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<P><A NAME="The Long Island Go Club (LIGC)"><STRONG>The Long Island Go Club (LIGC)</STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG>&copy; 2009 Milton N. Bradley</A></STRONG></P>

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<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>
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<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> 
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<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 &amp; 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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>

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<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>

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<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&amp;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 &amp; 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.


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