American Go E-Journal
January 31, 2020
Tune in to the AGA’s YouTube Channel at 6p EST today when Redmond’s Reviews Episode 18 with Chris Garlock and Michael Redmond 9p is released. In this episode, Michael reviews his Oza tournament game with Ri Ishu 8P from Taiwan. This…
January 30, 2020
Michael Redmond 9P and Chris Garlock return to the AGA’s Twitch channel tonight at 7p EDT with their latest live game commentary on the AlphaGo vs AlphaGo series. " Entertaining and enlightening review," commented SpaceTimeMachine on…
January 29, 2020
The quadrennial Ing Pro Cup, originally planned to start in Shanghai this April and involving players from all over the world, has been temporarily suspended by the Ing Chang Ki Goe Educational Foundation because of the epidemic being…
January 29, 2020
Each year Go players in Portland host a table teaching Go at Portland's Mochitsuki festival , an annual Japanese and Japanese-American cultural festival and celebration of the Japanese New Year held at Portland State University. Several…
January 29, 2020
This is a story about the beginning of a new future for youth go players in Europe. The European Youth Go Yearbook 2019 with its only 140 pages covers the SEYGO Tour with in depth review of each of its five stages in Vatra Dornei, Jena,…
January 28, 2020
Open winners In the recent Midwest Open, Ninghan Duan 6D of Florida took first place and was named Tournament Champion, while Eric Yoder 6D on Kentucky was second, and Meng Wang 5D of Michigan was third. State winners State Champions:…
January 28, 2020
Keith Arnold, hka with Patrick Bannister Perhaps the best evidence of time flying appears in an ad in the January issue of Go Review. A Deluxe Go set is offered for sale - Cherry bowls, 7.5mm Clamshell and Slate stones and a two inch…
January 27, 2020
The San Diego Go Club has expanded its go educational program to include the Sejong School which teaches Korean language, Korean culture, math, coding and Baduk (Go) on Saturdays and Sundays. Three members of the SDGC - Arunas Rudvalis,…
January 25, 2020
Michael Redmond 9P and Chris Garlock return with their latest AlphaGo vs. AlphaGo game commentary, Game 35 of the series, posted on the AGA's YouTube Channel. The game features "A lot of intense fighting in the center of the board that…
January 23, 2020
Beginning just after the 2019 US Go Congress in Madison, a group of AGA developers have been meeting to discuss software after the historical slow development of the tech used within the AGA. These developers have begun a renewed effort…
January 23, 2020
Michael Redmond 9P and Chris Garlock return to the AGA’s Twitch channel this Thursday, Jan. 23 at 7p EDT with two brand-new live game commentaries. Both will be on games by Redmond in the Judan B elimination tournament last year, one…
January 23, 2020
The Seattle Go Center held the annual Jin Chen tournament on January 5, 2020. There were 41 players - 33 in the Handicap section, and eight in the Open . Nick Wilmes, Seattle's AGA Chapter Representative, directed the tournament and a…
January 22, 2020
An undefeated Erik Hansen 5K went 4-0 in the Massachusetts Go Association’s Winter Tournament and took the $50 first prize. Hansen topped 22 players ranging from 14 kyu to 5 dan at the tournament, held January 12, 2020 at the Boylston…
January 22, 2020
by Steve Colburn It's hard to imagine in these days of 24/7 global online go, but back in the late 1970s, if you were one of the few non-Asian Americans interested in go, your playing options were limited to a handful of clubs in places…
January 22, 2020
A series of videos from the recent Southeast Asia Go Congress in Singapore will be released on the AGA’s YouTube channel. The broadcasts, produced by the E-Journal’s Stephen Hu, feature commentaries from Michael Redmond 9p, Cho Hye-yeon…
January 19, 2020
The Seattle Go Center recently honored Dennis Wheeler for his longtime dedication to teaching and sharing the game of go. Over 50 people came to the Seattle center on Saturday, Jan. 11, to share pizza, have a chat, play a game, and…
January 19, 2020
At its annual retreat on November 11, 2019, the AGA board of directors discussed several initiatives and their long-term priority of making go more mainstream. They passed motions to create a system for the AGA to provide limited…
January 18, 2020
Seventy players came out for the first day of the first-ever Midwest Open held in Columbus, Ohio. “The open division is sporting a highly competitive field of 14 high-dan players in a show-down for the championship title,” said…
January 17, 2020
Tune in to the AGA's YouTube Channel at 6p EST today when Redmond's Reviews Episode 17 with Chris Garlock and Michael Redmond 9p is released. In this 93-minute episode, Michael reviews his Meijin tournament game with Takao Shinji 9P,…
January 16, 2020
Do you have a need to watch high level go? Join us this Sunday January 19th at 3PM EST for the start of the third round. Follow your favorite local teams and players as they battle it out this season. Games can be found using the…
January 16, 2020
"The AGHS is hosting its Youth Go League which will start in February 2020," says Promotion Head Sophia Wang, "Because playing games is crucial to improving quickly, the league offers young go players an opportunity to play more serious…
January 16, 2020
Tune in the AGA’s Twitch channel tonight at 7p EST for a livestream game commentary by Michael Redmond 9P with Chris Garlock. Follow the AGA’s Twitch channel and get notified of live streams. "Hope this series never ends!" said …
January 13, 2020
J anuary 18-19: Columbus, OH Midwest Open Devin Fraze info@gohio.org 614-705-9839 January 19: San Diego, CA Yilun Yang (7P) Sunday Afternoon Go Class for all go players Ted Terpstra ted.terpstra@gmail.com 619-384-3454 January 19: San…
January 13, 2020
Registration is now open for the 36th annual U.S. Go Congress, which will be held August 1-9 at the YMCA camp near Estes Park, CO. Click here for details on registering. The main playing site is Assembly Hall in the center of camp,…
January 11, 2020
The New York Go Association kicked off the New Year with its first 2020 NYGA Monthly Tournament (NMT) on January 4. A field of 21 players participated their first go tournament of the year, with Alexander Qi 4D winning the open division…
January 11, 2020
South Korean Go icon Lee Sedol closed out his illustrious career last month in a three-game match with home-developed artificial intelligence (AI) program HanDol, according to a report by the Yonhap News Agency. Lee, who turned pro at…
January 10, 2020
After a brief break for the holidays, Michael Redmond 9P and Chris Garlock return with their latest AlphaGo vs. AlphaGo game commentary . The game features a ponnuki* near the center of the board," and Redmond says that "nowadays with…
January 10, 2020
The AGA has been working to help those who run our tournaments across the country. A new mailing list has been created to help both veteran and new directors with the goal of creating a sounding board for issues and questions that might…
January 9, 2020
"Over 70 players from across North America competed intensely in the AGHS’s annual Young Lions Tournament, which took place over the past month," says AGHS Promotion Head Sophia Wang, "There was impressive participation, including…
January 7, 2020
The New York Go Association will be hosting the 2020 NYIG Open in Little Neck, NY on February 8, 2020. The NYIG Open is a 4-round, AGA-rated tournament from 9 AM to 5 PM. Fancy spending the evening with a Go World Champion after the…