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Introduction

"Hello there, my dear curious and/or bored readers. Let me welcome you to this freaky looking Wiki page about the most obnoxious Go playing creature ever lived. Most people know him as Adante on a Go Server called 'KGS'. A kind but tortured soul with a good sense of understanding and a very troubled mind. That all combined makes him an unique Go-playing individual. Just like life, Go goes with a lot of ups and downs. That's why I would like to call the game of 'Go' a great adventurous journey that will never stop to cease. All the people who know about the game, who have played it and still play it nowadays, are considered to be truly blessed by this wonderful strategic thinking boardgame. A game that can be taught and played at any age and it'll help a person grow mentally for a great deal. People play this exciting game all over the world, from Japan to Australia, from Australia to the USA, from the USA to Germany, and even in Canada they know about it! Yes, they aren't as dumbfounded as we thought they would be. All in all, Go is the greatest game in the world.


About Me

Name: Johan Meijerink

Age: 21 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: Sports, Music, Poetry, Travel & People.

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

MSN: Kiw0x?@hotmail.com

ICQ: 94916122

AIM: ObnoxiousCrawler?

WebFTP: [ext] http://files.m00ki.de/bliz/

Go Experience: Aprox. 3 years now.

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

Go Rank: 6k (on KGS) - 2k (EGF rating/inactive)

RL Tournament Experience: 3


Go Servers

There are a lot of Go servers these days, so I will just tell a little something about my favorite one.

  1. KGS - The Kiseido Go Server - [ext] http://www.kiseido.com

A great social and well organised Go server with many different nationalities from all over the world. A great way to create international contacts with other Go players while playing an exciting game of Go against eachother on this nice server with many great features. Be sure to check out the website listed above.

For more information about the various amount of other online Go servers, please check it out here: GoServers

My KGS Handle: Adante 6k?


KGS Clubs:

Fujiwarano Sai Go Club; Room is called the same, one of the best and biggest clubs on KGS. Great place to be with nice active people. Beware of violent women when you decide to visit us though.

KOSUMI Go Club; Room is called Dream on KGS, it's a Japanese club, but non-Japanese people are more than welcome to join. A great club, with leagues to participate in. ([ext] http://kosumi2002.at.infoseek.co.jp/)

Wings Go Club; The, in my opinion, best and largest club you can find on KGS. Definitely worth it to visit someday to check out their features. ([ext] http://www.wingsgoclub.org/)

Within The Core: Not really a club, it's more like a gathering of people who get along well with eachother and like to discuss things about Go or about daily stuff. A nice way to get comfortable before starting the actual deed of playing Go. The room can be found at Rooms-Social.


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

KGS Ranking Graph

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Go Friends

This is a little something I wanted to add to show my appreciation to the people on KGS who inspired me greatly. Who I respect and admire, and who belong to a small selection of great people. :)

hidden; This is a good friend of mine who showed me the game of Go - we started playing at the same time and considered to be eachother's rivals because we kept on advancing at the same speed, and reached the 1d? level within a year together. However, Tom isn't quite active anymore since a while already. I do hope that he will return to become active again someday soon.

Daric/Shikki; A really nice Canadian guy, who I met a while after I first came on KGS. His growth is quite impressive. Although his current ranking states that he is around the 4k?, his true strength lies close to the 2d? level thanks to his uber-agressive but solid style of play. Together we made a room on KGS called 'Within The Core', so we could possibly enter in tournaments organised by and on KGS, with that very same room. However, due to lack of time we kinda failed in doing so. Hopefully that will change in the near future. He likes to teach anyone. So if you need someone to point out some of your errors then he's the guy to contact. In overall, he's one of the guys who makes KGS a great place to be in.

rrylur/Rusty; This American fellow is a total hardware geek. He's totally sucked into his studies which prevents him to play Go on a regular basis at KGS. He constantly doubts his own strength, but knowing him for a long time already, I can safely say that his real strength is close to the 4k?. He usually watches games on KGS and likes to comment on them. Also, he's quite specialised in Handicap games.

Yuuichikun; Another American guy who I met on KGS at the very beginning. Chris has been stuck at the 7k? level for a while now. These days it's hard for him to come online thanks to having computer problems at home. He's also the founder of a great social online club called the 'Fujiwarano Sai Go Club', which can be found on KGS. He's always optimistic and willing to play games and teach beginners.

Hirakawade; An old but suprisingly youthful Japanese man. His experience playing Go knows no limits. He's one of the kind admins on KGS. Always willing to help other people with their Go. I met him in Japan in 2003 in Tokyo. Where we played a couple of games against eachother. Soon I'll be visiting again, so I can show him how much I improved or didn't improve. Yes, a very kind man who's around the 3d level on KGS. I salute you, Hira-sama!

hama88; Another Japanese man, also very nice and helpful. Like most Japanese people are. The best of all is that these two Japanese guys understand the English language very well. Which makes it much more easier to communicate with very interesting people from a whole other civizilation and culture. I'm sure that most of the people who read this are very keen about Japan and would like to visit someday. So if you have any questions regarding Japan and Go, then these guys can inform you for a great deal. Hama-san is near the 3k? on KGS.

saturnword; an American girl, who I've known for quite a while now. She's still in the double digit kyu's. Somewhere around the 12k?. We've played a lot of games, mostly handicap games, too. I've had the pleasure to meet her in real life, and we played a couple of games together while we were face to face. Soon we will be able to play more than just frequently, so it'll turn out that I'll become her teacher for a very long time. Looking forward to that.

Akujunkan; another friendly American girl. I used to give her a couple of teaching games. But it turned out that chatting was her most impressive skill, so most of the time we were doing that. She's still around the 20k? I believe, so you can imagine how much she has played.

Right, the other people I know on KGS will be listed below, right now I'm too lazy to write a short essay about everyone. So I'll do that later.

tsukiakari - Zalf - Wuschelein - brokedream - Joanchan - Kanonfreak - hisoka - Drimgere - mitchymore - sound - Nanamousko - jok3r - waya3 - Koosh - cranky - Rutabaga - Tictactoe - Zetsumei - Dracmire - Weirdsels - BramGo


Go Websites

There are a lot of various websites dedicated to Go. Here's a small selection:

EGF Official Ratings: [ext] http://www.european-go.org/rating/gor.html

Dutch Go Federation: [ext] http://www.gobond.nl/

Dutch Selection of Go Related Websites: [ext] http://go.pagina.nl/

American Go Federation: [ext] http://www.usgo.org/index.asp

Go Games, Information and Study Tools: [ext] http://gobase.org/

Get your games reviewed + Study Material: [ext] http://gtl.xmp.net/

For All Explanations of Important Go Terms:

Visit here -> GoTerms


Go Books:

http://www.openlabs.it/images/sections/pol-book.png This a list of the books I've had or read so far:

"In the Beginning - The opening in the game of Go, by Ikuro Ishigure"

"Get strong at Tesuji, by Richard Bozulich"

"The Direction of Play - Takeo Kajiwara"

"Making Good Shape, by Rob van Zeijst & Richard Bozulich" - This book was a gift from mister Hirakawa (hirakawade on KGS), who I've met in Japan.

"Go - Step by Step, by Frank Janssen (Dutch version)"

"First Kyu - A Go Novel"

"A Dictionary of Modern Fuseki - The Korean Style"

"Dictionary of Basic Tesuji Volume 1: Tesuji for Attacking"


Go Philosophy:

A 6 Point Go Philosophy Copr. 2001 John C. Stephenson:

  1. For those who like speed go, practicing mistakes will perfect them.
  2. For those who take long to play, the worst move is indeed hard to find without sufficient time and thought.
  3. The purpose of go is to make interesting moves and enjoy the game at whatever level one is capable. The benefit of study, discussion and review is to deepen enjoyment.
  4. When rank becomes more important than enjoyment, go has changed from a wonderful game into work.
  5. When winning becomes more important than enjoyment, go has changed from a source of wisdom to a source of deception.
  6. During play try to do your best. This respects your opponent. Victory itself is of no practical consequence, unless you're a gambler or a pro.

Go Journal:

12th of September 2002:

The day my friend Tom (KGS nickname = hidden) showed me the game of Go, and the anime Hikaru no Go. I was sold right away.

14th of September 2002:

The first day that I played on an online Go server, called IGS, using Panda Egg as my client. Started with 28k and ended with 22k that day. Big step going into the right direction.

23rd of September 2002:

Although this was a long time ago, I can remember that I had some difficulty reaching the 18k on IGS. So I stopped playing for like 1 month, and kept watching high "dan" games during that month on IGS.

21st of October 2002:

Started to play intensively again, after reading hikaru no go a couple of times. And because Tom persuaded me to continue to play Go. I'm not a board game freak at all. But somehow it manages to pull me closer and closer to the virtual goban. Watching and feeling the intense battles online. While it was snowing outside, and I was drinking hot chocolate milk. hee hee.

24th of October 2002:

I finally reached the 18k level on IGS, and my o my, I was so thrilled about it. Like getting a cute, lil, puppy for my birthday, that kind of joy. And to my suprise, Tom was also around 16-17k. From friends we changed into fearsome rivals.

2nd of November 2002:

My birthday ! I became 19 years old that day. And I was still 17k-ish on IGS.

9th of November 2002:

A day to never forget, I went with Tom to Amsterdam, to visit the best Go-Shop in Europe, called 't Paard. I bought my very first goban there + magical stones of glass, white/black colored. Today I came to realise that Go is far more fun than I first thought. The Go spirit within me grew twice as large, and again I started to play quite intense. Becoming 16k on this day too.

20st of November 2002:

The legendary date, I registered on KGS this day, and became 15k right away. So I liked KGS right from the start, not knowing that KGS was a little weaker than IGS that time. But ok.

1-31 December 2002:

In this month.. I went from 15k to 11k, I was excited that I went into the year 2003 as a solid, powerful, magnificent 11k, with as goal, to become a single digit kyu soon.

***January-February 2003:

I started good this new, refreshing year. Raised my rank to 7k, and succeeded my mission to become a single digit kyu. So I had to find a new challenge, becoming 5k ! But yet, this was troublesome to do, it seemed that there was an invisible wall for me to get from 7k to 6k.

March-April-May 2003:

Still 7k.. there was no end to this wall that I was climbing for so long. Then one moment I surfed to www.gobond.nl and checked the Tournament Scheduler. And so I planned to go to a Tournament in a place called Apeldoorn. I had nothing to lose.. and wanted to see how it's like to play in "real life".

18th of May 2003:

The day of the Apeldoornse Tournament 2003, I went there together again with Tom (hidden on KGS). we signed up as a 5k, while we were around 7k on KGS that time. The games were: 20 minutes absolute time for each person, so no byoyomi. Really fast games. Well, the tournament went great for me, as well as for Tom. I won 5 out of 5 games, beating a 5k, 4k and three 3k's. And Tom won 3 out of 5, and that was enough to become Youth Champion of Apeldoorn (17 years old). He received a certificate of being the Champion and I was awarded with a Go book, called "The Direction of Play, by Takeo Kajiwara".

2nd of June 2003:

After I proved myself worthy as 5k on the tournament in Apeldoorn, I established on KGS a solid 6k, 5k and 4k rank soon after. I guess it gave me quite some confidence about my own ability.

21st of August 2003:

This was the day that I left Holland, and took off to Japan with the airplane. Excited and thrilled that I was, I arrived the 22nd in Japan on Tokyo Narita Airport. I planned to stay in Japan for 1 month.

22 August - 22 September 2003:

A whole month, living among Japanese people, exploring the cities, villages and dark underground world *cough*. I met quite a lot of people and ate many noodles. Some of the people I met, are people that play Go on KGS as well. Very friendly and nice, like Hirakawade, hama88, gamizo and umaaaa <-- KGS nicknames. I've been to some Go Salons in Japan, but my favorite one is in Musashi-Koganei. They serve tea like madmen there, you'll never get thirsty while playing Go. So, of course, I've been playing many games there, and was granted the rank of 2d. (Japanese rating) I also bought the whole manga collection of Hikaru no Go there, making myself the first Dutch human being that owns such a collection. I had a great time over there, and in 2004 I'll repeat it.

October 2003:

Birthday coming up again, 2nd of November, but this time I'll be celebrating 20 years of my glorious life. Also I've planned to participate in another "real life" Go Event. Namely the Martini Cup in a place called Groningen here in Holland on 8-9 November. However, this time I'll be entering as a 2k. Safety first, clobbering later! Ah, and my rank on KGS seems to be around 1d-2d now (see my other account called Kuroiinu).. quite scary if I say so myself.

16th of October 2003:

From 4k to 5k. Deep sigh..Ever felt so extremely tired, that you didn't sleep one night, but you still have the urge to play Go ? one word of advice: DON'T ! Just go to bed, and recover ! This is also a reminder to myself.

22nd of October 2003:

I managed to get back to 4k with my Adante account on KGS. And my other account Kuroiinu is a solid 1d rank now, because I lost to another 1d, which was a very very bad game on my side. I tried a new opening in that game, first it worked out good, but then later I screwed it up, leaving 2 weak groups behind. The story of my life. I wonder how long I will be able to keep that 1d rank.

2nd of November 2003:

My 20th birthday, getting old, but not feeling old yet. I still have 10 years to become a Go Pro.... HA! always look on the bright side of life, right?

8-9th of November 2003:

2 days, the entire weekend, Playing and thinking about Go. However, I made the usual mistake: STAYING UP ALL NIGHT before the tournament starts! sigh sigh.. I was too excited to sleep I guess. Anyways, I went to Groningen with the train, Arriving there quite in time. You could buy snacks and drinks there, nothing is for free these days. A total of 30+ people were there. A nice show up for the 30th Martini Cup, making it the oldest European Go Tournament ever. I had to play 2 games on the first day, and lost both. I was so tired that I don't even remember the games. So that was not a good start. Starting on the second day, I had 6 hours of sleep. And I had to play the remaining 3 games. The first two games I won. The third game I lost because of a seki that I missed out on. Making my total score 2 out of 5. Not good at all, but the most important thing of all, I had A LOT of fun! It was really great. The people are very nice. And I learned a lot from this wonderful experience. I hope that many more tournaments will follow after this one. Ah, we also went to a lovely Chinese restaurant with 25 people. It was funny, because the restaurant was not really made for 25 people to sit next to eachother. But it was a nice evening, with delicious food. mmmmm

Floris?: I remember your first game ^_^

Adante: yes.. I bet you do, showing me all the corners of the board. :) I'll beat you next time we meet though.. That's a promise.

6th of December 2003:

I quit Go, I hate it, I lost the passion, and I won't be coming back.

10 days later....

16th of December 2003:

I'm back ! I love Go, I got the passion back, and I'll never leave again! Lesson of today: Never neglect something or someone that you like/love. Amen.

21st of December 2003:

Christmas coming up, always looking forward to that. But yet no snow in Holland. I really do hope that it'll snow. As for Go matters.. hm I still play it, I enjoy the game. I can be found on KGS ([ext] http://www.kiseido.com) and IGS([ext] http://www.pandanet.co.jp/English/), the 2 most lovely Go servers around at this moment. Although IGS is quite bad for Japanese players, because they have to pay for it to be able to play Go on it. ugh... Also I found out what my 4 weak points are in Go. 1) I really have a bad temper sometimes.. which causes me to play really bad. 2) Bad case of concentrating, especially with loving parents bothering me with all kinds of questions in the middle of a game. And a girlfriend that never stops calling me. But hey.. that's life. 3) My balance in Go, I need stability in my games. 4) Last but not least, I need the time to sort out the first 3 problems.. which I don't have.. so this is the most serious problem.. *sighs*

24th of December 2003:

I played 3 games on KGS today. Lost all three playing with white, vs three 5k's. I even lost to one who I beat in the KGS tourney before when he was a 6k with 2 handicap stones. Something tells me I need to play more. I am definitely not at the level I used to be at. I consider myself now around 6k-7k as a matter of fact. I just hope that it won't become any worser than that.

31st of December 2003:

The last day of the year 2003, I wish everyone a Happy and Healthy New year, and that you all may enjoy each day in comfort and also enjoy the greatest work God has made; the game of Go. HAPPY NEWYEAR and be careful with fireworks kiddos !

***1st of January 2004:

The start of a brand new Year! There are some things I want to change about myself, and no, I don't mean plastic surgery.:) I have to play a different style of Go, actually I have to re-find my inner Go strength again and climb up the ladder towards shodan, especially on KGS. I guess that can be done. Other people want to quit smoking, lower down on the alcohol, play more sports, have more money, hoping for world peace and so on. And well, I want the last 2 things to happen too actually. Some extra money is always nice. Furthermore I hope for myself that I'll learn to enjoy Go even more than I'm doing now. Already played one game today and won it, so that's already a good start I guess. Also I would like to mention that people like Yuuichikun <-- he made it to 8k on the last day of 2003 on KGS, congrats Chris!, sigh, Akujunkan, Zalf and some other people gave me the motivation that I needed to think this positive again about Go. For that my sincere & eternal gratitude.

11th of January 2004:

Yuuichikun is currently trying his best in the Toyota/Denso Oza Go Championship, I'm so jealous that I couldn't be there. Lack of funds and time. But I wish him all the luck and joy he can get. Perhaps even win a price or two and send the price money to me so I can participate in the next upcoming tournament, har! Well, about my Go, I'm still trying to regain my strength as I'm struggling much with just being a 5k on KGS right now. So I have alot of work to do. Ah one more thing, I'm a member of the Dutch Go Association, and so I get this cool Go magazine 6 times a year about various Go events. Even about the Go Tournament I played in Groningen last November (playing as 2k, won 2, lost 3). There is a nice photo in the magazine, with me obviously on it. It came as a great shock heh. It gave me more motivation though, someway or the other. Next time I'm hoping to be on another photo, but this time with a Go Cup in my hands! Aah.. *dreams away*

22nd of January 2004:

Well.. I managed to win some, and lose some games on KGS. I have the feeling that my lovely 5k rank won't dissappear so easily. Some people on KGS give me stomach aches by their play & chat. I hope that doesn't happen too much. Anyways.. a bad day for Go.

27th of January 2004:

heh.. Daric's comment made me laugh. It's true.. my Zabayuma account is 3d? now after beating a 3d. However I'm not getting too excited about it. It's a one time only kind of thing. I know where my weak points are, so I'll work on that the next couple of months-years. I'll do my best to improve any way I can, and it will take time to reach the goal that I have in mind. The European Toyota Denso Go Tournament ([ext] http://egcc.european-go.org/) is coming up, I'm planning to participate in the side Tournament. Still thinking about it if I can reach that with my already tight schedule. But some things are just more important than the other.

1st of February 2004:

A few more days to go untill I participate in another Tournament (look above). KGS players like Solaris, GuoJuan, Breakfast, Redrose, Cyclops?, Floris? and many others will be there too. Quite exciting isn't it! I will be playing as a 2k, I think it's a bit too high, but we'll have to see how Í will manage. As for now I don't think I would stand a chance. But good or bad, it will be another great experience. Ah.. I am still 5k on KGS.. and it looks that my 1d rank on IGS will be going down to 1k soon, as I lost 4 games in a row there. Also I am working on the Fujiwarano Sai Go Club homepage, which you can find here: ([ext] http://fsgc.go.m00ki.de) it's not done yet though. Nothing works, so have patience.

3rd of February 2004:

After thinking about it for some while, I decided not to participate in the Oza Tournament anymore. The reason herefor is that I'm simply not ready yet. I am search for my balance in Go and want to find that first before I take place in any tournament. The worst thing that could happen is to disappoint my opponents by signing up as a 2k, and playing weaker than that because I don't have the balance to keep up such a rank. So I want to prevent that, and work on it some more.

2nd of March 2004:

hm.. nothing much to add, still 5k, still wrestling to get back to my old thinking ways. perhaps that's the failure of my Go, I think to much while I can't keep my head straight and lose concentration due to certain circumstances. The mood changes I have doesn't help much either. but that's not important.

25th of May 2004:

Started playing quite active again. I'm back to 4k on KGS, trying to get it to 3k soon I hope. rrylur (guy I know on KGS) is going to Japan in 3 weeks.. hoping to surpass me by the time he comes back. We shall see about that. How I envy him though, if I had money and the time, then I would go there aswell. Guess I have to wait..

29th of May 2004:

A very relaxing evening. Basically all I did after dinner was watching games on KGS and IGS. It's nice to think about a move in a high dan game, and then to see that it's being played by him/her. Finding and understanding the flow of a game is really addictive. Once you found it, it sucks you up in the game as if you were playing it yourself. Also a valuable lesson to learn, concentrate in your games, find the flow in your moves, let them work together and enjoy a great game. The Fujiwara No Sai Go Club on KGS is organising a Summer Tournament, and I decided to participate in it. I am looking forward to the games that will be played, and hope everyone has fun in the first official Tournament that the Fuji club has organised.

31st of May 2004:

The day has finally arrived, the day of the promotion to 3k on KGS. I'm happy that I got there after such a long time being 4k-5k.. A new revolution is in progress, I'll try to get to 2k within 1 month. Though that will be hard work. Hm, I also created my own "relaxing" Room on KGS with daric, called "Within The Core" at Social Rooms. You're free to visit the room anytime you want!

14th of June 2004:

Well, since the European Championship of soccer started, I haven't been playing the amount of games that I had in mind. Nevertheless the rated games I do play, are quite satisfying. Out of my 26 latest rated games, I lost 5, and won 21.So I guess that's alright. Now I'm just waiting for the right times to play more rated games, so I can hit the 2k soon on KGS.. that would be so sweet! hm.. There's also a Japanese person on KGS called "ome". I am amazed by the power of this person. He beats 8d+ like it's a walk in the park. Truly amazing to watch any of his games. Perhaps he's a pro in disguise. However, I hope he will play alot on KGS.

1st of February 2005:

Ai ai, as you all can see, I haven't updated this for such a long time already. My deepest apologies for that. But walking the road of life required a lot of me lately. I made some very important decisions in my life. One of them is to play more Go this year, getting into it again, no matter HOW busy my life will become. I truly need to play Go again, for myself and for others. Since it gives me so much pleasure each and every time. My account on KGS "Adante" became 5k since today, after beating another 5k. It's a good start so far, and I hope that I'll keep climbing the "of rubber made" Go-Tree and won't bent down again after I reach the 1d (shodan) level. Climbing a tree like that requires a lot of balance and stability, which I have a huge lackage of. So there's still a lot to do in the Go world, and hey, I'm still young - I became 21 years old on 2 November 2004. So still 9 more years left to become a pro. *grins* Aaaah, the marvel of dreaming and trying to achieve the impossible is exciting indeed!

3rd of February 2005:

Okidoki, so far I've played 18 games already in 3 days time, with a record of 9 wins and 9 losses. So I guess that makes me pretty stable, maintaining the 6k rank I'm cursed with these days. But I have the feeling that improvement will come around the corner pretty soon. Something itches me, and I need to find a way how to scratch it. But one thing is for sure, I ...shall... ARISE! Sorry if my new behavior scares you all, but I'm starting to develop a certain sense of confidence these days. It feels kinda good, too. I am hungry for more, I need more, more.... moooooore....Right, you get the picture. heh

7th of February 2005:

Once upon a time, there was a sand-dweller named Bri'Anor. While riding through the KGS lands on his electronic supported horse he stumbled upon many vicious obstacles and overcame every single one of them. Then, on one night, something happened to him, which no one could've predicted to happen. The moon shined upon the brave and kind soul. Enchanting him with a dark, mystic aura, causing him to avoid & neglect the path of glory he was riding on. He ran around in circles for a while, wondering and questioning himself about why he felt so obnoxious and unsettled. But then, out of nowhere...his horse started to chant some weird melodious sayings in JAVA and C++ languages! A strange mist arised from under the desertground. His body started to tingle, his eyes became fearsome red and his hair transformed into a massive yellow wave of shiny goodness. A midget named Darr'Itz witnessed the whole metamorphose and couldn't help but saying;"Harharhar, tharrr he blowssss!" His midget brother named A'Dana overheard the comment. So he raged out of his tiny red & blue'd mushroom-house and spanked Darr'Itz as hard as he could using a human-sized spoon.A terrifying *BONK BONK BONK* echoed in the valley. The violent midgetty intercouse went on and on, many hours passed by. The midgets eventually grew tired of it and yelled at eachother to call it a cease spoonage. Justice was done, according to the midgetious book of policy. But what about our hero Bri'Anor? He was nowhere to be found. No one saw him leave, no one could smell his presence. (and what a smell it was.) The night turned into dawn, the birds started singing the following tunes "I'm a KGS-girl, in a KGS-world, nothing's plastic, it's fantastic!". Which is an obvious sign of happiness in the KGS-world. Then, the light of dawn shined upon a mysterious-looking statue of an Asian creature and something is written on the tushy. If you look closely enough.. yes closer.. much closer..halt! Good enough. Then you can clearly read: "My heart has been embraced with the core of this world, the KGS-world, the world I hold so dearly with my all my mind, body and soul. It is... Within The Core." - Welcome back to KGS rrylur! ^_^

26th of March 2005:

After spending a wonderful time in the USA for a month, I once again returned to the online Go world. I've been in Holland for 6 days now since my return and my blood is boiling. Regarding Go that is, I want to improve and I want to do it harder, faster and better. I dispise the 6k? rank! It's yucky bucky sucky! Ya, even baby talk like that proves how vulgar I find it. I haven't slept all night, so I don't really have the energy to typ a long story about the events in the USA and my further Go life, so I owe you people one. *sighs* ya.. sleep sounds good.. I bid thee all farewell for now and have an excellent weekend!

16th of May 2005:

I will still delay telling the story about my 'holiday' in the USA. In my mind it's too sweet already, I won't be able to explain everything because words can't describe what I witnessed there. hah! Smooth operator.. I know..still, this will be continued on a later date so hang on to your seats. *mysterious wink* Other news now, I participated in a real life tournament as a 2nd Kyu this month! Yes! It is true! After such a long time I finally moved my lazy arse into the direction of Amsterdam. Where the Amsterdam Toyota Go Tournament was being held. We all (a total of 100+ people from all over Europe) had to play six games there over a period of four days (1 on thursday, 2 on friday, 2 on saturday and 1 on sunday). Many KGS people walking around there as well. It was a funny and interesting event to say the least, like my style of playing Go. The first day I won a game vs a German 2k. It was a nice game and a nice person to play against as well. (Free coffee! .. ) Anyways.. that was the first day.. however the other days went like crap, I lost every other game there. I know what went wrong, and I will keep that for myself I guess. Don't want to bore you all with my endless search for stability. I also had to play vs B (brokedream on KGS). He won the game by 10.5 in the end, showing who's boss. ^^ He did a very good job by the way, not as good as he wished it could be. But winning 3 out of 6 was a result to be satisfied with. Especially compared to my results (1 out of 6). I also bought 3 Go books there, since there was a small section upstairs where they had set up a stockpile of books to choose from. Books coming from the famous Go & Chess shop in A'dam called 't Paard (the Horse).

  1. First Kyu - A Go Novel
  2. Dictionary of Basic Tesuji v1: Tesuji for Attacking
  3. A Dictionary of Modern Fuseki: The Korean Style

I'm very happy with these new books, still have to make time to actually read them though, but I'm working on it. There's also a new tournament coming up, not in real life though. This time it's organised on KGS, The Iron Man Tournament, which will begin at the 23rd of May. Do wish me luck & strength on that one, since having fun is already one thing I'm certain of.

20st of May, 2005:

IM-Tourney coming closer and closer. I've been playing a couple of games on IGS and some on KGS. However, the games I played on IGS are the ones that matter to me the most, I'm trying to break down this mental barrier of mine which prevents me from playing the game that I want to. It's a thing about concentration and stability, so nothing new about that part! You can see the games I played on IGS on my WebFTP, which is listed if you scroll up this page to 'About Me'. Six games in total.. more to come though. Furthermore, TheCaptain on KGS never stops amazing me with his games. It's fun to replay his games and actually pretend to be like him thinking like: "HI THARRR! I WILL SLAUGHTER YOU NOW!!" I should start thinking like that as well.. and keeping my head cool at the same time. That's the tricky part for me. -_- Anyhow, for who doesn't know him yet, be sure to check out his games on KGS. Hm, what else to tell.. Ah yes, I'm trying to become an assistant again on KGS. Noticed the "again" ? Long stupid story really. And why you wonder? Well for a few things actually but mostly because I'm starting to become more and more active again and want to help people getting settled on KGS as much as I am able to do so. So vote for Justice! Vote Adante!.. Forgive me...I couldn't resist. Ah, I'll be going to Japan again on the July 28th, 2005. I will be situated in Tokyo again. Staying at a friend's apartment there for a month. So that's another thing to look forward to. Hopefully I will have the time and possibility to meet the kind Japanese people of room 'Dream'(KGS) again so I can play lots of Go again with them. :) Up Up and Awaaaay!

6th of June, 2005:

  • Current Concentration level: 35%
  • Current Rank on KGS: 6k
  • Current Goal: 5k on KGS
  • Current Motivation Factor: Friends.

A short but all-saying summary about my current state of mind. So forgive me for not writing an 'uber' long story again, I'm not in the mood.

9th of September, 2005:

Hi again, I started becoming active again in Go since my classes in university started, too (Which means more time to play Go at sophisticated late night hours.) - This time on a different account than usual. So don't be checking out my 'Adante' account just yet since there is nothing interesting to see in my gamelist. I played 2 games so far and won both of them. For now I will keep the account a secret (yes oooeeee) until it becomes a solid ranking. Hopefully I will return to a level where I feel comfortable and challenged at the same time - so wish me luck I guess.


Make a comment, do it now!

Rutabaga: Okeydoke, I am! Just wanted to say don't worry about your rank- when rank becomes important, Go becomes a chore, and the person playing Go is in trouble then! ;-) Amazing that you were shodan within a year, even if you went back down... everybody gets better and worse. I was once 18k?, on another account, which proves that ranks are erratic anyway. Oh, and I just want to post my version of a certain proverb here: The proverb that says "Proverbs don't apply to white" doesn't apply to white.

Remains a secret: Great to hear you had such a wonderful time at the US. That just makes me want to visit this site more. By the way, I WILL find your blog.

C.S. Graves: ...and even in Canada they know about it! Yes, they aren't as dumbfounded as we thought they would be

Oh no! What have we Canadians done to warrant such surprise?


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