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Re: Who will win the WAGC 2010
Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 8:39 am
by HermanHiddema
topazg wrote:HermanHiddema wrote:I sometimes saddens me that I am a stronger player than half the participants there, yet I have zero chance of ever participating
Nonsense, you just need to start beating Geert Groenen and Merlijn Kuin regularly and you'll be there in no time, it's as easy as that
Yeah. And Frank Janssen, Emil Nijhuis, Michiel Eijkhout and Gerald Westhoff. And all the 5 dans. Easy.
There is, of course, some benefit of living within 100 miles of a dozen active 6 dans and 5 dans to play against regularly in tournaments
Re: Who will win the WAGC 2010
Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 8:48 am
by topazg
HermanHiddema wrote:Yeah. And Frank Janssen, Emil Nijhuis, Michiel Eijkhout and Gerald Westhoff. And all the 5 dans. Easy.
There is, of course, some benefit of living within 100 miles of a dozen active 6 dans and 5 dans to play against regularly in tournaments
That's very true - Actually, I feel sure that the kyu representatives from India and Ecuador would envy your situation more than their own!
Re: Who will win the WAGC 2010
Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 8:54 am
by HKA
topazg wrote:HermanHiddema wrote:Yeah. And Frank Janssen, Emil Nijhuis, Michiel Eijkhout and Gerald Westhoff. And all the 5 dans. Easy.
There is, of course, some benefit of living within 100 miles of a dozen active 6 dans and 5 dans to play against regularly in tournaments
That's very true - Actually, I feel sure that the kyu representatives from India and Ecuador would envy your situation more than their own!
I feel sure they envy Herman too...51 weeks out of the year.
Re: Who will win the WAGC 2010
Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 9:00 am
by Phelan
Herman, you can always move to kyu country, I'm sure you'd be welcome there.
Re: Who will win the WAGC 2010
Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 9:13 am
by quantumf
kirkmc wrote:I just looked at the list of contestants, and I'm wondering how they're picked. There's 5k from Italy, a 6k from India, and several other kyus in the list. What gives? What kind of championship is this?
In any case, best of luck to T Mark. I hope you're happier in the tournament than your mugshot makes you look.
The lack of sponsorship this year will have had a significant impact on the quality of the field. It's no longer a case of sending the strongest player, but the strongest player who can also afford the flight.
Re: Who will win the WAGC 2010
Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 4:54 pm
by Koffein
Koffein wrote:I miss the option to choose "Austria"
usgo.org wrote:In one of Day 1’s most surprising upsets, Bernhard Scheid 5d (Austria) defeated Ondrej Silt 6d (l) of Czechia. Silt “made a joseki mistake and so I got the lead,” said Scheid, “but then he managed to complicate the game and my lead became less clear. But then he began to make mistakes in the endgame, and after a while he resigned.”
Re: Who will win the WAGC 2010
Posted: Thu May 27, 2010 4:21 am
by HermanHiddema
Phelan wrote:Herman, you can always move to kyu country, I'm sure you'd be welcome there.
I'm sure I would be, but I think the number of countries that will give me a passport in exchange for teaching their kyu players is rather limited.
No passport, no WAGC
Re: Who will win the WAGC 2010
Posted: Thu May 27, 2010 9:53 am
by tapir
HermanHiddema wrote:Phelan wrote:Herman, you can always move to kyu country, I'm sure you'd be welcome there.
I'm sure I would be, but I think the number of countries that will give me a passport in exchange for teaching their kyu players is rather limited.
No passport, no WAGC
You are still improving and you afaik won games against former representatives as well, just work on the ratio. If you need some encouragement just start a poll here
