American Go E-Journal
February 1, 2018
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December 17, 2017
The go activities during last two days of the IMSA Elite Mind Games included three medal competitions: pair go, men’s blitz and women’s blitz. The format for these tournaments were new: the six teams were divided into three tiers,…
December 13, 2017
The last day of women’s team competition saw plenty of sparks, but the only surprising result was Fujisawa Rina defeating the world’s top-ranked female player from China, Yu Zhiying. Japan was then in a position to tie or defeat China,…
December 12, 2017
On Day 3 of the IMSA Elite Mind Games, China and Taipei met in men’s team play. China’s number 1, Ke Jie, had no problem with Wang Yuan-Jyun; but the 2016 Ing Cup winner Tang Weixing lost to veteran Chen Shih-Yuan to make the team…
December 11, 2017
In today’s IMSA Elite Mind Games team competitions for both men and women, China drew North America, Korea drew Europe, and Taipei drew Japan. China and Korea easily defeated their opponents to win 4-0; the suspense was with the…
April 6, 2016
By Eric Lui It's unusually nice out today*. As I stroll down my neighborhood and head towards the park, the sun's rays hit me square in the back, right between the shoulder blades. The tingling warmth spreads all the way down and brings…
March 3, 2016
Koreans Park Jeonghwan 9p and Choi Jeong 6p defeated the Chinese team of Tang Weixing 9p and Yu Zhiying 5p to take first place in the three round pair go competition at the IMSA Elite Mind Games in Huaian. Playing for North America, the…
March 1, 2016
Two of the three go events at the IMSA Elite Mind Games ended Monday with Korean and Chinese victories, while the North American Men’s team and lone woman contender Sarah Yu 6d each took 5 th place. In the course of the match, each of…
March 1, 2016
Despite being pushed to the loser’s bracket, Yu Zhiying 5P defeated Yu Jin 6D and Joanne Missingham 7P to make it into the women's final at the IMSA Elite Mind Games, where she'll play Choi Jeong 6P for the gold medal. In the men’s team…
February 29, 2016
by Special Correspondent Andy Okun, with re porting by Natalya Kovaleva In the run-up to AlphaGo’s challenge match with Lee Sedol 9p in Seoul in a little over a week, go players have been worrying about the new age whose beginning might…
February 28, 2016
After two rounds, the Korean and Japanese men’s teams are undefeated in the first International Mind Sports Association (IMSA) Elite Mind Games in Huaian, China, while North America’s sole woman player scored a win to stay alive in the…
February 28, 2016
The International Mind Sports Association will hold three more IMSA Elite Mind Games in Huaian, Jiangsu Province, China over the next three years, according to IMSA Secretary General (and AGA VP) Thomas Hsiang. IMSA signed a memorandum…
February 21, 2016
The first IMSA Elite Mind Games (IEMG) are being held from February 25 to March 3 at the New Century Hotel Huaian, China. A re-branded event of SportAccord World Mind Games, IEMG will feature five mind sports: go, chess, bridge,…