14 Oct 2009 No Comments
Photos from the 2009 Nationals have been appearing online.
Here are the albums that i have found so far.
John Hardy
Matthew Crossman
Shamim Khan general
Shamim Khan – prize winners
Shamim Khan – general – players
spgo on facebook
If you have photos from the Nationals, please upload them and tell us about it!
06 Oct 2009 1 Comment
The 2009 Australian open champion is Zack Zhou 7d. Second place in the open division of the thirty-second Australian National Go Tournament on the weekend went to Kevin Chen 7d, and Raphael Shin 7d placed third. All three players won five of the six rounds, and were separated on the sum of their opponents’ scores.
All the competitors
The second division was handicapped, with eleven competitors between second dan and third kyu. Yong Heng Li 3k won with a clean sweep, Jeremy Wen 1d of Brisbane came second with five victories, and Tridat Tran 1k placed third with four wins.
Bill Wen winning third division in the 2009 Nationals
The third division (four kyu and under) was won by Bill Wen 15k of Brisbane, with Masahide Yanagi 5k and Warrakun Mangrai 8k placing second and third.
An Younggil 8p playing simultaneous games on the teaching day
In all, a good tournament, with a strong field (110 dan!) of forty competitors, and a good turnout for An Younggil 8p’s teaching afternoon on the preceding Friday. The BBQ didn’t hurt, either. Kudos to the host Melbourne University Students Playing Go collective, and the newly announced Victorian Go Club for helping out.
Shining Yin, tournament director for the 2009 Nationals
A full report with shiny photos will be in the summer edition of the Journal. If anybody has any interesting kifu from the tournament and wants to send them to us, we will be happy to turn them into SGF files for your use and and see about getting reviews of them from strong players for later publication.
24 Sep 2009 1 Comment
Neville Smythe has posted some photos from the 2009 ACT Championships on Picasa. If you have any photos around from an Australian or New Zealand tournament, please upload them to Picasa or Flickr and share with the community, or mail them to us, who will do it for you. :)
01 Sep 2009 2 Comments
Game Rules
Each game is 60 minutes main time for each player with one period of 30 seconds byoyomi thereafter. (updated from 30 minutes per side, which was a typo – 6/9/2009)
Division One- Open (no handicap)
Division Two- Handicap rules
Divison Three- Handicap rules
Nationals Programme
Itinerary for Saturday and Sunday, as well as game rules will be explained during Opening Ceremony.
Registration opens at 8a.m on Saturday, please ensure you arrive early with your registration details (payment in cash/payment details) and to collect your badges.
Closing Ceremony and Presentation of Prizes is set to take place at 6pm Sunday.
Friday’s Teaching Day
Begins at 9. For those flying in on Friday, feel free to make your way to the event when available. There will be nearby eateries for lunch options including Subway, KFC and China Bar.
Students Playing Go committee members are likely to be busy in the evening in preparation for the Nationals, for those wanting dinner in the city, they’ll be happy to recommend some awesome places.
Please direct all questions to mail@spgo.org.au.
29 Aug 2009 4 Comments
Friday’s Teaching Day (2nd October)
Students Playing Go is holding a Revision/Teaching Day before the Nationals Tourney and all players are welcome to join (free event) on Friday. Professional players An Younggil (6p) and Zheng Hong (9p) will be present if you have any questions and for reviews and teaching games. This is a phenomenal opportunity for go players so do come along (come rain or hail or high winds)
Time: 9am-5pm. Friday 2nd October.
Location: Room 109, Alice Hoy Building, Melbourne Uni. (This room is located downstairs, entrance from Monash Road. Get off the tram and walk into uni, it should be the second set of stairs going down into the building on your left)
Tournament Fee
SPGO now have a DIRECT DEBIT system for players to pay their entry fee. Please send your payment to “Students Playing Go”, BSB: 803143, Account number: 9083. (Melbourne University Credit Union Limited).
Once you’ve sent your payment, please email SPGO (mail@spgo.org.au) with your registration details and the reference number of your payment. It is vital that you include your NAME and REFERENCE NUMBER of payment.
You can also ensure a quicker registration on tournament day by buying your AGA membership from the AGA now. Please include your membership number with your registration details.
Tournament Prizes
Players will be competing for some awesome prizes!
Trophies for 1st, 2nd, 3rd Placements + 2 Runner Ups
Cash Prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd Placements
Gifts for Winners and Fighting Spirit Awards
9×9 Fun Tourney- Gifts and Prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd Placements + Fighting Spirit Award
Game Rules
For Divisions 1, 2 and 3.
Absolute setting, 45 min per player- 90mins per game, Japanese rules, 6.5 komi. Handicap system in place.
Accommodations
Accommodation in Melbourne during the Australian National Go Tournament 2009 may be in peak-season prices, due to the Spring Racing Carnival. It is advisable to book early.
Here’s a website you can browse through for hostels around Melbourne: http://www.hostelbookers.com/hostels/australia/melbourne/
Here are the easiest-to-navigate-from hostels for those who are not confident using the public transport or maps (but be warned, these may be the most expensive due to its location):
City Centre Budget Hotel - 22-30 Little Collins Street, Melbourne. http://www.hostelbookers.com/hostels/australia/melbourne/8415/
The Greenhouse Backpacker (Melbourne) 228 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia website: www.greenhousebackpacker.com.au
email: greenhouse@friendlygroup.com.au
phone: 1800 249 207 (freecall, within australia)/ (613) 9639 6400 (overseas)
Dormitory of 4-8, $28 per night
Double (2 people maximum) $78 per night per room
Single $65 per night per room. No group bookings discounts available.
This one is in walking distance (5 minute walk):
Victoria Hall Accomodation – 380 Russell St, Melbourne, Australia 3000
phone: 1800 670 611(within australia)
website: victoriahall.com.au
private or dorm rooms, with shared bathrooms
twin room: from $75 a night (private)
single room: from $59 a night (private)
Dorm rooms: 4-bed dorm: from $28 a bed
6-bed dorm: from $24 a bed
Bookings from website, or phone call with credit card (VISA or Mastercard) details.
Please have a look through the Go Journal Forums for home stay possibilities. If you’re in Melbourne and can offer homestay, please add to the forums.
Maps/Directions
The Univeristy of Melbourne is easily accessable by public transport. Every tram at the Flinders St Train Station tram stop and along Swanston Street will stop or pass by the university. These trams have “Melbourne University” displayed on the front, but if in doubt, just ask the tram driver.
Included are a map of Melbourne (follow the RED line I’ve marked), and a map of the Melbourne Uni campus (the Union Building is in grey and circled in RED). Trams will stop right outside the Arrow marked 1, please walk into the campus via Monash road and look for the Union Building. Alternatively you can walk a little upwards to Arrow 2 and walk straight towards the Union Building. Members Lounge is on the ground floor.
We hope to see all of you at the Nationals.
If you have any questions please contact the organizers at mail@spgo.org.au
23 Aug 2009 No Comments
The final results for both divisions of the 2009 ACT Championships have been published on the Australian Go Association web pages. Neville Smythe posted on the AGA news page:
The ACT Open Championship was won by Guyu Liu, with 6 straight wins; Yiming Guo and David Ormerod came 2nd and 3rd. The Handicap section was won by Jordan Ceglinski. The tournament was run as a McMahon, so after the second round the kyu players were mixed in with the dan players; Jordan’s record indicates we have to upgrade his ranking significantly!
If anyone has any photos or kifu or amusing anecdotes from the event, we would like to include a proper tournament report in the spring issue of the Journal.
10 Aug 2009 6 Comments
The Australian Korean Ambassador’s Cup championship, qualifying tournament for selection of the Australian Representative to the 4th Korean Prime Minister’s Cup to be held in Korea in October, was held on Saturday August 8. This is a 1-day event, with 5 rounds packed into an exciting day for the 42 participants, ranging from 7 dan players in Section A to kyu players and beginners in Section C.
Two of the strongest players at the 2009 Korean Ambassador's Cup in Sydney
Organised by the Sydney Korean Baduk Association, the venue was as usual the Shilla Restaurant in Campsie and included a delicious Korean lunch. Our “pro-in-residence”, Younggil An 6p, was in attendance and provided commentaries for the players as well as helping with the organisation. Younggil has been living in Sydney for the last year, and is hugely popular with everyone who has benefitted from his generous and lucid commentaries and teaching games — I am comforted by his style of commenting along the lines of “Yes, that’s a way to play; another way might be …” instead of the put-down “What! You can’t play that ridiculous move!. You should play…” (Younggil will be coming to the Nationals in Melbourne, October 3-4, so come along and meet him.)
Play at the Korean Ambassador's Cup, 2009
Section A had a major upset in round 1, with 5 dan Joseph Choi defeating Yiming Guo 7d by 1.5 points. By the end if round 4, it was looking good for Miao Zhao (2008 AGA Champion) on 4 wins; the other strong contenders Guyu Liu (winner of both the the Sydney and ACT 2009 Championships) and David He (2009 Australian WAGC representative) were on 3 wins. But the final round produced two very exciting games, with Guyu Liu defeating Miao Zhao, and Yiming defeating David He in an upset. In the end Yiming, Guyu and Miao each had 4 wins, the same SoS, and only 1 point of difference in SoDoS in each case to determine the top 3 places. Yiming becomes our representative for the KPMC.
The winners at the 2009 Korean Ambassador's Cup in Sydney - and friends
28 Jul 2009 No Comments
The perfect opportunity for Australian Go players and enthusiasts to gather, compete and learn more about go, and overall have a grand ol’ time.
As this year the Nationals are being held in Melbourne, interstate players will be able to sample the cultural feast that is this very beautiful city and also to meet the unique bunch of people over at Students Playing Go and Melbourne Go Lovers (your lovable hosts) (I hear they’re very friendly) (and enthusiastic)
The Tournament is held on the weekend of 3rd and 4th October, running all day from 9.30am-5pm. Registration begins Saturday at 9am and closing ceremony is on Sunday 5.30pm.
Players are encouraged to be in Melbourne by Friday night (feel free to persuade your hosts to dinner) and to arrive early for Registration at 9am on Saturday.
There will be (hopefully) shops opened in Union House for food and drinks, but if there are not, your hosts will be providing tea, water and light snacks (and a free BBQ lunch on Sunday) and there are plenty of nearby eateries to ensure you get the needed energy to play go!
Players will be competing for prestigious trophies and prizes and of course for the sheer pleasure of testing your skills and having fun with players from all around Australia.I hear tell that there are also some very interesting things planned by your hosts (all quite mysterious), so you’ll just have to wait and see ;)
If you’re interested thus in participating (you should be by now), please send in your entry forms (or any enquiries) to mail@spgo.org.au or by post to Box 11, Union House, University of Melbourne, Vic 3010 care of Students Playing Go.
If you’re having trouble with your entry forms, you’re welcome to type out and send all the relevant information via email (mail@spgo.org.au)
Entry fees can also be paid by cash during Saturday’s morning registration period.
It’s vital that participating players send in your entry forms in advance so that things can be planned sufficiently to accommodate. So get filling in those forms (or emails) now!
For interstate players looking for weekend living arrangements, your hosts are planning a short list of possible motel/hotel accommodations. If you need any particular help please contact Students Playing Go at mail@spgo.org.au.
See you all there!
27 Jul 2009 No Comments
| September 12, 2009 | to | September 13, 2009 |
The 2009 New Zealand Open Go Championships have just been announced on the NZGS mailing list. They will be held in Auckland on the weekend of 12-13 September. As well as the open division to choose the New Zealand champion, there will be a handicap division for kyu players. Both divisions will be run in six rounds using a McMahon draw. There will be a social function on the Saturday night, and any go players in the area are welcome to drop by for a game.
For more information, contact Colin Grierson or fetch the entry form from the New Zealand Go Society wiki.
03 Jul 2009 5 Comments
| October 3, 2009 | to | October 4, 2009 |
Details of the Australian National Championships are confirmed as follows:
Venue: Members’ Lounge, Ground Floor, Union House, University of Melbourne
Registration form is here
On-the-day registration begins at Saturday 9:00am, but please register in advance!
AGA Annual General Meeting begins Saturday 5:30pm
Closing ceremony begins Sunday 5:30pm
Contact: SPGO or or Box 11, Union House, University of Melbourne, Vic 3010
The Tournament Referee will be An Young Gil 6p.
28 Jun 2009 1 Comment
| August 8, 2009 |
The 4th Korean Ambassador’s Cup in Sydney will be held at Sila Restaurant (161 Beamish Street, Campsie, phone 9718 1029) by the Sydney Ki-Won on Saturday the eighth of August. This is a one-day tournament and the open division will determine the Australian representative in the Korean Prime Minister’s Cup. For more details, contact Raphael Shin at the Sydney Korean Go Club.
(This is a placeholder for the event calendar. Will someone actually at the club please come forward and give us some more details to post?)
28 Jun 2009 No Comments
Just a reminder of the three Australian tournaments in the last half of 2009:
Also there’s the Brisbane Christmas pair go tournament coming up in December, and the ongoing Australia Room Friendly Series – Brisbane v Sydney fixture has better-than-even odds of happening in early July.
08 Jun 2009 No Comments
The NSW Go Championships was played in at the Sydney Go Club rooms in Surrey Hills on the weekend of 6 – 7 June 2009. Twenty players entered the dan division – a massive 82 dan aggregate! Fifteen players from the Chinese go community boosted the numbers, and Guyu Liu 7 dan was first with 6-0, while Miao Zhao 7 dan was second with 5-1.
The kyu division was not so blessed, with four entrants including tournament director Robert Vadas playing as 1 dan. Only four rounds were played due to one withdrawal, and Robert was first with 4-0, while Guo Liang Xu 1 kyu was second.
The event ran smoothly under Robert’s guiding hand. Lunches were provided for participants. Popular professional Younggil An 6P provided commentaries on some of the key games, adding to the overall fun and excitement.
A young lady who did well was Cuiying Xu Tring 2 dan (2-4), the only female and also the youngest participant at about 14 years. We remember her from one of the early Toyota Cups, still barely able to reach across the board. Another young entrant Edwin Tang 2 dan (2-4) also did well. It is just so great to see young players joining in and chasing the older ones.
For those interested, full results will be available on the AGA website very soon. Thanks to Robert Vadas for organising the event, and to all participants who made this such a memorable occasion.
26 May 2009 No Comments
This correspondent has somehow forgotten which day she attended at the NEC Go Tournament (blame it on assignments clogging up the brain space). She has also missed the start of the day of attendance by rolling back into sleep (again, blame it on assignments). Nevertheless when she did finally arrive, it was a cold slightly grey afternoon and just at the end of second games. This year the NEC Cup was conveniently held in the city of Melbourne itself at the gorgeous Vibe Savoy Hotel on Collins. Many players (the room was packed!) from around Australia convened in the grand hall with its gold and mirrored walls and dangling chandeliers and there were trophies, shiny and new, awaiting the winners just off to the side. I’m 98.899% sure all had a resoundingly good time as I made my way among the bowed heads and the sounds of clicking stones and the occasional laughter and winces.
As with every go tournament and go meeting, it’s obvious that this game is enjoyed by all ages and both genders, from different walks of life, and always somehow ending with a smile and a clap to the back. As games ended and points tallied up, many would group around to discuss strategies or alternate plays, going over difficulties and good decisions. Mr Kawamura, a visiting go professional from the Nihon Ki-in, with his gracious and mild mannered smile, also often made the rounds to interact with everyone as well as offering an interesting simul play with 6 young players of various ranks.
Certainly it was a successful and exciting NEC Cup in its 13th year, there was even a 50 point seki (mutual life) which I missed seeing! Well, there’s always next time ;)
Congratulations to NEC Cup top 5 placements:
Division 1 (3 dan +)
Daniel Shen 5d
Yoon Kee Jeong
Wei Xu
Kazuya Miki
Shen Feng Zhou
Division 2 (4 kyu-2 dan)
Tai Sheng Wang
Long Pan
Trithang Tran
Adam Harley
Kin Lung Mak
Division 3 (15kyu-5 kyu)
Greg Wallace
Bryce Steward
Alan Ho
Wai Chon Ho
Evan Wallace
And to all current and prospective players, see you all at next year’s Cup =)
Also look forward to the upcoming Australian Go Nationals to be held in Melbourne this year!
More photos can be found at SPGO on Facebook.
16 May 2009 No Comments
The thirtieth World Amateur Go Championship this year will be eight rounds played from Wednesday the twenty-third to Saturday the twenty-ninth of May in Fukuroi, Japan. Australia’s representative is David He 7d of New South Wales, who was the 2007 Australian champion. David is profiled in this week’s American Go Association E-Journal. The Australian Go Journal will be following how he goes, and reporting it here.
Ranka Online has the tournament announcement and will be covering the championships in depth.
13 Apr 2009 No Comments
| April 15, 2009 |
With Easter comes chocolate eggs and the eagerly awaited mini break for Melbourne University Students (good luck to those diligently completing their assignments) and for Students Playing Go it’s prime time for the annual tournament. As per previous years there’s a madcap dash to book rooms, sort out equipment, hijacking students for promotional purposes and of course poring over potential prizes. There will be two divisions in anticipation of the many new players, round robin style and a mini 9×9 competition, and this year a promise of a rocking fantastic first place prize (so practice now!). It’s a good chance for players to test your skills and have some fun, especially right before the NEC Cup.
Date- Wednesday 15th April, 10a.m-4p.m
Place- Alice Hoy, room 109, Melbourne University Parkville Campus
Directions- The room is tucked away under the building, please take the tram up Swanston to Melbourne University (last stop) and walk down Monash Road, look to your left for stairs going down to classrooms, there’ll be a sign saying 108-109.
Tournament opened to all players, free entry to members (and lots of free food!)
And for those going to the NEC Cup at the end of the week, whether as entrants or to support your fellow players, please say hello to the SPGO committee members who are there to cover the event and strike your best smile and challenge pose ;)
06 Apr 2009 No Comments
I just found two cute little videos on YouTube, with happy memories from Brisbane last year. Check out http://www.youtube.com/user/Confuseki
30 Mar 2009 No Comments
After the final three tournament rounds on Sunday, the Queensland Open Go Champion for 2009 is Kevin Jiang 6d with a clean sweep of six victories. Kevin was also the 2008 champion. Second place went to Fred Huang 3d, and third to Chulho Rhee 4d, each with five wins. The Queensland Kyu Go Champion for 2009 is the Journal’s own Amelia Gray 3k with five victories. Second place went to Bruce Macintosh 5k with five victories, and third place to Warrakun Mangrai 8k with four wins.
The Brisbane consulate-general of the People’s Republic of China was kind enough to send consul Duan Zhong to say a few words at the closing ceremony, and to donate some rather colourful prizes for all six winners. Above are pictured (from left to right), Amelia, the consul, and Kevin, just after the trophies were presented; picture by Rodney Topor, who was one of several bystanders to come along to watch the finale.
More pictures as people start decanting their cameras…
29 Mar 2009 No Comments
This weekend is the Queensland State Championships, run by the usual suspects at the Brisbane Go Club. I’m liveblogging from the venue, thanks to the wonders of mobile prepaid broadband. :)
After three rounds on day one, the open division placings are as follows:
plus eleven others with fewer than two wins. In the kyu division, the placings so far are:
plus six others with fewer than two wins. The day also featured the Brisbane Go Club‘s annual general meeting, which re-elected the same officers as last year and discussed the upcoming Ballina Go Camp.
Three more rounds, and pictures to come.
07 Mar 2009 No Comments
It is now confirmed that Mr Kawamura from the Nihon Ki-in will be attending this year’s NEC Cup in Melbourne and bringing a group of his students to play in the tournament. As the numbers for each division are limited they are filling up fast so if you wish to play and have not yet registered you should do so immediately.
(Hat tip to Brad Melki of the Melbourne Go Club, who the Journal understands are also hosting this year’s Australian national championships).
04 Feb 2009 3 Comments
| July 25, 2009 | to | July 26, 2009 |
This year’s ACT championships, hosted by the Canberra Go Club, will be held in July. The event is also held in the middle of the ANU Chess Festival, so if you suddenly find yourself craving a game of chess (for some strange reason), no doubt you’ll find one. The venue is as it has been in the past, the ABU student residence Fenner Hall. It is conveniently located in the middle of the city (see map) with plenty of accommodation nearby.
The entry fee will be $30; $20 for students, and all players must be AGA members. Don’t worry though, joining has been made simple and easy on the AGA website. You should also be able to join up on the day.
The schedule for the weekend, as we have it, is as follows:
Saturday
Registration: 9 – 10am
Round 1: 10 am
Lunch: 12.30 pm
Round 2: 1.30 pm
Round 3: 3.45 pm
Sunday
Round 4: 9.30 am
Lunch: 12 noon
Round 5: 1 pm
Round 6: 3.30 pm
Closing Ceremony: Approx. 5.45 pm
There will be the usual open division for dans and handicap division for kyus. It is, like all state championships, AGA-sanctioned (meaning credit points and everything else that implies). More information as we get it, but, in the meantime, if you’re planning to head to Canberra, remember to take warm clothes! We’re informed that it can get a little nippy at night around that time of year.
01 Feb 2009 3 Comments
| March 28, 2009 | to | March 29, 2009 |
Two days of go at the Brisbane Bridge Centre, 104 Frederick Street, Annerley, from the twenty-eighth to the twenty-ninth of March, hosted by the BGC. Participation attracts AGA representative points. There will be an open division (all strengths of dan player) to determine the Queensland Open Champion, and a handicap division on the McMahon system for kyu players. The tournament fee is $35 for student and junior players, and $55 for everybody else. This price includes the tournament, morning and afternoon teas, and lunch, both days. All welcome, especially AGA members from other states.
If travelling from interstate, try the Annerley Motor Inn or the Lancaster Court Motel, each of which is five to ten minutes from the venue. You will need to be a member in good standing of the Australian Go Association; individual memberships will be sold on the day for ten dollars, or you can arrange something through your club – for Queenslanders, that’s the Brisbane Go Club, which you will need to (re)join if you aren’t already a member.
To register, please email your name, rank, club, and contact details to the tournament director, Horatio Davis (horatio@go.org.au), or find the nearest BGC committee member and hand them a filled-in copy of the entry form. If you have particular needs for the dinner or morning tea (vegetarian, kosher, coffee, black forest cake) or wish to attend the teaching afternoon on the Friday or the tournament dinner on the Saturday, please mention these in your email. Registration fees will be collected on the day.
The Journal will of course be reporting live from the event. :)
Update: As of one week before the event, there are sixteen players registered in the open division and fifteen in the kyu division. Come on in, the water’s fine!
Second update: The schedule for the tournament is here. Short version: teaching half-day starts at noon, Saturday and Sunday we start at nine in the morning.
29 Jan 2009 No Comments
| June 6, 2009 | to | June 7, 2009 |
The Sydney City Go Club will be holding this year’s New South Wales State Championships. It’ll be held on Saturday 6th June to Sunday 7th June (which is conveniently the Queen’s Birthday long weekend). The venue is Philas House. This is AGA-sanctioned, with all that implies: representative points, etc. For more information, registration, questions, contact Robert Vadas at ravadas@yahoo.com.
21 Jan 2009 2 Comments
We were recently given a couple of photos taken at the Nationals (Brisbane, November 2008), and thought it would be nice to share them.
A more comprehensive report on the Nationals (and more pretty photos!) will be in the coming issue of the Journal proper, so stay tuned!
Reflections of Go
10 Jan 2009 2 Comments
| April 18, 2009 | to | April 19, 2009 |
The Melbourne Go Club will be running the 13th NEC Cup on April 18th & 19th 2009. The venue this year is the Vibe Savoy hotel – 630 Collins St Melbourne. For more information, or to register, contact Brad Melki at bmelki@hotkey.net.au, or read the entry form.
21 Dec 2008 1 Comment
The Brisbane go club‘s Christmas party for 2008 was held yesterday at our usual stomping grounds, the Queensland Contract Bridge Centre. We had a nice healthy lunch (Subway and watermelon and cookies) and then played Australia’s first pair go tournament, just because.
The tournament was three rounds of go on thirteen-by-thirteen boards, run as a single division. The teams were:
The prize was a box of chocolate for each half of the winning pair. Mr Rhee and Dr Hexel were kind enough to share the loot with the rest of the club.
The pairing and draw were tuned for social go, which mean that the teams had to be paired up to be within four stones’ strength of each other to have a competitive single division. Slide pairing was used throughout, with Swiss pairing for the draw. Kudos to Amelia Gray, who slaved over a hot spreadsheet all afternoon, and Jason Mackay who helped her make reality match the spreadsheet.
Rounds were nominally forty minutes main time with ten minutes per side byoyomi. In practice, as club treasurer John Hardy remarked during the prolonged death agonies of round three, “This was not such a bad idea, but perhaps we should’ve used clocks.”
No kifu, but Sam Nakagawa and John Hardy took some interesting pictures, shown above.
Update: “The organisers used mysterious incantations, plus smoke and mirrors to calculate the handicaps. The losers consoled themselves with food and drink.” – the Brisbane Go Club‘s official take on the afternoon. :)
27 Nov 2008 No Comments
The last game of the last round of the kyu division at the 2008 Nationals. :)
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