American Go E-Journal
April 30, 2013
Chinese pro Shi Yue has won first prize in go9dan.com’s first professional World Go League. “I was really happy that I managed to top all these very strong players,” Shi said. The 3-month long World Go League featured ten of the top…
April 30, 2013
The sequel to last year's Oscar Wilde Liberation (OWL) Tournament, "OWL: Resurrection", will be this year's first online NAMT qualifier, reports Karoline Burrall, who will direct, with Jasmine Yan. The 4-round tournament will take place…
April 30, 2013
"Thank you for posting the history of the German go pro who died in Guatemala ( Remembering German Go Professional Hans Pietsch 4/26 EJ) ," writes Brazilian go organizer Roberto Petresco. "I knew the history and perhaps I heard about it…
April 30, 2013
Aaron Ye 5d, who has been the Jr. Division US Youth Champion for the past three years, pulled a surprise upset at the Jujo Jiang Youth Cup in Sunnyvale, CA, on March 24th. Ye, who is just 11, lost his Jr. Division title to Jeremy Chiu…
April 29, 2013
by John Power, Japan Correspondent for the American Go E-Journal Yuki takes Judan Title, Reducing Iyama to Quintuple Crown : Challenger Yuki Satoshi 9P put an end to Iyama Yuta’s reign as a sextuple titleholder on April 26 when he won…
April 29, 2013
Karl-Ernst Paech, former president of the European Go Federation (EGF) and the German Go Federation (DGoB) -- and one of the most influential leaders of European go in the last century -- died on April 16 at the age of 90. After growing…
April 29, 2013
"At the 1:10:00 minute mark of 'Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame' there is a beautiful scene with an elaborate goban and stones," writes Vincent DiMattia. I don't know if this has been reported before but (even if so),…
April 28, 2013
Professional go player and popular teacher Janice Kim 3P will teach a two-day go workshop in Berkeley, CA on May 4 and 5. The class size is being kept very small in order to maximize individual attention and give students the…
April 28, 2013
"The AGA Go Camp is excited to announce that Yilun Yang 7P will be joining us for camp this year," reports Camp Director Amanda Miller. Yang became a professional at the age of 14, in 1973. He has trained many notable players, including…
April 28, 2013
The Teachers Workshop planned for this year's U.S. Go Congress has attracted the attention of the Korean Baduk Association, which is sending two Korean pros who are recognized experts in teaching techniques, to add to the…
April 27, 2013
Daniel Chou 6D topped the April 20 NOVA Cherry Blossom tournament in Arlington, VA, which attracted 26 players. Gary Smith organized the event, and Allan Abramson was the tournament director. The winners were: First Place: Daniel Chou…
April 27, 2013
The American Go Foundation ( AGF) is offering $200 youth discounts to this year’s US Go Congress . Interested youth must write an essay on why they want to go; the application deadline is May 30th. Twenty-Five scholarships are…
April 27, 2013
"Your article ( New Go Manga Fansubbed 4/9/2013) shocked me that an organization I respect as much as the AGA would promote reading scanlations and/or watching fansubs," writes John Koniges. "This is a serious issue that is killing the…
April 26, 2013
GoGoD ( Games of Go on Disk ) wil l be sponsoring the KGS Meijin April qualifier. "Werfeus" of Finland, a longtime KGS user, won the March qualifier. "Many strong players are joining every month and you can find fun and exciting games…
April 26, 2013
by Jan Engelhardt While a number of western countries have begun hosting professionals from Japan, Korea and China to teach and promote go, westerners who have become professional go players are still very rare. So rare that thus far…
April 25, 2013
On April 22, 23-year-old Jiseok Kim 8p made his breakout victory at the 18 th GS Caltex Cup when he conquered reining champion Lee Sedol 9P. Though he had previously only won one title as an individual (the 2009 Price Information Cup),…
April 25, 2013
"Robert Gilman alone has stepped up to fill Bob Barber's shoes for the remainder of the 2012-2014 Central Region AGA Board seat term," reports Arnold Eudell. Central region chapters should have received their voting rights count via the…
April 24, 2013
Justin Sheih 6d took top honors in the A division at the First Enlighten Youth Go Tournament, with a perfect record of 4 wins. The tournament was held in San Jose, CA, and was organized by the Enlighten Chinese School, go teacher Joe…
April 23, 2013
by John Power, Japan Correspondent for the American Go E-Journal After losing two games in a row in the 51st Judan title match, Iyama Yuta 9P has stopped the rot and evened the series against Yuki Satoshi 9P. The fourth game was…
April 23, 2013
Pandanet AGA City League rounds 4 and 5 will be played this Sunday, April 28. Leagues A and B will play their Round 5 games at 2p EST, while Leagues C and D will play their round 4 games starting at 1p EST. Find the pairings on the…
April 23, 2013
A new event, the first China-Korea-Japan Pair Go Championship , will be held next week, April 30 through May 2, in Anhui, China. The event will be broadcast on Pandanet. Three male veterans are paired with three new female stars to play…
April 22, 2013
A record 34 players turned out on Saturday, April 20 for Syracuse's 6th annual Salt City Go Tournament at Manlius Pebble Hill School. Eight dan-level players participated in the tournament's first-ever Open Division, with Phil Waldron…
April 22, 2013
"At the Twin Cities Go Club (TCGO) club winter tournament in February we started an initiative to have members get AGA memberships so we could begin holding regular ratings tournaments," reports local organizer Aaron Broege in…
April 22, 2013
Yunxuan Li 5d took top honors at the Rocky Mountain Spring Go Tourney, held April 13th in Boulder, Co. Li, who lives in California, flew out to compete in order to accumulate points for the North American Masters Tourney, which will be…
April 20, 2013
The AGA Summer Go Camp has launched an all new website to help promote the camp. Visitors can see pictures from previous camps, learn more about programs, and find answers to frequently asked questions. "If you're a go player between…
April 19, 2013
The UK is likely to be relegated next year to the C-League in the 30-nation Pandanet Go European Team Championship , after another poor result in the eighth round match on April 15 against Belgium, which resulted in a draw. The…
April 19, 2013
Cambridge took the open division of this spring's London International Teams tournament without losing a single game on Sunday April 14. The twice-yearly event was held at the Nippon Club in central London, UK. Four teams of three…
April 19, 2013
While the clash of titans in the final match at the St. Petersburg Go Consul Cup League A ( Dinerchtein’s “Water” Douses Shikshin “Fire” at St. Petersburg Go Consul Cup 4/14/2013 EJ) naturally generated the most general public…
April 18, 2013
Though neither the Korean Baduk Association nor the Chinese Weiqi Association have officially confirmed whether the rumored 10-game match, or jubango, between Sedol Lee 9P ( right ) and Li Gu 9P ( left ) will actually occur, buzz…
April 18, 2013
After an exciting first few rounds, the Collegiate Go League post-season concludes this Saturday, April 20. The championship match will be played at 2:30pm EST in the Collegiate Go League room on KGS, reports William Lockhart. Ten…