U.S. Go Congress kicks off @ Millersville
Go players of all ages and stripes descended on Millersville University campus last night, including A and I who arrived around midnite. A fierce three-hour thunderstorm kept many attendees up during the wee hours.
This morning’s round one of the six-round U.S. Open tournament followed tradition by starting over an hour late. After a nice start, a bad decision cost me my first tournament game by resignation.
After lunch I attended Juan Guo’s review of kyu games; she was entertaining as always. Pointing to a group of black stones in the middle of the board Guo asked the audience ‘How do you kill a fish?’…the answer was, ‘not with your hands, but with a net’.
It seemed so wonderful, but then…as the go players advanced to the cafeteria for supper, who should arrive ahead of them but zillions of highschool cheerleaders. The go players were totally outnumbered. An ignonimous moment, but is it prescient?