American Go E-Journal
April 29, 2015
Join the AGA for the first time, or renew your membership, and get free issues of Go World magazine, courtesy of the American Go Foundation ( click here to take advantage of this offer) . The more years you choose, the more issues…
April 26, 2015
by John Power, Japan Correspondent for the E-Journal Ida wins Judan title: The final game of the 53rd Judan title match was held at the Nihon Ki-in in Ichigaya, Tokyo, on April 22. The challenger, Ida Atsushi 8P, had taken the lead in…
April 26, 2015
Cary Chinese School won the team competition and Eric Zhang 5 d (right) topped the individual competition in the 2015 Carolina Spring Go Tournament. The 12th annual tournament Carolina Spring Go Tournament, held in Raleigh on April…
April 26, 2015
For the fourth year in a row, the San Diego Go Championship went to a UC San Diego student. This year, it was Leran Zou 7d who won the Open section with the only undefeated record of 3-0. Tying for second place were Paul Chen, Seth…
April 26, 2015
Joshua Lee 6d (at right, front) swept the ninth annual Orlando Go Tournament, held April 18-19 in Orlando, FL. The event was well attended, with 37 players, ranks 20k-6d, arranged into four divisions. Winner's Report: Division 1…
April 23, 2015
Members of the Brooklyn Go Club will be teaching go from 1:00–5:00p this Saturday and Sunday in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden's Osborn Garden at this year's Cherry Blossom Festival, or Sakura Matsuri. They'll be joined by the Gotham Go…
April 23, 2015
The San Diego Go Club was the first to redeem Chapter Rewards points , getting reimbursed $34.50 for pizza at their Winter Soiree. "The new AGA club rewards program helped pay for pizzas for the 30 plus players who came to our go…
April 22, 2015
A record 38 players, including 16 students high school age or younger, participated in this year's Salt City Tournament in Syracuse, New York held on Saturday, April 11. In the A division, Yeunggeul Lee 2d (at right in photo) and Scott…
April 22, 2015
SmartGo's Go Books for iOS and Macintosh has released three new books. The Go Books app for iPad, iPhone, and Macintosh now offers a total of 102 interactive books about go, including the three newest ones, two of which are available…
April 21, 2015
Who will go on to the finals of the Pandanet City League championship at the US Go Congress ? In the A League , Boston won their match in the last round making the race for the top very tight. Los Angeles, Greater Washington, and…
April 21, 2015
Players Wanted in Monterey Bay, CA: We hope to find both a North and South County venue for evenings of go play once or twice a month. Click here for details . Full-size Demonstration boards available : Board dimension 36"x36";…
April 20, 2015
The AGA East Coast Go Camp has announced Myungwan Kim as the teacher for this year's camp. Kim is a 9-dan professional, and the only player dispatched to the United States by the Korean Baduk Association since 2008. Kim has more than…
April 19, 2015
The AGA is selecting two players to represent North America in the prestigious Mlily Meng Baihe Cup World Go Tournament in China. This is one of the biggest go tournaments, attended by top professionals from each country. Eligibility:…
April 19, 2015
by John Power, Japan Correspondent for the E-Journal Takao evens score in Judan: The fourth game of the 53rd Judan title match was played at the Nihon Ki-in in Tokyo on April 15. Playing black, Takao Shinji Judan forced a resignation…
April 19, 2015
An early beta of SmartGo for the Macintosh is now available. "It’s taken a while," says author Anders Kierulf, who's written up the whole history here . "While this is very much work in progress, I think many go players will already be…
April 19, 2015
Alistair Wall Takes Early Lead in Grand Prix : Alistair Wall made an early start in the new season of the Stacey Grand Prix by winning the 2015 Welwyn Garden City Tournament. Coming first at this four round event, held at the Red Lion…
April 13, 2015
by John Power, Japan Correspondent for the E-Journal Ida takes lead in Judan: The second game of the 53rd Judan title match was held at the Kuroyon Royal H otel in the city of Omachi in Nagano Prefecture on April 9. Omachi has become…
April 13, 2015
One of the DC Cherry Blossom princesses checks out go at the DC Cherry Blossom Festival last Saturday in the nation's capital; check out more of Gurujeet Khalsa's great photos on his Facebook page .
April 12, 2015
Pandanet will host the first internet 13x13 go world championship. Registration is free. Click here for details. Two different classes will be set up, for players above and below 2 kyu in strength respectively, each offering generous…
April 11, 2015
The Seattle Go Center had their own room at Sakura-Con , Seattle’s big festival of Japanese anime, manga and games, which was held last weekend, April 3-5, in the Washington State Convention Center. One volunteer, John Richards, put in…
April 11, 2015
Nominations for the American Go Foundation’s Teacher of the Year award are now open. The award is presented each year at the U.S. Go Congress and recognizes an outstanding American teacher. The winner will receive an all expenses paid…
April 11, 2015
The Pandanet AGA City League has been going strong for four rounds now. With a couple more games and one more round to go, at least one league is cutting the top positions close. In the A League, Greater Washington and Boston are in…
April 11, 2015
Ilia Shikshin 1p (right) of Russia is the 2015 Grand Slam Champion, after defeating Mateusz Surma 1p (left) of Poland in the Grand Slam Berlin tournament, held earlier this week at the Chinese Cultural Center in Berlin, Germany. Ali…
April 7, 2015
44 th Amsterdam International Go Tournament Coming Up in May: Preparations for this year's edition of the Amsterdam Go Tournament – coming up May 15-17 -- are in full swing. For almost half a century this has been one of the main go…
April 6, 2015
by John Power, Japan Correspondent for the E-Journal Iyama wins second Tournament of Champions: This is a tournament for all the title-winners of the previous year, plus one player selected by the votes of fans. The winner is awarded…
April 6, 2015
The Norwegian Academy of Sciences and Letters has decided to award the Abel Prize for 2015 to the American mathematicians John F. Nash Jr. (left) and Louis Nirenberg “for striking and seminal contributions to the theory of nonlinear…
April 6, 2015
In-seong Hwang 8D’s American Yunguseng Dojang still has spaces available for students for the online go school’s next session, which starts April 20. Last session there were 40 participants in six leagues, ranging from 12 kyu to 4 dan.…
April 6, 2015
A Call for Papers has just been issued for the 3rd Hangzhou International Go Culture Conference. The conference, sponsored by the Hangzhou Branch of the China Qi-Yuan (Qi, or Go department) will be held in October 2015 in Hangzhou,…
April 6, 2015
Eric Osman sent in this snapshot from a recent meeting of the Western Massachusetts Go Club. The club meets Thursdays at 7:00 pm at Rao's Coffeehouse in Amherst, MA. "All ages are welcome!" says Osman.
April 5, 2015
Mok Jinseok 9p (left) won the 20th Caltex Cup on April 2 in Seoul, Korea, defeating Choi Cheolhan 9p with a 3-1 score. This was Mok Jinseok’s second career title, and his first in 15 years: he won the KBS Cup in 2000, defeating Lee…