American Go E-Journal
November 30, 2015
Tonight's Nongshim Cup game -- which will be broadcast on the AGA’s YouTube channel starting at 9:30pm PST -- is Gu Li vs Park Jungwhan. "We were actually the 2nd most watched live show on Youtube Gaming last night in that coveted…
November 30, 2015
How do you know what rank to choose when checking out a new go server? Maybe you visited Sensei's World Wide Rank Comparison , maybe you guessed. "The team at OGS wants to dispel some of this mystery, so we’ve created a quick and easy…
November 29, 2015
by John Power, Japan correspondent for the E-Journal Iyama regains sextuple crown: The third game of the 41st Tengen title match was held at the Munakata Yurix* in Munakata City, Fukuoka Prefecture on November 25. Taking black, Iyama…
November 29, 2015
"Mexico gladly welcomed the Sociedad Internacional de Intercambio de Go (SIIG) from Japan, for the first three days of October," reports Sid Avila. SIIG is a delegation of players, built mainly by retired business men and women, who…
November 29, 2015
The last few games of the current stage of the Nongshim Cup will be broadcast on the AGA's YouTube channel Sunday and Monday nights, starting at 9:30pm PST. The Nongshim Cup is a major international championship with each country…
November 28, 2015
A new consultation game go server, ConGo launched recently and has already attracted nearly 900 players to the Massively Multiplayer Consultation Go Server. "The idea of this experiment is that we wanted to get as many people as…
November 28, 2015
"I just found ' Tokyo Newcomer ' on the net," writes Michael Redmond 9P, "but I see that you covered it in the 'Go Spotting' column in 2014. The games in the movie were realistic, and there is a scene about 36 minutes into it that shows…
November 28, 2015
The mystery deepens about the source of the quote about "if intelligent life forms exist elsewhere in the universe, they almost certainly play go” ( "Who Really Said Famous Go Quote? 11/21 EJ) . "I was a friend of Ed Lasker in the…
November 27, 2015
The American Go Association's rank certification program took another step forward when the AGA's Board of Directors approved proposals laying the groundwork for a general rank certification program based on playing results at its…
November 27, 2015
Mark Sachon reports that in Richard Flanagan's novel "The Narrow Road to the Deep North," "References to playing go are found on pages 264, 269 and 295 in the hardback edition. "Moving deftly from a Japanese POW camp to present-day…
November 27, 2015
Registration is now open for the 2016 International Paris Go tournament , which will be held March 26-28 in Neuilly, in the city's western suburbs. This is the 44th edition of the event, a 6-round tournament; prize for the winner is…
November 26, 2015
Lee Sedol 9P (right) defeated Ahn Seongjun 6P and Ke Jie 9P (left) beat Park Younghun 9P in the semifinals of the second MLily Cup, played November 22-25 in Hefei, China. The Ke Jie-Park Younghun showdown -- relayed live on the AGA's…
November 26, 2015
Roelofs/Eijkhout Dethrone Defending Champs at 2015 Dutch Pair Go Championships: The Dutch Pair Go Championships took place in the city of Eindhoven on November 15 this year. Ten pairs from all over the country gathered to have fun…
November 25, 2015
by John Power, Japan correspondent for the E-Journal Pair Go tournament for professional couples: The second Professional Married Couples Pair Go Tournament was held at the Nihon Ki-in on Sunday, November 22. If you write the date 11/22…
November 24, 2015
Demis Hassabis, the artificial intelligence savant behind Google DeepMind, hinted recently that his secretive team has cracked go, reports <re/code> magazine . While DeepMind has has put out a couple papers of its training algorithms…
November 24, 2015
Zhu Haichen 7d, a New Jersey resident and onetime student in the go school of Chinese champion Nie Weiping 9p, bested a strong field of 72 players at the 3rd annual Gotham Go Tournament last Saturday. Twelve pairs, meanwhile, played in…
November 24, 2015
by John Power, Japan correspondent for the E-Journal Women’s Meijin League: Two important games were played in the 28th Women’s Meijin League last week. On November 16, Fujisawa Rina, Women’s Honinbo, (W) beat Mannami Nao 3P by 6.5…
November 24, 2015
Ke Jie 9P lost Game 2 of the MLily Cup semifinal against Park Younghoon 9P Monday night, setting up a decisive Game 3 showdown that will be broadcast Tuesday night. Myungwan Kim 9P will provide live English commentary on the AGA's…
November 22, 2015
Catch more top professional games with live English commentary on the AGA's Youtube Channel Monday, November 23. Myungwan Kim 9P will comment the semifinals of the MLily Cup, between Park Younghoon 9P (#3 in Korea) and Ke Jie 9P (#1 in…
November 22, 2015
EuroGoTV, which regularly streamed live video of tournament games, posted videos on YouTube and was a reliable source of European go news for the E-Journal -- may return. If at least 300 people pledge to help EuroGoTV financially "we…
November 21, 2015
Seattle Go Center members are looking forward to the 3rd Annual Pair Go Tournament, set for Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015. The fun dress-up event features prizes from Japan and fancy cake. Last year's tournament had 12 pairs participating. …
November 21, 2015
"I am a member of the AGA and enjoy your E-Journal," writes François Lorrain. "I wonder about this often cited quotation: "While the Baroque rules of chess could only have been created by humans, the rules of go are so elegant, organic,…
November 19, 2015
Gansheng Shi 1p is heading to Hangzhou, China, to represent North America is the 2015 Li Min Cup World Best Go Star Championship Finals. The tournament takes place from Nov. 27 to Dec. 3 at the Hangzhou Qiyuan building, one of the more…
November 19, 2015
by John Power, Japan correspondent for the E-Journal Iyama still on track: Iyama Yuta has become the first player to reach the semifinals of the 54th Judan tournament, so he is still on track to secure an unprecedented septuple crown,…
November 18, 2015
The 20th Pandanet Internet World Amateur Go Tournament (IWAG) is currently accepting registrations. The deadline is December 9 . All games must be played on the Pandanet server. As in previous years, the registrants are divided into…
November 18, 2015
The Korea Amateur Baduk Association (KABA) is seeking promising youth players who are interested in participating in its Foreign Promising Baduk Player Invitation and Education Project. While the 2016 project is still the planning…
November 18, 2015
by John Power, Japan correspondent for the E-Journal New members of the Meijin League: Two of the three vacant places in the 41st Meijin League were decided on October 29. Uchida Shuhei 7P (B) beat Kanazawa Makoto 7P by 3.5 points, so…
November 13, 2015
The 2015 AGHS Young Lions Tournament, the premier competition for North American youth players, will take place this weekend (November 14-15) on KGS. This year, an unprecedented 54 players have signed up, including 2 from Canada and 8…
November 12, 2015
Another exciting round of games for the Pandanet-AGA City League starts this Sunday. Check the schedule to see who your favorite team is playing. Will Canwa Vancouver, Washington DC 1, and Atlanta 2 keep their leads? We'll see after…
November 12, 2015
by John Power, Japan correspondent for the E-Journal Over-40 Lightning Go Tournament: The term “haya-go” is usually translated as “rapid go,” and a haya-go in the NHK format actually takes around 90 minutes. In the Over-40 Lightning Go…