Posting live from London Open
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macelee
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Posting live from London Open
I am visiting London Open, which is one of the biggest British events. I won't be playing so I have the opportunity to take and post some photos here.
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macelee
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Re: Posting live from London Open
Unfortunately a small prize pool means not many strong European players are here, very different from several years ago. However this is a good news for those who play - everyone has a fair chance of winning.
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DrStraw
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So sad that people will only come for money instead of the pleasure of playing.
Still officially AGA 5d but I play so irregularly these days that I am probably only 3d or 4d over the board (but hopefully still 5d in terms of knowledge, theory and the ability to contribute).
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macelee
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I am using my mobile phone connection to upload photos, which is painfully slow. I will try to find some interesting news to report. To start with, there are a number of strong ladies among the top players.
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There was a big error on board 3 and that game finished in just half an hour.
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In the mean time, board 9 has only 15 moves on it.macelee wrote:There was a big error on board 3 and that game finished in just half an hour.
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I am posting the pairing of top tables, in case you know anyone here.
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Re: Posting live from London Open
The cost of travel is too much for young strong players, if only older people who had money could have sponsored them to go...DrStraw wrote:So sad that people will only come for money instead of the pleasure of playing.
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Re: Posting live from London Open
Hey, if someone wants to sponsor a 13kish amateur I'd be available XD.
Good job on the pictures, I've never been to a go event, so seeing something like this is always nice.
Good job on the pictures, I've never been to a go event, so seeing something like this is always nice.
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Hey, I somewhat spontaneously, decided to play there today. I was wearing a blue Tacoma Go Congress t-shirt.
Macelee, were you only there for today?
Dammit, we should wear some sort of L19 sticker or something. For anyone there tomorrow, I'll be wearing a light green Portland Go Congress t-shirt with a dragon on it.
'Twas a fun day.
Macelee, were you only there for today?
Dammit, we should wear some sort of L19 sticker or something. For anyone there tomorrow, I'll be wearing a light green Portland Go Congress t-shirt with a dragon on it.
'Twas a fun day.
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Re: Posting live from London Open
That looks like it would be a lot of fun. I would love to attend something like this but sadly I live far away from anything remotely this cool.
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Re: Posting live from London Open
Daily updates to the results are available here: http://www.britgo.org/results/2013/london.html
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DrStraw
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Three Zhangs, all 4d from UK. It is a common name but I cannot but wonder if they are related.mumps wrote:Daily updates to the results are available here: http://www.britgo.org/results/2013/london.html
Still officially AGA 5d but I play so irregularly these days that I am probably only 3d or 4d over the board (but hopefully still 5d in terms of knowledge, theory and the ability to contribute).
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macelee
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No, 'Zhang' is just a very common family name used in China.DrStraw wrote: Three Zhangs, all 4d from UK. It is a common name but I cannot but wonder if they are related.