American Go E-Journal
May 29, 2019
The 35th annual U.S. Go Congress will be held July 13–20 in Madison, Wisconsin. The playing site, Memorial Union on the UW–2019.03.23 UW-Madison campus, is on the shore of Lake Mendota within walking distance of many restaurants and…
May 29, 2019
-by Paul Barchilon, AGF Vice President, KGS Liaison As many of our readers are aware, the American Go Foundation (AGF) agreed to take on ownership of the KGS Go Server in 2017. Our goal was to stabilize and grow the server, and also…
May 29, 2019
Round 2 of the Transatlantic Professional Go TeamChampionship -- Calvin Sun 1p vs. Mateusz Surma 2p -- has been posted on the AGA’s YouTube page. Game 3 is scheduled to be posted on May 29 and Game 4 on June 1. Game 1 is posted here .…
May 29, 2019
UCLA's CGL Team: Paul Chin (back left); Ying Ngai Yu 7d (front left); Xinyu Liu 7d (front right); Lionel Zhang 6d (back right) UCLA continued to display the strength of its premier Go club with a triumphant 2-1 victory over University…
May 27, 2019
Alan Huang 7d went 5-0 -- including a win over Eric Lui 1P -- to win the 46th Maryland Open last weekend, topping a field of 75 players. Gurujeet Khalsa and Todd Heidenriech directed and Keith Arnold was the organizer. See below for the…
May 27, 2019
In round one of the Chinese city league Saturday morning in Liuzhou, Los Angeles defeated the team from Jingdezhen. This was a major victory since the opponents were last year’s city league runner-up. In Saturday night's round two, L.A.…
May 26, 2019
A team from Los Angeles has joined the Chinese city league for the 2019 season,reports Steve Burrall from China. “The expense of fielding a team has historically been prohibitive for most non-Asian countries, but team leader Peter Chang…
May 25, 2019
Over 60 people turned out for the San Diego Go Club's 2019 Spring Soiree at the San Diego Chess Club in Balboa Park. Forty youth go players competed in either a 13x13 tournament or a 19x19 tournament which were run by Hai Li, a Chinese…
May 25, 2019
The final round of the 26th Redmond Cup Preliminaries has just started, and the race for the finalist spots in both the Junior and Senior divisions are still up for grabs, with no guaranteed finalists yet. In the Senior division, 3rd…
May 24, 2019
The Evanston Go Club taught scores of first-time go players at Anime Central (ACen) over two days last weekend. ACen is the largest anime, manga and Japanese popular culture convention in the Midwest, with over 30,000 attendees. “This…
May 24, 2019
Chris Kirschner has been nominated to continue in office as the representative for the western region. So far no candidates have come forward for the eastern or central seats. If you know of someone who you believe would offer guidance…
May 24, 2019
Four-game winners Yunshe Zhang 6d and Benjamin Gunby 2k tied for first place in the Massachusetts Go Association’s annual Don Wiener Memorial Tournament held April 7, at the Boylston Chess Club in Cambridge, MA. Two dozen players…
May 23, 2019
Have you made your plans to attend this year's U.S. Go Congress yet? Register now to get the early rate, which ends June 1. The Congress is scheduled for July 13 - 20 in Madison, WI. "Some spaces for the MLB Milwaukee Brewers game…
May 23, 2019
Seattle go teacher Nick Sibicky has been selected as Teacher of the Year by the American Go Foundation (AGF). The prize includes a free trip to the US Go Congress in Madison , WI, where Sibicky will be honored at the Awards Banquet. …
May 23, 2019
EricLui 1P won Round 4 of the Transatlantic Team Championship , defeating Mateusz Surma 2P, who had won the first three rounds. The game was played on May 5, but the final result was not announced until May 14 due to official challenges…
May 19, 2019
The 2019 IMSA World Masters Championship was held in Hengshui, China, from May 13 to 18. The Championship included five sports, Go, Chess, Bridge, Draughts, and Xiangqi, which in total offered 99 medals in 17 disciplines, with 170…
May 15, 2019
This week the AGA IT team upgraded the web server for the organization. The migration went smoothly and has resolved many issues. We focused on tightening up some security and fixing some long broken issues. Members will now see that…
May 15, 2019
The 2019 Samsung Fire & Marines Insurance World Masters Baduk Masters tournament is inviting three players from North America to participate in their event, which will take place July 2nd through July 5th at the Korea Baduk Association.…
May 14, 2019
The final regular round of the Pandanet AGA City League takes place this Sunday. Starting at 3PM most teams will be seeing who will be winning their leagues. Watch for the two teams in the A league vie for the championship at the US Go…
May 12, 2019
by John Power, Japan correspondent for the E-Journal Kisei S League starts: The S League, the last of the 44th Kisei leagues to get under way, got off to a start on April 25 with a clash between two heavyweights. Takao Shinji 9P (W)…
May 11, 2019
by John Power, Japan correspondent for the E-Journal Shin Minjun wins 6th Globis Cup: The Globis Cup is an international tournament sponsored by the Globis University Graduate School of Management (president Hori Yoshito) for players…
May 10, 2019
The AGA IT Team will be upgrading its web server on Tuesday May 14th starting at 7PM EST/4PM PST. “As we upgrade to the new server we will be placing the them into maintenance mode so no data is lost in the transfer,” says Steve…
May 9, 2019
One of the main attractions of the annual U.S. Go Congress is expert coaching from professional players through game analyses, lectures, simultaneous games, and informal interaction. As in past years, the Chinese, Japanese, and Korean…
May 9, 2019
The 46th Maryland Open is coming up on Memorial Day weekend, May 25-26. The longest running tournament in the nation, many go players use it to prep for the annual U.S. Go Congress , coming up in July. The event – held at the…
May 9, 2019
The American Go Foundation (AGF) is launching a new matching funds program for visiting professional workshops. Modeled on a previous, but long defunct AGA program, the new grant encourages established go programs to take advantage of…
May 7, 2019
by John Power, Japan correspondent for the E-Journal Murakawa takes Judan title: The third game of the 57th Judan title match was held at the Kuroyon Royal Hotel in Omachi City, Nagano Prefecture, on April 11. In the second game (March…
May 6, 2019
We here at the American Go Association do a lot of work for our members. We love doing it and we want to do more for you. We need your help. The AGA is looking for some good folks to help us out. There are a number of positions that we…
May 5, 2019
Twenty six players turned out for the Cinco de Mayo/May the 4 th Be With You Tournament at the National Go Center on Saturday. Sombrero winners were: High Dan – Justin Teng (6D) 4-0; Low Dan – Raymond Hong (3D) 3-1 (Raymond’s first…
May 4, 2019
Spring has arrived in Madison, Wisconsin, and thoughts turn to …go, reports 2019 U.S. Go Congress Director Dave Weimer. "Chairs are out on the lake-side terrace next to the site of the 2019 U.S. Go Congress, ready for go players to…
May 2, 2019
In a 4-person double elimination, 3-round online tournament last weekend, Andy Liu and Mingjiu Jiang prevailed to become the North American representatives to the 4th MLILY Cup. The other players were Huiren Yang and Eric Lui. - Jeff…