American Go E-Journal
February 28, 2018
If you appreciate all the great go content brought to you by the American Go Association and want to help grow the go community even more, we’re looking for a few good volunteers for some key positions: Social Media Coordinator -…
February 25, 2018
AG Zero is back, this time "with a big group that looks like it's about to die, just floating around in the middle of Master's moyo" says Michael Redmond 9P in his commentary . "But Zero doesn't seem to be worried, because it plays away…
February 24, 2018
E-Journal photographer Phil Straus recently found this photo in his archives. If you can name the go players and the year and location of the U.S. Congress, click here .
February 22, 2018
"The American Go Honor Society (AGHS) is holding its first online go league, and invites all U.S. youth players under the age of 18 to participate," s ays Promotion Head Gabby Su. "Participants will play 3-4 games each month in a…
February 22, 2018
A special event will be hitting the KGS Go Server this Saturday, Feb 24 . Dubbed the “KGS Simul Challenge”, a slew of strong players will assemble to play handicapped simul games against anyone online continuously from 3-9pm EDT.…
February 21, 2018
Hajin Lee 4P (right) took top honors in the 26th Jiang Zhu Jiu Ing Cup , held February 18 in San Francisco, CA. A total of 76 players competed for $3,000 in prizes at the Cup, which is sponsored annually by Ing’s Goe Foundation of…
February 21, 2018
by John Power, special Japan correspondent for the E-Journal Meijin League: The first game in the third round of the 43 rd Meijin League was played on February 1. Yo Seiki 7P (W) beat Takao Shinji 9P. Astonishingly, Yo has beaten Takao…
February 21, 2018
Early-bird deadline for the third Japan Go Congress and sixth Osaka Go camp is February 28. Click here for details and to save 5000 JPY or email osaka.go.2018@gmail.com
February 20, 2018
Roger P. Hjulstrom passed away on February 13 after a brief illness. He was 62. A self-taught go player and early AGA member, Hjulstrom (right) enjoyed sharing his love of the game, and taught hundreds of people how to play over the…
February 20, 2018
by John Power, special Japan correspondent for the E-Journal Xie wins LG Cup: The best-of-three final of the 22 nd LG Cup was held at the Nihon Ki-in in Tokyo in early February. This is a Korean-sponsored tournament, but the finalists…
February 19, 2018
Forty five players participated in the 11th annual Chinese Lunar New Year tournament on February 10th. The event was held for the first time at the National Go Center in Washington DC with overall first place going to Yuan Zhou 7D with…
February 19, 2018
This game features the mini Chinese opening, and “It's a fighting game and gets exciting pretty quick,” says Michael Redmond 9p in his commentary on the AlphaGo self-play game. “It's unusual and different.” "Thanks so much for…
February 19, 2018
by John Power, special Japan correspondent for the E-Journal Murakawa to challenge for Judan: The play-off to decide the challenger for the 56 th Judan title was held at the Kansai Ki-in in Osaka on January 25. Murakawa Daisuke 8P…
February 19, 2018
The 5th North American Kyu Championships was held on February 3rd on KGS, and allowed kyu players from the US, Canada, and Mexico to test their mettle. 13-year old Andrew Zhang 1k and 9-year old Jiayang Su 2k topped the field of 56…
February 18, 2018
2018 marks the 25th anniversary of the Redmond Cup, which began in 1994. Named after Michael Redmond, the only player of non-Asian descent to ever achieve the rank of professional 9 dan, the Redmond Cup has represented the highest-level…
February 17, 2018
Starting today, "The Surrounding Game" (2017) is now available worldwide on digital streaming, DVD and Blu-ray. The award-winning documentary tells the story of go, from the four arts of ancient China to modern-day international…
February 13, 2018
The premise of Netflix's new sci-fi show Altered Carbon is simple: After 250 years of suspended animation a prisoner is returned to the world with exactly one chance to save his life - he must solve a "mind-bending" murder. And, oh, by…
February 12, 2018
The 2018 New York Go Expo will take place this weekend, February 17 -18 in Manhattan at the China Institute (40 Rector St, 2FL, New York). The Go Expo is aimed both at go players and the general public. Aside from the invited team…
February 12, 2018
Last month Dave Liang and Sun Yunfan, the musical duo known as The Shanghai Restoration Project ( SRP ) , released their new album R.U.R. , leading with the single “ Alpha Go .” The pair recently followed that up with a supporting…
February 12, 2018
The AGA has successfully applied to become a certifying organization for the Presidential Volunteer Service Awards , according to AGA President Andy Okun. "It is a chance for our volunteers to receive recognition from the wider…
February 11, 2018
Traditionally Orsay is the first (in all senses of the word) tournament of the new year in France. It allows players to meet up again and to break their New Year's resolutions - I'm going to make 5 dan by Wednesday . As usual it took…
February 11, 2018
“There's some strange stuff in this game, especially in the early part of the game,” says Michael Redmond 9p in his fifth commentary on the AG Zero games. “Then later on things get really exciting, as Zero does some amazing stuff inside…
February 7, 2018
The AGA has received an invitation to send a strong US or Canadian player under the age of 20 to the 5th GLOBIS Cup U-20 World Go Championship, to be held April 19-23, 2018, in Tokyo, Japan. The event, sponsored by the GLOBIS…
February 3, 2018
Michael Redmond's video game commentaries return with an exciting game by Redmond against Kuwabara Shun 1P in the second round of the Kisei First Tournament. "We get into the avalance joseki and Kuwabara springs a new variation on me…
February 1, 2018
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February 1, 2018
For everyone that's been marking time until the general release of The Surrounding Game, your wait is nearly over. The documentary team just announced that February 15th will see the film released worldwide on DVD, Blu-ray, and instant…