American Go AssociationE-Journal Archive

American Go E-Journal

December 2018

December 28, 2018

Mexico edges out Korea in special cross-cultural tournament

Mexico edged Korea, 13-12, in the December 8 cross cultural baduk tournament "Encuentro de Baduk México-Corea 2018." The 5-round event was organized by the Korean newspaper " El Coreano ." Playing for Team Mexico was its leader and…

December 28, 2018

Steve Burrall 3d wins Davis/Sacramento Winter Quarterly

The Davis/Sacramento Go Club held its Winter Quarterly on December 15th at the Arden-Dimick Library in Sacramento. There was a field of 12 players including one who flew in from Southern California. Division I was won by Steve Burrall…

December 28, 2018

Justin Teng 6D wins NGC Winter Warmer

A field of 20 came in out of the cold to compete in the Winter Warmer tournament at the National Go Center on December 8. Justin Teng 6D was the overall winner with a 3-1 record. All 4-0 and 3-1 winners received the coveted US Go…

December 12, 2018

Annual Syracuse self-pair tourney has "best-ever" turn-out

The Syracuse Go Club's annual self-pair tournament on December 1 had 32 players, "its best turnout ever," reports organizer Richard Moseson. Twenty students participated, ranging in strength from beginner (eight students from the CNY…

December 7, 2018

Historic Mexico-Korea baduk match set for Dec. 8

Encuentro de Baduk México-Corea 2018, a cross cultural baduk (go in Korean) tournament is set for December 8th in Mexico City.  The match will be held in honor of  South Korea's ambassador to Mexico, the event will take place at the…

December 5, 2018

GO Without Borders seeks beta testers

Bill Frezza and his colleague John Gaby have developed an online go variant called GO Without Borders that they say is perhaps the first practical online implementation of Toroidal GO, the concept of removing the edges of a go board by…

December 3, 2018

Calvin Sun 1p wins inaugural California State Go Championship

An undefeated Calvin Sun 1p topped a field of 45 players to win the first annual California State Go Championship on November 24-25. The two-day, 5-round event was sponsored by the San Diego Go Club and held amid the beautiful…