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by Joaz Banbeck
Wed Mar 16, 2022 5:27 am
Forum: Announcements
Topic: Go Congress 2022
Replies: 6
Views: 14248

Go Congress 2022

by Joaz Banbeck
Tue Mar 15, 2022 11:45 am
Forum: General Go Chat
Topic: Anyone attending Go Congress?
Replies: 9
Views: 10296

Re: Anyone attending Go Congress?

Round trip flights from here in southern California to Denver International Airport are reasonable: currently under 400 USD for a randomly chosen Saturday in August through a Sunday eight days later.

What kind of ground transportation is available to get a traveling go player from the airport to ...
by Joaz Banbeck
Thu Mar 10, 2022 8:32 am
Forum: Computer Go
Topic: Apple Studio should be great for Go
Replies: 9
Views: 10754

Re: Apple Studio should be great for Go

CDavis7M wrote:Seems like spam advertisement as no discussion was presented and the product is hardly related to computer Go ...
I agree.
by Joaz Banbeck
Mon Feb 28, 2022 3:10 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: POLL: Cryonics - do you want to be frozen when you die?
Replies: 137
Views: 111671

Re: POLL: Cryonics - do you want to be frozen when you die?

I finally did it. The rising slope of wealth intersected the declining slope of health.
I bought a membership with Alcor. I am patient number A3495.

If I should happen to expire during a go tournament, please move tables and chairs aside to make room for their techs.
And save the position. I ...
by Joaz Banbeck
Fri Feb 25, 2022 11:00 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: War of aggression that will affect all of us.
Replies: 47
Views: 38634

Re: War of aggression that will affect all of us.

This is a highly troubling letter.

...it is asking Russian go players...to risk their personal safety by publicly condemning appallingly ruthless authorities.


Speaking as a member and not as an admin, I agree with this. I'm amazed that the writer(s) of the letter could be so clueless.

A look ...
by Joaz Banbeck
Fri Feb 25, 2022 10:48 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: War of aggression that will affect all of us.
Replies: 47
Views: 38634

Re: War of aggression that will affect all of us.


Yes this topic is political, however it is still within the scope of this forum since it concerns the EGF executive and EGF member countries...


Moderators may decide to close the topic if the discussion becomes, or has become, too political.

Speaking as an admin, I agree with both of these ...
by Joaz Banbeck
Sat Feb 19, 2022 10:08 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Japan's isolationist policy (sakoku 2.0)
Replies: 1
Views: 5150

Re: Japan's isolationist policy (sakoku 2.0)

This looks to me like a violation of the TOS, so I am locking it.
- J.B., admin
by Joaz Banbeck
Wed Feb 16, 2022 10:04 pm
Forum: Professionals
Topic: Is Go a Tall Man's Game?
Replies: 17
Views: 19133

Re: Is Go a Tall Man's Game?

As for go and tall people, I can report a positive correlation. I was about two meters tall when I reached 2 dan; both my height and go playing strength have declined a little bit since then.

This page says that chess players tend to be short: https://www.chess.com/blog/GM_Kenny_Ji/heights-of ...
by Joaz Banbeck
Tue Feb 15, 2022 2:41 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Youtube deleted comments
Replies: 6
Views: 8609

Re: Youtube deleted comments

Marcel Grünauer wrote:Are you sure YouTube deleted your comments? It could have been the video owner.
RJ: did you contact the video owner and ask him?
by Joaz Banbeck
Sat Feb 12, 2022 4:12 pm
Forum: Study Group
Topic: Tsumegos from real games
Replies: 119
Views: 508820

Re: Tsumegos from real games

Problem #30:


The cross cut might fail like this. At least I don't see what to do after white captures :b3:
...

$$Bc Black to play
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | O X X X X X 4 3 2 5 . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | O O X O O X O O 1 7 ...
by Joaz Banbeck
Sat Feb 12, 2022 11:57 am
Forum: Study Group
Topic: Tsumegos from real games
Replies: 119
Views: 508820

Re: Tsumegos from real games

Problem #30:
This looks like fun. It might work.
$$Bc Black to play
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | O X X X X X . 3 2 . . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | O O X O O X O O 1 . . . . O X O X X . |
$$ | X . O O O O X . . O . . . O X X ...
by Joaz Banbeck
Fri Jan 28, 2022 5:29 pm
Forum: Game Analysis
Topic: Request to review game
Replies: 4
Views: 10229

Re: Request to review game

[admin]
Here is the game so that everyone can see it. The OP is white.

BTW, does anyone know why the file will load here, but generates an error on eidogo?
[/admin]

(;FF[4]
CA[UTF-8]
GM[1]
DT[2022-01-22]
PC[OGS: https://online-go.com/game/40587565]
GN[SieuNhanGao]
PB[DC0370]
PW[hjeunm]
BR[10k]
WR ...
by Joaz Banbeck
Wed Jan 19, 2022 10:13 am
Forum: 1-on-1 Malkovich games
Topic: #266 kferg v. WriterJon
Replies: 47
Views: 114991

Re: #266 kferg v. WriterJon

kferg wrote:...
I decided on C14...
The vital point for this fight. White now has a definite advantage.
by Joaz Banbeck
Sun Jan 16, 2022 12:32 am
Forum: Introductions and Guidelines
Topic: Hello from Unterdudette
Replies: 7
Views: 27071

Re: Hello from Unterdudette

She's got two eyes! Congrats.
by Joaz Banbeck
Fri Jan 07, 2022 11:44 pm
Forum: 1-on-1 Malkovich games
Topic: #231 drmwc vs Joaz Banbeck
Replies: 302
Views: 585031

Re: #231 drmwc vs Joaz Banbeck

2021 was a bad year, so nobody can hold it against you if you didn't make a move then.
drmwc wrote:... a May 2022 target.
Insisting on the exact month would be crass. Shall we say sometime in 2022?