Yes, it was me - playing Tony Goddard at the time I believe, but that's less certain.Uberdude wrote:A lecture from Conway on surreal numbers with an intro on how watching people playing Go in the maths department inspired him. He mentions the British champion bringing a board along, presumably you Jon?
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Hmm, listening to the lecture he talks about observing a research student in the Maths Department with a Go board, which wasn't me as I was only an undergraduate at Cambridge, but could have been Tony. So maybe there's a slight inaccuracy in his memory...mumps wrote:
Yes, it was me - playing Tony Goddard at the time I believe, but that's less certain.