American Go E-Journal
January 29, 2014
Jo Hanseung 9P & Park Jeongsang 9P on the Lee Sedol - Gu Li Jubango Game: This game commentary on the [sgf sgfUrl="/news/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/2014.01.29_Lee-Sedol-Gu-Li-BadukTV.sgf"…
January 27, 2014
The first round of play has mostly been completed for the AGA City League, reports TD Steve Colburn. In the A League, [sgf sgfUrl="/news/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/2014.01.27_PandanetCityLeague-Evan-Cho-v-Huiren-Yang.sgf"…
January 27, 2014
Tony Buzan, the inventor of mind-mapping and author of numerous books on enhancing the power of the brain, has made his debut appearance at a go tournament at the age of 71. The man once named by Forbes Magazine alongside Henry…
January 27, 2014
Ireland: The first half of the Irish Championship League finished on January 19 in Dublin with Roman Pszonka 3d in first, James Hutchinson 1d in second, and Tiberiu Gociu 3k in third. Russia: Also on January 19, the Russian Youth…
January 26, 2014
Though both players shocked fans and each other with many unexpected moves, Lee Sedol 9p defeated rival Gu Li 9p in the first game of their jubango, or ten-game series, on January 26 in Beijing. Cheering on Lee were his wife and…
January 26, 2014
John Zhang 4D, Peter Enyeart 3k and Damon Hoffman 17k all went 4-0 to top the Austin "Dead of Winter" Go Tournament on January 25 at local game store Great Hall Games in Austin, TX. "This was the first of what is planned to be quarterly…
January 25, 2014
In Portland, OR, there are now over 100 children in chess and go programs, spread over five schools, and organized by Peter Freedman and Fritz Balwit. Freedman teaches go and Balwit teaches chess in most schools. "We decided to…
January 25, 2014
“Very soon after I started playing go, I learned that there would be a tournament in Ann Arbor,” writes Bob Barber (right) . “I entered at 16 kyu. At that time, I was progressing a stone or three every year (blessed memories!), so I did…
January 23, 2014
The highly anticipated first game of the 10-game series (jubango) with $860,000 in prize money between Lee Sedol and Gu Li will be held in China on Sunday, Jan. 26 ( Lee Sedol-Gu Li Jubango to be Broadcast Live on KGS 1/20 EJ) . Thanks…
January 22, 2014
Eight of Europe's top players will battle it out online starting this Thursday in the 1st WBaduk European Top 8 Champions League . Organized by the European Go Federation and WBaduk , the 7-round round robin tournament has a 3,000-euro…
January 21, 2014
Ari Saito 7D (right front) topped a field of more than 30 go players gathered on the UC San Diego campus January 18 "on a beautiful 70+ degree southern California day" to contend for the 2014 San Diego Go Championship, reports San Diego…
January 20, 2014
David Relson, a "mainstay of the AGA" from the mid-1970's to the mid-'80's, died on September 21, 2013 at 65. An active cyclist, "he was almost home after riding 73 miles on a beautiful fall day when he collapsed," reported his family…
January 20, 2014
A delegation of Cuban go players has been invited to attend this year's U.S. Go Congress for the first time and AGA board member Robert Gilman is coordinating fundraising efforts to support the visit. "The Cubans have greeted our…
January 20, 2014
The second season of the Pandanet AGA City League is set to begin shortly. “We have 18 teams of players ranging from professionals to 12-kyu players,” reports TD Steve Colburn. The first round will start on January 25 at 3p EST on…
January 20, 2014
The first game in the upcoming jubango between Lee Sedol 9P and Gu Li 9p will be broadcast live on KGS with live game commentary by Myungwan Kim 9P. The first game in the series ( Big Jubango Between Lee Sedol & Gu Li Set To Start In…
January 18, 2014
Last Saturday, January 11, the Las Vegas Go Club (LVGC) was at full capacity. “New membership to our club is up and we are hoping that it transfers to long-time go players.” reports Mike Wanek. “In the last month or so, we have had four…
January 18, 2014
Croatia: Lovro Furjanic 1d bested Zoran Mutabzija 5d at the 2. Velika Gorcia Open on January 12 while Mladen Smud 1k placed third. Turkey: The Istanbul City Championship Finals finished on January 4 with Ozgur Degirmenci 2d in first,…
January 17, 2014
[sgf sgfUrl="/news/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/2014_01_17_Redmond_tsumego_07_kisei_ans.sgf" theme="problem" href="/news/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/2014_01_17_Redmond_tsumego_07_kisei_ans.sgf" class="alignright"][/sgf] Black to play.…
January 16, 2014
Cho Hanseung 9P successfully defended his Kuksu title against Lee Sedol 9P on January 13 in Seoul, Korea. This gives him the title for a third consecutive year, as he overcame Choi Cheolhan 9P in the two previous editions. Cho (left)…
January 16, 2014
Alex Panaccione won all four games to win the January 12 MGA Winter Tournament. Twenty eight players turned out for the event, which was directed by Eva Casey with support from Eric Tillberg, whose entry fee was waived as a result. “I…
January 16, 2014
A story about a battle between elderly Korean patrons and a McDonald’s in Queens, New York, mentions go in passing. Apparently the Korean seniors prefer the McDonald’s to the other facilities that “cater to the elderly in the…
January 15, 2014
The British Go Association has announced that the Nihon Ki-in are to send two professionals to the UK in February/March 2014. Minematsu Masaki 6p and Kobayashi Chizu 5p will make a teaching tour of the country and will attend the…
January 14, 2014
[sgf sgfUrl="/news/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/2014_01_14_Redmond_tsumego_07_kisei.sgf" theme="problem" href="/news/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/2014_01_14_Redmond_tsumego_07_kisei.sgf" class="alignright"][/sgf] Black to play. Both…
January 13, 2014
The AGA is launching a new event for young players, the North American Kyu Championships (NAKC), to be held on KGS , on Saturday Feb. 15. The event will replace the USYGC, which had been tied into the Ing Foundation's World Youth Goe…
January 12, 2014
Iyama Yuta 9P (left) defeated Yamashita Keigo 9P by half a point in the first game of the 38th Kisei title match, which was hosted in Alcalá de Henares by the Nam Ban Madrid Go Club on January 11-12, in accordance with the tradition…
January 12, 2014
More than half a century ago, a small gift changed Terry Benson’s life. His parents bought him a go set at a mall bookstore in 1960. “It was a flimsy, cardboard set with small, flat bottom, plastic stones and a 1949 AGA rule book,” says…
January 12, 2014
Live Korean go matches with commentary, game reviews and lessons are now available 24/7 through KorTV on Apple TV. KorTV -- an Internet television network designed to provide free live Korean IPTV -- provides HD quality live Korean go…
January 11, 2014
Following lively debate on British go community subscription list Gotalk (see British Open Not So Open , Eurogotv 12/30/13) , the British Go Association (BGA) has now reviewed its decision to limit entry to the British Open and British…
January 11, 2014
“It was our great pleasure and honor” to play in the recent Zhugang Cup World Weiqi Team Championship ( Korea Wins New International Tournament 1/3 EJ) , reports Mingming (Stephanie) Yin 1P (at right) . Yin, along with MingJiu Jiang 7P…
January 9, 2014
The fourth annual Jin Chen Memorial Tournament at the Seattle Go Center brought together 46 players from diverse backgrounds. The 12-person open section was won by Ximeng (Simon) Yu, a 1 dan professional from China who is also a local…