American Go E-Journal
May 31, 2012
Maryland Open Champion Andy Liu 7D (hjekshdf 9D) will play Cotsen Open Champion Calvin Sun 7D (4ebz728 9D) in an East-West Coast Championship Exhibition Match on the Tygem server this Saturday, June 2 at 4P (EST), with live commentary…
May 30, 2012
The strongest north American kids will face off against their counterparts in Europe, this Sunday, June 3, on KGS. Canada and the US will play as a team, top players Calvin Sun, 7d, from the US and Bill Lin, 7d, from Canada will lead…
May 30, 2012
Youngsters in Portland, OR, defeated their rivals in Mexico City in a four-city school tourney held on KGS May 20th. Ann Arbor and Detroit MI also competed, with Academy of the Americas, in Detroit, notching up a win in the first…
May 29, 2012
Over 300 have now signed up for this year’s U.S. Go Congress , set for August 4-12 in Black Mountain, NC. Professionals confirmed thus far include Maeda Ryo, Jennie Shen, Cathy Li, Yilun Yang, Feng Yun, Mingjiu Jiang and – just…
May 29, 2012
While a contested election is shaping up for the American Go Association's At-Large seat, with Jie Li and Chuck Robbins both nominated, there's thus far no candidate for the open seat in the Western region. Lisa Scott and Gurujeet…
May 28, 2012
Myungwan Kim 9P (right) will be doing live game commentary on top games at the TygemGo Online Pro Prelim , which begins June 2 on the Tygem go server. Games will be played at 12:30p (EST) throughout the month of June. "Remember,…
May 28, 2012
The 39th Maryland Open and AGA-Tygem Go Pro Prelim was played May 26-27 in Catonsville, Maryland, just outside Baltimore, organized by the Baltimore Go Club, and sponsored by the American Go Association, Tygem, Yellow Mountain Imports…
May 28, 2012
An Atlanta school is hoping that go will help its low-income students develop their critical thinking skills. At the Dekalb PATH Academy, in Atlanta GA, “our students are 76% Hispanic, 20% African-American and 87% are classified as…
May 27, 2012
Andy Liu 7D convincingly defeated Jie Li 7D in the last round to complete his sweep of the 39th Maryland Open and AGA Tygem Pro Prelim, winning all five games at the May 26-27 event in Baltimore, MD . ZhaoNian Chen 7D was second and…
May 27, 2012
"I saw this book today and thought the go community would be interested," writes E-Journal reader Tina Zhang about Shan Sa's 2003 novel The Girl Who Played Go . That sent us deep into the American Go EJournal Archive where we retrieved…
May 25, 2012
Registration runs from 9-10:30a at the 39th annual Maryland Open Saturday morning, with the first round scheduled for 11a. “Pre-registered or not, all are welcome!” says organizer Keith Arnold. The tournament in Catonsville, MD (just…
May 25, 2012
Rhone-Alpes Challenge (5/24): The Rhone-Alpes Challenge, played on 5/20 in Valence, France, was won by Moran Guennou 1d...Turniej Majowy (5/24): The Turniej Majowy, played on 5/20 in Warszawa, Poland, was won by Pawel Koziol…
May 25, 2012
Dr. Frank Krause and Chul Wha Kim, M.D. played go at the North Pole in July 2006. Krause is a 66-year-old 1-dan who lives in Munich, Germany, and Kim is a lawyer in Washington, DC. - photo courtesy Dr. Krause
May 24, 2012
With pre-registrations already running ahead of last year’s – 47 as of Wednesday night – “the field is shaping up quite nicely” at the Maryland Open and AGA-Tygem Pro Prelim this weekend, reports organizer Keith Arnold. In addition the…
May 24, 2012
Twenty six players ranging from 26 kyu to 5 dan came out to San Francisco's Japantown Center on May 12 to play in this month's Bay Area Go tournament. Qiangang Liu 4d and Richard Malcolm 3d led the dan division with undefeated records,…
May 23, 2012
All participants in the AGA TygemGo Online Pro Qualifier will receive a pin commemorating this first-ever Pro Qualifier competition. "The design is pretty neat," said President Allan Abramson. “Thanks to the Pro Committee for the idea,…
May 23, 2012
Spring has brought an early crop of go books, some brand new and others re-issued in new formats. Here are six that have just been released, two each on joseki and tesuji, a historical look at tournament go in Japan and a bio…
May 23, 2012
"The only time I went to Kyushu, I visited Kumamoto," writes Bob Barber in response to our May 16 report, The Nakazono Fan Club's Road Trip to Guangzhou . "I played in a tiny club there. They were pleased to show me a picture of…
May 21, 2012
Just back from his appearance at the recent World Amateur Go Championship in China, Yuan Zhou 7d (at right) is among the top amateurs -- others include Eric Lui 7d and, coming down from Canada, Phil Waldron 6d -- who’ll be competing…
May 21, 2012
Proving their "madness" by forgoing the day’s perfect spring weather to play in a windowless classroom all day, 15 players turned out for the NOVA May Madness tournament May 12 in Arlington, VA at George Mason U. Winners were: First…
May 21, 2012
Jung Hoon Lee 7d won the top division of the Rocky Mountain Spring Go Tournament, in Boulder, CO, May 12. Forty players competed in three sections, 10 of the players were under the age of 18.
May 21, 2012
Sixth-grader Anthony Chiang 2d topped the Fifth Sunflower Happy Cup Youth Go Tournament, with four wins, on May 20 in Cupertino, California. “A record number of over fifty elementary and middle school kids gathered together on a…
May 21, 2012
Go is the centerpiece of the cover art for the May 15 edition of the magazine "Federal Computer Week." Apparently there's no go-related story, the image illustrates a mobile strategy article. Thanks to Peter Wynn of the Syracuse Go Club…
May 21, 2012
With the deadline for early registration coming up on May 28, kids across the country are signing up for the AGA summer go camp. "To me this is not a vacation: this is more like a pilgrimage that I need to take, not just for fun or to…
May 20, 2012
Janice Kim, 3 Dan professional, will teach a two-day go workshop the weekend of June 23 and 24 in Berkeley, California. Berkeley is home to two go clubs and Bay Area Go Players Association, and is just across the bay from San…
May 17, 2012
The American Go E-Journal and Ranka Online teamed up again this year to provide full coverage of the GAC Trumpchi Cup 33rd World Amateur Go Championship May 11-18 in Guangzhou, China. Round-by-round reports, game records, commentaries,…
May 17, 2012
With Lisa Scott running in the Central region AGA Board of Directors election and Gurujeet Khalsa in the Eastern region, the American Go Association is still seeking candidates for both the Western and At-large seats. Nominations,…
May 16, 2012
Japan's player, Seizoh Nakazono 8d, brought something unique to the World Amateur Go Championships: his own cheering section. The group of a dozen supporters traveled to Guangzhou specifically to support Nakazono, who was not only their…
May 16, 2012
Korea-Taipei (Commentary by Yang Shuang); Finland-Romania (Commentary by Yang Shuang); Japan-Bosnia; China-Germany On Board 1, China’s Qiao Zhijian played more deliberately against Germany’s Bemjamin Teuber than he had in the preceding…
May 16, 2012
THIS JUST IN : China's Qiao Zhijian 7d, undefeated after eight grueling rounds, is the winner of the 2012 World Amateur Go Championships. In second place is Hyunjoon Lee of Korea, third is Chen ChengHsun of Tapei. US rep Yuan Zhou was…