American Go E-Journal
March 30, 2012
The legendary Cho Hun-hyun 9P (right) will attend this year’s Cotsen Open , set for April 28-29 in Los Angeles, CA. Also attending and teaching will be Yang Jae-ho 9P, secretary general of the Korea Baduk Association, Yoo Chang-hyuk 9P,…
March 29, 2012
The second and final Eastern North American Ing Masters Qualifier will take place at the Wisonet NAIM Qualifier and Self-Paired Tournament on April 21-22 in New Jersey. Ronghao Chen, tournament director and president of the Wisonet Go…
March 29, 2012
The American Go Association Board of Directors has announced that it’s now accepting applications from members of the American go community willing to be considered for the post of President. “The position involves a lot of work and a…
March 29, 2012
by Betsy Small My father, Dr. Paul M. Howard, was a psychoanalyst who loved to connect with others through the game of go. He was a very quiet man, and go became a special way for the two of us to bond. My father discovered go in the…
March 26, 2012
The AGA East Go Camp has been confirmed for the summer of 2012. The camp will take place the week before the U.S. Go Congress from July 28 to August 4 and will be held at the same location - the YMCA Blue Ridge Assembly in Black…
March 26, 2012
A special attraction of the annual Salt City Go Tournament – scheduled for this Saturday, March 31 in Syracuse, NY -- is the "go problem" cake baked by local go organizer Richard Moseson’s wife Chris. “Competitors are invited to fill…
March 24, 2012
The father of the computer gaming revolution, Nolan Bushnell, will be the keynote speaker at the first US International Go Symposium , on August 4-5, 2012. The Symposium will bring together go scholars from around the world to explore…
March 24, 2012
The International Mind Sports Association has announced that the second World Mind Sports Games (WMSG) will be held August 9-23 at the Lille Palais in Lille, France. International Go Federation (IGF) vice president Thomas Hsiang…
March 24, 2012
Bay Area Go Players Association held the third annual Go Expo Day on March 11 in Oakland, CA, and once again it was a big success. Over 50 people from diverse backgrounds converged on the Oakland Asian Cultural Center to learn how to…
March 21, 2012
“European Chess Competitions To Be Less Sexy With Strict New Cleavage Rules” reported Gawker on March 8. “Strict new rules govern the accepted wardrobe for woman's matches,” the report continued, referencing a more detailed report in…
March 20, 2012
Taking just a four-stone handicap on a full board, the Zen computer go program defeated Takemiya Masaki 9P on March 17. The legendary pro played two games against Zen as part of the 6th E&C Symposium in Japan. In the first game Zen…
March 20, 2012
The 4th BC Card Cup is about to enter the round of 16. This year’s tournament has been full of upsets with favorites falling left and right in the early rounds. Two stand-out players so far have been 16 year old Mi Yuting 3P and 18 year…
March 20, 2012
Kiseido has just issued Modern Master Games, Volume One, The Dawn of Tournament Go in hard-copy; it was first released in September 2011 ( Modern Master Games & More New Releases from SmartGo Books 9/19 EJ ) in digital format by SmartGo…
March 19, 2012
Guo Juan's Internet Go School is currently accepting enrollment for group classes for the 2012 second term, which begins April 28/29. “The group class participants will also receive a 20% discount on our Audio Lectures membership,”…
March 19, 2012
Dimitris Regginos 1D (left in photo) won the Cyprus 2012 Friendship Go Tournament, held March 17-18 in Nicosia. Though just nine players participated, the tournament included some tough and interesting games. Runner up was Argyris…
March 18, 2012
Eighteen youngsters competed in the March 3 Colorado Youth Go Tournament at the Eloise May library in Denver. Playing strengths ranged from 4-dan to 40-kyu and ages from 5 - 14. Matthew Harwit 4D won the dan section, Tim Chang 20k won…
March 18, 2012
E-Journal reader Ramon Mercado sent this along; it's from a series posted on BoardGameGeek . One commenter was surprised the Storm Trooper is playing white, "since storm troopers are on the 'dark side'". Send in your go photos or other…
March 18, 2012
Do you know where I could find a copy of “The ABC of Go: The National War-Game of Japan” by W. A. de Havilland, M. A. (Kelly & Walsh, Ltd., Yokohama, 1910)? Paper, hard cover or PDF is fine. Please email Larry J LeJeune at…
March 18, 2012
Cyprus: Dimitris Regginos 1d won the Friendship Go Tournament, held March 17-18 in Nicosia, Cyprus. In second was Argyris Fellas 1k, and third was Phedias Christodoulides 3k. Click here for results. Croatia: The 443th Velika Gorica…
March 13, 2012
Frank Fukuda has tendered his resignation, effective immediately, as the Nihon Ki-in’s representative to the Seattle Go Center, a responsibility he accepted in 1995 as a condition for the Nihon Ki-in to create the Go Center. Mr.…
March 13, 2012
After two weekends of fierce competition, Mingming Yin 1P of New York emerged as the champion of the Young Kwon National Online Tournament (YKNOT). Mingming Yin was the only player to win all five rounds in the tournament, which was…
March 10, 2012
Hungary's Csaba Mero 6D (at right in photo) won the Confucius Cup at the Irish Go Congress, held March 2-4 at the Teachers' Club in Parnell Square, Dublin. The Confucius Cup is sponsored by the UCD Confucius Institute . A total of 48…
March 10, 2012
SmartGo Books has released Yilun Yang's “ Fundamental Principles of Go ” (published by Slate & Shell), bringing the total number of e-books to 28 . “Be prepared,” warns veteran player Joel Sanet, “Your approach to the game of go is…
March 10, 2012
With fundraising efforts underway to send the U.S. team to the Second World Mind Sports Games, American Go Association President Allan Abramson has an easy way for anyone to help. “Just apply for the AGA credit card and as soon as you…
March 9, 2012
The final rounds of the Young Kwon National Online Tournament (YKNOT) will be played Saturday, March 10 on KGS in the AGA Tournaments Room. After three exciting rounds of play, seven players of the YKNOT 2, sponsored by Young Kwon,…
March 9, 2012
Go players of all levels will be able to play or watch top-level play April 21-22 when the Wisonet Go Club hosts both a North American Ing Masters (NAIM) Qualifier and a self-paired tournament at the Madison Suites Hotel in Somerset,…
March 9, 2012
With 20 players already signed up for Janice Kim 3P's April 6-8 workshop in Portland, OR, there are just five seats left, reports Portland Go Club organizer Peter Freedman. Workshop participant strength ranges from 12kyu to 2 dan.…
March 6, 2012
On March 5, 2012, Park Junghwan 9P defeated Choi Cheolhan 9P to take the 13th Maxim Cup two games to zero. The Maxim Cup is a 9 dan only invitational tournament in Korea. Like last year, the finals took place at the beautiful UNESCO…
March 5, 2012
Alexandre Dinerchtein's Insei League is reaching out to youth with discounts and free memberships. The league is run on KGS, and is structured the same way Korean kids train to become professionals. "We call for young players who are…
March 4, 2012
Calling it “active and successful,” and “a gateway to/from Asia,” top leadership of the American Go Association on Feb. 27 urged the Nihon Kiin not to sell the Seattle Go Center (SGC), after rumors to that effect began to circulate.…