Herman qualifies for Dutch Go Championships
Last weekend, Herman qualified to participate in the Dutch Go Championships in Jan 2012. This will be the third time in a row he is competing in this tournament, the highest-level national tournament. The qualifiers, called Indis, were played over eight matches, in two weekends in October. Herman scored a total of 5 points, which got him the sixth place and a ticket to the championships, so yay! More details and results can be found on the Indis website.
Herman's sister and I visited between matches on Sunday, showing our support and showing off Herman's little niece to the go-ers. A plan to have the baby cry loudly next to Herman's opponents wat vetoed on the basis that this would be distracting for Herman as well :-) Plans were also made to get little Fenna to professional-level go player by starting her immediately on go lessons, but since she is now just under two months old, it was decided that maybe we should wait a little longer.