American Go E-Journal
August 31, 2013
The Korea Baduk Association is inviting players from around the world to attend the 7th Kim-in Cup International Senior Baduk Competition, an amateur go tournament being held November 1-4 in Gangjin in the picturesque Korean province of…
August 31, 2013
"Think for yourself, play your own game, and make your best effort." That was the advice Kikou Emura (left) of Japan gave to amateur players who want to improve their game, in response to a question from E-Journal Managing Editor Chris…
August 31, 2013
The last year has been a very successful one for the International Go Federation, its leaders reported Saturday at the annual IGF General Meeting, held the day prior to the launch of the World Amateur Go Championship, this year in…
August 30, 2013
Players in the 34th World Amateur Go Championship began arriving Friday in Sendai, Japan, registering at the Hotel Monte Hermana, where a playing room has been set up (and where some players, shrugging off their jetlag, immediately…
August 30, 2013
Where's U.S. Go News? "No U.S. go news at all?" writes Allan Abramson in response to the 8/29 EJ, which featured reports on go in Japan and the UK. "Perhaps someone needs to be assigned to make or find news?" We welcome go news from…
August 29, 2013
China and Korea are favorites again this year to win the 34th edition of the World Amateur Go Championships, which will be held on September 1-4 in Sendai, Japan. Beginning September 1st, Ranka Online and the American Go E-Journal will…
August 28, 2013
Paul Taylor 2d of the St Albans Go Club, UK took the gold medal for 19x19 go by just half a point at the 17th Mind Sports Olympiad (MSO) in London on Sunday August 25 ( Mind Sports Olympiad Under Way in London , 8/18 EJ) . British Go…
August 28, 2013
Strongest Go Clubs? "Can you tell me where the strongest go clubs are in the US?" asks Joy Craft. "I live in CA near Stanford University and want to know what cities in the US have serious clubs with professional players." Jie Li 9P has…
August 28, 2013
E-Journal Japan Correspondent John Power catches us up on go events in Japan and international events in which Japanese players took part. Click here for Part 1 and Part 2. Kisei Leagues Update July 25: (A League) Yamashiro Hiroshi 9P…
August 27, 2013
The Teacher's Workshop will be offered again at the 2014 Go Congress, according to AGA VP Chris Kirschner. "The howling success of the 2013 Workshop indicates that this will become a regular Go Congress event," he told the E-Journal . …
August 27, 2013
E-Journal Japan Correspondent John Power catches us up on go events in Japan and international events in which Japanese players took part. Click here (link) for Part 1. Kita Fumiko Inducted Into Hall Of Fame: At a July 16 meeting at the…
August 26, 2013
I spent the summer traveling overseas (that is, away from Japan, where I live), so in a 3-part series this week I will catch up on go events in Japan and international events in which Japanese players took part. Some of these may have…
August 26, 2013
The 11th Isle of Man International Go Festival finished up on Friday August 23, bringing an end to a week of go and social activities for about fifty players. The Festival, which opened on August 18, hosted three tournaments, the Main,…
August 26, 2013
Joey Phoon 5k is the winner of the American Go Foundation's College Scholarship . Phoon is off to college on familiar turf this month, as he starts the fall term at George Mason University, site of the 2009 Go Congress, which he…
August 26, 2013
Forty six kids and adults came out to San Francisco's Japantown Center on August 17th for the Summer Go Tournament organized by Bay Area Go Players Association . Players ranged in strength from 7 dan to 21 kyu, and 13 people joined or…
August 25, 2013
Much was riding on this year’s China Korean Tengen tournament on August 24 in Hangzhou, China. After Chinese player Chen Yaoye 9p ( left ) defended his title last year, the score of wins per country was tied at 8-8. During their match,…
August 25, 2013
The previously-published Congress Photo Scrapbooks (below) have now been updated with full-size slideshows of EJ photographer Phil Straus' albums for each day. We've also published three all-new albums of Straus' photos. Enjoy! - The…
August 25, 2013
Congratulations to Go Game Guru , which recently celebrated its third birthday. “When we started this project, we set out with the idea of building a sustainable business that exists to promote go worldwide,” writes GGG founder David…
August 24, 2013
From before the Opening Ceremonies to the closing Awards Banquet, the American Go E-Journal once again provided comprehensive coverage of the annual U.S. Go Congress, this year held August 3-11 in Tacoma, WA. In addition to broadcasting…
August 24, 2013
Sergii Rydzel and the UFGO will host the fourth Trost Memorial International Go Tournament in Odessa (Ukraine) on October 19-20. In memory of the “permanent head of the Odessa Go Club” Vitaly Anatolievich Trost, this annual tournament…
August 23, 2013
During the week following the U.S. Go Congress, Takemiya Masaki 9p from the Nihon Ki-in and Chihiro Chujo 1p from the Kansai Ki-in each taught three times at the Seattle Go Center. Ms. Chujo was an enthusiastic go teacher, and an…
August 23, 2013
GoGameGuru – which just celebrated its third birthday -- will be sponsoring the August qualifier for the KGS 2013 Meijin tournament. GoGameGuru's August round has 34 entrants thus far, with ranks up to 8 dan. The single-elimination…
August 23, 2013
Russia: Less than ten days after his victories at the 2013 European Go Congress , Ilja Shikshin 7d ( left ) conquered the Vladimir Open in Suzdal on August 18. Igor Nemlij 5d placed second and Dmitrij Surin 6d came in third. Poland: The…
August 22, 2013
The Hu family won twice on the night of the North American Masters Tournament final when Alex Hu, father of 2013 NAMT winner Zi Yang (Matthew) Hu was the winning bidder at the NAMT board auction at the U.S. Go Congress awards banquet.…
August 22, 2013
These go players are part of a new display at the Seattle Asian Art Museum . Thanks to SAM curator Pam McClusky for passing this along.
August 19, 2013
The NYGC building is being sold by the Nihon Ki-in ( Nihon Ki-in to Use NY Go Center Sale Proceeds to Benefit Go in North America 6/27 EJ) and needs to be cleared. The go sets and go books will be kept, but there is much of value which…
August 19, 2013
A custom-made go board is featured on both the July 2013 edition cover of The Japan Woodworker Catalog and the August 2013 Woodcraft catalog. A post on the Woodworking Adventures blog describes both the construction of the board and the…
August 18, 2013
A 10-day "Festival for the Mind", the 17th Mind Sports Olympiad (MSO) opened in London on Friday 16 August, hosting a myriad of mind sport competitions, including the Creative Thinking World Championship , Hare and Tortoise , Chess -…
August 18, 2013
The Play More Go project has released two more videos, What is it about? and Master the Game . Professionally produced by Sven and Lars Walther, the brief videos are designed to provoke interest in the game by a broader audience. All…
August 18, 2013
The project to extend the searchable E-Journal archives to the entire 14-year history of the EJ is now underway. Thanks to the work being done by volunteers Roy Hatcher and Corey McQuarters, our current searchable online archives now go…