I have been playing Go since 2006. I learned to play thanks to many helpful players on the KGS Go Server, and have visited Beijing, China on three Go study trips. I was President of the Cambridge University Go Society in 2007 and 2009. My teachers have included professional players Peter Liu, Jack Jin, Ben Hu and Guo Juan.
Highlights of my Go career include becoming British Champion in 2012, and winning the British Open in 2010 and 2012; I was fortunate to represent the United Kingdom at the 6th Korean Prime Minister's Cup International Amateur Baduk Championship, held in Pohang, South Korea in 2011 by kind invitation of the Korean Amateur Baduk Association. I am grateful to have been invited to represent the United Kingdom at the 34th World Amateur Go Championship, in Sendai, Japan, in September 2013, courtesy of the Nihon Ki-in.
I have been awarded the amateur grade of 5 dan by the British Go Association. You can view my European rating graph, and my KGS rating graph.
Here are some games and other materials, in SGF format, for those interested in such things.
Varsity Match, 2013
vs. Yu Tao,
vs. Li Lipei
Oxford, 2013
vs. Toby Manning,
vs. Di Wu,
vs. Li Shen
(position: 2/92)
LOGC, 2012
vs. Francis Roads,
vs. Michael Webster,
vs. Rongrong Zhang,
vs. Vit Brunner,
vs. Kim Ouweleen,
vs. Lukas Kramer,
vs. Volkmar Liebscher
(position: 9/103)
British Championship, 2012
Title match vs. Nick Krempel,
Round 1,
Round 2
(position: 1/2)
Durham, 2012
vs. Rich Bentley,
vs. Boris Mitrovic,
vs. Matt Crosby
(position: 1/19)
Challengers' League, 2012
vs. Nick Krempel,
vs. Dave Ward,
vs. Des Cann,
vs. Francis Roads,
vs. Andrew Simons,
vs. Felix Wang,
vs. Alex Selby
(position: 1/8)
Bracknell, 2012
vs. Alan Thornton,
vs. Christian Scarff,
vs. Tony Atkins
(position: 1/26)
Candidates' League, 2012
vs. Andrew Jones,
vs. Alex Selby,
vs. Henry Manners,
vs. Des Cann,
vs. Felix Wang,
vs. Andrew Simons
(position: 1/22)
British Open, 2012
vs. Jonathan Chin,
vs. Alex Kent,
vs. Jon Diamond,
vs. Simon Shiu,
vs. Andrew Simons,
vs. Malcolm Pang
(position: 1/63)
Arundel, 2012
vs. Toby Manning,
vs. Paul Tabor,
vs. Ian Marsh
(position: 3/22)
Welwyn Garden City, 2012
vs. Paul Taylor,
vs. Andrew Simons,
vs. Alistair Wall
(position: 1/22)
London City, 2012
vs. Alex Rix,
vs. Paul Taylor,
vs. Andrew Simons
(position: 1/37)
Maidenhead, 2012
vs. Dave Ward,
vs. Bei Ge,
vs. Tony Atkins
(position: 4/49)
LOGC, 2011
vs. Matt Crosby,
vs. Mirko Rupel,
vs. Vesa Laatikainen,
vs. Matti Siivola,
vs. Lingjun Miao,
vs. Yunlong Liu,
vs. Youngsam Kim
(position: 4/119)
Coventry, 2011
vs. Alan Thornton,
vs. Tony Atkins,
vs. Matthew Macfadyen
(position: 1/47)
Three Peaks, 2011
vs. David Phillips,
vs. Toby Manning,
vs. Baron Allday,
vs. Matt Cocke,
vs. Dave Ward
(position: 1/38)
Wessex, 2011
vs. Jim Clare,
vs. Richard Hunter,
vs. Yunlong Liu
(position: 2/30)
KPMC IABC, 2011
vs. Tanguy le Calve (France),
vs. Hatime Araki (Morocco),
vs. King Yau Anson Ng (Hong Kong),
vs. Jing Yang (Canada),
vs. Andrej Kralj (Slovenia),
vs. Vorawat Charoensitthisathien (Thailand)
(position: 22/70)
Durham, 2011
vs. Sandy Taylor,
vs. Yuhan Jin,
vs. Alex Kent,
vs. Alan Thornton,
vs. David Philips
(position: 1/42)
Challengers' League, 2011
vs. Matthew Macfadyen,
vs. Wang Hui,
vs. Alan Thornton,
vs. Des Cann,
vs. Nick Krempel,
vs. Alistair Wall,
vs. Will Brooks
(position: 7/8)
Candidates' League, 2011
vs. Michael Webster,
vs. Dave Ward,
vs. Alan Thornton,
vs. Alistair Wall,
vs. Des Cann,
vs. Hui Wang
(position: 1/28)
British Open, 2011
vs. Paul Christie,
vs. Toby Manning,
vs. Richard Hunter,
vs. T Mark Hall,
vs. Chong Han,
vs. Alistair Wall
(position: 2/48)
Cambridge, 2011
vs. Andres Tallos,
vs. Dave Ward,
vs. Phil Beck
(position: 2/36)
Edinburgh Christmas, "2010"
vs. Piotr Wisthal,
vs. Alex Kent,
vs. David Lee,
vs. Bruno Poltronieri
(position: 2/33)
LOGC, 2010
vs. Teemu Rovio,
vs. Chong Han,
vs. Mikko Lappetelainen,
vs. Emeric Lemaire,
vs. Tuomo Salo,
vs. Wei Wang,
vs. Antti Tormanen
(position: 5/99)
Here is a zip containing games, reviews, lectures and problems recorded by myself and other participants.
Here is a zip containing games, reviews, lectures and problems recorded by myself.