On Thu, 2008-09-04 at 17:09 +0100, Nick Wedd wrote: > As for "1 dan being a kind of holy grail": > The Ing prize, worth over US$1,000,000, was for beating inseis, that > is > trainee professionals, who would have a strength of around amateur 7 > dan > or maybe slightly below. So "beating a [pro] 1-dan" became a target. > This has been misunderstood by some as "amateur 1-dan".
I never associated the Ing prize with this goal of achieving 1 dan. Probably any milestone easily expressed becomes a kind of "holy grail" but I cannot read peoples minds. In my own mind it seems to me that most guns have been aimed at getting out of the beginner kyu ranks. But of course, as I mentioned, most of this cannot be pinned down accurately. At any point in time, I imagine that most people are focused primarily on the next milestone. If we reach 1d amateur, surely the focus will shift to 1d professional, then beating the world champion, etc. - Don _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
