Life In 19x19

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.

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.

So sad that people will only come for money instead of the pleasure of playing.

All remaining boards are in the big theatre.

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.

There was a big error on board 3 and that game finished in just half an hour.

macelee wrote:There was a big error on board 3 and that game finished in just half an hour.

In the mean time, board 9 has only 15 moves on it.

I am posting the pairing of top tables, in case you know anyone here.

DrStraw wrote:So sad that people will only come for money instead of the pleasure of playing.

The cost of travel is too much for young strong players, if only older people who had money could have sponsored them to go...

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.

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.

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.

Daily updates to the results are available here: http://www.britgo.org/results/2013/london.html

mumps wrote:Daily updates to the results are available here: http://www.britgo.org/results/2013/london.html

Three Zhangs, all 4d from UK. It is a common name but I cannot but wonder if they are related.

DrStraw wrote: Three Zhangs, all 4d from UK. It is a common name but I cannot but wonder if they are related.

No, 'Zhang' is just a very common family name used in China.