One extended Go lesson with PS 110 Kindergarten father David Mechner


Item Number: E2

Time Left: CLOSED

Value: Priceless

Online Close: Mar 6, 2008 5:00 PM EST

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Description

Go, the classic strategy game from Japan, is one of the most challenging "easy" games in the world. The object of the game is to capture as much territory as possible. The rules are simple; beginners can learn the whole game in minutes and then spend the rest of their lives trying to master it! So why not study this easy-to-learn, impossible-to-master. 4,000-year-old Chinese game with a bona fide master, whose daughter has recently attended PS 110. As a 6-dan Go player, David is, get this, among the highest-ranked American Go players. He will also give the winner a beginning Go book.David lives in the East Village, and arrangements will be made to find suitable meeting spot.

This opportunity is a rare one. Less then 300 players are world-ranked, and almost all ranked players live in Japan or Korea.

David was a student of professional player Janice Kim (then 1-dan) and later an insei in Japan, studying under Oeda Yusuke (9-dan).

 

Solicited by Laurie Gwen Shapiro

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