American Go E-Journal
May 31, 2016
On June 5, at 9 am EST, Nikola Mitic of the Nordic Go Academy, currently a class A insei at the Nihon-Kiin, will give a lecture on the direction of attack in the early game. The lecture will take place in the Advanced Study Room of KGS…
May 30, 2016
The Mexican Go Association's 3rd Annual Go Congress in Mexico City will be host to three professional teachers, including one each from the US and Canada. W ith the aid of AGA, Stephanie (Mingming) Yin 1p from NY and William (Gansheng)…
May 30, 2016
The AGA Summer Go Camp includes a week of go learning in a friendly kid's summer camp setting,” says Co-Director Fernando Rivera. “Campers enjoy morning and evening go lessons with a professional teacher throughout the week, and outside…
May 30, 2016
The AGA YouTube channel will broadcast a live commentary as China's Ke Jie 9p and Korea's Park Junghwan 9p face off in the round of 16 of the LG Cup tomorrow night in Korea. The game starts at 5 p.m. PDT on Tuesday May 31 in the US. …
May 30, 2016
Zhengbokang Tang 7d won the 2016 Maryland Open Sunday, after the event ended in a four-way tie at the top on 4-1 and a two way tie on both SOS and SODOS tiebreakers. Tang topped the field by virtue of winning the head-to-head match…
May 29, 2016
If you are planning to attend the US Go Congress in Boston this year but haven't signed up or paid, you'd best get cracking! The early bird price expires at the end of May, i.e. Tuesday, with the registration fee going from $375 to…
May 29, 2016
Popular teacher Mingjiu Jiang 7P will talk about "Tricky Moves in Josekis" at the upcoming US Go Congress July 30-August 7 in Boston. Also joining the professional line-up at the Congress are Ryan Li 1P , Eric Lui 1P and Calvin Sun 1P ;…
May 28, 2016
The AGA is looking for a new treasurer. After six years of tireless service, longtime AGA stalwart Roy Schmidt is coming to the end of his third term as treasurer. The new treasurer must be willing to work, be good at detailed work,…
May 27, 2016
Members of the Evanston Go Club took the game of go to Anime Central last weekend, teaching hundreds of attendees how to play, reports club president Mark Rubenstein. "This event is so much fun!” said Rubenstein. "We were there for 14…
May 23, 2016
Nineteen go players showed up the San Diego Go Club's Spring 2016 Go Soiree, an informal quarterly gathering of players from all the go clubs in San Diego County, with other visitors from southern California. The match of the day…
May 23, 2016
Some years ago, Dutch computer scientist John Tromp (right) and his colleagues reported that the longest possible game of go would last longer than the universe is likely to. Now, the culmination of their work on Go Combinatorics—the…
May 23, 2016
Eastern and At-Large board members Gurujeet Khalsa and Ed Zhang have been nominated to retain their seats while Bob Gilman has said he will not run to retain his central region seat. Nominations, including self-nominations, may be made…
May 23, 2016
Alistair Wall (2d Wanstead) won all his games to win the 38th Bracknell, the first time he has won the event. He beat Christian Scarff, Jim Clare and last year's winner Des Cann. Also winning all three were Eric Hall (5k Swindon) and…
May 22, 2016
by John Power, Japan Correspondent for the E-Journal A report on this year’s Globis Cup appeared earlier this month in the E-Journ al ( China’s Li wins 3rd Globis Cup 5/9) . Here is a commentary on the final, based on Go Weekly and the…
May 22, 2016
Teams from Virginia and Maryland will face off on Thursday, May 26 as Edward Zhang 6d and the Capital Go Club host a Team Relay go event and a simul with Qiao Shiyao 1P in McLean, VA. "Team Relay Go features excitement, suspense,…
May 22, 2016
With this year's US Go Congress in Boston on track to be the largest-ever, American Go Association president Andy Okun wants to hear from communities that would like to put on a Congress in the coming years. “We are trying to fix a…
May 22, 2016
More pros and their lecture topics have just been announced for this year's US Go Congress , set for July 30- August 7 in Boston, MA. Feng Yun 9P will talk about: "Invading," Jennie Shen 2P will co-host with Myungwan Kim 9P, and they…
May 21, 2016
UCLA triumphed earlier this month in the Collegiate Go League (CGL) Season Five Championships , defeating U Toronto to claim first place. The winners took home $250 to spend on their club. Although UCLA was unable to overcome Ryan Li 1P…
May 21, 2016
At the National Cherry Blossom Festival Sakura Matsuri on April 16. DC area go club volunteers have supported the Sakura Matsuri Go Workshop every year since 1998. - report/photos by John Goon; collage by Chris Garlock
May 21, 2016
Eric Zhang 5d swept all four games to win the at the 2016 North Carolina Spring Go tournament "on a beautiful Sunday," reports Tournament Director Jeff Kuang. A total of 28 players turned out May 15 to enjoy the competition. Here are…
May 21, 2016
What the AI Behind AlphaGo Can Teach Us About Being Human: AJA HUANG DIPS his hand into a wooden bowl of polished black stones and, without looking, thumbs one between his middle and index finger. Peering through wire-rim glasses, he…
May 21, 2016
Pre-registration for next weekend's annual Maryland Open has topped 20 and will feature a strong Open section, including Xinying Jiang 7D, Zhaonian Chen 7D, Zhengbokang Tang 7D, Calvin Sun 1P, Shiyao Qiao 1P, Xiaocheng Hu 6D, Willis…
May 18, 2016
The design committee of the Santa Monica Coffee Cup has finally chosen this year’s theme color, along with the colors for the next two years after. The eponymous “Coffee Cup” to be awarded to the first place winners in each division, as…
May 18, 2016
The last round of the Pandanet AGA City League is this Sunday, May 22nd. Each of these teams has played six exciting rounds so far with one more and the finals to go. Play starts at 3pm EST/12pm PST on Sunday unless otherwise noted on…
May 17, 2016
The Brooklyn Go Club hosted its annual event at the Sakura Matsuri (Cherry Blossom) Festival at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden on April 30 and May 1. "A fair amount of interest was sparked by Alphago," reports Barbara Calhoun. photo by Calhoun
May 16, 2016
"We had a great turnout last Thursday night for the Western Massachusetts Go Club at 'The Roost' in Northampton," reports Eric Osman. photo by Osman
May 14, 2016
Tournament details for this year’s US Go Congress -- July 30-August 7 in Boston -- are still in development, but in addition to the US Open and US Open Masters, players can already look forward to favorites like the Diehard, Lightning,…
May 14, 2016
GO BOOKS AND EQUIPMENT FOR SALE: Solid Kaya bowls $160, Two sets of semiprecious stones (yellow and green) $320, 33 English Go books $80, 18 Asian language Go books $50. All prices include free shipping and insurance to the 48…
May 14, 2016
(Things got extra busy here at EJ Central and we fell behind a bit in posting your letters and tips; here's a batch of recent items sent in) "On page 331 of 'Caliban's War' by James Corey, "It's like playing Go. It's all about exerting…
May 12, 2016
Myungwan Kim 9p's upcoming top game broadcasts have been arranged for the next month! These will be broadcast LIVE over the AGA's YouTube and Twitch channels, www.youtube.com/c/usgoweb/live and www.twitch.tv/usgoweb. All times listed…