American Go E-Journal
September 30, 2020
After seven rounds, Ilya Shikshin 3P finished with a 6:1 score to win the 5th European Pro Championship played September 24th to 27th and sponsored by Pandanet. Eight players participated and games were streamed with commentary on the…
March 27, 2020
"On Thursday 12th March I was working in the garden for many hours and I knew my country was going to be in a quarantine soon," says tournament founder and organizer Lukas Podpera, setting the scene for the tournament's inception. "Many…
March 25, 2020
by Benjamin Teuber 6d (Germany) For many years, I was considered the “eternal second” of the German championship. I finished as runner-up nine times - while never winning the title. No matter how well I did, I always managed to lose the…
January 29, 2020
This is a story about the beginning of a new future for youth go players in Europe. The European Youth Go Yearbook 2019 with its only 140 pages covers the SEYGO Tour with in depth review of each of its five stages in Vatra Dornei, Jena,…
November 9, 2019
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…
October 5, 2019
If you like mountains, snow, skiing, and (of course) go, you might want to check into this unique opportunity to mix them all together in the French Alps this winter. The Grenoble Go Club and the French Go Federation are teaming up to…
July 27, 2019
The video games and commentaries for Games 6, 7 and 8 of the recent Transatlantic Professional Go Team Championship have now been posted (see below). Commentators are as follows: Game 6 - Eric Lui 1p vs. Pavol Lisy 2p; commentary by…
July 7, 2019
In round eight of the Transatlantic Professional Go Team Championship , played on July 7, Ilya Shikshin 3P of the EGF defeated the AGA's last standing player, Ryan Li 1P. With this critical victory, the EGF team claimed the first…
June 30, 2019
In round seven of the Transatlantic Professional Go Team Championship , played on June 30, EGF pro Artem 2P defeated Eric Lui 1P, ending Lui's streak at three wins. The AGA team now has only one player remaining - Ryan Li 1P -…
June 11, 2019
Eric Lui 1P defeated Pavol Lisy 2P by 1.5 points in the 6th round of the Transatlantic Professional Go Team Championship played June 9 on OGS. Lisy (Black) took an early advantage by capturing white's group on the lower side. When white…
June 2, 2019
In round five of the Transatlantic Professional Go Team Championship , played on June 2, Eric Lui 1P defeated EGF pro Ali Jabarin 2P. The game was followed live by over 300 players on OGS and 4,000 viewers on Twitch. The game…
May 29, 2019
-by Paul Barchilon, AGF Vice President, KGS Liaison As many of our readers are aware, the American Go Foundation (AGF) agreed to take on ownership of the KGS Go Server in 2017. Our goal was to stabilize and grow the server, and also…
May 23, 2019
EricLui 1P won Round 4 of the Transatlantic Team Championship , defeating Mateusz Surma 2P, who had won the first three rounds. The game was played on May 5, but the final result was not announced until May 14 due to official challenges…
May 19, 2019
The 2019 IMSA World Masters Championship was held in Hengshui, China, from May 13 to 18. The Championship included five sports, Go, Chess, Bridge, Draughts, and Xiangqi, which in total offered 99 medals in 17 disciplines, with 170…
May 2, 2019
Eric Lui 1P is challenging Mateusz Surma, who has already defeated three AGA players, in the 4th round of the Transatlantic Professional Go Team Championship . The game will be played on KGS and live broadcast on Twitch on May 5…
April 21, 2019
Mateusz Surma seems unstoppable. In the third round of the Transatlantic Professional Go Team Championship , played on April 21 on KGS, Surma defeated AGA pro William Shi, extending his winning streak to three games. Surma defeated…
April 7, 2019
Mateusz Surma 2P from the European Go Federation (EGF) defeated Andy Liu 1P in the first round of the 2019 Transatlantic Professional Go Team Championship on Sunday, April 7. The game was played live and broadcast by the AGA on Twitch…
March 21, 2019
The Transatlantic Professional Go Team Championship's players for both the AGA and EGF teams have been announced. Ilya Shikshin 3P is the highest-ranked player on the EGF team, while the AGA team has Ryan Li 1P, who has become a star by…
February 4, 2019
The European Go Federation (EGF) and the American Go Association (AGA) will co-host the 2019 Transatlantic Professional Go Team Championship this Spring, with a prize of €10,000 for the winning team. "While top European and American go…
June 23, 2018
"The pubs here rotate their ale and beer and occasionally have special beers and ales brought in for a short period," reports Jose Santiago. "The picture here is of one on offer (recently at the Milton Keynes pub where go players meet…
May 31, 2018
With an early U.S. Go Congress this year at Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia, there are just two days of overlap with the European Go Congress in Pisa, Italy. "For the hard-core go enthusiast, what better way to celebrate than a full…
May 6, 2018
North American players fared much better at this year's Wu Qingyuan (Go Seigen) Cup, reports Thomas Hsiang. In the first round, Feng Yun defeated Natalia Kovaleva, Stephanie Ying defeated Irvina Karlberg, Sarah Yu defeated Laura…
March 24, 2018
London is getting a new go tournament. Sort of. The Not the London Tournament will run May 26th - 28th. Sponsored by London Go Club and the BGA , and made possible by the T Mark Hall Foundation , the Not the London Tournament is meant…
March 5, 2018
Applications are now being accepted for the 2018 Worldwide Iwamoto Awards . Organized by the European Go Cultural Centre (EGCC), the Iwamoto Awards is an international contest that rewards promising go projects. Anybody who is actively…
February 11, 2018
Traditionally Orsay is the first (in all senses of the word) tournament of the new year in France. It allows players to meet up again and to break their New Year's resolutions - I'm going to make 5 dan by Wednesday . As usual it took…
November 16, 2017
Roger Huyshe, President of the British Go Association, died unexpectedly on November 13. "Apparently he was out on a bike ride in Derbyshire when he collapsed," reports Toby Manning . "We do not think it was a traffic accident - and…
November 13, 2017
Perhaps the only go tournament in the world offering free beer, the 20th "Go to Innovation" tournament will be held November 17-19 in Berlin, Germany. The 8-round tournament starts Friday with four rounds on Saturday and the final two…
November 11, 2017
Seong-Jin Kim 8d won the EGCC 25th Anniversary Tournament, held October 21-22 at the European Go Cultural Centre (EGCC) in Amstelveen, the Netherlands. The tournament was the centerpiece of the Center's 25th anniversary celebrations,…
September 26, 2017
The European Go Cultural Center (EGCC) in Amstelveen will hosting a special EGCC Anniversary Go Tournament October 21-22 to celebrate its 25th anniversary. Founded in 1992, the EGCC was made possible by the financial support of Iwamoto…
September 13, 2017
Weighing in at a whopping 576 pages, the 2016 European Go Yearbook has recently been released. The first such Yearbook covers the biggest and most important go happenings of 2016 in Europe, including: Interviews with newly promoted…