American Go E-Journal
April 25, 2011
Elementary school go programs are on the upswing, with organizers across the country launching programs for young kids. Xinming Simon Guo used the Chinese New Year last February to introduce 64 second-graders at Hawthorne Elementary, in…
April 25, 2011
The Mexican youth go community helped raise funds for the Japanese at their Pray for Japan Festival on April 16th.
April 25, 2011
The finals of the 3rd BC Card Cup started this week, with Lee Sedol 9P of Korea facing off against Gu Li 9P of China. Lee is the defending champion, and qualified for the finals by beating up-and-coming countryman Park Junghwan 9P.…
April 24, 2011
The “Instruction” section of the 2010 American Go Yearbook has just been released ( click here or on graphic at right). The 8-page PDF includes samples of game commentaries by Mich ael Redmond 9P, puzzling life and death problems from…
April 24, 2011
“Go computers are not even close to human capability,” reported Andrew Moseman last February in Discover Magazine . In “Who's Smarter, a Human or a Computer?” Moseman reviews “the ways that humans can still out-think our computational…
April 24, 2011
Over 1,000 spectators showed up to cheer on their favorite youth players at the 3rd Transatlantic Youth Match, held Sunday, April 17 on KGS. From the start, it was a very close match, as the two under-12 boards split their games 1-1…
April 24, 2011
This year's Salt City Go Tournament, held April 16 in Syracuse, NY “was remarkable for the efforts that several made to attend it,” reports organizer Richard Moseson. Brandon Mills traveled the farthest, driving six hours up from…
April 24, 2011
New or renewing members of the American Go Association can pick up as much as 1700 pages of Go World in a special membership offer . For a limited time, the AGA is offering as many as 27 issues of Go World magazine to those who join,…
April 18, 2011
Registration for the 2011 U.S. Go Congress is approaching 200, with 174 registered, including 96 kyu-level players, 57 dan-level players, and 20 non-players. “Initial deposits must be paid by June 1st to ensure the lowest price!” say…
April 18, 2011
Pandanet Go European Cup Finals . The Pandanet Go European Cup finals will be held in Paris, April 23-25, in conjunction with the 39th annual Paris Go International Tournament . The first two boards will be broadcast on EuroGoTV , and…
April 18, 2011
As aftershocks continue to hit Japan, more go tournaments are raising funds to aid in the earthquake/tsunami recovery efforts.
April 18, 2011
Eight-year-old Aaron Ye 3d (at left) fought his way to victory in the Jr. Division qualifier for the World Youth Go Championships (WYGC), and will be going to Romania to represent the US in August. The initial rounds were held online,…
April 18, 2011
The AGA East Coast Go Camp has finalized details for this year's camp, which will be held at the Madison Suites Hotel in Somerset, New Jersey, July 23-30. Mingjiu Jiang 7p and Yuan Zhou 7d will be the primary teachers. Jiang, one of…
April 18, 2011
Jimmy Yang 4d of Virginia swept the Open section of the annual Carolina Spring Go Tournament, while the Cary Chinese School Team B won the team event.
April 18, 2011
On April 9th, 16 players from around the Pittsburgh area and from Ohio and West Virgina gathered at Carnegie Mellon University for the Pittsburgh Spring Tournament.
April 18, 2011
The 25th Tianyuan Tournament has ended with Chen Yaoye 9P successfully defending his title against up and coming Chinese player, Zhou Hexi 4P. [caption id="attachment_94522" align="alignright" width="560" caption="Chen Yaoye 9P…
April 11, 2011
Top youth players from North America will square off against their European counterparts this Sunday in the third Transatlantic Youth Match , which will be held April 17 on KGS at 11am and 2pm. “Come out and support the North American…
April 11, 2011
With four months to go, early online registration has already boosted sign-up for this year’s US Go Congress in Santa Barbara, CA -- July 30-August 7 -- to over 150 people. “Although I'm extremely pleased with registration and the…
April 11, 2011
Calling it the “dawn of a new era,” SmartGo has just released SmartGo Books for the iPad and iPhone. The new format enables users to read go books on an iPad, replay moves directly within diagrams, and zoom diagrams to see the context.…
April 11, 2011
Go was spotted everywhere last year , from television shows to French novels and of course films. In Go Spotting , our latest 2010 American Go Yearbook release , we’ve collected our reports on go’s appearance in popular culture, from…
April 11, 2011
Nearly a quarter of the players at the recent Orlando Go Tournament were aged 16 or under , providing “much-appreciated energy and enthusiasm to the event, and more often than not some pretty tough competition as well,” reports Paul…
April 11, 2011
Greg Sawka 3d topped the March 26 Davis/Sacramento Quarterly tournament in Sacramento, CA. In second place, also with three wins, was Jeff Horn 1d, with Steven Burrall 5d in third.
April 11, 2011
Chong Han Edges Out Kay & Wong in British Open : Chong Han 5d (Loughborough) won the April 8-10 British Open, the British Go Congress’ main tournament, beating out Andrew Kay and Vanessa Wong on a SOS tie break. The Swindon Go Club…
April 11, 2011
Mandarin Language and Culture School from California took top honors in the 10th annual North American School Team Tournament. Organized by the American Go Honor Society ( AGHS ), the tournament was held on KGS over the weekends of…
April 11, 2011
On April 7 2011, Park Younghun 9P won the 12th Maxim Cup, beating Lee Changho 9P by half a point in the second match. Park won the first match several weeks ago (March 21), and with two wins he took the best of three title. Two masters…
April 4, 2011
Sometimes a hane is not a hane. Sometimes it’s a "hane-dashi," which is not a tesuji, but a mistake. Kaz calls it "quasi-hane" and in today’s Lesson he shows why it’s a mistake. Please jump to W20 to begin the lesson. [sgf…
April 4, 2011
In a much anticipated match between two of the strongest women go players in the world, Park Jieun 9P defeated Rui Naiwei 9P by resign ation in the final round of the 9th Jeongganjang Cup on March 28. Rui was the favorite going into…
April 4, 2011
The annual NOVA Cherry Blossom tournament on April 2 raised $702 for disaster relief for Japan, “which will be split into equal donations to the Kansai Kiin and Pandanet relief funds,” reports organizer Allan Abramson.
April 4, 2011
Dark horse candidate Vincent Zhuang 5d pulled off a surprise victory in the World Youth Go Qualifier this past weekend on KGS. Zhuang, who is 14, only narrowly made it to the finals at all. A last -minute change in the age…
April 3, 2011
"Many go players and clubs have asked where they could send money for disaster relief in Japan," reports American Go Association President Allan Abramson begin_of_the_skype_highlighting end_of_the_skype_highlighting...