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A little about me to satiate your undying curiosity ;-)

I'm a 19-year-old student at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and I learned go in October of 2002. I was introduced to a strong Korean amateur (my best guess around 9-dan AGA) and was taken under his wing about two months later. I quickly progressed thereafter.

Now, I am 1-dan as "Velirun". Ask me for a game sometime - I'll play anyone, and I love teaching to those who have passion for the game!

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LukeNine45: Thanks for visiting the Schaumburg Go Club last night on your way through town! You're an excellent teacher. :)

Velirun: Any time - it was my pleasure. Keep on playing!

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"Blog" section:

2003-12-04: After another successful day at the local go club, I have decided to register as 1-dan for the upcoming Chicago AGA tournament on December 6. Results to come - wish me luck!

2003-12-17: Forgot about this page for a while, heh. Ended up not being able to go to the tournament thanks to finals, and haven't played for a couple weeks, once again, due to finals. I'm back and kicking though - opened a new account to fool around on KGS - it's currently at 2d.

2004-03-05: A long-awaited update! I finally got my oldest account (Velirun) up past the 1-dan mark. Yay! Too bad it took so long. Currently, I am studying in two ways:

1) Life and death - I am using "Get Strong at Life and Death" for basic shape drilling, an old compilation by Go Seigen for hard stuff, and "Hyun Hyun Ki Kyung" for variety. My first teacher told me that life and death is the quickest way to progress, and I finally truly believe him.

2) Memorizing and replaying Lee Changho's games. I have my sights set on 15 games memorized at once, and I just hit 8. It seems that every time I replay one of the games, I gain some new minor insight into just how clever Lee is. The guy's a freakin' genius - and I say that probably only seeing the tip of the iceberg.

2004-04-05: I've been kind of neglecting this, haven't I? Anyhow, here are some updates:

1) Got to 2-dan with my oldest account on KGS, and I currently have an account hovering about 4-dan.

2) Starting playing more blitzy games - tending to be 1/3 Canadian. I find that playing more games and reviewing the same amount has had a positive effect on my playing.

3) "Get Strong at Life and Death" has become too easy. After the umpteenth time through it, I found I know all the shapes well enough to create most of them without the book for students to demonstrate some particular tesuji. I can also recount many separate occasions in which shapes from this book have won me games, thanks to my opponent's being unaware. It baffles me how a 4-dan can not know these.

4) I surpassed my goal of memorized games, hitting 25 total. It took me the better part of a Saturday afternoon to replay them all that last time. I think I will let this practice go for now, in favor of playing more blitz games and reviewing. Sorry Ch'ang-ho!

Current favorite game: Cho Hun-hyeon v. Yi Ch'ang-ho, 4th Kiseong final game 3. I find new respect for Hun-hyeon's ability to find brilliant moves, and new respect for Ch'ang-ho's ability to triumph with less stunning moves.

2004-05-10: I believe it's time for me to take a bit of a break from KGS. I have been playing a bit more on Tygem, and I find I am learning from the "creative" moves of the Korean addicts. Maybe if some of that creativity rubs off on me, I can find the balance I'm looking for in my game.

Don't get me wrong - I will still be on KGS. I love to teach, and my Korean (which consists of typing "Hello" and "Thank you") is not quite good enough to teach. Besides - Koreans are not for lack of baduk resources.

Current Tygem rank: 1k Current favorite game: Cho Hun-hyeon v. Yi Ch'ang-ho, 4th Kiseong final game 3. Same game as before, but still continually amazed every time I replay it. Still can't understand any of Cho's 3 seemingly lethargic moves.

2004-05-16: The going is a bit slow as of late - but that's to be expected at this rank. I've dropped the tsumego for a while in favor of playing more fast games on Tygem. Finally got to 1-dan on there! From my experience, around this level the players actually start playing closer to the book (i.e. play something resembling joseki) so things will likely get a lot harder.

Current favorite game: Same. Might be for a while yet. Still blows my mind.

2004-05-17: It occurred to me that I did not post in here that I am seeking a student. As Rocky took me under his wing a year ago, I would like to turn around the favor. I believe I have a lot to offer to a dedicated student. If you wish to be considered, please list your name below and I will contact you.

Current favorite game: You guessed it - same. Current Tygem rank: 1-dan and on a winning streak.

Hikaru79: I would, of course, by VERY honored to be chosen :) I am around 7k or 8k. ^__^



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