American Go E-Journal
June 30, 2014
Calvin Sun 1P has been selected as the new American Go Honor Society (AGHS) President. "I'm really glad to be the President for AGHS this year," Sun told the Journal. "This has always been a goal for me because I feel like go has lost…
June 29, 2014
Last of a series of profiles of players in the 35th World Amateur Go Championships, which will be held July 4-11 in Gyeongju , Korea. Fifty-seven players from a like number of countries and territories are scheduled to make the trip…
June 29, 2014
Last week’s Quiz was inspired by EJ reader Vernon Leighton who thought he spotted an error in a May 13 Wired article on go . “It said that Michael Redmond (far right) was the first American go professional and that James Kerwin (near…
June 29, 2014
AVE-KONTAKT s.r.o., PromoGo o.s., and the Czech Go Association will host the 13th International Czech Open on July 11 through July 13. Cash prizes will be awarded to the top five players, the top five EGF players, and players with five…
June 28, 2014
Capital One has informed its Card Lab Connect partners that it is ending the program, under which AGA members could apply for go- decorated VISA cards whose fees were shared with AGA, according to AGA President Andy Okun. "I am quite…
June 28, 2014
United King dom: The Welsh Open finished in Barmouth on June 22 with Alistair Wall 2d in first, Toby Manning 2d in second, and Christian Scarff 1d in third. Bosnia and Herzegovina: Also on June 22, Mijodrag Stankovic 5d dominated the…
June 27, 2014
If you’re in the St Louis area this weekend – or maybe just passing through the airport – you’ll want to stop by the stamp show at the Renaissance St. Louis Airport Hotel. Longtime go player and philatelist Les Lanphear will be showing…
June 27, 2014
Third in a series of profiles of players in the 35th World Amateur Go Championships, which will be held July 4-11 in Gyeongju , Korea. Germany: Bernd Radmacher 4D (left) , 42, lives in Meerbusch (near Düsseldorf, Cologne) where he’s…
June 27, 2014
"Forty children between the ages of five and sixteen competed at the first inter-school go tournament, in Punta Arenas, Chile, on Saturday June 6th," reports organizer Sebastian Montiel. "Three categories were played depending on the…
June 27, 2014
“Firstly let me appreciate all the work with the journal,” writes Michael Marz. “I really enjoy it. This time ( 2014 WAGC Player Profiles: Europe (Part 1) 6/26 EJ) , however, there is a mistake. The German representative is Bernd…
June 27, 2014
Yutopian is offering a half-price sale on dozens of go books. Through July 31, the Go Books Summer Sale offers the second book half off of the original price when you buy one at the original price. You must call or email to get the…
June 26, 2014
The June 21 Davis/Sacramento Summer Quarterly Tournament at the Arcade Library in Sacramento drew a field of nine players from the Bay Area to the Sierra foothills. Charles Su 1k (left) won the upper division and Tai-An Cha 5k, won the…
June 26, 2014
Slate & Shell is having a half-price sale on all four of John Fairbairn's books on Go Seigen to commemorate the master’s 100th birthday. There are four of them: Kamakura , 9 Dan Showdown , Final Summit , and Old Fuseki vs New Fuseki .…
June 26, 2014
Second in a series of profiles of players in the 35th World Amateur Go Championships, which will be held July 4-11 in Gyeongju , Korea. Fifty-seven players from a like number of countries and territories are scheduled to make the trip…
June 26, 2014
Nauseating Profiles: “Reading the journal is part of my morning routine,” writes Chris Uzal. “Most of the time it is interesting, sometimes it's not. Can't win them all, of course. One of your articles today crossed over into the…
June 24, 2014
“The Chess Life article ( Your Move/Readers Write: ‘Catching Chess Cheaters’ 6/23 EJ) says that ‘One interesting statistic is that players make 60 percent to 90 percent more errors when half a pawn ahead or behind compared to when the…
June 24, 2014
First in a series of profiles of players in the 35th World Amateur Go Championships, which will be held July 4-11 in Gyeongju , Korea. The American Go E-Journal will once again be teaming up with Ranka to provide comprehensive daily…
June 24, 2014
“I read about the Go Camp in Japan (Nihon Kiin Organizing Special Go Camp to Celebrate 90th Birthday 3/22 EJ) this summer,” writes Bob Barber. “I will be in Japan for a wedding, so I couldn’t actually join the Camp, but if I can fit it…
June 24, 2014
With personal inscription by author Noriyuki Nakayama on flyleaf. Near new condition, 191 pages, with colorful book cover. Many remember Mr Nakayama, because of his great love for spreading understanding and communications with others…
June 23, 2014
Israeli go champion Ali Jabarin 6d (right) has won the final knockout rounds of the European Pro Qualification Tournament at Vienna in Austria to become the second pro qualifying under the new European Go Federation (EGF) /CEGO pro…
June 23, 2014
“ Chess Life recently published a fascinating article, ‘Catching Chess Cheaters’ centered on using computers and statistics to detect cheating in chess,” writes John Pinkerton. “It covers many related topics of interest to go players…
June 22, 2014
by John Power, EJ Japan Correspondent Ida Picks Up First Win In Honinbo Title Match: Faced with his first kadoban (a game that can lose a series) in the 69th Honinbo best-of-seven, Ida Atsushi 8P (right) fought strongly and killed a…
June 22, 2014
The 2014 UK Go Challenge for Schools was won by Melchior Chui 9k of Cambridge with second and third places going to siblings Roella 12k and Edmund Smith 13k respectively, also both of Cambridge. The finals were held at Milton C of E…
June 22, 2014
“Anders Kierulf (@SmartGo) suggested that I should send you the attached cover art of albums for a well-known partnership in British folk-blues circles, featuring games of go,” writes JF Derry. The E-Journal’s British correspondent,…
June 21, 2014
"Intuition": “In Allegra Goodman's novel 'Intuition' on page 164 is the line ‘Jacob and Aaron sat playing go on towels in the sand,’” writes None Redmond, though she adds “Not one of her best books I think. I'm a bit bored with it…
June 21, 2014
A draft update of the AGA’s official Tournament Regulations is now posted for review and comment . First published in 2005 by Ken Koester and updated periodically, “These are not sweeping changes, mostly moderate edits and additions to…
June 19, 2014
Sixteen professional go players have been confirmed for this year’s US Go Congress , set for August in New York City. They include the following pros from Korea: Park Jungsang 9P: Born in 1984, Park became a professional in 2000 and was…
June 19, 2014
The Highbrow Game: Go is classified as a “high-brow” game in a chart detailing “the best and worst of art and popular culture,” in a 1949 issue of LIFE magazine, reports Molly Fitzpatrick on nerve.com . “Looking at the other…
June 18, 2014
The 35th World Amateur Go Championships will be held July 4-11 in Gyeongju , Korea. The American Go E-Journal will once again be teaming up with Ranka to provide comprehensive daily coverage of this major amateur tournament featuring…
June 18, 2014
Kiseido is having a sale of all English-language go books and magazines listed on its book page . Get 10% off the listed price with free shipping when you order five books or more; the sale runs through July 25. Dozens of books are…