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Hello!
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Matti! Could you help me ?
I need some your help.
After coming back to Korea, I have to present about "Everything of Finland Go"
So My question follow like that.
1. Go Population!
2. Go Active member(paid member)
See figure fi.1v.png for the number of active players over the recent years. An active player here means a player, who has participated in a tournament during the last 12 months - and a tournament means a tournament, whose results were sent to EGF (European Go Federation).
3. About Go clubs.... (How do Go players operate ....? )
- There are around 13 more or less official clubs in Finland. The clubs organize one or two club evenings in a week and sometimes tournaments too. There are also players living in cities without any go club. They can meet other go players in the Internet on go servers.
4. Strong player! ( Just please introduce Dan plaryer! )
Top players by rank:
- LAATIKAINEN Vesa 5 dan. Several times Finnish Champion, Nordic Champion and Finnish Kisei. Began to play in xxxx (?).
- SIIVOLA Matti 5 dan. Several times Finnish Champion. Has played for 25 years.
- PAATERO Lauri 3 dan.
- LOUNELA Olli 3 dan. Popular teacher.
- JANTUNEN Kare 3 dan.
- TÖRMÄNEN Antti 3 dan. Junior player from Oulu. Has made impressive progress in a short time.
- PUHA Timo 3 dan.
Top four players have played over 20 years, and have been dan players for a lont time.
Äkkiä kirjoittelin. Laajentakaa paremmin tietävät asiaa.
5. Competitions( Ranking System....)
Ranking system is in Japanese style. First kyu is strong European 1k level, and the following rank is 1 dan. Highest ranks are 5 dan, as above.
Ranks are given by individual players, and higher ranks (say 3 kyu and up) can only be granted by the Ratings board or specially appointed club members who have ranking rights. Reaching 1 dan required consistent results in major tournaments, either international tournaments or Finnish Championship & qualifiers.
6. Education/ Promotion ( for bigginer, children...)
Go education and promotion has been only on volunteer basis because of lack of funds. The game has become popular thanks to the Internet, some media coverage (but rare) and (perhaps) Hikaru no Go. Also, new players often do their best to teach the game to their friends, with some success.
Many of new players are university students, and student clubs are among the biggest clubs.
7. National body ( How does Go Assosiation consist of ? )
(president, Secretary, treasurer, etc....)
The board of Finnish Go Association consist of president, secretary, treasurer, vice president, and other members of the board, not more than 10 all together. The association is a member of both European (EGF) and International (IGF) go federations, coordinates the Finnish Championship tournaments and the Finnish GP tournament series.
8. Go history in Finland.
Helsinki go club was founded around 1978. Ten players participated in the first Finnish championship played in 1981. The Finnish Go Association was founded in 1987. At that time other clubs were starting to appear more actively.
During the 90's, new clubs were started gradually and number of players increased slowly. There began to be need for a separate qualification tournament before the main championship tournament.
Significant increase in players started around 2000. In 2000, 33 players played in the qualification tournament, and in 2004, 42 players.
9. About Go Magazin in Finland
Fifteen numbers of Sente magazine was published during 1986 - 2000. After that, Vesa Laatikainen, the author of Sente, has published more go essays in the Internet. There is also the Nordic Go magazine (Nordisk GoBlad
), which is published in the Internet.
Currently most active forum in Finland is Go Wiki.
10. Go tournement (in Finland)
kopio turnauskalenterista tähän?
- In recent years, there has been about 15 national tournaments that have been organized regularly every year. In addition, many clubs have held local championship tournaments or ranking tournaments.
And Could you send me some picture related Go ????
- Ajattelin pistää tämän kuvan: http://pieni.net/~thirsima/photos/2003-kanikutonen/pg_0014.html
I wait your response!
Sorry for my requesting...
I have to finish my work within a week.
Take care
Greetings Seong Keun!!
Teemu Hirsimäki: Mä voin vaikka lähettää tiedot torstaina (24.3.) illalla Seong Keunille. Lisäilkää vapaasti juttua aina siihen asti.
Teemu Hirsimäki: Tässä viesti jonka aion lähettää. Pikaiset korjaukset ehtivät vielä mukaan.
1. Go Population!
It is not easy to estimate the number of players that do not participate activaly in tournaments, but a good estimate of Finnish go population might be around 1000 persons.
2. Go Active member(paid member)
In 2004, there were 117 paid members in Finnish Go Association.
3. Go clubs
There are 13 more or less official clubs in Finland. The clubs organize one or two club evenings in a week and sometimes tournaments too. There are also players living in cities without any official go club. They can meet other go players in the Internet on go servers.
4. Strongest players
Top 7 players by rank:
- LAATIKAINEN Vesa 5 dan. Several times Finnish Champion, Nordic Champion and Finnish Kisei.
- SIIVOLA Matti 5 dan. Several times Finnish Champion.
- PAATERO Lauri 3 dan. The author of the GoWrite computer program.
- LOUNELA Olli 3 dan. A popular teacher in Finland.
- JANTUNEN Kare 3 dan.
- TÖRMÄNEN Antti 3 dan. A junior player from Oulu. He has made impressive progress in a short time.
- PUHA Timo 3 dan.
Top four players have played over 20 years, and have been dan players for a long time.
5. Competitions and the ranking system
Ranking system is in Japanese style: from 30 kyu to 1 kyu and then from 1 dan to higher dan levels. On lower kyu ranks, clubs are responsible for the ranks of the club members. Higher ranks (about 3 kyu and up) are usually granted by the ratings committee or specially appointed club members who have ranking rights. Reaching dan levels require consistent results in major tournaments, either international tournaments or Finnish Championship & qualifiers.
6. Education and promotion
Go education and promotion has been only on volunteer basis because of lack of funds. The game has become popular thanks to the Internet, some media coverage (but rare) and (perhaps) Hikaru no Go. Also, new players often do their best to teach the game to their friends, with some success. Clubs organize beginner's courses now and then. Many of new players are university students, and student clubs are among the biggest clubs.
7. Finnish Go Association
The board of Finnish Go Association consist of president, secretary, treasurer, vice president, and other members of the board, not more than 10 all together. The association is a member of both European (EGF) and International (IGF) go federations, coordinates the Finnish Championship tournaments and the Finnish GP tournament series.
8. Go history in Finland.
Helsinki go club was founded around 1978. Ten players participated in the first Finnish championship played in 1981. The Finnish Go Association was founded in 1987. At that time other clubs were starting to appear more actively.
During the 90's, new clubs were started gradually and number of players increased slowly. There began to be need for a separate qualification tournament before the main championship tournament. Significant increase in players started around 2000. New clubs were founded and, during 2004, over 200 players participated in tournaments.
9. Finnish Go Magazines
Fifteen numbers of Sente magazine was published during 1986 - 2000. After that, Vesa Laatikainen, the author of Sente, has published more go essays in the Internet. There is also the Nordic Go magazine (Nordisk GoBlad), which is published in the Internet. Currently most active net forum in Finland is the Finnish GoWiki http://www.suomigo.net/
10. Go tournements in Finland
In recent years, there has been about 15 national tournaments that have been organized regularly every year. In addition, many clubs have held local championship tournaments or ranking tournaments.
A photo from "Kanikutonen 2003" tournament can be downloaded from http://iki.fi/thirsima/photos/2003-kanikutonen/sized/aaq.jpg
