Bob Scantlebury

I am from the north (Rochdale) and learned to play Go in 1975 at the age of 18 from my brother Stuart who was a board game fanatic. I went up to Oxford (Biochemistry) in the same year, but did not pursue Go as much as rowing (and drinking of course!). I went down in 1979 when I took up Go again in Manchester after starting work as a software developer (CAP – anyone heard of them?).

I was posted to London where my Go career took off and I reached the dizzy heights of 6 kyu in about 1982. Then things went quiet and I didn’t take up Go again until 2003 (after many adventures) when I started playing with a friend again in Manchester. I have only just managed to reclaim being a 6 kyu in the modern era.

I am single, retired and now living in the Peak District (Chinley) after spending four years in Sheffield where I became editor of the BGJ for five years in 2014. The nearest Go Club is Manchester but I plan to start one here in High Peak. Interests include philosophy, Zen, temperance, walking and counselling (I was a psychotherapist in my spare time).

May 2025