baduk ex-insei visits pnw
I was fortunate to host bin7674 during his stay in Seattle. He is a 25-year-old Korean 9-dan ex-insei. It was his first visit to America. I attended all of his 4 lectures at the Seattle Go Center (the first 2 were about higher-level josekis, the second 2 were aimed at kyu players). I also had the pleasure of his beating me during simuls, as well as two personal teaching games. He gave me some good pointers, and encouraged me to play more games and faster.
We also attended three Mariners’ baseball games together. The best one was last Friday when the M’s Washburn shut out the Yankees 3-0.
It was a pleasure getting to know him, although our schedules didn’t always coincide (I work 40-hour weeks and go to bed by 10, while he frequently arrived home around sunrise after a night of beer and karaoke). He was surprised to see so many Koreans here, and thought Seattle should have better mass transit. I hope he returns to this country (maybe for next year’s Go Congress in Portland).