Ian Davis
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I mostly play Go on KGS now. However Ulster does have a small Go club now. The online place holder is here
and yes I know it needs a makeover. We have a Go Club in work and at Dragonslayers Club in the Queen's University Belfast.
You can also find me on Dragon and
Online-Go
I learnt to play at Durham University, gave up for a few years then took up the game on arriving in Cambridge where I actually improved pretty dramatically. Attending tournaments is quite expensive for me nowadays. Therefore I prefer whole weekend tournaments. I have started to think about being more European in my attendance. It has struck me that it is more culturally fulfiling to travel across Europe than to play Go against the same old crowd in the UK all the time.
history viewable here.
- Shodan after British Open 2007.
- Represented Ireland in Korea 2006.
Teaching
I love teaching people Go, it really makes the game for me. At the moment I am learning French, if any francophone beginners are patient enough I am happy to trade, mais pas d'argot et sms stp. GTL is something I use fairly often.
I also made some software for Wings to aid relay of commented games see here or WingsSGFPlayer for this.
Current Sensei :: Solaris
Ex Sensei Tictactoe, who's really helped me out on fuseki and tactics
Mentored :: Dakre, Reptar :: check out KGSMentoringScheme
BGA KGS Tournament
I ran the first online tournament for the BGA in 2004 and 2005. I do not plan to organise the Tournament again next year due to philosophical reasons on how organisation should occur, but I'm hoping somebody else will take over it now. It is really the only online presence the BGA has and it would be a shame to lose it.
Online Go
In general I am interested in organising activities online, especially teaching ones. I have been responsible for IrishInvadeKGS which suffers from not very many Irish being on KGS, but have now switched to IK2005 as most of them seem to be on Dragon. If anyone is interested in Lectures or any such schemes let me know. I have an audio account on KGS and am happy to use it.
Pet Hates
- Being banned from KGS in work
- Now being banned from irc in work too :-(
- writing my draw program Orava, i'm supposed to enjoy this :)