American Go E-Journal
May 30, 2013
An undefeated Eric Lui 7D won the 2013 Maryland Open and NAMT Qualifier, held May 25-26 in Baltimore, MD. A total of 52 players "enjoyed beautiful weather for the 40th Maryland Open," reports organizer Keith Arnold. Eight players 4-dan…
May 30, 2013
The 10th annual Carolina Spring Go Tournament featured a hotly-contested team competition for the youth players. Four teams representing Raleigh Academy of Chinese Language (RACL), Cary Chinese School (CCS) and Chinese School at Chapel…
May 30, 2013
The fifth annual Transatlantic Youth Tournament will take place Sunday on KGS. Ten young players from Europe will face off against ten from North America, the team with the most wins will be the victor (captain's game will be the…
May 29, 2013
The Korea Baduk Association is sending Kim Hyunghwan 6p and Lee Dahye 4p to the US Go Congress in Tacoma this year. Kim Hyunghwan, 27, is a student of famed teacher Kapyong Kwon, whose students include Lee Sedol 9p and Park Junghwan 9p.…
May 29, 2013
When Glenn Fiedler first came to go in 2004, he was immediately taken with the aesthetic side of the game, the black and white stones, their biconvex shape, the sound they make hitting a wooden board. “I especially loved the way go…
May 29, 2013
A recent article on the Business Insider website extols the mathematical benefits of the game of go, which is the 6th of 13 Things That You Can Do To Make Your Child A Genius At Math . The article asked professional mathematicians…
May 29, 2013
Incumbent Paul Celmer has been nominated to retain his seat as eastern region representative. No nominations for western or central region candidates have been received yet. Nominations close June 15 and should be sent to…
May 27, 2013
Reigning British Champion, Andrew Kay 4d, and fellow Cambridge University graduate Andrew Simons 4d, have emerged as the finalists for the British Go Championship from this weekend's Challengers' League . Simons is the Terry Stacey…
May 27, 2013
An interesting triple ko came up in the most recent Tiger's Mouth prize tourney . The tourneys are run every month, and are open to youth in the US and Canada. Handicapped, and with prizes in double-digit kyu, single-digit kyu, and dan…
May 25, 2013
The fifth annual Kido Cup was held in Hamburg, Germany May 18-20. The three day event, including a main tournament, top group, and kids tournament, has become the largest go event held in Germany. In addition to the tournaments, this…
May 25, 2013
The preliminary rounds for the first Mlily Cup concluded May 24th, in Beijing, China. The cup is organized by the International Go Federation (IGF) and the China Qiyuan, and sponsored by Hengkang Jiaju Technology Company. The cup is…
May 25, 2013
An article in the May 23 issue of the magazine Foreign Policy entitled "Pulp Liberation Army" surveys the strange and terrifying underground world of Chinese military fantasy novels. One such novel, 2066: Red Star Over America ,…
May 24, 2013
The AGA Summer Go Camp will be held at YMCA Camp T. Frank Soles in Rockwood, Pennsylvania, from July 20 to July 27. "Go Camp was a wonderful experience," writes Sathya Anand 1k, who attended last year, " I feel my understanding of the…
May 23, 2013
With the publication of Falling in Love with Baduk: Play a Game in One Week, The Korea Baduk Association has taken yet another important step to support Western go. Written in both Korean and English by Dahye Lee and Jihee Baek, two…
May 23, 2013
The deadline to register for this year's Young Kwon National Online Tournament has been extended until midnight on Wednesday, May 29. This means there are still six days to register for the tournament! Sponsored by Young Kwon of Pearl…
May 23, 2013
Dutch go player Theo van Ees 1d, one of the authors of Bibliogo , is developing a catalog of go books and articles. The project started in 1975, and is now a listing of about 3,200 go titles in the main European languages plus Russian.…
May 22, 2013
Chen Yaoye 9P took his fifth consecutive Tianyuan title when he bested Gu Lingyi 5P on May 15. Although Gu joined the top ten Chinese pros in 2009, and was once viewed as one of China’s “most promising” players, he wasn't able to…
May 22, 2013
With just 73 miles left to go in his 200-mile Coast to Coast walk across northern England, E-J Managing Editor Chris Garlock took a tsume-go study break Wednesday on a fence stile outside Richmond (using SmartGo for…
May 21, 2013
Go Congress co-director, Gordon Castanza, has compiled a list of 60 diverse activities that are "sure to fascinate those who want to see the attractions of the Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia area," says Castanza. "From aquariums to arboretums…
May 21, 2013
There is a new IGS client available, GoPanda 2, which is being distributed as a standalone application. Version 2.1.0 was released May 15th. "Aside from a ton of bugfixes and new features, we also moved away from java as the supporting…
May 21, 2013
The E-J mistakenly reported that the Mlily Cup was possibly sponsored by the Mlily Hotel, in yesterday's Power Report. In fact, The Mlily Cup World Open Tournament is sponsored by Healthcare Co., Ltd . Thanks to Ke Lu for pointing out…
May 20, 2013
by John Power, Japan Correspondent for the American Go E-Journal Iyama makes good start in Honinbo defense : The first game of the 68th Honinbo title match was played in Ota City in Shimane Prefecture on May 16 and 17. Taking white,…
May 20, 2013
Two years ago, the Shanghai Ing Chang-Ki Wei-Chi Education Foundation hosted a group of 11 American college students to participate in a week long go summer camp in China. This year, they are hosting a new event in Shanghai, July 7-13,…
May 20, 2013
Registration is still open for this weekend’s KGS 2013 Meijin tournament qualifier. The April qualifier featured “many exciting games and drew more than 300 observers,” reports KGS admin Akane Negishi. "One of last year's contenders,…
May 19, 2013
Many chess players who discover go seem to leave chess behind, but notable Swedish grandmaster Tiger Hillarp Person , the author of “ Tiger’s Modern ,” finds go to be a nice complement to his enjoyment of chess. Persson recently started…
May 19, 2013
Go is returning to Hollyhock Center, in British Columbia, after more than a decade. Janice Kim 3P will lead a workshop at the popular learning center June 28 through July 3. The Hollyhock website says "Hollyhock was founded in 1983,…
May 19, 2013
The 40th Maryland Open, which is also an NAMT Qualifier, will be next weekend. Organizer Keith Arnold says it is "always a strong field and all ranks are welcome." The five-round, two-day tournament also offers prizes in all dan and…
May 18, 2013
The XVI Torneo de Madrid wrapped up on May 5 with Seok-Bin Cho 8d ( left ) in first, followed by Lluis Oh 6d and Pau Carles 3d. One week later, Cho defeated Lukas Kraemer 5d at the 2013 Amsterdam International while Merlijn Kuin 6d came…
May 17, 2013
"Five days and 50 miles in, we've just come out of England's Lake District, some of the most breathtakingly gorgeous scenery I've ever been through and certainly the toughest I've ever walked, hiked and rock-climbed," reports EJ…
May 16, 2013
In a recent interview for EuroGoTV , 17-year-old German player Jonas Welticke 4d shared some insight about his experiences as an insei. Aside from Monday study groups with Ohashi Hirofumi 5d and “playing the other insei kids every…