American Go E-Journal
October 20, 2009
Phil Waldron has announced that he’s stepping down as Tournament Coordinator for the American Go Association, effective December 31. “I've had the pleasure of working with you over the past year and a bit, and I will miss that in the…
October 20, 2009
Winston Jen, the same donor who gave the AGA 100 sets of Hikaru no Go , has also donated four popular anime (cartoon) series as prizes for upcoming tournaments. Valued at over $225 retail, the Anime Prize Pack contains 28 DVDs and is…
October 20, 2009
PRO WORKSHOP A BIG HIT IN NORCAL: "We're going to emphasize the 'work' in workshop," Janice Kim 3P proclaimed at the start of her October 10-11 workshop with professional go players Seung-jun Kim 9P and Diana Koszegi 1P. Kim proceeded…
October 20, 2009
"Pandanet has announced changes to the 8th Student Igo Oza Championship," reports Tournament Coordinator Philip Waldron. Rather than asking national go associations like the AGA to run qualifier tournaments, events will now be played…
October 20, 2009
ROMANIA SWEEPS EURO TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS: Catalin Taranu 5P led the Romanian team to crush all their opponents 4-0 in at the European Team championships in Pitesti, Romania on October 9-11. Along with Kido-Cup winner Christian Pop on…
October 20, 2009
HUANG TOPS PORTLAND: Vincent Zhuang took top honors in the Portland Tournament October 17-18. Thirty-three players participated. Winners were: Dan division: Vincent Zhuang (5-0), Jim Levenick (4-1), Zhuang Guozhong (2-3). Single-digit…
October 20, 2009
IYAMA BEATS CHO DECISIVELY TO BECOME YOUNGEST MEIJIN: Challenger Iyama Yuta 8P (right) won Game 5 of the 34th Japanese Meijin to take the title from Cho U 9P with a decisive 4-1 score. At the age of just 20 years and 4 months Iyama also…