American Go E-Journal
December 30, 2019
by John Power, Japan correspondent for the E-Journal Iyama loses Oza, keeps Tengen Iyama Yuta started the year with five titles, but ended it with only three. Like the previous year, he lost two titles, but he remains the number one…
December 27, 2019
Grab an extra-large bucket of popcorn and tune in to the AGA's YouTube Channel at 6p today when Redmond's Reviews Episode 16 , with Chris Garlock and Michael Redmond 9p is released. In this 90-minute episode, Michael reviews his game…
December 24, 2019
Keith Arnold (hka) with Patrick Bannister On December 10 we see the daughter of the great Kitani, then Kitani Reiko 6 dan (right), defeating Honda Sachiko 4 dan to even up her defense of the 16th Ladies Honinbo Title. She would lose…
December 24, 2019
Steve Burrall 3D edged out Jeff Horn 1D to win the Davis/Sacramento Go Club's Winter tournament on Nov. 30. The event was held in the Arden-Dimick Library in Sacramento. Clockwise from left: Shi, Burrall and Horn. photo courtesy…
December 24, 2019
The last tournament of NGC’s 2019 calendar -- the Winter Warmer Tournament on December 14 -- was won by Haskell (Hal) Small 1K, whose 3-1 score topped the field of 19 players. Everyone with at least two wins was able to choose a Go book…
December 22, 2019
The regional state championship for Ohio, Tennessee, Kentucky, and West Virginia will take place during the Midwest Open January 18th and 19th 2020 just north of Columbus Ohio. "I hope to turn this tournament into a regional staple,"…
December 22, 2019
Perpetual trophy Joshua Lee 6d defeated Qingbo Zhang 5d in the final of the 1st Virginia State Go Championship, held at Korean American Baduk Association in Annandale VA on November 16, 2019. The game was full of battles, but Lee kept a…
December 21, 2019
In this episode , Michael Redmond reviews his game with the legendary Ishida Yoshio 9P. This game started Redmond’s winning streak earlier this year; up to this game Redmond had never won against Ishida. A student at the legendary…
December 16, 2019
Tune in to the AGA's Twitch channel this week for livestreams from the Southeast Asia GO Congress . Here's the schedule: Dec 17, 9:30-11:30 AM SG [Dec 16, 8:30-10:30 PM ET] Masters R3 (with Yang Shuang 2p) Dec 19, 9:30-11:30 AM SG [Dec…
December 16, 2019
The 15th China-ASEAN Weiqi International Invitation Tournament 2019 was held in Nanning, Guangxi from December 8th to 11th 2019. Thirteen teams from ten countries were invited to attend the event including two American teams…
December 16, 2019
The fifth South Central Go Tournament will be held Saturday, February 15 and Sunday, February 16 in Dallas, Texas, at the Center for Asian Studies, a venue generously donated by the University of Texas and located on their campus in…
December 15, 2019
Columbus discovers Go: "Devin Fraze can teach you how to play Go in about two minutes." That's the lead in the "It’s always Go time for enthusiast of ancient game" report last month in ThisWeek Community News, about the Columbus Go Club…
December 14, 2019
The latest AlphaGo vs. AlphaGo game commentary -- Game 33 -- from Michael Redmond 9P and Chris Garlock. The popular series resumed last week after a 6-month hiatus. "This time we're going to be seeing some slightly unusual josekis,"…
December 10, 2019
Michael Redmond 9P and Chris Garlock will do their second livestream game commentary this week on the AGA’s Twitch channel on Wednesday December 11 at 7P EST. Monday night they streamed an exciting game between Redmond and Otake Hideo…
December 10, 2019
Playing go on a traditional goban is one of the joys of the game. But aging knees pose a painful obstacle. Former AGA president Phil Straus elegantly solved the problem with help from fine woodworker Sylas Navar. The table he designed…
December 8, 2019
Michael Redmond 9P and Chris Garlock will livestream game commentaries on the AGA’s Twitch channel on Monday, December 9 and Wednesday, December 11, both at 7P EDT. “The live streaming brings these commentaries to a broader audience…
December 7, 2019
Nine players, all kyu level, came together on November 23 from the New Mexican cities of Santa Fe, Albuquerque, and White Rock to compete for the NM State Go Championship. Players competed to defeat Billy Maier 3k, the reigning champion…
December 7, 2019
by William Cobb “The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner” is a film that is hard to forget, though that may be because I was a Cross Country runner in college. Since moving to a very small town in the Ozark Mountains in Arkansas I am…
December 7, 2019
Board N’Stones have just released the sixth and final volume of the Black to Play! series by Gunnar Dickfield, available in books stores as a paperback or as an ebook from gobooks.com . The Black to Play! series begins in the first book…
December 7, 2019
2019 California State Go Champion & Open winner, Evan Lin, accepting his trophies and cash prize from San Diego Go Club President, Ted Terpstra Go players came to San Diego, last weekend, from all over California: Sacramento, Hayward,…
December 7, 2019
Dear Go friends, This is Ryo Maeda 6p of Kansai-Kiin. I have been attending the US Go Congress for the past 19 years. This year the Kansai Kiin will be organizing the 5th Japan Go Congress in Takarazuka (July 10-12, 2019). And also the…
December 7, 2019
by John Power, Japan correspondent for the E-Journal A gain and a loss for women’s go Let’s give the bad news first. The sponsors of the Women’s Meijin tournament have announced that they are terminating the tournament. The current…
December 6, 2019
Michael Redmond 9P and Chris Garlock return with their latest AlphaGo vs. AlphaGo game commentary, Game 32 of the popular series. Redmond talks about the new era in Japan, as, after 30 years on the Chrysanthemum Throne, Emperor Akihito …
December 6, 2019
by John Power, Japan correspondent for the E-Journal New members of Meijin League Four of the eight members of the Honinbo League drop out each year but only three of the nine members of the Meijin League. That makes it a good league to…
December 5, 2019
by John Power, Japan correspondent for the E-Journal Ueno wins 38th Women’s Honinbo As described in my previous report, Fujisawa Rina made a good start in her defense of her Women’s Honinbo title, winning the first game, played on…
December 4, 2019
-Paul Barchilon, AGF Vice President and KGS Liaison The AGF is instituting a series of changes to the KGS Go Server to make it more available and more useful as a tool for promoting go. As a first step, KGS+ events will now be free with…
December 4, 2019
by John Power, Japan correspondent for the E-Journal Nong Shim Cup: Yang wins seven in a row The opening round of the 21st Nong Shim Spicy Noodles Cup was held in Beijing in mid-October and the second round being played in Korea late in…
December 3, 2019
by John Power, Japan correspondent for the E-Journal New Honinbo League The 75th Honinbo League got off to a start on October 10 and has now completed the second round. Two players got off to good starts: Kyo Kagen and Shida Tatsuya,…
December 2, 2019
Cinemark rewards promo featuring a Knives Out travel Go set The opening of the new movie Knives Out, starring Daniel Craig and heavily featuring Go, was accompanied by a burst of Go promotion, including Knives Out-themed tournaments…
December 2, 2019
Missing the generous Yuans: "The Go community will miss the Yuans ( Yutopian to close, offering discounts and seeking potential successor ) ," writes Noni Redmond. "There was no one more generous than they were. When we were running…