February 19, 2021
Go Photo: Phil Straus
Taisha joseki with shell and slate and Bill Saltman's board. Stones from Solomon Smilack .
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December 30, 2020
Go Photo: Phil Straus
"Bringing light to contacting the large knight's shimari." Board by Bill Saltman; stones from Solomon Smilack
November 9, 2019
Dutch artist combines passions to create Go-themed art
Dutch artist, art historian, author and go teacher Kim Ouweleen has created an original series of Go-themed posters and postcards that are available on his website . “I'm very enthusiastic about combining my passions for drawing and…
July 12, 2019
Go Spotting: Takeshi Obata Exhibit
Hikaru no Go artist Takeshi Obata is the subject of an art opening in Japan, running from July 13- August 12. Thanks to Winston Jen for the photo of the exhibit promo, and the news item on the exhibit. Click here for more info.
July 4, 2019
Go Spotting: Go Museum in Kunming
"My son, Liam, went to the Go Museum in Kunming," writes Rex Weyler. "Thought you might enjoy these images."
June 20, 2018
Go Spotting: SFO Terminal 2
Philippe Alexis spotted this recently at an exhibit in Terminal 2 at San Francisco Airport. It's a Maneki neko pair imitating the gods Daikoku and Ebisu playing go. One cat holds a wish-granting mallet and mimics Daikoku; the other…
March 24, 2018
'The Surrounding Game' launches on iTunes, Amazon and Google Play
The Surrounding Game , the award-winning documentary on the world of go, is now available on three additional platforms: iTunes, Amazon Video and Google Play. The film follows America's top youth players as they compete to become the…
February 17, 2018
"The Surrounding Game" launches worldwide
Starting today, "The Surrounding Game" (2017) is now available worldwide on digital streaming, DVD and Blu-ray. The award-winning documentary tells the story of go, from the four arts of ancient China to modern-day international…
January 14, 2018
The Shanghai Restoration Project's "AlphaGo" single
The advent of AlphaGo has inspired…well, many things. Chief among them, of course, is self-reflection among serious go players: What is it like to be superseded by artificial intelligence? Conversely, what can AlphaGo teach us about…
January 8, 2018
Your Move/Readers Write: Ukiyo-e at Shizuoka
"I read your article about the Tokugawa Memorial Go Congress set for February 2017 in Shizuoka," writes Erwin Gerstorfer. "One additional bit of information that might be interesting to the readers of the American Go E-Journal is an…
November 20, 2017
Former Seattle Go Center manager launches antique go equipment site
Bill Camp, former Manager at the Seattle Go Center , has surfaced in the world go community four years after moving to Australia. With his wife, Marian, he recently launched kimonoquilt.com , which offers refurbished antique gobans ,…
November 12, 2017
Go Spotting: Art Institute of Chicago
by Greg Kulevich I have searched high and low for any mention of go at the Art Institute of Chicago, and I've finally found one (or two). Go is seen being played in two Chinese scrolls in the new exhibition "As the Story Unrolls." It's…
November 9, 2017
The Traveling Board: Painting connects players
"At this year's U.S. Go Congress in San Diego, I had the pleasure of playing Steve Uhl from Sante Fe, NM (left in picture) in round 2 of the Open," writes Eric Wainwright (right) . "We had a very close and exciting game. Steve had also…
November 8, 2017
Kiseido Holiday Season Sale
Kiseido is having a holiday season sale, writes Richard Bozulich, with discounts on go books, go boards, and Japanese prints. Shop between now and January 6, 2018 for a 10% discount on orders of 4 books or more, or a 15% discount on…
August 16, 2017
xkcd: Computers vs Humans
Latest from xkcd : make sure you hold your mouse over the comic .
June 4, 2017
Go Spotting: Misaeng (An Incomplete Life)
by Daniel Acheson "Misaeng," which means "an incomplete life," is a 2014 South Korean television drama about 26-year old Jang Geu-rae and his struggles adapting to corporate life after failing to qualify as a professional go player.…
May 25, 2017
"Surrounding Game" launches screenings worldwide
"The Surrounding Game" is coming to a theater near you! The documentary team has just announced a summer lineup of screenings in major cities across the US and Europe. The screening tour includes stops in: Toronto (6/10), San Francisco…
March 19, 2017
"Surrounding Game" to premiere at Palm Springs docfest
The long-awaited premiere of the go documentary The Surrounding Game is less than a month away, reports director/producer Will Lockhart. The world premiere of the film will take place at the American Documentary Film Festival in Palm…
December 10, 2016
Go Spotting: The Tokyo National Museum
by Erwin Gerstorfer A few weeks ago while in Tokyo I visited the Tokyo National Museum in Ueno. There I discovered three depictions of go, which was perhaps not surprising in this country with a long history of the game but nevertheless…
October 10, 2016
Drawing the Line(s)
“Tachi-mori” is the art of drawing lines on high-end go boards using a traditional Japanese sword upon which lacquer has been thinly and evenly applied. Gurujeet Khalsa sent along this video showing the technique . The video is from…
August 18, 2016
Artist Paints Go Tribute on Plate
China painter Marlene Shankar, of Adirondack NY, sent the EJ this picture of her latest piece. "The design was a snippet from a painting done by Hua Sanchuan ," says Shankar, "my painting teacher Audrey McCullough went to China and in…
July 28, 2016
Go Photo: A Latte, Beer & Go
Ed Lee sent in this great shot of "Me playing go with my friend Blake Haber. The place is Third Window Brewery in Santa Barbara, CA, where they brew and serve their own beers. I drink only root beer but today I tried a latte from a new…
July 20, 2016
What Go Players Can Learn from Track and Field
John Zombro, a life time Track and Field athlete and coach recently attended the Track and Field Olympic Trials in Eugene, OR and wrote up some of the things he learned from the character, philosophies and performance of the athletes.…
July 20, 2016
Go Spotting: Pokemon Go Go
Pokemon Go Go: Thanks to Matt Lecin and Ramon Mercado for sending this in.
December 21, 2015
Pittsburgh Artist Seeks Go Players for Film Project
Pittsburgh-based artist Jesse Kauppila is looking for two "highly skilled go players, hopefully dan-level, who can memorize and reenact a historic go game which I can film." An artist in Carnegie Mellon Univeristy's MFA program,…
November 28, 2015
Your Move/Readers Write: "Tokyo Newcomer" Games Realistic, Redmond Says
"I just found ' Tokyo Newcomer ' on the net," writes Michael Redmond 9P, "but I see that you covered it in the 'Go Spotting' column in 2014. The games in the movie were realistic, and there is a scene about 36 minutes into it that shows…
June 11, 2015
Go Spotting: Leibniz calls go "ingenious and quite difficult"
"I easily believe that the magnitude of the Board and the quantity of pieces render this game quite ingenious and quite difficult," wrote the German polymath and philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz about go in 1710. Leibniz, in "…
November 18, 2014
Go Spotting: Cat Go
The Internet is filled with cats, so Steve Colburn wasn’t too surprised to come across this piece by Tango that combines cats and go. “The tumblr this came off of has a lot of fun images for simple perspective and jokes,” Colburn adds.
November 4, 2014
The Art of Propaganda: North Korea's Mansudae Art Studio
This oil painting depicting a go game between a young Korean girl and an older western man is featured in an October 31 ArtNet News report about North Korea's Mansudae Art Studio. Perhaps the world's biggest art factory, "It employs…
June 27, 2014
Go Stamp Collection on View This Weekend in St Louis
If you’re in the St Louis area this weekend – or maybe just passing through the airport – you’ll want to stop by the stamp show at the Renaissance St. Louis Airport Hotel. Longtime go player and philatelist Les Lanphear will be showing…