American Go E-Journal
December 30, 2013
"The kids at our school, Gimnasio de Go, had a very busy December with three tournaments at different places," reports Mexico City organizer Siddhartha Avila. "On December 4th Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México ran the El otro…
December 29, 2013
Entries are now being accepted for the 2014 British Open , which will take place the weekend of March 1-2 2014 as part of the British Go Congress (BGC) 2014 in the south-coast resort town of Bognor Regis *. It is the central event of…
December 29, 2013
Go/English Teachers Wanted: large boarding school in China seeks teachers to teach go and basic English to children at the Century School in Shouguang, Shandong Province (about 4 hours by bus south of Beijing). Grades 3-6; 2 classes of…
December 26, 2013
The Winter BIBA (Blackie’s International Baduk Academy) Baduk Camp in Hawaii has a few slots open, reports Diana Koszegi 1P. Koszegi and Kim Seung-jun 9P are hosting the 6-day event February 7-12 on Kauai Island. The daily schedule…
December 26, 2013
The AGA’s crackerjack web team has been as busy as elves with updates to the usgo.org website. Here are a few highlights to check out over the upcoming holidays. The new "Learn To Play" page is a great intro for absolute beginners. All…
December 25, 2013
The British Go Association will host the 2014 European Youth Go Championship in conjunction with the British Go Congress from February 28 through March 3 in Bognor Regis, a resort town on England’s south coast. The EYGC will be split…
December 25, 2013
Austria: The Austrian Women’s Championship finished on December 21 in Go7 with Katrin Unger 5k in first, Lisa Mayer 6k ( left ) in second, and Chuandi Zhou 6k in third. Hungary: Pal Balogh 6d took the Hungarian Championship Final on…
December 23, 2013
The fifth season of the British Online League was won by Edinburgh's first team for the second year running with fellow Scots, Glasgow, winning the second division, and earning promotion to the first next year. Their place in the second…
December 23, 2013
Upgo.info to Crowdsource Game Play Globally: “Upgo.info is angel funding meets go tournaments meets Mechanical Turk,” explains one upgo founder. “A start-up is only as strong as its best go player,” says another. Video explains how the…
December 22, 2013
A team of researchers from UCLA and Osaka University are developing a way to learn go with “augmented reality” goggles. Players using an actual physical board will “see” highlights on certain intersections as the game proceeds in real…
December 21, 2013
Chinese-American physicist Anthony Zee mentions go in his book Fearful Symmetry:The Search for Beauty in Modern Physics . First published in 1986, the book is an attempt to explain to the layman how modern physics strives to produce the…
December 20, 2013
The US team has advanced from the preliminary tournament in first Zhu Gang Cup World Team Go Championship , which runs December 19-26 in Guangzhou, China. “Mingjiu Jiang 7P led the effort with a perfect 3-0 performance on Board 1,”…
December 20, 2013
Just in time for the holidays, SmartGo Books has released half a dozen new titles, including two exclusives. The two volumes of “Lee Chang-Ho’s Endgame Techniques” are published by Yutopian, “but they never made it into print,” says…
December 20, 2013
Maeda Ryo 6P, the popular Japanese professional who’s a regular attendee at the annual U.S.Go Congress, is organizing a 3- week intensive go camp in Osaka again next year, running from June 29 through July 19. "We had 32 attendees from…
December 19, 2013
The Tournaments Ratings Status page, formerly available at the American Go Association Go Database (AGAGD), is now available here . Game results are submitted to the AGA by the tournament director. Results must be cross checked for new…
December 19, 2013
The 2013 Cotsen Open was held October 26-27 in Los Angeles, CA. One of the major tournaments on the American Go Association’s annual calendar, the event is sponsored by Eric Cotsen (center, in white shirt) , with major organizational…
December 18, 2013
Hwang In-seong 8d, currently the number-one rated player in Europe, has introduced American hours to his Yunguseng internet go school , previously only conveniently available to Europeans. The fully-online format comprises three…
December 18, 2013
The American Go E-Journal collaborated with Ranka Online and SportAccord to again provide comprehensive coverage of the 2013 SportAccord World Mind Games (SAWMG), held December 12-18 in Beijing, China. The team included American Go…
December 18, 2013
China’s Chenxing Wang 5P and Ruiyang Zhou 9P (left) defeated Chinese Taipei’s Joanne Missingham 6P and Yuan-Jyun Wang 6P on Wednesday to win gold in the SportAccord World Mind Games (SAWMG) Pair Go competition. The 3-round event capped…
December 18, 2013
Frequent Go-Spotting contributor Zhiping You came across this amazing go blanket online, which turns out to have a fascinating story behind its creation, which includes a love story, Hikaru No Go, learning how to crochet and…
December 18, 2013
Guo Juan's Internet Go School's next term starts on the weekend of January 11. Group classes include separate groups for dan level, single digit kyu and double digit kyu players. "Join us," says Guo, a 5-dan professional who's been…
December 17, 2013
Mingjiu Jiang 7P (center), Stephanie (Mingming) Yin 1P and Zhaonian (Michael) Chen 8D will make up a U.S. team at the upcoming Zhu Gang Cup World Team Go Championship . The brand-new event for both professionals and amateurs features a…
December 17, 2013
While others were out fighting the holiday crowds at local malls in Northern Virginia, some 20 area go players had a better plan. “Win books to give as holiday gifts!” report Slate and Shell Open local organizers Gurujeet Khalsa and…
December 17, 2013
The US Pro Qualification Tournament, which will be held in Los Angeles Jan. 2-8, is adding a youth tournament for all ranks, to be held Jan 4-5, announced Myungwan Kim 9P, chair of the AGA's pro system committee. The event will be…
December 17, 2013
"Study life and death problems." We've all heard that advice on how to get stronger at go, but it turns out that there's a missing word that's key to improving. The word is easy. Literally. Michael Redmond 9P revealed the missing word…
December 16, 2013
Click here for latest winner results and Ranka Online’s full coverage . At 9 pm EST (6p PST) Tuesday night, Michael Redmond 9P and E-Journal Managing Editor Chris Garlock will provide live audio commentary on KGS on the top boards at in…
December 16, 2013
The third annual SportAccord World Mind Games are taking place December 12-18 in Beijing, China. Click here for latest go competition winner results , here for Ranka Online’s full coverage and here for reports on all 2013 SportAccord…
December 16, 2013
Romania: Cristian Pop 7d ( left ) took the Cupa Romaniei Finala in Sinaia on December 8. Behind him were Dragos Bajenaru 6d and Mihai Valentin Serban 5d. Spain: Also on December 8, Ignacio Cernuda 3d bested Oscar Anguila 4d at the…
December 16, 2013
Japan’s National Team : Members of Japan's brand-new national team -- nicknamed ‘Go-Go Japan' -- talk about their practice sessions and how being on the team has changed their approach to the game... Interview with Park Jieun : The…
December 14, 2013
The third annual SportAccord World Mind Games are taking place December 12-18 in Beijing, China. Click here for latest go competition winner results , here for Ranka Online’s full coverage and here for reports on all 2013 SportAccord…