American Go E-Journal
March 31, 2013
James Kerwin 1P, the first Westerner to become a professional player at the Nihon Ki-in, has retired as of 31 March. A disciple of the late Iwamoto Kaoru 9P, Kerwin became professional 1-dan on February 14, 1978. The following year…
March 31, 2013
Steve Colburn has posted a short (2:43m) video of Chang Hao 9p's comments on his recent game with Andy Liu ( Game Commentary: Chang Hao 9P – Andy Liu 1P 3/23/2013 EJ) at the ACGA Spring Expo. "I wish I had gotten Andy as well but he was…
March 31, 2013
The British Online League's fifth season opened on March 22. Eighteen teams of three players each, loosely organized geographically, will compete in three divisions through the end of the year in the "British Room" on KGS . The league…
March 31, 2013
Leading go publishers are releasing a number of exciting new books that already seem destined to be classics in the field. Go Seigen’s 1-1 Point Modern Opening Strategy has just been published by Slate & Shell , based on a manuscript…
March 28, 2013
Paris is lovely in the springtime and especially so for go players, with the 41th Paris International Go Tournament taking place this weekend at the Lycée Louis Le Grand. With over 200 players are already registered, the 3-day…
March 28, 2013
Registration is still open for this weekend’s KGS 2013 Meijin tournament qualifier, which is once again sponsored by SmartGo . The February qualifier featured “many exciting games and drew more than 350 observers,” reports KGS admin…
March 28, 2013
“A good program for playing go on Mac is Goban ,” ( Your Move/Readers Write: Mac Go? 3/25/2013) suggests Porter Howland. “It also works very well as a stand-alone .sgf reader, and I believe it can be used to play online. Goban and its…
March 27, 2013
The go9dan.com game this Saturday between Lee Sedol 9P and Gansheng Shi 1P has been postponed "while we move go9dan’s main server to Hong Kong this weekend," reports Michael Simon. The match will likely be rescheduled for Saturday,…
March 27, 2013
"The Spring Go Expo has something for everyone," said organizer Michael Fodera as he announced the opening of the 2013 Spring Go Expo at Harvard University's Student Organization Center at Hillel last weekend. And so it did. Spread out…
March 27, 2013
In an ironic showdown between the computer and ‘The Computer’, computer go program Crazy Stone defeated Ishida Yoshio 9P on March 20 at the sixth annual Computer Go UEC Cup in Japan. Ishida, 64, was nicknamed ‘The Computer’ in his…
March 27, 2013
It’s been a busy couple of weeks for The Surrounding Game documentary team. They launched an online “collaborative game,” premiered an extended preview of the film at last weekend’s well-attended Spring Go Expo in Boston and kicked off…
March 26, 2013
A special election is being held to fill the Central Region board seat vacated recently by Bob Barber ( Barber & Smith Moving On, Central Region Seeks New Board Members 2/8/2013 EJ) . The election is being conducted on a compressed time…
March 26, 2013
Beat Chinese amateur 6-dan Bao Yun and you could win a million RMB ($160,000 USD). There's a catch: you have to beat him blindfolded. Famous in the Chinese weiqi community for being able to play blindfolded, Bao has not lost a single…
March 25, 2013
Japanese 4-dan professional Narumi Osawa (right) will give a free talk and simul in Washington, DC on April 2. The event, which will run from 7-9:30p, is co- hosted by the Japanese Embassy the Greater Washington Go Club and will be held…
March 25, 2013
“I’m looking for a good Mac computer go program to play against as I learn,” writes an EJ reader, “any suggestions?” Email suggestions to journal@usgo.org
March 24, 2013
On March 17th a group of Bay Area Go Players Association volunteers gathered and gave free go lessons to beginners in Oakland's Chinatown neighborhood (across the bay from San Francisco). More than 35 people of various ages and diverse…
March 23, 2013
Paul Anderson, former President of the American Go Association and the New York Go Center, has died. Anderson worked at IBM in New York and Japan for many years, and arranged the IBM-sponsored matches in the late 1980s. He was President…
March 23, 2013
The exhibition match between Chang Hao 9P and Andy Liu 1P was broadcast live on KGS on March 23. Stephanie Yin 1P and Gansheng Shi 1P provided live commentary; Yi Tong recorded the game and Todd Blatt transcribed the [sgf…
March 23, 2013
Tim Klancisar 4k won the Kyu Turnir tournament, played on March 23 in Kranj, Slovenia. Pavel Kos 4k was second and in third was Peter Gaber 1k. NOTE: The photo of Jin Zou 6d in our 3/20 China Cup report ( Jin Zou 6d Repeats as China Cup…
March 22, 2013
The American Go Association recently launched its official Facebook page . "Like" this page and follow it for information about go and the AGA. There’s also now a Google+ community for the AGA; join the community and follow the latest…
March 21, 2013
The Ing Foundation is holding its final round for the World Youth Goe Qualifier this weekend, in Menlo Park California. Andrew Lu 6d and Albert Yen 6d will compete in the Senior Division; Jeremy Chiu 5d and Austen Liao 3d will compete…
March 21, 2013
The Walthers brothers are tantalizingly close to raising the $8,000 they need to create a free movie trailer ( German Brothers Team Up to Produce “Fascinating” Go Video 2/4/2013 EJ) to inspire more go enthusiasts. Sven Walther, a go…
March 20, 2013
Former German go champion Jin Zou 6d won the 4th China Cup in Berlin on March 17. Zou (left) , who lives in Leipzig, won last year and defended his Golden Challenge Cup against Ma Xiao 5d, who took second place, and Johannes Obenaus…
March 20, 2013
Tian-Ren Chen retained his British Youth Go Championship title on March 17, defending the title he won last year. Second was Matei Mandache, a fellow-student at Loughborough School. The Castledine Trophy was won this year by…
March 19, 2013
Play continued last weekend in the Pandanet-AGA City League A and B Leagues, as the top players in the country competed in some thrilling games. All three of the A League Board 2 matches last weekend featured exciting ko fights: Eric…
March 19, 2013
The Western Massachusetts Go Club is honoring Teddy Feldman ( In Memoriam: Teddy Feldman 3/3 EJ) by renaming their summer tournament The Teddy Feldman and Dolph Rosoff Memorial Tournament. Feldman, 89, a long-time contributor to the…
March 19, 2013
The Evanston Go Club's regular quarterly tournament at the Arlington Heights Go Club on March 16 was its last there. "Sadly, this is the last tournament we will have there, as they are closing next week," reports local organizer Mark…
March 19, 2013
The first Tula Go Cup went down to the wire March 16-17 as Dmitriy Surin 6d, Igor Nemliy 5d and Andrey Kashaev 5d battled it out in the final rounds. Kashaev won against Surin in the first round, then Nemliy defeated Kashaev, and later…
March 18, 2013
The AGA Go Camp is confirmed for this summer, and will be held two weeks before the Go Congress, from July 20 to July 27. Camp directors Nano Rivera and Amanda Miller will return to organize the event, in an all new location - YMCA Camp…
March 18, 2013
Six young students have won free lessons with professional go players, as part of a new AGF program that is being supported by a private donor. Winners wrote essays on why they wanted the lessons, and some submitted letters of…