American Go E-Journal
April 29, 2015
Join the AGA for the first time, or renew your membership, and get free issues of Go World magazine, courtesy of the American Go Foundation ( click here to take advantage of this offer) . The more years you choose, the more issues…
August 31, 2014
Lee Sedol 9p ( left ) secured a solid lead against Gu Li 9p after winning Game 7 in their ten-game match on August 31 in Tibet’s capital Lhasa, widening his lead to 5-2 and putting him just one game away from winning outright. Gu's back…
July 27, 2014
Lee Sedol 9p ( left ) advanced his lead in the MLily Gu vs Lee Jubango after defeating opponent Gu Li 9p in their most recent match on July 27 in Liuan. After six games, Lee is ahead of Gu at 4-2. During Game 6, the opening favored…
May 25, 2014
Focus was the name of the mid-point Game 5 in their 10-game match on May 25 but the intense altitude at the jubango venue in Sangri-La added an extra obstacle for Gu Li 9P and Lee Sedol 9P. Held at 3,000 m (10,000 ft) above sea level,…
May 23, 2014
One thing's for sure about this weekend's Gu-Lee game: one of them will take the lead in their historic 10-game jubango. With the score tied at 2-2 and their upcoming break in July, whoever wins this game will take the lead for at least…
March 13, 2014
One of the most beautiful and romantic UK tournament locations must surely be the Isle of Skye in Scotland's Western Highlands, which this weekend, March 15-16, hosts the 3rd edition of its two-yearly tournament (alternating with the…
February 10, 2014
A commentary by Rob van Zeijst on the historic first jubango match between Gu Li and Lee Sedol highlights Kiseido’s launch of Go World Online this month. van Zeijst, three-time European champion and former Japan Go Association insei…
September 17, 2013
Wang Chenxing 5P ( left ) secured her first major international title when she defeated Yu Zhiying 5p in the 4th Bingsheng Cup on September 12. On her journey to the final round, Wang defeated last year’s winner Rui Naiwei 9P, Xie Yimin…
September 14, 2013
Netherlands: At The Delfts Toernooi on September 8, Filip Vanderstappen 5d defeated Rene Aaij 5d and Gelmer Bouwman 3d placed third. Hungary: The Kispesti Nadydij Goverseny also finished September 8 in Bupdapest with Dominik Bovis 4d in…
August 4, 2013
Hui Fan 7d (left ) is on fire lately. On top of his recent Leksand Open and EGF Qualification for Beijing 2013 wins, Fan has climbed to the top of the leader board for the main tournament at the 2013 European Go Congress underway in…
June 13, 2013
For the first time in the history of the LG Cup, there are no Koreans in the quarter final line-up. Korean fans were left in shock after Tuo Jiaxi 3P (left) knocked out Lee Sedol 9P (right) in a game with a very unusual opening. Japan…
May 8, 2013
Now that Go World magazine has ceased publication ( EJ 11/16/12 ) , back issues of this matchless archive of top analysis and instruction have become more valuable than ever. The American Go Foundation's Store offers a selection, and…
April 18, 2013
Though neither the Korean Baduk Association nor the Chinese Weiqi Association have officially confirmed whether the rumored 10-game match, or jubango, between Sedol Lee 9P ( right ) and Li Gu 9P ( left ) will actually occur, buzz…
April 4, 2013
Junfu Dai 8D (right) successfully defended his title against Lluis Oh 6D in the 41 st Paris International Go Tournament at the Lycée Louis Le Grand on April 1. Though it was the first time Spanish player Oh placed, it was Dai's third…
December 29, 2012
by William Pinckard During the Edo period a go club, like a tea ceremony room or a kyoka poetry meeting, was a place where rank, station and sex were irrelevant: what mattered most was the skill of the participants. Such people came as…
June 6, 2011
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April 24, 2011
New or renewing members of the American Go Association can pick up as much as 1700 pages of Go World in a special membership offer . For a limited time, the AGA is offering as many as 27 issues of Go World magazine to those who join,…
December 12, 2010
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