American Go E-Journal
March 29, 2018
Michael Redmond 9p, hosted by the AGA E-Journal's Chris Garlock, reviews the first game of the new AlphaGo Zero vs. AlphaGo Lee series. In this game, we see AlphaGo Lee "playing very human-like moves," says Redmond. Zero "builds a big…
March 28, 2018
"Registration for the 2018 American Go Honor Society (AGHS) School Team Tournament is now open through April 16th," s ays Promotion Head Gabby Su. "This year, the K-12 tournament will be held on Saturday, April 21st and Saturday, April…
March 26, 2018
Thirty-two players, some traveling from as far as Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, competed in the Salt City Tournament on March 24. The 4-round tournament in Syracuse, NY included fifteen students this year, and one of…
March 26, 2018
Last weekend, at the San Diego Go Club's spring go soiree, Chinese professional Jai Li was welcomed back to the city by more than two dozen attendees. Jai Li, a 5P Chinese professional, and his wife, Ya Wen, last week relocated to…
March 26, 2018
"Bob Ryder was 48 at the time of this tournament ( From the Archives: The First International Amateur Go Tournament 1963 ) ," writes Terry Benson. "He became one of the first western 5-dans and was president of the AGA in the 60s and…
March 24, 2018
The Surrounding Game , the award-winning documentary on the world of go, is now available on three additional platforms: iTunes, Amazon Video and Google Play. The film follows America's top youth players as they compete to become the…
March 24, 2018
London is getting a new go tournament. Sort of. The Not the London Tournament will run May 26th - 28th. Sponsored by London Go Club and the BGA , and made possible by the T Mark Hall Foundation , the Not the London Tournament is meant…
March 23, 2018
The opening title montage for Starz' new scifi, noir-spy series Counterpart is arresting: One black stone on a spotless white go board separates into two stones, which then divide into numerous black and white stones across an endless…
March 22, 2018
The Nihon Ki-in hosted the first International Amateur Go Tournament in 1963, which was attended by AGA administrator Robert M. Ryder of New Jersey. The packet included in Mr. Ryder's papers in the archives includes the rules, schedule,…
March 21, 2018
Registration is now open for the first New York Institute of Go Open Go Tournament, scheduled for Saturday April 21. Click here to register. The tournament will be held at the New York Institute of Go, 255-05 Northern Blvd, 2FL, Little…
March 20, 2018
Impressed with the dedication and focus of amateur players at the US Go Congress, Hai Li 5P is planning on coming back to the US to teach in the LA area. Attendees at the 2017 US Go Congress in San Diego will recognize him as one of the…
March 19, 2018
by John Power, special Japan correspondent for the E-Journal Iyama wins first Judan game: The Judan best-of-five got off to a start on March 6. It was played at the same venue as the Women’s Meijin game, as detailed above. These two…
March 19, 2018
Does Crazy Stone Deep Learning run on a Mac in Emulation? Looking for someone(s) who has(have) experience in running Crazy Stone Deep Learning on a Mac using emulation such as Parallels or VMWare Fusion. Reply to…
March 19, 2018
Robert M. Ryder, an active AGA administrator, kept meticulous organizational records as well as careful records of what seems to be the majority of his games. He played many others, and some names are easily recognized, as in this…
March 18, 2018
Committees delegated by the AGA board have drafted a major proposal to establish a formal Code of Conduct for AGA events, which the board has accepted for release to the membership for review and comment prior to implementation. The…
March 18, 2018
Michael Redmond 9p, hosted by the AGA E-Journal's Chris Garlock, reviews the 17th game of the amazing AlphaGo vs. AlphaGo selfplay games. "There's a bit of fun with kos," says Redmond. "And there's a new move that’s become popular in…
March 18, 2018
by John Power, special Japan correspondent for the E-Journal Korea wins Nong Shim Cup: The final round of the 19th Nong Shim Spicy Noodles Cup was held in Shanghai from February 26 to March 1. Recently, victory in this three-way team…
March 18, 2018
For the seventh year in a row, the San Diego Go Club had several tables for demonstrating and teaching go during the annual Cherry Blossom Festival this weekend at the Japanese Friendship Garden in Balboa Park. This year the festival…
March 18, 2018
The Davis/Sacramento Go Club held its Spring Tournament at the North Highlands-Antelope library on March 3. There was a field of eight players including Valerie Wong, who was playing in her first AGA tournament. Two patrons of the…
March 17, 2018
"As an educator, I have been advocating using go as a math manipulative in schools, and dreaming about the day that students in every classroom will learn go," writes 2015 AGF Teacher of the Year Xinming Simon Guo. At the Metropolitan…
March 12, 2018
As a young player, Michael Redmond was in the legendary Rin Kaiho's study group --where Rin's wife served them all a meal before they commenced playing go --) but in this week's video game commentary, Redmond faces Rin in a Gosei…
March 11, 2018
Jung Hoon Lee 7D won the Colorado Spring Tournament held on March 10th in Denver, CO, topping a field of 29 players. Complete results: Dan section: 1st: Jung Hoon Lee, 7D 2nd: Kent Evenson, 1D Single-digit Kyu section: 1st: Lev Marcus,…
March 8, 2018
Slate & Shell’s new book, “Rethinking Opening Strategy: AlphaGo’s Impact on Pro Play ” by Yuan Zhou, was recently the number one new release in board games on Amazon, reports publisher Bill Cobb. "It is selling like hot cakes" Cobb…
March 8, 2018
In the January 10 edition of the Princeton Alumni Weekly , there is an article by Elyse Graham called "Adventures in Fine Hall: The weirdness of math's golden age." She writes of the hijinks of the great mathematicians of the 1930s…
March 7, 2018
Hongkui Zheng took top honors in the 5th Zheng Go Championship, formerly known as the Southern California Go Championship. Held M arch 3 and 4, the Zheng Go Championship took place at the Back Bay Conference Center in Irvine,…
March 7, 2018
Executive Summary of AGA Board Meeting 1/21/2018: The board approved a Code of Conduct for AGA events that will now be reviewed at the executive and then chapter levels. Andy Okun, president of the AGA, reported that he intends to hire…
March 6, 2018
The Penn Go Society has announced the first Pennsylvania State Go Championship, part of the American Go Association’s new system of state championships around the country ( click here for details ). The Pennsylvania championship will be…
March 6, 2018
The Ing Foundation is hosting the 2018 International Collegiate Go Tournament at the University of Cambridge, England this summer. The event starts on July 9th and will conclude on the 15th. This event is open to any current, future, or…
March 6, 2018
A new video compresses the second game of the historic 1971 Honinbo Tournament into a compelling 4 1/2 minute sequence, complete with music by the Blue Dot Sessions. Ishida Yoshio, just 22, entered the Honinbo League for the first time…
March 5, 2018
AG Zero comes up with a new variation to handle Master's shimari, "and then there's a bit of a magic show, in which Zero does all sorts of stuff inside Master's moyo," says Michael Redmond 9P in his commentary . “It's pretty hard to…