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B RITISH Go J OURNAL

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Cover: Helen and Martin Harvey pictured atop Mount Aso in Japan during their trip to participate in the 13th. World Amateur Pair Go tournament held in Tokyo. Dec 2002 Journal 11/1/03 2:12 pm Page 1

BRITISH GO JOURNAL NO 128 AUTUMN 2002 ~ CONTENTS

UK News and Tournaments ~ Tony Atkins ...... 2 Go Tutor ~ Edited by Charles Matthews ...... 6 Ten Years Ago ~ Tony Atkins...... 7 Nakade & Ishi-no-Shita ~ Part Ten ~ Richard Hunter...... 8 More Travels ~ T Mark Hall ...... 12 Review ~ Handbook of Handicap Go ~ Francis Roads ...... 13 Christmas comes early in Japan ~ Martin Harvey ...... 14 Double Extensions ~ Part III ~ Charles Matthews ...... 16 A Bagatelle Ladder ~ Ian Marsh ...... 23 Letter to the Editor ...... 23 Go as Communication ~ Review by Simon Goss ...... 24 Notes of a Tournament Newbie ~ Jenny Radcliffe...... 26 Two Books of Problems ~ Reviews by Matthew Macfadyen ...... 28 A Bagatelle Ladder ~ Answers ~ Ian Marsh ...... 29 A Milestone from Far Abroad ~ Franco Pratesi ...... 30 Council House ~ Tim Hunt ...... 33 World Go News ~ Tony Atkins ...... 34 BGA Officials ~ Postal, e-mail and Web Addresses ...... 36 UK Club Lists ...... 37 Small Ads and Notices ...... 39 Glossary of Go Terms...... 40

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UK NEWS AND TOURNAMENTS Tony Atkins [email protected] So Red the Rose course gave a chance to taste the local 62 players attended the Northern Go speciality fish restaurants and other local Tournament in Manchester on the weekend fare. The first event started at lunch time on of 7th and 8th September. The new venue 14th September so there was a chance to be was a part of Manchester University, St. attacked by a local seagull at the museum, Anselm Hall, a couple of blocks away from go walking or visit the beach, but cycling to the previous venue, but still in the leafy Lands End took all day. 19 players took part Wilmslow Road area. Play took place in the in the Cornish Handicap Tournament. The common room and the library; food and Swiss system gives all a chance to win and accommodation was all in the same building. this year the winner of the Go Bowls trophy However as the Hall bar was being repainted on 4 out of 4 was Annie Hall (30 kyu a short walk to the bar in neighbouring Bracknell). Second on 4 out of 5 was Ian Canterbury Court was necessary in order to Marsh (1 dan Bracknell), the extra game play friendly games or cards, during the being the result of some strong players evening. Some Go players also went to a playing simultaneous to avoid byes. 26 nearby noisy pub, but in contrast the Hall players took part in the Penzance garden was peace and tranquillity. Tournament on the Sunday. Winner of the Appropriately the garden featured roses as Devon Go Stone for second year running the tournament is played for the Red Rose was Alistair Wall (4 dan Wanstead). Runner Trophy. Winner with a straight 6 was Li up was Toby Manning (3 dan Leamington). Haiou, a Chinese 6 dan who has just moved Players winning wooden stones for 3/3 were to Liverpool. Second was Tim Hunt (2 dan Elly Finnis (22 kyu) and Rebecca Fearn Open University) on 5 out of 6. (26 kyu), both from West Cornwall. Other prize winners for 6 wins were Will Segerman (11 kyu Brighton) and AJAx Photo: Eleanor Thomas (21 kyu); for 5 wins were Andrew Morris (1 kyu Lancaster), Charles Shin (2 kyu Manchester), Steve Bailey (4 kyu West Sussex), Paul Russell (4 kyu Cambridge), Michael Pickles (7 kyu York) and Gary Beman (9 kyu Leamington Spa). You Only Live Twice At the Cornish Go Weekend players get a chance to make their groups live on two days in two separate events. The venue was again the Penzance seafront Yacht Inn, but because of a wedding party folk had to stay in other hotels and vacate the playing John Culmer plays Jonathan Englefield in the hall on the Saturday evening. This of Cornish handicap

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Die Another Day like Jin, was Patrick Donovan (9 kyu 64 players attended the Open University for Eastbourne). Those who got prizes for 3 the annual Milton Keynes Tournament on wins were Young Kim (5 dan London), Alan 29th September. As it happened the planned Thornton (2 dan St. Albans), Mike Cockburn British Championship game took place (1 dan St. Albans), Charles Leedham-Green another day, the previous weekend at Tim (1 dan Wanstead), Helen Harvey (1 kyu Hunt’s city centre flat. On that day Guo Juan Chester), Matthew Selby (2 kyu Epsom), gave an Internet commentary, but at the Steve Bailey (3 kyu West Surrey), Ron Bell tournament Andrew Grant gave a lively (4 kyu Reading), Richard Mullens (5 kyu St. commentary whilst folk eat their baked Albans), Erwin Bonsma (6 kyu Unattached), potatoes and gateaux in the basement bar. Jonathan Englefield (17 kyu High Later in the afternoon there was a chance to Wycombe). Also on 3 were London’s Andy Marden (10 kyu) and Craig Young (11 kyu). study the ‘MK’ Go problem set on the entry Aspecial prize was donated by Syd Noah so form and a chance for those who wanted red the worst dan player could drown his hands to pick mulberries from Walton Hall’s sorrows while watching an adult video, but old tree. In the tournament the unbeaten the Honourable Book Seller had already winner was Min Yang (4 dan Oxford). He gone. beat Young Kim (5 dan London) and then David Ward (4 dan Cambridge) in the last Battle of Britain round. Second with 3 out of 3 was Simon Five 6-player teams attended the battle that Goss (2 dan Bracknell). Also on 3 wins were is the autumn London International Teams Niall Cardin (1 dan Oxford), Chris Pooley match on 19th October. This was held at the (5 kyu Oxford), Erwin Bonsma (7 kyu Central London Go Club’s home of the Unattached) and Jonathan Englefield (18 kyu Crosse Keys public house in Gracechurch High Wycombe). With 2.5 was Roger Daniel Street in the City. The Crosse Keys being a (2 kyu London). Oxford won the team prize former banking hall, the wood-panelled and William Brooks (8 kyu Cambridge) won office rooms at the back provided the a prize for 5 wins out of 5 on the MK Map playing area. A Mexican-style buffet and the Go Board. guaranteed prizes were enjoyed by those Black Rain who came. There were quite a few upsets with a 2 kyu beating a dan player and a The sky was black with rain on Saturday 1 dan beating a 3 dan. But yet again the 12th October. Despite Wanstead House’s winners were Cambridge with 18 points, proximity to the underground station, shops including on their side Jinhoon Yoon and and the George Inn, it was a fast dash to try David Ward who both won all 4 games. The and keep dry or a resort to an umbrella. As highest graded players on 3 wins were Piers the day ended dry, the hall at the back of Shepperson, Jim Barty, John Fairbairn and Wanstead House was littered with lost Quentin Mills. The other teams scores were umbrellas and macs at the end of the day. CLGC 16, Reading 10, Oriental 10 and 58 players were there to take part in the Epsom 6. Wanstead Tournament, including some first timers. Winner was Jinhoon Yoon (6 dan We the Women Cambridge), a Korean language student here The Women’s Go Teaching Weekend was for a few months. He finished unbeaten held the same weekend at the London ahead of Young Kim (5 dan London), David International Teams. The venue was the Ward (4 dan Cambridge) and Alan Thornton home of Sally Prime in North Hinskey near (2 dan St. Albans). Also winning 4 out of 4, Oxford. Locals Harry Fearnley and Nick

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Wedd were roped in as recorders, and British and Eddie Smithers (Division 3), Matthew Champion Matthew Macfadyen was allowed Selby (Division 5) and several in Divisions 6 to come and work too. The women were and 9. Winner of the FG Cup for 13x13 was encouraged to bring food to share and floor Paul Barnard (1 dan Swindon) and space and beds were made available. Guest Bracknell’s team Eeyore won the team prize of honour again was Guo Juan, the Chinese for 60 percent. professional from the Netherlands. Matthew Great Escape played a demonstration game with her, that Natasha Regan got to comment on, and The best event of the year according to many much of Guo’s great wisdom was passed on. is the great escape up to the Yorkshire Dales During the weekend the players were split in for the Three Peaks Tournament. A record 66 to two groups, the Idles and Workers, and players attended the tournament held as encouraged to play for the Eva Wilson usual at the Marton Arms in Thornton-in- Memorial Go Ban. Winner of the Go ban Lonsdale, on the weekend of 9th and 10th November. This large number is to be was young Elly Culmer from Penzance, expected for such a good event, but the narrowly inching out Rasa Norinkeviciute playing area was a bit crowded. As usual the from Eastbourne. With 16 women attending, event raised money for local charities in from a large part of the country, the event memory of Tim Hazelden and also as usual seems set to continue, possibly next time in organiser Toby Manning led a Saturday Cornwall. morning walk, this time to the Norbury Gone With the Wind Boulders. Also as usual was the vast array of The morning of Sunday 27th October was malts and fine selection of ales on offer in noted for the clocks going back and for high the Marton Arms. Winner of the tournament winds that caused some trees to come down. was Jinhoon Yoon (6 dan Cambridge) who remained unbeaten in UK events. Second In fact some Go players were seen clearing was H.G. Choi (3 dan Durham) with 4 out of branches from the road in order to get there 5. Ceila Marshall (12 kyu Isle of Man) won and 89 players did make it to Marlborough all 5 games and the following won 4: Town Hall to take part in the 33rd Wessex. Mike Cockburn (1 dan St. Albans), Clive The traditional four round format with lunch Hendrie (1 dan Bracknell), Andrew Morris and high tea was repeated; a questionnaire (1 kyu Lancaster), Robin Hobbes (3 kyu was handed out asking about these features. Manchester), Fred Holroyd (4 kyu Open Winner of the tournament, continuing his University), Richard Moulds (4 kyu winning run, was Jinhoon Yoon (6 dan Manchester) and Stephen Streater (11 kyu Cambridge), beating Young Kim in the last Epsom). round. Winners of the other divisions were: 2 Tony Atkins (2 dan Bracknell), 3 Chris The King and I Scarff (1 dan Swindon), 4 Sai Young Park British Small Board was held at Whittlesford (1 kyu Epsom), 5 Ed Blockley (2 kyu Memorial Hall, two train stops south of Worcester), 6 Philippe Bourrez (4 kyu West Cambridge, on 24th November. Initially hard Surrey), 7 Julian Davies (6 kyu Bristol), to find, the hall provided a pleasant venue 8 Nicola Hurden (11 kyu Bracknell), 9 Paul for the event, with the village green and play Blockley (15 kyu Worcester). Only Jinhoon area opposite, and a change from the tradi- and Nicola won all 4 games and the tional venue of the sports hall in Milton. following were squeezed out of division Good support for the Go was had from the wins by the SOS tie break: John Hobson and locals and from the Thames Valley, 28 Michael Charles (Division 2), Paul Barnard players attending this year. Also taking part

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hts AJAx Photos: were more than 80 players in four divisions of the Junior Chess and Go Club’s annual Chess event (won by local player Andrew Greet). Many of the children took the chance to learn or play some Go and club member Matthew Harris won the prize for Go playing and problem solving. The Small Board is held over 9 rounds, helped by the 09:45 start and 15 minute time limits. It is played on double elimination for the top players who then return to the handicap group. Winner of the British title was Jinhoon Yoon (6 dan Cambridge), he saw off all the top players with ease and beat David Ward a second time making him the runner up. Third were Mike Charles and Tony Atkins. Runaway winner in the handicap Jin Yoon – Small Board winner section was young William Brooks from Cambridge. He won his first 8 games including forcing Jin’s first tournament loss in the UK after 24 straight wins. William finally lost a game to David Ward. Prizes for six wins went to Stephen Burgess (9 kyu Cambridge), Qian Yang Dong (3 kyu Milton Keynes), David Ward (4 dan Cambridge) and Steve Bailey (3 kyu West Surrey). Phil Hand (7 kyu Cambridge) won 5 and one jigo and so also got a prize.

William Brooks – Small Board Handicap winner with Paul Smith Dave Ward v Jin Yoon

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GO TUTOR ~ SENTE AND GOTE Edited by Charles Matthews [email protected] The concepts of sente players say, accept (keeping the initiative) and gote with a reverse its opposite, gote (not sente play. needing an answer) have Diagram 3 shows a A been met in a previous markedly different article. They are required to type of sente play. ❏ play any endgame well. The position is 3 Three common endgame entirely symmetrical, positions will illustrate this. and whoever plays Diagram 1 is a case in the point A will which Black can play the benefit greatly. That monkey jump sequence is because it makes a 1 3 shown. More about the difference of 6 points monkey jump later on, but in territory if ❏ 4 the point is that this answered (immedi- after it, and then looking at operation is sente for Black. ately to the left or right – the value of the initiative see Diagrams 14, 15 in the when it comes back to me. section on Endgame But this play brings clear Counting), and a whole lot gain. more if not and it is 5 8 2 6 followed up with a jump as In Diagram 5 we see the 4 1 3 7 in Diagram 4. This part of double gote play, the ‘meat- ❏ 1 the board is as ‘hot’ as, and-potatoes’ of the well, something very hot. endgame. Here A is worth 6 True, White could ignore The diagonal play down to points to either player, but the cutting point left after A is a double sente point – in gote. Black 7 and play away; but both players will be mad this is likely to prove keen to get it very early on expensive as we saw in the the endgame. Possession of previous section. Played it makes an absolute differ- quite early on in the ence of 6 points in the A endgame this will be a gain scores. Normally I have to of 8 points for Black count the net value of my without loss of the initia- gote play in a relative way ❏ 5 tive. White can prevent the by subtracting the worth of jump with a play at 1 in the one my opponent plays In summary there are four Diagram 2 (but as we will types of endgame play when see later, the ‘obvious’ play you classify by what shown here is a small happens to the initiative. mistake). Black will have Diagrams 1 and 2 typify the little reason to answer it, so 1 sente and reverse sente that White will give up the move respectively, Diagram initiative, or, as we Go 3 is a classic double sente ❏ 2

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move and Diagram 4 an ordinary double gote move. The urgency of sente and The Four Types of Endgame Play double sente moves should be calibrated ● Sente play: one player takes the local on a scale which is to do with how likely profit and moves on. they are to get an answer, i.e. how threatening they are if ignored. Double ● Reverse sente play: player prevents a gote moves are given a points value sente play at the cost of the initiative. which, other things being equal, tells ● Double gote play: either player will lose you which to play first. Reverse sente the initiative by playing out the area. moves are to be played with an eye to ● Double sente play: either player can the whole board situation, though there gain while retaining the initiative. is a simple rule-of-thumb based on counting relative value which suggests they have an exchange rate of 2:1 with double gote moves. ❍

10 YEARS AGO Tony Atkins [email protected]

Guy Fawkes Day 1992 saw Francis Roads win the Bournemouth Tournament, but he lost to John Smith at the Birmingham. Francis was one of the teachers at the West Surrey Teach-in. He was able to comment the following day on the British Championship game where Edmund Shaw beat Matthew Macfadyen, an event later immortalised in song. Stuart Barthropp won the Handicap Tournament for a third year in a row. Early in 1993, Furze Platt was won by Shun from Cambridge who beat Yuri Ledovskoi from the Ukraine. In Europe, T.Mark Hall was second in the INTHEDARK? Lightning at the Brussels Tournament. Shen won Brussels, Zurich, the London Open Timing Systems Lightning and the London Open itself. Shutai Various timing systems have been Zhang was second in the last of these. used to limit thinking during games of In Japan Alison Jones played in the Women’s Go. The simplest system is sudden World Amateur in Yokohama. Matthew death, often used in the orient or for Macfadyen and Kirsty Healey played in the rapid (lightning) games. Sudden death Pair Go Championships in Tokyo and were the means that if a player is still making third best-dressed pair. Also in Japan, the 8th moves when his time expires, then he International Computer Championship was has lost. This can sometimes lead to won by Go Intellect ahead of Handtalk and unreasonable play by the player with Goliath. the most time remaining, so usually China’s Ma Xiaochun beat Japan’s Kobayashi some extra thinking time, called Koichi in the Meijin playoff match, giving overtime or byoyomi, is used to allow China their first win in that event. Rin Kaiho the game to reach a natural end. stayed Tengen and Kato Tomoko was the Tony Atkins Women’s Honinbo.

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NAKADE AND ISHI-NO-SHITA ~ PART TEN: MAKING SQUARES AND DOGLEGS Richard Hunter [email protected] The previous article in this stones. Playing 1 at C is no series ended with two good: White replies at 1 not problems. The first 1 at A, so Black is back to the reviewed the idea of seeing 2 3 ko in Diagram 1a. under the stones. Capturing in sente is a concept we shall investigate Diagram 1 further in the future. Diagram 2: Black to play A ❏ 1a Ko 1 2 3 last article. If Black 4 manages to read this out in advance, he can look for a better plan. Capture in Sente ❏ 1 What next? Instead of capturing the ❏ 2 Black to play Black 1 is the only move. It stones immediately with A If Black plays 1 in Diagram doesn’t take long to realise in Diagram 1b, Black 2a to break White’s eye that if White gets to play should cut at 1. This looks here, White captures three here, Black will have no suicidal because White can stones with 2. chance of living. Black 1 is simply capture it with B, a double-threat move. If White makes a nakade shape in the middle, Black B 1 has the cut at A as a backup C A 1 plan. White 2 at 4 makes it A 2 too easy for Black. White 2 builds a shape to sacrifice. ❏ 2a Miai to live If Black plays 3 at 4, then Then, if Black plays nakade he’ll find that the capture at at the marked point, White Awill only yield a false ❏ 1b Correct makes a second eye on the eye. After 3, White captures side with A. If Black plays with 4, even though this but it serves a very useful purpose. It makes Black’s 3 at A, White makes two leaves Black a snapback. eyes by playing at the What should Black do next? capture at A an atari on White, which prevents him marked point. White can Capturing the white dogleg from playing back inside the make an eye in gote with with 1 in Diagram 1a eye space. As a result, Black either 1 or A and capturing doesn’t make Black alive. lives unconditionally. with 2 makes an eye in White cuts at 2 and Black If White answers Black 1 by sente. So it looks as if White has to fight a ko. This is a connecting at A, then has miai for making life. Is shape we encountered in the Black C catches all the there nothing Black can do?

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The solution is to increase kills the corner. Black 3 3 the sacrifice with 1 in may be a surprising move, 2 5 A Diagram 2b. The square but it’s the vital point. Next, 1 4 four is unique among eyes making an eye with 4 is the in not having a vital point; best chance White has. that is, capturing a square However, Black 5 makes a four does not make an eye square four in the corner. If White captures this, Black ❏ 4b Make a square cuts at 5, leaving White Black should push in at 1 in with no eye at all here. An Diagram 4b and then play important point here is that the empty-triangle move of when White plays 3. If White makes his eye in 2 elsewhere, because the the corner with 4, Black 6 3 4 1 position is settled, Black makes a square four with 5. must not capture the white ❏ 2b Make a square After that, it’s just a simple stone in the corner. White 5 at ! case of ishi-no-shita. If 4 at will recapture with 2 and 5, Black plays A. in sente, so 2 at 4 is no get a ko this time. If Black good. Next, if White makes needs to take the white Diagram 5: Black to play an eye in the corner with 2, stones off the board, Black 3 heads towards an because his outside stones ishi-no-shita. White get cut, he should fill the captures with 4, but Black liberties from the left side. cuts with 5 above 1. White Diagram 4: Black to play can capture a stone with 6, but Black plays atari from the right with 7 at 1. Diagram 3: Black to play

❏ 5 Black to play

Connecting at 1 in Diagram ❏ 4 Black to play 5a doesn’t work. After 4, Black is captured and there’s Black 1 in Diagram 4a ❏ nothing tricky going on, so 3 Black to play makes the eye in the corner all the black stones die. false, but White gets two Black pushes with 1 in eyes on the side. 4 1 3 Diagram 3a. White blocks 2 at 2 to maximise his eye 2 space. If 2 at 5, Black 4 4 1 4 3 3 5 2 1

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Black should play atari with 1 in Diagram 5b With 3 to 7, Black constructs a dogleg and before connecting at 3. kills White by ishi-no-shita. This is a classic problem from the Gengen Gokyo. 4 6 3 A 7 5 1 Diagram 7 2 This is a variation on the theme, also from the Gengen Gokyo. Black to play.

❏ 5b Make a dogleg This doesn’t increase Black’s liberties and he still loses the capturing race, but what is important is the shape of the captured stones. ❏ 7 Black to play After 7, White can capture the dogleg four by playing A, but Black cuts at the marked This time Black 1 in Diagram 7a doesn’t stone and captures the white stones. work. The white stones are arranged differ- ently . White can make an eye with 2 and Diagram 6: Black to play then force a second one on the side while allowing Black to connect out. 8 6 5 3 7 4 1 2

❏ 6 Black to play ❏ 7a Wrong move order In this position, Black should make a Black 1 in Diagram 6a is the vital point of placement at 1 in Diagram 7b. White must White’s eye space. This threatens to connect fill a liberty with 2. If 2 at 4, Black cuts at 5. out at 4. If White answers with 2 at 4, then The end result is much the same as Diagram Black cuts at 5 and captures the stones on 6a, but it’s essential to get the first move the left. White 2 is the strongest move. correct. Please check for yourself that this placement doesn’t work in Diagram 6. 8 7 3 2 4 5 1 8 7 1 2 4 6 5 3 6

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Now let’s have a look at the 2 4 answer to Problem 2 in the last journal. The sequence is 3 13 moves long, but it’s a 1 one-way street. With the help of the examples we have just looked at you should be able to read it out in your head. Answer to Problem 2 ❏ 9 Black to play ❏ 9c White dies Black 1 in Diagram 8 is the 5 at ! vital point. All the moves 4 6 5 marked stone. This gives are inevitable; other moves 2 3 Black two eyes and limits merely simplify the 1 White to one. position. White must block at 2 and connect at 4. With Diagram 10 6, White tries to expand his eye space, but after 12, Black cuts with 13 at 5. 5 ❏ 9a Both live 4 2 1 2 4 7 3 6 10 1 8 7 5 5 3 1 4 6 ❏ 10 Ian’s problem 9 2 3 8 at ! 12 Diagram 10 shows one of 6 8 the problems that Ian Marsh 7 11 discussed in BGJ 123&124. He wondered whether the ❏ 8 13 at 5 problem could be improved Answer to Problem 2 by reducing the number of ❏ 9b Make a dogleg black stones on the second line. This is a bit like reading a Black 1 in Diagram 9b kills ladder. Although the moves White. White 4, cutting at Diagram 11 are not all ataris, no devia- the 2-2 point, creates a very Diagram 11 shows a tions are really worthwhile. common position. Which The sense of satisfaction problem from an old side should Black play tsumego dictionary. This you get after correctly atari? I hope you can see reading out a long sequence has only five stones on the that 5 at 6 is hopeless. second line and there’s one like this makes the hard Black 5 and the connection work all worthwhile. open liberty to make it at 7 make a dogleg. Next, work. I’m not even going to Diagram 9: Black to play Black plays approach give the answer here as it’s moves at 1 and 3 in Black can live with 1 to 5 in very straightforward. Diagram 9c. White captures Diagram 9a, but this lets with 4, but Black cuts at the Similar, but a bit more White live too. Extending at difficult, is the position

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As a review of this part, try Problem 2. Black to play. I’ll discuss the answers to both these problems and some more related positions next time.

❏ Problem 1 Black to play ❏ 11 Classic problem shown in Problem 1, where Black has six stones on the second line, but there is a white hane and no open liberty. This is another classic problem from the Gengen Gokyo. Black to play. Moves 1-3 are the usual sequence, but then ❏ Problem 2 Black to play you have to start thinking. ❍ MORE TRAVELS T Mark Hall [email protected]

Attentive members (and those with a long ago. The venue was at a sports club in memory) will recall that I used to travel Emmerentia in Johannesburg. There were abroad a lot for my job and I would two Chinese, 6 dan and 4 dan, and a number occasionally write about Go Clubs I visited. of South Africans, including some kids from Well my current work now gives me more Soweto, and yours truly. In the tournament, opportunities to travel and I have just I lost to Victor Chow (known as RoseDuke returned from a trip around Southern Africa. on IGS) but kept a clean record against everyone else, so I came second overall. While I was in South Africa, the South I did come first in the Veteran’s section African Go Association was kind enough to (McMahon score multiplied by age) and arrange the South African Open in also won one of the spot prizes. These are Johannesburg on a weekend when I could awarded by drawing the round number and play. I managed to find that my hotel and board number at random and the winner of the tournament address were close together the game played on that board wins a prize. on the map and actually thought that it was It is a nice idea for encouraging people to possibly within walking distance. When one stay on for the prize giving. of the Go players picked me up and we had I was grateful for the hospitality of the been driving for 15 minutes, I realised that South African Go Association and the the scale on the map was rather deceptive. players who went out of their way to give The tournament organiser was Paul me lifts to and from the hotel. Not sure if Edwards, who some of you may remember I will be able to defend my title again next from a time he spent in the UK some years year, though.

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BOOK REVIEW ~ HANDBOOK OF HANDICAP GO Francis Roads [email protected] As a teaching gimmick, I “But the trouble is, I sometimes set up a nine- learn all those sequences, stone handicap and ask and then my opponent what is the one and only goes and plays reasonable opening play something different.” for White. The answer I Well, no-one ever got get is usually the strong at Go by learning knight’s move attack on sequences off by heart. a corner stone. But Any White player worth whatever the answer, I her salt will be able to reject it. White’s only get you out of the book reasonable opening play lines. No, these sample is to say “I resign.” openings can only Anything else is an exemplify the principles overplay. which lie behind good “But surely, if White handicap play. attacks my corner, I need And in my opinion they to defend it.” Wrong. do it very effectively. After White’s first play, I shudder to think that wherever it is, there is my handicap opponents only one stone under Volume 4 of Nihon Ki-in’s New are going to start playing attack, and it isn’t black. Quick Study Series, translated from this aggressively. the Japanese by Robert J. Terry is “So what’s the best way Any criticisms? published by Yutopian Enterprises. for a handicap player to Well, nothing serious. attack white stones?” Yutopian use large clear That’s what this book is about. diagrams which actually look like a Go Middle-game techniques are much the board, so that it is easy to relate them to same whatever the handicap. And it is in actual play. And they often show the whole the middle game that the weaker player board, where another publication might expects to lose ground; if this were not so, show only a portion. This is all to the good, there would be no handicap. What this inasmuch as it reminds Black players to take book teaches is to preserve the initial the whole board into consideration at every advantage of the handicap stones at least move. But obviously greater brevity in the until the start of the middle game. And it diagrams would enable more material to be does this by showing how to use the included in the book’s 237 pages. handicap stones for their proper purpose; This book does what it sets out to do, and to attacking. This message jumps off nearly any player struggling to reduce their every page in the book. handicap it should prove worth buying. But There are seven main chapters, showing if in your heart of hearts you really believe sample opening sequences in handicap that the way to preserve the advantage of the games from nine down to three stones. handicap stones is to defend them strongly, They are rightly viewed from a whole board then this book may not be for you. You had perspective. better cling to your belief. And your grade.

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CHRISTMAS COMES EARLY IN JAPAN… Martin Harvey [email protected] When Helen and I were invited to represent who represented 22 countries, with China the UK at the 13th. World Amateur Pair Go beating Korea to finish in top place. tournament in Tokyo, we were delighted but The tournament was lavishly & meticulously had slight reservations. We knew we’d have organised, as we had expected. As well as a great experience, but were concerned that our 5 tournament matches, there was also a we might fall flat on our faces – it turned out round of Friendship games, where profes- that there was only 1 other all-kyu pairing – sional players joined the pairs, who were in the Swiss – and they were both 1 kyu! national costumes. So it seemed to us that Christmas had come On the final day, we had a demonstration of early when, with a favourable first-round internet playing via Pandanet (IGS). Then draw, we won our first game – against the closing lunch was held, and in addition Indonesia. The seasonal theme – sadly but to the lovely Japanese food, shields and predictably – continued in the next 4 rounds: presents were generously given to each with 4 dollops of stuffing! But we were player. The Japanese organiser and supreme content to finish 28th. out of the 32 pairs Pair Go supporter Mrs. Taki thanked all the

At Himeji Castle

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competitors for attending the tournament. All Mount Aso itself. I must admit we failed to the pairs in turn gave brief news & views on eat all the courses of the ryokan dinners the tournament and the state of Pair Go in despite our 10-mile hike, but we greatly their own countries. We and many other enjoyed the experience, as we did their players then sauntered off to the Nihon Ki- segregated communal hot baths. in, where a large tournament was in full We then returned to the main island Honshu, flow. Many books and other Go items were spending an afternoon at Hiroshima. After admired and/or bought. exploring the castle, we proceeded to its After the tournament, Helen and I were peace park and poignant A-bomb museum. fortunate to have enough holidays left to Past troubles seemed in stark contrast to the extend our stay to 16 days. This enabled us ever-friendly Japanese that we met through- to do a lot of exploring around Japan. So, out our travels. Next stop was Kobe, where after the 4 nights in Tokyo, we spent another we took the cable car up for great views over 4 in Kyoto. This allowed us also to visit the the city, before a brief boat-trip around the giant indoor Buddha at nearby Nara, and the harbour. The day was completed with a trip imposing castle at Osaka. We found the fame to nearby Himeji, to visit the best-preserved of the Kyoto temples & shrines to be well- and most impressive of all the Japanese justified. The colours of the trees too were castles. quite something. Our final shinkansen then sped us – while Continuing our travels – again by the so- we wrote our remaining postcards – back to impressive bullet trains – we moved down to Tokyo for our last night. We celebrated a the southern island Kyushu for the next 4 superb holiday in style at a local restaurant, nights, which we spent in ryokan (Japanese sharing some more lovely food – not to inns). First we went to Nagasaki, where we mention 3 varieties of sake (!) – with Louise visited the peace park and did a day-trip to Bremner and Richard Hunter who’d again and up the sulphuric Mount Unzen, whose crossed town to join us. volcano erupted in 1991. Next we went to We brought back 3 video tapes, nearly 500 the huge Aso crater, and climbed up high photographs & many happy memories of the enough to look down towards the smoking time we spent in Japan. The whole experi- ence has encouraged us not only to improve our Pair Go, but also to continue the Japanese evening classes we started this autumn. We owe gratitude to the generous tournament sponsors, to the BGA annual tournament system which enabled our qualification, and to Tony Atkins for his information and encouragement. At least we haven’t set the next UK pair an impossible task to follow! Sayonara, Martin and Helen (Harvey).

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DOUBLE EXTENSIONS PART 3 Charles Matthews [email protected]

What’s your ambition in Go? Sadly, most people might express an honest answer in terms of their ultimate rank (and I wouldn’t exclude myself, as far as that goes). Amateurs can’t consistently sustain good play, so a personal best of some kind would be more appropriate. Playing with increased appreciation of some aspect of the game – now that will too often come in a poor third. It is of course a much better fit with being an amateur, than putting victories first; how many of us win the games where we play well, rather than those the opponent allows to us? Over the years my choice of area to admire and approach respect- fully has been light play. The Holy Grail, if you like rather dusty literary analogies. Aquest should be scenic. Mine has involved varied terrain: certainly shape and sabaki, respectively for me a book project of elephantine gestation and a time-expired domain name. Contact with the collected games of two players of enormous stature in Go Seigen and Hashimoto Utaro, for whom light play was a gateway to free-floating brilliance and fearless innovation. Studies of fuseki and ko in many articles as an expression of Go with an open texture – something I wrote about here a year ago – with the concept of light play as a talisman against the evil of shape-fixing play for its own sake. And certainly a constant companion in handicap games with White, where light play techniques are the most useful and interesting to practice. I might even confess to some Tennysonian resonances, as in Idylls of the Kings and ambivalence about the feminine. That came about in the way of a felt need for ‘permission’ to play in an unqualified heavy manner. In the end advice of stronger players conveyed a clear message: you need to cut and cutting stones are heavy (not to be sacrificed, for strategic reasons) so sometimes you will need to be heavy. What this has to do with double extensions will be explained. This article also sees me bowing out as a regular contributor to the BGJ, and hence the more-than-usually personalised intro. I have been writing extensively for web sites (gobase.org and senseis.xmp.net) and want to give them my full attention. Hope to see you all at the latter, Sensei’s Library, which is a successful collaborative venture.

The theme for this article is double extensions comprising a two- space extension on the fourth line, plus a further and longer supporting extension…

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For example, what about White 5 in Diagram 1 here? If you just play by eye, you 3 might think it belongs at A. 1 5 A As shown in the diagram, this looks somewhat bias-cut. 2 4 As so often, it all depends what you have in mind. Supposing White plans an early invasion of the right- hand corner, as in Diagram 2. ❏ 1 Up to 14 White has lived, but Black’s outside influence will have a major effect on the game. White’s plan with 15 18 4 3 5 and 17 is stabilise. Would 16 15 17 6 2 1 White prefer the marked B A 14 13 stone moved to A? Move it 12 11 9 7 there, and you can see a 10 8 serious gap open up at B. So, no, we can take making this formation as a rational plan on White’s part showing admirable foresight. ❏ 2 I mentioned Go Seigen, so let’s have an example from him. This was played in 1935, a two-stone handicap game with Suzuki Goro as Black. 1 5 The fourth-line wedges 3 and 7 in Diagram 3 are off- 8 centre, making this a spirited 4 and original start. White 13 sets up a double extension 12 and Black 14 leaves the 6 11 lower left for a while, 14 3 trusting to the now-solid 6-8- 12 group to limit what White can do there. 10

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❏ 3 Go Seigen vs Suzuki Goro (2 stones)

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In Diagram 4 things start happening as White 1 there provokes Black. Up to 12 White must certainly spend time making life in the lower right corner. Therefore the same question arises as with the deliber- ately simplified example of Diagram 1. What will White do with the group left to fend for itself on the lower 1 side? As the sequence unwinds 8 10 itself in diagram 5, White’s 3 2 7 corner does become large. 12 5 4 11 9 Black 10 of course expects 6 White 11; it would be too restrained for Black to hold ❏ 4 back with the solid connec- tion at 12. The other hanging connection at 11 would give White a much more useful peep at 10, considering that White’s task in the lower left is to avoid being thumped hard. That White accomplishes with 13 and 15. White has achieved light shape: one for example can’t say that White 13 is safe from being cut off, but its loss wouldn’t have to be on a large scale or without all compensation. The resulting position shows the marked white stone on the left side as usefully placed, while the 15 two marked stones on the 13 11 right side are for sacrificing; 10 12 2 8 but still have life enough in 4 3 1 them to worry and obstruct 14 Black. 6 5 7 9 ❏ 5

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In Diagram 6 we have Kato Masao (Black) against Hashimoto Shoji played 03-10 in the 1982 Honinbo League. 4 There is a running fight to be 8 seen on the top side moving 6 5 into the centre. With 1 and 3 7 Kato as Black wishes to tie up the left side into a framework which can benefit from this fight. In broad strategic terms 3 Black is bidding for a 9 middlegame position in which his weak group on the top side 1 is settled early, while White’s in the centre can be harassed for 2 profit whichever way it turns. Hence Black 9. One should however issue the standard warning that attacking positions ❏ 6 Hashimoto Shogi vs Kato Masao are not, at pro level, a guaran- teed win. In Diagram 7 we see Black hoping for immediate profit and safety at the top, while White resolutely gives up points to force a way into Black’s framework on the left. I feel this is very instructive, as 3 2 6 neither player is obeying orders 4 12 – familiar enough in amateur games – yet the game doesn’t 5 9 look disordered, and that less 7 8 usual here below the salt. White 15 13 10 has a date with the weaknesses 14 1 11 Black has left behind, but isn’t 16 neglecting the central group, either. The fight on the left has a surprising resolution in Diagram 8. It is obvious why Black might want to cut at 8 once White has played 1; but much more obscure where this will lead the game. At White 11 Black forbids White the connection across, instead of ❏ 7

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taking points on the top edge. 11 This leaves White free to invade 13 the right side at 15; at the not 14 inconsiderable cost, 20 points if 12 not more, of the group in the top left-centre. The accountancy for 9 8 this kind of complex exchange is 10 1 2 tricky, to say the least. In 5 Diagram 7 White had a fairly 4 3 7 shapeless central group. Now it 6 has an obvious eye; and there’s 15 another half-eye available after two atari plays. That’s plus ten points, at least. Black’s left-side framework is open on both sides now, so that not much territory need be counted there. That is, if Black takes action at the top end, White can slide in at the lower ❏ 8 end. Further, the aji there is good for White, dangerous for Black. To all that one must add a strategic assessment. White’s invasion on the right is balanced at the moment by Black’s chance of invading the lower side, backed up by the central stones. Fair enough, but that would imply that Black really wants to end in sente on the right, or the 2 1 whole game will go out of kilter. It never is quite that simple, though, in games of this quality. It isn’t clear that White can secure the entire lower side with one more play. White did win. My last example is a game Aoki 5 Kikuyo 8 dan (Black) versus Kato Tomoko 4 dan, the 2000 Women’s Saikyo Final. In Diagram 9 the opening sets 4 7 Black’s conventional Chinese 8 6 pattern against White’s double 9 10 3 extension along the lower side. White 10 is entirely natural, having come this far. ❏ 9 Kato Tomoko vs Aoki Kikuyo

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Black naturally should avoid being shut into the lower left corner. Moving out into the centre in good shape does require making exchanges that strengthen White, though. At the end of Diagram 10 the marked white and black stones are facing off in the lower right; there is considerable tension in the confrontation and it may not be laid to rest by endgame plays (compare game 1 of the 2000 8 British Championship). The rest 9 10 6 11 of the board also cries out for 3 attention. 4 5 1 Much later in the game Black 7 2 apparently enclosed the right side with the marked stone; whereupon a vicious tussle ❏ 10 broke out after White 3. Black could of course have limited the damage to a small loss in the lower right corner; but if that’s not adequate to win the game you won’t see a pro play so timidly. The assumption that the opponent will make a later mistake isn’t a foundation for 37 strategy. White in fact takes sente to enclose territory in the upper left. Black has meanwhile developed great power in the lower right. How light is 36 35 White’s lower-side group, in the 34 33 face of all that? By this stage of 28 31 the game that has become a 30 29 27 matter of attack-and-defence, 23 not just limiting territorial loss. 24 25 1 2 32 19 After preliminaries, Black’s 14 13 12 15 attack finally comes with 13 in 21 6 11 Diagram 12. Black certainly 22 8 7 5 26 takes profit from this attack, 10 17 3 both on the lower side and in the 18 4 9 16 centre. It remains unclear, too, 20 where exactly White’s group has its eyes, although it is hardly ❏ 11

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likely to die. With 27 we see 1 9 10 Black being wary of the solid 16 17 connection to the right of 23, 2 given that White can cut over to 12 7 the left and has strength there. 11 5 4 In Diagram 13 White sorts out 3 8 the remaining questions hanging 6 over the lower side group. At which point the endgame begins, with further fighting in the centre looking to limited 27 objectives. The game proved 24 23 close but White won by a small 13 21 22 25 margin. 14 26 18 20 In this game White’s formation 15 19 proved resilient under stress. Here’s wishing everyone the same good management, in life as on the Go board. ❏ 12

INTHEDARK?

Reusable Minute The main system used in professional title games is reusable minute (also known confusingly as byoyomi). It has only been used once in UK tournaments (at the Three Counties). The player is allowed to think longer than a fixed length of 2 time a certain number of 5 1 8 times. For example, being 3 7 9 allowed to think 10 times 4 longer than a minute. 6 The time recorder often displays the number of times remaining using numbered flip cards. Tony Atkins ❏ 13

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ABAGATELLE LADDER Ian Marsh [email protected]

Black to ladder the three stones in the bottom right corner, marked !, into each of the numbered white 50 80 stones in turn. The last move 70 should, of course, be Black capturing the White stones. The 40 more complicated the ladder the higher you score. 60 Stronger players may wish to see 5 how far they can read out the 100 ladders. Weaker players should try 30 playing out the ladders on the board.

The answers appear on page 29. 90

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INTHEDARK? LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor, Canadian Overtime It occurs to me, as I glance Invented in Canada, this system was discovered through the latest BGJ and see yet by the BGA at the US Open in 1989. After main another photograph of Francis time players have to play a certain number of Roads sitting at a Go board, that stones within a fixed period. Typical conditions these pictures are published solely are 20 stones in 5 minutes or 30 stones in 5 to provide him with an alibi for minutes. Subsequent periods may be the same or the times when he alleges he’s at more stringent. The number of stones played is yet another tournament. Hmm. checked by counting out the required number of Best wishes to you all! stones at the start of the overtime period and covering the bowl. If the stones are played Judith, aka Mrs Francis Roads before the period expires, the clock is immedi- ately reset and the stones are counted out for the next period. If stones remain when the period From the editor: expires, the player has lost. Note there are NO pictures of Tony Atkins your husband in this edition!

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GO AS COMMUNICATION BY YASUDA YASUTOSHI 9-DAN Review by Simon Goss [email protected]

It is often said that people are losing Part three is subtitled The Program Expands heart nowadays. Am I the only one who Around the World and gives a brief account feels that people, children and adults of similar work that has been done in the alike, look tired? I wanted to do Netherlands, Romania, the Czech Republic, something to help this situation, and a Poland, Hungary and the USA. number of years ago I embarked on a Yasuda is well known as the inventor of plan of popularizing Go in the hope Capture Go, and his book says a lot about that I, as a professional Go player, could this. What he says came as a bit of a surprise do something to help change society. to me at first. I had always been led to So writes Yasuda Yasutoshi 9-dan in the believe that Yasuda’s main aim was to preface to his book Go As Communication, popularize Go, and that beginning with just published by Slate & Shell. Yasuda’s Capture Go was basically a technique to lead attention had been caught by a news report people to it gently. The expectation, it was of the suicide of a bullied school child, and alleged, was that the keen ones would then he had become go home and learn the full game from their ...obsessed by the notion that I had to families, while the others would drop out. do something about the social problem in addition to simply popularizing Go. NTHE ARK The first part of this short (less than 70 I D ? pages) book is subtitled The Impact Of Playing Go. It tells about Yasuda’s visits to Byoyomi or Countdown kindergartens, schools, homes for the Byoyomi (Japanese for ‘seconds mentally disabled, day care centres for the reading’) or countdown is the system elderly and a school for the deaf. But most that was in wide use in the UK before of all it tells about the people he has met the 1990s. After main time is used up, there. Almost all those he writes about have players are then allowed a fixed time for each subsequent move. Typically some kind of difficulty communicating with 10 or 15 seconds are allowed, but as others. Many are, to a greater or lesser much as 1 minute or as little as 5 extent, socially excluded as a result. The seconds are used. 5 seconds was impact referred to in the subtitle is the especially common at the end of the improvement of their ability to communicate 1980s after protracted games became and the consequent reduction in their sense less tolerated. The system involved of isolation. finding a person with a watch to act as Part two of the book is subtitled How to timekeeper. It was often hard to find a timekeeper, as it was sometimes a Create a Go Program and gives advice on tedious chore. how to teach Go to children of different ages in large groups, and how to teach it in the Tony Atkins other kinds of institution he has visited.

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Nothing could be further from the truth. Will this book do anything for you? Well, if “Popularising Go” is a phrase that is used you want to improve at tesuji or joseki, occasionally in the book, but it isn’t the definitely not. It contains a basic explanation objective. Yasuda states his objective in of the capture rule, but if you’re any stonger terms such as “help change society” and than 36-kyu it will teach you nothing at all “do something about the social problem”. about the game. If you want to teach Go to He teaches Capture Go as a game in its bright people who are able and willing to own right. He recognises that a few people give you ten minutes of their attention, it will move on to regular Go, but doesn’t may not help you much either. If you want get excited about it. If most people stick to teach Go to large groups of people with with Capture Go and enjoy it, that’s fine low or mixed abilities and/or motivation, with him. Indeed, he explains that some of then it will certainly give you food for the mentally hadicapped people he meets thought and may even help you. will probably never understand even the But the people I’d really like to see reading capture rule, but will anyway enjoy and this book aren’t Go players at all, but school benefit from the even simpler game of just teachers and care workers. If you can think placing Go stones on intersections, and of a person like that to whom you could give that’s just fine too. a copy of this book, I think you’d be doing them, and Go, a huge service.

Dominique Fournier

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NOTES OF A TOURNAMENT NEWBIE Jenny Radcliffe [email protected]

When Paul Callaghan e-mailed the Durham Meier’s Civilisation games – we watched Go players to ask if anyone was interested in with awe as other players replayed and going to the Three Peaks Tournament, my analysed their games, since neither of us felt initial reaction was a regretful “not a remotely up to trying! chance”. Barring this term’s batch of My next opponent was Simon Schaffer, and beginners, I’m Durham’s weakest player by since he rates at around 25 kyu I had to give far and I assumed tournaments were for him a 9-stone handicap. Although I’ve much stronger players. played against a lot of beginners at that sort I wistfully said as much to my boyfriend of handicap, I hadn’t previously done so on a Edwin. He said he’d been doing some 19x19 board, and I was petrified. Simon, looking and actually, there were usually however, hasn’t had the practice he needs, people around my strength (which he and I realised that I was making an easy win. estimated to be around 16 kyu) and It may be that what I did next wasn’t sometimes people very much weaker. ‘cricket’, I’m not sure, but I do know that it Then Paul told Edwin that the Marton Arms, was morally right. While at no point did I where the Three Peaks is held, serves 15 tell Simon where to play or turn it into a Real Ales and 200 malt whiskies, and teaching game, I did give him the same bits obviously no further discussion was of advice as I’d give some of the stronger required!

Durham was able to send a small delegation; Radcliffe Jenny Photos: as well as Paul, Edwin and I, our strongest players Hu (2 dan, from China), and Choi (4 dan, from Korea) came along to a Marton Arms crowded with Go players; there were 66 present, compared to 2001, where there had been 58, and which had been the largest to date. I first played a 16 kyu player called Jonathan Englefield. Jonathan was the youngest player present; I guessed (and later confirmed) that he was 14, and he had played at tournaments before. When he gave me a good thrashing I thought about feeling humiliated but decided it was too much like hard work; I hadn’t expected to win any games anyway, and it had been an interesting game. I hadn’t played an even game in about 3 months, in any case! Since it had also been an embar- rassingly short game, we went off to the bar for a Coke and left the serious players to the silence. Jonathan was extremely friendly and we whiled away a pleasant hour discussing the merits of Douglas Adams and Sid Choi

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I was playing Stephen Streater, an 11 kyu player who by weird coincidence – we had found on Saturday evening – knew a number of people who’d been at my Durham college. Although I was soundly beaten, this was the game I enjoyed most, I think. It was the most challenging and interesting game of the weekend for me, although Stephen’s taste for ko fights stretched me to the limits. I’ve learnt to find ko threats, but I’m not very good at judging the size of them. That lost me at least one of the three fights that Stephen picked. After that, my final game was a bit of an anti-climax. I was playing Celia Marshall (another odd coincidence – her elder son is at Durham and I’ve known him for a couple Jin Yoon, who won the Three Peaks of years). Losing that game irritated me because I knew it was foolish and I made beginners in Durham – odds and ends like avoidable mistakes which I could have ‘don’t forget to ask yourself whether any of foreseen – in fact, I had foreseen one of your stones are in danger’ or even ‘there’s them but misjudged the size of it – which somewhere on the board where you can take lost me a game I think I should have won. advantage of a weakness I’ve left’. Simon’s Even a moron connects against a peep, but I time ran out and he started in byoyomi as we didn’t. were playing the endgame. I didn’t want The prize-giving was no surprise to anyone Simon to lose on time, which he was about when the gorgeous trophy was awarded to to do, so I suggested that since he was in a Jin Yoon, a 6 dan Korean player whose rush and had sente, he could pass if he didn’t registration for the contest had caused know where to play, and then follow my several players to forget their ambitions for lead. the tournament. Durham’s Choi was I won by about 140 points, I think. Did I do delighted, though, to be awarded a prize for the wrong thing? Should I have stayed the four games he’d won – and the letter silent? I think Simon learnt more from what rack made of Yorkshire slate certainly I did, and since the outcome wasn’t affected delighted him. He’s still talking about it! nor indeed particularly important, I think I I don’t know when I last enjoyed a weekend was right to provide advice. If someone was more. I know people told me that the Three beating me that thoroughly, I think I’d be Peaks is a particularly friendly tournament glad of the advice even in a formal setting. (and as such it must be an excellent place to My third game was against Al Nixon of start), but I was so inspired by it that you Chester, ranked at 20 kyu but I think he’s a needn’ t be surprised to see me again at good few stones stronger than that. He beat others, even if I they are less welcoming. me with a fair margin on a 5 stone handicap, Jenny Radcliffe is 23, RA in Education at and I’m confident I was playing reasonably the University of Durham, and Publicity well that game. It was certainly an interest- Officer of the Durham University Graduate ing challenge. The next morning I found that Society Go Club.

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BOOK REVIEWS ~ 1001 LIFE AND DEATH PROBLEMS BY RICHARD BOZULICH 501 OPENING PROBLEMS BY RICHARD BOZULICH & ROB VAN ZEIJST Matthew Macfadyen [email protected]

These two volumes describe themselves as parts of a ‘Mastering the Basics’ series, both are aimed at single figure kyu grades. The Life and death collection is on a similar level to the fourth of the ‘Graded Problems for Beginners’ books, with nothing desperately arcane, but a good selection of the sort of problems which actually come up in games. Part of the traditional training regime for would be professionals is to get hold of a collection of such books and work through them as fast as possible, trying to train your eye to do the essential tactical reading without having to think. This book is well worth getting for that purpose just because it contains far more problems than anything else in English. A good afternoon’s workout for a 5 dan, a challenging bedside book for 6 months of study at 15 kyu. The Openings book is something newer, and I am not aware of anything comparable in English. The problems are collected by Richard Bozulich from various Japanese sources. The text has been written specially for this edition by Rob van Zeijst. Each problem is a whole board position in the late opening stage – mostly 30 – 50 stones on the board – and comes with a slogan by way of a hint. I am not absolutely convinced by the exclamation marks, but if you find your opponent standing to attention and shouting ‘Expand your territory while attacking your opponent!’ half way through a game you can be pretty sure they have been studying this book. Guo Juan asserted during the recent Ladies’ weekend that the main reason european players get stuck around shodan is a lack of attention to basics, and this book should equip such players (as well as those who are still hoping to reach shodan without necessarily getting stuck there) with the essential wisdom required to play reasonably in the early middlegame. If you are stuck at a grade below professional level and modest enough to take some simple advice, then this book can teach you something useful. Both books are published by Kiseido, 2002

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ABAGATELLE LADDER ~ ANSWERS Ian Marsh [email protected]

Answer Diagram 1 5 and 6 exchanged for ladder to 61 62 63 D E score 1. 60 64 F C 9 and 10 exchanged, 11 at 12 for O 59 66 O A ladder to score 5 – remember not 65 72 B O to atarti yourself on the way in. 58 55 53 67 68 70 71 76 78 79 83 13 and 15 can be reversed. O 57 56 54 52 69 73 75 77 80 82 84 85 49 51 81 90 86 89 19 and 20 exchanged for ladder to 45 48 50 88 87 O score 10. 41 44 46 47 O 25 and 26 exchanged for ladder to 37 35 38 42 43 97 93 92 O score 20. 36 34 31 O 96 94 91 98 43 and 44 exchanged for ladder to 39 33 32 30 15 99 95 score 30. 29 28 13 12 9 7 57 and 58 exchanged for ladder to 27 26 11 10 8 6 score 40. 18 14 5 4 21 20 17 3 1 O 61 and 62 exchanged, 63 takes the 25 24 23 22 19 2 2 – 1 point, for ladder to score 50. O O O 83 and 84 exchanged for ladder to score 70 by Black A, White B, ❏ Black C or score 80 by Black B, 1 16 @ 11, 40 @ 31, 74 @ 65, 100 @ 91 White A, Black D, White E, Black C, White D, Black F. 85 and 86 exchanged for ladder to score 60. 90 fills captured stone O O Answer Diagram 2 O 1 and 2 exchanged for ladder to O score 90. 3 throws in below 2 and 4 captures 3. 3 and 4 can be reversed. O O 2 4 3 1

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A MILESTONE FROM FAR ABROAD Franco Pratesi [email protected]

Let us examine a milestone of the English Journal, Summer 1996. On page 19, Harry Go literature, coming from far abroad: Fearnley summarises its contents and Count Daniele Pecorini and Tong Shu The highlights the special merits connected with Game of Wei-Chi. With a Foreword by H.A. the Chinese origin, the historical parts, the Giles. London, New York, Toronto: peculiar terminology, the old kind of rules Longmans, Green and Co., 1929, 155 pp. that can be preferred by mathematicians, More than once it has been observed that and so on. My aim now is not of repeating this book contains the most detailed comments on this book, but to provide English description of Go, its history and some new information on editions in other literature, if considered from the Chinese languages, and on its authors. point of view – which as far as we know Pecorini also wrote a novel, Japanese corresponds to its country of origin. It also Maple, which contains much autobiograph- contains a reprint of: Wei-chi, or the ical material. It was first published in 1935 Chinese Game of War, by Herbert Giles; by Geoffrey Bles, in London, while the namely, the first description of the game original Italian book, Foglia d’acero, was that ever allowed it to be played by only published in 1937, after the author’s European readers, originally published in death. This novel gives some insight into Temple Bar in 1877. the situation in the Orient, and especially Continuing interest in this book derives in Korea, during the years of the Russian- from the fact that its Chinese approach is Japanese war. About the author I could far less common with respect to depending extract from this book, and from the intro- on Japanese sources. It may thus not be duction to its Italian edition, some surprising that it has been recently biographical information (Stone Age 21, reprinted at least three times – Singapore: 1997, pp.5-8) summarised below. In 2001, Graham Brash, 1991, 155 pp. ISBN 9971- the Italian text has been published again in 49-259-8. The same, 1994. ISBN 981-218- Palermo by Sellerio, edited and co- 015-X, on a somewhat thinner paper. and, authored by Luisa Adorno, who affirms to finally Torrance, CA: Heian International belong to the same family, even if by Inc., 1999. ISBN 0-89346-922-X. First somewhat indirect links. She has reduced American Edition, still printed in the original text to about one half, updated Singapore. Before publishing its own its language, inserted a lot of personal edition, Heian International had officially comments and a little further information distributed the Singapore editions within on the author and his relatives. the USA since about 1993. Daniele Pecorini was born in Padua in Theo van Ees had already reviewed this 1872 and certainly belonged to the noble work as early as in 1979, but he did it in Italian family of Pecorini Manzoni, still Dutch, for the Go journal of his country, present with its Southern branch in and unfortunately found few readers Catanzaro; whether he really deserved the abroad. With the appearance of the recent title of Count is however doubtful. He reprints, the book became better known in studied law in Padua University. Soon after the Go environment and several experts graduating, he rode his bicycle through could comment on it. For a more available Europe – apparently, a pioneer in this review, readers can search issue 103 of this respect too. In London he saw the procla-

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mation of a competitive examination for We have first to complete the name of this officers of the Imperial maritime customs. Chinese author. His family name of Shu He took part with success and entered the should now be better written as Xu. His service as British Commissioner of first name, unmentioned in the translations, Customs in China. In 1897 he was assigned was Quji. His other name was actually to Shanghai, then went to Peking better to formed by two Chinese characters, Tong study Chinese and was selected as the Fu, out of which only the first was consid- officer to be sent for civil service in Korea. ered in the known editions. His service there first took place in Seoul From the same description it is evident that and later on in Chemelpo, where he stayed Xu had been the real author of the book. for several years. After the Japanese Several drafts he had written in China occupation of Korea, Pecorini continued already in 1921, but his work remained his service in Shanghai, until 1910. Then unfinished. In 1924 he arrived in Rome, he retired from the British service and where he found with Pecorini the encour- came back to Italy. In Rome he was agement and the assistance needed for nominated to the post of consul for China. completing and publishing his work. Parts At the same time he entered the business of his previous texts on the subject he environment and cared for ordering his could receive from China, other parts were Oriental collections and memories. The last compiled in Rome, checked and translated years of his life he then spent in his native together with Pecorini. region, at Bassano del Grappa, where he First the book was translated into Italian died in 1936. and published, probably in 1927: Shu T., Providing information on Daniele Pecorini Pecorini D. Il wei-ci o giuoco della guerra: has not been easy, but doing it for Shu Il più antico e affascinante giuoco Cinese Tong is much less so. The only written per la prima volta introdotto in Italia, information on this co-author that one finds Roma: s.n., [1927], 201 pp. It was privately in all of the Italian and English editions is printed and offered for sale – as indicated simply the indication Chinese Diplomatic in the book – in the main bookstores of Service, printed under his name in the front Rome and at Pecorini’s house, together page of the London 1929 book. with a rather expensive Go set. This Italian Since Pecorini was in charge as Chinese book is extremely scarce (only a few years Consul in Rome, it is easy to imagine that ago, thanks to Alberto Rezza, Go experts both authors were for some time working became acquainted with a copy existing in together for the Chinese diplomatic service a Roman public library) and no specimens there. It is also easy to imagine that Shu are known of the game sets offered with it. could teach the game to Pecorini and some In the Italian version, in addition to the other Roman beginners, thus justifying the contents known from the English edition, publication of the book, to be sold together we find a priced list with several Chinese with Go sets. Better however is if imagina- books on the game, suitable for advanced tion can be supported by documents. players, and the indication of a bookshop Some progress has actually been made in Shanghai where they could be ordered. thanks to the kind and valuable assistance of The Chinese manuscript was also trans- Guoru Ding, who found further information lated into French and English, and eventu- on the basis of a Chinese dictionary (Zhao ally published in its original version. Zhiyun, Xu Wanyun Weiqi Cidian, Shanghai: Indeed, when Xu came back to his country, Shanghai Cishu Chubanshe, 1989). he could publish his Chinese book too:

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Weiqi Rumen, Shanghai: Shanghai by Herbert Giles, whose first description of Wenming Shuju, 1929. Of course, a book the game was also reproduced at the end of of this kind, especially addressed to the book. But the London edition was not beginners, cannot represent a milestone in only linked to the past – it had some the rich Chinese literature on the game. influence on future events too. Together Seemingly, the main reason for its publish- with the publication of the book, some ing in China was the fact that it had activity was performed to spread the game already found a way to the press in Europe. in London. Even if witness about this is Nothing is known of the French version, now hard to find, it induced some which at most could enjoy a very small beginners to further apply and study the circulation, if any, in its typewritten form. game. As a consequence (maybe, in a Of course, the English version has been the rather indirect way), in the 1930s a small most successful of them all, as recalled group of players was established in above. The original 1929 edition was London, under the leadership of John produced in full cloth with cover, by a Barrs. This Go group was then dissolved, known London publishing house that had but after WW2 John Barrs himself, branches in the USA and Canada. We have together with a few other players, founded already seen that this book had a foreword nothing less than the BGA. ❍

INTHEDARK? THE CHESS SHOP Chess Clocks THE BRIDGE SHOP Chess clocks can be used to time Go but not just Chess and Bridge! and other games. They are usually We stock books and equipment for Go, Backgammon, and wooden or plastic bodied and tradi- other mind sports tionally come from East Germany and Russia. Two mechanical clocks are In London’s West End! linked by a rocker system that only Established 1881 allows one clock to operate at a time. ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® Players press a button on top to start 44 BAKER STREET their opponent’s clock (and stop their LONDON W1U 7RT own). A red indicator (called the flag) rises on the clock face when the Phone 020 7486 8222 minute hand approaches the 12 and Fax 020 7486 3355 falls on the hour. This could indicate Email [email protected] the end of main time and so, for an Open 10am-6pm, Monday-Saturday allowance of 40 minutes, the minute hand is set to 20 past at the start. MAIL/WEB ORDER A SPECIALITY They can be used for overtime, but a All major credit cards accepted watch is needed for byoyomi systems. http://www.bcmchess.co.uk Tony Atkins ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯

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COUNCIL HOUSE Tim Hunt [email protected] Musical Chairs games to cheer him up? David would prefer Paul Smith is the new BGA Youth to comment on kyu player’s games, and Development officer. This is a new post, would prefer to be sent games by e-mail. which replaces the previous Youth coordina- However a game sent through the post is tor role. There are now three officers in the much preferable to nothing at all. The general area of ‘youth Go’, Paul, Peter previous analyst, Des Cann, had to step Wendes, the Schools’ Liaison officer, and down because he was too busy with other Alison Bexfield, the Youth Newsletter editor. things. We want to thank him for all the The intention is that they will work indepen- analytical assistance he provided to dently, but in cooperation, so we felt that members. having a youth coordinator was no longer Harry Fearnley will cease to be the archivist. appropriate. Any coordination that is Fortunately, he expressed the desire to stop required will be provided by the BGA just as Les Bock became interested in taking council. over. Les will collect the archive from Harry Paul (a past Youth Coordinator) has a at the Oxford Go tournament in February. number of projects in mind: he is writing a Harry produced a detailed catalogue of the set of youth-friendly rules, to be included archive, which was sorely needed, and made with BGA books 13x13 Go sets; he hopes to a start of the vexed question of what exactly start a regional youth Go league, inspired by a similar and highly successful Chess event; and there are plans for a Go server aimed at INTHEDARK? junior players. Some of these plans are quite ambitious, which means that they are not Milton Keynes Overtime guaranteed to succeed, but they are certainly worth trying. We hope that everyone will Amodification to Canadian Overtime provide Paul with help and encouragement that was first used at Milton Keynes where they can. Paul is also responsible for in 1989. The requirement is to play at ensuring that the youth championships least the specified number of stones happen, and supporting people who run, or within the overtime period. When the who are thinking of starting, youth Go clubs. number of stones specified has been played, extra stones may be played Jackie Chai has had to stand down from the from the bowl until the period expires; BGA council. We would like to thank her for at that point the clock is reset and the the work she did as a council member. In her next set of stones is counted out. Both place we have co-opted Anna Griffiths, 7 Canadian and Milton Keynes are in kyu who is currently studying computer common use in the UK. With the speech at Cambridge. latter it may not be clear to a referee David Ward has been appointed as the BGA whether a player has lost or not at the analysis service. If you send him your game end of a period, but it has the records, he will return them with useful advantage of avoiding some heart- comments attached. David was slightly stopping last stone cliff-hangers. disappointed that in his first few months as analyst, no one sent him any games to Tony Atkins review. Why not send him one of your

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the archive should contain and what should a steady stream of new people coming in be disposed of. Many thanks to him. with fresh ideas, or just a slightly different Finally, I am going to stop being the outlook. I think we are managing to achieve Championships’ Organiser after this year’s that at the moment. Challenger’s tournament, but we don’t yet Public liability insurance know who is going to replace me. The job The BGA now has public liability insurance involves running the Candidates’, covering all Go events (tournaments and Challenger’s and Title Match, or delegating teaching days) in the UK (including the Isle them to someone else. I found it an of Man). Increasingly, venues have required enjoyable job, but I will have been doing it the hirer to have public liability insurance as for three years and it is time for a change. a condition of hire, and it is much more cost Also, it is one thing too many on top of effective to arrange this centrally. Also, all being Secretary and Tournament the people running Go events around the Coordinator. If you are interested in taking country are making a valuable contribution over, we would love to hear from you. to the BGA’s activities. In today’s increas- I think that in an organisation like the BGA, ingly litigious society, we feel it is right for you need some organisers who have been the BGA to provide them with this sort of around for a long time and who can provide protection. Please note that this insurance continuity and experience, but you also need does not cover Go club meetings. ❍

WORLD GO NEWS Tony Atkins [email protected] Brno Tournament Galchenko (5 dan Ukraine). Before the The Czech major Toyota-PandaNet floods, Prague had been home to the Central European Go Tour event left Prague and was Europe MSO again, where local players held in Brno during the second weekend of won: Vladimir Danek in the 13x13, Petr September. The reason was that it was a time Nechanicky the 19x19 and Jan Bocek the 9x9. of celebration in that town and not because of the summer floods in Prague. 115 players Bucharest Tournament took part, many of who were local, including As you may note, the Toyota Tour has Vera Zmedkova who won all 6 games at 12 gained a new co-sponsor and a new name. kyu. The winner, as expected, was Guo Juan PandaNet are the owners of the Go server (7 dan Netherlands) despite losing her last known as IGS, and there is the intention to game to a below-bar player and having to start putting out games from Tour events on come out top by tie-break. This loss was to the server. The Romanian Toyota-PandaNet young Oleg Mezhov (4 dan Russia) who European Go Tour event was held during the ended second on 6/6. The group of top last weekend of September. It was players on 4 wins was: Radek Nechanicky dominated by local players, Romanians (6 dan Czechia), Dmitrij Bogackij (6 dan taking the top five places. The winner was Ukraine), Marco Firnhaber (5 dan Germany), Dragos Bajaneru with runner up Christian Csaba Mero (6 dan Hungary) and Mikhail Pop, both 6 dans.

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Copenhagen Tournament NTHE ARK 40 players took part in the Copenhagen I D ? Open in the Toyota-PandaNet European Go Tour during the second weekend of October. Electronic Timers Radek Nechanicky (6 dan Czechia) was There are various oriental Go, as well winner on tie break from Ulrik Bro- as Chess, electronic timers that can be Jorgensen (3 dan Denmark) and Farid Ben- used. Similar to mechanical clocks Malek (6 dan France), as these three each they have two clock faces or displays lost to one of the other two. Claudia and buttons to start one clock and stop Bergsaker won the continuous 9x9 event the other. Often several of the with 9/12. overtime or byoyomi systems are Brussels Tournament supported. Popular in the west are the Dutch made DGT and the slim 84 players assembled in Brussels for the American Chronos clock, which has annual event, which this time was part of the few buttons to press, many options Toyota-PandaNet European Go Tour. The and its own carry bag. event was successfully held on the first weekend of November, despite the EGF Tony Atkins advertising the wrong date. The only main complaint was that the coffee was too weak. Guo Juan (7 dan Netherlands) won despite losing to Radek Nechanicky (6 dan World Pair Go Czechia). Second and third on tie-break were Frederic Donzet (5 dan France) and Ion The World Amateur Pair Go Championships Florescu (6 dan Romania). Nechanicky came were held on the 16th and 17th November at fourth ahead of Marco Firnhaber (5 dan the Hotel Edmont in Iidabashi district of Germany). A regular attendee from the UK, Tokyo. 32 teams took part, 21 from outside T.Mark Hall, was 11th. After this event Guo Japan. Like last year a young Chinese Pair Juan was leading the Grand Prix points with won. Wang Niqiao (14) and her partner Qian 80, ahead of Radek Nechanicky and Marco Leping (13) beat the strong pairing from Firnhaber. Japan of Kanai Kazuko (6 dan) and Harada Minoru (8 dan). North Korea and South INTHEDARK? Korea took the next two places. Germany (Monica Reimpel and Franz-Joseph Dickhut) were the top western pair in tenth place. Ing Time Purchase Also on three wins were Russia (Dina With Time Purchase systems players Burdakova and Dmitri Sourine) in 12th, gain extra time periods by purchase Canada (Selina and Charles Chang) in 14th with prisoners or points. Under the Ing and Romania (Ana-Maria Szilagyi and system the periods are sometimes each George Bajaneru) in 15th. The British Pair equal to a sixth of main time. The first of Helen and Martin Harvey finished 28th by period can be bought for 2 points, the a noteworthy win in the first round against second and third for 2 more points Indonesia (Woei-Haw Djap and Aiko-Urfia each. There is no fourth period and Rakhmi). The British losses were to Korea, players lose when the third expires. Canada, Taipei and Denmark. Tony Atkins

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BGA OFFICIALS ☛ indicates member of BGA Council ☛ PRESIDENT & YOUTH COORDINATOR: YOUTH COORDINATOR:Paul Smith2 Townsend Simon Goss 4 Butler Rd, Crowthorne, Berks Close, Milton, Cambridge CB4 6DN 01223 RG45 6QY 01344 777963 563 932 [email protected] [email protected] GRADING COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN:Jim Clare ☛ TREASURER:T. Mark Hall 32–28 Granville Rd, Reading RG30 3QE 47 Cedars Rd, Clapham, London SW4 0PN [email protected] 020 7627 0856 [email protected] ☛ JOURNAL BACK NUMBERS:Steve Bailey ☛ SECRETARY:Tim Hunt 49 Stocton Road, Guildford, Surrey GU1 1HD 208f North Row, Central Milton Keynes 01483 533 748 [email protected] MK9 3LQ 01908 695 778 ☛ Bill Streeten 3 Wellington Court, Wellington [email protected] Road, London E11 2AT 020 8926 6923 MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY:Kathleen Timmins [email protected] The Hollies, Wollerton, Market Drayton, ☛ Anna Griffiths Shropshire TF9 3LY 01630 685292 [email protected] [email protected] ☛ Natasha Regan 81 Plough Way, London JOURNAL EDITOR:David Woodnutt SE16 7AE 020 7231 2333 [email protected] Hergest Mill, Kington, Herefordshire HR5 3EL 01544 231887 [email protected] ☛ Les Bock 36 Grove Park, London E11 2DL 020 8530 5006 [email protected] WEBMASTER:Allan Crossman 53 North Gyle Terrace, Edinburgh EH12 8JY GODRAW PROGRAM/CLGC: Geoff Kaniuk 0131 539 0668 [email protected] 35 Clonmore St, London SW18 5EU 020 8874 7362 [email protected] PUBLICITY OFFICER:Nick Wedd 37 North Hinksey Village, Oxford OX2 0NA NATIONAL TRAINER:Matthew Macfadyen 01865 247 403 [email protected] 22 Keytes Lane, Barford, Warks. CV35 8EP 01926 624 445 [email protected] NEWSLETTER EDITOR:Jil Segerman c/o Nuclear Medicine Department, Royal EXHIBITIONS:Adam Atkinson 1 Kelsey Court, Sussex County Hospital, East Road, Brighton, Burgess Hill, West Sussex RH15 0TU BN2 5BE 01273 664 534 [email protected] 01444 248 011 [email protected] BOOK DISTRIBUTOR:Gerry Mills AUDITOR: Toby Manning 10 Vine Acre, Monmouth, Gwent NP25 3HW 7 Oak Tree Close, Leamington Spa CV32 5YT 01600 712 934 [email protected] 01926 888 739 [email protected] CHAMPIONSHIPS ORGANISER & TOURNAMENTS: Useful e-mail and web addresses Tim Hunt See Secretary above e-mail for general BGA enquiries ANALYSIS SERVICE:David Ward 17 Moore Close, Cambridge CB4 1ZP [email protected] 01223 523 683 [email protected] BGA Web site ARCHIVIST:Harry Fearnley www.britgo.org 38 Henley Street, Oxford OX4 1ES 01865 248 775 [email protected] BGA e-mail lists YOUTH NEWS:Alison Bexfield see web site for details of how to enlist 112 Westview, Letchworth Herts SG6 3QJ for general and discussion broadcast: 01462 684 648 [email protected] [email protected] SCHOOLS LIAISON OFFICER Peter Wendes for policy discussion broadcast: 13 Stakes Road, Purbrook, Hants, PO7 5LU 02392 267 648 [email protected] [email protected]

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UK CLUB LIST ☛ indicates new or changed information BATH:Paul Christie01225 428 995 CHELTENHAM: David Killen 01242 576 524 (h) [email protected] Meets at The Rising Sun Meets various places, Tues 7.30pm. near Pulteney Bridge, Tues 7.30pm. CHESTER: Dave Kelly 01244 544 770 BILLERICAY: Guy Footring 01277 623 305 [email protected] Meets at Olde [email protected] Meets Mon eves. Custom House, Watergate St, Weds 8.00pm. BIRMINGHAM: Michael Vidler 0121 246 1756 DEVON:Tom Widdecombe01364 661 470 [email protected] Meets at the [email protected] Meets Tues at 7.45pm Brook pub, Selly Oak., Mon 7.30pm Exeter Community Centre, St. David’s Hill. BOURNEMOUTH: Marcus Bennett 01202 512 655 DUBLIN COLLEGIANS: Noel Mitchell Meets at 24 Cowper Rd, Moordown BH9 2UJ, [email protected] Mons and Weds 9:00pm Tues 8pm. Pembroke Pub, 31 Lower Pembroke Street (off Baggot Street), Dublin 2 BRACKNELL:Clive Hendrie01344 422 502 [email protected] Meets at Duke’s DUNDEE:Bruce Primrose01382 669 564 Head, Wokingham, Tues 8.30pm. Meets weekly. ☛ DURHAM UNIVERSITY:Paul Callaghan ☛ BRADFORD:David Keeble 01274 581 577 0191 374 7034 [email protected] [email protected] Meets at The Meets Thurs PFH bar. Victoria, Saltaire Rd, Shipley Weds 7.30pm. ☛ EDINBURGH:Phil Blamire0131 663 0678 BRIGHTON:Granville Wright01444 410 229 [email protected] Meets at UCW (h), 01273 898 319 (w) Club, 15 Brunswick St, Thurs 7.30pm. [email protected] Meets at The Queen’s Head, opposite Brighton EPSOM DOWNS: Paul Margetts 01372 723 268 Station, Tues 8pm. [email protected] Meets at 7 Ripley Way, Epsom, Surrey KT19 7DB but check BRISTOL:Paul Atwell0117 949 0924 with Paul first. Tues 7.30pm. [email protected] Meets at Polish Ex-servicemen’s Club, 50 St GLASGOW: John O’Donnell 0141 330 5458 Paul’s Road, Clifton, Bristol, Tues 7.30pm. [email protected] Meets term time at Research Club, Hetherington House, CAMBRIDGE CHESS & GO CLUB:Paul Smith 13 University Gardens, Weds 8pm. [email protected] HASTINGS/EASTBOURNE: Patrick Donovan 01223 563 932 Meets Victoria Road 01323 640 552 Meets by arrangement. Community Centre, Victoria Road, Fri 7.30pm (term). Caters for beginners and children. HIGH WYCOMBE:Paul Clarke01494 438 917 [email protected] Meets Tues 8.00pm. ☛ CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY & CITY: Charles Matthews 01223 350 096 HP (BRISTOL): Andy Seaborne 0117 950 7390 [email protected] Meets at [email protected] Meets Wed & Fri Castle Inn, Castle St Mon 7.30pm; The noon. Please ring in advance to ensure that Latimer Room, Old Court Clare College Tues players are available. 7.30pm (term); Coffee Lounge, 3rd floor, The HUDDERSFIELD: Alan Starkey 01484 852 420 University Centre, Mill Lane Thurs 7.00pm; Meets Huddersfield Sports Centre, Tues 7pm. CB1 (café), 32 Mill Road Fri 7.00 to 9pm; ☛ HULL:Mark Collinson01482 341 179 CB1 informal Sun 4pm [email protected] CARDIFF Paul Brennan 029 206 25955 Meets irregular Weds 7.30pm. [email protected] Meets Chapter Arts ISLE OF MAN:David Phillips01624 612 294 Centre, Market Street, Canton, Cardiff [email protected] Tues 7:30pm Meets Suns & Weds 7.30pm.

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LANCASTER:Adrian Abrahams01524 34656 ☛ OPEN UNIVERSITY & MILTON KEYNES: [email protected] Meets Gregson Tim Hunt [email protected] Community Centre, 33 Moorgate Weds 7.30pm 01908 695 778 Meets 1st Mon of month at O.U. Cellar Bar other Mons at Secklow 100, LEAMINGTON:Matthew Macfadyen Midsummer Boulevard Central MK, 7.30pm. [email protected] 01926 624 445 Meets 22 Keytes Lane, OXFORD CITY:Richard Helyer Barford, Warks. CV35 8EP Thurs 7.30pm. 01608 737 594 Meets at Freud’s Café, Walton Street, Tues & Thurs 6pm. LEICESTER: Richard Thompson 0116 276 1287 Check with Richard that Freud’s is available. [email protected] Meets at 5 Barbara Avenue, OXFORD UNIVERSITY:Niall Cardin LE5 2AD Thurs 7:45pm. [email protected] Meets at the ☛ LETCHWORTH:Simon Bexfield01462 684 Seminar Room, Corpus Christi Coll 648 [email protected] Meets Caffeine Weds 7.30pm (term). Coffe Bar, off Station Rd 1st Sun 2.00pm PENZANCE: John Culmer 01326 573 167 please phone to check. [email protected] Meets Flat 4, 25 LINCOLN:Dr Tristan Jones07752 681 042 Lannoweth Road, Penzance Thurs 8.00pm. [email protected] PURBROOK: Peter Wendes 02392 267648 Meets Thurs 7.30pm. [email protected] Meets most Weds evenings at Peter’s house, ring and check. LIVERPOOL:Roger Morris0151 734 1110 [email protected] Meets Maranto’s Wine READING: Jim Clare 0118 377 5219 (w) Bar, Lark Lane Weds 8pm. [email protected] Meets at the Brewery Tap, Castle St, Mon 6.30 pm. MAIDENHEAD:Iain Attwell01628 676 792 ☛ Meets various places Fri 8pm. SHEFFIELD:Will Segerman 0777 370 6305 [email protected] Meets The Beer Engine, MANCHESTER:Chris Kirkham0161 903 9023 Cemetary Rd, Suns 7pm [email protected] Meets at the Square ST ALBANS:Alan Thornton01442 261 945 Albert in Albert Square Thurs 7.30pm. or Richard Mullens 01707 323 629 Meets at MID CORNWALL:Iyan Harris01872 540 529 The White Lion, 91 Sopwell Lane, St. Albans. Meets Miners & Mechanics Social Club, St. Non-regular visitors should ring to confirm a Agnes Thurs 6:00pm. meeting. MIDDLESBOROUGH: Gary Quinn 01642 384303 ☛ SWANSEA:Meets at JC’s, a pub on the [email protected] Meets at the University of university campus Suns 3.30. Teesside Weds 4:00pm. SHERBOURNE & YEOVIL J Andrew Evans 01935 MONMOUTH:Gerry Mills01600 712 934 872 382 [email protected] Meets One [email protected] Tuesday a month Meets by arrangement. SWINDON: David King 01793 521 625 [email protected] Meets at Prince of NEWCASTLE: John Hall 0191 285 6786 Wales, Coped Hall Roundabout, Wootton [email protected] Bassett, Weds 7.30pm. Meets various places, Weds. TAUNTON: David Wickham 01984 623 519 NORWICH: Tony Lyall 01603 613 698 Weds. Meets Tues various places. NOTTINGHAM: Mat McVeagh 0115 877 2410 WEST WALES: Jo Hampton 01341 281 336 [email protected] Meets second and [email protected] fourth Sunday at Newcastle Arms, 68 North Baron Allday 01341 280 365 Llys Mynach, Sherwood Street Nottingham 2.00pm. Llanaber Rd, Barmouth LL42 1RN.

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GLOSSARY OF GO TERMS

AJI:latent possibilities left in a position KOSUMI:a diagonal play AJI KESHI:a move which destroys one’s own MIAI:two points related such that if one aji (and is therefore bad) player takes one of them, the opponent will ATARI:having only one liberty left; stones take the other one are said to be ‘in atari’ when liable to MOYO:a potential territory, a framework capture on the next move NAKADE:a move played inside an enemy BYO YOMI:shortage of time; having to make group at the vital point of the principal eye- a move in a given time. Overtime is now space to prevent it from making two eyes more widely used in tournament play OVERTIME:in tournament play, having to DAME:a neutral point; a point of no value play a number of stones in a certain time to either player e.g. 20 stones in five minutes DAME ZUMARI:shortage of liberties OIOTOSHI:‘connect and die’, capturing by a DANGO:a solid, inefficient mass of stones cascade of ataris, often involving throw- ins. If the stones connect up to escape, FURIKAWARI:a trade of territory or groups they all get caught. FUSEKI:the opening phase of the game PONNUKI:the diamond shape left behind after GETA:a technique that captures one or more a single stone has been captured stones in a ‘net’, leaving them with two or SABAKI:a sequence that produces a light, more liberties but unable to escape resilient shape GOTE:losing the initiative SAGARI:a descent – extending towards the HANE:a move that ‘bends round’an enemy edge of the board stone, leaving a cutting point behind SAN REN SEI:an opening which consists of Hamete: a move that complicates the playing on the three hoshi points along one situation but is basically unsound side of the board HASAMI:pincer attack SEKI:a local stalemate between two or more HOSHI:one of the nine marked points on groups dependent on the same liberties for the Go board survival IKKEN TOBI:a one-space jump SEMEAI:a race to capture between two ISHI NO SHITA:playing in the space left adjacent groups that cannot both live after some stones have been captured SENTE:gaining the initiative; a move that JIGO: a drawn game requires a reply JOSEKI:a standardised sequence of moves, SHICHO:a capturing sequence shaped usually in a corner like a ladder KAKARI:a move made against a single SHIMARI:a corner enclosure of two stones enemy stone in a corner SHODAN: one dan level KATTE YOMI:self-centred play; expecting TENGEN:centre point of the board uninspired answers to ‘good’ moves TENUKI:to abandon the local position and KEIMA:a knight’s move jump play elsewhere KIKASHI:a move which creates aji TESUJI:a skillful and efficient move in a while forcing a submissive reply local fight KOMI:a points allowance given to TSUKE:a contact play compensate White for playing second YOSE:the endgame

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