tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-338404522011-12-30T09:53:15.692+02:00noirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04023223617258053220noreply@blogger.comBlogger51100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33840452.post-85507655439099490332007-04-10T15:45:00.000+03:002007-04-10T15:53:42.104+03:00

Next week, 20-22 April 2007, I am going to take part in this annual GO competition in Timisoara.Never been there and I am anxious to go and visit the city and play some GO. Now there are over 60 participants signed up for the competition. Taking in account that the biggest competition I have seen was the ING last year in Bucharest with about 40 players, I think the place will be crowded and a

noirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04023223617258053220noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33840452.post-13212264237636705242007-02-15T12:23:00.000+02:002007-02-15T12:58:51.477+02:00

I've just started replaying pro games without trying to understand the moves. Just an exercise. I want to associate this with many simple problems.The player I have chosen is Takagawa .The first game that I replayed was a game from 1970 between Takagawa and Go Seigen.It took me an hour to replay the game on my goban.Made some mistakes and had to do it all over. It took about 25 - 30 minutes this

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Last summer I took the opportunity to participate in a children camp as a Go instructor with a friend (Sorin) and my girlfriend (Laura). It was a beautiful experience for me. I hadn't taught Go to anybody but friends (and my girlfriend).We took the train from Bucharest to Suceava."Suceava's throne citadel"We were prepared with Go equipment (a large 19x19 folding wood board and glass stones) and

noirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04023223617258053220noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33840452.post-74549541954180841062007-01-18T11:21:00.000+02:002007-01-22T17:06:35.454+02:00

Last week I took part in the ING Open Tournament in Bucharest, Romania.I won 3 of 6 games, but this is the game I like the most. It's played with a player from my GO club: Codin Cocioaba.He is 4-5 stones stronger than I am and he can give me 4 stones handicap in our club games.For some reason I like this game (a short game in witch I resigned after black' s 123 block).I am going to have this game

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I am 7 kyu now. I play GO for 2 years, but my first year was a bit slow. Made it from 18 kyu to 7 kyu last year. This required a great deal of work, time and money. But this is the smallest price one can pay for this passion.The greatest challenge I have to face is (brace yourselves) my girlfriend. She is a constant challenge always complaining not giving her enough attention and she thinks I

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