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My true name is Stefan, I come from Witten (Germany, NRW). As a kid, I played go with my brother. We only knew the rules and had much fun with it. It *always* began at tengen, and after that, two widly fighting, spiraling groups would fight each other. After the match we stood back to watch the beautiful picture.

Isnt that true go? To not bother about consequences too much, but have just fun?

Later, we stopped playing go.

I only begun again, because a friend of mine, will wanted to learn the rules, after I told him about the game. Or did I want him learn the rules? ☺ Forgot. After a few, if not a dozen frustrating 19x19 games for both(he never took handicap) he suddenly got "the enlightment" how to play and from that on beat me all the time :( ☺. Thanks will, for creating enthusiasm also in me.

I am now on the brink to 4kyu at KGS. I don't know about my real rank. Last tournament I played like a 6kyu.

I used to be in the ASR-League, and learn from Guo Juans audiogolessons.

I also wrote a few haikus here, related to go.

A few dates:

 2007
 15.1.  1st win vs 6kyu
 26.1.  900th game
 19.2.  1st win vs 5kyu
 06.3.  1st doubleko
 09.3.  1st game with 2 seki
 05.3.  1000th game
 02.5.  1200th game
 21.5.  1st win vs 3kyu (by mistake; even was a internet tournament game)
 27.5.  1st win vs 4kyu during internet tournament
 12.6.  1300th game
 24.7.  place 46 of 93 in my category (iwamoto tournament)
 2008
 18.4. 2nd game with 2 seki
 21.4. 1400th game
 30.5. 1500th game
 11.7. 1600th game
 04.12.1700th game
 31.12.1800th game
 2009
 9.1. 1st win against 1dan (he tried mirror go)
 10.1.-11.1. 14th tournament in Essen 1:4
 -    9 consecutive wins
 28.1. won with 120.5 points
 27.1. op resigned after move 28
 25.1. 1900th games
 4.2.  3rd game with 2nd seki
 11.2. my best moves so far? Game against Nekro, moves 250+252
 26.2. my first bathtube game
 6.3. first game where I got a single group... at least with 5 tones handicap
 12.6. won with 186.5 points... although the opponent left during counting ^^
 14 tournaments  60 games (+1 internet tournament  8 games)
 Rating 1587
 Eur #2603
 Ger #619

"Your style is passive =) You play Go like a mouse on our banner (lol) Try to attack more! If you want to change your passive playing style, study game records of Yoo Changhyuk, Takemiya, Cho Hunhyun or Miyazawa Goro. You may also try “Kill-all Go”: Take 17 handicap stones (free placement) and try to kill every group of your opponent. If you cannot kill them all – make the handicap bigger."

New links: [ext] Test your own style too (20kyu or better) [ext] Tsumego

Useful/interesting links:

 Study
 Joseki
 Life and Death
 Problems and Exercises
 [ext] Go in extreme places
 [ext] Current Pro Rating Ladder (link broken =()

Who is who in Go

Korea:

Japan:

China:

Western Players:

Big Titles

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Japan:

China:

International:


Kgs quote:

 PaperTiger?: Neat, 3 wild turkeys walking down the road and gobbling
 wr: which road?
 RoundTuit?: ...and what were they gobbling?
 PaperTiger?: The road I live on.  Sorry about the second question, I don't speak Turkish
 RoundTuit?: ?

 Tokee (5k): The Cornel seems younger now
 areal (3k): small version of Cornel ^^
 Muttley (2k): it's Minime
 Tyro82 (2k?): It's his daughter.
 gaarg (1k): already looks at least 2d
 Muttley (2k): She is thinking about a tesuji .....
 eejanaika (6k): nice blue eyes
 Mystical (1d): as expected of cornel's daughter
 Muttley (2k): apparently she is very good at making placements in her nappies, like most babies
 Muttley (2k): so she has a great future in go
 fab (-): I was telling me that this game lacked stpuid kyu comments ^^

 a few Gecko-links (Tokee is the name of a Gecko, so its gorelated enough =))

animations:


commented games (for my study; top is newest):

  • Florian-Tokee (3handi) [ext] Download (reviewed by Florian 1k)
  • Hikarujr-Tokee [ext] Download (reviewed by Starstreak 1k)

Go-songs

   wake me up, before you go-go
   Killing me softly
   It cuts like a knife
   Donīt go
   jump

Fantasy Go-quotes

   It's not how one dies, its how one lives that truly matters.
   -  Artemis Entreri
   Power is always a relative concept.
   - Yharaskrik
   There are reasons for things that a casual observer might not understand.
   - Jarlaxle
   If so powerful you are… why leave?
   - Yoda to foe (you see, his opponent was an escaper)
   It's the sensible, logical thing to do, of course, which is why we don't do it.
   - Tanis Halfelven

"Quotes" of past teachers: (a la Muttley) (no, they were not my teachers, its kind of a joke)

   Umezawa Yukari: Your style reminds me of Hikaru no Go.
   Me: Wow, Hikaru no Go. Thats some statement!
   Umezawa Yukari: To be more precise: you know of that girl,
   Akari Fujisaka that lost so badly against Hikaru with 24 handicap stones?
   Kobayashi Koichi: Your game reminds me of Lee Sedol.
   In one aspect, at least: you are taking too many risks.
   Takemiya Masaki: One might call your play also "cosmic": look, all ya groups are like dozens of stars, all with a single eye, and remind me of black holes.
   Cho Chikun: If you keep playing like this, I'll never play you again!
   Me: You can't, I already paid our next 20 lessons!
   Cho Chikun: That's why I hate Go!*
   *Cho Chikun once stated he hates Go (despite his skill)

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