When Vesa Laatikainen was a high school student he bought a book about different games and decided to learn go because it looked attractive.  He enjoyed the different patterns the stones made on the board. He's now been making those patterns for 27 years.  He studies every day — mostly professional games — and when he is at home he goes to the go club in Helsinki twice a week, where there are between 10 and 20 players of varying strengths. He's also enjoying passing along his love for the game to his 10-year-old daughter.

- None Redmond, special correspondent for the E-Journal; photo by John Pinkerton
- American Go E-journal