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Adante
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Information:Name: Johan Meijerink Age: 20 Gender: Male Occupation: College student into Psychology & Linguistics
Country: The Netherlands - Holland Place: Harderwijk
Email: Go Experience: 1 year, 4 months.
Favorite Go Server: KGS -Kiseido Go Server ( KGS handles: Adante (Sueyoshi-Kuroiinu-Zabayuma) KGS Clubs: Fujiwarano Sai Go Club; Room is called the same, one of the best and biggest clubs on KGS. Great place to be with nice active people. They also have a nice Go-Bot where you can test your skills against. Beware of violent women when you decide to visit us though.
KOSUMI Go Club; Room is called Dream on KGS, it's a Japanese club, but non-Japanese people are more than welcome to join. A great club, with leagues to participate in. (
Wings Go Club; The, in my opinion, best and largest club you can find on KGS. Definitely worth it to visit someday to check out their features. ( Current Go strength: 4k KGS - 1d IGS - 2k EGF - Go Goal: To enjoy every game I watch & play.
Here you can find most of my games:
KGS Ranking Graph
My Go History12 September 2002:The day my friend Tom (KGS nickname = hidden) showed me the game of Go, and the anime Hikaru no Go. I was sold right away. 14 September 2002:The first day that I played on an online Go server, called IGS, using Panda Egg as my client. Started with 28k and ended with 22k that day. Big step going into the right direction. 23 September 2002:Although this was a long time ago, I can remember that I had some difficulty reaching the 18k on IGS. So I stopped playing for like 1 month, and kept watching high "dan" games during that month on IGS. 21 October 2002:Started to play intensively again, after reading hikaru no go a couple of times. And because Tom persuaded me to continue to play Go. I'm not a board game freak at all. But somehow it manages to pull me closer and closer to the virtual goban. Watching and feeling the intense battles online. While it was snowing outside, and I was drinking hot chocolate milk. hee hee. 24 October 2002:I finally reached the 18k level on IGS, and my o my, I was so thrilled about it. Like getting a cute, lil, puppy for my birthday, that kind of joy. And to my suprise, Tom was also around 16-17k. From friends we changed into fearsome rivals. 2 November 2002:My birthday ! I became 19 years old that day. And I was still 17k-ish on IGS. 9 November 2002:A day to never forget, I went with Tom to Amsterdam, to visit the best Go-Shop in Europe, called 't Paard. I bought my very first goban there + magical stones of glass, white/black colored. Today I came to realise that Go is far more fun than I first thought. The Go spirit within me grew twice as large, and again I started to play quite intense. Becoming 16k on this day too. 20 November 2002:The legendary date, I registered on KGS this day, and became 15k right away. So I liked KGS right from the start, not knowing that KGS was a little weaker than IGS that time. But ok. 1-31 December 2002:In this month.. I went from 15k to 11k, I was excited that I went into the year 2003 as a solid, powerful, magnificent 11k, with as goal, to become a single digit kyu soon. ***January-February 2003:I started good this new, refreshing year. Raised my rank to 7k, and succeeded my mission to become a single digit kyu. So I had to find a new challenge, becoming 5k ! But yet, this was troublesome to do, it seemed that there was an invisible wall for me to get from 7k to 6k. March-April-May 2003:Still 7k.. there was no end to this wall that I was climbing for so long. Then one moment I surfed to www.gobond.nl and checked the Tournament Scheduler. And so I planned to go to a Tournament in a place called Apeldoorn. I had nothing to lose.. and wanted to see how it's like to play in "real life". 18 May 2003:The day of the Apeldoornse Tournament 2003, I went there together again with Tom (hidden on KGS). we signed up as a 5k, while we were around 7k on KGS that time. The games were: 20 minutes absolute time for each person, so no byoyomi. Really fast games. Well, the tournament went great for me, as well as for Tom. I won 5 out of 5 games, beating a 5k, 4k and three 3k's. And Tom won 3 out of 5, and that was enough to become Youth Champion of Apeldoorn (17 years old). He received a certificate of being the Champion and I was awarded with a Go book, called "The Direction of Play, by Takeo Kajiwara". 2 June 2003:After I proved myself worthy as 5k on the tournament in Apeldoorn, I established on KGS a solid 6k, 5k and 4k rank soon after. I guess it gave me quite some confidence about my own ability. 21 August 2003:This was the day that I left Holland, and took off to Japan with the airplane. Excited and thrilled that I was, I arrived the 22nd in Japan on Tokyo Narita Airport. I planned to stay in Japan for 1 month. 22 August - 22 September 2003:A whole month, living among Japanese people, exploring the cities, villages and dark underground world *cough*. I met quite a lot of people and ate many noodles. Some of the people I met, are people that play Go on KGS as well. Very friendly and nice, like Hirakawade, hama88, gamizo and umaaaa <-- KGS nicknames. I've been to some Go Salons in Japan, but my favorite one is in Musashi-Koganei. They serve tea like madmen there, you'll never get thirsty while playing Go. So, of course, I've been playing many games there, and was granted the rank of 2d. (Japanese rating) I also bought the whole manga collection of Hikaru no Go there, making myself the first Dutch human being that owns such a collection. I had a great time over there, and in 2004 I'll repeat it. October 2003:Birthday coming up again, 2nd of November, but this time I'll be celebrating 20 years of my glorious life. Also I've planned to participate in another "real life" Go Event. Namely the Martini Cup in a place called Groningen here in Holland on 8-9 November. However, this time I'll be entering as a 2k. Safety first, clobbering later! Ah, and my rank on KGS seems to be around 1d-2d now (see my other account called Kuroiinu).. quite scary if I say so myself. 16 October 2003:From 4k to 5k. Deep sigh..Ever felt so extremely tired, that you didn't sleep one night, but you still have the urge to play Go ? one word of advice: DON'T ! Just go to bed, and recover ! This is also a reminder to myself. 22 October 2003:I managed to get back to 4k with my Adante account on KGS. And my other account Kuroiinu is a solid 1d rank now, because I lost to another 1d, which was a very very bad game on my side. I tried a new opening in that game, first it worked out good, but then later I screwed it up, leaving 2 weak groups behind. The story of my life. I wonder how long I will be able to keep that 1d rank. 2 November 2003:My 20th birthday, getting old, but not feeling old yet. I still have 10 years to become a Go Pro.... HA! always look on the bright side of life, right? 8-9 November 2003:2 days, the entire weekend, Playing and thinking about Go. However, I made the usual mistake: STAYING UP ALL NIGHT before the tournament starts! sigh sigh.. I was too excited to sleep I guess. Anyways, I went to Groningen with the train, Arriving there quite in time. You could buy snacks and drinks there, nothing is for free these days. A total of 30+ people were there. A nice show up for the 30th Martini Cup, making it the oldest European Go Tournament ever. I had to play 2 games on the first day, and lost both. I was so tired that I don't even remember the games. So that was not a good start. Starting on the second day, I had 6 hours of sleep. And I had to play the remaining 3 games. The first two games I won. The third game I lost because of a seki that I missed out on. Making my total score 2 out of 5. Not good at all, but the most important thing of all, I had A LOT of fun! It was really great. The people are very nice. And I learned a lot from this wonderful experience. I hope that many more tournaments will follow after this one. Ah, we also went to a lovely Chinese restaurant with 25 people. It was funny, because the restaurant was not really made for 25 people to sit next to eachother. But it was a nice evening, with delicious food. mmmmm Floris: I remember your first game ^_^ Adante: yes.. I bet you do, showing me all the corners of the board. :) I'll beat you next time we meet though.. That's a promise. 6 December 2003:I quit Go, I hate it, I lost the passion, and I won't be coming back. 10 days later....16 December 2003:I'm back ! I love Go, I got the passion back, and I'll never leave again! Lesson of today: Never neglect something or someone that you like/love. Amen. 21 December 2003:
Christmas coming up, always looking forward to that. But yet no snow in Holland. I really do hope that it'll snow. As for Go matters.. hm I still play it, I enjoy the game. I can be found on KGS ( 24 December 2003:I played 3 games on KGS today. Lost all three playing with white, vs three 5k's. I even lost to one who I beat in the KGS tourney before when he was a 6k with 2 handicap stones. Something tells me I need to play more. I am definitely not at the level I used to be at. I consider myself now around 6k-7k as a matter of fact. I just hope that it won't become any worser than that. 31 December 2003:The last day of the year 2003, I wish everyone a Happy and Healthy New year, and that you all may enjoy each day in comfort and also enjoy the greatest work God has made; the game of Go. HAPPY NEWYEAR and be careful with fireworks kiddos ! ***1 January 2004:The start of a brand new Year! There are some things I want to change about myself, and no, I don't mean plastic surgery.:) I have to play a different style of Go, actually I have to re-find my inner Go strength again and climb up the ladder towards shodan, especially on KGS. I guess that can be done. Other people want to quit smoking, lower down on the alcohol, play more sports, have more money, hoping for world peace and so on. And well, I want the last 2 things to happen too actually. Some extra money is always nice. Furthermore I hope for myself that I'll learn to enjoy Go even more than I'm doing now. Already played one game today and won it, so that's already a good start I guess. Also I would like to mention that people like Yuuichikun <-- he made it to 8k on the last day of 2003 on KGS, congrats Chris!, sigh, Akujunkan, Zalf and some other people gave me the motivation that I needed to think this positive again about Go. For that my sincere & eternal gratitude. 11 January 2004:Yuuichikun is currently trying his best in the Toyota/Denso Oza Go Championship, I'm so jealous that I couldn't be there. Lack of funds and time. But I wish him all the luck and joy he can get. Perhaps even win a price or two and send the price money to me so I can participate in the next upcoming tournament, har! Well, about my Go, I'm still trying to regain my strength as I'm struggling much with just being a 5k on KGS right now. So I have alot of work to do. Ah one more thing, I'm a member of the Dutch Go Association, and so I get this cool Go magazine 6 times a year about various Go events. Even about the Go Tournament I played in Groningen last November (playing as 2k, won 2, lost 3). There is a nice photo in the magazine, with me obviously on it. It came as a great shock heh. It gave me more motivation though, someway or the other. Next time I'm hoping to be on another photo, but this time with a Go Cup in my hands! Aah.. *dreams away* 22 January 2004:Well.. I managed to win some, and lose some games on KGS. I have the feeling that my lovely 5k rank won't dissappear so easily. Some people on KGS give me stomach aches by their play & chat. I hope that doesn't happen too much. Anyways.. a bad day for Go. 27 January 2004:
heh.. Daric's comment made me laugh. It's true.. my Zabayuma account is 3d? now after beating a 3d. However I'm not getting too excited about it. It's a one time only kind of thing. I know where my weak points are, so I'll work on that the next couple of months-years. I'll do my best to improve any way I can, and it will take time to reach the goal that I have in mind. The European Toyota Denso Go Tournament ( 1 February 2004:
A few more days to go untill I participate in another Tournament (look above). KGS players like Solaris, GuoJuan, Breakfast, Redrose, Cyclops?, Floris and many others will be there too. Quite exciting isn't it! I will be playing as a 2k, I think it's a bit too high, but we'll have to see how Í will manage. As for now I don't think I would stand a chance. But good or bad, it will be another great experience.
Ah.. I am still 5k on KGS.. and it looks that my 1d rank on IGS will be going down to 1k soon, as I lost 4 games in a row there.
Also I am working on the Fujiwarano Sai Go Club homepage, which you can find here: ( 3 February 2004:After thinking about it for some while, I decided not to participate in the Oza Tournament anymore. The reason herefor is that I'm simply not ready yet. I am search for my balance in Go and want to find that first before I take place in any tournament. The worst thing that could happen is to disappoint my opponents by signing up as a 2k, and playing weaker than that because I don't have the balance to keep up such a rank. So I want to prevent that, and work on it some more. 2 March 2004:hm.. nothing much to add, still 5k, still wrestling to get back to my old thinking ways. perhaps that's the failure of my Go, I think to much while I can't keep my head straight and lose concentration due to certain circumstances. The mood changes I have doesn't help much either. but that's not important. I will quit writing on this wiki page. Go has fallen down to a lower level of importance for me + I don't have anything interesting to add anyways. Goodbye. Some Explanations of Important Go Terms:
more Go terms on A 6 Point Go Philosophy Copr. 2001 John C. Stephenson:
Update Go Books Collection:
"In the Beginning - The opening in the game of Go, by Ikuro Ishigure" "Get strong at Tesuji, by Richard Bozulich" "The Direction of Play - Takeo Kajiwara" "Making Good Shape, by Rob van Zeijst & Richard Bozulich" - This book was a gift from mister Hirakawa (hirakawade on KGS), who I met in Japan. "Go - Step by Step, by Frank Janssen (Dutch version)" Any comments or questions? please let me know below.YuuichiKun: - Watched a fantastic game of Adante's today on KGS for an event. Demonstrated high skill as he put the hurting on a 4K KGS. Now if only he'll mention his STAR Student! *Cough* - ya ya.. you're my great student, and only student. I guess that makes you the "Star Student"? :) Daric? : -Oh yeah like hell he's 5k!!! Damn you adante...! just check out his Zabayuma account.. oh yeah... you'll see! The FAKE! - nah Simon.. that's called being lucky, my normal Adante account speaks for itself. Cyclops?: - I still remember my last game against him. Must be more than half a year ago. Managed to trap him with a simple *cough* ladder. Moehahahaaa *evil laughter*! The fool!!! But who knows, I might have to play him again next week in the Oza Cup. Time for revenge? I think not. More likely time for another beating!! *some more evil laughter* Moehahahaaaaaa! - hmm We'll see about that, you Belgian punk! - oh and Unkx80, I don't mind that you edit my site to get a better view of it, go ahead. My screen resolution is currently set on 1280 by 1024 so that's the reason why some things are too "wide". -Zalf a.k.a trog : Adante you didnt write anything about me!!!! what were you thinking ugh i gota keep retypeing my yous i wana put u :D. Adante u better teach me more you have been slacking off too much!!!!!! and also nice page lots of details reminds me of all my good times. This is a copy of the living page "Adante" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |