Jared Beck/Go History

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I am Jared Beck, and this is my history with Go.

Some ask: "Why Did You Start Go"

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Rank History

Early 1990s

Introduced to Go by family friend, who loans me a Go book. Given a cheap set by grandparents, who most likely purchased it while traveling. The set must have sat in their house until I randomly mentioned the game. At this point, I am interested in the game, but have nobody to play with.

2003

Spring - near 14kyu

Discover Empty Sky Go Club, attend Empty Sky infrequently. Play every other week or so with a friend.

Summer - from 14kyu to 10kyu

Studied goproblems.com while at work. Played on Fridays at Ithaca Go Club.

Fall and Winter - from 10kyu to 7kyu

Played frequently at Empty Sky. On December 20th, I played online (on KGS) for the first time.

2004

1/26 - 8kyu
2/6 - 7kyu
3/11 - 6kyu
3/29 - 5kyu
4/30 - 4kyu

2005

5/29 - 3kyu - 2.8k (AGA) 3k (KGS)
8/18 - 2kyu (KGS)
10/22 - Shodan - 1.4dan (AGA)

2006

2/4 - A compliment
August - AGA 2.3d after the US Go Congress

2007

2/12 - AGA 2.82090 (+- 0.28670) after the NJ Open

Tournament History

2005

2/28 - NJ Open
Entered 3k - Won 4 of 5 games

9/3 - Canadian Open
Seeded 72nd place (out of 101)
Entered 2k, Won 4 of 6 games

10/22 - First Annual Greg Lefler Memorial
Entered 1k, Won 3 of 4 games.

11/12 - Syracuse Fall Ratings Tournament
Entered 1d, Won 3 of 4 games.

2006

1/14-15 - World Oza North America East
Entered 1d, Won 4 of 6 games.
Lost to 11 yrs. old Zhao Zhongxia (Ricky Zhao)

August - US Go Congress
Entered 1.9d, Won 5 of 6 games in the US Open
Lost to Kristin Burall

2007

1/13 - Second Annual Greg Lefler Memorial Tournament
Entered 2.4d Won 2 of 3
Lost to Evil Greg

2/10-11 - NJ Open Princeton, NJ
Entered 2.4d Won 5 of 5
Difficult game with Haskell Small


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