(;FF[4]
GM[1]
DT[2016-07-06]
PC[OGS: http://online-go.com/game/5748072]
PB[ahd]
PW[vege]
BR[10k]
WR[1d]
CP[online-go.com]
RE[W+43.5]
SZ[19]
KM[6.5]
RU[japanese]
C[vege: hi. have a good game
ahd: *cheerful wave is cheerful*
]
;B[dd]
;W[pc]
C[vege: we haven't played in a while! :D
ahd: aye, well. i won't be heading down south until either the Korean Ambassadors' Cup or the Nationals.
ahd: so i'd better make the most of this opportunity. (:
]
;B[cq]
C[vege: I've been living in the us for two years so haven't really been around til now anyway
]
;W[pq]
C[ahd: are you back in australia now or are you playing from The Other Time Zone?
]
;B[qo]
C[vege: yeh, back in melbourne now. last year i played in The Other Time Zone... it was pretty terrible
]
;W[pk]
C[vege: (the time zone, not the go part)
ahd: oh, good. another reason not to be promoted past 1k before heading down to melbourne for the national championships in december. (:
]
;B[gp]
;W[fc]
;B[dj]
C[vege: haha, i don't know that i've done any improving... you might want to play me :P
]
;W[cf]
C[ahd: *eyes board position*
ahd: *looks up at opponent skeptically*
ahd: *eyes board position again*
]
;B[ee]
;W[cc]
;B[cd]
;W[dc]
;B[df]
;W[bd]
;B[np]
;W[po]
;B[pp]
;W[op]
;B[qp]
;W[oq]
;B[nq]
;W[no]
;B[mo]
;W[mn]
;B[nn]
;W[oo]
;B[lo]
;W[nm]
C[ahd: is it true, this rumour of four go clubs in Melbourne?
]
;B[ql]
;W[qk]
;B[pn]
C[vege: i don't know.. i haven't really checked out the go scene... i think spgo has sort of died though
ahd: it died
ahd: and then there was this sort of lightning bolt and mad laughter
]
;W[pm]
C[ahd: and then it lurched upright from the slab
]
;B[qn]
C[vege: and i don't think the so called "melbourne city go club" ever took off really
]
;W[on]
C[vege: but i think there might be two others?
ahd: doesn't look like it did take off.
ahd: but i'm getting reports via reddit of three
ahd: the victorian go club and two others meeting in the city itself.
vege: hmm
ahd: in places with alcohol
vege: it could just be some people catching up to play
]
;B[qq]
C[ahd: that's about all you need.
ahd: well, and a mailing list.
ahd: think i might turn up a few days early and stalk the streets of the city, noting down the habits of the quaint local native go players.
]
;W[lq]
C[vege: let me know when you do. hopefully by then i've found a place to live that's close-ish to the city
]
;B[jp]
;W[nr]
;B[kq]
;W[pf]
;B[pd]
;W[qd]
;B[od]
;W[oc]
;B[nd]
;W[nc]
C[ahd: oh, that's right, never too early to start laying mantraps:
ahd: so, how's your pair go?
]
;B[mc]
C[vege: i played some pair go in the us. my partner was usually a beginner :)
]
;W[qc]
;B[cg]
;W[bf]
C[ahd: so, they're having an actual pair go tournament at the Australian Go Congress next year.
ahd: between now and then I want to have an evening pair go comp at the Nationals, to see if I can get pairs to come out of the woodwork.
]
;B[bg]
;W[md]
;B[me]
;W[ld]
;B[nf]
;W[le]
;B[lf]
C[ahd: i suppose my slogan will have to be "humour me about the pair go, or I'll break out the four colour go set"
]
;W[kf]
;B[ke]
;W[lc]
C[vege: cool. how will rankings for pairs work? 
vege: or will they be non-handicap games?
ahd: average rank of the partners is the rank of the pair
ahd: handicapped, probably
ahd: two, maybe three rounds
ahd: if we have more than 8 pairs in australia i will pause to happy dance before devising a more nuanced scheme
]
;B[kg]
;W[jf]
C[vege: haha  fair enough
]
;B[jg]
;W[je]
;B[do]
;W[lg]
;B[mf]
;W[lh]
;B[oh]
;W[ig]
;B[jh]
;W[ki]
;B[ih]
;W[nh]
C[ahd: so keep an eye out for a female player stronger than you (:
]
;B[og]
;W[ni]
;B[qe]
;W[pe]
;B[of]
;W[oe]
;B[hg]
;W[km]
;B[jm]
;W[jl]
;B[im]
;W[il]
;B[hl]
;W[kn]
;B[lp]
;W[in]
;B[hn]
;W[io]
;B[hp]
C[vege: ah so mixed pairs?
ahd: ideally
ahd: a lot of the point of organising tournaments is to force us to think about these and make sensible default decisions
ahd: so there was a pairs at the last Nationals in Brisbane, and a pairs at the 2016 Australian Go Congress in Sydney
ahd: *hefts four-colour go set menacingly*
]
;W[lr]
;B[kr]
;W[ij]
;B[hj]
;W[hk]
;B[gk]
;W[ik]
;B[gj]
;W[ge]
;B[ie]
;W[jd]
;B[if]
;W[id]
;B[fd]
;W[gd]
;B[ec]
;W[eb]
;B[ed]
;W[cb]
;B[gf]
;W[rl]
;B[qm]
;W[rm]
;B[rn]
;W[qr]
;B[rr]
;W[ps]
;B[rs]
;W[ks]
;B[js]
;W[ls]
;B[ir]
C[ahd: yay! gote!
]
;W[ko]
;B[kp]
;W[ho]
;B[go]
;W[ag]
;B[ah]
;W[af]
;B[bi]
;W[gc]
;B[pl]
;W[ol]
;B[ok]
;W[oj]
;B[nk]
;W[pi]
C[ahd: Hmm.
]
;B[rj]
;W[rk]
;B[qf]
;W[pg]
;B[qg]
;W[ph]
;B[ri]
;W[qh]
;B[rh]
;W[re]
;B[ce]
;W[be]
;B[fe]
;W[sn]
;B[so]
;W[sm]
;B[rp]
;W[ip]
;B[iq]
;W[he]
;B[ln]
;W[lm]
;B[om]
;W[nl]
;B[pm]
;W[ii]
;B[hi]
;W[hf]
;B[gg]
;W[ig]
;B[ji]
;W[jj]
;B[kj]
;W[kk]
;B[lj]
;W[li]
;B[qs]
;W[pr]
;B[hm]
;W[mq]
;B[mp]
;W[if]
;B[hh]
;W[jo]
;B[]
;W[]
C[ahd: in conclusion: aargh.
vege: Thanks for the game
ahd: likewise. that was fun.
ahd: i'll put the result directly in. (:
vege: yep! great thanks
]
)