American Go E-Journal
November 30, 2013
The ‘GLOBIS Cup World Go U-20’, a new Japanese world championship for under-20 players, will be held May 8-11 2014 in Tokyo, the Nihon Ki-in has announced. The winner will win 3 million Japanese yen (about $30,000 USD) and all players…
November 30, 2013
Novice go player and artist Andrew Cole designs images based on specific games of go. “Quiet Garden” (right) “was based on a game played by Todd Blatt and Jianbo Liu on 9/21/06,” Cole tells the E-Journal . “I found the game in the 2007…
November 30, 2013
"Someone was listening to Roger Schrag's comments in his article on " Go Spotting: Lan Su Chinese Garden in Portland " (9/3 EJ)" writes Bob Joyce. Schrag wondered "Is the position on the go board (at left) viable?" and Joyce says "I…
November 30, 2013
Adrenalina will host the 2014 Barcelona Go Seigen Spanish final qualifying tournament on February 22 and 23. First through fourth places will receive portions of the 900 EU cash prize and books will be offered to the players with best…
November 29, 2013
The dates for the much-anticipated match between Lee Sedol 9p ( top left ) and Gu Li 9p ( bottom left ) have finally been announced. The jubango, or ten-game match, will begin on January 26, 2014 in Beijing. Sponsor MLily will award the…
November 29, 2013
Czech Republic: Lukas Podpera 5d ( left ) dominated the Go Baron Qualification on November 24 in Praha. Behind him were Jan Simara 6d in second and Jan Hora 6d third. Germany: Tobias Berben 4d bested Ji Lu 4d at the Rahlstedter Tengen,…
November 29, 2013
The Beckley Foundation , a British organization for consciousness and drug policy research, is appealing for passionate go players who have experience with psychedelic drugs to take part in research on LSD . Volunteers will participate…
November 28, 2013
The AGA website has undergone some significant changes in the last few months. All the favorites are still there, including news, ratings, youth go, and tournament information, but the main left-side navigation menu has been revised…
November 28, 2013
Nam-Ban Madrid Go Club will host the first game of the 38th Japanese Kisei Tournament in Alcala de Henares (Madrid) on January 11 and 12. Current Meijin and Honinbo title-holder Yamashita Keigo 9d ( left ) will battle defending champion…
November 28, 2013
Coming to grips with the truth that he will never earn a living playing baduk, a young man’s chance encounter with a local gangster finds him with a new pupil in Deo Seu-ton – The Stone – the 2010 Korean drama about the vastly different…
November 27, 2013
Yunxuan Li 6d has won the American Go Honor Society's (AGHS) Young Lion’s tournament, for the third year in a row. “The tournament was very competitive,” writes organizer Calvin Sun, “with many new faces appearing this year. The first…
November 26, 2013
The North American delegation to this year’s SportAccord World Mind Games – coming up December 12-18 in Beijing – includes Daniel Ko and Huiren Yang from the US and Sarah Yu and Yongfei Ge from Canada. The American Go E-Journal will…
November 25, 2013
A new East Coast Go Center tops the list of projects of the new Iwamoto North America Foundation (INAF), the result of a collaborative agreement with the American Go Association (AGA) approved today by the Nihon Kiin (NK) Board of…
November 25, 2013
Andrew Kay 4d retained the British Championship on Saturday November 23, after concluding a straight 2-0 victory over challenger Andrew Simons 4d in the best-of-three final. Kay first took the title in 2012, after manytime Championship…
November 25, 2013
The Seattle Go Center plans to present a gala evening of Pair Go on Saturday, December 7, when there will be a two-round Pair Go tournament featuring a dessert buffet sponsored by Bakery Nouveau of Seattle and prizes for the top teams.…
November 22, 2013
Sunday is the deadline go-playing university/college students under the age of 30 to register for the qualifying prelim for the 12th World Students Go Oza Championship, which will be held February 24-28, 2014 in Tokyo. Sixteen students…
November 22, 2013
The potentially decisive Game 2 of the British Championship ( British Championship to Feature “The Two Andrews” 11/3 EJ) will be broadcast on KGS in the English Room (not the British Room, as previously reported) on Saturday, November…
November 22, 2013
"In the movie Heathers (1989, at right ), in Veronica’s room, before the hanging scene. - Michael Wall "In the October 26 issue of The Economist , on page 8, there is a photo of a couple of old-timers playing Baduk. Underneath is the…
November 21, 2013
Who will be the next American pro? Eight young North American go players will battle it out for the honor and opportunity early next year in Los Angeles at the second AGA Pro Certification Tournament. The field includes four Americans…
November 21, 2013
“I recently spotted go in the anime ‘Bleach’" reports Tyler Keithley. “Unfortunately I haven't been able to find a screenshot, but it is shown briefly about midway through Episode 258, titled ‘Stray Snake, Tortured Monkey’". Matthew…
November 20, 2013
Hungary: The European Baduk Competition finished November 17 in Budapest with Pal Balogh 6d in first, Csaba Mero 6d in second, and Ondrej Silt 6d in third. Italy: Also on November 17, 2k bested Andrea Mori 3k at the Gladiatore 2013 in…
November 20, 2013
"I am a high school student who is also a 5 Duan go player from Shanghai, China," writes Liwei (David) Xu. "Although I continue my study, I have never given up my hobby. And I am preparing for the application of the US univeristies and…
November 19, 2013
The architect heading up restoration of the historic Hotel Normandie in Los Angeles has donated use of its function rooms for the upcoming second AGA Pro Qualification Tournament January 2-8 in Los Angeles (more details coming soon;…
November 19, 2013
"I read the article on Yunxuan Li pulling in 100 teens to his Go club ( Yunxuan Li On How His LA School Club Pulled in 100 Teens 11/5 EJ)," writes Sid Kobashigawa of the Honolulu Go Club. "Can you get a copy of the attractive poster,…
November 18, 2013
The first game of the 38th Kisei title match will be hosted in Alcalá de Henares by the Nam Ban Madrid Go Club on January 11-12, in accordance with the tradition that this title's first game is played outside Japan. Iyama Yuta 9P (left)…
November 18, 2013
The Wisonet Go Club in New Jersey is organizing a slow-game tournament November 28-29 in central New Jersey. Unlike most weekend tournaments, the time limits will be two hours per player, two rounds per day and winners will qualify to…
November 17, 2013
Book Review of Lee Sedol’s Commented Games: Volume II (Baduktopia) by Fritz Balwit The arrival of the English version of Lee Sedol’s Commented Games Volume I in 2011 fulfilled a dream of our go study group: a high-quality, detailed…
November 17, 2013
The Portland Go Club is looking for volunteers to help them staff a booth at Mochitsuki , a traditional Japanese New Year's celebration scheduled for Sunday, January 26, 2014 (the Year of the Horse) from 11am to 4 pm."We'll have a booth…
November 16, 2013
A go hothouse sprang up in Letchworth Garden City, UK the weekend of November 8-10, when 14 of the UK's strongest and most promising players congregated at the home of Letchworth Go Club organizers Simon and Alison Bexfield (see New Go…
November 16, 2013
by John Power, Japan Correspondent for the E-Journal Precise Counting At The Spicy Noodles Cup: According to an article on the fourth game of the Nong Shim Spicy Noodles Cup (full details of the opening round given in my previous report…