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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>&copy; 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 &amp; 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>
32 <BR WP="BR1"><BR WP="BR2">
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>
39
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>
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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>
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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>
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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&amp;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 &amp; 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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