American Go E-Journal
July 31, 2016
US Open/US Masters Highlights: Tournaments at this year's Go Congress kicked off with round one of the U.S. Open and U.S. Open Masters Sunday morning at 9a, pairings posted promptly at 8:45p. In first-round top-board action at the 2016…
July 31, 2016
Among the most popular events at the US Go Congress now underway in Boston is the annual Pair Go tournament, featuring male and female pairs of players attired in their best outfits. The tournament winners go on to compete in the…
July 31, 2016
While this year's U.S. Go Congress in Boston includes many longtime traditional events like the U.S. Open, Lightning Go and pro lectures, it also offers some new events. The Evening League combines the community and competition of the…
July 31, 2016
Sunday afternoon at the U.S. Go Congress featured an unusual line-up; three homegrown American professionals conducted game reviews in Boston University's George Sherman Union. The newest pro, Eric Lui (right) , a 1 dan professional as…
July 31, 2016
Alexandra Patz 13k Age: 43 Lives in: New York, NY, originally from South Africa Years playing go: 5 years, but learned almost 20 years ago and took a break Favorite thing about go: Alexandra likes how stimulating go is for the brain.…
July 31, 2016
The Canwa Vancouver 1 team prevailed in the finals of the Pandanet AGA City League , played Saturday in Boston, MA as the 2016 US Go Congress got underway. Vancouver -- Hanchen Zhang, Bill Lin, Ryan Li and captain Cathy Li (photo at…
July 30, 2016
With over 600 signed up, this year's U.S. Go Congress in Boston has the most registrants in the 32-year history of the event and it seemed as though just about every one of them was crowded into the main playing area in Boston…
July 30, 2016
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July 30, 2016
The Pandanet AGA City League Finals will be broadcast shortly on Pandanet at 3PM EST. Games will be in the Main Room under the accounts for AGACL1, AGACL2, and AGACL3. The matchups will be: AGACL1: Hanchen Zhang vs Zirui Tim Song…
July 30, 2016
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July 29, 2016
The playing dates and deadline for sign ups to China Qiyuan's new 2016 Gold Cup World Amateur Go Tournament, with online preliminaries for players outside of the major go countries to be held on Tygem, have been pushed back. The…
July 29, 2016
In addition to broadcasting US Open Masters top-board games on KGS as usual, the E-Journal broadcasting team will again this year video stream the US Open Masters top board on both the AGA's YouTube and Twitch channels (check out the…
July 29, 2016
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July 28, 2016
Team Relay Go will get a tryout next Tuesday night at the U.S. Go Congress. As previously reported ( Team Relay Go the “Next Big Thing”? ) , Relay Go involves two teams of players playing one game. At the professional level, each team…
July 28, 2016
Zen Defeats Top Pro Cho Hye-Yeon 9P: Wednesday, July 27, 2016 became another historic date in the rapidly- developing history of computer go. Cho Hye-Yeon 9P, one of the strongest female players in the world, lost to the go playing…
July 28, 2016
Ed Lee sent in this great shot of "Me playing go with my friend Blake Haber. The place is Third Window Brewery in Santa Barbara, CA, where they brew and serve their own beers. I drink only root beer but today I tried a latte from a new…
July 28, 2016
With congress right around the corner, the 2016 finalists for the Redmond Cup are gearing up for the championship matches. The first match of both the Senior (under 18) and Junior (under 13) divisions will be broadcast on KGS, Sunday…
July 28, 2016
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July 27, 2016
Last Monday, July 25th, the NOVA Go Club in Arlington, VA had a special visitor from China, Yang Shuang 2P. Ms. Shuang (right) visited the club on her way to next week's US Go Congress in Boston. She played a demonstration game,…
July 27, 2016
Elections for three regional and one at-large American Go Association board seats close July 30 . Each full member and chapter should have received their ballots for an online voting site through their AGA email on file. Any questions…
July 27, 2016
The European Team Championship is the opening event in St Petersburg at the European Go Congress. The defending champions France had qualified alongside teams from Russia, Romania, and Ukraine. In the end they finished in third place…
July 27, 2016
Given AlphaGo's dominant performance in last March's match against Lee Sedol 9P it was no surprise that the July 26 presentation the the European Go Congress by Fan Hui 2P (right) on behalf of DeepMind attracted a huge audience.…
July 27, 2016
Will go events soon include cheerleaders? Team Relay Go as developed in Asia has incorporated a number of NBA basketball franchise concepts, including teamwork, timeouts, huge live audiences and, yes, even cheerleaders. Greater…
July 27, 2016
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July 26, 2016
Tennis-playing go players who want to burn off some energy on the courts are invited to join E-Journal Managing Editor Chris Garlock on the Boston University tennis courts next week. "Bring your tennis gear!" Garlock urges, fresh off…
July 26, 2016
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July 25, 2016
"300 Joseki Problems": The final installment of "Graded Go Problems for Dan Players," Kiseido's popular seven- volume dan players' series, is now available. Aimed primarily at 3-dan to 7-dan players, "300 Joseki Problems" -- a…
July 25, 2016
As previously reported , go was spotted in “Hell on Wheels” Season 5, Episode 10, titled “61 Degrees,” between minutes 43 and 45. Here's the screenshot, thanks to Taylor Litteral.
July 25, 2016
The 60th European Go Congress got under way on July 23rd in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The Congress is being held at the Hotel Azimut, a couple of kilometres south of the historic centre of the city. 456 players took part in the first…
July 24, 2016
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