AMERICAN GO E-JOURNAL: News from the American Go Association
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February 19, 2003
In This Edition:
GAME COMMENTARY: Blood on the Stones
GO NEWS: DC Snow Update; 19th Annual U.S. Go Congress Set for Houston; Baduk
Conference Accepting Papers; Ing-Redmond Invitational; Cotsen Travels; Community
Outreach Pilot Program; 400 Years Of Go; PrezCon Road Trip; 18,000 Games in
MasterGo Release; The Way to Go WORLD GO GO CLUBS: Bookmark Program GO REVIEW:
Sabaki, How to Manage Weak Stones GO CLASSIFIED AGA CONTACT LIST
CALENDAR OF EVENTS (U.S.)
February 22: Chicago, IL
"Axe Me No Questions"
Bob Barber 773-467-0423 komoku@earthlink.net
February 22: Toronto, Canada
Toronto Go Tournament
Monks@pmonks@look.ca 416-591-6414
March 1-2: Princeton, NJ
New Jersey Open
Rick Mott 609-466-1602 rickmott@alumni.princeton.edu
March 2: Sunnyvale, CA
7th Jujo Jiang Cup Youth Goe Tournament
Mingjiu Jiang 650-969-2857
March 13-16: Germantown, MD
Greater Washington Go Club's Yang Workshop
Anand Modak 301-513-8233 amodak@mcps.k12.md.us
March 22: Arlington, VA
Cherry Blossom
Allan Abramson 703-684-7676 mediate8@worldnet.att.net
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GAME COMMENTARY: Blood on the Stones
Today's commented game is a bloody game with hard fighting, the quarter-final
match at the 1st Toyota Cup World Oza on September 4, 2002, between Wang Lei 8P
and O Rissi 9P. O Rissi captures more than thirty stones but still has to
resign!
A special bonus file today is "A Whole Board Strategy Problem" first published
in Go Review IV, 6 (June 1964).
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GO NEWS
EDITOR'S NOTE: We apologize for the delay in this week's E-Journal, caused by
weather conditions regrettably beyond our control.
DC SNOW UPDATE: Hillandale Go Club at Long Branch CC - no meeting this Thursday
(2/20); Rockville Chess & Go Croup - No decision as yet. Will check street
conditions on Thursday. Call John Goon at 301-394-4288 on Friday to confirm;
Beltsville Strategy Games Club - we should be open on Monday.
19TH ANNUAL U.S. GO CONGRESS SET FOR HOUSTON: The annual US Go Congress, set for
August 2nd -10th, is always an exciting opportunity for the avid go player. Meet
professional players from around the world, catch up with your long-time go
friends and make many new ones. This year for the first time, the Houston Go
Club and the AGA is bringing the US Go Congress to Houston, Texas. Houston can
be hot and humid in August but all events will be held in the fully
air-conditioned University Center. Meals and accommodation will be available in
the fully air-conditioned Moody Towers Residence Hall just a few minutes walk
away. If you prefer, you can make your own arrangements to stay at the nearby
University Hilton Hotel. For more information and online registration, check out
the AGA website at www.usgo.org and click on the 2003 US Go Congress link or
visit the Houston Go Club website at www.houstongoclub.org and click on the
Congress logo.
BADUK CONFERENCE ACCEPTING PAPERS: Myong-Ji University' s Department of Baduk
Studies has scheduled the second International Conference on Baduk (go) for July
26-27 in St. Petersburg, Russia. Proposals for papers on baduk are due May 15;
for details on length, subject and honoraria, contact Chihyung Nam, Professor of
Dept. of Baduk Studies at Myong-Ji at dame_kr@yahoo.co.kr or check out
www.egc2003.sp.ru
ING-REDMOND INVITATIONAL: The Ing Foundation and the Redmond family invite young
go players 30 years old or younger and 5d or stronger to enter the Ing-Redmond
Invitational tournament this spring. All games will be played on IGS. First
prize includes playing in the Ing Tournament at the 2003 U.S. Go Congress.
Register with None Redmond at chinski@inreach.com before March 1st.
COTSEN TRAVELS: "Recently I visited the Field Museum of Natural History in
Chicago, to take a tour of their Library," reports Bob Barber. "I was very
pleasantly surprised to see an exhibit of Japanese bamboo baskets, part of the
collection of go player Lloyd Cotsen. It's a wonderful show; beautifully laid
out and described. Dozens of gorgeous baskets, and a video as well. I'm afraid
the show closes soon, but may travel to other museums. I wonder which came
first: Mr. Cotsen's love of things Japanese, or his love of go."
COMMUNITY OUTREACH PILOT PROGRAM: Anyone interested in promoting go in their
local community may want to apply for inclusion in a possible nationwide pilot
program, says AGA Community Outreach Coordinator John Goon. The program will
dedicate promotional resources for selected target populations and encourage
broader based regional planning and operations. "This concept has been applied
to the Washington DC area for the past four years and the results are
impressive," Goon says. "The purpose of the pilot program will be to determine
if the Washington DC model can be transplanted to other regions. If adopted,
this program will extend over 2-3 years so a long-term commitment is needed. The
key tenets of the program are pro-active information centralization, open
communications, advanced planning, material resource stability, and gradual but
relentless improvements to the local support infrastructure." If interested,
write Goon at outreach@usgo.org.
400 YEARS OF GO: 400 Years of Go in Japan, by Andrew Grant, is a new publication
from Slate & Shell. A highly readable, illustrated review of the development of
modern go from the beginnings in Japan until Japanese hegemony ended in the
1970's. See it at www.slateandshell.com .
PREZCON ROAD TRIP: Todd Heidenreich and John Goon are planning an all-day trip
to check out boardgaming convention PrezCon this coming Sunday in
Charlottesville, VA. "If any go players in the area are also interested in this,
let us know so we can hook up. A sizable go presence there just might open some
new doors." jgoon@erols.com
18,000 GAMES IN MASTERGO RELEASE: The February release of MasterGo includes
18,000 professional games for review, analysis or study. A new demo version has
1,181 games. Check both out at
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THE WAY TO GO: In last week's E-Journal article about efforts to bring go to a
prison near Syracuse, we noted that copies of "The Way to Go" and inexpensive
plastic go sets are being provided; both items were produced by the American Go
Foundation. For more information on obtaining materials or helping support these
efforts, please contact Terry Benson at terrybenson@nyc.rr.com
WORLD GO
Rui Naiwei 9 dan has won her semi-final match against Hua Xueming 7P of China in
the new international women's tournament, the Jeongganjang Cup. Her opponent in
the finals will be either Zhang Xiang 8P of China or Kwan Hyojin 3P of Korea.
The first game in the finals will be on March 8th.
Yi Ch'ang-ho (aka Lee Changho) 9P has finally lost a game this year. After an
amazing streak of twenty wins, his former teacher Cho Hun?hyeon 9P managed to
defeat him in the second game of the final match for the 14th Kisung Title in
Korea, tying the match at one each. Yi, still in his twenties, has the best
claim to be the strongest player in the world, having won more international
titles than anyone else.
- William Cobb, Assistant Editor
Michael Redmond 9P won his game in the second preliminary section of the 59th
Honinbo tournament in Japan last week, defeating Iwata Hajime 8P by resignation.
- John Power, on the Nihon Kiin home page at
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GO CLUBS: Bookmark Program
Thanks to the support of three publishers (Slate & Shell, Yutopian and Kiseido)
a bookmark program aimed at recruiting members for school go clubs and AGA
chapters is underway, reports Lon Atkins The first target, the Henry M. Gunn
High School in Palo Alto, California, is the project of AGA member Jason Pan. Go
bookmarks can be left in libraries, bookstores, distributed at cultural events
and tournaments, handed to prospective recruits, etc. If your club or chapter
would like to participate, contact Lon via email: lon@atkins.com.
GO REVIEW: Sabaki: How to Manage Weak Stones
Yang Yi-Lun
Compiled and Edited by John C. Stephenson
Reviewed by Barney Cohen, 4k* IGS
This slim little book is based on material presented by Mr. Yang during a recent
"Yang workshop" in New Jersey. It is available via the Wings Across Calm Water
Go Club web site. The book consists of two parts, the first illustrating
important concepts and techniques necessary for creating sabaki (a flexible,
light position) and the second a review of essential sabaki guidelines followed
by sample problems and solutions.
This is an extremely slim volume for such a huge subject. Nevertheless, it
should prove a useful addition to many player's go library. With so many books
on various aspects of go now available, it is truly astonishing that this is the
first book ever to be devoted solely to the subject of making sabaki (at least
in English). Not only does this book provide the reader with a clear analytical
framework for assessing sabaki situations, it introduces a number of important
concepts not well discussed elsewhere. Even with this book, there is still a
huge hole in the literature for one of the major publishers of go books to
develop a much larger treatment on the topic with many more examples and
practice problems. In the meantime, this seminal volume should enjoy a wide
readership. The last time that John Stephenson transcribed material from one of
Mr. Yang's lectures, (How to Destroy and Preserve, 2000), it rapidly disappeared
from print. This book is even better and more use!
ful than the last.
GO CLASSIFIED
FOR SALE: copy of the video of "The Go Masters".
enchantedplace@earthlink.net,
WANTED: copy of First Kyu by Dr. Sung-Hwa Hong.
d-barnes@pacbell.net.
FOR SALE: Sets of old "Go World" magazines: 1-48 and 1-15; 17-25; 50-56 and
individual copies #22, #40, #43, and #51. Check them out at
john.hartman17@verizon.net
Or email dobe.doinat@verizon.net
WANTED: Go players in the West Lafayette, Indiana/Purdue area; e-mail Chris
Kubica at ckubica@insightbb.com
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