Londoners' Life » go http://www.aracelicheca.com/blog Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:41:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 en I’m finally a SDK! http://www.aracelicheca.com/blog/2008/11/im-finally-a-sdk/ http://www.aracelicheca.com/blog/2008/11/im-finally-a-sdk/#comments Sat, 08 Nov 2008 00:47:20 +0000 acheca http://www.aracelicheca.com/blog/?p=60 After four and a half years I am finally a SDK! (Single Digit Kyu, see http://www.emptytriangle.com/archive/39). I know I have a long way to go in order to be shodan, but I can’t avoid feeling so proud for hitting the 10k barrier!

I got stuck at 12k for a long time, without playing all the games in tournaments and feeling very stressed, but this year it has been very different:

  • February: didn’t play Barcelona’s tournament, but got interested in the game again
  • March: played 4 out of 6 rounds in Paris’ tournament; lost all of them and went back to 12k :(
  • April: played Madrid’s tournament; 3 wins and 2 losses, getting back on track…
  • July: European Go Congress (EGC) in Sweden; outstanding result! 5 wins! went up to 10k
  • September: Korean Ambassador Cup in Alicante; 3 wins out of 5, but enough to break the barrier and reach 9k!
  • October: 1st World Mind Sports Games (WMSG); +123 points! 8k!

Thank you to all the people who supported me! I am back on my feet and wanting to test my strength against all of you! Let’s play Go! :)

]]> http://www.aracelicheca.com/blog/2008/11/im-finally-a-sdk/feed/ The competition begins… http://www.aracelicheca.com/blog/2008/10/the-competition-begins/ http://www.aracelicheca.com/blog/2008/10/the-competition-begins/#comments Sat, 11 Oct 2008 04:10:48 +0000 acheca http://www.aracelicheca.com/blog/?p=56 Today the women’s team tournament begins!

We have played the first round so far, against DPR Korea and lost all 3 games :( We are in a tough group, A2, and we’ll do our best!

Let’s hope we’ll have better luck for the following games. Gambarimasu!

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I’ve just uploaded some of the pictures. Enjoy!
http://flickr.com/photos/sheska/sets/72157607789321354/

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