American Go E-Journal
April 30, 2014
The Korean Baduk Association has once again invited the AGA to send three North American representatives to compete in the World division of the Samsung Cup World Baduk Masters 2014 in Korea. Interested players must be 5D+ citizens or…
April 30, 2014
On May 1 and 2, the Second China-Korea-Japan Professional Pair Go Championship will be held in Anhui, China, with live broadcast on Pandanet-IGS . Three new pairs pairs, Rui Naiwei – Yu Bin (China), Yashiro Kumiko – Iyama Yuta (Japan),…
April 30, 2014
If you're changing your email address, make sure you don't miss an issue of the E-Journal by clicking on "UPDATE YOUR PROFILE" at the bottom of the EJ (be careful NOT to click on UNSUBSCRIBE!), where you can also choose either the daily…
April 29, 2014
by Keith L. Arnold, hka A soft voice slowed me as I rushed past at last weekend’s first Washington Open Baduk Championship, which was organized by Allan Abramson, Gary Smith, Todd Heidenreich, Andy Okun and myself. I turned to see Shin…
April 29, 2014
Mingjiu Jiang 7P will lead a Summer Go Day Camp July 7-11 in Mountain View, CA. Attendance is limited to "All interested in go," with 16 places available, at $300 each. The camp will run 10a-5p daily; lunch and snacks are included.…
April 29, 2014
A new season of American Yunguseng Dojang (AYD) starts on May 5. This will be the second season in American time zones, the ninth season in Europe, for the internet go school from top-rated European player, Korean-born Hwang Inseong 8d…
April 28, 2014
The Boulder Kids and Teens Go Club celebrated its tenth anniversary on Easter. “Dave Weiss and I are both Jewish," says Paul Barchilon, who co-founded the club with Weiss, "so we had no idea it was Easter when we scheduled our first…
April 28, 2014
Twenty-year-old Israeli Ali Jabarin 6d (right) is leading the field at the end of the second series of online training leagues for the upcoming competition to qualify two players as the first European Go Professionals (see European Go…
April 28, 2014
The American Go Foundation ( AGF) is offering $200 youth scholarships 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, 2014
Gu Li 9P won game 4 of the MLily Gu vs Lee Jubango on April 27, drawing even with Lee Sedol 9P at two all for the match so far. Game 4 was held on Jeungdo (Jeung Island) in Shinan County, near Lee Sedol’s hometown, and was the first and…
April 27, 2014
Andy Liu 1P took the first Washington Open Baduk Championship with a 5-0 sweep on April 26-27. Displaying his customary sharp and speedy play -- rarely using more than half the 60-minute basic time -- Liu (right) dominated his…
April 27, 2014
Attendance at the Vermont Spring Go Tournament ”was sparse, with just 9 players,” reports organizer Peter Schumer, “but everyone brought their ‘A’ game and made for a fun and exciting day.” The event was held on campus at Middlebury…
April 27, 2014
Quizmaster Learns Something: Half of you came up with 15, the correct answer, although Steve Burrall insists there are 16, but only listed 13 in his comments. Here's Grant Kerr's list, in a rare moment of only almost correctness, in…
April 26, 2014
Andy Liu 1P (right) leads the first Washington Open Baduk Championship , 3-0 going into the final two rounds in Vienna, VA this weekend. Kevin Huang 7D is also 3-0 so the two are sure to meet on Sunday. Top-board games will be broadcast…
April 26, 2014
The first award of the Washington Open Baduk Championship was announced after just one round on the first day of play. Tournament Director Allan Abramson (right) presented retired Ambassador Suh Dae-won of Korea with an award…
April 25, 2014
Ukraine: The Second League Ukrainian Championship finished on April 13 in Kiev with Andrii Kravets 6d in first, Volodymyr Kokozei 5d in second, and Bohdan Zhurakovskyi 5d in third. Norway: Yaqi Fu 6d took the 2014 Nordic Championship in…
April 25, 2014
The Ishi Go Club will host the Open IGC 2014 on May 17 and 18 at the Polytechnic School of Lausanne in Switzerland. Amateur and experienced players are welcome to play. Registration is 30 CHF for adults and 15 CHF for youth (under 18)…
April 25, 2014
“I got dressed to disco music this morning ( Go Spotting: Disco A-Go-Go! 4/23/2014 EJ),” writes Phil Straus. “Thank you.” In that same story, we said that “Perhaps a Japanese-speaking reader can translate the spoken section halfway…
April 24, 2014
Attendance is expected to be near 100 at this weekend’s Washington Open Baduk Championship in Northern Virginia, reports organizer Allan Abramson. Top players so far include Mingming Yin 1P (right) , Zhaonian Chen 8d, Charles Choi 7d,…
April 24, 2014
The fourth round in the AGA City League is set for this Saturday, April 26th on Pandanet . Click here for the pairings: A League ; B League ; C League . "As always catch the action live on game day at 3PM EST on Pandanet using the new…
April 24, 2014
The go booth at the 54th Sakura Matsuri Street Festival on April 12 in Washington D.C. was so popular that organizers quickly went through the more than 200 brochures they brought. The event runs in conjunction with the annual…
April 24, 2014
"It is a very random show, but this episode of Tonari no Seki-kun features go. Sort of," reports Joseph Cua. "'Don't lose to your shadow!' Pretty funny."
April 23, 2014
by Barry Pasicznyk Every year go players from the Penn Go Society and Phoenixville Go Club teach go at Philadelphia's Sakura (Cherry Blossom) Festival. This year an especially poignant moment occurred that I wanted to share with other…
April 23, 2014
People who like disco music may also like the game of go - if Swede Chris Linn's 1980 recording, The Game of Go (B-side to Santa Monica Blue Waves) was on the money. The song, whose chorus is: "Let's play the game of go", features such…
April 23, 2014
"As always, I enjoy receiving the E-Journal's news," writes Jean de Maiffe. "One thing I missed in the article about the Syracuse tournament, however ( Jason Bates Tops Syracuse “Salt City Tournament” 4/20 EJ) was credit for the problem…
April 22, 2014
Wang Ma 6d topped a field of 36 players ranging from 20 kyu to 6 dan at the Massachusetts Go Association's annual Don Wiener Memorial Tournament on April 13 in Somerville MA. "Among the players were a visitor from Scotland, a visiting…
April 22, 2014
The second American Collegiate Go Association (ACGA) Spring Go Expo drew over a hundred participants to MIT's main campus on March 29. After a two-hour round of simuls with Chinese professionals in the morning, the event opened with…
April 22, 2014
How to Submit A Classified? "Is there someone out there who can tell me how to list an item in the E-Journal's Go Classified section?" wonders Marc Palmer. "I've searched the site and it's certainly not obvious." Certainly; just send…
April 22, 2014
FOR SALE: Antique go board (estimated to be 150 years old): all serious offers considered; click here for more photos ; contact stagnaroangelo@hotmail.com Update: this is an updated post.
April 21, 2014
Frank Lantz, noted game theorist, developer and teacher, will deliver the keynote address at the 2014 US Go Congress opening ceremonies on Saturday, August 9th at 7 p.m., at the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York City. Now the director of a…