'72
- Takao Shinji 9p, *'76 // thick style
- Kobayashi Satoru 9p, *'59
- Yukari Umezawa 5p, *'73 // credited for technical advice for Hikaru no Go
- Honinbo Shusaku +1862 // known for being undefeated in all of his nineteen castle games, and for the Shusaku fuseki, which still remains popular
- Honinbo Shusai +1940
- Kitani Minoru 9p, +1975 // innovator of fuseki and joseki, creator of numerous joseki
- Kato Masao 9p, +2004 // style: attacking play
- Sakata Eio 9p, +2010
China:
- Ma Xiaochun 9p, *'64
- Gu Li 9p, *'82 // style: aggressive and combative, where he immediately goes for the kill but is also known for great invading skills
- Nie Weiping 9p, *'52
- Jiang Mingjiu 7p, *'57 mingjiu
- Go Seigen, *'14 // considered one of the strongest players of the Twentieth Century and, by many, one of the strongest players of all time
- Xie He 7p, *'84
- Luo Xihe 9p, *'77
A few prominent western players:
- Cristian Pop RO, 7d // 2694 solaris
- Mero Csaba HU, 6d // 2631 nihil
- Rob van Zeijst NL, 7d // 2627
- Dragos Bajenaru RO, 7d // 2624 toxxicu
- Zhao Pei DE, 6d // 2608
- Cornel Burzo RO, 6d // 2600 Cornel
- Christoph Gerlach DE, 6d // 2588 Gerlach
- Ondrej Silt CZ, 6d // 2586
- Ion Florescu RO, 6d // 2585 Tsurukame
- Franz-Josef Dickhut DE, 6d // 2574 fj
- Benjamin Teuber DE, 6d // 2549 Ahamay
- Radek Nechanicky CZ, 5d // 2501 HipHop?
- Lukas Kraemer DE, 6d // miao
- Fernando Aguilar AR, 6d aguilar
- Hans Pietsch DE, 6p +2003
- Manfred Wimmer A, 2p, +1995
Tableau of Western Pros
(Real westerners and people who belong originally to an ASIAN Organization)
Name | Nationality | rank | Elo | Server | Nickname | Asian | Trivia, Style |
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Joanne Missingham | Australia/Taiwan | 6 dan (2012) | |||||
*An Younggil | Australia | 8 dan | KGS | Younggil | yes | ||
Manfred Wimmer | Austria | 2 dan (1978) | deceased, invented "Wimmer- Joseki" | ||||
* Xiaoren He | Canada | 5 dan | yes | ||||
* Cathy Li | Canada | 1 dan | yes | ||||
Ryan Li | Canada | 1 dan 2015 | |||||
Gansheng Shi | Canada | 1 dan 2015 | |||||
* Fan Hui | France | 3 dan | KGS | fanhui | yes | ||
Hans Pietsch | Germany | 6 dan (2003) | deceased, Hans-Pietsch-Memorial | ||||
* Kang Seung-hee | Germany | 2 dan | yes | ||||
* Yun Yeong-seon | Germany | 5 dan | KGS | YSYoon | yes | ||
*Diana Koszegi | Hungary | 1 dan | KGS | zsi | yes | ||
Ali Jabarin | Israel | 1 dan 2014 | |||||
* Guo Juan | Netherlands | 5dan | KGS | guojuan | yes | ||
Mateusz Surma | Poland | 1 dan 2015 | |||||
* Catalin Taranu | Romania | 5 dan (2001) | KGS | TaranuC | yes | ||
*Alexandre Dinerchtein | Russia | 3 dan (2008) | KGS | breakfast | yes | ||
Ilya Shikshin | Russia | 1 dan 2015 | KGS | roln111 | |||
*Svetlana Shikshina | Russia | 3 dan (2008) | KGS | redrose | yes | ||
Pavol Lisy | Slovakia | 1 dan 2014 | |||||
Mariya Zakharchenko | Ukraine | 1 dan | |||||
* Jimmy Cha | USA | 4 dan | yes | ||||
* Liping Huang | USA | 4 dan | yes | ||||
* Mingjiu Jiang | USA | 7 dan | yes | ||||
*James Kerwin | USA | 1 dan | KGS | farmboy | yes | ||
*Janice Kim | USA | 3 dan (2003) | yes | ||||
Francis Meyer | USA | 1 dan | |||||
Andy Liu | USA | 1 dan 2015 | |||||
Michael Redmond | USA | 9 dan (2000) | |||||
* Jennie Shen | USA | 2 dan | yes | ||||
Calvin Sun | USA | 1 dan 2015 | |||||
* Myung Wan Kim | USA | 9 dan | yes | ||||
* Lin Xuefen | USA | 1 dan | yes | ||||
* Yilun Yang | USA | 7 dan | yes | ||||
* Huiren Yang | USA | 1 dan | yes | ||||
* Feng Yun | USA | 9 dan | yes |
- Asian = professional players residing outside the countries that have domestic professional organisations (China, Korea, Japan and Taiwan)
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International:
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