American Go E-Journal
January 31, 2012
On January 26, 2012, Choi Jung 1P defeated Kim Miri 2P in Korea's 13th Female Myeongin. At only 15 years of age, Choi also became the youngest female title holder in Korea - just 18 months after turning pro. En route to the final, Choi…
January 30, 2012
Huiren Yang 1P defeated Janice Kim 3P and Feng Yun 9P last weekend to win the right to represent North America at this[sgf sgfUrl="/news/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/2012_01_29_FYun-HYang.sgf"…
January 30, 2012
The latest round of comments on the American Go Association's (AGA) proposed "tap" or fee on international prizes includes strong opposition from many pros, reports AGA President Allan Abramson. Click here for an updated summary.…
January 30, 2012
Spots are still available in the Chunlan Cup 2012 Selection Tournament for professionals and amateurs 6-dan and stronger. U.S. citizenship is required. Registration closes at midnight on Thursday, February 2nd. To register for this…
January 30, 2012
Fourteen-year-old Calvin Sun 7d reasserted his position as the strongest youth player in America this past weekend. He entered the double elimination finals for the US Youth Go Championships as one of four finalists, in the Senior…
January 30, 2012
Fifteen year old Vincent Zhuang 6D won the 2012 Jin Chen Memorial Tournament on Jan. 8. The annual tournament attracted 42 players, and was the largest AGA-rated event at the Seattle Go Center in several years. Zhuang is a 10th…
January 30, 2012
The American Go Association’s Board of Directors held a special meeting on January 21st to discuss reactions to the proposal to “tap” or tax players representing the AGA in certain international tournaments. The Board had previously…
January 28, 2012
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January 23, 2012
The United States Youth Go Championships (USYGC) pulled in almost 70 players this past weekend on KGS. Kids and teens competed in five different bands, with players ranging from 7 dan to the double digit kyus. Dan level kids were also…
January 23, 2012
Are you enrolled in a go club at school? If so, this is your chance to challenge other go clubs from all over North America. Registration is now open for the American Go Honor Society’s (AGHS) 13th annual School Team Tournament. On…
January 22, 2012
Poland : Kamil Chwedyna 4d (photo) won the Black Stone tournament, played 1/7-8 in Katowice, Poland. Click here for results . Lithuania : Gytis Vasiliauskas 1d was the winner at the 1/17 Trys Karaliai tournament in Vilnius, Lithuania.…
January 22, 2012
The Nihon Ki-in has launched a tsume-go (life-and-death) app for iPhone and iPad users called Nihon Kiin Tsumego Master . “There are 400 tsumego problems for levels from beginners to dan players,” the Nihon Ki-in’s Tomotaka Urasoe tells…
January 22, 2012
Andy Zalesak 1d (right, in photo, playing Paul Celmer) took top honors in the top band of the Triangle Go Group's Friendship/Ratings tournament, held on Sunday, January 15, in Raleigh, North Carolina. Zalesak won three of his four…
January 22, 2012
Comments for and against the American Go Association's proposal to charge a "tap" or "fee" on prizes/playing fees in international tournaments “are rolling in," says AGA President Allan Abramson. With the January 31 deadline for…
January 22, 2012
Want to represent the American Go Association as a guest official in international tournaments? President Allan Abramson has issued the AGA’s annual call “for people who are interested in and able to represent us at events overseas, as…
January 22, 2012
THIS JUST IN: Registration is now open for the 2012 Chunlan Cup Selection Tournament, which will be held on KGS on Saturday Feb. 4 and Sunday Feb. 5. Professionals and amateurs 6-dan or stronger who are citizens of North Americaare…
January 16, 2012
Cole Pruitt 2k took first place in the 2012 Massachusetts Go Association Winter Quarterly Tournament, held January 15th at the Boylston Chess Club Tournament Hall in Somerville, MA. Thirty-three players battled for three place prizes in…
January 15, 2012
Jung Hoon Lee 7d topped a field of 40 players competing in the Rocky Mountain Winter Go Tournament, January 14 in Boulder, Colorado. The players ranged in strength from 7 dan to 38 kyu, reports organizer David Weiss. Winner’s Report :…
January 15, 2012
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January 15, 2012
In a rerun of 2010's Shodan Go Bet match, John Tromp will once again meet the challenge from a top computer go program, in a best-of-five match this week. The challenger is Zen19, a program which has already surprised many by achieving…
January 15, 2012
Reader Rich Newman sent this along, from the January 11 edition of XKCD , “A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language.”
January 14, 2012
Go makes an appearance in a January 4 Forbes post by Haydn Shaughnessy. The post is about social media influencers and go is employed as a graphic illustration of influence, with Shaughnessy noting that “Social media influencers seem to…
January 13, 2012
Park Dae-woong 6d topped the first league competition at the recently-opened New Han Kook Go Club in Garden Grove, CA. The two-week, 32-player competition ended Dec. 30th with Park Dae-woong 6d in first place, Han Sang-kook 1d in…
January 9, 2012
U.S. players have been invited to participate in the new Canadian Go Association on-line KGS leagues , reports AGA Tournament Coordinator Karoline Burrall. The leagues started in early January but if you miss the first round of 2012 the…
January 9, 2012
As previously reported, the future of American youth go camps is very much in question ( U.S. Youth Go Camp Future in Doubt 12/17/2011 EJ). With no volunteers as yet stepping up to organize this year’s camps, “It may be time to…
January 9, 2012
The Santa Barbara (CA) Go Club welcomed the New Year with players on five boards at the Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf (3052 De La Vina Street) on Wednesday, January 4. - photo by Ed Lee Got local go news? Email it to us at journal@usgo.org !
January 9, 2012
The E-Journal caught up with Jujo Jiang 9P and his wife Rui Naiwei 9P when the two top players made a special appearance at the Jujo Cup in San Francisco this past weekend (look for a tournament report soon) . Jujo is the younger…
January 9, 2012
Yi Weng, of the Rockville Go Club in Maryland, has made a minicomic that helps teach people about Go. Weng made the comic as an assignment in one of his classes, but decided to make it educational as well. The nine-page story makes a…
January 9, 2012
Atari founder Nolan Bushnell’s appearance at the 2012 U.S. Go Congress and a proposed "tap" on prize winnings at international tournaments highlighted the January 4 meeting of the American Go Association board of directors, reports…
January 9, 2012
While commending Boris Bernadsky “for his past and his current contribution to the go community in New York City (Go Renaissance in the Big Apple 12/26/2011 EJ),” Peter Armenia – Co-Director of both the 2006 and 2012 U.S. Go Congresses…