American Go E-Journal
March 29, 2010
Korea’s Lee Sedol 9P (r) will play China’s Chang Hao 9P in the BC Card Cup finals. Lee defeated Kim Kiyoung 5P on Saturday and Chang defeated Park Junghwan 7P on Sunday. Last year’s first BC Card Cup title match favored China, with Gu…
March 29, 2010
Just in time for Passover, Shavit Fragman has posted several go items related to the Jewish holiday, including The Go Seder (Pessach) Plate, a Happy Pessach (Passover) card and Let My People GO - New findings on GO Baduk Weiqi history,…
March 29, 2010
HWANG TOPS SHUSAKU CUP IN ROMANIA: Hwang In-Seong 8d, undefeated in six rounds, swept a very strong field at the Shusaku Cup in Tirgu Mures, Romania March 26-28. Next were Catalin Taranu 7d, Ilya Shjiksin 7d and Christian Pop 7d, atop a…
March 29, 2010
Lee Changho Wins Kuksu : It took Lee Changho 9P just 145 moves to wrap up his Kuksu title win on March 23. Lee defeated Hong Kipyo 4P by resignation in the fourth game of the 53rd Kuksu to handily win the series 3-1. This is the 10th…
March 29, 2010
The deadline for the World Youth Goe Championships (WYGC) qualifier is now March 30th. The qualifier will be held on April 3rd, and the finals on April 10th and 11th. The winners in each bracket will go on to compete at the WYGC in…
March 29, 2010
In last week’s report on the recent the 2010 Pair Go World Cup (China’s Song/Xie Win Pair Go World Cup, 3/22 EJ), we failed to mention that U.S. pair Yun Feng and Jie Li were defeated in the first round of the 4 million yen championship…
March 29, 2010
Recruiting has begun for a new tournament, the Wisonet Go Cup. A “slow go” event – 2.5 hours basic time per player plus overtime – the Wisonet is requiring a minimum rating of 1-dan and will select a field of up to 32 players from those…
March 29, 2010
Strong players in the U.S., Canada and Mexico are invited to register for the Strong Player's Online Tournament (SPOT1). a new online tournament with $1,500 in cash prizes organized by the American Go Association. “This tournament will…
March 29, 2010
After two weeks of intense competition, California teams have trounced the competition, leading many of the standings. In the Open Division, Redwood Shores GC and Orange County GC are holding onto the top spots for the Golden State, but…
March 29, 2010
Meadowdale High School’s "Team Lightning" from Lynnwood, Washington won the 8th annual Iwamoto School Team Tournament at the Seattle Go Center, winning all of their games but one to best two other teams. First board: Cesar Serra, 2nd:…
March 29, 2010
Suen Guy 6k from Korea, a senior at Iowa State University studying electrical engineering, won first place and the All-Iowa Go Cup during the Iowa Go Tournament on March 27 in Ames, Iowa. Returning Iowa Go Tournament champion Louis…
March 29, 2010
North America’s Mingjiu Jiang 7P was eliminated in the first round of the Chunlan Cup on Saturday in Beijing, China, as was Europe’s Csaba Mero 6d. After the second round on Sunday, the field was down to eight: Heo Yeongho 7P, Kong Jie…
March 22, 2010
RAMON RULES BELGIUM : With ruling champion Lukas Neirlinck absent from the Belgian championship, François Gonze looked to be the heir apparent, comfortably leading the round-robin field 7-0. But a hungry Jan Ramon defeated Gonze in…
March 22, 2010
LOCKHART & XIONG WIN BOSTON YOUTH : Ben Lockhart 5d from New York City won the Senior Division and defending champion Kevin Xiong won the Junior Division again at the 4th annual GBCCA Youth Go Tournament and US Youth Go Championship…
March 22, 2010
LEE CHANGHO TAKES 2-1 LEAD IN KUKSU : Lee Changho 9P defeated Hong Kipyo 4P by resignation Friday in Round 3 of the 53th Kuksu title match to take a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five match; Hong had tied the match at 1-1 last Wednesday.…
March 15, 2010
CORRECTIONS : The photo in last week’s report on the Bosnian tournament (SIMEUNOVIC SWEEPS SAMAC 3/8 EJ) was not of winner Zoran Simeunovic 5d, but of Rado Babic 12k, who uploaded the tourney results. Also, the photo of under-16…
March 15, 2010
BLITZED IN AMSTERDAM : The next round in the Amsterdam Blitz Championships is this Thursday, March 18 ("A" on the map ; the next day is Queen's Day in Holland, when Amsterdam turns into one big party. The club will be open all day and…
March 15, 2010
LEE CHANGHO OVERCOMES ODDS TO CLINCH NONGSHIM CUP : Lee Changho 9P, the last player on the Korean team, overcame a rough flight and three top opponents to win the Nongshim Cup title on March 12. “Lee Changho’s condition is not good”…
March 15, 2010
QU SWEEPS NORCAL TOURNEY : Larry Qu 7k topped the Bay Area Go Players Association monthly ratings tournament in Palo Alto, CA on March 6, finishing with a perfect 5-0 record. In the Dan division, Bogdan Dobrescu 5d, Lucas Baker 3d,…
March 15, 2010
FINDING CLUBS IN CT & NYC : “I visited your website to see whether there is any go community in NY City or Connecticut,” writes reader Toshi Bekku. “If there are, do you have their contact information?” Click here to find local clubs…
March 8, 2010
MARIGO RECLAIMS ITALIAN TITLE : Francesco Marigo 4d from Milano regained his Italian title, when he defeated opponent Carlo Metta 1k in his hometown Pisa twice and took the 2009 title (the first game was held last year) 3-0 on Friday,…
March 8, 2010
LEE CHANGHO WINS KBS CUP : Lee Changho 9P notched his 11th KBS Cup title win on March 4, defeated Kang Dongyun 9P by resignation to win the title 2-0. This is Lee’s first title win of the year. CHO U WINS GAME 1 IN JUDAN : Cho U (Judan)…
March 8, 2010
MILLING, BOEHEM & HADDAD TOP AUSTIN WILDFLOWER CLASSIC : Chris Milling 4k, William Boehem 9k and Geoffrey Haddad 20k shared top honors at the March 6 Wildflower Classic in Austin, TX. The three emerged undefeated 4-0 to top the…