American Go E-Journal
June 28, 2010
"Once again, the AGA is looking for eight pairs to play in a knockout tournament, for the right to play at the International Amateur Pair Go Championships in Tokyo, October 14-19," Pair Go Coordinator Allan Abramson announced today...
June 28, 2010
Team Posco Chemtech -- Kang Changbae 2P, Park Yeonghun 9P and Baek Hongsuk 7P -- defeated Team Tbroad in KB League play on June 26. They won three out of their five games, putting them dead even with Team Marble in second place... -…
June 28, 2010
Will Hamilton, a 7th grader at Crane School in, Montecito, CA, scored big with go this year. Students were assigned a Quests Explorations Discoveries (QED) project, which is an "opportunity to explore an interest, embrace a challenge,…
June 28, 2010
Jian Liu 1d topped the NOVA Congress Tune-up Team Competition in Arlington, VA on June 26. The Great Falls Go Club C Team -- Ching-Sung Chin 3k, Jerry Chen 4k and Ethan Hsiao 33k -- won the team competition, a new feature of the…
June 28, 2010
After three weeks of intense competition, the American Go Honor Society (AGHS) has named seventeen members to the US Junior National Team, who will compete in the 2010 Brunei Friendship Games later this week. Six students had earned…
June 28, 2010
The American Go E-Journal’s Congress Team has a few openings left for game recorders, photographers and reporters as we again this year provide wall-to-wall coverage of this year’s 26th annual U.S. Go Congress, live from Colorado…
June 26, 2010
There’s lots to do in and around Colorado Springs besides play go at the upcoming U.S. Go Congress , and Congress organizers are putting together the following sightseeing trips during the traditional Wednesday Day Off: tours of the…
June 26, 2010
"Recognizing our volunteers is so important," says American Go Association President Allan Abramson. "The AGA is a volunteer organization, and we want to publicly recognize those who contribute so much to everyone's playing enjoyment."…
June 26, 2010
In the third round of the 15th GS Caltex Cup, Park Yeonghun 9P defeated Kim Junghyun 2P by resignation Wednesday, June 23, eliminating Junghyun from tournament play. - JustPlayGo
June 26, 2010
Cho U 9P defeated Sakai Hideyuki 7P by resignation in the first round of the 35th Gosei on Thursday, June 24. - JustPlayGo
June 26, 2010
Zhou Ruiyang 5P defeated Kong Jie 9P by 5 points in the second round of the 7th Changqi Cup on Thursday, June 24. - JustPlayGo, based on reports on go4go
June 24, 2010
Carlo Metta 2d won the 2010 Turin Go Tournament, held June 12-13 in Torino, Italy, with a 5-0 record. Alberto Zingoni 4k (4-1) was second, while Mirco Fanti 1k (3-2) was third. In Vienna, Austria, Viktor Lin 5d swept the Alfred…
June 21, 2010
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June 21, 2010
”In chapter 12 of their book 'A Thousand Plateaus- Capitalism and Schizophrenia,'" Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari use go in opposition to chess as a model to begin describing their concept of 'nomadology' (pp.352-53),” writes Marc…
June 20, 2010
Michael Redmond 9P defeated Cho U 9P by half a point in the first round of the 17th Agon Cup on Friday. Stay tuned for more details as they become available. This week’s Member’s Edition of the American Go E-Journal will include…
June 20, 2010
With his fourth-round win in the Honinbo on Friday, Yamashita Keigo 9P has taken a 3-1 lead over Hane Naoki 9P. This would be the first Honinbo title for Yamashita; Hane has held the title for the past two years. The fifth round will be…
June 20, 2010
FINDING MEMBER GAME COMMENTARIES: “I just recently started receiving the AGA journal for members,” writes Denis Pelletier. “The main reason for doing so was for the commented games. How do I go about finding the commented games?” Game…
June 20, 2010
Kyeong-nang Kang 7d swept the 2010 Hungarian International Tournament, going 5-0 at the June 4-6 event in Budapest. Pál Balogh 6d was second and Pavol Lisý 4d took third, both coming in just ahead of long-time teacher Csaba Mérõ 6d,…
June 20, 2010
Frank Janssen 6d was perfect through seven rounds to win the 2010 Dutch Korean Ambassador's Cup, which was held June 12-13 in Delft. Michiel Eijkhout 6d, Willem-Koen Pomstra 5d, and Rudi Verhagen 5d were all 5-2, each having lost to…
June 20, 2010
Mladen Smud 1k swept the four round Bundek Open Go Tournament, held June 12 in Zagreb, Croatia. Vedran Vasiljevic 2d was second, losing only to Smud, while Vigor Grego 1d was third, losing only to Vasiljevic. This was the final…
June 19, 2010
Contested seats in the Eastern and Central regions highlight this year’s AGA Board of Directors election. Andrew Jackson is challenging incumbent Chuck Robbins in the Eastern region while current Central Region board member Roy Schmidt…
June 18, 2010
Lee Changho 9P announced his engagement to Cyberoro reporter Yi Doyun on Tuesday. Miss Yi Doyun is a strong baduk player as well, and the couple said they plan to have between one and three children. - JustPlayGo
June 18, 2010
The opportunity to learn from top professional go players has always been a major attraction of the annual U.S. Go Congress, set this year for July 31 - August 8 in Colorado Springs, CO. This year’s roster of pros includes a very…
June 18, 2010
While top professionals do lose big games now and again, it seems a bit unusual for so many to be struggling at the same time. In the past few weeks, Korean pro Lee Sedol 9P has lost a few important games he was expected to win, and Lee…
June 14, 2010
Yamashita Keigo 9P took a 2-1 lead in the 65th Honinbo Wednesday when he defeated defending title-holder Hane Naoki 9P by resignation. The fourth round will be played on June 17-18. - JustPlayGo
June 14, 2010
"Register for this year's 2010 U.S. Go Congress by midnight June 15 and save $50!" says Congress Director Karen Jordan. Registration for the Congress -- set for July 31 - August 8 in Colorado Springs, CO -- has passed the 250 mark,…
June 14, 2010
Lee Changho's troubles continue to plague him. Playing in the second round of the 15th GS Caltex Cup on Saturday, Kim Junghyun 2P defeated Lee Changho 9P by resignation. - JustPlayGo
June 14, 2010
Zipei Feng 7d took first place in the June 12 Rocky Mountain Spring Go Tournament in Boulder, Colorado.
June 14, 2010
Tang Wenhua 6d claimed top place in the 2010 Santa Monica Coffee Cup’s Espresso Division last Saturday after a tense final-game win over the Santa Monica Go Club's own Yixian Zhou 7d, the 2009 US Open 6d Division winner.
June 14, 2010
Just two weeks remain for nominations to the American Go Association’s Board of Directors. “This is a great opportunity to contribute to the current running and future direction of the AGA,” says President Allan Abramson. Deadline for…