eko 410

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I'm 3 kyu go player from Ankara, Turkey and a member of Hacettepe University Go Club. Also a member of Turkish Go Players' Association.

My real name is Çağatay Tavşanoğlu, I am working as research assistant in Ecology Section, Dept. of Biology, Hacettepe University in Ankara.

If you are interested in ecology, you can realize that Go and ecology share similar properties in general, such as their multi-dimensionality, to understand something both of them, you need a holistic viewpoint.

Forests are not only consist of the trees, there are also several complementary units in forest ecosystems such as other plants, insects, birds and mammal species (**like light groups which have flexibility and diversity of move series on go-ban). We SHOULD realize that the plantations are not forests, they are just bulk of trees (**like big and heavy groups which is not useful).

You may follow my official rating from European Go Database: [ext] http://lnx.agi.go.it/EGD/Player_Card.php?&key=13650659

I am learning go!:


Dark ages: I played infrequently, just stayed at club

  • 30 kyu -(1997)- I started to play
  • 18 kyu -(1998)-
  • 16 kyu -(1999)- I realized that I can win by constructing big moyos.

Light ages: I played frequently, participated tournaments

  • 14 kyu -(2003)- I realized that I can not win anymore by constructing big moyos, since my opponents can invade within them.
  • 13 kyu -(2003)- I finally gave up moyo strategy. I could invade to my opponent's big moyos.
  • 12 kyu -(2004)- I learned the importance of "sente", and begin to use it in my games.
  • 11 kyu -(2004)- I learned how to use the ladders with real meaning (at least I guess so).
  • 10 kyu -(2004)-
  • 9 kyu -(2005)- I learned that I should not afraid of invading areas with surrounding by my opponent's stones (surely, not in the endgame).
  • 8,7 kyu -(2005)-
  • 6,5 kyu -(2006)- I understand that some things in go is not simple I never thought they were.
  • 4,3 kyu -(2007)
  • 2 kyu -??

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