Missing the generous Yuans: “The Go community will miss the Yuans (Yutopian to close, offering discounts and seeking potential successor),” writes Noni Redmond. “There was no one more generous than they were. When we were running the young people’s go congress and I was looking for prizes for the many youth tournaments that were being run the Yuans would ALWAYS, always come forward with generous gifts for the winners. I loved their Congress store just as much as I loved them. Thank you Yuan family I shall not forget you.”
Remembering Ogawa Tomoko: “Ogawa Tomoko was one of the three Japanese pro visitors to NYC in the 60’s, (In Memoriam: Ogawa Tomoko 6P)” writes Richard Dolen. “In their kimonos they made a wonderful impression. I played her then, and she was very kind to American players when they visited Japan.”
Explaining the sigma expansion rate: “The 11/09/2019 issue (AGA July Board minutes, Nov. agenda posted) states that at the AGA’s July 19th board meeting, the board ‘moved to double the sigma expansion rate’ for ratings,” writes Frank Brown. “Curious about what this means.”
If you play a lot of games, you will see less of an impact of the change. However if you go for long periods of time between games, for example only play at Congress, you will see more of an impact. If you haven’t played a game for a long while, you will see more of a change in your rating based on your game results when you do play, since your rating may more likely have changed over longer periods of time.
