American Go E-Journal
August 31, 2018
Michael Redmond 9P is coming to the National Go Center in Washington DC September 7-9. The teaching visit by the popular American-born pro is being sponsored by the Nihon Ki-In in association with the Iwamoto North America Foundation.…
August 28, 2018
On August 11, about 40 go players gathered in Mason, Ohio, for the 4th annual Cincy/Tri-state go tournament. The tournament’s impact reached beyond Ohio and neighboring states like Kentucky and Indiana, as passionate go players…
August 27, 2018
For the first ti me, Michael Redmond 9P will be providing an English live commentary on the first game of the Meijin title match between Cho U and Iyama Yuta. The match will be held on August 28-29 in Tokyo, starting at 9am local time…
August 26, 2018
In the final round of the Tianfu Cup Preliminary, Friday night on KGS, Mingjiu Jiang 7P defeated Andy Liu 1P to be the second North American representative. Jiang will join Eric Lui 1P the end of next month in China for the first Tianfu…
August 25, 2018
In AlphaGo self-play game 21 , the AI's play is "a little less alien," says Michael Redmond 9P in his latest game commentary, hosted by the AGA E-Journal’s Chris Garlock , adding that the game features some moves that human players have…
August 24, 2018
Over 100 people watched online Thursday night as Ming-jiu Jiang 7P eliminated Ryan Li 1P in the 4th round of the Tiangfu Cup Preliminary. Jiang will play Andy Liu 1P Friday night at 7p -- also on KGS -- in the final game. The winner…
August 22, 2018
Eric Lui 1P defeated Andy Liu 1P on Wednesday night to become the first North American representative to the Tianfu Cup. Eliminated from the competition on Wednesday night were Stephanie Yin 1P and Huiren Yang 1P. Winners Ryan Li and…
August 22, 2018
Chinese professional Yang Yi 6P, Vice Chairman of Chinese Weiqi Association, played a simul with seven local players at the Seattle Go Center on July 7. He had dropped by the previous month while in town visiting family and agreed to…
August 21, 2018
Feng Yun 9P and Dalhoon Ahn 9P were eliminated in the second round of the Tianfu Cup Preliminary, played online on KGS on Tuesday. The first round was played on Monday. In the third round, to be played Wednesday on KGS at 7P EDT in the…
August 21, 2018
How many Nakayama? “I’m wondering how can I find out how many books Nakayama Noriyuki wrote in Japanese,” writes Kent Olsen. “I would like to start a Go Fund Me page to get some of them translated.” Poughkeepsie go players wanted: “I…
August 20, 2018
"This is a game that has serious appeal to me," writes independent filmmaker, website designer "and sometimes teacher" Chris Knight in recent blog post, " Do Not Pass Go: An evening with the world's oldest board game ." "I'm looking…
August 20, 2018
Episode 80 of the Hardcore Leveling Warrior webtoon includes an appearance by a character named “Bubble,” a former pro go player whose skill is controlling bubbles. Thanks to James Richard Spriggs for the tip!
August 20, 2018
“Thank you for all your hard work at Congress,” writes Bob Barber. “Although I don’t play anymore (much), I like to keep up with my pals and the world of Go. Speaking of which, I noticed in a recent New Yorker (July 23, page 47), this:…
August 18, 2018
Two professional representatives will be chosen to represent North America in the first Tianfu Cup in China. Eight professionals have signed up, so there will be a five-round double-elimination tournament (without the final round)…
August 16, 2018
Michael Redmond, 9-dan professional, will provide live commentaries on YouTube for the 2018 professional Pair Go World Championship, which will be held on August 19 and 20 .
August 13, 2018
Officer applications for the American Go Honor Society (AGHS) have been released. The AGHS is an organization run primarily by high school students to promote go throughout America, and hosts events such as the Young Lions Tournament,…
August 12, 2018
The second Latin American Go Congress has been scheduled for October 12 to 15 in Antigua Guatemala. Last year’s inaugural event was held in Cancun, Mexico and attracted players and professional teachers from as far away as South Korea…
August 10, 2018
US Go Congress videos uploaded: All the 2018 U.S. Go Congress videos have now been edited and uploaded to the AGA's YouTube channel; click here to check them out. “All the intermissions/breaks are edited out so people won't have to skip…
August 7, 2018
by Bethany Nyborg 18 kyu I attended my first US Go Congress seven years after I first learned to play, and yet I could count on the fingers of one hand how many times I had played against someone who knew what they were doing. Go came…
August 7, 2018
Chris Kirschner shares the fruits of his labor on the go board at Sunday’s Straus Vino Invitational, an unrated mini-tournament among houseguests visiting former AGA president Phil Straus, including Kirschner – longtime Seattle Go Club…
August 7, 2018
"The Surrounding Game" -- the award-winning documentary about go -- is coming to Netflix starting on August 30. Anyone with a Netflix account will be able to watch for free in the US, as well as in English-speaking territories, South…
August 6, 2018
The first Tianfu Cup World Professional Weiqi Championship has requested participation by two North American professionals. The first round will be held September 20-27 in Beijing with a second session from December 20-27 in Tianfu,…
August 6, 2018
The Academia Cubana de Go will host an international go tournament in Havana September 14-16 and are encouraging US players to attend. Click here for details. I–Dared Travels, a provider of US to Cuba trip arrangements, has put together…
August 1, 2018
With the annual US Go Congress just wrapped up, go fans looking for their next big go event can mark their calendars for the 2018 Cotsen Open, set for Oct 13-14 in Los Angeles. Registration has just opened; click here to sign up. As…
August 1, 2018
Coverage of this year's US Go Congress took a giant leap forward with two innovations. One was the social feed in the new Go Congress app , which enabled both Congress attendees and go fans worldwide to follow the action in…
August 1, 2018
American rapper , television personality , and actress ( Crazy Rich Asians and Ocean’s 8 ) Awkwafina's new video "Pockiez" features go fairly prominently. NOTE: the video also contains explicit lyrics. Thanks to Adam VanderHook for…