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+ − 9 <P><A NAME="The Long Island Go Club (LIGC)"><STRONG>The Long Island Go Club (LIGC)</STRONG></P>
+ − 10 <P><STRONG>© 2009 Milton N. Bradley</A></STRONG></P>
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+ − 14 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+3"><STRONG>THE LONG ISLAND GO CLUB</STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 15 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+3"><STRONG>Founded 1976</STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 16 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><STRONG><FONT SIZE="+2">A Chapter of The American Go Association</STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 17 <BR WP="BR1"><BR WP="BR2">
+ − 18 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><STRONG><FONT SIZE="+2">MEETS</STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 19 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+3"><STRONG>EVERY WEDNESDAY</STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 20 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><STRONG> <FONT SIZE="+3">7:30 - 10 P.M. </STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 21 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><STRONG>(Arrive and/or leave early or late, as suits your own schedule.)</strong></p>
+ − 22 <BR WP="BR1"><BR WP="BR2">
+ − 23 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><STRONG><FONT SIZE="+2">In The Starbucks Coffee Shop </STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 24 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><STRONG><FONT SIZE="+2">At The</STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 25 <H1 ALIGN="CENTER"><STRONG><FONT SIZE="+3">BARNES & NOBLE Bookstore</STRONG></FONT></H1>
+ − 26 <H1 ALIGN="CENTER"><STRONG><FONT SIZE="+3">350 Rt 110</STRONG></FONT></H1>
+ − 27 <H1 ALIGN="CENTER"><STRONG><FONT SIZE="+3">Huntington Station, NY 11746</STRONG></FONT></H1>
+ − 28 <H1 ALIGN="CENTER"><STRONG><FONT SIZE="+3">(631) 421-9886</STRONG></FONT></H1>
+ − 29 <BR WP="BR1"><BR WP="BR2">
+ − 30 <H2 ALIGN="CENTER"><STRONG><FONT SIZE="+2">Please use this number for directions only!</STRONG></FONT></H2>
+ − 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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+ − 33 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><STRONG><FONT SIZE="+2">Beginners, Visitors, Spectators Welcome.</STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 34 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><STRONG><FONT SIZE="+2">No Dues Or Fees!</STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 35 <BR WP="BR1">
+ − 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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+ − 42 <BR WP="BR1"><BR WP="BR2">
+ − 43
+ − 44 <p><font COLOR="#000000"><strong>Here Are Some Photos Taken At Our Weekly Meetings.</strong></p>
+ − 45
+ − 46 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC97-400.jpg" align=middle>
+ − 47 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Mike Lin, 2D</STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 48
+ − 49 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC102-400.jpg" align=middle>
+ − 50 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Nairn Baik, 2D</STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 51
+ − 52 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC40-400.jpg" align=middle>
+ − 53 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Saul Lapidus, 1D</STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 54
+ − 55 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC58-400.jpg" align=middle>
+ − 56 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Hailong (Hayden) Huang, 1D</STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 57
+ − 58 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC16-400.jpg" align=middle>
+ − 59 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Clayton Wilkie, 1D</STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 60
+ − 61 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC2-400.jpg" align=middle>
+ − 62 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Milt Bradley, 1D</STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 63
+ − 64 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC23-400.jpg" align=middle>
+ − 65 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Randy Bradley, 1D</STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 66
+ − 67 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC41-400.jpg" align=middle>
+ − 68 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Nathan Borggren, 1K</STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 69
+ − 70 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC93-400.jpg" align=middle>
+ − 71 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Eric Wong, 1K</STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 72
+ − 73 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC14-400.jpg" align=middle>
+ − 74 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Andy Segal, 3K</STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 75
+ − 76 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC75-400.jpg" align=middle>
+ − 77 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Dennis Grossman, 4K</STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 78
+ − 79 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC31-400.jpg" align=middle>
+ − 80 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Jile Gao, 5K</STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 81
+ − 82 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC65-400.jpg" align=middle>
+ − 83 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Erik Van Riper, 6K</STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 84
+ − 85 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC42-400.jpg" align=middle>
+ − 86 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Dana Emery, 6K</STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 87
+ − 88 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC73-400.jpg" align=middle>
+ − 89 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Bryan Barash, 6K</STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 90
+ − 91 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC18-400.jpg" align=middle>
+ − 92 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Carrie Lapidus, 6K</STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 93
+ − 94 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC99-400.jpg" align=middle>
+ − 95 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Joshua Lau, 6K</STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 96
+ − 97 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC51-400.jpg" align=middle>
+ − 98 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Tom Meli, 8K</STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 99
+ − 100 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC88-400.jpg" align=middle>
+ − 101 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Adam Connell, 9K</STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 102
+ − 103 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC63-400.jpg" align=middle>
+ − 104 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Kenny Lewis, 9K</STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 105
+ − 106 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC90-400.jpg" align=middle>
+ − 107 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Josh Thompson, 9K</STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 108
+ − 109 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC92-400.jpg" align=middle>
+ − 110 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Patrick Kelley, 11K</STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 111
+ − 112 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC86-400.jpg" align=middle>
+ − 113 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Rory Bennett, 12K</STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 114
+ − 115 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC1-400.jpg" align=middle>
+ − 116 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Ken Brown, 14K</STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 117
+ − 118 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC19-400.jpg" align=middle>
+ − 119 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Frank Hall, 14K</STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 120
+ − 121 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC22-400.jpg" align=middle>
+ − 122 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Steve Link, 14K</STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 123
+ − 124 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC82-400.jpg" align=middle>
+ − 125 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Jack Zar, 15K</STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 126
+ − 127 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC27-400.jpg" align=middle>
+ − 128 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Zach Aal, 15K</STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 129
+ − 130 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC47-400.jpg" align=middle>
+ − 131 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Brendan Wood, 15K</STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 132
+ − 133 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC48-400.jpg" align=middle>
+ − 134 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Jonathan Pu, 15K</STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 135
+ − 136 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC66-400.jpg" align=middle>
+ − 137 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Mike Petralia, 17k</STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 138
+ − 139 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC30-400.jpg" align=middle>
+ − 140 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Michael Kenny, 17K</STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 141
+ − 142 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC54-400.jpg" align=middle>
+ − 143 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>TJ Liu, 18K</STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 144
+ − 145 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC74-400.jpg" align=middle>
+ − 146 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>David Levy, 19K</STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 147
+ − 148 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC84-400.jpg" align=middle>
+ − 149 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Iris Lin, 20K</STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 150
+ − 151 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC94-400.jpg" align=middle>
+ − 152 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Corwin Kiestler, 21K</STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 153
+ − 154 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC33-400.jpg" align=middle>
+ − 155 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Barbara Huang, 21K</STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 156
+ − 157 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC57-400.jpg" align=middle>
+ − 158 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Sam Rock, 22K</STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 159
+ − 160 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC34-400.jpg" align=middle>
+ − 161 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Joanne Huang, 25K</STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 162
+ − 163 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC50-400.jpg" align=middle>
+ − 164 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Joe Adams, 27K</STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 165
+ − 166 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC68-400.jpg" align=middle>
+ − 167 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Steven Pu, 27K</STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 168
+ − 169 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC72-400.jpg" align=middle>
+ − 170 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Arjun Dorde, 30k</STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 171
+ − 172 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC98-400.jpg" align=middle>
+ − 173 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>David Li, Beginner</STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 174
+ − 175 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC101-400.jpg" align=middle>
+ − 176 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Todd Dickerson, Beginner</STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 177
+ − 178 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC96-400.jpg" align=middle>
+ − 179 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Sam Peng, Beginner</STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 180
+ − 181 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC35-400.jpg" align=middle>
+ − 182 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Matthew Zegilla, Beginner</STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 183
+ − 184 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC38-400.jpg" align=middle>
+ − 185 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Jeff Rigueur, Beginner</STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 186
+ − 187 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC37-400.jpg" align=middle>
+ − 188 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Joshua Rigueur, Beginner</STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 189
+ − 190 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC39-400.jpg" align=middle>
+ − 191 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Darla Dodenhoff, Beginner</STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 192
+ − 193 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC43-400.jpg" align=middle>
+ − 194 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Ryan Glantz, Beginner</STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 195
+ − 196 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC44-400.jpg" align=middle>
+ − 197 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Neil Dodenhoff, Beginner</STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 198
+ − 199 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC45-400.jpg" align=middle>
+ − 200 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Kathleen Kelley, Beginner</STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 201
+ − 202 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC46-400.jpg" align=middle>
+ − 203 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Ashley Winckel, Beginner</STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 204
+ − 205 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC49-400.jpg" align=middle>
+ − 206 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Matt Richmond, Beginner</STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 207
+ − 208 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC62-400.jpg" align=middle>
+ − 209 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Andrea Richmond, Beginner</STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 210
+ − 211 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC53-400.jpg" align=middle>
+ − 212 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Susan Tsai, Beginner</STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 213
+ − 214 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC56-400.jpg" align=middle>
+ − 215 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Rubi Passen, Beginner</STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 216
+ − 217 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC59-400.jpg" align=middle>
+ − 218 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Christopher Adams, Beginner</STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 219
+ − 220 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC60-400.jpg" align=middle>
+ − 221 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Sheila Casey, Beginner</STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 222
+ − 223 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC61-400.jpg" align=middle>
+ − 224 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Matthew Glodowski, Beginner</STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 225
+ − 226 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC67-400.jpg" align=middle>
+ − 227 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Aziz Huq, Beginner</STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 228
+ − 229 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC77-400.jpg" align=middle>
+ − 230 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Zahin Huq, Beginner</STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 231
+ − 232 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC87-400.jpg" align=middle>
+ − 233 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Reggie Alexandre, Beginner</STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 234
+ − 235 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC85-400.jpg" align=middle>
+ − 236 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Brett Hebert, Beginner</STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 237
+ − 238 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC91-400.jpg" align=middle>
+ − 239 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Bob Sohne, Beginner</STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 240
+ − 241 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC95-400.jpg" align=middle>
+ − 242 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Raheema Kakar, Beginner</STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 243
+ − 244 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC79-400.jpg" align=middle>
+ − 245 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Jack Mok, Beginner</STRONG></FONT></P>
+ − 246
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+ − 248
+ − 249 <P><STRONG>Club History</STRONG></U></P>
+ − 250 <P>Immediately upon completing my family's relocation from New York City to suburban Long Island in January 1976, I began a
+ − 251 search for Go opponents in the local area. The membership of the American Go Association revealed less than a half dozen among
+ − 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
+ − 253 select few to come together to play Go.</P>
+ − 254
+ − 255 <P>Announcements in the local press and my personal attempts at recruitment achieved only marginal success, so that until my
+ − 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
+ − 257 meetings, which at that time were held mostly at local schools or my home.</P>
+ − 258
+ − 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
+ − 260 following newspaper coverage. In preparation for this event, I created and then personally distributed 4000 meeting notices
+ − 261 door-to-door in the local area! As a bit of serendipity, this provided me with a particularly interesting insight into the completely
+ − 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,
+ − 263 which had been built on a former potato field. But this nearby area, completely invisible from the major thoroughfares of Old Country
+ − 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
+ − 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
+ − 266 more than mere persistence and stamina, but because doing so fit in perfectly with my normal exercise regimen it was a task willingly
+ − 267 undertaken.
+ − 268
+ − 269 <P>These notices were deliberately crafted to be provocative and (hopefully) intriguing, resulting in an attendance of 105, many of
+ − 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
+ − 271 latter group then became the nucleus of a vastly expanded LIGC. Serendipitously, as a result of having impressed the library staff
+ − 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
+ − 273 meetings at their facility was granted, and henceforth, for about the next 10 years, we met at the library's Melville branch
+ − 274
+ − 275 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><STRONG><img src="Lecture.gif" width="750" height="500" align=top ></STRONG></P>
+ − 276
+ − 277 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><STRONG>This was the scene at the Half Hollow Hills Community Library Lecture</STRONG></P>
+ − 278
+ − 279 <P>The structure of the LIGC's meetings reflected my own personal experience and philosophy, and emphasized the training and
+ − 280 nurturing of novice through "average" players. Each session began with an approximately 45 minute lecture/demo/Q&A session in
+ − 281 which I reviewed the Fuseki (full board opening) of a game - preferably one played by the club's own members. My approach was
+ − 282 to try to develop each member's strategic/tactical thinking. To achieve this, I requested suggestions from the attendees for each
+ − 283 succeeding move, beginning with the weakest player and proceeding in ascending order of playing strength. That way each player's
+ − 284 own thinking was revealed, yet the weaker players weren't influenced by what their betters thought Then, after all present had
+ − 285 expressed their opinion, I explained the position's implications and what the proper move (or its feasible alternatives) was.
+ − 286 Following the lecture, I paired the players off to play ladder matches using the AGA's "standard" 45/10 time limits.
+ − 287
+ − 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
+ − 289 numerical ratings assigned were "arbitrary", but tied to the standard AGA ranks by the fact that they were separated by exactly 100
+ − 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
+ − 291 sum" game). It therefore required an excess of 4 wins over losses to advance 1 rank, and conversely. Handicaps and Komi were
+ − 292 established using standard AGA protocols.
+ − 293
+ − 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
+ − 295 could be based. This kept our internal ranks tied to the AGA's. Otherwise they would have "floated" and might readily have become
+ − 296 completely unrealistic over time. The initial assessment of where each new player entered the ladder was made by the instructor,
+ − 297 and was adjusted if necessary over the course of the first few rated games, although the need for this occurred very infrequently.
+ − 298 The conservative nature of the Ladder's ranks was repeatedly proved over the years when our members have played in AGA rated
+ − 299 tournaments, at which they invariably scored about 1-2 stones stronger!
+ − 300
+ − 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
+ − 302 deleterious effects of 2 developments hit, and hit hard!. The first was a vast downturn in defense employment on Long Island, culminating
+ − 303 in the effective demise of its largest employer (Grumman Aerospace), with a tremendous "ripple effect" on the remainder of the local
+ − 304 economy. The second was the advent of Go on the Internet. Then a third, even more devastating development occurred to supply
+ − 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
+ − 306 room to only twice per month. With the advent of these three successive blows attendance slipped badly, rebounded for a while to
+ − 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
+ − 308 lectures and ladder matches, and to find a new meeting venue.
+ − 309
+ − 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,
+ − 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
+ − 312 graduating class at Chaminade High School in nearby Nassau County, who was so enthusiastic that another 4 of his classmates soon
+ − 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
+ − 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
+ − 315 recruitment and teaching efforts.
+ − 316
+ − 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
+ − 318 when his heavy schedule permitted, and this year he’s brought with him another similarly credentialed Stony Brook doctoral candidate who is 5k.
+ − 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
+ − 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>
+ − 321
+ − 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
+ − 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.
+ − 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
+ − 325 entitled My Personal Go History, URL just below.
+ − 326
+ − 327 <P>As ever, we maintain our friendly, welcoming atmosphere in which beginners are not only encouraged but prosper.
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