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Let me share some of my Go-history with you:

I have been playing Go for about 4 years now, though I never played much on a constant basis. I have a Dutch Go-player called 'hidden' to thank for my dedication towards Go since he showed me the anime of HikaruNoGo which got me hooked into it from the first moment on. A lot of people worldwide *cough* have been wondering what kind of REAL strength in Go I possess. To be honest, I never knew for sure. Throughout those 4 years I've beaten maybe around the thirty or fourty players variating from 1d upto 4d in non-handicap games, not only on servers like KGS but also on IGS and Korean servers. Yet my ranking has never been stuck on one place before at a shiny spot located in or near the 'dan' levels. Yes, I am confident enough that I do have ability to play a great game. But keeping at it is a whole different thing..

Yearly Progression:

1st year of playing: Started 30k, ended 1d. (KGS/IGS)

2nd year of playing: Left off at 1d, dropped to 5k-7k (KGS/IGS)

3rd year of playing: 8k till 2d - 2d dropped to 7k.(KGS)

4th year of playing: 7k till 1k - 1k which is now 4k (KGS)

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I also played in three real life Tournaments in 4 years time.

Apeldoorn's Tournament 2003: 5 rounds macmahon, 30 mins without byoyomi. I was participating with a 5k EGF rating. In the end I managed to win all my games and was given a Go-Book as prize.

Martini Cup 2003: 5 rounds 20 mins with byoyomi, not sure about the rules anymore. Didn't sleep before the tournament due to excitement and therefor ruined my chances. I won two games out of those five while signed up as 2k EGF.

European Pandanet Toyota Tour 2005: 6 rounds macmahon, 90 mins with 30 secs byoyomi. The lack of the right 'conscious' attitude towards a tournament as important as this resulted in a catastrophe for me. Only managed to win one game out of six. Here I signed up as 2k EGF as well.

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Maybe when I have enough time on my hands I can perhaps find some inner peace in my flow of game. That is what I'm striving for at the moment. Go is a game, just a game - so I have to keep it that way and enjoy the games more while learning more about it. Another case of easier said than done..


More about me:

Name: Johan Meijerink

Age: 22 years old

Height: 1.91m - 6'3"

Nationality: Dutch http://www.just4me.nl/nuke/images/language/flag-dutch.png

Date of Birth: 2nd of November 1983

City of Birth: Utrecht, Netherlands

City of Residence: Harderwijk, Netherlands

Occupation: University Student

Field of Study: Psychology & Linguistics

Sports & Hobbies: Football, Swimming, Boxing, Music, Poetry, Travel & People.

Email: [email] G.spotting.in.the.bush@gmail.com

MSN: Kiw0x?@hotmail.com

ICQ: 94916122

AIM: ObnoxiousCrawler?

Go Experience: On & off experience for 4 years.

Go Goal: To participate in the World Amateur Go Championships one day, someday, hopefully.

Go Rank: Not sure yet, still trying to establish a solid rank at the moment, but you can count on me being around the 5k I think. You're welcome to challenge me anyday by any sort of messenger program available.

RL Tournament Experience: 3 (Although I only played 2 Rated Tournaments.) In those 2 Rated tournaments I had 3 wins and 8 losses, ending 82nd and 26th. Not something to write home about.


My KGS Hang-out Crib:

Within The Core: You're welcome to join the room there and feel free to talk about anything that comes to mind. The ambiance is quite relaxing since there is no one there most of the time, but that can change if you decide to join me there with some of my KGS-friends. So I hope to see you there.


Here you can find most of my games: [ext] http://kgs.kiseido.com/en_US/gameArchives.jsp?pageNum=1&user=Kiwii

KGS Ranking Graph

http://kgs.kiseido.com/servlet/graph/Kiwii-en_US.png


Useful links [ext] http://lnx.agi.go.it/EGD/EGD_index.php

That's all so far..


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