American Go E-Journal
September 30, 2019
Last week's elimination qualifier resulted in a win for Stephanie Yin 1P ( at right) , who will travel to Suzhou, China and compete in the 10th Suzhou Qionglong Mountain Bingsheng Cup from October 29 to November 4. National Tournaments…
September 30, 2019
Robert Tirak 4d “The Oregon State Go Championship was played on September 21 and 22 at the beautiful Portland Japanese Garden ,” writes tournament director Roy Schmidt. “Due to space limitations, the field was limited to 28 players. …
September 27, 2019
Cash prizes will be available for all sections of the NYGA new monthly tournament series, beginning Saturday October 12. Each tournament will be four rounds played in a single day, with light snacks provided and a several hundred dollar…
September 27, 2019
A strong field is shaping up to compete for the Virginia State Championship at this year's Washington Go Festival Saturday 9/28. On top of strong returning players, "we have over a dozen new players registered!" reports organizer Edward…
September 26, 2019
The E-Journal is looking for game recorders to cover top-board games at next month’s Cotsen Open . “This is a great opportunity to learn from some our top players and to be part of the team broadcasting the Open,” said Managing Editor…
September 20, 2019
Applications for the 2019-2020 American Go Honor Society (AGHS) officer team are now open! The American Go Honor Society is an organization driven primarily by high school students to promote go among young players throughout America,…
September 20, 2019
Registration is still open for the 8th Virginia Open/1st Virginia State Championship Qualifier on September 28th. Residency in Virginia is required to qualify to be Virginia State Champion, but all are welcome to participate in the…
September 18, 2019
The San Diego Go Club kicked off its fall program of professional go lectures and tournaments with a presentation by Chinese pro Hai Li 5P in Balboa Park. It was the first in a monthly series of eight go lectures by Yilun Yang 7P and…
September 16, 2019
Fresh from his win at the top section of the US Open in Madison WI, Frederick Bao 5d (on the right) went 4-0 to win the 5d-6d section in an overall field of 34 . Second place went to Justin Teng 6d ( on the left) with a 3-1 record.…
September 16, 2019
The 10th Suzhou Qionglong Mountain Bingsheng Cup, a women's weiqi tournament, is seeking a representative from North America. The tournament will be held October 29th through Novermber 4th in Suzhou, China. Interested professional and…
September 16, 2019
The AGA is looking for one male player and one female player to play as a pair in the 6th World Students Pair Go Championship in Tokyo, Japan from December 6 to 11. Players must be either American or Canadian citizens, under the age of…
September 13, 2019
Pandanet AGA City League registration begins again for a new year. Registration will be open until Saturday November 2nd.The first round will start on November 17th. Please see the updated rules for the year for any questions.…
September 13, 2019
On August 31st, the Davis/Sacramento Go Club held its Fall Quarterly. There were 14 players, "Which was the largest field in some time," reports Willard Haynes. Four of the players were playing in their first AGA event. The winner of…
September 12, 2019
Registration for Season 9 (2019-2020) of the Collegiate Go League is now open. Colleges and universities across North America with at least three interested student players can form a team to compete online against other schools.…
September 11, 2019
Pandanet is holding the 18th World Students Go Oza Championship from February 17-21, 2020 in Tokyo, Japan, where sixteen students from around the world will gather to determine the world’s top student player. To select the finalists,…
September 10, 2019
31 young players came out to the New York Institute of Go in Little Neck, NY to compete in the 1st U20 Eastern Youth Go Open on August 31st. The tournament was sponsored by the NYIG and organized by NYIG President Stephanie Yin 1p as…
September 10, 2019
A couple of AGA members have recently told us about references to games with stones in science fiction novels. Could these folks be playing Go? Peter Freedman points out that in the science fiction trilogy Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne…
September 8, 2019
2018 US Open in Virginia This month's Washington Go Festival promises to give players a full day of competition, featuring four tournaments including the three-round Virginia Open, which this year will serve as a qualifying tournament…