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I do find as someone mentioned that you will play someone who has 15000 games. Of course this has to be a Go Salon or school account in Japan.[/auote]
I personally know people who have like 10000 or 12000 games played with a single account, and they are not a school or salon. So maybe 15000 is not ...

I do find as someone mentioned that you will play someone who has 15000 games. Of course this has to be a Go Salon or school account in Japan.

I find the competition different than KGS. The openings seem better, at least to my beginner mind. I've never had anyone leave or abandon a game on IGS but ...

How's this for a generalization? Older people have complained about the younger generation since time immemorial. Yet somehow humanity progresses. Weird isn't it? Shouldn't we regress if the current young generation is and always has been slackers?

I think we may be regressing. It is not ...

Thank you for the extra pictures. It's a lovely board and has a beautiful grain pattern to the board. How many suns is the board or centimeters? Did you also purchase new stones with the board?

I am currently looking for Go stones for my board but unsure of the size. After seeing your stones on ...

This response is not meant for the original poster, it's only my thoughts about Go in my short playing time.

I play on IGS and find the competition different than KGS. I am still in the DDK ranking but it seems to me that the 16ks on IGS are equal to about 11k on KGS. KGS has me at a higher rank ...

Wow, what a beautiful board. I am sure it was well worth the wait. I hope you enjoy playing on the board for many years to come.

Do you have any more pictures of the top of the board? I always like seeing the grain on the top playing surface.

Thanks,

Justin

That is a beautiful board! I so want a board like that...just out of my price range at the moment.
Congratulation's on obtaining it.


Thank you, I feel fortunate to have found the board. The board has grown on me the more I use it. I've been looking hard for the last 3 months. There was one board ...

I do not think people buy expensive equipment to show off. There may be some but it is not the norm. I enjoy craftsmanship and artistry. Well made boards and stones are functional art in my opinion. It is not about showing off. If I had more money, I would buy nicer equipment. I buy what I can ...

It had a paulwania cover but it did not make it through shipping. I need to make a cloth cover or try to glue the Paulwania cover back together again.

Depending on how much deflection or impact trauma the soft wood suffered, this could be easy or almost impossible. You might want to spend some ...

EdLee wrote:Congrats, Justin.

Thanks, this will help fund my new board acquisition. The Shin Kaya board was very nice. I was glad that I had a chance to try out the board.

I have read a couple of posts here regarding Hyuga Kaya and Kaya.

Is the Hyuga Kaya worth the premium over regular Hon Kaya? I've noticed that the Hyuga Kaya boards at Kurokigoishi are more expensive even for the lesser cuts compared to the Hon Kaya boards with better cuts.

Has anyone had the ...

Some time I ago, I started a thread asking similar questions. You can go over there and see what the equipment experts on L19 had to say. These guys know their stuff.

Summary:
⋅ The cut of the wood is more important than the difference between hon-kaya and Hyuga-kaya ⋅ If ...

I have read a couple of posts here regarding Hyuga Kaya and Kaya.

Is the Hyuga Kaya worth the premium over regular Hon Kaya? I've noticed that the Hyuga Kaya boards at Kurokigoishi are more expensive even for the lesser cuts compared to the Hon Kaya boards with better cuts.

Has anyone had the ...

The board has been sold.

Justin

Hi Ed,

I picked this up in a auction. The board was well taken care of. It also does not have any large divots in the face of it. I like that the feet of the board match the board. It had a paulwania cover but it did not make it through shipping. I need to make a cloth cover or try to glue the ...