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by cyclops
Sat Oct 20, 2018 6:21 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: goodbye
Replies: 11
Views: 13817

Re: goodbye

thx for all good wishes. I especially liked uberdude's humorous comment. One eye is enough in bridge ( especially if you are able to bend it behind the opponents cards ;) but my ten fingers didn't prevent me from dropping the wrong card from my hand by accident last tuesday costing many points.
by cyclops
Tue Aug 07, 2018 6:44 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: goodbye
Replies: 11
Views: 13817

goodbye

Hi folks,
I shifted a few years ago to my old passion: bridge. I studied Go for so many years with so little progress that I gave up. In bridge I can always blame luck for poor results. Not necessary, though. I play real life bridge at my local club in the small village of Abcoude and I play online ...
by cyclops
Tue Apr 26, 2016 7:50 am
Forum: General Go Chat
Topic: Did AlphaGo help spread the popularity of the game?
Replies: 35
Views: 15385

Re: Did AlphaGo help spread the popularity of the game?

I hope to see a program soon that given a ruleset computes the value B ( or W ) at least gets from any position (P) if he starts and plays optimal. We will have Val(P,B) = max(- Val(P+,W)) where we run over all positions P+ produced from P by a legal black move. It seems it takes far less time to ...
by cyclops
Sat Jan 23, 2016 4:08 pm
Forum: WBaduk
Topic: cant remeber username
Replies: 3
Views: 14342

Re: cant remember username

Today I had the same problem. What a coincidence. Luckily I still had a windows account somewhere that logged me in automatically through its browser. Now I remember my name again and the name of my lifetime enemy: nemo.
by cyclops
Thu Jun 04, 2015 3:21 pm
Forum: Go Rules
Topic: logarithmic go
Replies: 12
Views: 12412

Re: logarithmic go

Simply multipling gives the same result but doesn't need a calculator.
by cyclops
Thu Jun 04, 2015 2:43 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: What's your favorite board game other than Go?
Replies: 52
Views: 34051

Re: What's your favorite board game other than Go?

I like to play bridge!
by cyclops
Sun Oct 12, 2014 3:58 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Fukushima
Replies: 70
Views: 44982

Re: Fukushima

as raw material for a dirty bomb
by cyclops
Sat Oct 11, 2014 5:10 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Who needs algebra?
Replies: 56
Views: 34257

Re: Who needs algebra?

But then, you are a Dr !
by cyclops
Fri Oct 10, 2014 3:02 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Who needs algebra?
Replies: 56
Views: 34257

Re: Who needs algebra?

Female singer: "Wat heb ik nou aan algebra
Als ik voor de keuze sta"

What is the use of algebra if I have to choose ( between one lover or the other )
by cyclops
Fri Oct 10, 2014 2:59 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Who needs algebra?
Replies: 56
Views: 34257

Re: Who needs algebra?

Nothing wrong with ( some ) political discussions on L19!
by cyclops
Mon Sep 29, 2014 4:13 am
Forum: Lee Sedol vs Gu Li
Topic: 10 games match Lee Sedol vs Gu Li
Replies: 92
Views: 125968

Re: 10 games match Lee Sedol vs Gu Li

ripping him is not quite sensitive, imho.
by cyclops
Fri Sep 26, 2014 4:35 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: 1st "proof" against black holes
Replies: 20
Views: 12597

Re: 1st "proof" against black holes

To me her theory is very elegant. She makes the second law of thermodynamics, General Relativity and QM a holy trinity. It would be nice to proof that two of them implies the third. Male physics would be upset.

"LEGIONS of disembodied brains floating in deep space threaten to undermine our ...
by cyclops
Sat Sep 13, 2014 2:33 pm
Forum: Game Analysis
Topic: Holiday Special
Replies: 4
Views: 3469

Re: Holiday Special

Thank-you for your comments cyclops. It's fun to read some kyu thoughts on the game : )
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My post was intended to induce some teaching. Thx. I learned a lot. Sure I will study the game again and learn some more. The enclosure joseki I got from Takemya's "Enclosure Joseki's". As always the ...
by cyclops
Mon Sep 08, 2014 4:19 pm
Forum: Game Analysis
Topic: DDK 19x19 game for review
Replies: 14
Views: 6811

Re: DDK 19x19 game for review

How it comes you are still rated as 30 kyu? You are obviously much stronger now.
Yes, I suspected that, haha, that was my second question. What would you say my rank is?
b Btw you could have recovered better from the loss of the 2 stones by sealing the centre with 31 at o16 and then p16 connect ...
by cyclops
Mon Sep 08, 2014 3:21 am
Forum: Game Analysis
Topic: DDK 19x19 game for review
Replies: 14
Views: 6811

Re: DDK 19x19 game for review

How it comes you are still rated as 30 kyu? You are obviously much stronger now.