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Hello, world!
I'm Alexander Duytschaever, aka "Alex", aka axd
I learned about Go some time around 1985 while still in my birthtown, (Gent, 5103N00344E, that's in Belgium, I was born there in 1967) when I stumbled upon a book written by Leon Vié (thx Frank Segers who helped me with the author's name). The black and white patterns fascinated me, and still do.
I remember I tried to introduce Go in a Shogi club that met in some cafe (forgot the name - it's a shop now) not far from the Botermarkt/Belfortstraat, without much success however. A few years later I had the occasion to start really discovering Go together with a former colleague, Christophe Fichefet. We later tried the ASCII interface of NNGS - a rather unsatisfactory way to play - until DGS and KGS came in sight.
I discovered DragonGoServer in June 2003; this refuelled my addiction for this so fascinating game. (
invite me, my user ID is
axd). Later I also joined KGS (same id).
BGF member since January 2004.
Feel free to browse my Go webpage at
http://users.pandora.be/dual/go (especially the wallpaper section!)
Clubbing in Limburg!
I'm looking for players living in the region of Limburg to create a club in Hasselt.
Candidate club locations (add more if you have suggestions):
- St. Ludovicuszaal (Rapertingen)
- Luikersteenweg 395 (E313, afrit "Hasselt Oost")
- Fitlink
- cafe near the Universitaire Campus
- A room somewhere on the Universitaire Campus?
- to be investigated
- Cultureel Centrum?
- (Kunstlaan)
- Stedelijk Conservatorium?
- (Kunstlaan)
Japanse Tuin- might be an interesting place to organise club meetings and tournaments. (closed in the winter.)
- Century
- Leopoldplein 1
mail me (club_hasselt>gofed>be) if you are interested, or leave a message on DGS (
message:axd) or KGS.
Literature
(still need to read most of it...)
- GO, Het oudste denkspel, Léon Vié, 1979 (?), Uitg. J.F. Duwaer & Zn.
- If I remember well, this was the book that introduced me to the game.
- GoForBeginners (Dutch)
- first book I bought - my sole reference for years (because I didn't have anything else)...
There is an error in the game pictured on the cover of the Uitg. Spectrum, 1976 (Prisma 1765) edition (see [1] for the answer)
- GoAndGoMoku (Dover, 2nd ed.)
- I liked this book because it dated back to the years '30
- KawabatasMasterOfGo (Dutch, De meester van het go-spel, BZZToH 1987)
- found at
De Slegte
- TesujiTheBook
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- StrategicFundamentalsInGo
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- OpeningTheoryMadeEasy
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- The33Point
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- KageSSecretChroniclesOfHandicapGo
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- LessonsInTheFundamentalsOfGo
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- TheDirectionOfPlay
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- BasicTechniquesOfGo
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- AttackAndDefenseTheBook
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- 38BasicJoseki
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Wishlist
- InTheBeginning
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Free SGF editors I recommend
- MultiGo
- easy to use, quick, promising
- cGoban2
- the client used on KGS, can also be used as SGF editor
- Jago
- I don't use it often any more, but it is nice if you want to play across the Internet without a need for a Go server.
Links
- BenjaminTeuber/GuideToBecomeStrong
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- DGSWishlist
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- BeginnerStudySection
- maybe a good starting point
- Uxs
- Kris created an interesting summary of terms/concepts
- DietersIdeasOnGoTheory
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- BramGo
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- HandicapForSmallerBoardSizes
- nice to know what handicap to use on smaller boards
- RGGFAQ
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- holosys
- Chris Lawrence made some
gorgeous pics of his freshly acquired Go set
http://www.kurokigoishi.co.jp/- that's where I hope to buy a goban one day...
Chess and GO no-brainers?-
Some footnotes
[1]: look at k17
And before you leave my page...
Leave your message here if you feel the need for it...
My KGS rating is not really representative, I don't play often there for the moment.