I am a student from Germany. As a chessplayer, I used to be good at calculating long sequences, but while improving my strategy, I lost that skill. I had posted statements here, trying to define my style, but I am not sure if I was successful, so I removed them again.
I'm am probably not weaker than 2 kyu any more and not much stronger than shodan yet. I recently started playing at the Dragon Go server as "sabaki" and "Hoshi".
Recently, I played my first tournament in Bonn, winning 4 out of 6, as a 1kyu.
Talking about strength, I noticed, that many players tend to "know" how strong they are. In my humble opinion, this limits their further developement. For example: If I am sure, that I am a 2 kyu strong I believe, that I play like a 2 kyu. This sounds silly, but its is remarkable, because I certainly do not play like a 2 kyu! I might attack like a 5 kyu and play fuseki like a 2 Dan (unless i got to attack, in which case I switch back to 5 kyu). I might have a different strength in chuban and yose. So, there is a lot to be gained from assuming, that I am much stronger than any rating I got, AND at the same time, that I am much weaker than I believe. For that reason, I prefer to stay flexible in my rating.
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Special thanks for all the answers at
Some things I am working at:
Messages and comments: (will be deleted from time to time)
Bill: Klaus, you may be interested to know that philosopher Ted Drange used to teach go as a part of his logic classes. :-)
Interesting, I might have a closer look at Ted then!
axd: please have a look at WikiOrphans#3 ;-)
reminder: look at: Large Handicap Games Discussion
just for discussion: