I am Jared Beck, and this is my history with Go.
Some ask: "Why Did You Start Go"
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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.
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.
1/26 - 8kyu
2/6 - 7kyu
3/11 - 6kyu
3/29 - 5kyu
4/30 - 4kyu
5/29 - 3kyu - 2.8k (AGA) 3k (KGS)
8/18 - 2kyu (KGS)
10/22 - Shodan - 1.4dan (AGA)
2/4 - A compliment
August - AGA 2.3d after the US Go Congress
2/12 - AGA 2.82090 (+- 0.28670) after the NJ Open
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.
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
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