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6 <TITLE>Long Island Go Club</TITLE>
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8 <BODY TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000ff" VLINK="#551a8b" ALINK="#ff0000" BGCOLOR="#c0c0c0">
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9 <P><A NAME="The Long Island Go Club (LIGC)"><STRONG>The Long Island Go Club (LIGC)</STRONG></P>
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10 <P><STRONG>© 2009 Milton N. Bradley</A></STRONG></P>
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12 <BR WP="BR1"><BR WP="BR2">
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14 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+3"><STRONG>THE LONG ISLAND GO CLUB</STRONG></FONT></P>
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15 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+3"><STRONG>Founded 1976</STRONG></FONT></P>
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16 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><STRONG><FONT SIZE="+2">A Chapter of The American Go Association</STRONG></FONT></P>
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17 <BR WP="BR1"><BR WP="BR2">
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18 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><STRONG><FONT SIZE="+2">MEETS</STRONG></FONT></P>
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19 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+3"><STRONG>EVERY WEDNESDAY</STRONG></FONT></P>
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20 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><STRONG> <FONT SIZE="+3">7:30 - 10 P.M. </STRONG></FONT></P>
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21 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><STRONG>(Arrive and/or leave early or late, as suits your own schedule.)</strong></p>
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23 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><STRONG><FONT SIZE="+2">In The Starbucks Coffee Shop </STRONG></FONT></P>
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24 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><STRONG><FONT SIZE="+2">At The</STRONG></FONT></P>
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25 <H1 ALIGN="CENTER"><STRONG><FONT SIZE="+3">BARNES & NOBLE Bookstore</STRONG></FONT></H1>
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26 <H1 ALIGN="CENTER"><STRONG><FONT SIZE="+3">350 Rt 110</STRONG></FONT></H1>
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27 <H1 ALIGN="CENTER"><STRONG><FONT SIZE="+3">Huntington Station, NY 11746</STRONG></FONT></H1>
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28 <H1 ALIGN="CENTER"><STRONG><FONT SIZE="+3">(631) 421-9886</STRONG></FONT></H1>
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29 <BR WP="BR1"><BR WP="BR2">
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30 <H2 ALIGN="CENTER"><STRONG><FONT SIZE="+2">Please use this number for directions only!</STRONG></FONT></H2>
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31 <H2 ALIGN="CENTER"><STRONG><FONT SIZE="+2">For all other information about the LIGC, email <font color="#0033FF"><a href="mailto:bradleym@eniinternet.com?subject=Long Island Go Club">Milton N. Bradley</font></FONT></STRONG></a></H2>
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32 <BR WP="BR1"><BR WP="BR2">
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33 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><STRONG><FONT SIZE="+2">Beginners, Visitors, Spectators Welcome.</STRONG></FONT></P>
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34 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><STRONG><FONT SIZE="+2">No Dues Or Fees!</STRONG></FONT></P>
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35 <BR WP="BR1">
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36 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+3" COLOR="#dd0000"><STRONG><BLINK>FREE INSTRUCTION</BLINK></STRONG></FONT><STRONG><BLINK> </BLINK></STRONG></P>
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38 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT COLOR="#0000dd"><STRONG>+ LADDER MATCHES</STRONG></FONT><STRONG> </STRONG></P>
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40 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+3" COLOR="#dd0000"><STRONG>EVERY SESSION.</STRONG></FONT></P>
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44 <p><font COLOR="#000000"><strong>Here Are Some Photos Taken At Our Weekly Meetings.</strong></p>
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46 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC97-400.jpg" align=middle>
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47 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Mike Lin, 2D</STRONG></FONT></P>
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49 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC102-400.jpg" align=middle>
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50 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Nairn Baik, 2D</STRONG></FONT></P>
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52 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC40-400.jpg" align=middle>
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53 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Saul Lapidus, 1D</STRONG></FONT></P>
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55 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC58-400.jpg" align=middle>
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56 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Hailong (Hayden) Huang, 1D</STRONG></FONT></P>
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58 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC16-400.jpg" align=middle>
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59 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Clayton Wilkie, 1D</STRONG></FONT></P>
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61 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC2-400.jpg" align=middle>
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62 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Milt Bradley, 1D</STRONG></FONT></P>
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64 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC23-400.jpg" align=middle>
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65 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Randy Bradley, 1D</STRONG></FONT></P>
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66
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67 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC41-400.jpg" align=middle>
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68 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Nathan Borggren, 1K</STRONG></FONT></P>
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70 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC93-400.jpg" align=middle>
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71 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Eric Wong, 1K</STRONG></FONT></P>
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73 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC14-400.jpg" align=middle>
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74 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Andy Segal, 3K</STRONG></FONT></P>
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76 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC75-400.jpg" align=middle>
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77 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Dennis Grossman, 4K</STRONG></FONT></P>
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79 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC31-400.jpg" align=middle>
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80 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Jile Gao, 5K</STRONG></FONT></P>
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82 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC65-400.jpg" align=middle>
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83 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Erik Van Riper, 6K</STRONG></FONT></P>
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85 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC42-400.jpg" align=middle>
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86 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Dana Emery, 6K</STRONG></FONT></P>
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88 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC73-400.jpg" align=middle>
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89 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Bryan Barash, 6K</STRONG></FONT></P>
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91 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC18-400.jpg" align=middle>
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92 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Carrie Lapidus, 6K</STRONG></FONT></P>
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94 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC99-400.jpg" align=middle>
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95 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Joshua Lau, 6K</STRONG></FONT></P>
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97 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC51-400.jpg" align=middle>
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98 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Tom Meli, 8K</STRONG></FONT></P>
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100 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC88-400.jpg" align=middle>
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101 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Adam Connell, 9K</STRONG></FONT></P>
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103 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC63-400.jpg" align=middle>
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104 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Kenny Lewis, 9K</STRONG></FONT></P>
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106 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC90-400.jpg" align=middle>
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107 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Josh Thompson, 9K</STRONG></FONT></P>
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109 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC92-400.jpg" align=middle>
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110 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Patrick Kelley, 11K</STRONG></FONT></P>
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112 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC86-400.jpg" align=middle>
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113 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Rory Bennett, 12K</STRONG></FONT></P>
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115 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC1-400.jpg" align=middle>
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116 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Ken Brown, 14K</STRONG></FONT></P>
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118 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC19-400.jpg" align=middle>
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119 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Frank Hall, 14K</STRONG></FONT></P>
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121 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC22-400.jpg" align=middle>
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122 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Steve Link, 14K</STRONG></FONT></P>
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124 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC82-400.jpg" align=middle>
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125 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Jack Zar, 15K</STRONG></FONT></P>
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127 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC27-400.jpg" align=middle>
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128 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Zach Aal, 15K</STRONG></FONT></P>
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130 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC47-400.jpg" align=middle>
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131 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Brendan Wood, 15K</STRONG></FONT></P>
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133 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC48-400.jpg" align=middle>
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134 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Jonathan Pu, 15K</STRONG></FONT></P>
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136 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC66-400.jpg" align=middle>
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137 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Mike Petralia, 17k</STRONG></FONT></P>
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139 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC30-400.jpg" align=middle>
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140 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Michael Kenny, 17K</STRONG></FONT></P>
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141
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142 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC54-400.jpg" align=middle>
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143 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>TJ Liu, 18K</STRONG></FONT></P>
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145 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC74-400.jpg" align=middle>
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146 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>David Levy, 19K</STRONG></FONT></P>
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148 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC84-400.jpg" align=middle>
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149 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Iris Lin, 20K</STRONG></FONT></P>
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151 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC94-400.jpg" align=middle>
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152 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Corwin Kiestler, 21K</STRONG></FONT></P>
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154 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC33-400.jpg" align=middle>
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155 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Barbara Huang, 21K</STRONG></FONT></P>
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157 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC57-400.jpg" align=middle>
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158 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Sam Rock, 22K</STRONG></FONT></P>
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160 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC34-400.jpg" align=middle>
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161 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Joanne Huang, 25K</STRONG></FONT></P>
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163 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC50-400.jpg" align=middle>
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164 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Joe Adams, 27K</STRONG></FONT></P>
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166 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC68-400.jpg" align=middle>
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167 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Steven Pu, 27K</STRONG></FONT></P>
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169 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC72-400.jpg" align=middle>
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170 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Arjun Dorde, 30k</STRONG></FONT></P>
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172 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC98-400.jpg" align=middle>
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173 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>David Li, Beginner</STRONG></FONT></P>
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175 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC101-400.jpg" align=middle>
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176 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Todd Dickerson, Beginner</STRONG></FONT></P>
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178 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC96-400.jpg" align=middle>
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179 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Sam Peng, Beginner</STRONG></FONT></P>
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181 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC35-400.jpg" align=middle>
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182 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Matthew Zegilla, Beginner</STRONG></FONT></P>
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184 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC38-400.jpg" align=middle>
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185 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Jeff Rigueur, Beginner</STRONG></FONT></P>
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186
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187 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC37-400.jpg" align=middle>
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188 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Joshua Rigueur, Beginner</STRONG></FONT></P>
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190 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC39-400.jpg" align=middle>
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191 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Darla Dodenhoff, Beginner</STRONG></FONT></P>
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193 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC43-400.jpg" align=middle>
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194 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Ryan Glantz, Beginner</STRONG></FONT></P>
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196 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC44-400.jpg" align=middle>
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197 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Neil Dodenhoff, Beginner</STRONG></FONT></P>
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199 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC45-400.jpg" align=middle>
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200 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Kathleen Kelley, Beginner</STRONG></FONT></P>
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201
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202 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC46-400.jpg" align=middle>
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203 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Ashley Winckel, Beginner</STRONG></FONT></P>
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205 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC49-400.jpg" align=middle>
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206 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Matt Richmond, Beginner</STRONG></FONT></P>
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208 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC62-400.jpg" align=middle>
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209 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Andrea Richmond, Beginner</STRONG></FONT></P>
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211 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC53-400.jpg" align=middle>
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212 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Susan Tsai, Beginner</STRONG></FONT></P>
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214 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC56-400.jpg" align=middle>
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215 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Rubi Passen, Beginner</STRONG></FONT></P>
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217 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC59-400.jpg" align=middle>
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218 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Christopher Adams, Beginner</STRONG></FONT></P>
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219
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220 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC60-400.jpg" align=middle>
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221 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Sheila Casey, Beginner</STRONG></FONT></P>
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223 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC61-400.jpg" align=middle>
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224 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Matthew Glodowski, Beginner</STRONG></FONT></P>
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226 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC67-400.jpg" align=middle>
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227 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Aziz Huq, Beginner</STRONG></FONT></P>
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229 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC77-400.jpg" align=middle>
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230 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Zahin Huq, Beginner</STRONG></FONT></P>
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232 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC87-400.jpg" align=middle>
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233 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Reggie Alexandre, Beginner</STRONG></FONT></P>
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235 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC85-400.jpg" align=middle>
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236 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Brett Hebert, Beginner</STRONG></FONT></P>
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238 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC91-400.jpg" align=middle>
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239 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Bob Sohne, Beginner</STRONG></FONT></P>
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240
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241 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC95-400.jpg" align=middle>
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242 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Raheema Kakar, Beginner</STRONG></FONT></P>
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243
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244 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC79-400.jpg" align=middle>
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245 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Jack Mok, Beginner</STRONG></FONT></P>
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246
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247 <BR WP="BR1"><BR WP="BR2">
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248
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249 <P><STRONG>Club History</STRONG></U></P>
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250 <P>Immediately upon completing my family's relocation from New York City to suburban Long Island in January 1976, I began a
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251 search for Go opponents in the local area. The membership of the American Go Association revealed less than a half dozen among
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252 the over 2 million residents of Long Island, and, as later events revealed, I was never able to get more than one or two of even these
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253 select few to come together to play Go.</P>
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254
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255 <P>Announcements in the local press and my personal attempts at recruitment achieved only marginal success, so that until my
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256 retirement in 1986 the LIGC never was able to muster more than a half dozen or so to any of our regular Wednesday night
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257 meetings, which at that time were held mostly at local schools or my home.</P>
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258
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259 <P>The big change occurred in January 1991, with my lecture at the Half Hollow Hills Community Library in nearby Dix Hills, and its
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260 following newspaper coverage. In preparation for this event, I created and then personally distributed 4000 meeting notices
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261 door-to-door in the local area! As a bit of serendipity, this provided me with a particularly interesting insight into the completely
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262 unexpected rugged topography existing within only a mere half mile or so from the flat-as-a-pancake land of my own housing development,
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263 which had been built on a former potato field. But this nearby area, completely invisible from the major thoroughfares of Old Country
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264 Road and Wolf Hill Road which border it, consists of a miniature mountain called Pigeon Hill, in which many of the streets have grades
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265 as steep as any of the famous hills of Los Angeles or San Francisco. So distributing my fliers among those steep slopes required a bit
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266 more than mere persistence and stamina, but because doing so fit in perfectly with my normal exercise regimen it was a task willingly
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268
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269 <P>These notices were deliberately crafted to be provocative and (hopefully) intriguing, resulting in an attendance of 105, many of
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270 whom stayed after the main presentation on the history and social implications of Go for a lecture/demo on how Go is played. This
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271 latter group then became the nucleus of a vastly expanded LIGC. Serendipitously, as a result of having impressed the library staff
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272 by both my lecture's attendance (the largest ever at the library) and its content, my request for a permanent venue for our club
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273 meetings at their facility was granted, and henceforth, for about the next 10 years, we met at the library's Melville branch
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277 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><STRONG>This was the scene at the Half Hollow Hills Community Library Lecture</STRONG></P>
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279 <P>The structure of the LIGC's meetings reflected my own personal experience and philosophy, and emphasized the training and
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280 nurturing of novice through "average" players. Each session began with an approximately 45 minute lecture/demo/Q&A session in
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281 which I reviewed the Fuseki (full board opening) of a game - preferably one played by the club's own members. My approach was
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282 to try to develop each member's strategic/tactical thinking. To achieve this, I requested suggestions from the attendees for each
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283 succeeding move, beginning with the weakest player and proceeding in ascending order of playing strength. That way each player's
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284 own thinking was revealed, yet the weaker players weren't influenced by what their betters thought Then, after all present had
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285 expressed their opinion, I explained the position's implications and what the proper move (or its feasible alternatives) was.
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286 Following the lecture, I paired the players off to play ladder matches using the AGA's "standard" 45/10 time limits.
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288 <P>The LIGC Rating Ladder had a number of unique characteristics, designed to make it simple to use yet accurate in its rankings. The
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289 numerical ratings assigned were "arbitrary", but tied to the standard AGA ranks by the fact that they were separated by exactly 100
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290 points. Each win in a rated match resulted in a gain of 25 points, with the same amount deducted for a loss (so this was a true "zero
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291 sum" game). It therefore required an excess of 4 wins over losses to advance 1 rank, and conversely. Handicaps and Komi were
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292 established using standard AGA protocols.
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293
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294 <P>The Dan-level players were assigned no point rating so that they provided a stable datum on which all of the other player's ratings
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295 could be based. This kept our internal ranks tied to the AGA's. Otherwise they would have "floated" and might readily have become
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296 completely unrealistic over time. The initial assessment of where each new player entered the ladder was made by the instructor,
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297 and was adjusted if necessary over the course of the first few rated games, although the need for this occurred very infrequently.
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298 The conservative nature of the Ladder's ranks was repeatedly proved over the years when our members have played in AGA rated
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299 tournaments, at which they invariably scored about 1-2 stones stronger!
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300
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301 <P>Under this format the LIGC continued to grow until we were averaging about 20 members per meeting. But about 10 years ago the
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302 deleterious effects of 2 developments hit, and hit hard!. The first was a vast downturn in defense employment on Long Island, culminating
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303 in the effective demise of its largest employer (Grumman Aerospace), with a tremendous "ripple effect" on the remainder of the local
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304 economy. The second was the advent of Go on the Internet. Then a third, even more devastating development occurred to supply
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305 the coup de grace when the library's director resigned and the new director decided to cut back our use of the Melville meeting
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306 room to only twice per month. With the advent of these three successive blows attendance slipped badly, rebounded for a while to
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307 about 8 per session, and then tapered off again to a mere handful. Given this sparse attendance, at that time I decided to abandon the
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308 lectures and ladder matches, and to find a new meeting venue.
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309
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310 <P>Since our move from the library to the Barnes & Noble bookstore, attendance has once again increased to the 6-8 range on average,
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311 but still remains only a pale shadow of what it was at our peak. A couple of years ago we got one new beginner from the
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312 graduating class at Chaminade High School in nearby Nassau County, who was so enthusiastic that another 4 of his classmates soon
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313 joined him! Tom advanced from absolute beginner to 9 K (and was still improving smartly) in only 4 months!The problem with this is that
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314 all of these fine young men are now attending college far from Long Island, so that other Go clubs will become the beneficiaries of our
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315 recruitment and teaching efforts.
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316
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317 <P>Last year a 1K who is a Doctoral candidate and Graduate Assistant in Physics at the NY State University at Stony Brook began coming to the club
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318 when his heavy schedule permitted, and this year he’s brought with him another similarly credentialed Stony Brook doctoral candidate who is 5k.
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319 A few weeks ago, another new 5K showed up, and only last week a 1D Chinese computer programmer also appeared for the first time, so that the club’s
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320 viability seems assured, even if attendance at our weekly meetings still remains only a pale shadow of what it was in its best days.</P>
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321
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322 <P>In 2005, former World Artistic Pool Champion Andy Segal showed up, a recent convert to Go and at that time, rated at 18k* on IGS. Through dedicated study, lessons from Cornel Burzo on IGS and
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323 my instruction, within 3 months he was rated at 8K*, and is now officially at 6K* but on the verge of promotion to 5K*. Sadly, Andy has since dropped out of Go entirely, for undisclosed reasons.
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324 That's not untypical but really a shame, because he had real potential. Other significant player comings and goings at the LIGC since that time are detailed briefly in the section of this web page
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325 entitled My Personal Go History, URL just below.
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327 <P>As ever, we maintain our friendly, welcoming atmosphere in which beginners are not only encouraged but prosper.
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333 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><STRONG>Click Here To RETURN To <A HREF="MBGoHist.html"><FONT COLOR="#0033ff">My Personal Go History</STRONG></FONT></A></P>
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344 <ADDRESS></FONT><FONT COLOR="#0000ff"><STRONG>Last Updated on Nov 30, 2009 by</STRONG> <A HREF="mailto:bradleym@villagenet.com">Milton N. Bradley</A></FONT></ADDRESS>
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