American Go E-Journal
December 31, 2014
Saying that “Our chapters are the foundation of the AGA,” American Go Association Board Chair Gurujeet Khalsa today announced the start of a new rewards program for AGA chapters. Similar to an airline or credit card rewards program, AGA…
December 31, 2014
41st London Open Go Congress : Chi-Min Oh 7d won the 2014 London Open, which ran December 28-31. Chi-Min Oh 7d had seven wins; prizes were also awarded to Young Sam Kim 7d in second, Mateusz Surma 7d in third, and Xiao Ma 7d in…
December 30, 2014
Russia: Andrej Cheburakhov 5d ( left ) bested Anton Chernykh 3d at the Cup of Moscow on December 21 while Andrej Kashaev 5d placed third. Austria: Also on December 21, Viktor Lin 6d took the Austrian Championship Finals in Vienna.…
December 30, 2014
by John Power, EJ Japan Correspondent Takao Takes Tengen Title From Iyama: The second game of the 40th Tengen title match was held at the Keio Plaza Hotel Sapporo in Sapporo City, Hokkaido, on November 11. Playing white, Takao Shinji 9P…
December 29, 2014
by John Power, EJ Japan Correspondent Takao Scores 900th Win: Takao Shinji’s win in the Meijin League was his 900th as a professional. He is the 21st Nihon Ki-in player to reach this landmark. His record is 900 wins, 385 losses, 2 jigo,…
December 28, 2014
Eight top US go players will gather just outside Boston next week to determine the next US professional. Play in the 3rd AGA Pro Qualification Finals starts on Sunday, January 4 and ends on January 10. The games will be broadcast live…
December 28, 2014
by John Power, EJ Japan Correspondent Ida Takes Sole Lead in Honinbo League : Two games in the second round of the 70th Honinbo League were played on November 13. Cho U 9P picked up his first win by beating Ryu Shikun 9P (B) by 3.5…
December 27, 2014
by John Power, EJ Japan Correspondent Ichiriki Wins Ibero-Japan Cup: This is a new tournament founded to encourage young players. It is open to players under 18, including inseis (professional trainees), and games are played on the Net.…
December 27, 2014
The North American Kyu Championships (NAKC) returns this year, and will be held on KGS , on Saturday Feb. 7th. The NAKC will welcome kids who live in both Canada and Mexico to compete with their counterparts in the US. Dan level…
December 27, 2014
Return of The Hedgehog: “The French movie ‘The Hedgehog’ has a mention of go and a scene showing the game,” writes Bart Lipofsky. “It’s based on the book ‘The Elegance of the Hedgehog’ by Muriel Barbery, which mentions the game at a…
December 25, 2014
Former AGA Board Chair David Weimer tipped us off about a forthcoming book with a go-themed cover. International Relations Theory, The Game-Theoretic Approach is by Andrew H. Kydd, a colleague of Weimer’s in the Political Science…
December 25, 2014
In-seong Hwang 8D’s online go school starts its fourth American season – and 11 th European season – next month and is accepting new students now. Click here for details on the American Yunguseng Dojang and here for the European…
December 23, 2014
Romania: Liviu Oprisan 4d bested George Chirila 1d ( left ) at the 6th Radu Baciu Grand Prix in CSRB on December 14 while Mihai Lita 2d came in third. Ukraine: Also on December 14, the Tournament of 50 parallel finished in Kharkiv with…
December 23, 2014
The 2015 European Go Congress will be held in Liberec, the Czech Republic, from July 25th to August 8th. “I´d like to invite American go players to join us,” says Vladimir Danek, chief of the EGC 2015 Organizing Committee and president…
December 22, 2014
UK Youth Team Fights Hard, But Loses To Israel : The BGA UK Youth team lost 1-4 to Israel on Sat, 13 Dec 2014, in the European Youth Go Team Championship. They currently rank 10th place overall out of the 13 teams, with 2 rounds left to…
December 22, 2014
Stop & Go: "While not really a spotting of a game of go, this photo (at right) does remind a player to STOP by the local club," says Ted Terpstra. Winning Question: "I’ve often wondered why tournament winners get the books," writes Eric…
December 20, 2014
In a surprise victory, Murakawa Daisuke 8P defeated Iyama Yuta 9P on December 16 to win the 62 nd Oza. The Oza is Murakawa’s first major title. This is the first time a player from the Kansai Kiin has won the Oza since Hashimoto Shoji…
December 20, 2014
A new go school in Singapore welcomes students from the United States. The Go Academy offers a wide range of classes, from a 1-day introduction to kyu and dan intensive camps, reports Director Daniel Chan. More info available on Facebook .
December 20, 2014
“It's interesting to read about the work of University of Edinburgh to use machine learning to improve the level of playing in computers, ( Scottish Neural Network Takes Computer Go to Next Level 12/16/2014 EJ) ” writes Nin Lei,…
December 19, 2014
Another series of classic go books has just been released by BadukTV, reports Shawn Ray (Clossius). The first set of four books was " The Profound and Mysterious ," a life-and-death exercise book written between 1347 and 1349, during…
December 18, 2014
China won the SportAccord World Mind Games Pair Go Event to complete their sweep of gold medals in the 4th annual event, which wrapped up on December 17 in Beijing, China. Russia emerged as the SAWMG's big winners overall this year,…
December 18, 2014
Blackie’s International Baduk Academy (BIBA) has just announced their Winter BIBA Camp in Hawaii. The camp runs January 29 through February 4 on Kauai Island and will be led by Kim Seung-jun (Blackie) 9P and Koszegi Diana 1P. The cost…
December 16, 2014
"One of the last bastions of human mastery over computers is about to fall to the relentless onslaught of machine learning algorithms," according to a December 15 report in the MIT Technology review. Why Neural Networks Look Set to…
December 16, 2014
China has swept the SportAccord 2014 World Mind Games go competition, winning gold in the men’s team and women’s individual events. Tuo Jiaxi, Mi Yuting and Shi Yue (right) easily dispatched the US team in the final match to clinch…
December 15, 2014
Andrew Kay Top Teacher in South London : The second South London kyu players' teaching day and tournament took place at the Croydon Quaker Meeting House, where nineteen students were taught in the morning by Andrew Kay, Alex Rix, Tim…
December 15, 2014
Go makes an appearance in the Netflix series "Borgia," which is not to be confused with the similar series "The Borgias." In the 29th minute of the third episode ("1497") of the third season, Cesare Borgia , the illegitimate son of Pope…
December 14, 2014
Jian Xiao 4D (left) took the annual NOVA Slate & Shell Open on December 13 with a 4-0 record in a field of 18 players. “Bill Cobb of Slate & Shell generously donated books as prizes for the event,” reports TD Gurujeet Khalsa. Other…
December 14, 2014
by James Davies, Ranka Online As noted in yesterday’s report , the US team beat Europe in the SportAccord World Mind Games Round 3 team match on December 13; click here for Ranka’s details on that match, and here for the interview with…
December 13, 2014
by James Davies, Ranka Online Update: The US team beat Europe in the team match on December 13; see report and links below for details. The morning event on the second day of the SportAccord World Mind Games on December 12 was the…
December 13, 2014
China's defending champion Tang Weixing 9p faced off against Korea's secret weapon Kim Jiseok 9p ( left ) at the 2014 Samsung Cup finals on December 9 and 10 in Xi'an. Though Tang had a previous win and the home field advantage, Kim's…