American Go E-Journal
December 27, 2010
The Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco, Guo, and ZhiQiang, are sponsoring the 2011 Jujo Jiang Tournament. This will be an AGA rated, one day, four round tournament, with prizes in 5 divisions: Open, High Dan, Expert, Intermediate,…
December 23, 2010
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December 23, 2010
"The Path of Go" is now available on Xbox LIVE for 400 Microsoft points ($5).
December 23, 2010
The appearance of go in Tron: Legacy has generated a lot of excitement and email from the go community.
December 20, 2010
This is the last edition of the American Go E-Journal for the year; we’ll be on holiday break for the next two weeks.
December 20, 2010
Open to U.S. players of all levels and featuring a prize purse of nearly $3,000, the new Young Kwon National Online Tournament (YKNOT) is being billed as one of the largest western online go tournaments yet.
December 20, 2010
Over 300 go fans showed up on KGS to watch the future of North American go display their talent at the 3rd US-Canada Youth Friendship Match.
December 20, 2010
Go players and wine-lovers alike are rejoicing that the 2011 European Go Congress – the 55th edition -- will take place in the city of Bordeaux, France from July 23rd to August 6th
December 20, 2010
Third time’s a charm for Iyama Yuta’s Daiwa Cup win. Iyama Yuta 9P (r in photo) was finally able to capture his first Daiwa Cup championship by defeating Cho U 9P (l) by resignation in the 6th Daiwa Cup final; Lee Sedol and Xie He in…
December 20, 2010
Dundee won the top division of the British Go Association’s online League Tournament’s second season...
December 20, 2010
The AGA Board of Directors is forming a committee to seek corporate and institutional support for special events and projects.
December 20, 2010
WEST SURREY HANDICAP : December 4. Despite the snow the tournament happened, a small cosy affair with only 13 entrants and 3 power cuts. It was won by Sue Paterson with 4/4; she beat Jonathan Reece (3/4) in the final round. Also on 3…
December 20, 2010
Go makes a brief appearance in the new movie Tron: Legacy.
December 20, 2010
They knew that go originated in China and that black makes the first move, but the contestants on a recent Jeopardy stumbled on the question of which warrior class emerged in Japan at the same time as go, and all three were stumped by a…
December 19, 2010
Twenty five players ranging from 20 kyu to 4 dan played in the San Francisco Bay Area's December monthly ratings tournament.
December 17, 2010
Three-time U.S. Open champion Myungwan Kim 9P is the latest addition to the E-Journal’s growing roster of contributing professionals and top players.
December 16, 2010
Continuing its 40-odd year practice publishing some of the best go books in English, Kiseido recently brought three new titles to market.
December 16, 2010
Registration is now open for the first-ever Young Kwon National Online Tournament, featuring a prize fund of nearly $3,000. The tournament, sponsored by Young Kwon, will be held online beginning January 22, 2011. “The purpose is to…
December 16, 2010
The AGA Tournament Coordinator team welcomes Dennis Wheeler of Seattle and Yixian Zhou of Los Angeles on board as Assistant National Tournament Coordinators.
December 16, 2010
The Mind Go Club in Israel is sponsoring a “Go on The Go” photo competition.
December 13, 2010
The online North American Fujitsu Cup Qualifier featured exciting games and a few surprising upsets last weekend on KGS.
December 13, 2010
The 3rd US-Canada Youth Friendship Tournament will be held Sunday, December 19, on KGS.
December 13, 2010
China’s Gu Li 9P prevailed against South Korea’s Heo Yeongho 7P to win the 15th Samsung Cup. In the third and final match held December 10, Gu (r in photo) won by resignation to take the title 2-1; Korea’s Choi Cheolhan 9P defeated…
December 13, 2010
Want to be part of the 2011 U.S. Go Congress in Santa Barbara? Volunteer positions are now available, from Registration Volunteers to Tournament Directors.
December 13, 2010
Kyu players: send in your games and you could win a free commentary by popular teacher Guo Juan 5P! Email your game (10k plus; sgf file required) to us at journal@usgo.org with “Guo commentary” in the subject line BY MIDNIGHT DECEMBER…
December 13, 2010
Notice anything unusual about the female go player in the photo at right? Closer inspection reveals that she’s got acupuncture needles in her head. The photos is from the recent Asian Games, an d sources tell us that “Many players on…
December 13, 2010
Despite dire weather warnings, “29 players fearlessly came to the December 11 Chicago Winter Tournament,” reports TD Bob Barber.
December 13, 2010
Won Suh 6d edged out fellow-6-dans James Park and Edward Zhang on tie breaks to take the trophy at the NOVA Slate and Shell Open in Arlington, VA last Saturday, December 11.
December 13, 2010
The Double Jeopardy round of the quiz show Jeopardy for Monday December 13 had go as one of its categories, reports Joel Sanet.
December 13, 2010
The Winter 2010 issue of the GoGoD Database and Encyclopaedia has just been released and sent to subscribers.