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July 25th, 2010
Lyon Go Club
I’m just back from a conference trip, during which I paid a visit to the Lyon Go Club in Lyon, France. The club meets in a games shop in the city centre, with a very friendly and relaxed atmosphere. Wearing my SA Go t-shirt, I was immediately recognised and made to feel at home by Remi, the guy-in-charge. The strongest players there were 1 kyu, which I felt was more like the SA 1 dan level – I played 3 games, all hard-fought, and only managed to win them by luck. Check out the photos in the gallery. Thanks to the club members for a memorable evening.
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July 20th, 2010
Game reviews from Ben Gale
Thanks to Ben Gale for these game reviews.
The first is a game between Ben and me from the 3rd Quarter Internet tournament last year. The second is a game between me and Chris Welsh on the second day of this year’s Candidates’ tournament.
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June 29th, 2010
2010 SAGA Council and AGM minutes
The minutes of the 2010 SAGA AGM, as well as the details of the 2010/2011 SAGA council are now available.
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June 24th, 2010
Stellenbosch club meetings move to Wednesday
From next week, Stellenbosch’s Go club meetings will no longer be on Thursdays, but on Wednesdays. The time and venue remain the same (from 19h00 in the Neelsie, outside Jeff’s Place).
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June 21st, 2010
SAGA Council meeting minutes available
The minutes of the SAGA council meeting held on 7 April 2010 are now available for download on the SAGA Council meeting minutes page.
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June 15th, 2010
British Go Journal archive online
Impressive effort to make these available: British Go Journal archive
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June 7th, 2010
Sam wins the SA Candidates 2010 tournament
The SA Candidates tournament was held on the 5th and 6th of June. It produced some very interesting games plus a number of upsets. These contributed to two promotions:
Sam Scott promoted to 1d
David Richfield promoted to 3k
The first day saw 4 people finish with 2/3, as the game between Sam and David did not take place. The top 4 qualified for day 2 of the Candidates. The final pacings for day 1 were:
David Richfield
Sam Scott
Welile Gogotshe
Sipho Mampe
Alexander du Plessis
James Nicolson
Paul Steyn
Francois van Niekerk
David, Sam, Welile and Sipho were joined by Lloyd, Chris, Steve and John who had pre-qualified based on last years results. In a closely matched group, Sam (1k) beat two 1d players on his way to 3/3 to win the tournament. Sipho unfortunately had network problems and disappeared soon after starting his first game. The final placings for day 2 were:
Sam Scott
Welile Gogotshe
John Leuner
Chris Welsh
Steve Kroon
Lloyd Rubidge
David Richfield
Sipho Mampe
Sam, Welile, John and Chris will now procede to the SA Closed in September, where they will be joined by Victor, Konrad, Andrew and Andre.
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May 29th, 2010
31st WAGC, Day 4
In one of the biggest upsets of the tournament, Lloyd beat the 5d player from Vietnam, Bui le Khanh Lam in round 7.
Lloyd WINS against the 5 dan from Vietnam!
Amazing game. I played more solidly than I normally do and when the time came for me to attack his invasion I was strong enough. He also played very solidly, I don’t think he liked fighting because he gave way every time I pushed. There were a few mistakes in the end game for both of us, swinging a couple of points either way. One of the referees helped us count because it was so close. I won by 2.5 points.
I am now on 4 wins out of 7. I just beat my target
In the final round, Lloyd lost to the 5d from Austria, Bernhard Scheid, for a remarkable final place of 29th (out of 60), with 4 wins out of 8. Lloyd was the highest placed kyu player, with 15 dan players below him.
Posted by Chris as Tournaments, WAGC at 9:15 PM, 5 Comments »
May 28th, 2010
31st WAGC, Update
An interesting article about the location of this tournament can be found here.
In general, this blog is worth watching for WAGC information.
Posted by Chris as Uncategorized at 12:09 PM, 1 Comment »
May 28th, 2010
31st WAGC, Day 3
In round 5, Lloyd beat the 1k player from Peru, Carlos Rios-Joels.
In the first game today I beat Peru. It was a good game. I started poorly as I often do (got to work on that Fuseki), but I think he went the wrong direction and I pulled ahead. At the beginning of the endgame I judged I was 20 points ahead, plus komi. At the end of the game I had won by about that. I have the opening written down, so I can show it at the Cape Town club.
In round 6, Lloyd beat the 2d player from Turkey, Bertan Bilen, by default.
The second game was won by default as the player from Turkey did not turn up until it was too late. They give only 15 minutes grace before they declare the game and he turned up after 20 (he fell asleep at lunch time). I was not pleased, but I’m quite happy to have 3 wins.
But that puts me at 3 out of 6, so the last 2 games should be HARD!
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