Jared Beck
Hello!
My name is Jared Beck. I have been playing go for four, maybe five years. On Oct. 23, 2005 I became AGA Shodan. This year I took second place in the Shodan section of the US Open. So now I am AGA 2 Dan.
Quotes
- In Go, and in Life, we search for the best move. The beauty in Go and Life are the same.
- There are pictures in your mind, and you can choose them. --Guo Juan on how to select a move
- My own mind is my own church. -
"Age of Reason", Thomas Paine (1794, 1796)
- The multitude of books is making us ignorant. - Voltaire
- SL is a large sandbox .. everyone can build his own sandcastle here -Arno
- Innocence of heart and violence of feeling are necessary in any kind of superior achievement: The arts cannot exist without them. - Louise A. Bogan
Stuff
Clubs: Empty Sky,
Cornell Go Club
Pages: Guestbook, My go history (for posterity), Upcoming Tournaments I will play in
Games: Jared's KGS games,
meditation's KGS games
Thoughts: My Teaching Experiences
How I try to play Go
What should we read first?
- Tactics
- Life and Death
- Small capturing races are fundamental
- Reading and Seeing
Great pages on SL:
Selfless Go, Ben's Guide To Be Strong, Mental Activity, Joseki, Sake Bottle Shape, Mentality Path, Advanced Technique, Give me liberties, Go History, Kanazawa Tesuji Series, Ang-Yue Go School Study Guide
Other
- I've had the pleasure of playing the following pros:
- Nihon Ki-in
- Michael Redmond 9 dan
- Kansai Ki-in
- Kawamura Kazunori 9 dan
- Zhongguo Qiyuan
- Guo Juan 5 dan
- Hankuk Ki-won
- Alexandre Dinerchtein 1 dan
- Nihon Ki-in
- I've had the pleasure of knowing many amateurs, including:
- My Shusaku Number is 5 by two routes
- (Shusaku - Iwasaki Kenzo - Honinbo Shusai - Iwamoto Kaoru - Georg Fotzler - me)
- (Shusaku - Iwasaki Kenzo - Honinbo Shusai - Iwamoto Kaoru - Steve Fawthrop - me)
- A few funny matchups, seen on KGS:
- 2005
- safe1 vs. smash (July 5)
- skill vs. control (August 18)
- gnome vs. minataur (August 18)
- tornado1 vs. scream (August 18)
- orangutan vs. wildgrass (Sep. 13)
- bambi vs. wildgrass (Oct. 4)
- internet vs. life (Oct. 16)
- 2005
- SL Pages I've created or worked on
Go Project
May 30 2005 I want to study the Development of Go. I hope to better understand modern pro games by studying their precursors. Perhaps a careful look at the past millenium could turn up 100 great games, or some other nice round number; providing a clear course of study.
August 18 2005 I've side-lined this project. While the history is facinating, these games are very difficult to learn from.
December 7 2005 I keep adding to this collection when I see something interesting.
Footnotes
[1] Because the net is better than the ladder