American Go E-Journal
February 27, 2021
by Fred Baldwin William Cobb’s reflections on taking time to think about Go moves ( Empty Board , 2/17) prompted me to, well, think. I share his feelings about “speed” or “blitz” Go. If you enjoy it, fine, but it’s not my thing and…
February 27, 2021
by John Power, Japan correspondent for the E-Journal Legends Yoda (l) & Kobayashi (r) Korea wins Go Legends National Competition This is a special event that was held in January in conjunction with the 22nd Nong Shim Cup. It pitted…
February 27, 2021
Registration is open again for the New York Go League! Now in its sixth iteration, players can expect to play one round robin game per week with players of similar rank over the two-month league. The organizers continue to hope that…
February 26, 2021
Bob Bacon reports that earlier this month, several Chinese news organizations such as Xinhua Net and SINA English reported that the People's Publishing House and the Chinese Weiqi Association have jointly published the Chinese-English…
February 26, 2021
From 2016 to 2020, there were five consecutive South Central Go Tournaments held in Dallas over the weekend preceding Presidents’ Day. In 2021, because the pandemic rendered in person play unsafe, the tournament was held online February…
February 25, 2021
by John Power, Japan correspondent for the E-Journal New restrictions on players As of Jan. 1, new rules came in effect at all three branches of the Nihon Ki-in limiting the freedom of players in order to insure no one resorts to help…
February 22, 2021
According to AI analysis, cooler areas of the board are lower priorities for play, but when Audrey Wang and Milan Mladenović took to the icy waters of Walden Pond for a game last Saturday, it was a real challenge finding hotspots.…
February 22, 2021
The AGA is looking for someone to help with our Drupal upgrade. We are looking to take our install to Drupal 9 and make it more efficient. You can help drive the look of the AGA's web presence to the world. The AGA Website is visited by…
February 22, 2021
The Spanish translation of the Multilingual Go Book Project's book joins the already existing English, French and Greek translations and is now available. This is yet another step in the project's goal of making Go content more…
February 21, 2021
by John Power, Japan correspondent for the E-Journal This reports focuses on the players with the best performances in various categories last year. Most wins Because of a multiple tie for 9th place, the top ten is actually the top…
February 21, 2021
“‘Blitz’ Go is not appealing to me,” Michael Ryan writes in agreement with Bill Cobb ( Empty Board 2/17) . “I have always thought that speed chess and blitz Go are regressive activities, encouraging some of the least thoughtful aspects…
February 19, 2021
The first episode of Counterpart has J. K. Simmons’ character Howard Silk playing go twice, taking black against the same opponent/friend, and losing both times. The board positions look realistic. - Howard A. Landman
February 19, 2021
Taisha joseki with shell and slate and Bill Saltman's board. Stones from Solomon Smilack .
February 19, 2021
Edward Zhang 6d won Virginia State Championship finals over the holidays and is now the current Virginia State Champ with Qingbo Zhang 5d runner up for the second year in a row. The four competitors in the two-round knockout final won…
February 17, 2021
By William Cobb Have you ever tried to do something really fast? I can think of several things I would want to do as fast as possible: spit out something that tastes really bad, get out of a house that is on fire, run in a race, get out…
February 16, 2021
2019 Congress in Madison, WI The AGA today announced that the 2021 US e-Go Congress will be held online July 17-24. With the pandemic continuing, the AGA has determined this is the safest for all of its players. The Congress Coordinator…
February 16, 2021
Cyberpunk 2077 "While playing Cyberpunk 2077 , a recently released RPG videogame, I was doing a mission and came across a game of Go on some barrels in the middle of a street," reports Liam McFadden. "Oddly enough, as you get further…
February 15, 2021
South Korean baduk player Shin Min-jun has won his first world championship, coming first in the LG Cup World Baduk Championship. The 22-year-old who's ranked 4th in South Korea, defeated top-ranked Chinese player Ke Jie, giving him his…
February 15, 2021
Have you moved this year? Changed your email address? Make sure you've updated your contact information in the AGA's membership database. There are few tournaments going on and our TDs love to have accurate info. Tournaments have…
February 14, 2021
by Keith L. Arnold, hka, with Patrick Bannister Hashimoto On February 2 Ishida Yoshio finally played his third game – picking up his second win -- in the Honinbo League, over Sakata Eio. By the end of the month, Kato Masao had played…
February 13, 2021
by John Power, Japan correspondent for the E-Journal Sumire’s progress First of all, some good news for Nakamura Sumire fans. On August 15, she scored a commendable win over Takao Shinji in a practice game played on the net. Takao was…
February 12, 2021
by John Power, Japan correspondent for the E-Journal Ichiriki wins Tengen Ichiriki (r) beats Iyama After failing in five challenges to Iyama Yuta for top-seven titles, Ichiriki Ryo finally prevailed in his sixth challenge, which was for…
February 11, 2021
by John Power, Japan correspondent for the E-Journal Kono to challenge for Kisei title Kono Rin After the fourth round of the S League in the 45th Kisei tournament, Takao Shinji 9P was in the sole lead, but he slipped up in the final…
February 9, 2021
by John Power, Japan correspondent for the E-Journal Seki wins 45th King of New Stars title Seki Kotaro 3P This year’s title match was fought between Sada Atsushi 7P (aged 25) of the Kansai Ki-in and Seki Kotaro 3P (aged 18) of the…
February 8, 2021
The American go community is always eager for reports of local tournaments, mentions of go for our Go Spotting column, new tools or study resources, and any go-related news. Please submit all your stories to our E-Journal Article…
February 8, 2021
by John Power, Japan correspondent for the E-Journal Fujisawa wins 1st Hakata Kamachi Cup Fujisawa Rina The Hakata Kamachi Cup is a new tournament with a first prize of 7,000,000 yen (about $67,300), which ranks it with the Women’s…
February 7, 2021
by John Power, Japan correspondent for the E-Journal Iyama regains Meijin title and triple crown With both the challenger, Iyama Yuta, and the champion, Shibano Toramaru, holding three of the top-seven titles, the 45th Meijin title…
February 7, 2021
by Keith L. Arnold hka with Patrick Bannister Ishida (r) defeats Takemiya Hashimoto Utaro vs Otake, with Miss Miyashita and Liljana Atanasova Ishida Yoshio won the second game in his defense of his Nihon Kiin Championship Title on…
February 6, 2021
by Bertram Schilling I am a German member of the AGA, thanks to Michael Redmond's AlphaGo video series. Long before becoming an AGA member, I was inspired by the "Empty Board" articles and book from William S. Cobb. As a long term…
February 6, 2021
The American Go Association and the Canadian Go Association are pleased to announce the formation of the North American Go Federation (NAGF), a governing body representing Go across North America. The NAGF will inherit the joint…