American Go E-Journal
September 30, 2015
The Seattle Go Center will have a grand 20th Anniversary Party on Saturday, Oct. 3. with food, refreshments, short speeches and music by three different groups. Hiroshi Yamashiro 9P and Shiung Feng 6P ("Kuma-Sensei") will be coming…
September 30, 2015
The French Open Championship took place on the 21st to the 23rd of August. Motoki Noguchi, of the Grenoble club, gave a brilliant performance to win the title. 26 players were present to compete for the title. Amongst them, Motoki…
September 29, 2015
Qiu Jun 9P and Lian Xiao 7P won their Chang Qi Cup semifinal third-round decider matches Monday to advance to the tournament's final rounds later this year . The games followed the pattern of the first two matches, with Lian Xiao…
September 28, 2015
Thirty-six eager third through fifth graders came to school an hour early last Tuesday to begin their second year of go instruction at Neabsco Elementary School in Woodbridge, VA, reports club organizer Carolyn Dyer. "We plan to hold…
September 28, 2015
by John Power, Japan Correspondent for the E-Journal Aoki makes good start in Women’s Meijin League: The last game of the third round of the 28th Women’s Meijin League was played on September 24. Taking black, Aoki Kikuyo 8P beat Chinen…
September 28, 2015
A chess player discovers go: "I was a chess player my whole life," writes David Coffin. "I'm 31 years old and just starting out in the game of iGo. I call the game iGo cause I heard the Japanese call it iGo. I am amazed by the depth of…
September 27, 2015
Qiu Jun 9P and Li Qincheng 1p evened their Chang Qi Cup semifinal matches Sunday, defeating Tuo Jiaxi 9P (left, below right) and Lian Xiao 7P, respectively, to force third-game deciders on Monday (these should be broadcast live on KGS,…
September 27, 2015
The third game of the 40th Meijin title match was held at the Tokiwa Hotel in Kofu City, Yamanashi Prefecture on September 24 and 25. Playing white, Iyama Yuta Meijin beat Takao Shinji Tengen by resignation after 148 moves. Iyama now…
September 27, 2015
An artificial intelligence machine called Giraffe that has taught itself to play chess by evaluating positions much more like humans and in an entirely different way to conventional chess engines may well be the future of AI, according…
September 27, 2015
The Chang Qi Cup Round 2 semifinal games are underway now and being broadcast live on KGS and YouTube . Qiu Jun 9P and Li Qincheng 1p are battling to force deciding matches; both lost their first-round matches yesterday, to Tuo Jiaxi 9P…
September 26, 2015
In a nice bit of timing, the semi-finals of China's Chang Qi Cup were held on US soil on Saturday, the day after Chinese President Xi Jinping capped his first U.S. visit with a meeting with President Obama and a black-tie state dinner…
September 24, 2015
East Coast go players -- especially those in the Boston area -- are counting down the hours to this weekend's first American Chang Qi tournament . The tournament is being held September 26-27 in conjunction with the semi-finals of the…
September 24, 2015
The 2nd World Students Pair Go Championship is coming up in December, and the United States is searching for a male and female representative through a pair go qualifying tournament. The online pair go qualifying tournament will be held…
September 23, 2015
The Triangle Go Group of central North Carolina hosted the 15th Triangle Memorial Tournament at its traditional outdoor setting in Umstead State Park in Cary NC on September 19. The sensation of this year’s tournament was 18-year-old…
September 23, 2015
Age: 21 Years playing go: 7 Lives in: Richfield, Minnesota Home Club: Twin Cities Go Club "Before I started playing go, I was constantly bullied and abused. Once I discovered Hikaru No Go, I have not looked back. Since I started…
September 22, 2015
by John Power, Japan Correspondent for the E-Journal Kyo Kagen wins two junior titles: K yo Kagen 3-da n (right) is continuing his impressive form and has won two titles in t he last week. On September 13, the semifinals and final of…
September 22, 2015
Responding to popular demand, Slate and Shell has just published a second volume of "Deep Thought: Extremely Thoroughly Commented Pro Games," by popular author Yuan Zhou. It contains three games with virtually every move explained and…
September 21, 2015
by John Power, Japan Correspondent for the E-Journal Iyama to challenge for two more titles: At present, Iyama (right) has four titles -- Kisei, Meijin, Honinbo, and Gosei -- but he is making a determined effort to retrieve the glory…
September 21, 2015
A touchscreen go board built in the middle of a pedestrian shopping street in Vienna won this year's World Wide Iwamoto Award from the European Go Center. Second place was taken by Will Lockhart and Cole Pruitt for their feature length…
September 19, 2015
The first International Mind Sports Association Elite Mind Games (IEMG) will be held January 5-12, 2016 in Huai-An City, Jiangsu Province, China. The North American team will comprise three male players and one female player. All…
September 18, 2015
The third of Haylee's (Hajin Lee 3p) live stream demonstration matches with AGA pros is set for this Saturday evening at 7 p.m. Eastern time on YouTube. Haylee is 1-1 so far, having won against Calvin Sun 1p but lost against Gansheng…
September 17, 2015
"Quite unexpectedly I found an interesting reference to go in a non-fiction book that I am currently reading, 'The Broken Seal,' by Ladislas Fargo," writes Erwin Gerstorfer. "This book, first published in 1967, deals with the hidden war…
September 16, 2015
Age: 25 Years playing go: 3 Lives in: Columbus, Ohio Home club: Columbus Igo Club "I love to travel. In the past, I always sought out swing dancing events as I traveled. Now, I often search for local go clubs or tournaments. Thanks…
September 16, 2015
"Here is an example of another kind of verse, a famous kyoka (mad poem) attributed to Sansa, the first Honinbo and founder of that line," writes Keith Arnold in response to Paul Celmer's recent query ( Searching for a literary go…
September 16, 2015
Myungwan Kim 9p fields questions on September 2 from students at Pippiolo in Mexico City, where instructor Siddhartha Avila (to his left) teaches as part of a very successful curriculum for preschool and elementary school children. One…
September 14, 2015
Matthew Burrall 7d and Steve Burrall 3d topped the Davis/Sacramento Go Club Fall Tournament, tying for first place after tie-breakers. The tournament was held September 5th at the Arden-Dimick library in Sacramento. "We had 16 players,…
September 14, 2015
The selection process for the 2016 World Mind Sports Games (WMSG) will begin at the upcoming American Chang Qi Cup in Cambridge, MA, on September 26 – 28, says AGA President Andy Okun. Although plans have not been formally announced,…
September 14, 2015
by Janice Kim 3P Despite my well-known penchant for pompous, florid, and illiterate writing for comedic effect, it is literally true that I declared email bankruptcy several years ago. For the most part I let the bulk of all…
September 13, 2015
There's still time to sign up for Guo Juan 5P's online group class , which starts on September 19. The 135 euro fee cover eight 90-minute classes and seven weeks of full access to Guo's pro lecture site and training system. "Meet…
September 13, 2015
Registration is speeding up as the Chang Qi Cup approaches. At this point, less than two weeks remain before the Cup kicks off at Harvard University. The unprecedented event will include professional commentary on the Chinese…