American Go E-Journal
October 31, 2010
Sunday October 31st is the last day to register the N.A. BC Card Cup. The Cup winner will be fully sponsored to go to Korea and represent the U.S. in the main qualifier event in January 2011. The qualifier tournament will be on KGS…
October 31, 2010
Exciting new research on the effect of go in the social sciences were among the presentations at the 7th International Conference on Baduk (ICOB) in South Korea on October 24.
October 31, 2010
Roger Strain topped the field of 16 players, going undefeated 4-0 at the 4th annual Cicadas Sing tournament Saturday, October 30 in Austin, Texas. Four players tied for 2nd place at 3-1: John Zhang, Tracey Su, John Ruder, Peter…
October 26, 2010
Nicholas Jhirad took top honors in the Portland Tournament, held October 23-24 at Lewis & Clark College. 29 players participated in the 5-round tournament, directed by Peter Drake. Winner’s Report: Dan: 1st: Nicholas Jhirad; 2nd:…
October 24, 2010
Dahzi Xu 5D won The NY Go Center's "Falling Leaves" tournament last Saturday, October 23, directed by Boris Bernadsky. Runners-up were David Shainok 2D and Mohammed Saqif Noor, a 10-year-old 10K with pro aspirations...
October 24, 2010
“As we all know, practicing your reading is one of the best ways to get stronger,” writes programmer Tim Kington. “To that end, the popular program GoGrinder has just been released for iPhone and iPod Touch. Now you can have thousands…
October 24, 2010
The Many Faces of Go iPad app, “Igowin HD” is now available in the iTunes app store. The app plays with an adjustable AI strength ranging from 18 kyu to the full-strength Many Faces of Go engine of “about 1 dan on 9x9 and about 3 kyu…
October 24, 2010
Go Kinect : A mini go board and stones appears in the very first scene of the October 19 TV ad launching Kinect for Xbox 360 (Paul Barchilon) TechCrunching Go : The major tech blog TechCrunch recently featured a website called Go vs Go…
October 24, 2010
Are you just finding out that ‘Killer Of Go” Sakata Eio died last Thursday? Or that there’s still time to sign up for the upcoming workshops with Tadashi Sasaki 8P? Switch your E-Journal subscription to get the EJ whenever news is…
October 24, 2010
A longtime contributor to the American Go E-Journal , former insei Kazunari Furuyama has returned with his popular EJ column, now in sgf files and re-named Lessons with Kaz. Kaz co-authored Kiseido’s Get Strong at Joseki , volumes 2 and…
October 24, 2010
Click here for details of forthcoming UK tournaments . SHREWSBURY , 2 October. Charles Fisher and his brother Freddie won half of the prizes at Shrewsbury. Charles, 1 dan London, was the event winner, beating the organiser, Gerry…
October 24, 2010
The Return of the Elegant Hedgehog: “I suppose that by now, everyone knows that in the recent best selling book The Elegance of the Hedgehog there is a mention of the game go as well as Hikaru No Go and The Girl Who Played Go ,” writes…
October 24, 2010
Triad North Carolinians wanting to socialize and get together for live action in wonderful surroundings can meet with us from 6-10p, Monday nights at the Border's Book store in Winston-Salem. Beginners to dan players always welcome for…
October 24, 2010
Xie He 7P defeated both Lee Sedol 9P and Japan’s Sakai Hideyuki 8P last week in rounds three and four of the 12th Nongshim Cup. Both games were won by resignation, giving China the first stage in this three stage international…
October 24, 2010
The Cyprus Go Championship is set for November 20-21. The venue will be the new ESOBGA club house, in the same premises where the old club house used to be. Argyris Fellas 3k is in Korea to represent Cyprus in the 5th Korea Prime…
October 24, 2010
The Miami Go Club has migrated down the street to the café of the Barnes & Noble bookstore at Loehman's Plaza in North Miami. The club was displaced when its former home at Borders closed ( MIAMI GO CLUB MARKS “END OF AN ERA 10/18).…
October 24, 2010
Jie Liang, the U.S. representative to the Korean Prime Minister's Cup, finished in fourth place with a 6-1 record, reported American Go Association President Allan Abramson…
October 23, 2010
The legendary Sakata Eio 9P died Thursday, October 21 at the age of 90. Perhaps best-known in the West as the author of the indispensable Killer of Go , Sakata -- nicknamed "The Razor" -- became a professional go player in 1935. In his…
October 23, 2010
What if you had the chance to play tennis with Andy Roddick? Or have Lebron James critique your basketball game? Go players in Northern California will have such an opportunity the first weekend of November when Tadashi Sasaki 8P of the…
October 18, 2010
Three players from Korea and one from China advanced to the Samsung Cup semi-finals. In second round play on October 14, Kim Jiseok 7P, Park Junghwan 8P, and Heo Yeongho 7P of Korea and Gu Li 9P of China advanced to the semi-finals. …
October 18, 2010
"The Borders bookstore where we have met for the last 15 years or so has closed its doors permanently, another victim of the recession (and the Kindle)," reports local organizer Joel Sanet. "We are still looking for a replacement site.…
October 18, 2010
The New York Go Center has just announced the New York Go Center League. The League is a month-long competition meant to encourage serious games as well as to push participants to improve. League games will be held every Wednesday and…
October 18, 2010
The US team of Curtis Tang and Wanyu Chen placed 15th -- out of 32 -- in the the 21st annual International Amateur Pair Go Championships, finishing with a record of 3-2. Canada finished 3-2 in 10th place. Tang and Chen won against…
October 18, 2010
Pete Schumer 2k took first prize in the October 17 Massachusetts Go Association's Fall Tournament, topping at 26-player field.
October 14, 2010
At the Digital Contents Expo 2010 in Tokyo – which goes through October 17 – a man plays go as the images of the pieces are placed and moved by a projector with motion-sensitive camera sensors. Photo courtesy Reuters. Thanks to Mark…
October 11, 2010
Iyama Yuta 9P defeated Takao Shinji 9P by resignation on October 6 and 7 in game four of the 35th Meijin title match, winning the title 4-0. This is Iyama’s second consecutive Meijin title win. - JustPlayGo
October 11, 2010
Won Sungjin wins round 1 in Caltex Cup. Won Sungjin 9P defeated Park Yeonghun 9P by resignation in the first round of the 15th GS Caltex Cup challenger decision match. The winner of this best-of-three series will face Cho Hanseung 9P…
October 11, 2010
Registration is now open for the Young Lions Tournament, run by the American Go Honor Society (AGHS). The tourney is scheduled for November 6-7.
October 11, 2010
Is Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg a go player? Paul Barchilon found this evidence, a 2007 photo on the Fast Company website. Zuckerberg has been in the headlines a lot recently, thanks to his less-than-flattering portrayal in David…
October 11, 2010
Beginning with the 2010 edition, the American Go Yearbook will be published as a full-color PDF with clickable links, rather than the hard-copy edition as previously. The American Go Association Board of Directors recently approved the…