American Go E-Journal
July 29, 2015
This September, the American Collegiate Go Association (ACGA) will be hosting a Chinese professional tournament on US soil for the first time ever, at Harvard University. While four of the strongest Chinese professionals play the…
July 29, 2015
With this year’s US Go Congress just a few short days away, organizers have released the Congress Handbook so that attendees can begin planning to make the most of their time at the biggest go event of the year. The Handbook provides…
July 29, 2015
Uncovering the link between go and education Go is a game, a hobby, a profession. It's a competition, it's a communication tool and it's a way of life. But what happens when go enters home and school as an educational tool? Xinming…
July 29, 2015
Alistair Wall Wins at 27th Milton Keynes Go Tournament : 35 players gathered in the sunny Open University Sports Pavilion for the 27th Milton Keynes Go Tournament on June 27. First place went to Alistair Wall 2d and second place to…
July 27, 2015
The US Go Congress starts this Saturday August 1, and so do the games. Tune in on Pandanet at 3PM in the AGA City League room. We'll be showing all three games LIVE for Los Angeles vs Greater Washington. The lineup will be: Board 1:…
July 25, 2015
[caption id="attachment_199650" align="alignright" width="300"] Ryo Maeda 6P at the Seattle Go Center in 2014[/caption] Seattle will benefit from the upcoming U.S. Go Congress in St. Paul, even though it is 1700 miles away, as…
July 25, 2015
EJ photographer Phil Straus spotted this unusual go board recently at an airport Marriott in Salt Lake City, Utah.
July 24, 2015
NOVA Go Club organizer, Garrett Smith (left), also known as PopPop, reports that he is engaged in extensive preparation for the 2015 U.S. Go Congress next month. He hopes to see a big turnout August 1-9 in St. Paul, MN. If you're going…
July 24, 2015
Patterson’s NYPD Red 2: In James Patterson's "NYPD Red 2," one of the NYPD’s detectives is searching for witnesses to an abduction near a park in a Chinese community, reports AGA Life Member David Kent. “The detective, a Caucasian,…
July 23, 2015
Go in John Green’s Crash Course World History: "Hey, I was watching John Green's Crash Course World History 2 series and spotted both a depiction of and mention of go," writes Evan Hale of the Columbus Tesuji Go Club . " In the episode…
July 22, 2015
Go author and blogger Jonathan Hop has launched a project to translate videos of professional games with commentary into English. “It's all free and available on YouTube for all to see,” he tells the E-Journal. Hop says he’ll “try to do…
July 21, 2015
The US Open Master's Division will again be a 9-round event with a top prize of $5,000. This section is open to all professionals and 7 Dan players. Additionally, players below 7-dan who earned points in AGA qualifier tournaments will…
July 21, 2015
The American Go E-Journal has a few openings on its US Go Congress team. Anyone interested in helping record/broadcast top-board games at the US Open should email journal@usgo.org . Prior experience is useful but not absolutely…
July 18, 2015
Hajin Lee 3P and her European Go Federation pair-go partner Fabien will play Andrew Jackson 4D and fellow Seattle Go Center teacher Nick Sibicky 4D in a pair go game on the AGA Youtube channel tonight, July 18, starting at 11p PST (2a…
July 18, 2015
Word comes to the E-Journal of two last minute changes in the ranks of the professionals visiting the US Go Congress in Minneapolis-St. Paul. One is that the Korea Amate ur Baduk Association will be sending Cho Hyeyeon 9p, a star…
July 15, 2015
At its June 7 th board meeting, the Iwamoto North American Foundation for Go approved a request for proposals for the establishment of a Go Center on the East Coast. The foundation is seeking proposals by December 1, 2015. The RFP can…
July 15, 2015
With the 2015 US Go Congress less than a month away, it is on track to be a great event with over 350 attendees, says Congress Director Josh Larson. For players of all levels a major draw to attend the Congress is the chance to meet,…
July 13, 2015
With less than 50 miles to go to complete his 200-mile walk along the Pembrokeshire Coast Path in Wales, E-Journal Managing Editor Chris Garlock reports "there's just $139 left to go to raise $2,500 for the fabulous work of the American…
July 13, 2015
(or what I learned during my two-year vacation from playing games) by Janice Kim 3P For me go and poker are the same. As they are like two sides of my same coin, I find the optimal strategy in go is to know everything, and in poker, to…
July 12, 2015
Top pro Yuan-Jun Wang 7p will visit and teach at the US Go Congress as part of the first delegation in many years from the Taiwan Chiyuan, the organization of Taiwanese professional players, AGA president Andy Okun told the…
July 11, 2015
The Nihon Ki-In is inviting participants of their summer go camp to the first game of the 40 th Meijin title match, which will be held in Tokyo on September 3rd. The defending title holder is Iyama Yuta. The participants will visit the…
July 10, 2015
David Gosset, Director of the Academia Sinica Europaea, published an in-depth look at go in The World Post, on April 3rd. "For centuries, literati have been fascinated by the contrast between the extreme simplicity of the rules and the…
July 9, 2015
This Sunday in Los Angeles, Myungwan Kim 9p will give the first of what are planned to be monthly teaching events at Gunho Choi's LA Go Club on Western Avenue, aimed at bringing together players from LA's large Korean community and from…
July 9, 2015
STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) curricula training by Georgette Yakman brings her into schools across the country, where she introduces go as part of her plans. "T his admin and these teachers were excited by…
July 9, 2015
Tongzhou Cai wins Scottish in Glasgow : The third consecutive Scottish Open in Glasgow, and the second sponsored by the local Confucius Institute, saw 23 different players converge on Glasgow University. credit-n.ru…
July 8, 2015
Albert Yen 7d (at left) and Ary Cheng 1d (at right) lead the Redmond Cup ’ s Senior and Junior standings after completing the preliminary rounds, held online, over the last few months. The Senior division, with a field of nineteen…
July 7, 2015
The Korean Baduk Association is inviting any interested youth to two different events. Airfare is not covered, but accommodations, meals, and all local transport is. The World Youth Baduk Festival will be held in Inje, Gangwon, from…
July 6, 2015
by John Power, Japan Correspondent for the E-Journal Four-way tie in Meijin League: With only one round to go, four players share the lead in the 40th Meijin Lea gue, so there is a strong possibility of the league ending in a tie. The…
July 3, 2015
"I went to New York for a vacation, and when I went to the American Museum of Natural History, at the Japanese Hall, I saw a board of go and stones. I was surprised of the size, because I had never seen a Goban for real," writes Mateo…
July 2, 2015
A special E-J Column by Janice Kim 3P When I was young I liked to read, and to watch TV, and didn't go out much, except alone to explore arroyos, watch movies, or go jogging very early in the morning, when the light was still…