American Go E-Journal
Browse the public E-Journal from November 2008 through March 2021. This is a static historical copy.
March 20, 2021
by Ted Terpstra For the tenth year in a row, the San Diego Go Club has taught Go to interested people attending the annual Japanese Friendship Garden's Cherry Blossom Festival in Balboa Park in San Diego. Thousands streamed through the…
March 16, 2021
Color Go Server, a brand new Go server geared towards beginners, promises to inject a little fun and a lot of learning into beginner play. The programming includes basic Go server features, allowing players to play, watch and review…
March 15, 2021
By William Cobb I was thinking about taoism the other day (such things are a consequence of studying and teaching Eastern philosophy for many years) and realized that it offers a hint of what I might say to readers who are unhappy about…
March 15, 2021
"I’m writing to ask if there will be any go tournaments in the near future?" writes David. "I recently got back into the game after watching the AlphaGo documentary, and I’d like to participate in a legit tournament before deciding…
March 11, 2021
The AGA Board of Directors is meeting this Sunday, March 14th at 8pm EDT/5pm PDT, later the same day of the daylight savings time change. The agenda for the meeting can be found here , and agenda and minutes for past meetings can be…
March 7, 2021
Diego Albuja of Ecuador, Paola Sarmiento of Colombia, and Sid Avila of México invite players of all the countries of the Americas and the Caribbean to take part in the Liga Panamericana de Go por Equipos Sub 18 “SIRIO” (U18 Pan-American…
March 5, 2021
by John Power, Japan correspondent for the E-Journal Takemiya wins 1200 games On Jan. 14, Takemiya Masaki 9P (W) beat Hara Sachiko 4P by resig. in a game in the First Tournament (= preliminary) of the 46th Kisei tournament. This made…
March 5, 2021
On February 21, the Eastern Youth Open (EYO) tournament, hosted by New York Go Association, took place online on KGS due to the pandemic. Eighty youth players of all different levels from across North America participated. After 4…
March 5, 2021
Registration is now open for the 2021 San Diego Go Championship hosted by the San Diego Go Club. This will be the 10th annual San Diego city championship. In 2019, the Open section featured one player with a rating of 10 dan - who…
March 5, 2021
The North American Go Federation (NAGF) has announced its intention to certify one new professional player through a Pro Qualification tournament this Summer at the National Go Center in Washington D.C. Any player who is eligible and…
March 4, 2021
by John Power, Japan correspondent for the E-Journal Meijin League After three rounds of the 46th Meijin League, Ichiriki Ryo holds the provisional lead on 3-0, but Hane Naoki, on 2-0, is also undefeated. Shibano, the previous Meijin,…
March 3, 2021
by John Power, Japan correspondent for the E-Journal Kyo to challenge for Judan title Kyo Kagen The play-off to decide the challenger for the 59th Judan title, held by Shibano Toramaru, was held at the Nihon Ki-in in Tokyo on Jan. 28.…
March 1, 2021
Kim Eunji 2p's AI cheating incident Thirteen-year-old professional Go player Kim Eun-ji was suspended from competing for one year in late November after she admitted to using artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance her gameplay in an…
March 1, 2021
The AGA is regularly asked for new chapters around the country. These are the newly registered chapters from February 2021: Midway Go Club - We are located in Chicago with meetings upcoming. They are Online for now. Will be at the…
March 1, 2021
by John Power, Japan correspondent for the E-Journal Ueno wins Women’s Kisei Ueno Asami Ueno Asami, who is still a teenager (she turned 19 on October 26) has confirmed her ranking as the number two woman player in Japan by becoming a…
February 27, 2021
by Fred Baldwin William Cobb’s reflections on taking time to think about Go moves ( Empty Board , 2/17) prompted me to, well, think. I share his feelings about “speed” or “blitz” Go. If you enjoy it, fine, but it’s not my thing and…
February 27, 2021
by John Power, Japan correspondent for the E-Journal Legends Yoda (l) & Kobayashi (r) Korea wins Go Legends National Competition This is a special event that was held in January in conjunction with the 22nd Nong Shim Cup. It pitted…
February 27, 2021
Registration is open again for the New York Go League! Now in its sixth iteration, players can expect to play one round robin game per week with players of similar rank over the two-month league. The organizers continue to hope that…
February 26, 2021
Bob Bacon reports that earlier this month, several Chinese news organizations such as Xinhua Net and SINA English reported that the People's Publishing House and the Chinese Weiqi Association have jointly published the Chinese-English…
February 26, 2021
From 2016 to 2020, there were five consecutive South Central Go Tournaments held in Dallas over the weekend preceding Presidents’ Day. In 2021, because the pandemic rendered in person play unsafe, the tournament was held online February…
February 25, 2021
by John Power, Japan correspondent for the E-Journal New restrictions on players As of Jan. 1, new rules came in effect at all three branches of the Nihon Ki-in limiting the freedom of players in order to insure no one resorts to help…
February 22, 2021
According to AI analysis, cooler areas of the board are lower priorities for play, but when Audrey Wang and Milan Mladenović took to the icy waters of Walden Pond for a game last Saturday, it was a real challenge finding hotspots.…
February 22, 2021
The AGA is looking for someone to help with our Drupal upgrade. We are looking to take our install to Drupal 9 and make it more efficient. You can help drive the look of the AGA's web presence to the world. The AGA Website is visited by…
February 22, 2021
The Spanish translation of the Multilingual Go Book Project's book joins the already existing English, French and Greek translations and is now available. This is yet another step in the project's goal of making Go content more…
February 21, 2021
by John Power, Japan correspondent for the E-Journal This reports focuses on the players with the best performances in various categories last year. Most wins Because of a multiple tie for 9th place, the top ten is actually the top…
February 21, 2021
“‘Blitz’ Go is not appealing to me,” Michael Ryan writes in agreement with Bill Cobb ( Empty Board 2/17) . “I have always thought that speed chess and blitz Go are regressive activities, encouraging some of the least thoughtful aspects…
February 19, 2021
The first episode of Counterpart has J. K. Simmons’ character Howard Silk playing go twice, taking black against the same opponent/friend, and losing both times. The board positions look realistic. - Howard A. Landman
February 19, 2021
Taisha joseki with shell and slate and Bill Saltman's board. Stones from Solomon Smilack .
February 19, 2021
Edward Zhang 6d won Virginia State Championship finals over the holidays and is now the current Virginia State Champ with Qingbo Zhang 5d runner up for the second year in a row. The four competitors in the two-round knockout final won…
February 17, 2021
By William Cobb Have you ever tried to do something really fast? I can think of several things I would want to do as fast as possible: spit out something that tastes really bad, get out of a house that is on fire, run in a race, get out…