Real name: Daniel Smith.
I seem to be holding my own at 11 kyu on KGS nowadays.
No rank improvement recently-- but then I haven't played too much, either. I seem to make at least one 15-20 point mistake every game. I think if I could stop doing that, I could be 10 kyu for real. (don't believe the rating graph-- everywhere it's at 10 kyu it's just drift) I still feel like I get trounced in the opening, and then make it up by capitalizing on the opponant's mistakes.
I killed all of igowin's stones while giving it a 2 stone handicap a while ago... that felt great!!! I should post the game. Igowin made a couple horrible mistakes...
You can play with me in person at the Schaumburg Go Club! Go is much more fun in person!
June 5th, Chicago Tournament result: Entered as a 14kyu, had 3 wins and 3 loses. Yay!
KGS rating:
A blind spot for me. I accidentally killed this group in the late endgame because my opponent didn't see it either...
should have been at a if I read it correctly.
I didn't need to protect the cut after because of a very interesting snapback-type sequence, but you'll have to take my word for it because I can't seem to remember how exactly things were laid out. :(
Quacki: Hm, it seems to me you have no reason to be sad because of your rating. Another matter: It feels strange to see you are a member of the Schaumburg Go Club. Schaumburg is a county in northern germany (near where I live). Has it any connection to Chicago, or to a part of this city, then? But, when I think more deeply, I believe to have heard in Chicago there are many people of german ancestry. Anyway: Greetings from Niedersachsen!
LukeNine45: People do read these! I'm not really sad any more. :) When I wrote that, I had been stuck at 18 kyu for what seemed like forever... :)
Schaumburg is a suburb of Chicago (North-west). I wouldn't be surprised at all if Germans orginially settled there, Chicago is pretty multi-cultural. You could take a walk downtown and hear people speaking 15 different languages...
Thanks for stopping by, and greetings from Chicagoland! :)