American Go E-Journal
November 30, 2014
Go Seigen, regarded by many as the greatest go player ever, passed away at 1:11 am on November 30 in Japan. Go Seigen had celebrated his 100th birthday earlier this year, joined by go players around the world. "We mourn the passing of a…
November 30, 2014
Dropped in on the Gotham Go Club last Tuesday night during a visit to New York City to see longtime friend and go colleague Roy Laird. Despite Thanksgiving being just two days away, the club was bustling with activity, as it reportedly…
November 29, 2014
The Shanghai Ing Chang-ki Wei-ch'i (Go) Educational Foundation, will be holding the semifinals of 12th Annual Chinese Professional Chang Qi Cup Invitational Tournament in Cambridge, MA, next fall, along with two new side tournaments…
November 29, 2014
Sweden: The Gothenburg Open finished on November 23 with Charlie Aakerblom 4d in first, John Karlsson 4d in second, and Erik Ouchterlony 4d in third. Romania: Also on November 23, Ionel Santa 2d took the Romanian Cup Semifinal in…
November 26, 2014
Nihon Kiin Chairman Wada Norio on November 25 announced a donation of $2M to serve as the seed fund for the new Iwamoto North America Foundation for Go (INAF). INAF was founded earlier this year ( Iwamoto North America Foundation for…
November 26, 2014
In his 2013 “ A New Equation For Intelligence ” TED Talk, Alex Wissner-Gross uses go to demonstrate his thesis that there is a single equation for intelligence. Drawing on the fact that computer game playing has improved to the point…
November 25, 2014
On November 15th and 16th, the Seattle Go Center welcomed Yu Hou 6 P from the Nihon Ki-in for a workshop event. "Kuma Sensei" provided instruction on a variety of basic go techniques to a group of eager students. As the participants…
November 25, 2014
A record 35 players participated in the Syracuse Go Club's Fall Self-Paired Tournament on November 22, “the high count due in no small part to the twelve primary and secondary students who came to play,” reports organizer and TD Richard…
November 25, 2014
Chimin Oh 7D, a former go instructor from Korea who now lives in England, won the €1000 first place prize in the November 14-16 “Go to Innovation” tournament which drew fifty-five players from around the world to Berlin, Germany. …
November 22, 2014
Gerry Gavigan Takes Second Place in Cork : Gerry Gavigan 13k from South London took second place in the 2014 UCC Tournament, held in the Mardyke Pavillion of University College Cork. President Closes Out the Spanish Inquisition : In the…
November 20, 2014
The Nihon Ki-in recently celebrated its 90th anniversary in Japan. As part of the celebration, they sent Frank (Kohya) Fukuda, Director Emeritus of the Seattle Go Center, an "Appreciation Diploma", signed by their President Norio…
November 20, 2014
Four of China and Korea's best faced off at the 19th LG Cup quarter and semifinals on November 17 through November 19 in Gangwon, Korea. Though they performed poorly last year, team Korea ( left ) dominated this year's tournament with…
November 20, 2014
Italy: Andriy Zakharzhevskyy 1d bested Carlo Metta 2d at the Torneo del Gladiatore on November 16 in Rome while Andrea Mori 1k came in third. Hungary: Also on November 16, Dominik Boviz took the PaGoda Go Cup in Budapest. Gabor Szabics…
November 20, 2014
Eleven children from four different schools attended the first New Stars Youth Go Tournament, in Portland, OR on Nov. 2nd, reports organizer Peter Freedman. In the round robin upper division three kyu ranked players competed, with…
November 19, 2014
San Diego Go Club President Ted Terpstra has been seeing go everywhere lately. On senet, an Egyptian board game that’s older than go by 3,000 years, but lost for millennia before being reborn, “‘GO’ can be seen in a couple of places on…
November 18, 2014
The Internet is filled with cats, so Steve Colburn wasn’t too surprised to come across this piece by Tango that combines cats and go. “The tumblr this came off of has a lot of fun images for simple perspective and jokes,” Colburn adds.
November 17, 2014
Daniel Chou 6D (below, left) took top honors 3-0 at the UMBC tourney last Sunday. “Some 34 players turned out to enjoy a day of go, friendship, and free pizza,” reports Gurujeet Khalsa. Hosted by the UMBC club there was also a strong…
November 17, 2014
Just a few days left to sign up for the Young Lions Tournament, players must register by Wednesday Nov. 19th. The matches will take place on November 22 and 23 in the AGHS Tournaments Room on KGS . The first round will begin at 1 pm…
November 17, 2014
Watch your local team play this Sunday in the AGA City League . Games start at 3PM EST Sunday. Make sure to check out the latest GoPanda2 client as well; it has been updated recently and has new features.
November 17, 2014
Learn How to Run a Tournament: Steve Colburn is well-known as a key member of the E-Journal's Congress team and as the AGA’s sysadmin extraordinaire, but he's also the chapter head of the Empty Sky Go Club in Rochester, NY. Colburn has…
November 16, 2014
November 26 Deadline for Australian Go Congress Early Bird Rate: There’s limited space for international competitors at the first-ever Australian Go Congress, set for January 25-31, 2015 in Sydney ( First Australian Go Congress set for…
November 13, 2014
SmartGo Kifu and the upgrade package are on sale for one week. For the next week, the go apps' upgrade bundle will be $16 — if you bought Pro at $13, you can upgrade for just $3. And SmartGo Kifu (right) will be on sale for $15 (25%…
November 12, 2014
By Shawn Ray, Special Correspondent to the E-Journal So last week the BIBA students went to watch the semi-finals of the Samsung Cup being played in Korea. It was a lot of fun and the students, including myself, got to study with the…
November 12, 2014
Go Game Guru has bought Hinoki Press from founder Chris Greene, who started the go book publishing company in 2006 and has since published 18 go books . A long-time go player, Greene started Hinoki after retiring from his career as a…
November 11, 2014
After a several-year hiatus the UMBC Fall tournament returns this Sunday, sponsored by the University of Maryland Baltimore County Go Club. Registration starts at 10 AM on Sunday 11/16. There will be three rounds in sections of eight…
November 10, 2014
Inter Districts Tournament : The preliminaries for the Dutch Championships 2015, called INDIS, were recently held in October... click here for more on this and the reports below. Badukmovies Goes to Japan : Badukmovies.com creators…
November 9, 2014
by John Power, EJ Japan Correspondent Pair Go Celebrates 25th Anniversary: One of the biggest developments in go in recent decades has been the rise of Pair Go to worldwide popularity. The holding of the 25th International Amateur Pair…
November 9, 2014
The 2014 Samsung Cup semifinals finished on November 7 in Daejeon, Korea with Korea's number two player Kim Jiseok 9p ( left ) to face defending champion Tang Weixing 9p. Kim's rise to the top included solid wins against the top Chinese…
November 9, 2014
Ukraine: The Kharkiv Championship 2014 finished on November 2 with Oleksandr Hiliazov 1d in first, Anton Boreiko 4k in second, and Lenid Shumakov 5k in third. Germany: Also on November 2, Jonas Welticke 5d ( left ) took the…
November 9, 2014
Out of print go books from OroMedia are available at steep discounts but they’re going fast. Go Game Guru is currently selling out of print go books from OroMedia at discounts of more than 50% off. OroMedia, based in Korea, was the…