tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388595772024-03-27T18:43:34.682-05:00Enriching My Love of the GameThe story of my studies as I stand in a seemingly perpetual "kyu"Terrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13921948878349961025noreply@blogger.comBlogger374125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38859577.post-67497054942179333272024-03-27T18:43:00.000-05:002024-03-27T18:43:03.270-05:00Recruited NAOL Opponent for BenKyo League<p>I almost always promote the <a href="https://www.benkyoleague.com" target="_blank">BenKyo League</a> to my opponents in both the NAOL, and also in the Go Magic League.</p><p>It paid off this time and my opponent showed up the next day in BKL where I was happy to welcome him.</p><p>Here is the ending position of our game which he won quite handily.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Y2b_ZNpq98LvUslvg5a4UBgriJF3j72zwoaRwbGNofdbffkZrJvs6HQIhC6VTK1daYJ5tIMdWgBetra_N1vM33KXU4Zc9Vgj_XPQHQ7qviprlOTrWjj1rTY18od0AiYMrf8u_0Vk1bRy_18Fwgw3wBKiOgLJuZM1xDUT21i3c19VkVCfIlX9/s1468/Image%203-27-24%20at%206.28%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1468" data-original-width="1462" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Y2b_ZNpq98LvUslvg5a4UBgriJF3j72zwoaRwbGNofdbffkZrJvs6HQIhC6VTK1daYJ5tIMdWgBetra_N1vM33KXU4Zc9Vgj_XPQHQ7qviprlOTrWjj1rTY18od0AiYMrf8u_0Vk1bRy_18Fwgw3wBKiOgLJuZM1xDUT21i3c19VkVCfIlX9/w399-h400/Image%203-27-24%20at%206.28%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg" width="399" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We had a member join BKL this week who said that they joined based on reading this blog. So please if you decide to join, tell Ben that buzzsaw sent you.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now for my usual Go Activities Content:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM4XVl1AK8-NEgIy5ulhbUjKA-CScZrO1F0G0kE48qBTWSnW3I0hIB1E2ar9LEPfeOCf9IWeqIqP1AETM_bpYsgeRhfJmpJf1qNflIZ-RhxSjaA0F3B1LMvsqxWIHDmU3FgVTk9SrHc4iHMCaXxIrHZRXxg3EmoMlzAkpgV0urYgu4oC4ekBRH/s1170/IMG_3177.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1142" data-original-width="1170" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM4XVl1AK8-NEgIy5ulhbUjKA-CScZrO1F0G0kE48qBTWSnW3I0hIB1E2ar9LEPfeOCf9IWeqIqP1AETM_bpYsgeRhfJmpJf1qNflIZ-RhxSjaA0F3B1LMvsqxWIHDmU3FgVTk9SrHc4iHMCaXxIrHZRXxg3EmoMlzAkpgV0urYgu4oC4ekBRH/w400-h390/IMG_3177.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZRqeDnu3JIzJ4ZrvQoEWD07y9ZjV0gY5c39DfEpGe56dbbe_SMonxv5wRWCrkRcQS4mMjJKq2KrhWR3LFgqmWvayCGq0H7I5HZOnxjgEFdcDBVsGukv_JkIWZ2zcgRTEaa23Mrh0350ONL6RizVpKQJWFTM23AK213QxNE3gcJyK988Nxm3DJ/s1344/IMG_3178.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1344" data-original-width="1170" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZRqeDnu3JIzJ4ZrvQoEWD07y9ZjV0gY5c39DfEpGe56dbbe_SMonxv5wRWCrkRcQS4mMjJKq2KrhWR3LFgqmWvayCGq0H7I5HZOnxjgEFdcDBVsGukv_JkIWZ2zcgRTEaa23Mrh0350ONL6RizVpKQJWFTM23AK213QxNE3gcJyK988Nxm3DJ/w349-h400/IMG_3178.jpeg" width="349" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It was a fairly active week for Go Activity with nearly 22 hours spent.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I managed to play ten games, all of them being league games.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHcx5H4Q4bZhIQwIwW2LsNnDCp4QJlEKWZUk6mgSH6h8ugC3X0fqFIlNFUikwH67KVuCZW5M_URD_ocrEjwWkd8KvKL2F_RyQ-KEOlkX6kxibSMvrlrZA-hTTcTALQTKM6FijqkiPdUhJugZmC4htaL24mZwPY-ETTj1BnAzfpErr_YcVr44yw/s1470/Image%203-27-24%20at%207.11%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="458" data-original-width="1470" height="125" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHcx5H4Q4bZhIQwIwW2LsNnDCp4QJlEKWZUk6mgSH6h8ugC3X0fqFIlNFUikwH67KVuCZW5M_URD_ocrEjwWkd8KvKL2F_RyQ-KEOlkX6kxibSMvrlrZA-hTTcTALQTKM6FijqkiPdUhJugZmC4htaL24mZwPY-ETTj1BnAzfpErr_YcVr44yw/w400-h125/Image%203-27-24%20at%207.11%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Terrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13921948878349961025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38859577.post-37462136552135746192024-03-20T09:14:00.000-05:002024-03-20T09:14:11.438-05:00Giving Up on The Western Server Challenge<p>I thought it would be easy to play 100 blitz games this month, but it has stopped being fun, and I think it has hurt my game. After taking a break for a few days I find myself in a position where I would need to play over 5 games per day in order to meet the challenge. That doesn't sound like fun to me. I also find myself playing poorly in my League Games after having played so much blitz in the first half of the month. It is time to stop playing blitz and to refocus my attention.</p><p>Now for my usual Go Content:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihElR98aQQ_O83a89wmf2Ui2AbtXIwcBWWbejEHvdJl2bH6JfJHQYhhMeNEW8lg-xnBtKecFsy8JcV-eT1JR9JhG0XmTROgmIFX_ebR8Cqb0zplyVncFGAleArQdRwXKHIaJzxA-tM9k6uY3gw30ONDz_wt1ndVrZYzDhXtW8BXIxaIq4ursUe/s1170/IMG_3166.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1155" data-original-width="1170" height="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihElR98aQQ_O83a89wmf2Ui2AbtXIwcBWWbejEHvdJl2bH6JfJHQYhhMeNEW8lg-xnBtKecFsy8JcV-eT1JR9JhG0XmTROgmIFX_ebR8Cqb0zplyVncFGAleArQdRwXKHIaJzxA-tM9k6uY3gw30ONDz_wt1ndVrZYzDhXtW8BXIxaIq4ursUe/w400-h395/IMG_3166.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw5KEyWTmXD9WwL3DYsypxVQmWU9w3zL96iWdbrfiwcdkH7pJ5DuRNV58ckJHuWaTdRklUMNNTs2qeWeqmt04_aY5rdO0qKJetZ2PZAEBWkCCq8qD1ZC9e5T_PKxsX1y4UeogI1ZCifr1m3Fi0faGcnYodfk6imJasYVIAxLPV4cG5IraK0ANc/s1170/IMG_3167.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1069" data-original-width="1170" height="365" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw5KEyWTmXD9WwL3DYsypxVQmWU9w3zL96iWdbrfiwcdkH7pJ5DuRNV58ckJHuWaTdRklUMNNTs2qeWeqmt04_aY5rdO0qKJetZ2PZAEBWkCCq8qD1ZC9e5T_PKxsX1y4UeogI1ZCifr1m3Fi0faGcnYodfk6imJasYVIAxLPV4cG5IraK0ANc/w400-h365/IMG_3167.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Since I took a break this week it turned out to be a week very low in Go Content with fewer than 14 hours being spent.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSG8mv48fEmkRYD3uINrHVwPDD2MvWRfYADDegTSh-QTqLms7dK48ssBf5hrq9BxeMXH04hA_etbJ-5-BEm6N_5kCMuw9SzMg145bvD7Sfb83v5qHkZtH4d3__TSAwY4WN2CTsqlJMwbKSUPXoVXOx8zKosQDofNHMqWwSCW7X51O8Pi_QWdvQ/s1470/Image%203-15-24%20at%203.45%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="424" data-original-width="1470" height="115" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSG8mv48fEmkRYD3uINrHVwPDD2MvWRfYADDegTSh-QTqLms7dK48ssBf5hrq9BxeMXH04hA_etbJ-5-BEm6N_5kCMuw9SzMg145bvD7Sfb83v5qHkZtH4d3__TSAwY4WN2CTsqlJMwbKSUPXoVXOx8zKosQDofNHMqWwSCW7X51O8Pi_QWdvQ/w400-h115/Image%203-15-24%20at%203.45%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Look forward to seeing more league games being played next week.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Terrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13921948878349961025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38859577.post-25610072480958891442024-03-13T19:09:00.007-05:002024-03-13T19:09:39.677-05:0032 Games Played in the Western Server Challenge.<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVJz3qlCPCmFx53Ndr7xjNkz0rtImvreS-lU-pq-TnMe5GU7pHCwbKj4unjl_vxC9P8cAV_unl3SvYmTevyr4ijvviN4nur9807UfJEsWJtZO8qUPqIG25smQcG-7zR4CSKFJxhQ84FI69YkrAt_38L-bzwfsnILIm1NJnbufE9Ph0YzhRNzxo/s1472/Image%203-11-24%20at%208.46%E2%80%AFAM.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="882" data-original-width="1472" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVJz3qlCPCmFx53Ndr7xjNkz0rtImvreS-lU-pq-TnMe5GU7pHCwbKj4unjl_vxC9P8cAV_unl3SvYmTevyr4ijvviN4nur9807UfJEsWJtZO8qUPqIG25smQcG-7zR4CSKFJxhQ84FI69YkrAt_38L-bzwfsnILIm1NJnbufE9Ph0YzhRNzxo/w400-h240/Image%203-11-24%20at%208.46%E2%80%AFAM.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So far I have played 32 games in the Western Server Challenge. I have 21 more days to finish the challenge which will require me to play on average 3.24 games per day, so I am just barely keeping pace to finish just the 19x19 games. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I've given up on the notion that I might achieve the Grand Slam by playing 100 13x13 and 100 9x9 games as well. My rank has gone up as high as 8k and dropped as low as 10k which doesn't bother me at all. I am currently 10k and have considered stopping now and letting my rank sit there, but I am likely to finish.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My only regret is that I may not have enough time to play the Title Tournament games necessary to hold onto my title in the BenKyo League of The Hand of God.</div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixSKGuACQU_ZSVPKRxeCFrmGguKPGOtnGoZoEM_pNG1xKltwCR_dEQLXiKDlE2nQ0XBM8MQbAmVBskY8JDqYSKqgT3KEprdwItTQTpiDbqaDih8-ryWq3cXnUKUQzVZDaNKFmLzvcdrQUYU4iXH7eMZPdgmK9q0iZgVbmZpUko5U9JFvLBvcW9/s586/Image%203-11-24%20at%208.49%E2%80%AFAM.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="586" data-original-width="400" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixSKGuACQU_ZSVPKRxeCFrmGguKPGOtnGoZoEM_pNG1xKltwCR_dEQLXiKDlE2nQ0XBM8MQbAmVBskY8JDqYSKqgT3KEprdwItTQTpiDbqaDih8-ryWq3cXnUKUQzVZDaNKFmLzvcdrQUYU4iXH7eMZPdgmK9q0iZgVbmZpUko5U9JFvLBvcW9/w273-h400/Image%203-11-24%20at%208.49%E2%80%AFAM.jpeg" width="273" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now for my usual go content:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiYmhOp3th2sPLX0Zf44H07qd9b2LxYZzEy31h6-RcvHSmXqPD_NUNnmAle6h2mTPuOXOaPwf2u2g33Ya0oAvUmGU14pTQKsC-_Mn4ADsXpZayonwhDMcaOz5z_N2LNBRb03tqM6IZHa5pdCVJcTQjFsT14COsd7S_j4gsBphNSWoAnorSFbRa/s1170/IMG_3154.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1147" data-original-width="1170" height="393" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiYmhOp3th2sPLX0Zf44H07qd9b2LxYZzEy31h6-RcvHSmXqPD_NUNnmAle6h2mTPuOXOaPwf2u2g33Ya0oAvUmGU14pTQKsC-_Mn4ADsXpZayonwhDMcaOz5z_N2LNBRb03tqM6IZHa5pdCVJcTQjFsT14COsd7S_j4gsBphNSWoAnorSFbRa/w400-h393/IMG_3154.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjarJKJNMUPnvdrzyXcG8OguMJ_dtjiKDlHD1jFH1DfIa-CkVhA_t2l5esYooGJUSUn3BOAIQXyC3HeeRooMykFLSGhWc-oL8NdIEHPH4gCjdK5cxT76CX0jLJ6dqrIw-zAM0cEMBfXZWVgs4mGhWHIJ8Qosof4rCVffqIAVFxX4ZaZs6R76NWt/s1170/IMG_3155.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1158" data-original-width="1170" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjarJKJNMUPnvdrzyXcG8OguMJ_dtjiKDlHD1jFH1DfIa-CkVhA_t2l5esYooGJUSUn3BOAIQXyC3HeeRooMykFLSGhWc-oL8NdIEHPH4gCjdK5cxT76CX0jLJ6dqrIw-zAM0cEMBfXZWVgs4mGhWHIJ8Qosof4rCVffqIAVFxX4ZaZs6R76NWt/w400-h396/IMG_3155.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It was a fairly active week with over 23 hours of Go Activity.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I played only three games outside of the blitz games for the Western Server Challenge.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitTerC-im-HcoDoDllaftdy6tv9u9wWqoC5O4a19LS75oQXe77jj-mobrut4lxdWCLISjkVm2Ut-TNNfmssZUGcscZ7j_pNDgUlOqI-ZGYVV1XEp9GoJwXdqPLj8DeNiL3quR3OxtLDTwuTfjK9c4pQgXonb4c3Jr27FUJiHN5dHrOIgYRIoyc/s1468/Image%203-11-24%20at%208.45%E2%80%AFAM.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="1468" height="46" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitTerC-im-HcoDoDllaftdy6tv9u9wWqoC5O4a19LS75oQXe77jj-mobrut4lxdWCLISjkVm2Ut-TNNfmssZUGcscZ7j_pNDgUlOqI-ZGYVV1XEp9GoJwXdqPLj8DeNiL3quR3OxtLDTwuTfjK9c4pQgXonb4c3Jr27FUJiHN5dHrOIgYRIoyc/w400-h46/Image%203-11-24%20at%208.45%E2%80%AFAM.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm going to have to start fitting in some more Title Tournament games when I finish up the WSC games.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Terrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13921948878349961025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38859577.post-43863350874788086882024-03-03T21:24:00.001-05:002024-03-03T21:24:18.363-05:00Let's Go Baduk School - My Husband Tries Go<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW7ccCu7agq2QzZ3B-LD0IX4fvhh0V94GruvdYIb3XSbp4XSh0HiAAXgYjxZJxHw61NpK5duLKNedy4fM-jRrEXtnGwUsDZHKl9oNnNSr6k-d_Mw-y7PZfnorjwIKAkTgv0MlJqGl9KuaIRORO2H9Y5mrebE9x7JNf6gsX0n0_tYoz3Lh9TWmF/s2671/IMG_7669.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2017" data-original-width="2671" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW7ccCu7agq2QzZ3B-LD0IX4fvhh0V94GruvdYIb3XSbp4XSh0HiAAXgYjxZJxHw61NpK5duLKNedy4fM-jRrEXtnGwUsDZHKl9oNnNSr6k-d_Mw-y7PZfnorjwIKAkTgv0MlJqGl9KuaIRORO2H9Y5mrebE9x7JNf6gsX0n0_tYoz3Lh9TWmF/w400-h303/IMG_7669.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>For forty-two years I have been trying to get my husband to learn how to play go. I started off when we first met. I tried to teach him on a 19x19 board with nine stones of handicap because I knew no other way at the time. That didn't go well. He's told me that he isn't wired to play go. I've tried over and over again to get him to play with no success.</p><p>Recently I think I have convinced him that he and I could have more quality time together if he would become a part of my world and embrace the go community with me. I am actually hoping that I can eventually get him to join the <a href="https://www.benkyoleague.com" target="_blank">BenKyo League</a>.</p><p>But how do I get him interested?</p><p>Recently I found an iPad app designed to teach children how to play go. I have convinced my husband to watch one chapter at a time and to play through the problems at the end of each chapter. Today we completed Chapter One of the Korean Academy's App called Let's Go Baduk School.</p><p>Here is my husband answering questions.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBAYpSpQvPiVC2Efw-nZZxfADk0X-s4dwYhnWddywFQ2kgCs9DItCBKMsr_vkKLPkuvruxtpNRe7KCu5xbNjefRRNMBahL2t_w0d_xTKnziPKc0h92TVQC66WBU4VQYkDWy4cQThn-vrRkxrvK3E6VQdLaTzpfF0RDbdVZGQ8QyyCg63CmraUn/s4032/IMG_3148.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBAYpSpQvPiVC2Efw-nZZxfADk0X-s4dwYhnWddywFQ2kgCs9DItCBKMsr_vkKLPkuvruxtpNRe7KCu5xbNjefRRNMBahL2t_w0d_xTKnziPKc0h92TVQC66WBU4VQYkDWy4cQThn-vrRkxrvK3E6VQdLaTzpfF0RDbdVZGQ8QyyCg63CmraUn/w300-h400/IMG_3148.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here is his reward for completing Chapter One.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc0TIY0KywJj3p00OH0qdZwLAMuB0YFoD3vwRWVRh1HpVr0AZCnFDceS_GqTHpj7l93jAtfN_ZSup5SrzsEkAjafFvoWkWEsYF-BfiBRA1hLa6AflcJ9M6Y0RB3m-FTpkEOZ_QPnuzzbJpn-rPjg40klxAZr6cXI3rA_miOPDkakXFuig4E_vF/s2676/IMG_7671.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2009" data-original-width="2676" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc0TIY0KywJj3p00OH0qdZwLAMuB0YFoD3vwRWVRh1HpVr0AZCnFDceS_GqTHpj7l93jAtfN_ZSup5SrzsEkAjafFvoWkWEsYF-BfiBRA1hLa6AflcJ9M6Y0RB3m-FTpkEOZ_QPnuzzbJpn-rPjg40klxAZr6cXI3rA_miOPDkakXFuig4E_vF/w400-h300/IMG_7671.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Completing Chapter One wasn't too painful for him. He actually wants to repeat Chapter One another time before moving on to Chapter Two. This shows me that he really wants to learn the material.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I am also working through the chapters of the program. There are quite a few of them and I am about halfway done. The first chapter that offered any challenge at all was the chapter on Mutual Life. I did get a couple of them wrong the first time. Here are the 24 Chapters I need to complete.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGeAgqKKwQu25RIp7K7XQs7MEpwci8tjBGEG2TQUR3bRj66ISYlfJAwBFCG8xePmebit-KIA3ubawBvtiE3K-Tp8_FC7r-iPkLsA3Nt5Si-PnHndjl2qE4YOSWgAzDCwDrYpa8CbuO4rsh0cqy_09z1U_2iEHtAgkl50KikxpdJyJhU5fxzIJa/s2676/IMG_7670.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2014" data-original-width="2676" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGeAgqKKwQu25RIp7K7XQs7MEpwci8tjBGEG2TQUR3bRj66ISYlfJAwBFCG8xePmebit-KIA3ubawBvtiE3K-Tp8_FC7r-iPkLsA3Nt5Si-PnHndjl2qE4YOSWgAzDCwDrYpa8CbuO4rsh0cqy_09z1U_2iEHtAgkl50KikxpdJyJhU5fxzIJa/w400-h301/IMG_7670.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">You can search for this program on the Apple IOS App Store. I think it is also available for Android. It was $2.99 and I feel that the money was well spent. I am happy to be able to use the program with my husband. Perhaps I will finally make a go player out of him.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now for my usual Go Activities content:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJezJzhGpQMU4Kn3hGUS73YdK1FTvFDl60pM8m2y8cKvpJxP3md48zOJPPU_a7BaeLDzedRhIzD_S1eINA91LCoo-LbNKYqeHkovUlTDZonMUkywdoATf4NvKgSEwaqDrm5PMYLXQeS3SDKXleXEus0k66ai6ns9Ny8rC4x4PPyKWXx1D27snd/s1170/IMG_3146.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1145" data-original-width="1170" height="391" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJezJzhGpQMU4Kn3hGUS73YdK1FTvFDl60pM8m2y8cKvpJxP3md48zOJPPU_a7BaeLDzedRhIzD_S1eINA91LCoo-LbNKYqeHkovUlTDZonMUkywdoATf4NvKgSEwaqDrm5PMYLXQeS3SDKXleXEus0k66ai6ns9Ny8rC4x4PPyKWXx1D27snd/w400-h391/IMG_3146.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiinoHGLb5IE6S1xNxe65qu8neK-wsjS7IaHnOD7mxTgyVIErK0oSi0mU7EUZ7Nnu54K3cJ2LN9cWh7LZhWBGsHp7VyMg1mhCXwAka2R7mvS8B-Gv9h48BepHzQLTFumRtGFfOxB1xyYzEhBbIbe_hTAcB64sNUWuJgF-iPfSVgVOEMGO2n870W/s1360/IMG_3147.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1360" data-original-width="1170" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiinoHGLb5IE6S1xNxe65qu8neK-wsjS7IaHnOD7mxTgyVIErK0oSi0mU7EUZ7Nnu54K3cJ2LN9cWh7LZhWBGsHp7VyMg1mhCXwAka2R7mvS8B-Gv9h48BepHzQLTFumRtGFfOxB1xyYzEhBbIbe_hTAcB64sNUWuJgF-iPfSVgVOEMGO2n870W/w344-h400/IMG_3147.jpeg" width="344" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It was an active week with over 25 hours spent on Go Activity.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I played eleven games with all of them being League Games.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcX-ZaDje6PKIvtM70-wF1ZaDoQFwqBs7iiLL_PdnHU7O_B9Tf1v1Up8KH2_hdNvOgVhgyqzvajY65dFMedIUhypxufiuqKVhz8sH61wWxywqGawfM7ecp2XyryfLFXrha4X4Xm3siyE2JhNActDRacuOdFCemT9Pk0u64sY6aCRhtkdoEPLGJ/s1470/Image%203-2-24%20at%204.17%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="504" data-original-width="1470" height="138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcX-ZaDje6PKIvtM70-wF1ZaDoQFwqBs7iiLL_PdnHU7O_B9Tf1v1Up8KH2_hdNvOgVhgyqzvajY65dFMedIUhypxufiuqKVhz8sH61wWxywqGawfM7ecp2XyryfLFXrha4X4Xm3siyE2JhNActDRacuOdFCemT9Pk0u64sY6aCRhtkdoEPLGJ/w400-h138/Image%203-2-24%20at%204.17%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As of the time of this post I have already started to play in the Western Server Challenge. The games are blitz and are taking about 20 minutes each to play. I have already played 12 games in three days so I am well on track to complete 100 games of 19x19 before the end of the month. I hope to increase the number of games I play daily so I can start on the 13x13 games before long.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>Terrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13921948878349961025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38859577.post-82547157966153248572024-02-27T10:46:00.003-05:002024-02-27T15:05:37.266-05:00Go Magic League and The Surgeon Blade Award<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA3D-5ZqpoiIE8OkV4sk1symSR9nI5tgCCEqPlV-FWKy60AROdFFbyDamKAY6TuP5pPbdk6suJkh17y-mCvomsQwLOP5Xz4UC8pbhk5_LxGOKEdeCnVHxnqcx6iihTLZtKJ6n1IS43d6yzKYWWV3u7DWi12i7-3PkEFxoBBixq0EO9inWRRDUu/s1466/Image%202-24-24%20at%209.40%E2%80%AFAM.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1464" data-original-width="1466" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA3D-5ZqpoiIE8OkV4sk1symSR9nI5tgCCEqPlV-FWKy60AROdFFbyDamKAY6TuP5pPbdk6suJkh17y-mCvomsQwLOP5Xz4UC8pbhk5_LxGOKEdeCnVHxnqcx6iihTLZtKJ6n1IS43d6yzKYWWV3u7DWi12i7-3PkEFxoBBixq0EO9inWRRDUu/w400-h400/Image%202-24-24%20at%209.40%E2%80%AFAM.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://online-go.com/game/61691832" target="_blank">Go Magic Season 4 Round 1</a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">My first game in the new season of the Go Magic League turned out to be a 0.5 victory. It will qualify for The Surgeon Blade Award which is one of the special awards that will be granted at the end of the season.</span></p><p>From the Go Magic Leago site:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhIzpYksNTU-eSc5DGk2I9oxoKwKwZOmo4OSTtdBtSMmmqOujo1nWQ3UJoftx6b9PFPXMhbd06NXPWk1kQ8FoIoKnIz2hrUwJJ4jP7Khhb9wDgud-qQyuKbgo-BMiBEbgsAyGy4MbfAJfJomUpHNozygG_lgEMumUFHFMftKzV_vcHZN-1nkB4/s1512/Image%202-26-24%20at%2011.33%E2%80%AFAM.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="208" data-original-width="1512" height="55" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhIzpYksNTU-eSc5DGk2I9oxoKwKwZOmo4OSTtdBtSMmmqOujo1nWQ3UJoftx6b9PFPXMhbd06NXPWk1kQ8FoIoKnIz2hrUwJJ4jP7Khhb9wDgud-qQyuKbgo-BMiBEbgsAyGy4MbfAJfJomUpHNozygG_lgEMumUFHFMftKzV_vcHZN-1nkB4/w400-h55/Image%202-26-24%20at%2011.33%E2%80%AFAM.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><p style="text-align: left;">I won this award in a previous season of the Go Magic League, and I received quite a nice prize in the form of a sizable discount code. I applied it to the extension of my membership for a year. </p><p style="text-align: left;">My Go Magic membership is active now through mid 2031.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQveszKfZW2tvo6BUU8YNMZNYsoN6Kev89h0R5ici8S0M6cFzydBAJt62Pl9ROqPc8NGATddioEYFo_9n0HPItuArBVOUdoKhmau10l_PJFP21EUJMNCMr7OOaRMph_Z7X5QA7CzE2kOF8DRyn02iMlVfR6go_0jsEVYrk5s5oSlWhRQfTohrI/s898/Image%202-26-24%20at%2011.30%E2%80%AFAM.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="342" data-original-width="898" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQveszKfZW2tvo6BUU8YNMZNYsoN6Kev89h0R5ici8S0M6cFzydBAJt62Pl9ROqPc8NGATddioEYFo_9n0HPItuArBVOUdoKhmau10l_PJFP21EUJMNCMr7OOaRMph_Z7X5QA7CzE2kOF8DRyn02iMlVfR6go_0jsEVYrk5s5oSlWhRQfTohrI/w400-h153/Image%202-26-24%20at%2011.30%E2%80%AFAM.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: left;">If you are interested in playing in the Go Magic League you can actually join mid season because of the method they are using for pairings, which is McMahon. You can join and they will slot you in for the next round. It is a free league, so consider joining.</p><p style="text-align: left;">You can find details on the <a href="https://leago.gg/e/gomagic" target="_blank">Go Magic Leago Page</a> including a list of the other prizes offered </p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p>Now for my usual Go Activities content:</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYcYzuSemt-bDEFzW4ldlyZ92QikeTpE_HVFyY76WlcfVZDkf5bZdigyW1t7g16JCnpKXkiAKR90USGZzDa9l51LTS0Kot3jatBGNkAQdiLNKDv4WDYP-lQPrOZYoxdtBQPatmA-WU20pQAMEHNH1gyvSp1j8LtVZck8_IryG4WdSKA3EqGRej/s1170/IMG_3142.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1149" data-original-width="1170" height="393" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYcYzuSemt-bDEFzW4ldlyZ92QikeTpE_HVFyY76WlcfVZDkf5bZdigyW1t7g16JCnpKXkiAKR90USGZzDa9l51LTS0Kot3jatBGNkAQdiLNKDv4WDYP-lQPrOZYoxdtBQPatmA-WU20pQAMEHNH1gyvSp1j8LtVZck8_IryG4WdSKA3EqGRej/w400-h393/IMG_3142.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje4Vh9ftTpfFkfYGnzbLFN6fcaNWpfIHexj6d40dMANv063CJP2XKpcEywJ5YYu1kFkmU8UqFg3s2HXDJOhIF6yihyphenhyphendZNYrZVdN6zPNDD_8JPF5fgnrn4whWanlOUpmWVr34CPAEIicFNIZhT1kxz0uoUiPsw6tltckoc76v7D4NBG7u1rOxqN/s1275/IMG_3143.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1275" data-original-width="1170" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje4Vh9ftTpfFkfYGnzbLFN6fcaNWpfIHexj6d40dMANv063CJP2XKpcEywJ5YYu1kFkmU8UqFg3s2HXDJOhIF6yihyphenhyphendZNYrZVdN6zPNDD_8JPF5fgnrn4whWanlOUpmWVr34CPAEIicFNIZhT1kxz0uoUiPsw6tltckoc76v7D4NBG7u1rOxqN/w368-h400/IMG_3143.jpeg" width="368" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It was an average week for Go Activity with just over 20 spent. Live Play came in as the top activity with nearly eight hours spent.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTJwYZEKy15E1NZigcJvFsRW3cGMtXzrTi0LtpKdIo9NEWIXxea-ssRH9fih9wRnb9clbLIagkt8MwnSD0Q7MAiFSVq7tjunD8gi1ZDXamiIJAJgoQjY2bXImC-TBchqnrV7ySTZqqhy95JTtK4B6xB1phL_dtWKUmxz9gJTAu5rPvFYJwdQT3/s1437/Image%202-24-24%20at%209.38%E2%80%AFAM.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="506" data-original-width="1437" height="141" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTJwYZEKy15E1NZigcJvFsRW3cGMtXzrTi0LtpKdIo9NEWIXxea-ssRH9fih9wRnb9clbLIagkt8MwnSD0Q7MAiFSVq7tjunD8gi1ZDXamiIJAJgoQjY2bXImC-TBchqnrV7ySTZqqhy95JTtK4B6xB1phL_dtWKUmxz9gJTAu5rPvFYJwdQT3/w400-h141/Image%202-24-24%20at%209.38%E2%80%AFAM.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In the coming week I will continue to rack up BenKyo League Title Tournament points in my quest to hold onto the title The Hand of God.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>Terrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13921948878349961025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38859577.post-67079097507731020282024-02-18T13:58:00.002-05:002024-02-18T14:01:00.142-05:002024 Western Server Challenge<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu35OO49lmC6P8aKNv0rt04S4l3vDCDKe_DgK7ZQmNYmn_5zCKhvJj2R8acsgWQu_4l0sBy9eMrAsSuerek5dteC2aGjtHHlx-7IBK4RN6wZ2F2442LV17pFNQvE20bnI4eh8VSsZ0j2kLOmg78TPsiZ6yJ3GCAtb2YZeR0BNeE5vEcokT0uqT/s2064/Image%202-16-24%20at%2012.14%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1156" data-original-width="2064" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu35OO49lmC6P8aKNv0rt04S4l3vDCDKe_DgK7ZQmNYmn_5zCKhvJj2R8acsgWQu_4l0sBy9eMrAsSuerek5dteC2aGjtHHlx-7IBK4RN6wZ2F2442LV17pFNQvE20bnI4eh8VSsZ0j2kLOmg78TPsiZ6yJ3GCAtb2YZeR0BNeE5vEcokT0uqT/w400-h224/Image%202-16-24%20at%2012.14%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p>I have chosen to play again this year in the <a href="https://shawnsgogroup.com/wsc2024" target="_blank">Western Server Challenge</a> on OGS this March. The challenge is in its third year, and is run by Clossius who is one of my go teachers.</p><p>I participated in the WSC last year and also the year before. I have the Achievements on OGS to prove it. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNgfhi9e_QPIJYgRgwXX6Wmwm_QsKhHacq0lu_fRi2h6VtnVSF7EqYTk2NLdQ3NEW58N-ba-oPFNdsdEc5C2OXJW0OlA0_LlWhnEn9PsgJYslzJ5oywlY6xzUsDL6JucMLEiI8153BTsSAf-zjLhX8FVBkyo2ERplIy2_3jRmWQN5yCs3gpR84/s750/Image%202-16-24%20at%2012.42%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="750" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNgfhi9e_QPIJYgRgwXX6Wmwm_QsKhHacq0lu_fRi2h6VtnVSF7EqYTk2NLdQ3NEW58N-ba-oPFNdsdEc5C2OXJW0OlA0_LlWhnEn9PsgJYslzJ5oywlY6xzUsDL6JucMLEiI8153BTsSAf-zjLhX8FVBkyo2ERplIy2_3jRmWQN5yCs3gpR84/w400-h214/Image%202-16-24%20at%2012.42%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>At the end of the challenge last year my rank had fallen to 9 kyu and I decided not to play rated since that time, so there is a bit of a flat line on my OGS profile graph if you set it for time. The graph below shows that I was at the 7k level shortly before the challenge began. Notice the flat line after the challenge ended.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWmaectv7KjSLL77cBDGj5VE617ILQDnQIHKN2WmpKSqYy_nT9j02NNbBtbiU4itbw3enpm66UNEdmoIThZnGhJqz9J_INK1ekwSOkRIIZrMRE0qQL0KIyZRpaHDLecirAiQUS21CzYR1AWSriL4sdutwRNov1afrcoo6icOdAZX4lCXgve0Zm/s513/Image%202-15-24%20at%206.04%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="513" height="333" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWmaectv7KjSLL77cBDGj5VE617ILQDnQIHKN2WmpKSqYy_nT9j02NNbBtbiU4itbw3enpm66UNEdmoIThZnGhJqz9J_INK1ekwSOkRIIZrMRE0qQL0KIyZRpaHDLecirAiQUS21CzYR1AWSriL4sdutwRNov1afrcoo6icOdAZX4lCXgve0Zm/w400-h333/Image%202-15-24%20at%206.04%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">If you set my graph for rated games things look different.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeEJ2o6kdZkvj2kFeD_HgnSY1diheZ7pngkHK56EYqbvWuNc1zfGLxdYcRQeHUDkchvXPnoZVOy6Otg3apEUOzXWnwqT3z5OB2bAB6j0J1eTdE2gZlUd_plToHxDFyY6gxyjwnNK948s68m_GJp997srLz0JtjIdASNQlMZSo6ODaxVwvn5xYP/s650/Image%202-16-24%20at%2012.22%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="650" data-original-width="648" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeEJ2o6kdZkvj2kFeD_HgnSY1diheZ7pngkHK56EYqbvWuNc1zfGLxdYcRQeHUDkchvXPnoZVOy6Otg3apEUOzXWnwqT3z5OB2bAB6j0J1eTdE2gZlUd_plToHxDFyY6gxyjwnNK948s68m_GJp997srLz0JtjIdASNQlMZSo6ODaxVwvn5xYP/w399-h400/Image%202-16-24%20at%2012.22%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg" width="399" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I only have 548 rated games on OGS. About 200 of them are from the two sessions of the WSC in which I participated. That is roughly 40% of my games devoted to the Western Server Challenge. That shows how little I actually enjoy playing rated.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Does this mean I care about my rank, or does it mean I don't care about my rank? I think maybe I don't care. If I actually did care then I would surely have scrambled to get myself back up to 7k after the WSC rather than allowing the damage to keep my rank at 9k for a full year. If I did care would I play in the WSC again? I think not.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The WSC is about fun and not caring about your rank. I intend to do both. This year the emphasis is on the auto match button and on blitz play. That will make it fairly easy to meet the 100 game requirement.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here are my ranks before WSC 2024. I don't even have blitz ratings at all.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRRh27w8IRet2U4Nj6e49XSPI_PPtyK-uBRaa3KAgsZm0uwEzBvBeh35Z9OOnlJ_8tpOizSp5cYErgd0WqPLm0vnwKOkfFBVMT6YclFrhsVubc328L4mD3dHwxhllhC_aFOhOgQJsYJ9WV1TK4esZaCmAijbemE-8tS57v8v0HNJ8IitG6z2rP/s664/Image%202-16-24%20at%2012.28%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="444" data-original-width="664" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRRh27w8IRet2U4Nj6e49XSPI_PPtyK-uBRaa3KAgsZm0uwEzBvBeh35Z9OOnlJ_8tpOizSp5cYErgd0WqPLm0vnwKOkfFBVMT6YclFrhsVubc328L4mD3dHwxhllhC_aFOhOgQJsYJ9WV1TK4esZaCmAijbemE-8tS57v8v0HNJ8IitG6z2rP/w400-h268/Image%202-16-24%20at%2012.28%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It will be interesting to see how my rank changes as a result of my play in March.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here are the settings used in the various board sizes. It is my understanding that blitz auto match will use those settings.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOpatyhRMtZGXLdrSVevmJbwQx2HI5YhQMZ3nAvyuW62ipyOZlpaR8Br0EVCosqoA_7vEInGTu6AOV_aQ4P5GOlPGMxpj1Fd9vWJL4Bfiqwd5YlkyHzhBCm6ryl7sRFds4huccjllX52AxXeQgRVOV8PzX2we6WxnhKR8zovrtsIfBjEufqSRN/s806/Image%202-16-24%20at%2012.31%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="806" data-original-width="528" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOpatyhRMtZGXLdrSVevmJbwQx2HI5YhQMZ3nAvyuW62ipyOZlpaR8Br0EVCosqoA_7vEInGTu6AOV_aQ4P5GOlPGMxpj1Fd9vWJL4Bfiqwd5YlkyHzhBCm6ryl7sRFds4huccjllX52AxXeQgRVOV8PzX2we6WxnhKR8zovrtsIfBjEufqSRN/w263-h400/Image%202-16-24%20at%2012.31%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg" width="263" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">You can read up on the specifics of the challenge on the website including the optional grand slam you can achieve by playing 100 games on all three board sizes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There are those who might be horrified (mostly my teachers) that I have chosen to participate in a blitz challenge given the fact that I already play at nearly blitz speed in my 40 minute tournament games. It is a habit that my teachers would like to see me break. I'm hoping that one month of blitz isn't going to make much of a difference.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As far as I know you need to get 100 games in one of the board sizes to meet the challenge. I don't think you can combine board sizes to get to 100 games, but I may be wrong.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Consider joining me in the Western Server Challenge this year. Perhaps we shall meet across the board in an auto match game.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now for my usual Go Activities content:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNiACb-VOj6K-n822O7t-KaRWluuuDPmxTIFRwR55NRNEYzkAPxm2LUHXpTlZh_RFPxQimBmVzXyRy57RFAgzs_4UFQ7taPkqpKq-19z-LLSB6YeYWBJXUHQyB46c7JFhBfBYU___yfFgEkCKaTaPN8NEHmf7fxuT9JdX5IsIQP1RZXDQKg2fQ/s1170/IMG_3133.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1153" data-original-width="1170" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNiACb-VOj6K-n822O7t-KaRWluuuDPmxTIFRwR55NRNEYzkAPxm2LUHXpTlZh_RFPxQimBmVzXyRy57RFAgzs_4UFQ7taPkqpKq-19z-LLSB6YeYWBJXUHQyB46c7JFhBfBYU___yfFgEkCKaTaPN8NEHmf7fxuT9JdX5IsIQP1RZXDQKg2fQ/w400-h394/IMG_3133.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5MIXMYGlmHfrI3HNmQcsqDoOMyHfBXbthnvn2bkOlZTKA16RHIVMAToLe4lSPEP6fr4V6piOdCDQsaLH0XXiqq7U-jCw1fEdCIKfvB08zXpe1MRtDy2RQ6eO_5yMJJkuDgL7QvIZEEWtlHK9JI232bFJ-zBZi7opjiiQ697qbSOhrXooZPmg4/s1170/IMG_3134.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1159" data-original-width="1170" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5MIXMYGlmHfrI3HNmQcsqDoOMyHfBXbthnvn2bkOlZTKA16RHIVMAToLe4lSPEP6fr4V6piOdCDQsaLH0XXiqq7U-jCw1fEdCIKfvB08zXpe1MRtDy2RQ6eO_5yMJJkuDgL7QvIZEEWtlHK9JI232bFJ-zBZi7opjiiQ697qbSOhrXooZPmg4/w400-h396/IMG_3134.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It was a fairly typical week for Go Activity with over 21 hours spent.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Nearly half of my time was spent on Live Play with 15 games played. The bulk of those games were BenKyo League Title Tournament Games.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Two AYD games look like bookends on my week of games.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh5O1zNZRIsP68a7z8KWU_WNIK3kmbiDTmsIPIx94heXlThZcJ_RetAMX8RGzQcLSyxuGSel1p0e1nuP787ow3VPbPbZsZ47Few938h5yfo96y1XdIX135CXaDBm2-jzU5rzQo4kwVFy_4xfR7TBctdE5ilcqFp5QC_O6LFgsPx_wc9B8W1hvR/s1490/Image%202-16-24%20at%2010.24%E2%80%AFAM.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="676" data-original-width="1490" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh5O1zNZRIsP68a7z8KWU_WNIK3kmbiDTmsIPIx94heXlThZcJ_RetAMX8RGzQcLSyxuGSel1p0e1nuP787ow3VPbPbZsZ47Few938h5yfo96y1XdIX135CXaDBm2-jzU5rzQo4kwVFy_4xfR7TBctdE5ilcqFp5QC_O6LFgsPx_wc9B8W1hvR/w400-h181/Image%202-16-24%20at%2010.24%E2%80%AFAM.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I finished off the 7th season of NAOL with a 3:2 record which is pretty good considering that two of my losses were to 7k players. My final game was a decisive victory of 24.5 points. The NAOL games are played with AGA rules which means filling dame. Glancing at the ending position of this game it doesn't look like as big a win as it was, but I always feel like I have less than I do as White. I am getting more comfortable with white though these days.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL7P6-AycDSY8_5zgU406gEKqqEfN49EjVw0f8jpwgZvj3whhZr4fTlRbwOvp1rMJsyZmhU46kVQ_TSsJEiPUD-HcSW4_MopdW6ivVlvU0Hh49e82SplIVsnRP37nFRMJwMx9vWwIgxpPAq5FtymqJy544CWMNs54nrMLN1beiIO-tahQCPW9A/s1470/Image%202-18-24%20at%2010.21%E2%80%AFAM.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1470" data-original-width="1461" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL7P6-AycDSY8_5zgU406gEKqqEfN49EjVw0f8jpwgZvj3whhZr4fTlRbwOvp1rMJsyZmhU46kVQ_TSsJEiPUD-HcSW4_MopdW6ivVlvU0Hh49e82SplIVsnRP37nFRMJwMx9vWwIgxpPAq5FtymqJy544CWMNs54nrMLN1beiIO-tahQCPW9A/w398-h400/Image%202-18-24%20at%2010.21%E2%80%AFAM.jpeg" width="398" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://online-go.com/game/61568602" target="_blank">NAOL Season Seven, Round 5</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">During the coming week I will be emphasizing play in the BenKyo League Title Tournament as I try to win The Hand of God for another month. </div>Terrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13921948878349961025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38859577.post-23023780660281498162024-02-10T18:50:00.001-05:002024-02-10T18:50:34.833-05:00The Hand of God<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLjIjafUEy4z_V5XxyJVXx3ypoIOYziI0okTQYjcPd9O7CF42XbSq26Hvpmio8b0u2FAjIaZ-ZVjLdbO0e2a8pUi9LhZbTJVzcOk_ReapiJ6ELVXkb0JbFoh5B4Vkzro2VhP3TnzUxt7VrPly1D4voAztQmeIYoW6v2q8FspjSQqlUfQ6vSk54/s801/Image%202-4-24%20at%2012.47%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="795" data-original-width="801" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLjIjafUEy4z_V5XxyJVXx3ypoIOYziI0okTQYjcPd9O7CF42XbSq26Hvpmio8b0u2FAjIaZ-ZVjLdbO0e2a8pUi9LhZbTJVzcOk_ReapiJ6ELVXkb0JbFoh5B4Vkzro2VhP3TnzUxt7VrPly1D4voAztQmeIYoW6v2q8FspjSQqlUfQ6vSk54/w400-h398/Image%202-4-24%20at%2012.47%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div>The image you see above is the icon created to represent The Hand of God which is the most prestigious title one can earn in the <a href="https://www.benkyoleague.com" target="_blank">BenKyo League</a> Title Tournament. The Title Tournament (aka TT) is one of the ongoing monthly tournaments of the BenKyo League. The other ongoing monthly tournament is the Main League.</div><div><br /></div><div>In the Title Tournament you are allowed to play every other member of BenKyo League as many as three times per month. You earn 3 points for winning a game and you earn 2 points for losing a game. With participation being rewarded so generously it is very possible to be competitive in winning a title simply by upping your participation. In the Main League you play in a small group of people near you level.</div><div><br /></div><div>About five days before the end of January I saw that I had about 20 points accumulated for TT games. At that time I decided to get competitive about trying to reclaim the Hand of God title. I had held it two times previously. In fact, I held it the first two months that the Title Tournament was in existence. It had been a long time since I tried to claim any titles much less the coveted Hand of God. I played a good number of TT games in the last five days of the month, and also played a few more Main League games hoping to get enough points to win First Place in my Main League group.</div><div><br /></div><div>My efforts paid off. The results of the month are published in a pdf magazine for BenKyo League members. Below are screen captures from the January magazine which show my results.</div><div><br /></div><div>I managed to get 1st Place in B-Group. That prize comes not only with glory, but with a 60 minute Semi-Private Lesson with Ben.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPsH3I7DzmJjiRoWDsIfx5dPayrIbEFx104CwaDY5qbZGOVneuhcxTu2t5QcR5XhDCpur-aII4RUPbJnSs2DrWY-24mosDno7hMbJiFw13mizOkW1lVqMF2T3eFnKCd3XJLwEYeNIbiuddNzHJrgi2qA8_saXxGUxaSp6Tpk6evIiBKraJGKse/s2032/Image%202-4-24%20at%2012.26%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="832" data-original-width="2032" height="164" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPsH3I7DzmJjiRoWDsIfx5dPayrIbEFx104CwaDY5qbZGOVneuhcxTu2t5QcR5XhDCpur-aII4RUPbJnSs2DrWY-24mosDno7hMbJiFw13mizOkW1lVqMF2T3eFnKCd3XJLwEYeNIbiuddNzHJrgi2qA8_saXxGUxaSp6Tpk6evIiBKraJGKse/w400-h164/Image%202-4-24%20at%2012.26%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The answer to the question of whether I had done enough to reclaim my 7k status is a resounding, "Yes!" Here I am listed among the BKL Promotions from January.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU4twLHTQXF14ZMeTcVv0BHYxlW3RSbM8wa4jIS8tPWFNEh_rX59t2un_ud36t0KhVYs44FtlvMyi0gDDlUyEeGe9RHWKHFsgsxtV9TWITZPeuCWEn7l6Iz4C4CKW3O3xTVxKYwsMaa1H1PDYBGKY3Po6NjGcifsfdDrTynD0b0D-4pYODJ6tg/s430/Image%202-3-24%20at%2011.07%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="256" data-original-width="430" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU4twLHTQXF14ZMeTcVv0BHYxlW3RSbM8wa4jIS8tPWFNEh_rX59t2un_ud36t0KhVYs44FtlvMyi0gDDlUyEeGe9RHWKHFsgsxtV9TWITZPeuCWEn7l6Iz4C4CKW3O3xTVxKYwsMaa1H1PDYBGKY3Po6NjGcifsfdDrTynD0b0D-4pYODJ6tg/w400-h239/Image%202-3-24%20at%2011.07%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now for how I did in the Title Tournament:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I managed to win three of the five Special Titles (based on specialized criteria).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix2K11dks2FuzHS5eJlZWKc3XM_BOuZu1FbkU_JaILr4LFnp07Rsef3DJ1lgft_aY3lB08_fGJfxGSSSoU9EuZrs5pr3UZCa_ntM4G-sbK1JEudSjQt3U_naCJ5wVmPLE4ZX_MHsKMCTuqZpc-yj7fMifRehl_KA42daPPGcM3zNogX3KjptBf/s1760/Image%202-4-24%20at%2012.28%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="680" data-original-width="1760" height="155" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix2K11dks2FuzHS5eJlZWKc3XM_BOuZu1FbkU_JaILr4LFnp07Rsef3DJ1lgft_aY3lB08_fGJfxGSSSoU9EuZrs5pr3UZCa_ntM4G-sbK1JEudSjQt3U_naCJ5wVmPLE4ZX_MHsKMCTuqZpc-yj7fMifRehl_KA42daPPGcM3zNogX3KjptBf/w400-h155/Image%202-4-24%20at%2012.28%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRQicopzr5rEGTrsudyhdS4Z66TpGtKfEt6pPYQEmSm_vN4g019hcyKT3F2n_gsF0vgIzhxzopTWbt49p9d1LHy36RcP-wRMYm3cCLDhlL5W5Dl68sjbyUAENKyZ-hqJp1NMjq4fIIHUGf3O6rom1v9-8xYt7Dwns8izvO_YpexLnVwBSzN2ux/s1756/Image%202-4-24%20at%2012.28%E2%80%AFPM%20(1).jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="740" data-original-width="1756" height="169" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRQicopzr5rEGTrsudyhdS4Z66TpGtKfEt6pPYQEmSm_vN4g019hcyKT3F2n_gsF0vgIzhxzopTWbt49p9d1LHy36RcP-wRMYm3cCLDhlL5W5Dl68sjbyUAENKyZ-hqJp1NMjq4fIIHUGf3O6rom1v9-8xYt7Dwns8izvO_YpexLnVwBSzN2ux/w400-h169/Image%202-4-24%20at%2012.28%E2%80%AFPM%20(1).jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxaoxfsTUPROh0v2_Q7HYwZV_GCspZX_KulyuMl0XIDhIt2_2s9yP-Z_uwun94TrLFPs2zGEKSk6VMKnyrZ_Of80IhBLKguMdyuRt-EBDSpLOlzH_5tWZZHdQDJNa-xAlXnOveraAfpdgc5JENkwuUTvgyJ_mDDvEkymgososqLp_CXf6lZeiS/s1758/Image%202-4-24%20at%2012.28%E2%80%AFPM%20(2).jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="744" data-original-width="1758" height="169" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxaoxfsTUPROh0v2_Q7HYwZV_GCspZX_KulyuMl0XIDhIt2_2s9yP-Z_uwun94TrLFPs2zGEKSk6VMKnyrZ_Of80IhBLKguMdyuRt-EBDSpLOlzH_5tWZZHdQDJNa-xAlXnOveraAfpdgc5JENkwuUTvgyJ_mDDvEkymgososqLp_CXf6lZeiS/w400-h169/Image%202-4-24%20at%2012.28%E2%80%AFPM%20(2).jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Last, and most importantly, I was able to reclaim the most prestigious of the High Honors titles (based on simple criteria). A player may earn only one of those titles in any month. The Hand of God is awarded first. Then that player is exempt from the remaining three titles and the exemptions continue until all four of the High Honors titles are granted. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggTKDuT9ZtdSlJFCHyToBw0pt4ZME91h86FDSFn6QsSE0cMzps1rTrwVmtn90ZK4MHod8c3KBGrPa8Aj-0HY56z-7iHxjf2lgDVNPXFRdLwT4LFDtqQzeNff6P0yhqEM6QI3jgKQU5hku9NNLtI-IROW9RZ9RR8ieSOmTLNOEja6dTe1JHAydX/s1750/Image%202-4-24%20at%2012.29%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="756" data-original-width="1750" height="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggTKDuT9ZtdSlJFCHyToBw0pt4ZME91h86FDSFn6QsSE0cMzps1rTrwVmtn90ZK4MHod8c3KBGrPa8Aj-0HY56z-7iHxjf2lgDVNPXFRdLwT4LFDtqQzeNff6P0yhqEM6QI3jgKQU5hku9NNLtI-IROW9RZ9RR8ieSOmTLNOEja6dTe1JHAydX/w400-h173/Image%202-4-24%20at%2012.29%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I was happy to receive the three less prestigious Special Titles, but the only one I really cared about was The Hand of God. It is going to be my goal to reclaim my place at the top of the list showing who has won The Hand of God, and how often they have won it. It will undoubtedly take quite a while to achieve that goal.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Currently I am 3rd on that list.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT_N7MUfwrXC2RURHtYNIoW33426HQlNpN_F_nyW8aXXYM27eSnvrSHaYWlxxhhKxNxv7aM0S3Pd0FSUDoMRuXYDipJUDlra9LY-QUlsfklQ2c8rTx_RIv07DVasAV8ZdHoGuZi7_0RZXc98GeFB7AgXz93u-XpyRGpkFXbLIVk5bWZu_NJS-a/s475/Image%202-4-24%20at%2012.53%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="466" data-original-width="475" height="393" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT_N7MUfwrXC2RURHtYNIoW33426HQlNpN_F_nyW8aXXYM27eSnvrSHaYWlxxhhKxNxv7aM0S3Pd0FSUDoMRuXYDipJUDlra9LY-QUlsfklQ2c8rTx_RIv07DVasAV8ZdHoGuZi7_0RZXc98GeFB7AgXz93u-XpyRGpkFXbLIVk5bWZu_NJS-a/w400-h393/Image%202-4-24%20at%2012.53%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The list is maintained in The Hall of Fame channel on the BenKyo Discord Server.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I now need to win four more times to take first place on that list. There is no guarantee that working hard to schedule games will get me there, but I intend to try. It is likely to take more than four months to do it. The competition will be tough.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here are lists of all of the available titles in the Title Tournament:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJJd34yCuyVpqK1iJgwRN9hbjwup-wghLq4QGXN2LQ_g65F-WJO_2w5KHFk_4ztNJDh1lZ2atE0Bw7fwPd8ho3-k0Wawlj413hOW7NAR9pdYwYffXvClQPu0KwWb9f5-EkNKJW49tsqyFgeXOqKNmI_aRB8nwuuq17ZUZlDUz-ocH4TJpe6T-D/s968/Image%202-6-24%20at%203.50%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="784" data-original-width="968" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJJd34yCuyVpqK1iJgwRN9hbjwup-wghLq4QGXN2LQ_g65F-WJO_2w5KHFk_4ztNJDh1lZ2atE0Bw7fwPd8ho3-k0Wawlj413hOW7NAR9pdYwYffXvClQPu0KwWb9f5-EkNKJW49tsqyFgeXOqKNmI_aRB8nwuuq17ZUZlDUz-ocH4TJpe6T-D/w400-h324/Image%202-6-24%20at%203.50%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKJs6Op1VE1W5i-RpNBCYleZC1DS1J7asd3-mLKaZphrXrVruruU2UhyEwjrMvJRQjHSYpvqeGL844IOvw3_iGuXRekMcnLzp8hyphenhyphentCxonvangyn-DscMHu7V1qNEUmCuWcABVEciH8EOrlyRZKR_l5K_sjFemfIFQC321hbc2tzPWGfSpj4atj/s1270/Image%202-6-24%20at%203.50%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="880" data-original-width="1270" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKJs6Op1VE1W5i-RpNBCYleZC1DS1J7asd3-mLKaZphrXrVruruU2UhyEwjrMvJRQjHSYpvqeGL844IOvw3_iGuXRekMcnLzp8hyphenhyphentCxonvangyn-DscMHu7V1qNEUmCuWcABVEciH8EOrlyRZKR_l5K_sjFemfIFQC321hbc2tzPWGfSpj4atj/w400-h278/Image%202-6-24%20at%203.50%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm so pleased with myself that I changed my OGS Profile Picture. Its meaning would not be obvious to anyone but the members of BenKyo League. The HOG image was created for the BKL magazine after there was a discussion on the Discord server about the difficulty of achieving The Hand of God. I had said that "That HOG is a slippery pig." That was a number of months before I decided to try to chase down and grab that hog again.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhiOOgM8Q1HWzBlAB69o2S3KjvzAqQ1NnUGFAJ1ObSgIRCtnfMnEvTsBsOPFF1Khy1xBd6GuOD73VTF9FD76eqJ8LN0kYGDWRldkMLtUm-US396t7sP9v4lUXk-ZUYir5kJQ4hZ28FvsQVU-rIrGRsv9lcYx200Rn7CoZFylQLxczIBKSVYjrI/s492/Image%202-4-24%20at%206.06%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="492" data-original-width="372" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhiOOgM8Q1HWzBlAB69o2S3KjvzAqQ1NnUGFAJ1ObSgIRCtnfMnEvTsBsOPFF1Khy1xBd6GuOD73VTF9FD76eqJ8LN0kYGDWRldkMLtUm-US396t7sP9v4lUXk-ZUYir5kJQ4hZ28FvsQVU-rIrGRsv9lcYx200Rn7CoZFylQLxczIBKSVYjrI/w303-h400/Image%202-4-24%20at%206.06%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg" width="303" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">If you have suffered through my bragging today I hope that I have sparked your interest in <a href="https://www.benkyoleague.com" target="_blank">BenKyo League</a>. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We have two recurring regular leagues every month, plus recently a third special league. Last month it was the Level-Up Challenge to give players an opportunity to earn extra ratings points. This month it is The Hero Mode Tournament: Ace of Diamonds in the Frost Dragon's Core. It involves beginning the game from a set position on the board and using negative Komi for rank differences of two stones and above.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On the fence about joining? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Any time is the right time to join BKL. There is no waiting for the end of a month, nor for the beginning of a new Season. We are suitable for 3d through beginners. If you choose to join based on what you have seen here please tell Ben when you sign up that buzzsaw sent you. We have a generous referral program. For each member you bring it at the League level or above you get a 30 minute Semi-Private Lesson with Ben.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">If you have questions feel free to ping me on <a href="https://discord.gg/benkyobaduk" target="_blank">Ben's Discord</a> in one of the free channels, or you can direct message me. I am buzzsaw.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now for my usual go content:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzOEKE-0EiobavMvRKVr2FNhkYtNrbno-_1Bj_PmEivOI2emwLPnTa04AG1T0tMkCWkVbNZYzhHZ4z-Gx9nDO70omtsEly4QzEhSxS6_JDLOHtjZwdZv2Yq9Xm5MaZi-QrcZcTpPxyn21Q1YN0VlxrKtAjMvXH2yBXgt-IwnXJLaozaSMZv6JX/s1170/IMG_3128.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1150" data-original-width="1170" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzOEKE-0EiobavMvRKVr2FNhkYtNrbno-_1Bj_PmEivOI2emwLPnTa04AG1T0tMkCWkVbNZYzhHZ4z-Gx9nDO70omtsEly4QzEhSxS6_JDLOHtjZwdZv2Yq9Xm5MaZi-QrcZcTpPxyn21Q1YN0VlxrKtAjMvXH2yBXgt-IwnXJLaozaSMZv6JX/w400-h394/IMG_3128.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdI5bvxACz2b4akhjOF7yhVhLd_SGvavNofPcVOUEH8ZuE1ekd33p-YucW9FTTBH0zrzDB44EedQLXSB_Ia6Uegm9JKQcgA5kx5VfS4Jws-xBRNslWk969WIx786WaE3s9mhEaUb7nzaKP5AHI2CDTtFTwlHfJ-0KaX1jjWgHFnVsGHc8iU7WP/s1361/IMG_3129.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1361" data-original-width="1170" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdI5bvxACz2b4akhjOF7yhVhLd_SGvavNofPcVOUEH8ZuE1ekd33p-YucW9FTTBH0zrzDB44EedQLXSB_Ia6Uegm9JKQcgA5kx5VfS4Jws-xBRNslWk969WIx786WaE3s9mhEaUb7nzaKP5AHI2CDTtFTwlHfJ-0KaX1jjWgHFnVsGHc8iU7WP/w344-h400/IMG_3129.jpeg" width="344" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It was an active week for Go Activity with nearly 20 hours spent. I always feel good when the amount of time I spend on Live Play comes in as the top activity, and at more than 25%. I feel as if that is a good balance for me.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I see that Watching Others came in quite low at 1.3%, but that is most likely because I often forget to log my time when I am doing it. I watch others play quite often.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I got in six games last week, all of them being League Games.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX17p5biBpStRJnX4_uabnrI8EhA0hu-IVjfGTqQYWb0zLbXYEm3pyI1fi5F9ZZzlMtbKUbhhptVJS4ex_k81M8N57SJJH_1smaTSJLvamROjDxSdBu1J2y1WX-vjBUT0YHQ6Px1xyE8NjgH-Sz3OySqraDdmKcS1fxJr7ebfeFLqiiS5TlzhB/s1431/Image%202-9-24%20at%207.35%E2%80%AFAM.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="291" data-original-width="1431" height="81" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX17p5biBpStRJnX4_uabnrI8EhA0hu-IVjfGTqQYWb0zLbXYEm3pyI1fi5F9ZZzlMtbKUbhhptVJS4ex_k81M8N57SJJH_1smaTSJLvamROjDxSdBu1J2y1WX-vjBUT0YHQ6Px1xyE8NjgH-Sz3OySqraDdmKcS1fxJr7ebfeFLqiiS5TlzhB/w400-h81/Image%202-9-24%20at%207.35%E2%80%AFAM.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I got a good start on the new cycle of AYD winning my first game. However that was to be expected since the order of games starts with the highest placed player in each group playing the lowest placed player in the group. I had fallen from C2 to C3 this cycle and I landed at the top of the group.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqDqwdixr3F7eK_IQA7kPM40Sz8PkWq7M6B2qaxUtlksukrPWSg8JYKTLVo2vhR7tvGvvYumoSx5VA3fmXC_d6KYT3DxmXrOYGTl_uE-BstsKx6NrhfUmytLTqLoLp-rWuNdEw6P6_DVexCKXCxCSXco-2sNKVSW3J8ovoRT3zT2a3N6RJRt9u/s782/Image%202-9-24%20at%207.46%E2%80%AFAM.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="406" data-original-width="782" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqDqwdixr3F7eK_IQA7kPM40Sz8PkWq7M6B2qaxUtlksukrPWSg8JYKTLVo2vhR7tvGvvYumoSx5VA3fmXC_d6KYT3DxmXrOYGTl_uE-BstsKx6NrhfUmytLTqLoLp-rWuNdEw6P6_DVexCKXCxCSXco-2sNKVSW3J8ovoRT3zT2a3N6RJRt9u/w400-h208/Image%202-9-24%20at%207.46%E2%80%AFAM.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There are nearly 300 rating points between myself and my opponent this week. That is the equivalent of three ranks. As a result I only gained 5 points from my victory. In contrast to that last week I lost 11 points for my loss to an opponent who gained 13 points for his victory. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The major disadvantage of being at the top of the lowest group is that your wins don't count for much. It isn't as bad as it used to be though when the gap in rank could be nearly 5 ranks. The higher groups usually have differences in rank between about 100 to 200 points while the gap in the lowest group is about 300 points.</div>Terrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13921948878349961025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38859577.post-42996032548525257302024-02-03T16:55:00.001-05:002024-02-04T12:40:50.265-05:00My Go Teacher: Michael Sherman<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEQghjQr_TLtmzYVBRgyuUgWD50bmO5UArbLIoqH67hLDoT-sUlBzhjrZosn_3myQiLRPp2udOEsAdtQVP7ujHPwh7hN1gPGrSgX_yaS_7iP0jWxwAroOh4u5fmqe3yeNDFYtPUC735W-4AU-jCRET4lX-4mGXewLZSBVjC5XtuTGvtNhTn2kT/s890/270050585_6686732501368885_1717278872837477394_n.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="890" data-original-width="889" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEQghjQr_TLtmzYVBRgyuUgWD50bmO5UArbLIoqH67hLDoT-sUlBzhjrZosn_3myQiLRPp2udOEsAdtQVP7ujHPwh7hN1gPGrSgX_yaS_7iP0jWxwAroOh4u5fmqe3yeNDFYtPUC735W-4AU-jCRET4lX-4mGXewLZSBVjC5XtuTGvtNhTn2kT/w400-h400/270050585_6686732501368885_1717278872837477394_n.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>This is the sixth and final entry in my series of posts about my go teachers. Well, it is the last assuming I don't add a new go teacher, but that is a distinct possibility.</p><p>I first heard about Michael Sherman, AKA Mikito, through his involvement with the MGA Discord. </p><p>Mikito has been teaching a DDK class for the MGA for quite a while now on Monday evenings. Don't let the DDK category keep you away from the class if you are SDK. About half of the people who attend, including myself, are actually SDK. The class is free and open to anyone who wants to attend. It occurs at 6:00 PM EST on zoom, and you will find the zoom link for the class posted in the classes channel of the MGA Discord shortly before the class begins.</p><p>Recently Mikito has expanded his DDK class offerings to Tuesday evenings as well. Those classes also occur on zoom. The Tuesday classes are a part of the MGA virtual go club meeting that takes place every Tuesday night. David Kahn, who organizes that meeting, has hopes of expanding the meetings to the point where they become a 24/7 virtual go club with face-to-face discussions and breakout rooms for small group participation. NAOL participants who play their games at the default time of Tuesday at 8:00 PM EST are welcome to play in a breakout room with their opponent.</p><p>Mikito offers a structured class on Tuesday nights where he takes some games of players who usually attend. He creates multiple choice questions about positions in those games. He usually offers three choices for the next move. He will select about three to five positions per game and cycle through the participants asking them to say the best move from among the choices and to explain why is the best choice. Sometimes he asks for the worst move. </p><p>On Mondays Michael offers a less structured class where students can suggest videos to watch together and discuss. Sometimes we will look at a game someone brings to show.</p><p>I've told Mikito that he can stalk my OGS profile for class material whenever he wants, and he often brings forth one of my games with multiple choice questions for the Tuesday night DDK class.</p><p>In addition to the work that Michael does teaching for the MGA he also offers private lessons. If you are interested in private lessons please contact him on the <a href="https://discord.gg/CcGgpSp9xZ" target="_blank">MGA Discord</a> where he is Mikito.</p><p>Mikito is shown below playing go. He is on the left in the front.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY7eHjKIT6RX-A0x4B8sJoAVAQg2SVS7VJbvVrVu_az5YJ_9CHE-1PijTQegjaLFoAYiMKOCPKXmvVRoCDz7BzLk7-GxFUMgyt07r-OMs9eEtBeduXWljHnsbEOa49i8xltubu9_6ztXNQKnuYUt5ynyH4MiEh1JPhLMcCmGl9GKDMiXD51dpY/s1152/11061277_888505027858357_5681524565911307129_o.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="1152" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY7eHjKIT6RX-A0x4B8sJoAVAQg2SVS7VJbvVrVu_az5YJ_9CHE-1PijTQegjaLFoAYiMKOCPKXmvVRoCDz7BzLk7-GxFUMgyt07r-OMs9eEtBeduXWljHnsbEOa49i8xltubu9_6ztXNQKnuYUt5ynyH4MiEh1JPhLMcCmGl9GKDMiXD51dpY/w400-h400/11061277_888505027858357_5681524565911307129_o.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>Now for my usual Go Content:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj36rmre18HwV4d-nWqQuBB_zV8kDtGMRoz4jH5A0lrrnIpvdfUnKAxVMZDEELyt_kHZkhGMINbJyX-sDpAXdoz6NvMrSCO73hOL4NgNuudDaeXUD_U5oVZOH6H-bir7bu9-26dM9OQzun_fDbQopwYGQZk6IPJdQiGKvDudTd6p9N-7HcDVOOf/s1170/IMG_3099.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1150" data-original-width="1170" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj36rmre18HwV4d-nWqQuBB_zV8kDtGMRoz4jH5A0lrrnIpvdfUnKAxVMZDEELyt_kHZkhGMINbJyX-sDpAXdoz6NvMrSCO73hOL4NgNuudDaeXUD_U5oVZOH6H-bir7bu9-26dM9OQzun_fDbQopwYGQZk6IPJdQiGKvDudTd6p9N-7HcDVOOf/w400-h394/IMG_3099.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisYXSHrQgMdO3vMcCApvK2BInuwzDu-6yTaaKRszrB_SnF2IiESSW6cM06bDVz4KWC0b8-DLYcZ8P4SmSG1CEgAESCoRYDF-WLmTKG7eTOjNhwRHSOrXaIOvHjpN1TZKmxMx0wisF37I5U4304Sp_jni6cAJsm3z-OKffZDXgs82r_tNI2rYFv/s1452/IMG_3100.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1452" data-original-width="1170" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisYXSHrQgMdO3vMcCApvK2BInuwzDu-6yTaaKRszrB_SnF2IiESSW6cM06bDVz4KWC0b8-DLYcZ8P4SmSG1CEgAESCoRYDF-WLmTKG7eTOjNhwRHSOrXaIOvHjpN1TZKmxMx0wisF37I5U4304Sp_jni6cAJsm3z-OKffZDXgs82r_tNI2rYFv/w323-h400/IMG_3100.jpeg" width="323" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It was a very active week with nearly 29 hours spent on Go Activity. Over 11 of those hours were spent on Live Play.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I played 14 games last week. All of them were league games. I spent an average of 48 minutes per game.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX57wqSVSkRV7_mgDohS1VBq7Sv1e6lai_rgFS78lBMx82zXuKo9J8L50nU2ISGeb4X3o0-mG18djRlF0M2ja3Z41mH0qpS-B_3pPMdqMls8YuXn3Md2jacR5ktedHnPva1MH1IDNRWruWH0uTHvQvSJS203donuTXq9Ocs7WsNiYhyOJh_yaA/s1450/Image%202-2-24%20at%2010.57%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="636" data-original-width="1450" height="175" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX57wqSVSkRV7_mgDohS1VBq7Sv1e6lai_rgFS78lBMx82zXuKo9J8L50nU2ISGeb4X3o0-mG18djRlF0M2ja3Z41mH0qpS-B_3pPMdqMls8YuXn3Md2jacR5ktedHnPva1MH1IDNRWruWH0uTHvQvSJS203donuTXq9Ocs7WsNiYhyOJh_yaA/w400-h175/Image%202-2-24%20at%2010.57%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Early in the week I decided to get competitive in the BenKyo League so I really packed in a large number of games in the last four days of the month. I'll report on my results next week.</div><p><br /></p>Terrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13921948878349961025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38859577.post-92023129556898168022024-01-27T18:54:00.002-05:002024-01-27T18:54:39.410-05:00My Go Teacher: BenKyo Baduk<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFANtCZo3kWr-V0NhGc-D8c9Q4rr4YZKnO394ecTnldNURYhxeBnwhYY4aOvyGBo31Gf1r0TdvFo23lLn40RU1YlGcz1lMoJXYn5UfKPfq5eCSb1V4K0EydHINEvkjBO_Er6VSiGHqBZ9O8KMqU5gv85B4VcUSO25F5pRqqlFlwjE5H4nYI1VL/s1118/Image%201-27-24%20at%201.11%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="922" data-original-width="1118" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFANtCZo3kWr-V0NhGc-D8c9Q4rr4YZKnO394ecTnldNURYhxeBnwhYY4aOvyGBo31Gf1r0TdvFo23lLn40RU1YlGcz1lMoJXYn5UfKPfq5eCSb1V4K0EydHINEvkjBO_Er6VSiGHqBZ9O8KMqU5gv85B4VcUSO25F5pRqqlFlwjE5H4nYI1VL/w400-h330/Image%201-27-24%20at%201.11%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p>This is the fifth entry in my series of posts about my go teachers.</p><p>Today's post is about Ben Mantle better known as BenKyo Baduk.</p><p>About a year into my lessons with Clossius I became aware of BenKyo Baduk. A good friend of mine from AYD was taking lessons with Ben and spoke very highly of him. I wanted to learn about Ben's style of teaching and considered starting lessons with him, However, by the time I tried to do so I found out that the only way to get lessons with Ben was to sign up to one of his Patreon Tiers with lessons, and so I carefully looked at all of his tiers.</p><p>I cautiously started with a membership to the <a href="https://www.benkyoleague.com" target="_blank">BenKyo League</a>. The league largely functions on Ben's <a href="https://discord.gg/benkyobaduk" target="_blank">Discord Server</a> with games played on <a href="https://online-go.com" target="_blank">OGS</a>, the Online Go Server. I also started to watch <a href="https://www.twitch.tv/benkyobaduk" target="_blank">Ben's Twitch Stream</a>. </p><p>I was dipping my toes very carefully into the water with Ben before committing to a higher level Patreon Tier. I was cautious only because I tend to keep my teachers once I employ them. I don't like to fire anyone, and I was already paying Clossius for four one hour lessons per month, subscribed to The Internet Go School, and making regular payments for membership in The American Yunguseng Dojang. It wasn't a small thing to consider another regularly occurring go expense for Private Lessons I would get at the higher tiers of Ben's Patreon.</p><p>In spite of my caution, it didn't take me long to fall in love with Ben's community and with Ben himself. I mention the community first because I've never seen a go community as active and supportive as the one that Ben offers through the BenKyo League. It is hard to explain how good it is because words just don't do it justice.</p><p>I upgraded to a Patreon Tier with one private 90 minute lesson per month very shortly after joining BenKyo League. Within a month after that I upgraded to the next level Tier with two 90 minute private lessons per month, and there I remain. My tier also includes three 30 minute Semi-Private Lessons per month, bi-yearly reports, the benefits of the Study Group which comes with three interactive Group Classes per month and an extensive library of class videos. Of course, it includes the league I initially signed up for. I consider Ben's Discord Server to be my go home.</p><p>Ben and I finally met at the 2023 U.S. Go Congress at Kent State in Ohio. Here we are cropped out of the photo I recently posted of AYD students in my post about In-seong Hwang. Ben is right above me and I am the elderly woman with the gray hair near the bottom left of the picture. The AGA, President Gurujeet Khalsa, is pictured on the far right.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh-k1hrvGT4O9YFHNzR1HQC3A6xx2u623RiF-H7sQ6OXfDpzZ3EG6xYOce2w-cgOxPwyApjJlzNRIG96h63_IYVOVOhGghLnIVVHIr6lbvbr9knO3psSdqfdtbjAbEv2kTaZHSTw1Noahcg1ngR0jGT3sXhBPCPVRK_CgdyIHNlJaM6fB0jpk8/s396/Image%201-27-24%20at%203.31%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="396" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh-k1hrvGT4O9YFHNzR1HQC3A6xx2u623RiF-H7sQ6OXfDpzZ3EG6xYOce2w-cgOxPwyApjJlzNRIG96h63_IYVOVOhGghLnIVVHIr6lbvbr9knO3psSdqfdtbjAbEv2kTaZHSTw1Noahcg1ngR0jGT3sXhBPCPVRK_CgdyIHNlJaM6fB0jpk8/w320-h242/Image%201-27-24%20at%203.31%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Ben and I were planning to play Pair Go together two days after this picture was taken, but I was holed up in my dorm room suffering from Covid at that time. We never did get the chance to play, but we had a great time hanging out for the first few days of the Congress.</div><p>I enjoy Ben's style of teaching. I always feel comfortable telling him anything and asking him anything. He never makes me feel stupid, and he's never made me cry. I can't say for all of my go teachers. He is always patient and takes the time to rephrase things if I am not understanding something. I consider my Private Lessons with Ben as much Go Therapy as Go Learning, and have heard other students say that they feel the same way. Ben is my Go Psychologist. He respects my recent decision to focus on fun and community rather than seeking improvement. He and I are currently working on a trick joseki which I am playing primarily for fun. It might lead to improvement in the process, but that isn't the goal.</p><p>Back to the value of the BKL community... Because games are not played on a regular schedule members are often able to watch the games of other and add comments and variations as the games take place. It is not unusual to find a number of players kibitzing active games and providing variations. It is an ideal environment for the weakest players because they can get a lot of attention from the stronger players in the league who are very generous with their time.</p><p>You owe it to yourself to at least join Ben's Discord where you can access many free channels. You also owe it to yourself to take a look at the promotional page for the <a href="https://www.benkyoleague.com" target="_blank">BenKyo League</a> which is a great value for $25.00 a month. We have players from 4d to 15k in the league. You can join at any time. There is no need to wait for the end of a month or a season to join. In fact, the ideal time to join is probably about ten days before the end of a month so you can be properly placed into the BKL Rating System in time for the beginning of the next month. You will be ready to play in the Main League and the Title Tournament at your newly achieved BKL rank for the whole month.</p><p>If you decide to join BenKyo League please Tell Ben that buzzsaw sent you. We have a generous referral program which provides me with a free 30 minute Semi-Private Lesson with Ben if I bring in a new member at the league level or above.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI3tekp_uwkJ5wEpqjoYFV9WD5bUZbGMnZXW1amJz_fun9qLb_nZZRdljs6tgql-PteNizIBrU0quRqdp57sPD55tMy0xuzfiHDuC1NJJqNGaS4rrqGwsv338RIzAA3mywep-zYFkaGjZ9femaWdAqgp2-dATo8397xmAB6-mXefidONdB4PM1/s2094/Image%201-27-24%20at%201.18%E2%80%AFPM%20(1).jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1198" data-original-width="2094" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI3tekp_uwkJ5wEpqjoYFV9WD5bUZbGMnZXW1amJz_fun9qLb_nZZRdljs6tgql-PteNizIBrU0quRqdp57sPD55tMy0xuzfiHDuC1NJJqNGaS4rrqGwsv338RIzAA3mywep-zYFkaGjZ9femaWdAqgp2-dATo8397xmAB6-mXefidONdB4PM1/w400-h229/Image%201-27-24%20at%201.18%E2%80%AFPM%20(1).jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWYRB3nXoccWbxJWVFTpYuN_Tql4Fluzb5SSNj9tUwBNa9hWtvYPmfsSdgpgOj_G9vDcgr3GmywNNkhuV_3E8xW-qv3YXJQfpkbklB__OkM3njli7yMdrfq68XydHkRcOwRX0boaZl71PmHEmSQLrQmp2k-fJN-R-yWY5uvjMcKGyS90b7zlgX/s2100/Image%201-27-24%20at%201.18%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1196" data-original-width="2100" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWYRB3nXoccWbxJWVFTpYuN_Tql4Fluzb5SSNj9tUwBNa9hWtvYPmfsSdgpgOj_G9vDcgr3GmywNNkhuV_3E8xW-qv3YXJQfpkbklB__OkM3njli7yMdrfq68XydHkRcOwRX0boaZl71PmHEmSQLrQmp2k-fJN-R-yWY5uvjMcKGyS90b7zlgX/w400-h228/Image%201-27-24%20at%201.18%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.benkyoleague.com" target="_blank">BenKyoLeague</a> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/benkyobaduk/posts" target="_blank">Patreon</a> <a href="https://discord.com/invite/benkyobaduk" target="_blank">Discord</a> <a href="https://www.twitch.tv/benkyobaduk" target="_blank">Twitch</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/benkyobaduk" target="_blank">YouTube</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now for my usual Go Activities content:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkPo_SVaadj1MNiscM4HLf0P0qLdVMx4h1aklS_GpPFJwsIquKRCjea0C5JFbwAUTkKs7ER4zyBiWmYB3XhYzZWTFC4uGAA0Grk983qcg0INxGsIwAcmJXY8SH1nJ053mk3qmYPR0kd1bXsAYJjGR7vdaCDMqYvQPJQh0dj9u-aLLF-OWQQvfx/s1170/IMG_3091.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1132" data-original-width="1170" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkPo_SVaadj1MNiscM4HLf0P0qLdVMx4h1aklS_GpPFJwsIquKRCjea0C5JFbwAUTkKs7ER4zyBiWmYB3XhYzZWTFC4uGAA0Grk983qcg0INxGsIwAcmJXY8SH1nJ053mk3qmYPR0kd1bXsAYJjGR7vdaCDMqYvQPJQh0dj9u-aLLF-OWQQvfx/w400-h388/IMG_3091.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEPBxmxM_dxhuME-KXwthyUSLinWa1Fm48-y-TVDdBq8M22vv-FDPhdqPmuCoF9ZsXNEzrLNP4XVN6WlHzriZ2oJDNRl-wj3QD9lknrJeFqHSlcxo-QTTV7a0TBrNyXtRXKHRBi0KhYasHyWmH3sBtCtE0JGKUK45L8soOa_XISaABHUIZmUfV/s1170/IMG_3092.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1078" data-original-width="1170" height="369" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEPBxmxM_dxhuME-KXwthyUSLinWa1Fm48-y-TVDdBq8M22vv-FDPhdqPmuCoF9ZsXNEzrLNP4XVN6WlHzriZ2oJDNRl-wj3QD9lknrJeFqHSlcxo-QTTV7a0TBrNyXtRXKHRBi0KhYasHyWmH3sBtCtE0JGKUK45L8soOa_XISaABHUIZmUfV/w400-h369/IMG_3092.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It was a moderately active week with nearly 17 hours devoted to Go Activity. Live Play came in as the top activity which is something I always like to see.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I played six games and spent about four and a half hours on Live Play.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrxivbOhWaNvonnW3ZrDDsxiOujxaTg7jfgsXUkKPzyiPE-Stg4uBpo-jdK-lsnN7_UcS4IuWSC0W5LghweJTdx6iiSrUlJ6h0E4-LnJq6Zq8Yqw7eL8xnoea8oVleKWOezIUCezZ0WYaE2ScJVaHnyGgM9Chmpz191_dqBH56V6v1bop0Mg-R/s1438/Image%201-25-24%20at%209.14%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="294" data-original-width="1438" height="81" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrxivbOhWaNvonnW3ZrDDsxiOujxaTg7jfgsXUkKPzyiPE-Stg4uBpo-jdK-lsnN7_UcS4IuWSC0W5LghweJTdx6iiSrUlJ6h0E4-LnJq6Zq8Yqw7eL8xnoea8oVleKWOezIUCezZ0WYaE2ScJVaHnyGgM9Chmpz191_dqBH56V6v1bop0Mg-R/w400-h81/Image%201-25-24%20at%209.14%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I will admit to being a bit depressed about my results this week. The only game I won was an even game against a 15k player. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I felt a bit better about my week after my lesson with Clossius. He managed to review all but the AYD games which were previously reviewed by In-seong Hwang. Clossius reviewed some games from pervious weeks as well for a total of five games during our two hour lesson.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here is an update on my Go Resolution:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjnETAQ119s5_mknjSPx1C3VSAfuHs5HAdbOQJ-bA2yn9COopP5Qj9pY7lSJeJVcqrQtLDrP8pfVcG6ONoK4SHh71MMOhYHIsiCSiHZmXE1fXLyhgFff874LluWeBYkI8hfrJagNPsfvJno1XtJYIhQTTA00mPBiDQajJ4UyzKKml_R7xKXbEA/s882/Image%201-27-24%20at%202.33%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="460" data-original-width="882" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjnETAQ119s5_mknjSPx1C3VSAfuHs5HAdbOQJ-bA2yn9COopP5Qj9pY7lSJeJVcqrQtLDrP8pfVcG6ONoK4SHh71MMOhYHIsiCSiHZmXE1fXLyhgFff874LluWeBYkI8hfrJagNPsfvJno1XtJYIhQTTA00mPBiDQajJ4UyzKKml_R7xKXbEA/w400-h209/Image%201-27-24%20at%202.33%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I've increased my Vacation Days at the Internet Go School by one for a total of 19, and I have not used a single vacation day since I started my resolution to remember to do my go problems every day.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">When I had my lesson with Ben on Thursday we went over my NAOL game which was played against another OGS 7k who is listed as an NAOL 11k. We spent the entire hour reviewing that game, and Ben suggested that I take a look at the games I lost last week to see if I can find some of the things that I did in those games that were good. I am going to try to make time to do that this week.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>Terrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13921948878349961025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38859577.post-66000497766273226272024-01-21T12:37:00.004-05:002024-01-21T12:56:08.930-05:00My Go Teacher: Clossius<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyGpv__g_oPQd6p_042BlyS7ByfXcjgWdIdimzsn-Z_ay-U-gvDqcY4Im2LOQNzWYaNKP-z7OGnpjfjd7p5_j7vTravVEzBBRuIM7xHMWsf3PFll2XWwqR4mzMwsT5azxhtAWzDJ4TuBKU1ZrvKehw_tt65la4gDG8jtDGm5PcigQ6ctMvn1ZC/s4032/IMG_2180.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyGpv__g_oPQd6p_042BlyS7ByfXcjgWdIdimzsn-Z_ay-U-gvDqcY4Im2LOQNzWYaNKP-z7OGnpjfjd7p5_j7vTravVEzBBRuIM7xHMWsf3PFll2XWwqR4mzMwsT5azxhtAWzDJ4TuBKU1ZrvKehw_tt65la4gDG8jtDGm5PcigQ6ctMvn1ZC/w300-h400/IMG_2180.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>This is the fourth post in my series about my go teachers. Today I feature Shawn Ray, better known as Clossius. He appears above doing a DDK lecture at the 2022 U.S. Go Congress.</p><p>I came upon the <a href="https://www.twitch.tv/clossius" target="_blank">Clossius Twitch channel</a> in the Fall of 2020 through links on OGS. I spent a good deal of time watching Clossius do game reviews and lessons on his stream. I liked what I saw and decided that I wanted some of that for myself. Rather than try to get in on the free game reviews, I decided to go all in with lessons. I subscribed at the level of four lessons per month. The lessons were one hour each. I remember thinking to myself, "Let's give the AGA 4 dan a try." That was the beginning of a long teaching relationship. I am still with Shawn after three years.</p><p>My first lesson with Clossius was on January 13, 2021. Since then I have completed 145 one hour lessons with him. At first I would take a lesson every week. More recently I am taking two hour lessons on alternate weeks. I do this by combining two of my one hour lessons. I have found that I like the longer lessons. It has been over a year since I took a one hour lesson.</p><p>My lessons with Clossius are taught publicly on Twitch. I have a regular time for my lessons which is Friday afternoon at 2:00 PM EST. If you don't see me on the Clossius stream at that time it means that it is one of my weeks off from lessons.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="text-align: left;">A year and a half after I started to study with Clossius we finally met at the U.S. Go Congress in Estes Park, Colorado.</p><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdoXqFjmlOjCks-QcQLJa-27982bn8WcrgxqYEJfNBTD7LNWfDN2qg53vwmKZqggWx_e90LeIAJxgmfNyxzhCYGlO1Ry5MXTYZiHNl0zEGoNPYhbESxqK7eCitc_wOsQmFvKlKwdrFqf4noF1A7d0wKyjEjdaVyjPPfQKTcH9tf6uK-uKmPnI9/s3088/IMG_2149.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdoXqFjmlOjCks-QcQLJa-27982bn8WcrgxqYEJfNBTD7LNWfDN2qg53vwmKZqggWx_e90LeIAJxgmfNyxzhCYGlO1Ry5MXTYZiHNl0zEGoNPYhbESxqK7eCitc_wOsQmFvKlKwdrFqf4noF1A7d0wKyjEjdaVyjPPfQKTcH9tf6uK-uKmPnI9/w300-h400/IMG_2149.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div></div><p>It was for Clossius that I came up with my spreadsheet for recording my games. I used to put links to my games in my blog for him. At first we used my blog as a springboard to start our game reviews, but creating a spreadsheet allowed me to customize the information I provided for each game.</p><p>Since I play on multiple servers it made sense to use a spreadsheet. I didn't want to limit our reviews to only the games I played on OGS, and I wanted to be able to give Clossius the big picture of how I was doing for the week. He likes to see details on all of the games I have played when selecting which games to review.</p><p>I also record links to my lessons on my spreadsheet and keep track of how many lessons I have backlogged as well as my ranks for different servers and leagues.</p><p>This is what a recent week looked like on my spreadsheet:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja8oOiYuC-Ly77k62zMmAfADp-i76qUM5dwdFiZt-FARXgA-wiiUWRVDVBiDiWLB16KYitLP17e5gy9eN1uHWKvJaFY4Ut1ICak56evrf_nMH7hTmHHoLVaND3YpS-5xEBsDw5GC_MwY9ihYbBr6_cuUbkLX1xPGKTSYuSLMCU9FC4qIzGrg8x/s2524/Image%201-21-24%20at%2012.54%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="476" data-original-width="2524" height="75" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja8oOiYuC-Ly77k62zMmAfADp-i76qUM5dwdFiZt-FARXgA-wiiUWRVDVBiDiWLB16KYitLP17e5gy9eN1uHWKvJaFY4Ut1ICak56evrf_nMH7hTmHHoLVaND3YpS-5xEBsDw5GC_MwY9ihYbBr6_cuUbkLX1xPGKTSYuSLMCU9FC4qIzGrg8x/w400-h75/Image%201-21-24%20at%2012.54%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>Clossius teaches DDK and SDK players up through about 4 kyu. He is best known for his <a href="https://shawnsgogroup.wordpress.com/theclossiapproach/" target="_blank">Clossi Approach Method </a> for which he created a series of videos called <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5mVjO5OFYSymMy2Mixl7E5vpwFDO_0B4" target="_blank">The Clossi Approach Series</a> in which he plays games with players from 25 kyu through 5 kyu. The series starts with 9x9 progresses to 13x13 and at about 15 kyu it moves on to 19x19. There are about 50 hours of video content in the series and access to it is free.</p><p>More recently Clossius has developed a go problem web app called <a href="https://tsumegodragon.com/home" target="_blank">Tsumego Dragon</a>. His app has 31 different categories of problem types. The problem types include Capture, Connection, Net, Ladder, J Group, Throw-in, Crane's Nest and many more. The app can be used on your phone or your desktop. I prefer to use it on the phone. It has recently come out of beta and has a subscription fee of $10.00 a month, but the app can be used for free to solve 20 problems per hour. If you have the patience to come back with frequency throughout the day you can solve quite a few problems as evidenced by a non-subscriber who manages to maintain a position in the top ten of the Monthly Leaderboard despite the problem limit. I subscribed during the alpha stage of development and use Tsumego Dragon daily. I recommend subscribing for those who want to support the development of this app. </p><p>Using Tsumego Dragon religiously has brought me to 5th place for All Time on the Leaderboard just two places behind Clossius himself.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXdtZ5TrHnbg0Qwv3Prgiz5jFuyaSqpJmAxNfJbkvX1jYitIH7-qScZWB9eicNv6V_BriZcOomHGjjbWTj9Fg5pP2nRnL0AOCkKVf94-WpdEnbttDm8xx-P10AYthkXtdurGu6pOlu0lHxv30ctAeD2gTHoxzp4ILXbrdChk3lZppJCeD3gt55/s2308/Image%201-19-24%20at%205.06%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1326" data-original-width="2308" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXdtZ5TrHnbg0Qwv3Prgiz5jFuyaSqpJmAxNfJbkvX1jYitIH7-qScZWB9eicNv6V_BriZcOomHGjjbWTj9Fg5pP2nRnL0AOCkKVf94-WpdEnbttDm8xx-P10AYthkXtdurGu6pOlu0lHxv30ctAeD2gTHoxzp4ILXbrdChk3lZppJCeD3gt55/w400-h230/Image%201-19-24%20at%205.06%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>My favorite feature of the app is the ability to limit the level of problems I am doing. I am currently completing every level 0-1 problem in the app. It is taking me more than one day to do so. As much as I enjoy the Daily Challenge I especially like solving problems by category.</p><p>Take a look at the Tsumego Dragon app. Also tune in to the Clossius Twitch Stream to watch Shawn teaching lessons and doing Open Game Reviews.</p><p>At the current time I believe that I have more lessons under my belt with Clossius than anyone else. If you are interested in lessons you can find out about them <a href="https://shawnsgogroup.com/lessons" target="_blank">on his web site</a>. Clossius offers a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3wuakVq8Sw&t=1200s" target="_blank">sample lesson</a> you can view,</p><p>Now for my usual go content:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOl2WBsHksDnkTu4bdEth2FqA_JZY42WxgO2btSad8TdA3Rfg7jnBMw1h63IF3TtjOeY2DTpEb6Z9hPQbIxyI9mB0pfiMiNDqajY9GKYb7cjCOpUCvDGWwuY8FxFZ6-luYzQXUKMfzXqHLgf656m315TFKHeReJRwWSZ64HY5fAsipqxfbvXVn/s1172/IMG_3077.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1172" data-original-width="1170" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOl2WBsHksDnkTu4bdEth2FqA_JZY42WxgO2btSad8TdA3Rfg7jnBMw1h63IF3TtjOeY2DTpEb6Z9hPQbIxyI9mB0pfiMiNDqajY9GKYb7cjCOpUCvDGWwuY8FxFZ6-luYzQXUKMfzXqHLgf656m315TFKHeReJRwWSZ64HY5fAsipqxfbvXVn/w399-h400/IMG_3077.jpeg" width="399" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Last week was a moderately active week for Go Activity with over 16 hours with the largest chunk devoted to Live Play.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIRtYmB7jKE_UHduhDi20w8Xn72s0i4zW9llEGEVYKf06pYgZ5ZmYbJQ1Ssr0E6M7hFURVs-SGC5KMY-ymjCJ-aJQFVRJCV5V4stt3s4HTw9Nl-wJomM0NjfVGirgRJI7LfV9v1z5hzswauv5V3Y2hlOSWxyfu8DnxgpRPKkkaQ_-vbrxOHKIT/s1361/IMG_3078.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1361" data-original-width="1170" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIRtYmB7jKE_UHduhDi20w8Xn72s0i4zW9llEGEVYKf06pYgZ5ZmYbJQ1Ssr0E6M7hFURVs-SGC5KMY-ymjCJ-aJQFVRJCV5V4stt3s4HTw9Nl-wJomM0NjfVGirgRJI7LfV9v1z5hzswauv5V3Y2hlOSWxyfu8DnxgpRPKkkaQ_-vbrxOHKIT/w344-h400/IMG_3078.jpeg" width="344" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I played five games which took three and a half hours.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhO_zdZQ9I-MX49xZ_DJMStLMu4zffRTi7WhkV5cAkIVLcNB29JtFw2yJ-BGgO6vAGCXqs4SnVHGOsowCbRb2XuZD5i1lVxfT9PT6EbKnFHlD769lauxe87v4C9CndzYbEfGSV_LbOmRvCR16o03epIumskjL0vsMzMfKarw8miuATSW4pOCph/s1439/Image%201-19-24%20at%209.51%E2%80%AFAM.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="254" data-original-width="1439" height="70" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhO_zdZQ9I-MX49xZ_DJMStLMu4zffRTi7WhkV5cAkIVLcNB29JtFw2yJ-BGgO6vAGCXqs4SnVHGOsowCbRb2XuZD5i1lVxfT9PT6EbKnFHlD769lauxe87v4C9CndzYbEfGSV_LbOmRvCR16o03epIumskjL0vsMzMfKarw8miuATSW4pOCph/w400-h70/Image%201-19-24%20at%209.51%E2%80%AFAM.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My new thing is playing even games with any level player. I have been enjoying it as an opportunity to experiment with playing a low pincer to the high approach to the 3-4.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I had a disastrous start to the new season of the NAOL. I ended up playing a 7 kyu who is listed as an 11 kyu for the NAOL league which didn't seem right to me. He totally outplayed me, though I did get a good result in the lower left corner from the joseki I am working on. Ben told me that I could have pushed one more time at b8 though.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I am white.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisgvwBqVZ-m2-0E6AzmQU5ZkR8GeUHIkb4A0XvnX1JTk48BrDZ45JCW_d6Joon371adclQw_pZzZhWP9Hv3m7H-VrROCfF6-uK3mmhNicNI0m99g1zUU72ONWtGnzIuts7UKy5JvZymd68rIMDNXrH8JTYZgfMsb14_PSBqnN9h6WISdDRtk5F/s788/Image%201-19-24%20at%203.55%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="788" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisgvwBqVZ-m2-0E6AzmQU5ZkR8GeUHIkb4A0XvnX1JTk48BrDZ45JCW_d6Joon371adclQw_pZzZhWP9Hv3m7H-VrROCfF6-uK3mmhNicNI0m99g1zUU72ONWtGnzIuts7UKy5JvZymd68rIMDNXrH8JTYZgfMsb14_PSBqnN9h6WISdDRtk5F/w400-h390/Image%201-19-24%20at%203.55%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Back to my concern about playing a 7k in an NAOL division composed mostly of 11k players. I happen to be a 9 kyu who is listed as an 11k kyu in the NAOL league based on the results of six seasons in the league. Perhaps I appear to be under ranked as well. I am allowing my rating to adjust naturally in NAOL, and perhaps my opponent became a lot stronger in the recent season that he spent away from NAOL, so there is that to consider. The way I figure it is that if everyone whose OGS rating is not in sync with their NAOL rating asks for it to be adjusted, then we are really just using OGS ranks rather than creating a new NAOL rank system. I think the ratings are still adjusting and I suppose I should be patient with that. I'm going to trust that things will work themselves out over time. I'd like to see a chart showing the AGA and NAOL ranks for all players who actually have an AGA rank and whose OGS rank is current. I'm not letting my 11k rank bother me and I actually go out of my way to add it to my Zoom name because I find that rank amusing. I started as 10k then dropped to 13k and fought my way back to 12k and finally to 11k. I'm inclined to want to play rated again on OGS again just to see if I can get to 8k again there for an even wider gap with my NAOL rank. It isn't important though. It is just a mystery. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Let me be clear that I think the NAOL is great, and that the people who are running it are doing a fantastic job. Each season gets better with more reviewers participating. Any ratings issues will eventually be solved. I've been playing in the NAOL since it was in beta and I am very glad we all have an opportunity to play in it if we are association members in our respective countries.</div><div><br /></div>That is all I've got for this week.<p><span style="font-size: large;">Those of you who come to my blog from the Go (Baduk, Weiqi) Players on Facebook group may find my mid week post about my recent <a href="http://terrischurter.blogspot.com/2024/01/resolution-to-get-50-vacations-days-on.html" target="_blank">Go Resolution</a> interesting.</span></p>Terrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13921948878349961025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38859577.post-49186270844074350782024-01-16T14:40:00.000-05:002024-01-16T14:40:14.545-05:00Resolution: To Get 50 Vacations Days on IGSThis morning I went to the Internet Go School to do my Spaced Repetition Problems and hoped that I had done them the day before because I was worried about my dwindling number of Vacation Days. My hopes were dashed. I had not done problems on January the 15th.<div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinNI8iBXWER1FzcYzrTVTiszhNFR9ZE2CnwE_8SIYRWov2lc-Wp0xuoSvkf_jyvJ5DcGRGuWYHtfY72QAKbkuN6TyxQLZVunMKJHqoV1yxzE8vR-BZFoDuv6A7XPSc5oZMjqdlNwd5gEINqFgLjG50JFLUtX21Er2XVrylZEbJK2-BAN0u4pMd/s912/Image%201-16-24%20at%209.56%E2%80%AFAM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="490" data-original-width="912" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinNI8iBXWER1FzcYzrTVTiszhNFR9ZE2CnwE_8SIYRWov2lc-Wp0xuoSvkf_jyvJ5DcGRGuWYHtfY72QAKbkuN6TyxQLZVunMKJHqoV1yxzE8vR-BZFoDuv6A7XPSc5oZMjqdlNwd5gEINqFgLjG50JFLUtX21Er2XVrylZEbJK2-BAN0u4pMd/w400-h215/Image%201-16-24%20at%209.56%E2%80%AFAM.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I proceeded to do my problems for the day to earn a bar on my graph as well as an 50 extra points for completing all of my due problems. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">However, I looked with dismay upon my chart above showing four missed days in the past two weeks. That was totally unacceptable.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib0QmxUzO6SYvMnJzqkfLQNH7whR-IXnamBSSWi5saG_Yk3SLhAq9apK56IISRm0if0Ai7NXoktugApIphFJxESS36AxgK3NStE8ElHGBOiVEmatstNQxsWZiDZPLDWBk-ila7_bMsUB1mCNCi_DGaQ5_WyBAxAvQOz2w1UO0i3lEIBgtW-QXY/s898/Image%201-16-24%20at%201.54%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="514" data-original-width="898" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib0QmxUzO6SYvMnJzqkfLQNH7whR-IXnamBSSWi5saG_Yk3SLhAq9apK56IISRm0if0Ai7NXoktugApIphFJxESS36AxgK3NStE8ElHGBOiVEmatstNQxsWZiDZPLDWBk-ila7_bMsUB1mCNCi_DGaQ5_WyBAxAvQOz2w1UO0i3lEIBgtW-QXY/w400-h229/Image%201-16-24%20at%201.54%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My 1840 day streak is undoubtedly awesome, but my measly stash of 17 Vacation Days was decidedly not awesome. For someone who had previously had in excess of 70 Vacation Days I had obviously slipped badly, and was in danger of losing my streak altogether if I didn't get my act together.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have had two reminders on my calendar to do my go problems for quite a while. One is scheduled for 9:30 AM and a back up reminder is scheduled for 11:00 PM, but they are apparently not enough. I have scheduled an additional reminder for 4:30 PM.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTnMY-3kAy8qYYpqZm7Qp6KuVaLih4qNxnf01nezLar3yaLgs1Qfzy9-nHY6F2MVke0t81f-_VuF4igIx-pMkwkMDpvExk2cLVz-3gK6IF67LpMTNgrUXQFT3EU2VRl-cUjKixRqX1xE52FcvKFGzSk_ZwHkhc7xrbdyEBAHvyPTapeTRaaoUk/s584/Image%201-16-24%20at%202.09%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="584" data-original-width="560" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTnMY-3kAy8qYYpqZm7Qp6KuVaLih4qNxnf01nezLar3yaLgs1Qfzy9-nHY6F2MVke0t81f-_VuF4igIx-pMkwkMDpvExk2cLVz-3gK6IF67LpMTNgrUXQFT3EU2VRl-cUjKixRqX1xE52FcvKFGzSk_ZwHkhc7xrbdyEBAHvyPTapeTRaaoUk/w384-h400/Image%201-16-24%20at%202.09%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg" width="384" /></a></div><br /><div>The four alerts for the reminder will come as pop ups on my computer. If I am busy I can choose to be reminded at an interval of my choosing later. If I can be diligent about responding to this second reminder I won't even need the 11:00 PM reminder, though I will leave it in place as a safeguard.</div><div><br /></div><div>I'm going to set a reasonable goal of achieving 30 Vacation Days by the end of 2024 which will allow me to exceed expectations even allowing for the occasional use of a Vacation Day.</div><div><br /></div><div>I'm going to set a long term goal of 100 Vacation Days which will is achievable by the end of 2025 since Vacation Days are earned at a rate of one per seven days of problem solving.</div><div><br /></div><div>I will report periodically on my progress for this goal.</div><div><br /></div></div>Terrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13921948878349961025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38859577.post-50678665321821210662024-01-13T18:43:00.000-05:002024-01-13T18:43:41.808-05:00My Go Teacher: In-seong Hwang<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuafJawoOgJvLJowCPeLCSIjrH6K1iK27z_X13ltG3v97zIY5Z0qMfBXl4nTtRY4gatWjeHHx9feh-JbTRukPLuOykZe0aCcr5mZ4b881fjbGAgCIlqoj6AMrH-JwmSEe-apE4gb3Ud4PlKX1VIYgy9sHX7ErSqD4Kh1oJOed0CMmF8WLvDCey/s1522/Image%2011.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1522" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuafJawoOgJvLJowCPeLCSIjrH6K1iK27z_X13ltG3v97zIY5Z0qMfBXl4nTtRY4gatWjeHHx9feh-JbTRukPLuOykZe0aCcr5mZ4b881fjbGAgCIlqoj6AMrH-JwmSEe-apE4gb3Ud4PlKX1VIYgy9sHX7ErSqD4Kh1oJOed0CMmF8WLvDCey/w284-h400/Image%2011.jpeg" width="284" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have been a student of In-seong Hwang now since September of 2019. I do not take private lessons with him, but I play in his league called the Yunguseng Dojang. It was at the Go Congress in Madison that I decided to join the <a href="https://ayd.yunguseng.com" target="_blank">American Yunguseng Dojang</a> which I will refer to as AYD going forward. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I had attended a number of In-seong's lectures at the Congress of 2019, and I decided that it was time for me to start studying go again, or at least playing serious games with regularity. I was about five years into a break from my lessons with Yilun Yang and I wasn't ready to commit to lessons again. However, the idea of a league appealed to me.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I was playing almost no go games between my yearly appearances at the U.S. Go Congress. I used to play a few games a month with Yilun Yang when I was taking lessons, but those lessons had stopped. My primary reason for joining AYD was to guarantee 45 serious games before the next Go Congress. That was all I expected to begin with.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Before I go into details about my experience with AYD I'd like to share some group photos of AYD participants at the two most recent Go Congresses.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here we are at Kent State in 2023.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Zlmya-_LMp0j0pgWkXJz7nzCO1U1JSapvGSxGECyzcT-3o6-B6r4oUBSYdOYFIYCbo5EKxzm0O4u8FSjHgP_EjtfyWl7Ys4e3sRpXjbCroA_yRyTKlBUpoWcNkzN6XbN9grP6UFzVIMDuvsFEJSaFceUJdBdvVAymv576ytxYhYSmimDQ6J1/s1091/Image%209.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1091" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Zlmya-_LMp0j0pgWkXJz7nzCO1U1JSapvGSxGECyzcT-3o6-B6r4oUBSYdOYFIYCbo5EKxzm0O4u8FSjHgP_EjtfyWl7Ys4e3sRpXjbCroA_yRyTKlBUpoWcNkzN6XbN9grP6UFzVIMDuvsFEJSaFceUJdBdvVAymv576ytxYhYSmimDQ6J1/w396-h400/Image%209.jpeg" width="396" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here we are at Estes Park in 2022.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv9nOskeUcBLLdUo11y-Ur1hU0_NGTNJLDexAnTwHY-U-ZAz4k9LWqlFSJ7iLhTg2aqgn8Z5VbKDZaMC-3rRydEFpSsqRQkhxVAsCd7OjQx8cHPOD5YNENHsjpdApwlue22HrIV9_NWHruitHj_CqZSaZMPFr50oEcYNNWKTPjxfRAzQ-M__BY/s960/Image%2010.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv9nOskeUcBLLdUo11y-Ur1hU0_NGTNJLDexAnTwHY-U-ZAz4k9LWqlFSJ7iLhTg2aqgn8Z5VbKDZaMC-3rRydEFpSsqRQkhxVAsCd7OjQx8cHPOD5YNENHsjpdApwlue22HrIV9_NWHruitHj_CqZSaZMPFr50oEcYNNWKTPjxfRAzQ-M__BY/w400-h300/Image%2010.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Some of the people you see in these photos are actually in the European Yunguseng Dojang, EYD. It is not unheard of for some North American players who are retired, are students, or who have flexible work schedules to join EYD rather than AYD. Some people like to play in the afternoon rather than the evening. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I've played in 13 Seasons of AYD. Here is my ratings graph:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMI552FKdO0l3ES1IBI5ijAw2cb3k4KQvZ3JEVkXmuKaf0apX_3BsDcpJJAWIA3M-quQGDy7-IxCSew5fILU-Ee4BEDPvYAkJ7_4siwQTlwqAae1bQDwe6I895KhosvivgjAZlSQIoTfAvuY9hdLEiBUKNvCBw0wtkwUtQtFjuvFjPEjhY9_H1/s1594/Image%201-6-24%20at%206.45%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="926" data-original-width="1594" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMI552FKdO0l3ES1IBI5ijAw2cb3k4KQvZ3JEVkXmuKaf0apX_3BsDcpJJAWIA3M-quQGDy7-IxCSew5fILU-Ee4BEDPvYAkJ7_4siwQTlwqAae1bQDwe6I895KhosvivgjAZlSQIoTfAvuY9hdLEiBUKNvCBw0wtkwUtQtFjuvFjPEjhY9_H1/w400-h233/Image%201-6-24%20at%206.45%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I am making some progress.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">What is AYD like? It consists of lectures, games, and reviews. There is an extensive library of previous lectures which you can watch as well. You play 15 games during a three month season, and get a review for each of them. There are links to videos of the reviews, and they can be watched again later.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">For more details about AYD please take a look at a blog post I did about <a href="http://terrischurter.blogspot.com/2020/05/i-am-enjoying-group-lessons-with-hwang.html" target="_blank">my experience with the Yunguseng Dojang</a>. I made that post back in 2020, but it still serves as a good introduction to AYD. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Unfortunately the timing of my post today isn't ideal. In-seong just started a new season of AYD which will last for three months. If you decide you are interested you can sign up on a waiting list. Sometimes a position becomes available because someone leaves mid season. On those occasions In-seong will look for someone near the level of the person who left and you might get lucky enough to join mid season.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This season I made the cut for the 2nd weakest group in AYD even though a few people weaker than myself had left AYD. I am in C2 and was afraid I was going to be placed in C3 this season instead.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizN-W-RUxRx-dxdm0AvWWrbDXNJlPHSecRQnS3ixPTq_nEpCqy7mYmlHDXMGl5ja_l_MgZ8LGl06h8lga_GBrOwRJXcjyQWkqfY-u6mS_ypq85sb-pUAqccRSsteFf3M_rMIl6QBYrIEs7HhXQhYwoqAwLFWlQVgR_ztm-AWXF1uK_moyjqf92/s788/Image%201-6-24%20at%206.39%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="410" data-original-width="788" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizN-W-RUxRx-dxdm0AvWWrbDXNJlPHSecRQnS3ixPTq_nEpCqy7mYmlHDXMGl5ja_l_MgZ8LGl06h8lga_GBrOwRJXcjyQWkqfY-u6mS_ypq85sb-pUAqccRSsteFf3M_rMIl6QBYrIEs7HhXQhYwoqAwLFWlQVgR_ztm-AWXF1uK_moyjqf92/w400-h208/Image%201-6-24%20at%206.39%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We meet for games on Thursday evenings at 8:00 PM EST. Following that we meet again at 10:00 PM EST for reviews. If you can't make the scheduled times you can play ahead of time by agreement with your opponent and you can watch the reviews on video later.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In-seong is an excellent teacher and he really cares about his students. He gets to know your style of play very quickly and offers individual suggestions based on your strengths and weaknesses. He cares very much about his students and it shows. In-seong accepts students as low as 12k and students of that level can certainly benefit from the league game reviews, but to get the full benefit from lectures I think one ought to be 5k or above. I am only 9k and a lot of the lecture material is difficult for me. Yet I find plenty of value in the league reviews and I try my best to get as much value from the lectures as possible. There are very few members below 5k and we compose the bottom two groups of AYD. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">If you decide to come to the U.S. Go Congress this year make sure that you attend at least one of In-seong's lectures.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now for my usual Go Activities content:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLICGmU_cj0plGkQKuD1Fpasr7LGVxvL0sBSl9U2ZWoI73ZZKeJeb1492zQzzrCsltsXyqsLVxhzxJWLSmCz97Q2tn98LhKDXJ4QBUt5Hpj_wSFsa07P8zaDl1j6Jh4RQP6XWEVA0PvgMQYDPFDnFiTvDXpwzdM4CHHKsIgQwaYYfOUOJv2eqN/s1170/IMG_3053.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1153" data-original-width="1170" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLICGmU_cj0plGkQKuD1Fpasr7LGVxvL0sBSl9U2ZWoI73ZZKeJeb1492zQzzrCsltsXyqsLVxhzxJWLSmCz97Q2tn98LhKDXJ4QBUt5Hpj_wSFsa07P8zaDl1j6Jh4RQP6XWEVA0PvgMQYDPFDnFiTvDXpwzdM4CHHKsIgQwaYYfOUOJv2eqN/w400-h394/IMG_3053.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My Go Activity was up last week with a bit over 19 hours spent. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJfo8Is2Fm8jqecZowA-GnvMt3wl9saWa0xATsbvkB50Tcw1cjeaN8uOMZ2HvRhhF7YiUjRRDBjyuvJzc9Yg-wZjDO_xW7AAbfRz3kdhzBlIL46SZKilCdHg4aqY9Cnmdjo4xyKGwahGJ3UHjOmmfoFFzxNINFas5pSbjZN59CWScgjU4GZaXj/s1357/IMG_3054.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1357" data-original-width="1170" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJfo8Is2Fm8jqecZowA-GnvMt3wl9saWa0xATsbvkB50Tcw1cjeaN8uOMZ2HvRhhF7YiUjRRDBjyuvJzc9Yg-wZjDO_xW7AAbfRz3kdhzBlIL46SZKilCdHg4aqY9Cnmdjo4xyKGwahGJ3UHjOmmfoFFzxNINFas5pSbjZN59CWScgjU4GZaXj/w345-h400/IMG_3054.jpeg" width="345" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I played only four games but spent about four hours on those games.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib1fx3MepjPXubAq1qd0xMFJtIMeFS0APMa5ZMjqXq_yCQA_rVU87TNs_AaqpYf8aEwTgBFbHkur9RZ5uBNb1UR8xpirUMXpktfvFAWj5qhgojn4lSiGWq5vCsYfIgAIbMBduGWPydUSu01En98utcSmH-nKH9SrzOZn7D7bGSvgh03W09M9vn/s1528/Image%201-12-24%20at%203.59%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="208" data-original-width="1528" height="55" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib1fx3MepjPXubAq1qd0xMFJtIMeFS0APMa5ZMjqXq_yCQA_rVU87TNs_AaqpYf8aEwTgBFbHkur9RZ5uBNb1UR8xpirUMXpktfvFAWj5qhgojn4lSiGWq5vCsYfIgAIbMBduGWPydUSu01En98utcSmH-nKH9SrzOZn7D7bGSvgh03W09M9vn/w400-h55/Image%201-12-24%20at%203.59%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The final game of the week was my first AYD game of the new season. I played against a player new to the league and managed to win by a very narrow margin of 4.5 points. I was well behind in the game but managed to find what In-seong Hwang refers to as a Trouble Master. In review he pointed out to us that aside from the Trouble Master I found that there were a few other Troubles left on the board. My opponent and I may find portions of our game in a future Trouble Master book or in a Trouble Master lecture for YD.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In the review of my AYD game In-seong advised me once again to pay less attention to my own weaknesses and to look at my opponent's weaknesses. All of my teachers agree on this. So far no one has managed to figure out how to get me to see my opponent's weaknesses. In-seong tells me to look at my opponent's stones which is good advice. He has pointed out to me that if their weaknesses were my own I would see them, so I am capable of seeing them. I'm just not doing it. It isn't the type of thing I can change just by knowing it, but I am trying my best to do it for him and for my other teachers as well.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The number of games I play per week should be going up considerably soon. I am hoping to get competitive in the BenKyo League Title Tournament by playing on the fly in the evenings. AYD just started and NAOL will begin this week followed shortly by the Go Magic league. I see lots of serious games in my near future.</div><p></p>Terrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13921948878349961025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38859577.post-74218278571521896342024-01-06T17:40:00.002-05:002024-01-06T18:08:42.243-05:00My Go Teacher: Guo Juan<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhys4gszwz8dR3Q_0roO-NESFpuUzUWKLdTtwG92ThT4jQ6fUXtdSkBcxPVuJVKBoDkPbarjHMNUN0ZwwX0FGWU-xWfCYcofBVoFxdwRZonYrBmskKvwFiJ18sAAsfuwWChvaIwvAAJ-gCZV6VwU88hq9hd2L1DUKTeJYO_Nr2rKrZyj_dBCB7-/s275/Image%208.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhys4gszwz8dR3Q_0roO-NESFpuUzUWKLdTtwG92ThT4jQ6fUXtdSkBcxPVuJVKBoDkPbarjHMNUN0ZwwX0FGWU-xWfCYcofBVoFxdwRZonYrBmskKvwFiJ18sAAsfuwWChvaIwvAAJ-gCZV6VwU88hq9hd2L1DUKTeJYO_Nr2rKrZyj_dBCB7-/w400-h266/Image%208.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>I remembered seeing the above picture previously and really liked it. I was able to find it by googling "Guo Juan in a parka". "Guo Juan dressed up for Winter" failed.</p><p>Although I have never taken lessons with Guo Juan I must include her among my go teachers because I have been a happy subscriber to the Internet Go School for many years. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIG79IwboxNtgemD7JJgD3n7i4TsBENH7-FnAsoavHWIGregehyphenhyphenS-syfH7YnYAWIZViN7RfRyoSuJTPJUm48zYrgHyHEbVgkFoMb7sKW1Yq8fNa5kzEx6pLNMO4aAyzim6J8j9va0tzFvUsmzKu7_ehQtPKIBNdOFWu2EkgmgCTUKLr_TFOHzA/s2880/Image%2012-30-23%20at%209.37%E2%80%AFAM.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1616" data-original-width="2880" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIG79IwboxNtgemD7JJgD3n7i4TsBENH7-FnAsoavHWIGregehyphenhyphenS-syfH7YnYAWIZViN7RfRyoSuJTPJUm48zYrgHyHEbVgkFoMb7sKW1Yq8fNa5kzEx6pLNMO4aAyzim6J8j9va0tzFvUsmzKu7_ehQtPKIBNdOFWu2EkgmgCTUKLr_TFOHzA/w400-h225/Image%2012-30-23%20at%209.37%E2%80%AFAM.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have 1827 days in a row of problems solved using her Spaced Repetition method for problem reinforcement. I am rated 34 for all time on her leaderboard system, and I am getting fairly close to two million problems solved. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://internetgoschool.com" target="_blank">The Internet Go School</a> provides lectures paired with problems related to those lectures. The problems are delivered to you daily based on how many you want to solve each day. You rate the difficulty of the problems as you solve them. This determines how soon you will see particular problems again. When you have trouble solving them you mark them "Forgot" and they will appear again quickly. There are some problems on the site that I won't be seeing for another ten years because I have marked them as being easy so many times.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">When you log into the Internet Go School web site you will see my written recommendation among others.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In addition to using the Internet Go School I have attended workshops with Guo Juan. I also participated in her league classes which she conducted a number of years ago. I also enjoy seeing her at the U.S. Go Congress when she attends. Guo Juan has also requested game records from me for review for the eJournal on occasion.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">For a detailed review of the Internet Go School <a href="https://terrischurter.blogspot.com/2023/01/the-internet-go-school-for-ddk-bkl.html" target="_blank">please see this previous blog post.</a> The post is from January of 2023. It was written for the benefit of the DDK players of the <a href="https://www.benkyoleague.com" target="_blank">BenKyo League</a> of which I am a member. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now for my usual Go Activities content:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIUCTeGA2o4uf52OsCLLAt5Knruvc7Urg-D6THCDP9TyBnGdVo2dCNqfwe_ZyjMOM6t3UjHX_JnMsZ5wo_zoUM6zZWYb5_z7lMjNbM1GAlroM7mMq8wRE9JgLFC3HAiOtf8TC5UKWzwBXz0sfgTHEgX0cWeSvwmFpDSSreZof8zDAp-MN_-lEO/s1170/IMG_3045.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1142" data-original-width="1170" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIUCTeGA2o4uf52OsCLLAt5Knruvc7Urg-D6THCDP9TyBnGdVo2dCNqfwe_ZyjMOM6t3UjHX_JnMsZ5wo_zoUM6zZWYb5_z7lMjNbM1GAlroM7mMq8wRE9JgLFC3HAiOtf8TC5UKWzwBXz0sfgTHEgX0cWeSvwmFpDSSreZof8zDAp-MN_-lEO/w400-h390/IMG_3045.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXhwTHypkxWgal6RQjREyQm6Hp8YeqtGLxWolmDg5yZ2wV7ThrepmrRZauheQ0XMx36PTU6JFwGh2irMPJ0D0d-9LTA9xf9-xrQOlyMdoDeIpuMxKIaVz7ysrw_heoBxrfGCis-_xeb9-TJLJZj949QMgRHwehpTU8Iv92MRKbzWMU94J9uAnV/s1146/IMG_3046.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="882" data-original-width="1146" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXhwTHypkxWgal6RQjREyQm6Hp8YeqtGLxWolmDg5yZ2wV7ThrepmrRZauheQ0XMx36PTU6JFwGh2irMPJ0D0d-9LTA9xf9-xrQOlyMdoDeIpuMxKIaVz7ysrw_heoBxrfGCis-_xeb9-TJLJZj949QMgRHwehpTU8Iv92MRKbzWMU94J9uAnV/w400-h308/IMG_3046.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I put in a nearly ten hours on Go Activities last week. That isn't very much for me. Things ought to pick up next week when the American Yunguseng Dojang starts a new season. The week after that the NAOL will start a new season as well. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8sVMLYGDqqGkT26bKAs9xiY5mwoax9IgNLf_Ugbjqkp9QQ3v1Nc1pBXueDxZKicx8Qt8DAuRs3ohyphenhyphenn7a-K-HE8QhqbVz6_YBbI1jJn7iIVbKx_H0v-EOfhkym3qKQYgX8C4Hxy7V9ppoWmtpn0f6Et0RG5G4XM0mgxMjqeLZ2Mxp8Ek_udLhu/s1526/Image%201-5-24%20at%2012.22%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="44" data-original-width="1526" height="11" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8sVMLYGDqqGkT26bKAs9xiY5mwoax9IgNLf_Ugbjqkp9QQ3v1Nc1pBXueDxZKicx8Qt8DAuRs3ohyphenhyphenn7a-K-HE8QhqbVz6_YBbI1jJn7iIVbKx_H0v-EOfhkym3qKQYgX8C4Hxy7V9ppoWmtpn0f6Et0RG5G4XM0mgxMjqeLZ2Mxp8Ek_udLhu/w400-h11/Image%201-5-24%20at%2012.22%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My only game this week was a Title Tournament game for the BenKyo League. Title Tournament games do not count for our Elo ratings system in BKL so they don't need to be properly handicapped. The game I played was an even game against a 15k because they wanted to play even. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I've been inspired to play all even games this month in BKL assuming my opponents agree to those settings.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Tsumego Dragon came in at first place in my Go Activities again this week.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcwe4x93jfyTsSJ0P7orvEYCoYonznkiP8Y-5IUilsx-wD3J5RaXUsihyphenhyphen73WNqwzQrQtl5-KIHElGgaRRy9scSOkqq51mUQd4v1pJ0vYniL6jC-7zjPCACNIbiqUP8w8lut4PD6ATVb-8KZ1l5D8QUY3NlcwgDdEveD6EZkh8WaKSqRqbiJ13m/s1170/IMG_3048.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1143" data-original-width="1170" height="391" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcwe4x93jfyTsSJ0P7orvEYCoYonznkiP8Y-5IUilsx-wD3J5RaXUsihyphenhyphen73WNqwzQrQtl5-KIHElGgaRRy9scSOkqq51mUQd4v1pJ0vYniL6jC-7zjPCACNIbiqUP8w8lut4PD6ATVb-8KZ1l5D8QUY3NlcwgDdEveD6EZkh8WaKSqRqbiJ13m/w400-h391/IMG_3048.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In spite of the two and a half hours I spent I have dropped to 11th place on the leaderboard. I need to work my way back up into the top ten.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2eDUiS2dYJyDpcwz5vyHAIz7XcpF024DuF3UcWWbXM5HqM3tN6RKB5G38vorRRoArYXsNhoraD6Hc-pF9c0fcPM18VHpFHtrRgWoYe36ofxIz_8LlB1gaU6geheztJd_ctQS-9Exl-WqG3B8m0KFDQHp87Q07Vb_UJWFLlHD0wAnrz6L0BVt4/s1170/IMG_3047.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1120" data-original-width="1170" height="383" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2eDUiS2dYJyDpcwz5vyHAIz7XcpF024DuF3UcWWbXM5HqM3tN6RKB5G38vorRRoArYXsNhoraD6Hc-pF9c0fcPM18VHpFHtrRgWoYe36ofxIz_8LlB1gaU6geheztJd_ctQS-9Exl-WqG3B8m0KFDQHp87Q07Vb_UJWFLlHD0wAnrz6L0BVt4/w400-h383/IMG_3047.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Terrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13921948878349961025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38859577.post-64246411609583849542023-12-29T11:34:00.007-05:002024-01-12T09:17:35.266-05:00My Go Teacher: Yilun Yang<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZEJoCudsHHhOy6SxCqJ0Eo9WAxErbwrKsFsjv051YAVouMf8wd3sOqlqew-LyXqRTqWrAaARxTbGZNYmaDpPWJsg__sdSUTiN8sft0llFKVVL14fupushMwJKha_13Z6FWJHjEhImzE-zBJ4sPciH0XEq6m3BPjG9RIU3_DfMVH8tiUqB6Rus/s1170/IMG_3029.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1150" data-original-width="1170" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZEJoCudsHHhOy6SxCqJ0Eo9WAxErbwrKsFsjv051YAVouMf8wd3sOqlqew-LyXqRTqWrAaARxTbGZNYmaDpPWJsg__sdSUTiN8sft0llFKVVL14fupushMwJKha_13Z6FWJHjEhImzE-zBJ4sPciH0XEq6m3BPjG9RIU3_DfMVH8tiUqB6Rus/w400-h394/IMG_3029.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p>I think I have a reputation for collecting go teachers, so I thought I would do a series of posts highlighting each of my many go teachers in the order in which I added them to my Educational Team.</p><p>My first go teacher was Yilun Yang, 7p.</p><p>I met Mr. Yang at a workshop he conducted in 1997 in Highland Park, New Jersey. It was a very special event since there were only seven of us in attendance. It was a much smaller group than I have seen at any of the other Yang Workshops I attended. </p><p>Some people thought that I was too weak to attend a workshop with a professional player, but I was really glad I decided to go. I got an early introduction to Mr. Yang's principles, which he would later publish in his book The Fundamental Principles of Go. For years the only way to learn his principles was to take lessons with Yang or to attend one of his workshops. I was lucky enough to do both.</p><p>I saw Mr. Yang again a few months later at the 13th U.S. Go Congress which was not only my first Congress but also my first tournament. By January of 1998 I had decided that I was ready to begin lessons with Mr. Yang. I started with two hour lessons on alternate Saturday mornings.</p><p>My lessons with Mr. Yang have always been text only. We started on IGS, the Internet Go Server. At the time IGS did not have the teaching facilities that KGS was later to develop, so I was not getting the full benefit of our first 13 lessons. If I had been a stronger player I might have been able to go back after the lesson to add comments and variations, but I was not able to do that as a 19 kyu. At the 1998 Go Congress I suggested to Mr. Yang that we spend the first hour of our lessons playing. I asked him to later spend an hour offline reviewing the game for me so I would have comments and variations to review. We continued in that fashion until I introduced Mr. Yang to KGS. We resumed two hour live lessons of play and review on KGS. This allowed for interaction during review and provided me with a game record to study later which included all of the comments and variations.</p><p>I've studied off and on with Mr. Yang since 1998 with two gaps. One was a four year gap and the other was an eight year gap. So I have 13 years of lessons with Mr. Yang so far.</p><p>In 2022 I came back to lessons with Mr. Yang and I have completed 40 lessons in my third series of lessons. Some of my lessons are still teaching games, but often I bring games to review.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGoQEJPPsQwAVtUP4YzBoldNL6WaKNugzCX0KaOFELuTVrZwKAvQsdWMex60ziUJBFLjKH2gW1UYSdcbhUVm815BTQzlaxpAnvWZF3F4tsN2Lp3K6rBB40WWeeVw4_bKJsWklGNmGKTGFc7OTmcoyvAE_2dl7YLhQgZZHGQXX4_m2DCo8n8LHu/s1284/Image%2012-29-23%20at%2010.13%E2%80%AFAM.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="262" data-original-width="1284" height="81" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGoQEJPPsQwAVtUP4YzBoldNL6WaKNugzCX0KaOFELuTVrZwKAvQsdWMex60ziUJBFLjKH2gW1UYSdcbhUVm815BTQzlaxpAnvWZF3F4tsN2Lp3K6rBB40WWeeVw4_bKJsWklGNmGKTGFc7OTmcoyvAE_2dl7YLhQgZZHGQXX4_m2DCo8n8LHu/w400-h81/Image%2012-29-23%20at%2010.13%E2%80%AFAM.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">For lessons 37 and 38 I brought Mr. Yang games to review. I am currently taking 90 minute lessons, and when I bring him games I bring only two so he can spend about 45 minutes on each game. I often bring games from leagues I play in. The two games I brought him for lesson 38 were both from the American Yunguseng Dojang. Those games do get reviewed by In-seong Hwang or one of his co teachers, but those reviews are about 15 minutes in length and address both players. I sometimes find it beneficial to get a 45 minute review from my side only for those important games.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Notice that I have two numbers assigned to each lesson. The first number is the number in the current set of lessons that I started in 2022. The second number is the number of the lesson since I started taking lessons with Mr. Yang. I have currently taken 376 lessons with Mr. Yang as the table shows. I plan to continue because one of the things that defines me is that I am a student of Yilun Yang.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">For my lessons with Mr. Yang I have two sub tasks in my Go Activities app:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyCNSxhReNwHhj9e-0nEq9RX6rggfae6t1HAWDgyNhC7bXt3_lgdqBTzN6ZGE9voGhpPKDCcOB8T5q3bG3P45NRyyfHnzZkGf9nCYoQmm4fhsZ0YrHqU1_i0o7nDx3NAPeJBgP1gEWx7lXdL845iyc6OC8snCsl4D6y95kUnwOKcbmk2Slna6y/s1170/IMG_3030.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="337" data-original-width="1170" height="115" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyCNSxhReNwHhj9e-0nEq9RX6rggfae6t1HAWDgyNhC7bXt3_lgdqBTzN6ZGE9voGhpPKDCcOB8T5q3bG3P45NRyyfHnzZkGf9nCYoQmm4fhsZ0YrHqU1_i0o7nDx3NAPeJBgP1gEWx7lXdL845iyc6OC8snCsl4D6y95kUnwOKcbmk2Slna6y/w400-h115/IMG_3030.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After my lesson I like to go back and edit comments. Sometimes comments get scattered a bit in the file because of moving from one area of the game to another. I like to fix that. I also like to move questions about next moves to right before the variations so it is easier to follow the review later especially for someone I share the file with.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">While I have 336 lessons from previous sets of lessons with Yang, I am putting my emphasis upon reviewing my current 40 lessons and getting the most from them. I may even create problems in AI Sensei for each of the lessons.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now for my usual Go Activities content:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZPu4CVGLagMy_Mm3Aq3c-UJHii_FhqW0BHdbxRjLgl58y7Bswzjhs_u5HQJL3XV5QzvcsPChDA0P26WNoDpzLiDYnCLeFwd-bqZR6XZoGHqgXB2jZsHCGjWPzOHilsGXNol6Rd44hJAvXkDqajhBqVoqk_4poJAPYtn1Qzh9xOX-alV26aSfU/s1170/IMG_3027.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1139" data-original-width="1170" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZPu4CVGLagMy_Mm3Aq3c-UJHii_FhqW0BHdbxRjLgl58y7Bswzjhs_u5HQJL3XV5QzvcsPChDA0P26WNoDpzLiDYnCLeFwd-bqZR6XZoGHqgXB2jZsHCGjWPzOHilsGXNol6Rd44hJAvXkDqajhBqVoqk_4poJAPYtn1Qzh9xOX-alV26aSfU/w400-h390/IMG_3027.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I spent 18 hours on Go Activities last week which is an increase in activity over the past couple of weeks.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqNWipkff9DHJ-0gXsDKEDRAav5Sz-aMJFYZE-9aTv9k7j1gNoh7mzKo321V3kJZ_nJWxzOVPV_N6a7y_EPiVclPc1QVToBsC19LM4l7Igygn5UTVXEATOIXl6tTyopdtc3FdFe21Z3E_SZmOyrQVZ-2AFOuVcXb8bVRGA4V0C3ZwWL4CoFE8h/s1170/IMG_3028.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="785" data-original-width="1170" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqNWipkff9DHJ-0gXsDKEDRAav5Sz-aMJFYZE-9aTv9k7j1gNoh7mzKo321V3kJZ_nJWxzOVPV_N6a7y_EPiVclPc1QVToBsC19LM4l7Igygn5UTVXEATOIXl6tTyopdtc3FdFe21Z3E_SZmOyrQVZ-2AFOuVcXb8bVRGA4V0C3ZwWL4CoFE8h/w400-h269/IMG_3028.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I played nine games last week with one of them being a Teaching Game with Mr. Yang.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnFiroKEC7HouH-OUb5UnsQjH6O-DjyIF4eNbScgFd-9P_Ql4O6HDSv5zHoCqhVZdXkLjPyHoAieos0eWNIYgHFWYlCfg9L3tCkr5ZEXyNOX7IQ2voBBEaUuzmc4C4OJaf37FwEZ93OwGlH0_iytfF85c5TmyjfBVOdNkRJH_PF7zQNGYhSt_m/s1572/Image%2012-30-23%20at%209.24%E2%80%AFAM.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="418" data-original-width="1572" height="106" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnFiroKEC7HouH-OUb5UnsQjH6O-DjyIF4eNbScgFd-9P_Ql4O6HDSv5zHoCqhVZdXkLjPyHoAieos0eWNIYgHFWYlCfg9L3tCkr5ZEXyNOX7IQ2voBBEaUuzmc4C4OJaf37FwEZ93OwGlH0_iytfF85c5TmyjfBVOdNkRJH_PF7zQNGYhSt_m/w400-h106/Image%2012-30-23%20at%209.24%E2%80%AFAM.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I played three games on the Fox go server and am currently two games short of a double rank up from 11k to 9k.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzC4gUrU90ft4Bbu1M_gAvw-koYlzZ2TyB605x-tpe6HCgHWFwlFadpFWtxd1jxsQQ7WXOpy3Hgn-YgsudV1H6-rAlFBU72y_Vfrk7SmKjJ_tgE3-yFce-3MoquLX3KzC8SKwOQ_TalDdlT2_9HuYAQvh36MAmyaltoQyF_THcluVMbIZA2SbI/s984/Image%2012-27-23%20at%202.48%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="180" data-original-width="984" height="74" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzC4gUrU90ft4Bbu1M_gAvw-koYlzZ2TyB605x-tpe6HCgHWFwlFadpFWtxd1jxsQQ7WXOpy3Hgn-YgsudV1H6-rAlFBU72y_Vfrk7SmKjJ_tgE3-yFce-3MoquLX3KzC8SKwOQ_TalDdlT2_9HuYAQvh36MAmyaltoQyF_THcluVMbIZA2SbI/w400-h74/Image%2012-27-23%20at%202.48%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I am excited, yet nervous, about the prospect of another double rank up on the heels of my recent double rank up from 13k to 11k. My current record is undefeated which is fun to see. It is a sandbagging account though designed to allow me to focus my attention on my opponent's weaknesses which is something I often miss.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>Terrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13921948878349961025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38859577.post-85067050384346422312023-12-24T11:11:00.000-05:002023-12-24T11:11:04.163-05:00My Week of Go Activities<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Nh6ZWU9yuUTDWIbMGj3hS1KhgtyyboLBW1XigNcR9vB0fKAvOd0-zQn-u1URkQnWURFKdceZj_EF3_ju5Cid_zF3nA8JTK-3Nn4MUNmhZYwpY6s-1xrqQbhpZyqfCu4cyWRHRZ_cxVf5bwoHGtkYGKrWVMHKVkHPZhHYpuVnVHu5qwTSaZBc/s1170/IMG_3010.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1142" data-original-width="1170" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Nh6ZWU9yuUTDWIbMGj3hS1KhgtyyboLBW1XigNcR9vB0fKAvOd0-zQn-u1URkQnWURFKdceZj_EF3_ju5Cid_zF3nA8JTK-3Nn4MUNmhZYwpY6s-1xrqQbhpZyqfCu4cyWRHRZ_cxVf5bwoHGtkYGKrWVMHKVkHPZhHYpuVnVHu5qwTSaZBc/w400-h390/IMG_3010.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRgFD5Lb8LXVldbkkd7B7KVuHWZbt1t2v9nBCamJN43SFSiOhJGaQnRX4IRJEfSHMfH0SPXd0xt6hsd8u2e1YWwl99vrL4CUVvjyqwh1xG0GHl_GCaDpm9bg6uHRB3tuRvGcdwkrOu2h_aqTvnR4c6cXHIpAhNJISjSolsK5AHEgXFnRhh_r67/s1176/IMG_3011.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1176" data-original-width="1170" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRgFD5Lb8LXVldbkkd7B7KVuHWZbt1t2v9nBCamJN43SFSiOhJGaQnRX4IRJEfSHMfH0SPXd0xt6hsd8u2e1YWwl99vrL4CUVvjyqwh1xG0GHl_GCaDpm9bg6uHRB3tuRvGcdwkrOu2h_aqTvnR4c6cXHIpAhNJISjSolsK5AHEgXFnRhh_r67/w398-h400/IMG_3011.jpeg" width="398" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">It was another light week for Go Activity with fewer than 14 hours spent.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tsumego Dragon came in as the top activity at about two and a half hours.</p><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTT4EA0l2Rqnc5YzuZ_mcD8MTGdEasLsdmIbrmmwQ9-Jg0RmzuRuq-uunuP1yHoHuTHY2BN7dLfR9A_eUEu5UFblr4CVNIEBywC6r8EFq1V8wq0zOYYfJ0VZuFj7gl9AtC8aARodiqJQcAkSQiY9Z4QqrsPY2ahhD36BpOydROYw3nSDw3irRv/s1170/IMG_3012.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="1170" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTT4EA0l2Rqnc5YzuZ_mcD8MTGdEasLsdmIbrmmwQ9-Jg0RmzuRuq-uunuP1yHoHuTHY2BN7dLfR9A_eUEu5UFblr4CVNIEBywC6r8EFq1V8wq0zOYYfJ0VZuFj7gl9AtC8aARodiqJQcAkSQiY9Z4QqrsPY2ahhD36BpOydROYw3nSDw3irRv/w400-h394/IMG_3012.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">It was a very light week for Live Play with only two games played.</p><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4P1BByW_CatyV9ZQYEoLzi8Y-5hAV6UrYB8phaWxNb5dWmdR_pK2ziqOE5KULoOVAeTC130BS53c4PIWgJ1c79jKEIlaqvwYs1u6WlDD7F5BdaR2u-PaI271WIWVm2mO_XYEUTksfe0Ox20cQFPqaH92xKJTjvKV0Ci3NN-HjaDFkHe1G8jRT/s1526/Image%2012-22-23%20at%2011.49%E2%80%AFAM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="124" data-original-width="1526" height="32" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4P1BByW_CatyV9ZQYEoLzi8Y-5hAV6UrYB8phaWxNb5dWmdR_pK2ziqOE5KULoOVAeTC130BS53c4PIWgJ1c79jKEIlaqvwYs1u6WlDD7F5BdaR2u-PaI271WIWVm2mO_XYEUTksfe0Ox20cQFPqaH92xKJTjvKV0Ci3NN-HjaDFkHe1G8jRT/w400-h32/Image%2012-22-23%20at%2011.49%E2%80%AFAM.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I had a disastrous last game in the most recent Go Magic season. I ended up with only two wins, and one of those was by forfeit.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidfYIpQG8LLFH2ssA7PJiXLLFzg9JuzzjCTILLg6an0ip_1jkw7LjRn4iEYIJERgxmHoNyMHvHH_O4PZiCixMq2tF03xgKLoAeNssoRGw7rzCImPdgW4R8oPqxf3T4cUNoQoVb-Wi4lWXjglmYCDpw2Z8mntUoj70uciEZupsJJXBbpEIzpHXY/s764/Image%2012-22-23%20at%2011.51%E2%80%AFAM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="764" data-original-width="576" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidfYIpQG8LLFH2ssA7PJiXLLFzg9JuzzjCTILLg6an0ip_1jkw7LjRn4iEYIJERgxmHoNyMHvHH_O4PZiCixMq2tF03xgKLoAeNssoRGw7rzCImPdgW4R8oPqxf3T4cUNoQoVb-Wi4lWXjglmYCDpw2Z8mntUoj70uciEZupsJJXBbpEIzpHXY/w301-h400/Image%2012-22-23%20at%2011.51%E2%80%AFAM.jpeg" width="301" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I have a lesson next Friday with Clossius so I'm going to need to play some games to get ready. Maybe I will have him look at my Go Magic losses.</p><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></div><br />Terrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13921948878349961025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38859577.post-86667431006282221842023-12-15T15:15:00.004-05:002023-12-15T15:26:05.079-05:00Listening to the Star Point Podcast<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcopWoq61MVWy193OSy11IU9bPb4cZgHwQ6DJrCWofDWJTGfn58vw56gy7pEmowtxBSCMiWEkST_g1LhI4hyphenhyphenGdFf4Cee06rXQjQmrQ5yHe7lTk35XH0559bKx-PskdPjbqmGI4GDLreaOdqVzcM1Laf7BEj0wA8O2f7ceY_aN_fpXZiDydfRQt/s1170/IMG_2992.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1137" data-original-width="1170" height="389" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcopWoq61MVWy193OSy11IU9bPb4cZgHwQ6DJrCWofDWJTGfn58vw56gy7pEmowtxBSCMiWEkST_g1LhI4hyphenhyphenGdFf4Cee06rXQjQmrQ5yHe7lTk35XH0559bKx-PskdPjbqmGI4GDLreaOdqVzcM1Laf7BEj0wA8O2f7ceY_aN_fpXZiDydfRQt/w400-h389/IMG_2992.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br />I have recently started to listen to the Star Point podcast produced by Justin Oh. I listen to it through the Apple Podcast app, but I am sure you can find it on your preferred podcast app.<p></p><p>I was surprised to enjoy listening to someone talk about Go, Baduk, Weiqi without any reference to visuals of any kind. Since I intend to continue to listen to Star Point I decided to create a sub category for it under my Miscellaneous Study category where I list activities for which I do not plan to have sub categories.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Fw78GmDoF3ABda-_uedr8Gur00ZW6qKr_UITLtpoiatnCJpEwwrcu-uJwbWTRqXsXWsRIsNZ3PHDeVHpG6fHCxAGV_XYxQB2f1mj-7IN3IZrbQPgaZJtAifChjtkfzSyaPXAiC1Pv0RBImxd3B4-AbwxzcxX6tfZT_rjL6aVHrz2-G2FTH2V/s1715/IMG_2993.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1715" data-original-width="1170" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Fw78GmDoF3ABda-_uedr8Gur00ZW6qKr_UITLtpoiatnCJpEwwrcu-uJwbWTRqXsXWsRIsNZ3PHDeVHpG6fHCxAGV_XYxQB2f1mj-7IN3IZrbQPgaZJtAifChjtkfzSyaPXAiC1Pv0RBImxd3B4-AbwxzcxX6tfZT_rjL6aVHrz2-G2FTH2V/w273-h400/IMG_2993.jpeg" width="273" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'd like to explain a change in the way I am naming my blog posts moving forward. Previously I would title each blog post beginning with "My Week of Go Activities". I would then add to the title anything extra I was blogging about that week, and I would begin my blog with that extra content. Moving forward I will simply title my posts with the additional content and no mention of Go Activities which I will continue to add at the bottom of my post. I am doing this because I am sharing my blog posts on the AGA web site where there is a limit to the number of characters I can use for a title.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now for my usuals Go Activities content:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcSKJI3iWl5C9OA-2ntDVKGWF80qZauUe18zlWSRIqp3p_aEVtT7bQGtZFh6816u-r2zfvUJ6y9hQ1sMlCx_g6b3PLS-CIvwoTR-KetY99AF3-nSC79xIhKlJgBvneqguUUjBZnoidGzmkAtRTcQbBC1qYBIS24o4oifb6LDI-5S_i4zktLxOk/s1170/IMG_2991.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1165" data-original-width="1170" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcSKJI3iWl5C9OA-2ntDVKGWF80qZauUe18zlWSRIqp3p_aEVtT7bQGtZFh6816u-r2zfvUJ6y9hQ1sMlCx_g6b3PLS-CIvwoTR-KetY99AF3-nSC79xIhKlJgBvneqguUUjBZnoidGzmkAtRTcQbBC1qYBIS24o4oifb6LDI-5S_i4zktLxOk/w400-h399/IMG_2991.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I put in nearly 12 hours on Go Activity last week which is very low for me. I did manage to bring in Live Play at the top position with nearly three hours of time spent.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoPxXsXUP5elQK987EfWGt3KtmxXvTftmFI8betUZR7x5HZAJD09_ogcKLe2BZRVSa6lFj_z2TONcq2DreuQXLn_rVZR1w-w7aD8Om6Q3-i8Ql98JhDgE0LvH-Bi9_HpcB6cObuO7VC7dioog27QZehnnfdKIfPFRzTzBLfYJvgenXODHb7N1g/s1170/IMG_2990.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="973" data-original-width="1170" height="333" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoPxXsXUP5elQK987EfWGt3KtmxXvTftmFI8betUZR7x5HZAJD09_ogcKLe2BZRVSa6lFj_z2TONcq2DreuQXLn_rVZR1w-w7aD8Om6Q3-i8Ql98JhDgE0LvH-Bi9_HpcB6cObuO7VC7dioog27QZehnnfdKIfPFRzTzBLfYJvgenXODHb7N1g/w400-h333/IMG_2990.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiRWAc7bEvIkkvBSGuB3NzFcPUwXtUZrk1NXeeU9xJxwKxSREzrx15sYe1H0ezd95257EMAGDuLyxqzkyIkxIkWlK433Lo0X-z5WhBLHREZJhHcFEjaOAHg1iHEq5dG7WokWdjVbJTs2smnPInG1spy707xOB1FQh661JLnmrhPdiU_ZFt18Ir/s1530/Image%2012-15-23%20at%2011.52%E2%80%AFAM.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="298" data-original-width="1530" height="78" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiRWAc7bEvIkkvBSGuB3NzFcPUwXtUZrk1NXeeU9xJxwKxSREzrx15sYe1H0ezd95257EMAGDuLyxqzkyIkxIkWlK433Lo0X-z5WhBLHREZJhHcFEjaOAHg1iHEq5dG7WokWdjVbJTs2smnPInG1spy707xOB1FQh661JLnmrhPdiU_ZFt18Ir/w400-h78/Image%2012-15-23%20at%2011.52%E2%80%AFAM.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I played six games last week, one of which was a teaching game during a lesson with Yilun Yang, 7p. Of the remaining games, four were League Games, and one was the correspondence game I started with someone I met at the Princeton Go Club when <a href="http://terrischurter.blogspot.com/2023/11/my-week-of-go-activities-attended.html" target="_blank">I attended their special teaching event last month</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I was lucky to kill something in <a href="https://online-go.com/game/59062524" target="_blank">that game</a>. The black group on the bottom died early in the game. I am white. I am not a fan of correspondence play especially not rated, but I enjoyed this game.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCuRMzXv0EWiSGkEZ5PqXSpLI0t_KJVVTTY_LDjlYBfzCzVFoZoTZRHdHV_v81Tq1aCN75fPyfH1azec3nJdGItkhhZMk_jVrBVV6sJVofG4kvbBwKqjSSNxEm0cJvwJnepOUQyYjVgSAEicpJpITnVeCM0L-G4TemLj4XLebmIb1fwzYcrcGK/s1468/Image%2012-15-23%20at%203.06%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1468" data-original-width="1464" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCuRMzXv0EWiSGkEZ5PqXSpLI0t_KJVVTTY_LDjlYBfzCzVFoZoTZRHdHV_v81Tq1aCN75fPyfH1azec3nJdGItkhhZMk_jVrBVV6sJVofG4kvbBwKqjSSNxEm0cJvwJnepOUQyYjVgSAEicpJpITnVeCM0L-G4TemLj4XLebmIb1fwzYcrcGK/w399-h400/Image%2012-15-23%20at%203.06%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg" width="399" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I am still taking a break from play insofar as I am not seeking out any games. I am only playing the games that are scheduled with me in leagues I am committed to. I am also playing teaching games with teachers when I have lessons. I'm able to get away with this lower level of activity for a while because I don't have lessons scheduled with Clossius during most of December on account of the Holiday season. It is a nice break for me, and even with the break I played six games this week. I suspect that is more than most casual players play.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I might log into Fox and play a few games in the coming week. I will need games for Clossius for our next lesson scheduled for December 29th. That gives me two weeks to get enough games together for two hours of game review with him.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I hope my readers are having a happy Holiday season.</div>Terrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13921948878349961025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38859577.post-47147452618024795132023-12-12T17:08:00.000-05:002023-12-12T17:08:42.719-05:00My Week of Go Activities: Wrapping Up Season 6 of NAOL at 4:1<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIpQWcAv7VOYCJTjkS4jT2yjFsUsCHUvTa3Y27ETtIkPExm8MlE5l4neFPFrCcaNH5MOTDETreJlLOOXVhHx53n4ymsBC-bo621B93Z3seyH45CHgeNoOi0DbluKMo1YZtwO9OZhPZ4zetRg6LG94KtvCcnLnmxa_DUHcQVog8lmGFY3bGM5eq/s876/Image%2012-11-23%20at%209.54%20PM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="876" data-original-width="552" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIpQWcAv7VOYCJTjkS4jT2yjFsUsCHUvTa3Y27ETtIkPExm8MlE5l4neFPFrCcaNH5MOTDETreJlLOOXVhHx53n4ymsBC-bo621B93Z3seyH45CHgeNoOi0DbluKMo1YZtwO9OZhPZ4zetRg6LG94KtvCcnLnmxa_DUHcQVog8lmGFY3bGM5eq/w253-h400/Image%2012-11-23%20at%209.54%20PM.jpeg" width="253" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I've finished Season 6 of NAOL a day early with a record of 4:1. My first game was a serious loss, but I managed to squeak by with wins in my final four rounds. I'm looking forward to season seven beginning probably some time after the new year begins. Perhaps I will see an increase in my NAOL rank which is currently at 12k and three stones below my OGS rank and two stones below my AGA rank. I'd feel like a sandbagger if it were not for the fact that the other members of my division were in the same position with NAOL ranks lagging behind OGS ranks.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm not doing nearly as well in the Go Magic League where I have a 2:2 record with one of my wins being by Forfeit.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now for weekly activity report:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsACJAZ-MPJV8j07qOwj9lt_ePi8snM3mC0UnqxbJfMS65XFjXjsbMICqJXbViBWojTzps3ApUAPd7aJN-7TEJBCZEIBa2Xw3HgrjPKk_VtEsPgvPgceaaNEygWyTxAjTdr3Iaqv-L6V3ecUjFOVOhJb86CR0dt5O2OWZ9vQX6zBNO5Q5BG9Ly/s1170/IMG_2980.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1168" data-original-width="1170" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsACJAZ-MPJV8j07qOwj9lt_ePi8snM3mC0UnqxbJfMS65XFjXjsbMICqJXbViBWojTzps3ApUAPd7aJN-7TEJBCZEIBa2Xw3HgrjPKk_VtEsPgvPgceaaNEygWyTxAjTdr3Iaqv-L6V3ecUjFOVOhJb86CR0dt5O2OWZ9vQX6zBNO5Q5BG9Ly/w400-h399/IMG_2980.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I put in a mere 15 hours on Go Activity last week with the top activity being Watching Others play.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcP8MoqVFotn-z-fSefVVjmug3brXO9WfJSVLgnlFj_ykCPTm4T5D-VmMh4Lh7BP6wyPuVo90cKkJjjb1IflCbLXSXs_xe2a2AHcRET-OZLXt_I9lPxKGBq22UcMaJliOeQu5-PnsbuvLGyGp9NSUbA2e30DoUiB4LCWVFQl1Fl-Y6OUmUIzQH/s1267/IMG_2981.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1267" data-original-width="1170" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcP8MoqVFotn-z-fSefVVjmug3brXO9WfJSVLgnlFj_ykCPTm4T5D-VmMh4Lh7BP6wyPuVo90cKkJjjb1IflCbLXSXs_xe2a2AHcRET-OZLXt_I9lPxKGBq22UcMaJliOeQu5-PnsbuvLGyGp9NSUbA2e30DoUiB4LCWVFQl1Fl-Y6OUmUIzQH/w370-h400/IMG_2981.jpeg" width="370" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I played four games last week with all of them being League games. I actually played two NAOL games on the same day.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIcBrJO-IZhm-H6nfYMUHRgzt-Iy1RHv6wmKuQ8NuRQLaSA02FQ75lNJy3JPbJoJePj7ZEFrF3fRFv_ik5Ek_u3S5YVyxdDIe1fA-8LL4uczaAYqXOlD1rf90QIR8qkMQcAwXJ_NvW61IwfJ2cHo_PHX9gjH1-axWGfupC1noeOcpceLM3bCQK/s1534/Image%2012-12-23%20at%204.41%20PM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="210" data-original-width="1534" height="55" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIcBrJO-IZhm-H6nfYMUHRgzt-Iy1RHv6wmKuQ8NuRQLaSA02FQ75lNJy3JPbJoJePj7ZEFrF3fRFv_ik5Ek_u3S5YVyxdDIe1fA-8LL4uczaAYqXOlD1rf90QIR8qkMQcAwXJ_NvW61IwfJ2cHo_PHX9gjH1-axWGfupC1noeOcpceLM3bCQK/w400-h55/Image%2012-12-23%20at%204.41%20PM.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I am in no hurry to ramp up the number of games I am playing.</div><p></p>Terrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13921948878349961025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38859577.post-76970979514618025322023-12-03T12:51:00.000-05:002023-12-03T12:51:52.468-05:00My Week of Go Activities: Reading Go Books<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqTqCuRD1X2Kz9H0Gxzv4p83hUZUJWAQHv1V2zwyN7myB_ruBKGYL85wXHpsAoA1OQciqDoPYVhe9QWPoVomPOeYHlspmGKVST8rGWoreewvEyQiIO1PLZhO_jVyE038gzBoD-72eTzSx7UHUalUyswFJVi8c0rGSbcADKUILI7iSEW5bOXrB5/s1170/IMG_2975.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1155" data-original-width="1170" height="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqTqCuRD1X2Kz9H0Gxzv4p83hUZUJWAQHv1V2zwyN7myB_ruBKGYL85wXHpsAoA1OQciqDoPYVhe9QWPoVomPOeYHlspmGKVST8rGWoreewvEyQiIO1PLZhO_jVyE038gzBoD-72eTzSx7UHUalUyswFJVi8c0rGSbcADKUILI7iSEW5bOXrB5/w400-h395/IMG_2975.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My top Go Activity last week was Studying Go Books which came in at exactly six hours. I decided to read a series of books called "Black to Play" and I finished the first two books in the series, and I just about managed to finish the third book.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHKpyLhASlsMjrRQz60ZpSrdUGxdpq5FGi4treocEv8vLkVz8-IfCMt0Y3zG5Caf6W54E375A1TVwpRDfiStH-C_kgPswcdhweuGhMk3RDNZa1zbi_YJR97SMh3P8vwKErWUj5MWt2Hcg530CMGwaPBFj2UJTkmEfHWWWcQQVDS4CrVLWl3jpQ/s574/Image%2011-30-23%20at%2010.43%20PM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="574" data-original-width="564" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHKpyLhASlsMjrRQz60ZpSrdUGxdpq5FGi4treocEv8vLkVz8-IfCMt0Y3zG5Caf6W54E375A1TVwpRDfiStH-C_kgPswcdhweuGhMk3RDNZa1zbi_YJR97SMh3P8vwKErWUj5MWt2Hcg530CMGwaPBFj2UJTkmEfHWWWcQQVDS4CrVLWl3jpQ/w393-h400/Image%2011-30-23%20at%2010.43%20PM.jpeg" width="393" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I am reading these books on the SmartGo One app. So far these books are a great introduction to the game. I didn't have any trouble answering anything in the first two books. Surprisingly, I did have a bit of trouble with some of the problems in the third book which is ranked at 20k to 15k. It was mostly tesuji problems I was having trouble with if I recall correctly.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have the remaining books in the series to read and I may pause on the series after the fourth book which should take me to 10k.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now for my usual Go Activities summary:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIDk7M5xQ5KUL5wuuIYfBc4esuxR3bZFyFkv-fJ1jmaPUexNzzfxMYGNeCfKT5cqqOR7FjEFl0xz791mUPntaznBgP0Tv6h8iEdhRUPIz2C-fOpu7X_XBGQVZ3z8aKLT1GxDpxNnWpgWGqiP__Iu88HzT8OdfOmOg1NHjl53iu9by0Ur9jlJdF/s1170/IMG_2974.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1153" data-original-width="1170" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIDk7M5xQ5KUL5wuuIYfBc4esuxR3bZFyFkv-fJ1jmaPUexNzzfxMYGNeCfKT5cqqOR7FjEFl0xz791mUPntaznBgP0Tv6h8iEdhRUPIz2C-fOpu7X_XBGQVZ3z8aKLT1GxDpxNnWpgWGqiP__Iu88HzT8OdfOmOg1NHjl53iu9by0Ur9jlJdF/w400-h394/IMG_2974.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I spent nearly 27 hours on Go Activities last week. It was a fairly active week for me, but I was not active with Live Play.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqMU9S6ffJjL750uSkFuuNCaphmAynE98Iy_7FkAbu3A6vW1D1JGf81HGFcL07zdyEFU70lEiIOHSUPThsOdIdEXshjah1UdGcugO4GPvgHfa4j-yUvjev0ZuF9OauALq2e_uiG9q5JYfmikMytTfpKpV7fgmya5NqLMexVWDKdEnHBzfhg0JU/s1717/IMG_2977.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1717" data-original-width="1170" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqMU9S6ffJjL750uSkFuuNCaphmAynE98Iy_7FkAbu3A6vW1D1JGf81HGFcL07zdyEFU70lEiIOHSUPThsOdIdEXshjah1UdGcugO4GPvgHfa4j-yUvjev0ZuF9OauALq2e_uiG9q5JYfmikMytTfpKpV7fgmya5NqLMexVWDKdEnHBzfhg0JU/w273-h400/IMG_2977.jpeg" width="273" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I got in only three games last week. They were all games that I had to play for a league. I didn't play any games on Fox nor did I seek out random games of any sort.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSXR3vH1e8Q2yowdhOgh1HRqFgbgpa9tNB08Fsj1E-6roAadOHf-FdyApgvbYz0FacA6kGWtSwiIyZJjblaN9jDy5dlHqeeoWCpyptQNRXbuVUY26asG9Cz3TDA9Hs0vam18MRVBA3vMYrsYcc9zjNMKRvhyphenhyphenf33HXkNovrsFTsoNLU4N2kJSpM/s1528/Image%2012-2-23%20at%2011.20%20AM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="1528" height="44" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSXR3vH1e8Q2yowdhOgh1HRqFgbgpa9tNB08Fsj1E-6roAadOHf-FdyApgvbYz0FacA6kGWtSwiIyZJjblaN9jDy5dlHqeeoWCpyptQNRXbuVUY26asG9Cz3TDA9Hs0vam18MRVBA3vMYrsYcc9zjNMKRvhyphenhyphenf33HXkNovrsFTsoNLU4N2kJSpM/w400-h44/Image%2012-2-23%20at%2011.20%20AM.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">One thing I did, which is unusual for me, is to go into depth with self review on one of my games. I spent nearly two hours reviewing my NAOL game.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9FWMwcQlLUGVunIhSKQwz7Vpm9lDjJpLrD8PYOHXLLuLlL6kqYeuhgjjT9EhdX0bVPorg0puvJjNNer13eDwQBCRwUUg3TGQrOPUy8OMvYMYxLkP_IbUT_sHV-RGEVCzsIEqz4ZWR66rcS86ZCABcZ_RCNQGfhfF2V6Ei7eTiTMfY1zNX7but/s1170/IMG_2976.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1155" data-original-width="1170" height="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9FWMwcQlLUGVunIhSKQwz7Vpm9lDjJpLrD8PYOHXLLuLlL6kqYeuhgjjT9EhdX0bVPorg0puvJjNNer13eDwQBCRwUUg3TGQrOPUy8OMvYMYxLkP_IbUT_sHV-RGEVCzsIEqz4ZWR66rcS86ZCABcZ_RCNQGfhfF2V6Ei7eTiTMfY1zNX7but/w400-h395/IMG_2976.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">When I had my lesson with Ben I had him open my review and I handed him control. That way he was able to see the comments I had made about my own game as he was doing his review.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I actually typed in comments when I reviewed the game which is probably why it took so long to do the review. I went over it on my own first and then I did look at AI. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">If anyone cares to look at my self review <a href="https://online-go.com/review/1179401" target="_blank">you can find it here</a>. There are variations in this file from Ben's review as well as my own, but there are no typed comments from Ben, just variations. The cool thing is that handing the control to Ben to review my game will allow me to type in some of his comments later if I feel like it. I'm not sure if I will do that, but it is nice to know that I can.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">What I found interesting during my review with Ben is that I had a really vivid memory of the game because I had spent so much time on the review myself first. I had a real feel for what I considered to be the story of the game and I told it to Ben. I knew pretty well what was coming up as Ben reviewed the game. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Contrast that experience with the fact that usually by the time Ben or Clossius reviews one of my games in a lesson I have very little memory of what I played next in any given situation. That might be because I usually play eight or more games in a week, and I play rather quickly. I felt as if I was better prepared to ask questions during the lesson because of having spent the time on the review. It was a nice experience.</div><p></p>Terrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13921948878349961025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38859577.post-75535106712002133312023-11-26T19:46:00.000-05:002023-11-26T19:46:31.452-05:00My Week of Go Activities<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMrrAYIu5DnnU0auyG30sEMLVTSyy60c9Chu3wQpLant0i4jr7YtEGX_9kLzSzwjjBWfxziqib2W0Cxj2bSMu3a8PO0x34gFr4ZNSL5xDDGH5nlpvzP48eHyQVo_4tZeApZcnQHy_qDB2o5l7ggfdcoH0in-kAP0j_0JKMhNwrnnQuCGJtZvcq/s1170/IMG_2950.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1142" data-original-width="1170" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMrrAYIu5DnnU0auyG30sEMLVTSyy60c9Chu3wQpLant0i4jr7YtEGX_9kLzSzwjjBWfxziqib2W0Cxj2bSMu3a8PO0x34gFr4ZNSL5xDDGH5nlpvzP48eHyQVo_4tZeApZcnQHy_qDB2o5l7ggfdcoH0in-kAP0j_0JKMhNwrnnQuCGJtZvcq/w400-h390/IMG_2950.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I spent over 22 hours on Go Activities last week.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" style="text-align: start;" /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqV_bm7XKio-iVdF5AQMkOVpbcj0eAeY_Z5EkW20woVM8_L0-AYMLOl8tLUHFkm4615bXwJsjfBqdBFuwo-DTKwtLyqiSaxT6C4PI87c-OLxYYxpxlQilYKtGHRJcWZlxGB1xo8H3JNv_BCpI46PmZyeUcJRg8Q7NmeZkPve1BmgRcbh7mxMou/s1170/IMG_2954.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="972" data-original-width="1170" height="333" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqV_bm7XKio-iVdF5AQMkOVpbcj0eAeY_Z5EkW20woVM8_L0-AYMLOl8tLUHFkm4615bXwJsjfBqdBFuwo-DTKwtLyqiSaxT6C4PI87c-OLxYYxpxlQilYKtGHRJcWZlxGB1xo8H3JNv_BCpI46PmZyeUcJRg8Q7NmeZkPve1BmgRcbh7mxMou/w400-h333/IMG_2954.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Nearly five hours of time was spent on Live Play</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg71CdDyhyphenhyphenRchSMEghZJIwgzHuxCd4KTzVuPMTdkeTcBSh6qVv5t3cLIHERxe4PMoHCk6Mg5a1Q4XEmiqDznvak-psakWL08TCqDPEvlHRME9LW5rjXxyJtFmQSPM4VGKqBzn4_l8E5OctNVQgeJpoonNIKr8mDcS-A2iZnOKa4KJdvy7KlYzqi/s1534/Image%2011-24-23%20at%2012.18%20PM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="1534" height="79" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg71CdDyhyphenhyphenRchSMEghZJIwgzHuxCd4KTzVuPMTdkeTcBSh6qVv5t3cLIHERxe4PMoHCk6Mg5a1Q4XEmiqDznvak-psakWL08TCqDPEvlHRME9LW5rjXxyJtFmQSPM4VGKqBzn4_l8E5OctNVQgeJpoonNIKr8mDcS-A2iZnOKa4KJdvy7KlYzqi/w400-h79/Image%2011-24-23%20at%2012.18%20PM.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I played six games last week. One of them was a teaching game with Clossius during one of his streams. The remainder of the games were league games.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;">Considering that I only logged the league games as Live Play I spent about one hour on each of my league games on average which is a lot longer than I spend on Fox games. Granted my opponents used more clock time than I did, but it was time spent on Live Play and I was often using their clock time to count or otherwise analyze the board.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;">Clossius reviewed my NAOL Game for me. If you are interested in watching that review <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Urn45Y4gMM" target="_blank">you can find it here</a>. My game is the first of three games that Clossius reviewed for the NAOL last Wednesday night. He reviews weekly for NAOL when the league is in season.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;">My defeat at the hands of NickBee in my NAOL Game was decisive. I never felt as if I was in control of that game. It pleases me though that I was able to let that loss roll off my back. I was simply outplayed every step of the way, and that happens sometimes.</p></div></div>Terrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13921948878349961025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38859577.post-64363350040239795692023-11-20T16:27:00.017-05:002023-11-20T17:33:51.745-05:00My Week of Go Activities: Attended Princeton Go Club "Alpha Go" Screening and Teaching Event<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb_WXVmhTNsHjWpJN983fxz0kKm38-GWxWRzKMzj-KPC4ephijyds5OrE1tsl3QJaX9CA77dX8i0HtaOsP1EDx_RFxN_8OMdPZlvjFz2yPGQLGwXrlXd8-hXFkxUTP9K5M_Nd5CqWTO8-3L73H1RUDC5Xf-KToKUvKCNbK7-E3JwwUZ-bxWnTi/s4032/IMG_2928.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb_WXVmhTNsHjWpJN983fxz0kKm38-GWxWRzKMzj-KPC4ephijyds5OrE1tsl3QJaX9CA77dX8i0HtaOsP1EDx_RFxN_8OMdPZlvjFz2yPGQLGwXrlXd8-hXFkxUTP9K5M_Nd5CqWTO8-3L73H1RUDC5Xf-KToKUvKCNbK7-E3JwwUZ-bxWnTi/w400-h300/IMG_2928.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On Sunday, November 11th I attended the Princeton Go Club for the first time in over five years. The club has been meeting post pandemic with a rather fluid schedule based on when members want to get together. They have a Discord server. The purpose of the server is primarily to arrange meetings. I've been on the server for awhile, and I have wanted to attend a meeting for quite some time now. I found a member willing to give me a ride to a meeting and decided that I should get there this week.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Sunday Princeton Go Club had a special event at the Princeton Public Library which included a viewing of the film "Alpha Go" after the screening there was a brief presentation on the rules of the game, followed by opportunities for the public to play with club members.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The photo at the top was take from the back of the room during the presentation about the rules.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">More photos to follow:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidSuA0lyT-x25-UzQnoUv3tEpYpTNCV-DqFzkZoVJdGFbR8N8ZsqblIcvzn5WO3zxBiamYwMUEIQq_Cpv0fhkbnAN8yNFjKRaCQyMTHmvOr2R4vftme9y2xDx4lfpa-Qc1bMgpWOH1HSSK-LM0PCv2xRxWMZxxqAMa_xF25kUYAi0gWS4OeCXB/s4032/IMG_2927.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidSuA0lyT-x25-UzQnoUv3tEpYpTNCV-DqFzkZoVJdGFbR8N8ZsqblIcvzn5WO3zxBiamYwMUEIQq_Cpv0fhkbnAN8yNFjKRaCQyMTHmvOr2R4vftme9y2xDx4lfpa-Qc1bMgpWOH1HSSK-LM0PCv2xRxWMZxxqAMa_xF25kUYAi0gWS4OeCXB/w400-h300/IMG_2927.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Tables were ready for people to play.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I noticed from the initial setup of the boards that they had some rather small sized 19x19 boards available for use. I was glad that I brought a number of wooden 9x9 board with me and some boxes of Ing stones to use with them. I went about putting those small board on the tables incase people wanted to start with 9x9.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihBb4jxMXM6H-EG_G1obFmAwtM4jApV4vr0DVBcMN1gAj2nDYkolj2K0gzh_sldt9WiOhmQnfrwfMfiNdFWSPgEQ_kCvrQcAPQXyqDdY7zBAgtdfwBvxvifvslNUD5Usorhe6DYyt-wSnBKhIrAjJ8Bi2LPSFoWDgjs_AeHRpg9jKddO52LWn-/s4032/IMG_2924.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1802" data-original-width="4032" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihBb4jxMXM6H-EG_G1obFmAwtM4jApV4vr0DVBcMN1gAj2nDYkolj2K0gzh_sldt9WiOhmQnfrwfMfiNdFWSPgEQ_kCvrQcAPQXyqDdY7zBAgtdfwBvxvifvslNUD5Usorhe6DYyt-wSnBKhIrAjJ8Bi2LPSFoWDgjs_AeHRpg9jKddO52LWn-/w400-h179/IMG_2924.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMIQY3aH8OekixD_GleOB3gzc398PymgCPDSX37iyCjHq84cnmbBW1c6M0KGMu4TdZ7HIAqkhS3zSqlEYhbSvWyWE3d7YpsRFTjc63HlCrA5DO-X4NG5VZxhsb0ayXxx-CEA2ZWwBufTalJ9VqzZtBkUeTwSVw0Zr5xKLL2uamZPReg7G7wD_P/w300-h400/IMG_2929.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Since I am not a member of the club, and most of the club members have never even met me, I largely stood back and observed after making my boards available. I probably interjected more comments than were appreciated during teaching, however. Sometimes I just can't help myself.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It was a nice event, and I actually have a correspondence game going on OGS already with one of the attendees.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I am hoping to attend some regular club meetings in the near future.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now for my usual weekly Go Activities Content:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK6fCiiP7j4I_LtkK5m6qkGMbQQA2rc-GfqTBA7pMW42SfVRUpEuwny48FF-2TA1eSYQaEiNQ_2Sy1s2KRNbgNE_82yfkNJkB-NawFjculLTgb-_bkEshAcufsYLlfi_wRmFZjk5Wo1CI9Jf8idoioT6CV28b1Gf43KklH41A9HYGfbVakbgSd/s1170/IMG_2915.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1155" data-original-width="1170" height="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK6fCiiP7j4I_LtkK5m6qkGMbQQA2rc-GfqTBA7pMW42SfVRUpEuwny48FF-2TA1eSYQaEiNQ_2Sy1s2KRNbgNE_82yfkNJkB-NawFjculLTgb-_bkEshAcufsYLlfi_wRmFZjk5Wo1CI9Jf8idoioT6CV28b1Gf43KklH41A9HYGfbVakbgSd/w400-h395/IMG_2915.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I put in a little over 17 hours on Go Activities last week. That is a bit on the low level for me. Live Play came in as the top activity.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There was a lot of BenKyo Blue on my Go Beach Ball this week from four different activities.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeKRJTrU-GPCoVlwBI8IVfL-jcwa8UYybVXnOvYzD5jG9Esd63KCD4G70r77PUQqpNyKuFIlW3b1JoPwX_CwSg0ambxsf1yG4pFmzvf8oJ8EWBK5YD9m1Iq2S7e2EYkdOVgcjwaI1Xmtnx24b6lpnHfGQeet6Qy2itqO0pW21WH0qxO7TZbweK/s1170/IMG_2916.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1169" data-original-width="1170" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeKRJTrU-GPCoVlwBI8IVfL-jcwa8UYybVXnOvYzD5jG9Esd63KCD4G70r77PUQqpNyKuFIlW3b1JoPwX_CwSg0ambxsf1yG4pFmzvf8oJ8EWBK5YD9m1Iq2S7e2EYkdOVgcjwaI1Xmtnx24b6lpnHfGQeet6Qy2itqO0pW21WH0qxO7TZbweK/w400-h400/IMG_2916.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I played seven games this week. Four of those games were league games. The remaining games were played on the Fox Go Server.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsoRBj8n54x64VOI6Mxjownxw8YVPi_kH2V9PzKZn8-fbeIsxLOH7FymFqlZxAQyMeDvRP3iVkuExCSm3Hqoi9ROR-YrcoVSIeZIjt6L7RtZoHHnDoaCA7X3XoM24jtCgRElWpGdnxZYvYNS6MzBnzbs4Jz0XEl-G2oO7l42qkQ0j8lMn2MNs9/s1534/Image%2011-20-23%20at%204.15%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="342" data-original-width="1534" height="89" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsoRBj8n54x64VOI6Mxjownxw8YVPi_kH2V9PzKZn8-fbeIsxLOH7FymFqlZxAQyMeDvRP3iVkuExCSm3Hqoi9ROR-YrcoVSIeZIjt6L7RtZoHHnDoaCA7X3XoM24jtCgRElWpGdnxZYvYNS6MzBnzbs4Jz0XEl-G2oO7l42qkQ0j8lMn2MNs9/w400-h89/Image%2011-20-23%20at%204.15%20PM.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I was playing on Fox with my newly earned rank of 11k on my sandbagging account which is five ranks lower than my legit account.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The three Fox games were Shadow Go Games played with the help of an OGS 3k friend. It is nice to have some instant feedback on my ideas in a game.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm feeling a little better about my go today. I'm not as much in crisis as I was last week, but I am still vehemently denying that I want to get stronger. That is the way I am protecting myself.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Go Magic Games are already in progress and NAOL games are starting soon. The current AYD season will be ending soon and there will be a month off before the next season.</div><p></p>Terrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13921948878349961025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38859577.post-17057904292855008302023-11-13T11:39:00.005-05:002023-11-13T11:39:54.684-05:00My Week of Go Activities: Going Through a Go Crisis<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhJIEqtAhiML68IE8A7u4hc90U0JrPwP6u5FVrev50V7nk5vUNAUy09YDABuXuksQtJrzDAvZQzQQbEh0UZw7K-wHYAWC-jWHMwhg8QXwCxiUKvc5JpF3MDr6LKS515WPOTNV-4lEhBFrw_qvvDm0ZyvHbnQbP5xiEQTkgKqZrqlA-NRxoFdXQ/s1568/Image%2011-13-23%20at%2010.53%20AM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1566" data-original-width="1568" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhJIEqtAhiML68IE8A7u4hc90U0JrPwP6u5FVrev50V7nk5vUNAUy09YDABuXuksQtJrzDAvZQzQQbEh0UZw7K-wHYAWC-jWHMwhg8QXwCxiUKvc5JpF3MDr6LKS515WPOTNV-4lEhBFrw_qvvDm0ZyvHbnQbP5xiEQTkgKqZrqlA-NRxoFdXQ/w400-h400/Image%2011-13-23%20at%2010.53%20AM.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This game sparked my Go Crisis. I'll have more to say about that later.</div><p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlUxcK0Hrp_jkRLhlUxH29cZyTYytfp7WttHT1Og7CWjjPGLcXaiVM6FwOjl5m6zHPZemRfyJVyH3vhkzf8PQLpndkviow1luu8AgyFXLK1wVR0MkgT1_eu0z8nFLLf3HdKfADbXZSQcEtH0buNFeINiCYQ8mbMaL50jbtKjfXGBhtrOPPALjz/s1170/IMG_2909.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1158" data-original-width="1170" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlUxcK0Hrp_jkRLhlUxH29cZyTYytfp7WttHT1Og7CWjjPGLcXaiVM6FwOjl5m6zHPZemRfyJVyH3vhkzf8PQLpndkviow1luu8AgyFXLK1wVR0MkgT1_eu0z8nFLLf3HdKfADbXZSQcEtH0buNFeINiCYQ8mbMaL50jbtKjfXGBhtrOPPALjz/w400-h396/IMG_2909.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I've been kind of taking a break from go this week. I dedicated only a little more than eleven hours to Go Activity this week, which is really low for me. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm going through a bit of a crisis wondering whether I really want to care about getting stronger. Trying to improve doesn't seem to be good for me psychologically. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The go community is my life so there is no question that I want to continue to be active in the community. The <a href="https://www.benkyoleague.com" target="_blank">BenKyo League</a> is the center of my social life. I enjoy taking lessons because I like spending time with my teachers. I live for the week I am able to attend the U.S. Go Congress every year, but caring about improving is starting to feel dangerous.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I notice that I have become increasingly afraid to play and that I am bothered by specific kinds of losses. Not all losses bother me. Close losses don't bother me. Even large losses where I have simply been outplayed at every step of the game don't bother me. Those opponents are just better than I am. There is nothing about those losses that threaten my sense of well being.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Losses as a result of fights are another matter altogether and they are what bother me. This is probably because I don't fight by choice, and I know that fighting is the weakest area of my game. Any loss where something really terrible happens bothers me. It has always been that way, but I used to be able to shrug it off after a little reflection. That doesn't seem to be the case any more. It is taking me longer to shrug those losses off.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmXREos_LoQHfYqHv4GTbwiislIT_DuZtxSFXbKZnMkRqOPXlacyqc6eTSmqsnc93Y6ZDXThdDZXuASUftmIorlDH07Xl19yrv_ZNa7JcldKFChKa9eoG4nJqHqFatPQSbLlVj60aRJNO34vCm_uN98mE9auIzLVSNon9RJFVSmN6iPFgTv2XW/s1273/IMG_2910.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1273" data-original-width="1146" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmXREos_LoQHfYqHv4GTbwiislIT_DuZtxSFXbKZnMkRqOPXlacyqc6eTSmqsnc93Y6ZDXThdDZXuASUftmIorlDH07Xl19yrv_ZNa7JcldKFChKa9eoG4nJqHqFatPQSbLlVj60aRJNO34vCm_uN98mE9auIzLVSNon9RJFVSmN6iPFgTv2XW/w360-h400/IMG_2910.jpeg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP0Kg8h8D9SPpY_6n9Ikd1WECI5mKFZwUjJo1LmUUsogUcY0VkoUVN8S9qXxYuDQZHFzW6aSiTZZwlxAy4om0DDukQipn0xej08_CNeSVpWF6AmRLepwE7Uet2j7uPKeXyPUqe_14QT5zYwWbB2EdmSMcmfUJaBdhT-fdlNKnqid0XJaDtqwfx/s1532/Image%2011-13-23%20at%2010.35%20AM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="386" data-original-width="1532" height="101" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP0Kg8h8D9SPpY_6n9Ikd1WECI5mKFZwUjJo1LmUUsogUcY0VkoUVN8S9qXxYuDQZHFzW6aSiTZZwlxAy4om0DDukQipn0xej08_CNeSVpWF6AmRLepwE7Uet2j7uPKeXyPUqe_14QT5zYwWbB2EdmSMcmfUJaBdhT-fdlNKnqid0XJaDtqwfx/w400-h101/Image%2011-13-23%20at%2010.35%20AM.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Recently I had a loss in the American Yunguseng Dojang that particularly bothered me. It involved a big fight that made it necessary for me to kill a large group of stones to have any chance in the game. I was doing it, but then I made a mistake.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The mistake below lost me the game. I came away from that game wondering why I even bother to play. I don't want to feel that way again, and it seems as if the temporary solution has to be to convince myself that I don't care about winning or getting stronger, and that I play simply to be social.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">So until further notice I am just having fun. That is my story and I am sticking to it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Here once again is my shame:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I am Black. Move 99 was a 42 point blunder.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEiq-iwjPnfT7tYU-iXWTXyDEOf2Tn-VAUXZERkoO411Mlik1rDr1jqcVLRJPliKHMwi_VUuShcmZHNPVtmFt_bmJ-NNt3swsCZygdVSYW52_cva2hgT2r1l6Og-WeTD8_-MZao1L1gUFKqlEmcgu_enM8Ro0DBVbO9zK5BffSjDwFztMDFugb/s1568/Image%2011-13-23%20at%2010.53%20AM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1566" data-original-width="1568" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEiq-iwjPnfT7tYU-iXWTXyDEOf2Tn-VAUXZERkoO411Mlik1rDr1jqcVLRJPliKHMwi_VUuShcmZHNPVtmFt_bmJ-NNt3swsCZygdVSYW52_cva2hgT2r1l6Og-WeTD8_-MZao1L1gUFKqlEmcgu_enM8Ro0DBVbO9zK5BffSjDwFztMDFugb/w400-h400/Image%2011-13-23%20at%2010.53%20AM.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I did go on to win my next AYD game by 1.5 which helps me feel a little bit better, but I am still not ready to care again yet.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Something else on the bright side is that I finally double ranked up again on Fox with my sandbagging account. I went from 13k to 11k.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Things I am going to do to make myself feel better this week include:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Spending more time on Tsumego</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Reviewing some of my previous lessons</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Watching go videos on the Go Magic web site.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Playing some Guided Go on Fox with one of my go buddies.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>Terrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13921948878349961025noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38859577.post-11788555375349721742023-11-08T18:19:00.002-05:002023-11-08T18:21:25.555-05:00My Week of Go Activities<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I was lazy and didn't play much. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm just not into it right now. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm not sure what to do to change that.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I hope next week is better.</div></div><p></p>Terrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13921948878349961025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38859577.post-47734276499459980482023-10-27T12:22:00.001-05:002023-10-27T12:22:25.663-05:00My Week of Go Activities: Reviewing Yang Lessons<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcLoR_LuiybiL8OUxI7fo9cqW50WvvQwIqthksWDLZHSkSfwXonM8VwMA5d4PcKFYrDT-xoVFeRiJ2bwIZvqdOXQd6FgzVsU1dGVPt365QmJDVXjmewz1-Kky5ZB3tbyGhcDcX-L4SlqYYrAs-shKQwyEqc9bLk5CjeZWkbSKfqMWkUW6HvGlu/s1170/IMG_2884.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1145" data-original-width="1170" height="391" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcLoR_LuiybiL8OUxI7fo9cqW50WvvQwIqthksWDLZHSkSfwXonM8VwMA5d4PcKFYrDT-xoVFeRiJ2bwIZvqdOXQd6FgzVsU1dGVPt365QmJDVXjmewz1-Kky5ZB3tbyGhcDcX-L4SlqYYrAs-shKQwyEqc9bLk5CjeZWkbSKfqMWkUW6HvGlu/w400-h391/IMG_2884.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It was a fairly normal week of Go Activities in terms of the number of hours spent at well over 25 hours. What was unusual about this week was that the top activity was Yang Lesson Review.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijOOgnNZCWXnOvqJq3ASQD2xHK2t_rtLs1GjwPxV5cwffHhcAez6Dv-7CXjXTgXHLxnZBKzDymO9K-F6mVmOHehdY55hYobczfvwWF49dCugtyWMmyGEaLpHpzRWQZ7sm-Mj5_aXd3Az3uudg7s3leEuXP_kgu083vFgyxjb3K9hnKHaPTU757/s1170/IMG_2885.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="873" data-original-width="1170" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijOOgnNZCWXnOvqJq3ASQD2xHK2t_rtLs1GjwPxV5cwffHhcAez6Dv-7CXjXTgXHLxnZBKzDymO9K-F6mVmOHehdY55hYobczfvwWF49dCugtyWMmyGEaLpHpzRWQZ7sm-Mj5_aXd3Az3uudg7s3leEuXP_kgu083vFgyxjb3K9hnKHaPTU757/w400-h299/IMG_2885.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTLe1xO7zIfQg67gwV5trTCiAcDQUKF8x_WzGMYcVHcQC_QmFHZskBRYxppbePB3iRu4yBV_yM4USAi6rKQGcng58Y8CniugqJSWq8FbDGNl8R0mcCyoGNA3cE1v7r8dHrfCUzHs_pEl0DxyKYxLFigXBm6Ok1xDcbuTHT2CE4XRWu13xS3_77/s1170/IMG_2886.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="952" data-original-width="1170" height="325" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTLe1xO7zIfQg67gwV5trTCiAcDQUKF8x_WzGMYcVHcQC_QmFHZskBRYxppbePB3iRu4yBV_yM4USAi6rKQGcng58Y8CniugqJSWq8FbDGNl8R0mcCyoGNA3cE1v7r8dHrfCUzHs_pEl0DxyKYxLFigXBm6Ok1xDcbuTHT2CE4XRWu13xS3_77/w400-h325/IMG_2886.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I spent over seven hours reviewing some of my lessons with Yilun Yang 7p. When I say reviewing I also mean editing the lesson files. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I take 90 minute lessons alternate weeks on KGS with Mr. Yang. I've been a student of Mr. Yang off and on since 1998 when I was 19 kyu AGA. The lessons are purely text lessons. There is no audio during the lessons nor is there a video file for review. Everything is in the sgf file. Mr. Yang continues to conduct his lessons in this manner and he is really good at it. He is a quick typist. All of the variations and comments are in the sgf file. The files can be reviewed exactly as they are, but I like to edit the files to move the occasional misplaced comment back into place, to mark the next move as A when it is convenient to refer to it one move ahead, and to add comments of my own later about my understanding. Editing my lessons makes it easier to review them again at a later date, and it also makes it easier for someone else to understand them if I choose to share them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">One of the things I decided to do with my Yang Lessons is to make them into books to read with SmartGo One. Here is a portion of the book I created with one of my lessons.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeGqQZwwq28VyqV6wOBKoyU-YYxFJhkm2M7pjN79rWLhLikFwkgYvMZb4id1XXgOzXxIc8iCRHq-TFjauL2HLfp-nbnik0I7BTetRvc2NaxZt01QfEgKZySpezaNA4t6tWrS6dRlGyh93LruJ0DocNTVvn0LZmHD1Et629D1QpkfiXW4y_ASCl/s2880/Image%2010-27-23%20at%2012.57%20PM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2880" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeGqQZwwq28VyqV6wOBKoyU-YYxFJhkm2M7pjN79rWLhLikFwkgYvMZb4id1XXgOzXxIc8iCRHq-TFjauL2HLfp-nbnik0I7BTetRvc2NaxZt01QfEgKZySpezaNA4t6tWrS6dRlGyh93LruJ0DocNTVvn0LZmHD1Et629D1QpkfiXW4y_ASCl/w400-h250/Image%2010-27-23%20at%2012.57%20PM.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I had started lessons with Yang again after a seven year break about a year and a half ago. I have 35 lessons accumulated so far. I was very lazy about editing them and decided to get to work on them this week.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTTtjD6uLxEW71u9Ln8cOGbG_8bhMhV2cFH2fWMrSmzXc9Z4z70ldQPRCXupCXM0X5UG1LwsJZOgcx_5EIfrlfCyNdtT47B2L2YS3vB2HQUQhmAIpRYyKwQfviB97QZcoJIds9b0vqdikA2NHrCDeYaF1BH6dv0yAUbjZFaLyJ1WxOTU4AcLvx/s1170/IMG_2887.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1146" data-original-width="1170" height="391" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTTtjD6uLxEW71u9Ln8cOGbG_8bhMhV2cFH2fWMrSmzXc9Z4z70ldQPRCXupCXM0X5UG1LwsJZOgcx_5EIfrlfCyNdtT47B2L2YS3vB2HQUQhmAIpRYyKwQfviB97QZcoJIds9b0vqdikA2NHrCDeYaF1BH6dv0yAUbjZFaLyJ1WxOTU4AcLvx/w400-h391/IMG_2887.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have a numbering system for my lessons. The first number in the file name is the number in the current series of lessons. The second number is the number of the lesson in the total of all of the lessons I have taken since I first started with Mr. Yang in 1998.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgviZqqAuGMdiEluXeE_F235-k05XhAuSMyltIwYvsjfPwXGpPezEQ3voaesLUxv-9xlu9AZdC6LCVO-QD1XL4f2c5gz2ugeLxz0MncdZ40Fhhh5lMLGO1s3GA3GFbNZBId_qV2gj5To-NC_ziKX_f0kiq7UGdnG481NZTOEvXiyD2J4Tpz2b_h/s676/Image%2010-27-23%20at%2012.28%20PM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="532" data-original-width="676" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgviZqqAuGMdiEluXeE_F235-k05XhAuSMyltIwYvsjfPwXGpPezEQ3voaesLUxv-9xlu9AZdC6LCVO-QD1XL4f2c5gz2ugeLxz0MncdZ40Fhhh5lMLGO1s3GA3GFbNZBId_qV2gj5To-NC_ziKX_f0kiq7UGdnG481NZTOEvXiyD2J4Tpz2b_h/w400-h315/Image%2010-27-23%20at%2012.28%20PM.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I spent very little time on playing games this week and have only three games to show for it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfMeMXVuCNxEOPLw3tPLOosyAvdVqAFNR0Sqq5b7ftCA9I-F5MkHHzM0DFKs2iPB2fGHwjRPBdt4cgWo31bfZVtcCprgVRdlreY8rNd0ERldb75I6vzIVjFFRWpDlaA_F0m3XoUfOvzb1h9KwJYc0guux4H4LH6JGbFO4SJDY9dxm4XkRFLuHf/s1530/Image%2010-27-23%20at%2011.34%20AM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="172" data-original-width="1530" height="45" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfMeMXVuCNxEOPLw3tPLOosyAvdVqAFNR0Sqq5b7ftCA9I-F5MkHHzM0DFKs2iPB2fGHwjRPBdt4cgWo31bfZVtcCprgVRdlreY8rNd0ERldb75I6vzIVjFFRWpDlaA_F0m3XoUfOvzb1h9KwJYc0guux4H4LH6JGbFO4SJDY9dxm4XkRFLuHf/w400-h45/Image%2010-27-23%20at%2011.34%20AM.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Terrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13921948878349961025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38859577.post-8458148626869271562023-10-20T09:06:00.001-05:002023-10-20T09:12:45.285-05:00TWO Weeks of Go Activity - And a New Go Jacket<p>I skipped posting my Go Activity last week. I will catch up with data from the two most recent weeks, but first I would like to show off <a href="https://store.baduk.club/collections/apparel-and-gifts/products/spider-demon-fireman-jacket" target="_blank">a jacket I recently ordered from Baduk Club</a>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOKwyCa_oITOoI7pznrKJwWccvccTw9uGawZ-v3KHh4jnYl3mZwfVZg9DutiRYsxXiuPGN0xhJ7_qoGV5anxZ9leE2vbfitjiRH-fRZabR3flpF-CY7YsSzd-e6GyDQgVqU_gYc13PaLTSRMpVFE9mOUhqsrdZe5gv9jHMth3lygf4EoFnoS1F/s1094/Image%2010-19-23%20at%207.00%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1094" data-original-width="776" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOKwyCa_oITOoI7pznrKJwWccvccTw9uGawZ-v3KHh4jnYl3mZwfVZg9DutiRYsxXiuPGN0xhJ7_qoGV5anxZ9leE2vbfitjiRH-fRZabR3flpF-CY7YsSzd-e6GyDQgVqU_gYc13PaLTSRMpVFE9mOUhqsrdZe5gv9jHMth3lygf4EoFnoS1F/w284-h400/Image%2010-19-23%20at%207.00%20PM.jpeg" width="284" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span>When I am at the Go Congress I like to have a light jacket or sweater to wear in the playing area because it tends to get cold from the air conditioning. I had been admiring this jacket on the Baduk Club web site for a while and decided to get one to bring to Portland next year where the Go Congress is going to be held.</span></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzLLmCkFAQfl3BRg64iDmbpzOXd4byrgxTDrORRoeFwp61BJ6cgg9I_NXKWaB38jz63N17itvttW4DctyDwgG5Pcfx9W5Py1zeftp7wGToE3_3W5UhzrenhJLvEhJ7bFaT8yezB77BvWOoX81uU15UiQpssElUjJ62odx_uhpsOODlejSo86BM/s1092/Image%2010-19-23%20at%207.00%20PM%20(1).jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1092" data-original-width="736" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzLLmCkFAQfl3BRg64iDmbpzOXd4byrgxTDrORRoeFwp61BJ6cgg9I_NXKWaB38jz63N17itvttW4DctyDwgG5Pcfx9W5Py1zeftp7wGToE3_3W5UhzrenhJLvEhJ7bFaT8yezB77BvWOoX81uU15UiQpssElUjJ62odx_uhpsOODlejSo86BM/w270-h400/Image%2010-19-23%20at%207.00%20PM%20(1).jpeg" width="270" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm hoping it will look as good on me as it does on the model.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now on to my usual content.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Two weeks ago I put in nearly 25 hours on Go Activity with Live Play coming in as the top activity.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnwXpxlbbB1uLPkii2hudsNL_7MJMV6g2NPlho7RXPc05eOgWyHFp62NHjyG6W09oiOwkNY5AX6hn12ZFFQ44yIGIXvas2iHJPLazq9jhXb75N4ly7eqf4po_ya52DPtND9g7H04QAxEu541fKrZ6wwfrl_XyzfpPlEDAGk4KApkgzS6Kt5j1q/s1170/IMG_2857.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The big news for the week is that I am just about to double rank up with my sandbagging Fox account.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEoQbi76_DAh7zdg9vFkflX6TFkAvYjLdkmVg8WrSHy9J82jADWzIf_6z1qC-jkBH9qpvez4lpW4WvHbo2_SlDirRe2wNAjENuyAodvDoVeNqv9VxP1J2Xzp2CepA4z9HNlzb87m_FEHJgzvaiqWqHxXzdesKW4p-rebVSXb83yxmT2LnCNmgX/s980/Image%2010-19-23%20at%204.04%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="186" data-original-width="980" height="76" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEoQbi76_DAh7zdg9vFkflX6TFkAvYjLdkmVg8WrSHy9J82jADWzIf_6z1qC-jkBH9qpvez4lpW4WvHbo2_SlDirRe2wNAjENuyAodvDoVeNqv9VxP1J2Xzp2CepA4z9HNlzb87m_FEHJgzvaiqWqHxXzdesKW4p-rebVSXb83yxmT2LnCNmgX/w400-h76/Image%2010-19-23%20at%204.04%20PM.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have just one more game to win and I will be 11k. I'm actually nervous about playing that game.</div><p></p>Terrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13921948878349961025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38859577.post-33516139869218883762023-10-11T18:36:00.003-05:002023-10-11T18:37:08.293-05:00My Week of Go Activities<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEE9lf5KQ_njQuheCUvXL19U4Iiv0Ou506uNwB5_EEQAc20wEaPkg1n1R84vHSPz4jY9NEEi87LS48RaTnKyHamDUgmOR7_dutDpDa_OrJ253HRW-f6kI3CvXXC0hhR5XGjeIpBX8hafgao1yuM1kzUUrqSXuZ6ft-QcywWX-mAVaJctSzpiHT/s1170/IMG_2841.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1150" data-original-width="1170" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEE9lf5KQ_njQuheCUvXL19U4Iiv0Ou506uNwB5_EEQAc20wEaPkg1n1R84vHSPz4jY9NEEi87LS48RaTnKyHamDUgmOR7_dutDpDa_OrJ253HRW-f6kI3CvXXC0hhR5XGjeIpBX8hafgao1yuM1kzUUrqSXuZ6ft-QcywWX-mAVaJctSzpiHT/w400-h394/IMG_2841.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh98Cyt54TFbv7QUahFoPlROJvHFu-H-2VnkfnmHdWKjEVXU1iFDQXfsN0YrWNAVW4pmiv_kB4b3P2iwaQ7ylK_pWC3BTbjC3-NoQdGqoS8zbjk2SqqR5nUq9O3K-br3dHRId_Q_n-6VsPTGnoHO1ZDca90i6eXbkb_G0PucHKuAnxEh-MJtjDh/s1633/IMG_2842.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1633" data-original-width="1170" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh98Cyt54TFbv7QUahFoPlROJvHFu-H-2VnkfnmHdWKjEVXU1iFDQXfsN0YrWNAVW4pmiv_kB4b3P2iwaQ7ylK_pWC3BTbjC3-NoQdGqoS8zbjk2SqqR5nUq9O3K-br3dHRId_Q_n-6VsPTGnoHO1ZDca90i6eXbkb_G0PucHKuAnxEh-MJtjDh/w286-h400/IMG_2842.jpeg" width="286" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I put in nearly 25 hours on Go Activities this week.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I played very few games with only four games being played. All of them were league games.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGf3zWaXwLGCDt0MheEhHuI8UTjmNQ4BMI2JygA02YN_CMZ1M9mRit_z675Gt55fsWdDFOYyfY3ghaMVJ4aOjc6mvwy-LAXgW68K2JWHSMzYawLOrWShz8oZZ_EbpP6hrJXrexz7uL382epRQiWrSkdD_LyzMxUPqe6KACY71-gIpMW2VEgsr9/s1764/Image%2010-11-23%20at%207.34%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="210" data-original-width="1764" height="48" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGf3zWaXwLGCDt0MheEhHuI8UTjmNQ4BMI2JygA02YN_CMZ1M9mRit_z675Gt55fsWdDFOYyfY3ghaMVJ4aOjc6mvwy-LAXgW68K2JWHSMzYawLOrWShz8oZZ_EbpP6hrJXrexz7uL382epRQiWrSkdD_LyzMxUPqe6KACY71-gIpMW2VEgsr9/w400-h48/Image%2010-11-23%20at%207.34%20PM.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p>Terrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13921948878349961025noreply@blogger.com0