Hello, Dan!
You wrote on Mon, 16 Oct 2006 08:32:11 -0400:

DL> Ken Blake wrote:
??>> Dan Logcher wrote:
??>>>
??>>> Who knows.. but I thought as a Dan I should reply.
??>>
??>> You may not know this, but Go players are ranked as kyus
??>> (lesser players) and dans (better players). A first dan is
??>> the lowest of the dans, second dan is better and so on.
??>>
??>> If you are even a first dan, you're very good. I don't
??>> play in tournaments and have no official rating, but if I
??>> did, I'd be a mid-kyu player.
??>>
??>> Congratulations on your being a dan. ;-)

DL> I had no idea.. I'm a first Dan in my family.

Given the urge to produce rankings and such statistics, it's no
wonder the Japanese like baseball :-)

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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