American Go E-Journal
December 30, 2016
Longtime go teacher and author Yuan Zhou (right) recently celebrated a milestone anniversary, leading his tenth North Carolina Workshop December 9-11 in Raleigh, North Carolina. "Members of the Triangle Go Group have benefited from…
December 29, 2016
Cuba: As previously reported , Cuba will host a International Conference of Mind Sports in May 2017. For those interested in participating beyond just joining in on the competitions, the call for papers to present a workshop is open…
December 28, 2016
The 2017 European Go Congress location has changed. Again. It's now set for Oberhof, Germany July 22-August 6. Burhaniye, Turkey had originally been chosen back in 2014, but after the supportive local Mayor lost in local elections, the…
December 26, 2016
The AGA and the American Asia Culture Exchange Association have announced a new youth tournament to take place Jan. 21 in Los Angeles. The one-day, four-round event is being sponsored by AACEA and its founder, California go enthusiast…
December 25, 2016
The American Go Yearbook 2016 Member’s Edition Collection is scheduled to be published January 1, 2017. One of the benefits of membership in the American Go Association is the Member’s Edition of the American Go E-Journal, the largest…
December 25, 2016
by John Power, Japan Correspondent for the E-Journal Iyama defends Tengen title: The third game of the 42nd Tengen title was held at the Munekata Yurix, a leisure complex, in Munekata City, Fukuoka Prefecture on December 1. After the…
December 24, 2016
by John Power, Japan Correspondent for the E-Journal Nyu to challenge for Women’s Kisei: The play-off to decide the challenger to Xie Yimin for the 20th Women’s Kisei title was held on December 8. Two relative newcomers to professional…
December 23, 2016
by John Power, Japan Correspondent for the E-Journal Kono to challenge for Kisei: The second game of the play-off to decide the 41st Kisei challenger was held at the Nihon Ki-in in Tokyo on November 14. Taking white, Kono Rin 9P (right)…
December 21, 2016
The 2015 computer game “Shadowrun: Hong Kong” features go, reports Eric Rasmussen. In one scene, a handful of non- player characters sit around a go game in progress. The player can speak with them, but, unfortunately, cannot join in…
December 20, 2016
The Go Books app just added “The Basics of Life and Death” by Rob van Zeijst and Richard Bozulich. Part of their new “Road Map to Shodan” series, this book first provides a systematic introduction to life and death, with 50 problems,…
December 19, 2016
European Go Congress 2017: The 2017 European Go Congress has been moved from Turkey to Sochi, Russia (Sochi). More details here . Australian Go Congress: The Australian Go Association, Sydney Go Club and Sydney University Go Club have…
December 18, 2016
The third edition of the European Youth Go Team Championships (EYGTC) has begun. It's once again taking place on KGS. The competing teams represent either individual nations, or a group of nations. For each match, the teams must field…
December 18, 2016
Japanese naval personnel may be seen playing both go and shogi at 31:38 in "Pearl Harbor: Tora, Tora, Tora: True Story of Pearl Harbor," the History Channel documentary from 2000. In a related film, Daniel Acheson, who sent in this…
December 18, 2016
When Biblioteca de México La Ciudadela , one of the most iconic public libraries in México City, celebrated its 70th anniversary on November 26, go was part of the festivities. In addition to a go exhibition where the public could get a…
December 17, 2016
Although Go Game Guru is closing its go shop and Baduk TV, it plans to keep going, most likely with a focus on writing about go. "We can’t keep up with everything we’ve been trying to do anymore," reports founder David Ormerud . "The Go…
December 17, 2016
Stephanie Yin 1p (right) represented North America in the recent BingSheng Cup World Women’s Go Championship. Oh Yujin 3p from Korea took first place. The 7th (QiongLong Mountain) BingSheng Cup World Women’s Go Championship was held in…
December 17, 2016
Top European players on AlphaGo and the future of go: "I was in shock," says Thomas Debarre 6d of France. "I felt a bit disappointed with the quality in the sense that not one game was countable at the end," said Merlijn Kuin 6d of The…
December 17, 2016
Sixteen players took part in the annual NOVA Slate&Shell Open last Saturday, December 10. Josh Lee 6d was the overall winner with a 3-1 score. Other first place winners in their divisions were: Joel Cahalan 1d, Patrick Sun 5k, Anderson…
December 17, 2016
Go is featured in the League of Legends Azir champion skin preview , reports Daniel Chou. "In a pre-release video teaser, we see Azir sitting in front of a Goban as he recalls back to the Fountain. League of Legends is a multiplayer…
December 17, 2016
Chen Yaoye 9p has bested Ke Jie 9p to win the 2016 Bailing Cup 3-1, locking up the title in a hard-fought Game 4 on December 15. Click here for Stephanie Yin 1p's game commentary on the AGA's YouTube channel.
December 14, 2016
Stephanie Yin 1p will join the AGA broadcast team Thursday night for Game 4 of the Bailing Cup. Chen Yaoye 9p is up 2-1 against Ke Jie 9p. C ommentary on the AGA's YouTube Channel begins at 9:30PM PST; if Ke Jie 9p wins, we'll broadcast…
December 14, 2016
David G Doshay I always wondered what the best way is to clean clamshell go stones. So when I saw these used stones for sale (right) , I decided it was time to find out. Searching the internet I saw many ideas, and the one I decided to…
December 13, 2016
The first-ever Go Congress in China will be held in Shanghai December 31 - January 3 at the Jianguo Hotel. The Yike New Year Go Congress offers go players a chance to enjoy go in the country where the ancient game originated. "Meet with…
December 13, 2016
On December 4, the San Diego Go Club kicked off its organizational campaign to host the 2017 U.S. Go Congress next August 5-12, by sponsoring a go-pizza party for local Congress volunteers at the club president's home. Some two dozen…
December 12, 2016
The National Go Center in Washington DC last week launched it's updated website . The site features a news feed, resources section, contact page and links to the forum. The Center also has a Facebook page and Twitter account . "Please…
December 12, 2016
"There is no losing in go," says Ben Lockhart in the December edition of Games World of Puzzles magazine, now on newsstands. Lockhart represents go in "Perspectives on Play in 2016," in which Games "polled everyone from top-flight game…
December 12, 2016
Chile won the Latin American ORION U18 Team Tournament for the second consecutive year. The tournament was played on November 26-27 on the Online Go Server and drew 11 teams of three players each from Chile, México, Ecuador and…
December 11, 2016
We've fallen behind again on responding to and publishing go-related finds from our sharp-eyed readers; here's a partial round-up to start catching up. President Obama on go: "If you’ve got a computer that can play Go, a pretty…
December 11, 2016
Tia-an Cha 4k (right) bested Willard Haynes 1k to win the Davis/Sacramento Go Club Winter Quarterly tournament on November 19th at the Arcade library in Sacramento. "The field was small, only six players, but the games were good,"…
December 11, 2016
The second South Central Go Tournament, February 18 and 19, 2017 in Dallas, is now open for on-line registration here . In the 2016 tournament (right) 46 players from five states registered with strengths ranging all the way from 7d to…