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--- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/src/LIGC.html Sun Apr 02 10:30:03 2023 -0600 @@ -0,0 +1,350 @@ +<HTML> + +<!-- Mirrored from users.eniinternet.com/bradleym/LIGC.html by HTTrack Website Copier/3.x [XR&CO'2014], Sun, 06 Nov 2022 06:50:03 GMT --> +<HEAD> +<META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="Corel WordPerfect 8"> +<TITLE>Long Island Go Club</TITLE> +</HEAD> +<BODY TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000ff" VLINK="#551a8b" ALINK="#ff0000" BGCOLOR="#c0c0c0"> +<P><A NAME="The Long Island Go Club (LIGC)"><STRONG>The Long Island Go Club (LIGC)</STRONG></P> +<P><STRONG>© 2009 Milton N. Bradley</A></STRONG></P> + +<BR WP="BR1"><BR WP="BR2"> + +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+3"><STRONG>THE LONG ISLAND GO CLUB</STRONG></FONT></P> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+3"><STRONG>Founded 1976</STRONG></FONT></P> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><STRONG><FONT SIZE="+2">A Chapter of The American Go Association</STRONG></FONT></P> +<BR WP="BR1"><BR WP="BR2"> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><STRONG><FONT SIZE="+2">MEETS</STRONG></FONT></P> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+3"><STRONG>EVERY WEDNESDAY</STRONG></FONT></P> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><STRONG> <FONT SIZE="+3">7:30 - 10 P.M. </STRONG></FONT></P> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><STRONG>(Arrive and/or leave early or late, as suits your own schedule.)</strong></p> +<BR WP="BR1"><BR WP="BR2"> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><STRONG><FONT SIZE="+2">In The Starbucks Coffee Shop </STRONG></FONT></P> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><STRONG><FONT SIZE="+2">At The</STRONG></FONT></P> +<H1 ALIGN="CENTER"><STRONG><FONT SIZE="+3">BARNES & NOBLE Bookstore</STRONG></FONT></H1> +<H1 ALIGN="CENTER"><STRONG><FONT SIZE="+3">350 Rt 110</STRONG></FONT></H1> +<H1 ALIGN="CENTER"><STRONG><FONT SIZE="+3">Huntington Station, NY 11746</STRONG></FONT></H1> +<H1 ALIGN="CENTER"><STRONG><FONT SIZE="+3">(631) 421-9886</STRONG></FONT></H1> +<BR WP="BR1"><BR WP="BR2"> +<H2 ALIGN="CENTER"><STRONG><FONT SIZE="+2">Please use this number for directions only!</STRONG></FONT></H2> +<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> +<BR WP="BR1"><BR WP="BR2"> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><STRONG><FONT SIZE="+2">Beginners, Visitors, Spectators Welcome.</STRONG></FONT></P> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><STRONG><FONT SIZE="+2">No Dues Or Fees!</STRONG></FONT></P> +<BR WP="BR1"> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+3" COLOR="#dd0000"><STRONG><BLINK>FREE INSTRUCTION</BLINK></STRONG></FONT><STRONG><BLINK> </BLINK></STRONG></P> + +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT COLOR="#0000dd"><STRONG>+ LADDER MATCHES</STRONG></FONT><STRONG> </STRONG></P> + +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+3" COLOR="#dd0000"><STRONG>EVERY SESSION.</STRONG></FONT></P> + +<BR WP="BR1"><BR WP="BR2"> + +<p><font COLOR="#000000"><strong>Here Are Some Photos Taken At Our Weekly Meetings.</strong></p> + +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC97-400.jpg" align=middle> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Mike Lin, 2D</STRONG></FONT></P> + +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC102-400.jpg" align=middle> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Nairn Baik, 2D</STRONG></FONT></P> + +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC40-400.jpg" align=middle> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Saul Lapidus, 1D</STRONG></FONT></P> + +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC58-400.jpg" align=middle> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Hailong (Hayden) Huang, 1D</STRONG></FONT></P> + +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC16-400.jpg" align=middle> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Clayton Wilkie, 1D</STRONG></FONT></P> + +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC2-400.jpg" align=middle> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Milt Bradley, 1D</STRONG></FONT></P> + +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC23-400.jpg" align=middle> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Randy Bradley, 1D</STRONG></FONT></P> + +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC41-400.jpg" align=middle> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Nathan Borggren, 1K</STRONG></FONT></P> + +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC93-400.jpg" align=middle> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Eric Wong, 1K</STRONG></FONT></P> + +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC14-400.jpg" align=middle> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Andy Segal, 3K</STRONG></FONT></P> + +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC75-400.jpg" align=middle> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Dennis Grossman, 4K</STRONG></FONT></P> + +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC31-400.jpg" align=middle> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Jile Gao, 5K</STRONG></FONT></P> + +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC65-400.jpg" align=middle> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Erik Van Riper, 6K</STRONG></FONT></P> + +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC42-400.jpg" align=middle> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Dana Emery, 6K</STRONG></FONT></P> + +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC73-400.jpg" align=middle> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Bryan Barash, 6K</STRONG></FONT></P> + +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC18-400.jpg" align=middle> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Carrie Lapidus, 6K</STRONG></FONT></P> + +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC99-400.jpg" align=middle> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Joshua Lau, 6K</STRONG></FONT></P> + +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC51-400.jpg" align=middle> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Tom Meli, 8K</STRONG></FONT></P> + +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC88-400.jpg" align=middle> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Adam Connell, 9K</STRONG></FONT></P> + +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC63-400.jpg" align=middle> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Kenny Lewis, 9K</STRONG></FONT></P> + +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC90-400.jpg" align=middle> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Josh Thompson, 9K</STRONG></FONT></P> + +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC92-400.jpg" align=middle> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Patrick Kelley, 11K</STRONG></FONT></P> + +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC86-400.jpg" align=middle> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Rory Bennett, 12K</STRONG></FONT></P> + +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC1-400.jpg" align=middle> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Ken Brown, 14K</STRONG></FONT></P> + +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC19-400.jpg" align=middle> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Frank Hall, 14K</STRONG></FONT></P> + +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC22-400.jpg" align=middle> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Steve Link, 14K</STRONG></FONT></P> + +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC82-400.jpg" align=middle> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Jack Zar, 15K</STRONG></FONT></P> + +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC27-400.jpg" align=middle> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Zach Aal, 15K</STRONG></FONT></P> + +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC47-400.jpg" align=middle> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Brendan Wood, 15K</STRONG></FONT></P> + +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC48-400.jpg" align=middle> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Jonathan Pu, 15K</STRONG></FONT></P> + +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC66-400.jpg" align=middle> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Mike Petralia, 17k</STRONG></FONT></P> + +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC30-400.jpg" align=middle> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Michael Kenny, 17K</STRONG></FONT></P> + +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC54-400.jpg" align=middle> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>TJ Liu, 18K</STRONG></FONT></P> + +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC74-400.jpg" align=middle> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>David Levy, 19K</STRONG></FONT></P> + +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC84-400.jpg" align=middle> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Iris Lin, 20K</STRONG></FONT></P> + +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC94-400.jpg" align=middle> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Corwin Kiestler, 21K</STRONG></FONT></P> + +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC33-400.jpg" align=middle> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Barbara Huang, 21K</STRONG></FONT></P> + +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC57-400.jpg" align=middle> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Sam Rock, 22K</STRONG></FONT></P> + +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC34-400.jpg" align=middle> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Joanne Huang, 25K</STRONG></FONT></P> + +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC50-400.jpg" align=middle> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Joe Adams, 27K</STRONG></FONT></P> + +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC68-400.jpg" align=middle> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Steven Pu, 27K</STRONG></FONT></P> + +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC72-400.jpg" align=middle> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Arjun Dorde, 30k</STRONG></FONT></P> + +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC98-400.jpg" align=middle> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>David Li, Beginner</STRONG></FONT></P> + +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC101-400.jpg" align=middle> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Todd Dickerson, Beginner</STRONG></FONT></P> + +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC96-400.jpg" align=middle> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Sam Peng, Beginner</STRONG></FONT></P> + +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC35-400.jpg" align=middle> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Matthew Zegilla, Beginner</STRONG></FONT></P> + +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC38-400.jpg" align=middle> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Jeff Rigueur, Beginner</STRONG></FONT></P> + +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC37-400.jpg" align=middle> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Joshua Rigueur, Beginner</STRONG></FONT></P> + +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC39-400.jpg" align=middle> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Darla Dodenhoff, Beginner</STRONG></FONT></P> + +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC43-400.jpg" align=middle> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Ryan Glantz, Beginner</STRONG></FONT></P> + +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC44-400.jpg" align=middle> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Neil Dodenhoff, Beginner</STRONG></FONT></P> + +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC45-400.jpg" align=middle> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Kathleen Kelley, Beginner</STRONG></FONT></P> + +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC46-400.jpg" align=middle> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Ashley Winckel, Beginner</STRONG></FONT></P> + +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC49-400.jpg" align=middle> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Matt Richmond, Beginner</STRONG></FONT></P> + +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC62-400.jpg" align=middle> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Andrea Richmond, Beginner</STRONG></FONT></P> + +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC53-400.jpg" align=middle> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Susan Tsai, Beginner</STRONG></FONT></P> + +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC56-400.jpg" align=middle> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Rubi Passen, Beginner</STRONG></FONT></P> + +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC59-400.jpg" align=middle> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Christopher Adams, Beginner</STRONG></FONT></P> + +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC60-400.jpg" align=middle> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Sheila Casey, Beginner</STRONG></FONT></P> + +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC61-400.jpg" align=middle> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Matthew Glodowski, Beginner</STRONG></FONT></P> + +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC67-400.jpg" align=middle> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Aziz Huq, Beginner</STRONG></FONT></P> + +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC77-400.jpg" align=middle> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Zahin Huq, Beginner</STRONG></FONT></P> + +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC87-400.jpg" align=middle> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Reggie Alexandre, Beginner</STRONG></FONT></P> + +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC85-400.jpg" align=middle> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Brett Hebert, Beginner</STRONG></FONT></P> + +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC91-400.jpg" align=middle> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Bob Sohne, Beginner</STRONG></FONT></P> + +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC95-400.jpg" align=middle> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Raheema Kakar, Beginner</STRONG></FONT></P> + +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="LIGC79-400.jpg" align=middle> +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2"><STRONG>Jack Mok, Beginner</STRONG></FONT></P> + +<BR WP="BR1"><BR WP="BR2"> + +<P><STRONG>Club History</STRONG></U></P> +<P>Immediately upon completing my family's relocation from New York City to suburban Long Island in January 1976, I began a +search for Go opponents in the local area. The membership of the American Go Association revealed less than a half dozen among +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 +select few to come together to play Go.</P> + +<P>Announcements in the local press and my personal attempts at recruitment achieved only marginal success, so that until my +retirement in 1986 the LIGC never was able to muster more than a half dozen or so to any of our regular Wednesday night +meetings, which at that time were held mostly at local schools or my home.</P> + +<P>The big change occurred in January 1991, with my lecture at the Half Hollow Hills Community Library in nearby Dix Hills, and its +following newspaper coverage. In preparation for this event, I created and then personally distributed 4000 meeting notices +door-to-door in the local area! As a bit of serendipity, this provided me with a particularly interesting insight into the completely + unexpected rugged topography existing within only a mere half mile or so from the flat-as-a-pancake land of my own housing development, + which had been built on a former potato field. But this nearby area, completely invisible from the major thoroughfares of Old Country + Road and Wolf Hill Road which border it, consists of a miniature mountain called Pigeon Hill, in which many of the streets have grades + 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 + more than mere persistence and stamina, but because doing so fit in perfectly with my normal exercise regimen it was a task willingly + undertaken. + +<P>These notices were deliberately crafted to be provocative and (hopefully) intriguing, resulting in an attendance of 105, many of +whom stayed after the main presentation on the history and social implications of Go for a lecture/demo on how Go is played. This +latter group then became the nucleus of a vastly expanded LIGC. Serendipitously, as a result of having impressed the library staff +by both my lecture's attendance (the largest ever at the library) and its content, my request for a permanent venue for our club +meetings at their facility was granted, and henceforth, for about the next 10 years, we met at the library's Melville branch + +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><STRONG><img src="Lecture.gif" width="750" height="500" align=top ></STRONG></P> + +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><STRONG>This was the scene at the Half Hollow Hills Community Library Lecture</STRONG></P> + +<P>The structure of the LIGC's meetings reflected my own personal experience and philosophy, and emphasized the training and +nurturing of novice through "average" players. Each session began with an approximately 45 minute lecture/demo/Q&A session in +which I reviewed the Fuseki (full board opening) of a game - preferably one played by the club's own members. My approach was +to try to develop each member's strategic/tactical thinking. To achieve this, I requested suggestions from the attendees for each +succeeding move, beginning with the weakest player and proceeding in ascending order of playing strength. That way each player's +own thinking was revealed, yet the weaker players weren't influenced by what their betters thought Then, after all present had +expressed their opinion, I explained the position's implications and what the proper move (or its feasible alternatives) was. +Following the lecture, I paired the players off to play ladder matches using the AGA's "standard" 45/10 time limits. + +<P>The LIGC Rating Ladder had a number of unique characteristics, designed to make it simple to use yet accurate in its rankings. The +numerical ratings assigned were "arbitrary", but tied to the standard AGA ranks by the fact that they were separated by exactly 100 +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 +sum" game). It therefore required an excess of 4 wins over losses to advance 1 rank, and conversely. Handicaps and Komi were +established using standard AGA protocols. + +<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 +could be based. This kept our internal ranks tied to the AGA's. Otherwise they would have "floated" and might readily have become +completely unrealistic over time. The initial assessment of where each new player entered the ladder was made by the instructor, +and was adjusted if necessary over the course of the first few rated games, although the need for this occurred very infrequently. +The conservative nature of the Ladder's ranks was repeatedly proved over the years when our members have played in AGA rated +tournaments, at which they invariably scored about 1-2 stones stronger! + +<P>Under this format the LIGC continued to grow until we were averaging about 20 members per meeting. But about 10 years ago the +deleterious effects of 2 developments hit, and hit hard!. The first was a vast downturn in defense employment on Long Island, culminating + in the effective demise of its largest employer (Grumman Aerospace), with a tremendous "ripple effect" on the remainder of the local +economy. The second was the advent of Go on the Internet. Then a third, even more devastating development occurred to supply +the coup de grace when the library's director resigned and the new director decided to cut back our use of the Melville meeting +room to only twice per month. With the advent of these three successive blows attendance slipped badly, rebounded for a while to +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 +lectures and ladder matches, and to find a new meeting venue. + +<P>Since our move from the library to the Barnes & Noble bookstore, attendance has once again increased to the 6-8 range on average, +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 +graduating class at Chaminade High School in nearby Nassau County, who was so enthusiastic that another 4 of his classmates soon +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 + 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 +recruitment and teaching efforts. + +<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 +when his heavy schedule permitted, and this year he’s brought with him another similarly credentialed Stony Brook doctoral candidate who is 5k. +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 +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> + +<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 +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. +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 + entitled My Personal Go History, URL just below. + +<P>As ever, we maintain our friendly, welcoming atmosphere in which beginners are not only encouraged but prosper. + + +<BR WP="BR1"><BR WP="BR2"> +<a href="GOFORKIDS.html"></font><p><strong><font color="#0033ff">Continue</font><font color="#0000ff"></a></strong></font> + +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><STRONG>Click Here To RETURN To <A HREF="MBGoHist.html"><FONT COLOR="#0033ff">My Personal Go History</STRONG></FONT></A></P> + +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><STRONG>Click Here To Go To <A HREF="New%20Proverbs%20Sample.html"><FONT COLOR="#0033ff">NEW GO PROVERBS ILLUSTRATED</STRONG></FONT></A></P> + +<P ALIGN="CENTER"><STRONG>Click Here To Go To <A HREF="Improve%20Fast%20Index.html"><FONT COLOR="#0033ff">Improve Fast In Go </STRONG></FONT></A></P> +<p ALIGN="CENTER"><strong>Click Here To Go To <a href="Learn%20Chess%20Fast%20Sample.html"><FONT COLOR="#0033ff">Learn Chess Fast </strong></font></a></p> + + +<P ALIGN="LEFT"><STRONG>Click Here To Return To<A HREF="index.html"><FONT COLOR="#0033ff"> Milt's Go Page</STRONG></FONT><FONT COLOR="#0033ff"></FONT><FONT COLOR="#0000ff"></A><ADDRESS><HR> + +</ADDRESS> +<ADDRESS></FONT><FONT COLOR="#0000ff"><STRONG>Last Updated on Nov 30, 2009 by</STRONG> <A HREF="mailto:bradleym@villagenet.com">Milton N. 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