GeorgeW
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Chinese 2 Dan
KGS 4d (I have more than 1 account)
I have noticed that there is a gwang account on KGS that is 4k. That is not me.
AGA 5.11033 Dan
History
Started playing Go around September 2005.I started at first playing a little at home at Yahoo! Which corrupted my Go for a while at first. Then I joined the Blacksburg Go Club in Blacksburg VA. From there on I started to learn, many thanks to Keith Leung and Alpha Chen for helping me at first.
I began playing on KGS due to suggestions from friends in October. I played my first tournament in VA Tech (forgot the exact date already) soon after that.
In the NOVA Pumpkin Classic tournament I met Robert Ferguson, who played a long game with Keith Leung and lost due to terrible yose.
From then on I've been playing on KGS a lot and my original goal was AGA 1d in a year, however now I've changed this to Chinese 1d in a year. Now this goal has been fulfilled.
I took classes the Anhui Qi Yuan (安徽棋院)The Upper Class, Group 2 for 1 1/2 months.
Alas! My latest tournament did not go as well as I had hoped. 3-1 as 4-dan at the Pumpkin Classic ended up as 3rd place for SOS scoring after I oddly had to play and lose to young Tianren Tam 1d at 3 stones.
Studying in China
My teacher in China is Pang Yan 4p.
I have finally received my diploma! I am now officially Chinese 2 Dan as of 8-10-2006 in China.
This is the results of my class's League Competition.
In Group 3:
Wins: 5 Losses: 1
In Group 2:
Wins: 3 Losses :1
I did not finish my League in Group 2, but when I left my ranking was 2nd in the group.
Dan Diploma:
Pang Yan 4p (It was a really hot day):
To celebrate my rise to dan someone made me a fan:
KGS
I am in the KGS Teaching Ladder a lot.
I offer teaching games to just about anyone who is interested, perferably those who are above 10k.
Also sometimes will do demo a pro game, this recently has been Fuseki Problems.
Ranks:
Started KGS as 23k by 10-8-05
20k by 10-16-05
17k by 10-22-05
14k by 11-19-05
13k by 12-4-05
12k by 12-20-05
11k by 12-31-05
10k by 1-12-06
9k by 1-24-06
8k by 2-6-06
7k by 3-27-06
6k by 5-5-06
5k by 5-18-06
4k by 5-27-06
3k by 6-13-06
2k by 8-21-06
Tournaments:
NOVA Pumpkin Classic Tournament (10-28-05) 3-1 (AGA 4d)
KGS+ April Tournament Open Division 3-1 Lasted a total of 4 rounds. (KGS 7k)
NOVA Cherry Blossom (3-25-06) 4-0 (AGA 6k)
NOVA Pumpkin Classic Tournament (10-29-05) 3-1 (AGA 16k)
VT(Blacksburg) Go Tournament (Date Unknown) 3-1 (AGA 17k)
Favorite Quotes:
"I hate Go" - Cho Chikun"
"Moyos are like women.....if your probe is untimely and too deep, you could get cut off." - TheCaptain
Favorite Fuseki:
Notes on Gameplay:
Recently I have begun to like influence more and more. In fact I really like viewing Takemiya Masaki's cosmic style games nowadays over Cho Chikun's territorial-oriented games.
My fuseki has improved to satisfaction lately, in fact I once played an opening without mistake against breakfast. I find my midgame a little dissappointing still, so I plan to work on that...if I ever get back to studying go. My yose has also lagged down a bit, because I have not improved it, but it will serve for now.