http://blog.printf.net/articles/tag/go en-us 40 <p>Just back from the Massachusetts Go Association's Spring tournament. I entered at 1-dan for the first time, and had a fun few games:</p> <ol> <li>Against 1-dan, 7.5 komi, loss by 2.5 points.</li> <li>Against 2-dan, 0.5 komi, win by 13.5 points.</li> <li>Against 2-kyu, giving two stones, win.</li> <li>Against 2-dan, 0.5 komi, loss by 0.5 points.</li> </ol> <p>Having both losses be marginal was a shame, but I feel pretty good about the day. But, do I feel like <i>shodan</i> yet? Well, no, not really. The numbers suggest I can hold my own, but I still feel like a beginner to the game. In the last round, I even managed to misplay a 3-3 corner invasion (against <i><a href="http://senseis.xmp.net/?4473Enclosure">hoshi-ogeima</a></i>), dying completely instead of living in gote.</p> <p>I'll resume normal blogging service shortly. While I'm talking about non-computer stuff, though, I should add that I've been vegetarian for the last month or two. I'd rather be vegan, and <a href="http://madprime.org">Mad</a> is managing to mostly do so, but for now cheese is just too good to say no to.</p> Mon, 23 Apr 2007 01:06:00 +0100 urn:uuid:622dd280-316c-47c0-aa82-33268200ac7a Chris Ball http://blog.printf.net/articles/2007/04/23/go-tournament go