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It was an interesting night at Go on Wednesday. There is a group of Go players from Japan out here for a Go playing holiday. Along with them turning up, a fair few people from Tuesday showed to play them. (In Brisbane, Wednesday night is when most of the beginners / learners play, Tuesday are the stronger players.) I think that the Japanese guys are all 1 dan and above. Nice stuff.

Earlier on in the evening was pretty good for me. Over the past 6 or so weeks there has been a Wednesday night competition: everyone playing everyone else, with points for wins, ties, losses, etc. I (a bit surprisingly) ended up second on the ladder, earning me a prize - a Go book - "Attack and Defense" by Akira Ishida and James Davies. It seems to be a pretty good - all about the middle game. Will be an interesting read. I was a bit surprise to come so high in the rankings: I thought there were two others who were doing better than me. The first two games I played I got trounced, had 1 bye, one forfeit, and won the last 2 games pretty well (I think). My understanding of Go improved a fair bit during the course of the competition...