American Go E-Journal
March 30, 2017
The AGA Go Camp is moving west this year, and will be held at Schoepe Scout Camp at Lost Valley, just outside of San Diego, from July 30th to August 5th. Myungwan Kim 9P will return as the instructor, and Fernando Rivera, Wenguang…
March 27, 2017
The Confucius Institute of Rutgers University (CIRU), together with the Feng Yun Go School, will host a 3-round tournament in New Brunswick, New Jersey, this Saturday, April 1st . Doors open at 11a . Thanks to support from the CIRU,…
March 27, 2017
Registration for the AGHS 2017 North American School Team Tournament is open until April 8th. "Grab two friends and represent your high school, club, or language school," urges AGHS Promotions Head Albert Yen. "Any non-go institution…
March 27, 2017
In the latest AGA Master Review Series , Jennie Shen 2P, hosted by Andrew Jackson, translates Meng Tailing 6P's commentary and adds her own analysis of Master/AlphaGo's game against Tang Weixing 9P. And in the latest Redmond's…
March 25, 2017
The 2017 South Central Go Tournament was held in Dallas on February 18-19 drew 38 players from four states – 13 in the Open Section and 25 in the Handicap Section. There were six rounds played. In the Open Section, the winner was Bulin…
March 25, 2017
The Davis/ Sacramento Go Club held its Spring Tournament on March 18th at the South Natomas library in Sacramento. There was a good field of eleven players with groups from Reno and the bay area. The Upper Division was won by Jonathan…
March 25, 2017
New York City-based professionals Ryan Li 1p and Stephanie Yin 1p paid a visit to the Evanston Go Club on Wednesday night, taking time out from their vacation in Chicago. Turnout at the club was higher than usual, with 14 players…
March 24, 2017
Staking his claim as the best go player in the world, Park Jeong Hwan 9P of Korea has won the 2017 World Go Championship, defeating Mi Yu Ting 9P of China in the final on March 24. In third place was DeepZenGo with one win and Yuta…
March 23, 2017
The 34th World Youth Goe Championship is open for registration, reports Mingjiu Jiang 7P. The event is open to US citizens only. The Senior Division is for youth aged 12—15, and the Junior for kids under 12 by July 23rd, 2017. Players…
March 22, 2017
Park Jeong Hwan 9P and Mi Yuting 9P are facing off for the title in the Nihon Kiin’s “ World Go Championship . ” The final matches are being broadcast live now (10p EST) on YouTube , with commentary by Michael Redmond 9P and Anti…
March 22, 2017
In the latest in the AGA Master Review Series, Michael Redmond 9P, hosted by Chris Garlock, takes a look at the game between Master 9P and Lian Xiao 7P ( click here or below ). "Lian Xiao is ranked among the top ten players in the…
March 21, 2017
Park Jeong Hwan 9P and Mi Yuting 9P prevailed in the first round of the Nihon Kiin's “ World Go Championship ,” held on March 21; the video commentary by Michael Redmond and Anti Tourmanen has been posted. This round features Deep Zen…
March 21, 2017
by John Power, Japan Correspondent for the E-Journal Fujisawa and Hane win Pair Go: The final of the Professional Pair Go Championship 2017 was held at the Nihon Ki-in’s Tokyo headquarters on March 5. Taking black, the pair of Fujisawa…
March 19, 2017
The Portland (Oregon) Go Club 2017 Handicap Championship wound up on March 14 after one and a half months of weekly matches. Peter Drake took first place on tie-break over Daniel Wagner, both scoring 4-1. Six players competed. photo:…
March 19, 2017
The long-awaited premiere of the go documentary The Surrounding Game is less than a month away, reports director/producer Will Lockhart. The world premiere of the film will take place at the American Documentary Film Festival in Palm…
March 19, 2017
The latest in the AGA Master Review Series features Jennie Shen 2P's translation of Meng Tailing 6p's commentary on Master's game against Park Junghwan 9p -- Game 24 in Master's 60-game series -- and Michael Redmond 9P's commentary on…
March 17, 2017
Any last minute players who want to join the Redmond Cup, registration is due March 19th. Preliminary games will be played online and the four finalists will be invited to the 2017 US Go Congress to play the final games. There are two…
March 17, 2017
Disney II Magnet High School, in Chicago, IL, held their first go tournament on Feb 7th, to celebrate the Spring Festival, or Lunar New Year of 2017. More than 30 students from 7th to 12th grade registered for the 4-week…
March 15, 2017
A brand-new event, the " World Go Championship ”, will be held next week, March 21-23 in Osaka, Japan. Four top players, Iyama Yuta (Japan), Park Jeon Hwan (Korea), Mi Yuting (China), and DeepZenGo (representing AI) will fight it out…
March 15, 2017
In the latest video in this new series Michael Redmond 9p and Chris Garlock of the AGA E-Journal provide commentary and analysis of the fourth game of Master (AlphaGo). The opening in this game, in which Master plays white against Xie…
March 14, 2017
Patrick Zhao 1k and Josiah Frias 1k topped the 2017 North American Kyu Championships held on KGS on February 4th in the Junior (12 and under) and Senior (13-17) divisions respectively. Mateo Nava 11k from Mexico also earned the Fighting…
March 14, 2017
Four out-of-print titles from Slate and Shell are now available through Amazon. 200 Endgame Problems by Shirai Haruhiko. Long out of print, this popular collection of problems covers common situations from simple endgame tesuji to…
March 13, 2017
Jennie Shen 2P, hosted by Andrew Jackson, translates Meng Tailing 6P's commentary and adds her own analysis of Master's (AlphaGo) 18th game. In this game, Master plays black against one of the strongest players in the world, Ke Jie 9P.…
March 12, 2017
With work on the new National Go Center in northwest Washington DC "coming along nicely," the Center is on track for its grand opening the weekend of April 29-30, reports Center executive director Gurujeet Khalsa. "Area go clubs and…
March 11, 2017
Latest Master commentary by Michael Redmond 9P with Chris Garlock, Managing Editor of the American Go E-Journal. In this game, Master shows how it resembles -- and how it differs -- from the great master Go…
March 10, 2017
14 children from Mexico City and Portland, OR. played a two round match on Saturday, February 25, on KGS. Mexico City won the match 8-4. "Our players are from two elementary schools in Mexico City, Escuela de Arte Pipiolo and Colegio…
March 10, 2017
Leap PQ9903: "The MGA battled about this for about a year before finally settling on the Leap PQ9903," writes Neil Ritter in response to the February 25 Your Move/Readers Write: Looking for go clocks posting, noting the clocks were more…
March 9, 2017
The American Go Association has launched a new series of video commentaries on the recent games between between Master -- the latest version of AlphaGo -- and top professionals. The series on the AGA's YouTube channel features…
March 9, 2017
On March 4th, the Santa Fe Go Club held its first AGA-rated tournament in several years. A mixed crowd and some interested watchers attended the Spring Go Tournament with 14 players from Santa Fe, Los Alamos and Albuquerque, NM. As…
March 9, 2017
The 2017 Irish Confucius Cup took place in Dublin on the weekend of March 4-5. It was the most diverse tournament ever in Ireland, with players coming from 15 different countries. It was also the strongest ever tournament held in…