American Go E-Journal
September 25, 2012
With events on two recent weekends, the Seattle Go Center celebrated 17 years of teaching and sharing the game of go. Hiroshi Yamashiro 9P, the V.P. of the Nihon Ki-in, and Hiroko Shinkai 5P, a former student of Go Center founder…
September 25, 2012
If you’ve been looking for an excuse to head to Korea to play go, the Kim-In Cup could be just the ticket. The 6th Kim-in Cup International Senior Baduk Competition, sponsored by both KBA and KABA, will be November 2-5 in Gangjin,…
September 24, 2012
The American Go Federation's (AGF) youth website, tigersmouth.org , is publishing new comic strips weekly again. The most recent addition is Aji's Quest , by Collette Bezio, which features the adventures of a quoll named Aji and a…
September 24, 2012
I'm looking to contact players in Pittsburgh, PA. In particular, someone involved in any local clubs there. I have some questions about the club that seems to be based at CMU and go life in Pittsburgh in general, but the contact…
September 24, 2012
Go makes an appearance in Episode 24 of in an anime about soccer called Area no Kishi (The Knight in the Area). Thanks to EJ reader Benjamin Meoz who sent this in.
September 23, 2012
Registration is now open for the inaugural season the Pandanet-AGA City League . Fully sponsored and funded by Pandanet, this new online tournament will provide players an opportunity for regional competition. "This is an exciting new…
September 23, 2012
Playing go with Cuban players is part of a trip to Havana, Cuba being planned for February 15-21, 2013. “The highlight will be 2.5 days of go with Cuban players at the Academia Cubana de Go,” says Bob Gilman, who’s organizing the trip…
September 23, 2012
by Roy Laird What does the world’s top player do when he’s not playing go? In the case of Lee Sedol , the answer turned out to be: write wonderful go books. In June 2009 Lee abruptly retired from tournament play in a dispute with the…
September 23, 2012
By Lee Frankel-Goldwater Morning can be open, glorious and bright. It can also be foreboding, especially if the day ahead holds worries, uncertainty and concerns. Then there’s go. Open-ended yet with clear purpose. A desired result…
September 21, 2012
Pro Game App Released: Canadian software developer Wei Cheng has just released "Weiqi2Go," an Apple iOS app aimed at bringing the latest professional games from Asia into the hands of North American go fans. “Many of us (are now) forced…
September 17, 2012
Jan Simara 6D (CZ) won the European Go Cup Brno 2012 held September 7-9 in Brno, Czech Republic. Vanessa Wong 5D (UK) won the European Women's Go Championship, held in Brno the same weekend. Other top winners in the European Cup were…
September 17, 2012
Applications are now being accepted for the American Go Foundation college scholarship. One of last year's winners, Rachel Daley (at left), writes: "I found that I was better at teaching the game than actually playing. Without even…
September 17, 2012
The world of turn-based servers – the modern equivalent of postal go – has expanded with the addition of the International Network Go Organization (INGO). INGO, based in Japan, launched back in May 2011 and has since expanded to China,…
September 17, 2012
SmartGo Books now includes three classics from the much-requested Elementary Go Series (Kiseido). “Life and Death" and "Tesuji," both by James Davies, and "Attack and Defense" by Akira Ishida & James Davies. “These are books you read…
September 17, 2012
Gosei Sentai Dairanger which he describes as “Japanese Power Rangers with a much darker look.” In the show, a boy named akomaru is in trouble with a big guy named Gouma. “In the beginning of the scene we see the edge of a wooden floor…
September 16, 2012
In the new Appendix VII of his “Speculations” article in the Bob High e-Library , longtime go writer Peter Shotwell takes a closer look at financier Mark Spitznagel’s recent guest Forbes column “The Grand Shi Strategy of Ron Paul” ( Ron…
September 16, 2012
The 2013 U.S. Go Congress will be held August 3-10 at Pacific Lutheran University in Parkland, a suburb of Tacoma, Washington, just south of Seattle. Stay tuned for further details as they’re available.
September 16, 2012
Looking for a local players to play face-to-face go in or around Victorville, California. Maybe we can form a club? email qmbd2-3253053079@comm. craigslist.org
September 15, 2012
The deadline American entries in the second WBaduk Intercontinental Team Cup ( WBaduk Intercontinental Team Cup Seeks American Players 9/4 EJ) has been extended to October 13 th . Anyone can play in this 3-continent tournament that pits…
September 15, 2012
Seeking pictures from the 2012 U.S. Go congress. If you took pictures and have them online, please send the link to: paul@gocongress12.org We’re especially interested in any pictures taken of the winners of the U.S. Open holding their…
September 15, 2012
The English edition of "Commented Games by Lee Sedol, Vol. 1: One Step Closer to the Summit" – which some are calling "a Korean version of Invincible" -- is the highlight of eight new books published recently by Korean publisher…
September 13, 2012
Thirty European countries are fielding teams in the third Pandanet Go European Team Championship (PGETC). The PGETC is a traditional European Go Federation-style tournament in which national teams play in a league system on the…
September 13, 2012
Newly-elected members Steve Burrall, Edward Zhang, Bob Barber, and Gurujeet Khalsa were welcomed aboard at the September 9th meeting of the American Go Association’s Board of Directors via conference call. The board thanked outgoing…
September 13, 2012
"The first DC Metropolitan Area School Go Tournament will be held at George Mason University in Arlington, VA on Saturday, September 29," reports American Go Honor Society Vice President Julian Erville. "Registration for the tournament…
September 12, 2012
AGA Pro Tourney Game Records Posted : AGA-TYGEMGO Pro Tournament game records for both the main tournament and the Exhibition League have been added to the AGA Professional System page on the AGA website. To see the tournament draw –…
September 12, 2012
Wednesday, September 12 is the deadline to register for the second SportAccord World Mind Games Online Tournament . This online tournament is sponsored by SportAccord, the city government of Beijing, Pandanet, and the International Go…
September 8, 2012
The American Go Honor Society (AGHS) announced their new officers for the 2012-13 school year on their Facebook Page . Run mainly by high school students, the AGHS organizes the School Teams Tourney and other events every year. The…
September 4, 2012
“A friend that has a group in Facebook "Gakko No Go" discovered some characters in the Billy Bat manga playing go ,” reports Siddhartha Avila. Billy Batt is a thriller manga series written by Naoki Urasawa and Takashi Nagasaki and…
September 4, 2012
American players are wanted for the second WBaduk Intercontinental Team Cup (WITC), with $10,000 in prize money at stake. Anyone can play in this 3-continent tournament that pits players from each of the participating continents --…
September 4, 2012
I want to start a Go club in Novi, Michigan and am looking for players in the Milford-Novi-Wixom area who are interested. Email Jonathan Hop: yithril@gmail.com