Korean insei Na Hyun beat 2 top professionals straight!
I've read this on 9dan.com. This 11 year old kid is really good at go. I find it amazing that he can beat two professionals back to back. I'm so weak that he could probably crush me easily even with a 9 stone handicap.
I'm looking at a goal of 1 dan by July in the very earliest, by January by the latest. This article made me realize that despite that jump in strength, I still would be tremendously weak against professionals and inseis.
So I'm asking myself, "Can I play on a competitive level someday?" Perhaps, most likely not, but I think I should give it a shot. I learned the game a few years ago, but I never played consistently enough to have steady progress. However, even if I practice every day, I wonder if that's enough.
Well, I should probably walking on my road to shodan, than just sitting around thinking about it... Away I go!
David Dang
Solving go problems
11 years ago
Shodan is a great first goal. Good luck on your aggressive timetable.
ReplyDeleteI'm hoping to make it to shodan (well, KGS 1d; Marcus316 is my KGS handle) by the end of 2010. I don't have as much time to play as I'd like, though.