Life In 19x19

Yes its on the schedule. Yes it will happen. Maybe I'll make a sign beforehand.

Tuesday night in the Main Playing Space we'll have an area set aside to meetup with all y'all. Come meet with other online personalities from L19, Reddit, OGS, and KGS. We'll welcome all from 7-9PM. I hope to see you there!

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Hope you all have a good time and that someone will post a brief recap for the rest of us. Rumor from last year that 2020 will be in Colorado. If there is an official announcement, like to know.

Looking towards Estes Park, Co next year. We'll take a pic of those who show up!

Why is Eric Lui the only AGA pro, who plays the Masters at this congress?

I pulled out my magical admin wand and stickied this. I will unsticky it after congress.

One of these years... one of these years I'll finally make it!

Next year Colorado, you say? Hmmm... that's definitely getting it much closer to my neck of the woods.

Hope all who are there are having lots of fun.

We’re in the upper part of ej main hall. See you there

Kirby focused on the board

Thanks, Ed!

Focused on the board, but not on the opening ceremony - haha. I have no idea what Andy was saying. At least I won that game!

In the open, I haven’t been as successful. I kind of suspected it, since I didn’t study enough before the go congress.

Right now, I am 2-2. I lost to Brady by 1/2 point (ok, I got lucky), and to Nick Sibicky in a complicated (to me at least) capturing race. I have been joking with folks that I am weak against YouTubers.

We’ll see if I lose any more. My 5th game starts in 3 hours.

That's me diagonally across from Kirby, playing In-seong (I... did not win my game).

I'm 2-2 so far myself, with some luck both good and bad. I'm having a lot of fun like last time, seeing some friends again from last year and some friends for the first time (like Kirby!). The city is great and I'm spending a large fraction of my off time on the terrace overlooking Lake Mendota with a beer in one hand and 1001L&D in the other. The Congress is both energizing and exhausting and I'm having a lot of fun.

Last game starts in 30 minutes. Good luck, everyone!

Hope you all had a great time. The AGA has announced a new series of videos from Stephanie Yin’s observations at the Congress. They will be posted on her NYIG YouTube channel.

The New York Institute of Go is launching a new series based on the 2019 US Go Congress on its YouTube channel. The series, featuring Stephanie Yin 1P, is as follows:
-Monday, August 5: 5 Best Moves
-Monday, August 12: Top 5 Mistakes
-Monday, August 19: Pro Game Review. Zhongfan Jian vs Mark Lee
-Monday, August 26: Top 5 Go Fighting Tactics