American Go E-Journal
June 28, 2018
The Pandanet AGA City League finished its regular season play recently. Each team fought tough opponents this season. This season saw eight professionals play this year, four of them being AGA Professionals. The finals for the A League…
June 26, 2018
If you're thinking about attending this year's U.S. Go Congress , register before this Sunday and save $50. The registration late fee increases $50 on Sunday, July 1st. The biggest U.S. go event of the year includes the U.S. Open, a…
June 26, 2018
The Evanston Go Club’s Summer Solstice tournament on Saturday drew 21 players ranging from 25 kyu to 4 dan. For some, this was their first tournament ever; others have been coming to the Evanston tournaments for up to 14 years. “We run…
June 25, 2018
The New York Institute of Go took top honors in the 2018 American Go Honor Society (AGHS) School Team Tournament, which took place on KGS over the weekends of May 19 and May 26. The winning team consisted of Sophie Lin 2k, Patrick Zhao…
June 24, 2018
Eric Lui 1P swept the annual Congress Tune-up tournament 4-0 Saturday at the National Go Center. Eric's undefeated streak in NGC tournaments now extends for over a year, and the local crowd is rooting for him in the prestigious Open…
June 23, 2018
"The pubs here rotate their ale and beer and occasionally have special beers and ales brought in for a short period," reports Jose Santiago. "The picture here is of one on offer (recently at the Milton Keynes pub where go players meet…
June 20, 2018
Philippe Alexis spotted this recently at an exhibit in Terminal 2 at San Francisco Airport. It's a Maneki neko pair imitating the gods Daikoku and Ebisu playing go. One cat holds a wish-granting mallet and mimics Daikoku; the other…
June 19, 2018
Note: We just recently learned of the passing of Lenny Baum last year, hence the belated obit below. Please send us any and all go-related news at journal@usgo.org Leonard Baum (Lenny, fondly known to many as Opa, and a regular at the…
June 19, 2018
The Chinese Weiqi Association invites two men (professional or amateur) from North America to participate in the 4th Bailing Cup Championship. The first three rounds of the tournament will be held between July 24-27 in Beijing, China.…
June 18, 2018
“The Row,” a brand-new short film about life and death, prominently features go. The 16-minute film stars Vondie Curtis-Hall as a prison warden who plays a final game of go with death row inmate Demetrius Grosse . The film is directed…
June 18, 2018
Sixteen kids participated the first Boston Youth Go Tournament at the Neo Millennium Go Club on May 28th. The top three players of the senior division were Chase (Bin) Fu, Andrew (Hancheng) Xu and Hanchi Ou. Top four players of junior…
June 18, 2018
In a recent game review session for Albuquerque players, Janice Kim 3P emphasized ideas about judging big moves and big areas, and, looking at that from the reverse side, not making small moves to respond to your opponent’s last play.…
June 17, 2018
Candidates for the 2018 board election are in. Central candidate: Lisa Scott ; Eastern candidate: Gurujeet Khalsa ; Western candidate: Christopher Saenz ; At-Large candidate: Paul Celmer . Members and chapters should check their…
June 17, 2018
Kim Yeo-won, a commentator for baduk, also known as go, is living a double life as a fitness queen, reports the Korea JoongAng Daily. The 31-year-old commentator, best known for reporting on the 2016 match between Korean grandmaster…
June 17, 2018
The Jeollabuk-do Baduc Association (affiliated with the Korea Baduk Federation) is inviting amateur baduk players to participate in this event, to be held July 20-24, 2018 in the Republic of Korea. The main event is for women only, who…
June 17, 2018
Mark Rubenstein and Bob Barber gave their second presentation about go at PechaKucha last week at Martyr’s in Chicago. Their first presentation in 2011 was about go in general; this one focused on AlphaGo. “It had been 7 years since we…
June 17, 2018
The organizers of this event are inviting participants to this tournament, which will be held from August 8th to 14th, 2018, in the city of Nanning, the capital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. There are six round of Open Team and…
June 14, 2018
The 23rd Pandanet Cup , an internet world amateur go tournament, is now accepting registration. Players will be divided into five classes, depending on their strengths. In the preliminary round of the tournament, players play…
June 13, 2018
by John Power, special Japan correspondent for the E-Journal Korea wins Tiantai Mountain Cup: The 7th Tiantai Mountain Shenran Yangfan Cup World Women’s Team Tournament was held in Taizhou City in Zhejiang Province in China from May 10…
June 13, 2018
Michael Redmond 9p, hosted by the AGA E-Journal’s Chris Garlock, reviews the second game of the new AlphaGo Zero vs. AlphaGo Lee series. “In this game, AG Zero has black,” Redmond notes. “This is the 20-block version of Zero, and it’s…
June 13, 2018
Seeking players in Jackson, Mississippi: I am in the metropolitan area including Jackson, Flowood, Ridgeland, Madison, and Clinton. Email Sydney Andrews at sydney.tinker@gmail.com
June 13, 2018
The board of the American Go Association approved a Code of Conduct and creation of a committee to oversee Code of Conduct implementation at its meeting on May 20, 2018. The board also approved bylaw changes to be discussed and voted on…
June 12, 2018
Rengo/Pair Go events are consistently popular at the Seattle Go Center, and last Saturday was no exception. Twenty-eight players -- fourteen teams of two -- competed in the "Rengo with Pie and Coffee" tournament on June 9, organized by…
June 12, 2018
"As usual in these AlphaGo-AlphaGo games, you'll be wondering which group is going to die," says Michael Redmond 9p in his June 1 AlphaGo video commentary , hosted by the AGA E-Journal’s Chris Garlock. "But, also as usual, they all come…
June 12, 2018
by John Power, special Japan correspondent for the E-Journal Kim wins TV Asia: The 30th TV Asia Cup was held at the Mayfield Hotel & Resort in Seoul from May 1 to 4. The tournament was won by Kim Ji-seok 9P of Korea; he beat last year’s…
June 11, 2018
Christopher Saenz has thrown his hat into the ring and will be running for the western board seat at the American Go Association. He joins i ncumbents Lisa Scott (central region) and Gurujeet Khalsa (eastern region) running to retain…
June 11, 2018
by John Power, special Japan correspondent for the E-Journal Kisei S League starts: The S League of the 43rd Kisei tournament got off to a start on April 19, with all six members in action. This is a small league, so it’s important not…
June 10, 2018
by John Power, special Japan correspondent for the E-Journal Kobayashi Koichi receives decoration: In the spring honors list, announced on April 28, Kobayashi Koichi became the 27th go player to receive a decoration from the Japanese…
June 10, 2018
Eric Lui 1p will lead a Congress-Goer Mini Tune Up workshop on Saturday June 30 in Baltimore. “Turn your 3-3 Open record into a 4-2 with the latest joseki and fuseki developments from AlphaGo and the pros,” says organizer Keith Arnold. …
June 10, 2018
by Janice Kim 3p Bill Cobb’s Philosophical Reflections on Go #6 reminded me of the time I asked my teacher Jeong Soo-hyun 9 dan, "Is this move good?" "If you thought about it, it's good," was the reply. Despite his chuckle, this…