American Go E-Journal
July 30, 2020
Frank and his daughter Alice promoting go at a local school. Frank Luo has been chosen as the AGF Teacher of the Year. The traditional prize, of a free trip to congress, will have to be delayed until next year but the AGF wanted to…
July 30, 2020
The 2020 e-Go Congress closed registration the evening of July 29, with 941 people from 52 countries officially registered to attend. Congress organizers urge all registrants to fill out the check-in form as soon as possible, and at…
July 28, 2020
by Roy Laird In 1935, a German immigrant and a few of his friends met at Chumley's, a speakeasy in the West Village, and founded The American Go Association. While the AGA lives on, it has sadly come to light that the storied bar, host…
July 28, 2020
With the e-Go Congress starting in just a few days, the organizers have published the final list of Broadcast events and small group lessons with pros and strong amateurs. Small-group sessions with pros and strong amateurs are available…
July 28, 2020
Registration for the 2020 e-Go Congress has continued to be strong, breaking all US Go Congress records. As of this writing, registration is at 772 people overall. However, registration will close on Wednesday, 7/29 at 8pm EDT so…
July 25, 2020
By William Cobb Sitting around with way too much time on my hands and trying to think of something to do, I started thinking about go games in the old days. You may be familiar with this traditional Chinese poem: Just one game they…
July 25, 2020
Tune in to the AGA’s Twitch channel at 8p Sunday night for Michael Redmond 9Ps live commentary on AlphaGo vs AlphaGo game 44. “It's going to be wild,” says Redmond, “with two big groups that could have died in a trade and it's not clear…
July 24, 2020
The American Go Association is looking for volunteers to serve on the newly-formed Committee for Diversity and Inclusion. The aim of this committee is to create and implement programs designed to increase the involvement and retention…
July 22, 2020
The upcoming e-Go Congress (August 1-9) is proving so popular that one tournament -- Relay Go -- has already reached capacity and another -- the Double-Digit Kyu Tournament -- is expected to do so in the next day or so. In order to…
July 22, 2020
Voting for four board of director seats in the 2020 AGA Board Elections closes August 1. Everyone eligible should have received a ballot from Electionrunner.com. Any questions, please contact elections@usgo.com .
July 21, 2020
Registration for the e-Go Congress continues to climb, passing 450 registrants on Monday, July 20. "We just hope everyone can actually attend – it's so wonderful to be able to bring a solid week of go events to people during this…
July 21, 2020
The NYGHS is proud to announce that registration for the third iteration of the New York Go League is now open. Entry to the league is completely free and the only eligibility requirement is a stable rank with a national association or…
July 21, 2020
The 2020 San Diego Go Championship was conducted on KGS due to the Coronavirus. Twenty-eight players entered and completed the 5-round event over five weeks, playing one game a week. The winner of the Open section of the Ninth Annual SD…
July 20, 2020
The AGA board of directors met on June 28th for an ad hoc meeting. The board authorized a Committee for Diversity and Inclusion to create and implement programs to improve representation and equity in the AGA. The board also decided to…
July 16, 2020
The China Shenyang Dongqi Go School faced off against the California Go Association (Li Hai Go School) in a one-round friendship team match on July 10th. Held on the Xinbo Go server, 14 youth players from each team competed against each…
July 16, 2020
Just days after registration opened for the 2020 e-Go Congress , more than 300 have already signed up. In addition to Americans and Canadians, players from 31 other countries have registered. "I'm floored by how this event really seems…
July 14, 2020
The New York Youth Open is coming up soon and will be held on Saturday July 25th. Players under 18 of all strengths are encouraged to register for this four-round, non-handicapped tournament. Registration is open until July 20th with a…
July 13, 2020
EJournal reader Mel reports that other readers may be interested in an article from the October issue of EPL (Europhysics Letters) focusing on telling the difference between human and computer players. He notes that the article is not…
July 13, 2020
You can now register here for the 2020 e-Go Congress, taking place online August 1-9, 2020. Although work continues on the 2020 e-Go Congress website, you can find updated information about the e-Go Congress schedule here . "We are so…
July 13, 2020
Twenty-two players and a sprinkling of spectators enjoyed two rounds of online Go in the Triangle Go Group/Cleveland Go Club Friendship Match held Sunday, July 5th, in the Triangle Go Group club room on KGS. It was an exciting event…
July 12, 2020
Keith Arnold, hka, with Patrick Bannister Our feature photo this month was originally captioned "Clash of the Titans: Takagawa vs. Go Seigen in the 18th Ōza Tournament," 9 July 1970. Takagawa (left, in photo at right) was by this time…
July 8, 2020
The E-Journal team will be covering the upcoming e-Congress in the E-Journal and on our Twitch channel; watch for a program schedule soon. In addition to covering some of the e-Congress events, we want to hear from you, our readers and…
July 7, 2020
The AGA Web Team has been working make some “quality of life” changes to our ratings reporting, reports Steve Colburn. “Part of that involves removing old code from our systems” as ratings reporting moves to the AGAGD . “We have worked…
July 7, 2020
by John Power, Japan correspondent for the E-Journal Shibano starts fightback in Honinbo The fourth game of the 75th Honinbo title match was played at the Imai Villa, Kawatsu Town, Shizuoka Prefecture on June 30 and July 1. For the…
July 4, 2020
Following hard on the heels of the announcement earlier this week ( 2020 e-Go Congress announced ) of the online 2020 e-Go Congress August 1-9, organizers have now released a preliminary schedule of events. "While a few events may still…
July 4, 2020
Tune in to the AGA’s Twitch channel at 8p Sunday night for Part 2 of Michael Redmond 9Ps live commentary on the 1939 game between Go Seigen and his friend and rival Kitani Minoru. If you need your Redmond fix sooner, not to worry, check…
July 3, 2020
With many traditional July 4th activities -- attending professional sports events and traveling, for example -- restricted by the COVID-19 pandemic, longtime Go teacher Yuan Zhou is coordinating a Friendship Team Go tournament between…
July 1, 2020
Both chapter and individual ballots in the American Go Association's elections have been emailed to all eligible members. If it is not in your inbox please check in spam. Candidate statements, if submitted, are available on the AGA…
July 1, 2020
by John Power, Japan correspondent for the E-Journal Ichiriki to challenge for Gosei The play-off to decide the challenger for the 45th Gosei title was held at the Nihon Ki-in on June 29. Taking white, Ichiriki Ryo 8P beat Cho U 9P by…