American Go E-Journal
March 5, 2021
The North American Go Federation (NAGF) has announced its intention to certify one new professional player through a Pro Qualification tournament this Summer at the National Go Center in Washington D.C. Any player who is eligible and…
August 24, 2018
Over 100 people watched online Thursday night as Ming-jiu Jiang 7P eliminated Ryan Li 1P in the 4th round of the Tiangfu Cup Preliminary. Jiang will play Andy Liu 1P Friday night at 7p -- also on KGS -- in the final game. The winner…
August 22, 2018
Eric Lui 1P defeated Andy Liu 1P on Wednesday night to become the first North American representative to the Tianfu Cup. Eliminated from the competition on Wednesday night were Stephanie Yin 1P and Huiren Yang 1P. Winners Ryan Li and…
August 21, 2018
Feng Yun 9P and Dalhoon Ahn 9P were eliminated in the second round of the Tianfu Cup Preliminary, played online on KGS on Tuesday. The first round was played on Monday. In the third round, to be played Wednesday on KGS at 7P EDT in the…
January 19, 2016
Three of the eight competitors in the recent 2015 AGA Professional Qualifying tournament are players from the AGA City League. They are tournament winner Eric Lui 1p of the Greater Washington team, Aaron Ye (Bay Area team) and Jeremy…
January 9, 2016
In the final set of games in the AGA Professional Qualification Tournament on Saturday morning, Andrew Lu defeated Daniel Gourdeau and Jeremy Chiu beat Sarah Yu. Lu took third place and a seeded place in the next pro tournament,…
January 8, 2016
For Eric Lui, the fourth time was the charm. Lui (left) has played in all four AGA Professional Qualification Tournaments , losing to Ryan Li in last year's final, but on Friday afternoon he became the American Go Association's fifth…
January 7, 2016
Thursday morning's session at the AGA Professional Qualification Tournament featured just two games, Ben Lockhart vs Aaron Ye and Sarah Yu vs Andrew Lu, in a battle to move onto the semi-finals. Lockhart had an early lead but then…
January 6, 2016
The round-robin section of the AGA Professional Qualification Tournament wrapped up Wednesday morning with few surprises except for second-seeded Ben Lockhart's 7th-place finish. Eric Lui was first, Aaron Ye second, Daniel Gourdeau…
January 6, 2016
"I like the You Tube highlights from the qualifier games," says Bob Gilman. "These analyses of important situations provide insights in a readily digestible form. Longer game commentaries are good to have also, but they demand a big…
January 6, 2016
by Chris Garlock The AGA's professional qualification tournament tests the go skills of its young competitors, but it's also a grueling endurance challenge. With two rounds each day, and each game usually going at least three hours,…
January 5, 2016
Top seed Eric Lui 7d is one game away from winning the AGA Pro Qualification Tournament's round robin section, with a 5-1 score and and just one more round to play before the knock-out section begins. Third-seeded Aaron Ye 7d is in…
January 5, 2016
In our latest batch of brief video game highlights focusing on key points in selected games, Norman Tsai 6-dan shows how Jeremy Chiu's attachment to unimportant stones in his third-round game against Andrew Lu causes him to choose the…
January 5, 2016
After four rounds in the AGA Pro Qualification Tournament , Eric Lui 7d, Aaron Ye 7d and Andrew Lu 7d are tied for first place in the round robin section, each with three wins. Ben Lockhart 7d and Daniel Gourdeau 6d are next with two…
January 4, 2016
The E-Journal's coverage of the 4th AGA Pro Qualification Tournament -- this week in Los Angeles -- has been expanded to include brief video game highlights focusing on key points in selected games. In our first batch, Tyler Oyakawa 5d…
January 3, 2016
The year is barely a few days old and it's already been an exciting one for the American Go Association. Hundreds tuned in on January 1 to Myungwan Kim 9Ps commentary on our YouTube channel for the third round of the MLily Cup battle…
January 3, 2016
As you may be aware, the AGA website has been down for the last couple of days, due to a DDOS attack on the datacenter that hosts our site. While this issue has hopefully been resolved, we strongly urge you to follow us on Facebook and…
January 1, 2016
"With regard to the 'Top US Players to Compete in 4th AGA Pro Tourney January 3-9 in LA' report (12/29)," writes Ted Terpstra, "shouldn't this be 'North American' go players instead of US go players as some of the 8 are from Canada?"…
December 29, 2015
Eight top US go players will gather in Los Angeles next week to determine the next US professional. Play in the 4th AGA Pro Qualification starts on Sunday, January 3 and ends on January 9. The games will be broadcast live on KGS from…
January 16, 2015
The players in last week’s AGA Pro Qualification Tournament were of course the stars of the event – click here for the final results and game records -- but there was an entire team of volunteers who made it possible for the tournament…
January 15, 2015
Where are the AGA Pro Game Records? “Isn't it great having these Qualification tournaments?” writes Jean de Maiffe. “I love seeing our young go players battling it out for the honors and opportunities these tournaments provide. One…
January 9, 2015
In two dramatic cliffhangers, Ryan Li beat Eric Lui in back-to-back games Friday to sweep the AGA Pro Qualification Tournament finals, becoming the American Go Association's fourth professional. Li had won their game in the round-robin…
January 8, 2015
Though frigid temperatures on Thursday closed schools around Boston and coated the Nantasket Beach with frozen surf, the action was hot on the boards at the AGA pro qualification championship. Ryan Li returned to form Thursday morning…
January 7, 2015
Ryan Li 7d defeated Eric Lui 7d by 7.5 points in the final round of the round-robin section of the ongoing AGA professional qualification tournament. In other Round 7 action, Ben Lockhart beat Jeremy Chiu, Ricky Zhao defeated Matthew…
January 7, 2015
After winning both rounds on Tuesday, Ryan Li 7d and Eric Lui 7d – both 6-0 – have locked up the top-seed positions for the final stage of the AGA Pro Qualification Tournament (APQF). They’ll meet Wednesday morning (9:30a on KGS) for…
January 5, 2015
Ryan Li and Eric Lui, undefeated after four rounds, are leading the race for the 2015 AGA Pro Qualification Tournament finals later this week. Ben Lockhart is close behind at 3-1. Click here for latest results and game records . Rounds…
January 4, 2015
Ryan Li, Eric Lui and Ben Lockhart won their first- and second-round games Sunday at the AGA Pro Qualification Tournament to take an early lead in the 7-round round-robin section of the two-part tournament. Click here for complete…
January 3, 2015
Snow fell steadily outside as top US go players gathered in the Nantasket Beach Resort just south of Boston on Saturday night. The third AGA Pro Qualification Tournament, which will determine the next US professional, begins Sunday at…
December 28, 2014
Eight top US go players will gather just outside Boston next week to determine the next US professional. Play in the 3rd AGA Pro Qualification Finals starts on Sunday, January 4 and ends on January 10. The games will be broadcast live…
October 21, 2014
The 2014 US Open has now been rated. Click here for the AGA ratings page where you can search by name or AGA membership number. You can also see the final wall list here .