American Go E-Journal
July 31, 2018
By Nate Eagle and Diego Pierrottet Being co-directors of the 34th annual U.S. Go Congress is the biggest, hardest thing we’ve ever done, and the generosity of attendees in encouraging us has been tremendously meaningful. But the thing…
July 31, 2018
The photos posted to the 2018 US Go Congress app's social feed -- one of the app's most popular features -- have now been posted to the AGA's Facebook page . E-Journal reporter Julie Burrall will also be transferring the photo captions…
July 28, 2018
Tim Song 1P snatched the US Open Masters title from Ahn Dalhoon 9P, defeating the Korean professional in the ninth and final round by resignation in a thrilling game watched by hundreds on Twitch and KGS. Tianyi Chen won the top section…
July 27, 2018
Dalhoon Ahn has a firm but not quite final grip on this year's US Open Masters trophy, after winning both rounds on Friday and improving his record to 7-1. With two players with 6-2 records nipping at his heels -- Wei Ding, Zirui Song…
July 27, 2018
The AGA Girls Cup and Women’s Tournament provide space at the annual US Go Congress for female go players to meet one another and to further develop and maintain a larger community of go players. In a historically male-majority event,…
July 27, 2018
Thursday evening at the US Go Congress means that time for Pair Go. This year, 36 pairs gathered in the Sadler Center to compete in this popular tournament. Sophia Wang 3d and Alan Huang 7d won the Open Section and will represent the…
July 27, 2018
The Seniors Tournament featured tough competition in both the Dan and Kyu divisions. “Special shout out to Motoyoshi Makino for being able to defeat champion David Cho,” said TD Greg Kulevich. Makino defeated Cho in the final round, but…
July 27, 2018
"Can you help me find an old person who is around my rank?" and "is that guy really old?" have become popular questions at congress this year as kids compete for the new Baum prizes. Adults are enjoying the games too, and finding young…
July 26, 2018
Wei Ding and Dalhoon Ahn leading in US Masters: Wei Ding and Dalhoon Ahn shook off their Tuesday losses in the US Masters Open to win their Round 6 games on Thursday morning, defeating Andy Liu and Ryan Li to set up a potentially…
July 25, 2018
More than 10,000 viewers tuned in on Twitch Tuesday night to watch Andy Liu and Ryan Li pair up with AI partners in the Facebook Open Go Pair Go match. “It was a huge success,” said event organizer James Pinkerton. “I was so impressed…
July 25, 2018
With the US Open at the halfway mark, here’s a quick snapshot of the leaders in each band. They're almost all undefeated, though in the 6D section only Tianyi Chen is undefeated and in the 2D section, only Brian Wu is undefeated. Click…
July 25, 2018
“Crazy Go was insane as usual,” reports organizer Terry Benson, who says there were over 20 variants at Tuesday night’s event at the US Go Congress, including Coupon Go, courtesy of Elwyn Berlekamp and relatively new entrants like…
July 25, 2018
Youth Adult Pair Go drew 60 players to the Youth Room at the Go Congress this year. Attendance was definitely aided by allowing Rengo pairs (same gender), and several father and child teams were able to compete together. Popular…
July 25, 2018
With “It's in the app” the answer to virtually every question at this year’s US Go Congress – from the schedule of events to U.S. Open pairings, announcements, campus maps, pro bios and more – it’s no surprise that the first-ever…
July 24, 2018
Wei Ding 9P and Dalhoon Ahn’s 9P winning streaks in the US Open Masters ended Tuesday morning as they were defeated by Bin Fu 7d and Andy Liu 1P. That means there are now five players with 4-1 records (Ryan Li 1P is the fifth). Ahn…
July 23, 2018
Wei Ding and Dalhoon Ahn leading in Masters: Wei Ding and Dalhoon Ahn are in the lead in the US Open Masters, undefeated after four rounds. With 3-1 records are Ryan Li, Bin Fu, Zirui Song and Andy Liu. Click here for complete results –…
July 23, 2018
The E-Journal’s US Go Congress broadcast coverage is achieving unprecedented audience levels this year, thanks to Twitch.tv , which hosted their first official "Twitch Plays Go" event three months ago. All Go Congress broadcasts this…
July 23, 2018
New York City swept Greater Washington 3-0 in the Pandanet City League finals on Saturday, July 21st at the 34th US Go Congress in Williamsburg, VA. Both teams ended the sixth year of the League with the same score of wins, losses,…
July 23, 2018
13x13 tourney visited by phantom go player: There were 41 participants in the 13x13 tournament Sunday night, directed by Jim Hlavka. The players were spread across seven tables with six players playing round robin at each table. To make…
July 22, 2018
So much go, so little time: The first full day of the 2018 US Go Congress was packed with go, from the first rounds of the US Open and the US Open Masters (the main tournament crosstabs have been updated; click here for the US Open and…
July 22, 2018
The 25th Redmond Cup preliminaries, for the strongest young players in North America, were held on KGS between March and June and ended with both of last year's champions, Aaron Ye 7d and Ary Cheng 6d sweeping the Senior and Junior…
July 22, 2018
The evening unrated tournament series at the U.S. Go Congress kicked off Saturday night with the 9x9 tournament, directed by Pete Schumer, who just returned from Maeda's summer go camp in Japan. Fifty three players, with ranks ranging…
July 22, 2018
by John Power, special Japan correspondent for the E-Journal Kyo makes good start in Gosei : The 43 rd Gosei best-of-five title match got off to a start on June 23. The venue was the Hokkoku (North Country) Newspaper Hall in Kanazawa…
July 22, 2018
Heavy daylong rains may have slowed the arrival in Williamsburg, VA of some of the hundreds of go players at the 2018 U.S. Go Congress, but it didn't dampen their spirits in the slightest, as old friends and new connected and hit the…
July 21, 2018
The 34th U.S. Go Congress gets underway this weekend in Williamsburg, VA . Follow all the action on the AGA website , on our Facebook and Twitter pages, in the daily E-Journal and be sure to check out our video broadcasting coverage of…
July 19, 2018
by John Power, special Japan correspondent for the E-Journal Iyama defends Honinbo title: The fourth game of the 73 rd Honinbo best-of-seven title match was held at the Hotel Hankyu Expo Park in Suita City, Osaka Prefecture, on June 12…
July 19, 2018
Treat women players equally: "If you have to qualify a sentence with 'I hope it's not sexist to say...', just don't say it at all," writes Seth Yoder ( 7/18 Power Report, Nannami Nao wins Senko Cup ). "That qualification is akin to…
July 19, 2018
Stone's "Passions of the Mind: In Irving Stone's biographic novel about Sigmund Freud, “ The Passions of the Mind ,” there is the following sentence, reports David Matson: "Sigmund stayed until one in the morning, playing Japanese Go."…
July 18, 2018
Participants in the Massachusetts Go Association ‘s annual Skip Ascheim Memorial Handicap Tournament held July 15 at the Boylston Chess Club in Cambridge ranged from 5 dan to 14 kyu. “It was a relaxed friendly occasion,” reports TD Eva…
July 18, 2018
If you’re spouse, friend, or parent of a go player attending the U.S. Go Congress this year, the annual gathering is offering something new: a way for beginning go players to rapidly get up to speed. Led by Andy Liu 1P (left) , building…