American Go E-Journal
February 26, 2019
The National Go Center's first ever Pair Go and Paella Night last Friday was a big hit. Nearly 30 turned out to sample E-Journal Managing Editor Chris Garlock's vegetable paella with garlic sauce and then thirteen pairs competed with…
February 24, 2019
The deadline for the 2019 International Collegiate Go Tournament is fast approaching. Hosted by the Ing Foundation, the tournament will be held at the University of Sydney, in Australia this summer. The event runs July 7-13 and is open…
February 24, 2019
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February 23, 2019
Michael Redmond 9p and the AGA E-Journal's Chris Garlock take a break from their AlphaGo commentaries to take a look at a game that's hundreds of years old, between Honinbo Shuwa and Inoue Genan Inseki ( click here for the video ). It…
February 22, 2019
by John Power, Japan correspondent for the E-Journal Murakawa to challenge for Judan: The play-off to decide the challenger to Iyama Yuta for the 57 th Judan title was held at the Nihon Ki-in in Tokyo on January 31. It matched Takao…
February 19, 2019
Fang Jia Hsu topped a field of 62 players competing for $3,000 in prizes at the 27 th Jiang Zhu Jiu Ing Cup on February 10 in San Francisco, California. The annual event is sponsored by Ing’s Goe Foundation of California. Players…
February 18, 2019
Forty four players turned out for the annual Chinese Lunar New Year Tournament at the National Go Center last weekend, which Eric Lui 1P (left) swept 4-0. There was continued great support and prizes from the local Chinese community and…
February 18, 2019
by John Power, Japan correspondent for the E-Journal Kisei: Yamashita evens score, Iyama takes lead again: The second game of the 43 rd Kisei title match was played at Yumeminato Tower in Sakaiminato City, Tottori Prefecture, on January…
February 14, 2019
The 26th edition of the Redmond Cup is open for registration, and strong young players are invited to compete in the most prestigious North American youth tournament of the year. Online preliminary competition will begin on March 11 th…
February 13, 2019
This Saturday, February 16 is the annual tournament celebrating the Lunar New Year. "This is always a great event with prizes sponsored by the Chinese cultural community of the DC area," says the National Go Center's Gurujeet Khalsa.…
February 13, 2019
12-year old Terry Wang 2k and 16-year old Kiren Polara 2k topped a record-breaking field of 84 players from the US, Canada, and Mexico to respectively become the Junior and Senior champions of the 6 th North American Kyu Championships,…
February 12, 2019
The February 22 edition of the National Go Center's regular Friday Night Go evening will feature the Center's first-ever Pair Go/Paella Night, beginning at 7 PM. For those not familiar with Pair Go, it is played with partners who…
February 12, 2019
This Sunday is the Pandanet City League Round 4. Follow along with your local team to see them win their league! Watch from many of the AGA and US based Professionals. Games will played LIVE at 3PM on Pandanet in the "AGA City League…
February 11, 2019
In an exciting 1.5 point game, Brandon Zhou (playing black) defeated Willis Huang on KGS Monday night to become the North American representative to the 2019 Globis Cup in Tokyo, Japan, April 18-22. - Jeff Shaevel, Tournament…
February 10, 2019
Willis Huang 6D will play Brandon Zhou 6D Monday at 7p EDT on KGS (AGA Tournament Room) to determine the North American representative to the 2019 Globis Cup in Japan. Huang defeated Sophia Wang in Round 3 on Sunday, and then Zhou…
February 10, 2019
Feb 3 ( Feb 4 in China) is one day away from the Lunar New Year’s eve. On that date, about 40 people, including three players from Ohio, Indiana, and Wisconsin, participated in the “Welcome Spring” Cup, a brand new tournament in…
February 9, 2019
Michael Redmond 9p and the AGA E-Journal's Chris Garlock return with the exciting second half of the 28th game of the AlphaGo vs. AlphaGo selfplay games. "There's all these possibilities," says Redmond, teasing Garlock "You've probably…
February 9, 2019
The first two rounds in the Globis Cup Qualifier were held online on Saturday, February 9 (see below for results). Round 3 will be held Sunday 2/10 at 11A EDT: Willis Huang (KGS: whuang) vs. Sophia Wang (sophia) Round 1…
February 7, 2019
The schedule for the Globis Cup Qualifier is now set for this weekend, February 9-10, with an additional game on Monday evening, if necessary. The format will be a double-elimination between the four top entrants: Willis Huang, 6D (16);…
February 5, 2019
Max Dohme of Berlin, Germany recently completed a swing through Vietnam, Cambodia, Singapore, Malaysia and Kuala Lumpur, managing to find and make new go friends at each stop, “including a go lesson from Jimmy Cheng, secretary of the…
February 5, 2019
by Terry Benson In an Op-Ed in The New York Times on Wednesday Jan 30th , columnist Thomas Friedman noted the success of AlphaGo and correctly reported on AlphaZero learning from itself in declaring that the word for the year should be…
February 4, 2019
The European Go Federation (EGF) and the American Go Association (AGA) will co-host the 2019 Transatlantic Professional Go Team Championship this Spring, with a prize of €10,000 for the winning team. "While top European and American go…
February 3, 2019
In their latest in the popular video commentary series, Michael Redmond 9p, hosted by the AGA E-Journal's Chris Garlock, review the first half of the 28th game of the AlphaGo vs. AlphaGo selfplay games. The 50-game series was published…
February 2, 2019
The fifth edition of the Orion Latin American u18 Team Tournament held December 8/9 on OGS was a great success with 11 school and academy teams from Mexico to the southern tip of Chile and the Pacific coast (Ecuador) to the Atlantic…