American Go E-Journal
November 27, 2017
Forty-seven high-profile professional go players -- including Michael Redmond 9P -- will be participating in the Tokugawa Memorial Go Congress in Shizuoka, Japan next February. The event will run from February 11-18, 2018, with a main…
November 27, 2017
Remembering Joel Olson's "wonderful smile": "Reading about Joel Olsen's interest in music explains an aspect of this old hand go player," writes Terry Benson. "Every Go Congress, he was a regular at the gathering for silly go songs.…
November 26, 2017
by John Power, Japan Correspondent for the E-Journal Iyama defends Oza and Tengen titles: Everything is going well for Iyama Yuta these days, both internationally and domestically. In quick succession, he defended two of his top-seven…
November 26, 2017
Joel Olson passed away on November 14 at the age of 76. Olson was a retired meteorologist and veteran. He was a member of a number of local groups in Norman, Oklahoma, including the Citizens Climate Lobby (CCL) and the Oklahoma Go…
November 23, 2017
After taking last Friday off, Michael Redmond's AlphaGo video commentary series officially launches an AG Zero-Master series Friday at 6p EDT, with at least four more Zero-Master commentaries planned through the end of the year. Click…
November 20, 2017
Registration is still open for the new year of the Pandanet AGA City League . Play against some of the best players in the US and Canada including most of the AGA Professionals. Check out the rules and email steve.colburn@usgo.org for…
November 20, 2017
There’s less than a week left to sign up for the American Go Honor Society’s Young Lions Tournament. The deadline is this Saturday November 26th. The AGHS website says "Young Lions is a premier youth tournament for the new generation of…
November 20, 2017
Bill Camp, former Manager at the Seattle Go Center , has surfaced in the world go community four years after moving to Australia. With his wife, Marian, he recently launched kimonoquilt.com , which offers refurbished antique gobans ,…
November 20, 2017
by John Power, Japan Correspondent for the E-Journal Shibano picks up first league win: Two games were played in the 73 rd Honinbo League on November 16. Kobayashi Satoru 9P (W) beat Motoki Katsuya 8P by resig. and Shibano Toramaru 7P…
November 19, 2017
by John Power, Japan Correspondent for the E-Journal Iyama and Xie to meet in LG Cup final: A Japanese representative had made the best eight of the 22 nd LG Cup, so the Nihon Ki-in offered to host the quarterfinals and semifinals at…
November 19, 2017
China's top authority for the game of go recently announced a ban on phones at go matches in response to the increasing use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the sport. According to a notice released by the Chinese Weiqi Association…
November 19, 2017
The board discussed the AGA policy for use of computers/electronic devices during tournaments in light of recent advances in Go AI, and moved to form a committee to formulate rules, guidelines, and procedures to ensure fairness while…
November 16, 2017
Roger Huyshe, President of the British Go Association, died unexpectedly on November 13. "Apparently he was out on a bike ride in Derbyshire when he collapsed," reports Toby Manning . "We do not think it was a traffic accident - and…
November 15, 2017
The third Australian Go Congress was held September 28 – October 1 at Sydney University. Players ranged from under 10 to over 70 and came from across Australia, Korea, China, Hong Kong, Japan and Poland. "The consensus is that the 2017…
November 13, 2017
"Perhaps the most interesting thing about AlphaGo Zero, though, isn’t how fast it was able to do what it did, or with such efficacy, but also that it ultimately didn’t even achieve its full potential," reports TechCrunch . "DeepMind CEO…
November 13, 2017
Perhaps the only go tournament in the world offering free beer, the 20th "Go to Innovation" tournament will be held November 17-19 in Berlin, Germany. The 8-round tournament starts Friday with four rounds on Saturday and the final two…
November 12, 2017
The Seattle Go Center had eight competitors, all kyu players, in the Contest of Life and Death on Halloween. Frank Lam did a great job of curating problems from the Nihon Ki-in that were challenging to our kyu players, and that had a…
November 12, 2017
by Greg Kulevich I have searched high and low for any mention of go at the Art Institute of Chicago, and I've finally found one (or two). Go is seen being played in two Chinese scrolls in the new exhibition "As the Story Unrolls." It's…
November 12, 2017
The Boston Winter Open is set for Saturday, December 2 at MIT in Cambridge, MA. The four-round tournament -- hosted by MIT, organized by Cam Wagner and the MIT Go club, the MGA, and The Gojo -- is open to up to 80 players, with two…
November 11, 2017
“In the set of 20 games between AG Zero and AG Master, there are pretty much just two openings -- i.e. identical moves for about the first 20 moves -- one with Zero as Black and one with Master as Black,” says Michael Redmond 9p in this…
November 11, 2017
After a short hiatus, two of Slate & Shell's books have returned to print. Yilun Yang's clear presentation of basic guidelines for how to find the correct play in many common situations has made "Fundamental Principles of Go" an…
November 11, 2017
Seong-Jin Kim 8d won the EGCC 25th Anniversary Tournament, held October 21-22 at the European Go Cultural Centre (EGCC) in Amstelveen, the Netherlands. The tournament was the centerpiece of the Center's 25th anniversary celebrations,…
November 11, 2017
by John Power, Japan Correspondent for the E-Journal Rin Kaiho receives decoration in autumn honors: Rin Kaiho (Lin Haifeng) 9P has been awarded a decoration by the Japanese government in the autumn honors. Rin (right) was one of the…
November 10, 2017
“I don't like to call it weird, but in this game we're going to see some new and different stuff that AlphaGo is doing with the joseki that I don't really understand and I don't like it,” says Michael Redmond 9p in his commentary on…
November 10, 2017
by John Power, Japan Correspondent for the E-Journal Shibano sets Meijin League record: The play-offs to decide the vacant seats in the 43 rd Meijin League were held at three different venues on November 2. Usually games are played on…
November 9, 2017
"At this year's U.S. Go Congress in San Diego, I had the pleasure of playing Steve Uhl from Sante Fe, NM (left in picture) in round 2 of the Open," writes Eric Wainwright (right) . "We had a very close and exciting game. Steve had also…
November 8, 2017
John Goon, a longtime go organizer and tireless promoter of the game, died recently. A memorial will be held on Saturday, November 18, from 2:30 to 5 at a familiar location: Rockville United Church, 355 Linthicum Drive, Rockville, home…
November 8, 2017
Kiseido is having a holiday season sale, writes Richard Bozulich, with discounts on go books, go boards, and Japanese prints. Shop between now and January 6, 2018 for a 10% discount on orders of 4 books or more, or a 15% discount on…
November 7, 2017
Registration for the sixth year of the Pandanet AGA City League is upon us. If you are interested please read the rules page and send an email to steve.colburn@usgo.org. Registration will close on November 30th. --Steve Colburn,…
November 7, 2017
This 19th-century Japanese firefighting jacket is in the collection at the Seattle Art Museum. "The jacket tells a story from the life of Minamoto no Yorimitsu (948–1021), a warrior-hero," according to a recent post on the museum's…