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April 7, 2003

In This Edition:
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
YOUR MOVE: Readers Write
U.S. GO NEWS: Lee Heads To Fujitsu; Hoboken Loss; Hikaru In Canada; Latest Ratings Posted On-Line; Game Directors Needed; Upcoming Events WORLD GO NEWS: Sedol Draws First Blood In Kt Cup GAME COMMENTARY: Bright New Faces AN ANCIENT ZEN KOAN RETOLD GO CLASSIFIED AGA CONTACT LIST

CALENDAR OF EVENTS (U.S.)

April 13: Boston, MA
MGA Spring Handicap Tournament
Don Wiener 617-734-6316 donwiener@earthlink.net

April 19: Middlebury, VT
George Sporzynski Memorial Go Tournament
Peter Schumer 388-3934 schumer@middlebury.edu

April 26: Houston, TX
2003 Houston Spring Tournament
University of Houston
George Wang 713-780-8282 imshy@wt.net

May 3rd: Denver, CO
The Rocky Mountain Open
Eric Kim, 303 671-8533; J.H. Lee, 303 766-4977
Eric Wainwright, 303 626-0103 ewainwright@decisioneering.com

May 3-4: Los Angeles, CA
2003 Cotsen Open and Handicap Tournaments
310-473-5873 GoTournament@thelec.com

May 10: Arlington, VA
May Madness Self Paired
Allan Abramson 703-684-7676 mediate8@worldnet.att.net

May 10: Dearborn, MI
Spring Go tournament
Danny Walters dtwalter@umd.umich.edu

May 10-11: Rochester, NY
Empty Sky Spring Tournament
Gregory L Lefler 585-442-1428 glacticjoke@hotmail.com

NOTE: this listing is not all-inclusive, featuring only upcoming tournaments in the next month or events which require early registration. For a complete U.S. listings, go to http://gm14.com/r.html?c=190779&r=190370&t=88498618&l=1&d=83190286&u=http://www.usgo.org/usa/tournaments.html&g=0&f=83190290
For the European Go Calendar see http://gm14.com/r.html?c=190779&r=190370&t=88498618&l=1&d=83190287&u=http://www.win.tue.nl/cs/fm/engels/go/tourn.html&g=0&f=83190290


SCOREBOARD: Hoboken, NJ

Hoboken, NJ: Hoboken 2003 Club Tournament
March 3-31, 2003
20 players; Director: Larry Russ

4-game winners: none: what a tough field!
3-game winners: QIAO, Qi, 3d; LI, Peng, 1d; HU, Michael, 1k; MARTIN, David, 4k; BRETHERICK, Steve, 4k; LUCOTTE, Matthieu, 6k; WATKINS, Charles 12 k. KUDOS to TD Larry Russ for prompt results reporting in the proper format (see above): the hard-working E-Journal editors thank you, Larry!


YOUR MOVE: Readers Write

EUROPEAN CORRECTION: "There are now two Russian players, Alexandr Dinerstein and Svetlana Shikshina, who have earned pro status with the Korean Go Association," wrote Erik Ekholm from Stockholm. Erik was one of a number of alert readers who caught our error ("as of this writing, no European has ever earned Korean pro status") in last week's E-Journal. Les Waller notes that background on Dinerstein and Shikshina (as well as the rest of the Korean pros) is available at the KBA site at
http://gm14.com/r.html?c=190779&r=190370&t=88498618&l=1&d=83190278&u=http://www.baduk.or.kr/information/info_player_ko.asp&g=0&f=83190290

WHY OTEAI BYE-BYE: And in response to queries about the background on the new Japanese professional promotion rule that has replaced the oteai, check out a report about the demise of the Oteai at http://gm14.com/r.html?c=190779&r=190370&t=88498618&l=1&d=83190277&u=http://senseis.xmp.net/%3fOteai&g=0&f=83190290

TEACHERS GET FREE YASUDA: "The American Go Foundation is sending a free copy of 'Go as Communication' to anyone teaching go in a school or institution," reminds Terry Benson in response to last week's review of Yasuda Yasutoshi's book. "Contact Mary Laird at roylaird@nyc.rr.com with the details of the teaching program and your postal address."


U.S. GO NEWS

LEE HEADS TO FUJITSU: The first round of the 16th Fujitsu Cup will take place in Japan this Saturday, April 12th. John Lee is the North American representative.

HOBOKEN LOSS: "The May 4 Hoboken Tournament had to be cancelled," writes organizer Larry Russ. "We lost our playing space for that day."

HIKARU IN CANADA: The latest issue of the Canadian anime (Japanese animation) magazine Protoculture Addicts contains a two-page article on Hikaru no Go, reports our HnG reliable source Joel Sanet. "Miyako Matsuda, the author (who apparently does not play go), mentions the effect the manga (comic) has had in inducing children to play the game and how surprised she was at the pure entertainment value of the anime," Joel says.

LATEST RATINGS POSTED: Check out the latest AGA ratings at http://gm14.com/r.html?c=190779&r=190370&t=88498618&l=1&d=83190285&u=http://www.usgo.org/ratings.asp.&g=0&f=83190290 The ratings, which are now updated monthly, were updated on April 1. The following tournaments were rated: Portland Open Go Tournament, OR, October 2002; February Rating Tournament, Durham, NC, February 2003; February Ratings Tournament, Seattle Go Center, WA, February 2003; Chicago Handicap Tournament, IL, February 2003; Baltimore Club Tournament, MD, February 2003; New Jersey Open, Princeton, NJ, March 2003; March Ratings Tournament, Seattle Go Center, WA, March 2003; NOVA Cherry Blossom, Washington, DC, March 2003. If you know of another tournament that should have been included in this update, please ask the tournament organizers to submit the data for rating by e-mail to ratings@usgo.org The next scheduled ratings update will be May 1.

ON-LINE GAME DIRECTORS NEEDED: The AGA is expecting an increase in demand for Internet tournament management services. As this medium becomes more readily available to players and spectators, the AGA is developing the means to manage more such events, such as the 2004 Fujitsu Qualifying tournament. You can be a part of this exciting development: the AGA welcomes volunteers to assist running top-amateur and professional Internet games. Volunteers should be familiar with Internet play, comfortable typing real-time conversations, and willing to devote some time to learning to sensitive issues that can arise with serious competition. Opportunities include Tournament Directors, Game Directors, Referees and Scribes. For more details, email Jeff Shaevel at jeff@shaevel.com

UPCOMING EVENTS

FREE COTSEN: The 2003 Cotsen Go Tournament has been set for May 3 & 4 in Los Angeles CA. Sponsored by Lloyd Eric Cotsen, this major event includes the Cotsen Open (6D & up) an AGTC Tournament to help determine the US representative at Fujitsu Cup, as well as the Cotsen Handicap Tournament, open to all ranks (except as above), even and handicap games. All games AGA-rated; ING Go Rules. Best Western Mayfair Hotel, 1256 West 7th Street, 213-484-9789
http://gm14.com/r.html?c=190779&r=190370&t=88498618&l=1&d=83190282&u=http://www.mayfairla.com&g=0&f=83190290 Fees: Cotsen Open $20; Cotsen Handicap $20. NOTE: All fees are fully refunded with your full participation! All entry fees will be fully refunded Sunday afternoon as a reward for attending both days and will only be given out to the depositor in person. Anyone pre-registering will qualify for the free luxury lunch buffet and there's a $1000 cash prize for the winning go club! Organizers request that "since we may be short on clocks, please bring your own if possible." Make checks payable to Philodough, and mail to 1880 Veteran Ave #310, Los Angeles, CA 90025 Call 310-473-5873 or email GoTournament@thelec.com

GUO JUAN PLAYS THE CATSKILLS: The 2003 Memorial Day Guo Juan Workshop is scheduled for May 23-26 in Round Top, NY. Guo Juan is a 5 Dan Chinese professional who's been living and teaching go in Amsterdam in addition to participating in all the European tournaments. She never misses the French Go Camp and has recently started attending the US Go Congress and doing workshops in the US. The 2003 Memorial Day Workshop in Round Top, New York starts with a lecture late on Friday evening (May 23) and ends the afternoon of Monday, May 26. Participation is limited to 16 players. Tuition is $300, which includes room and board. Non go players are welcome ($150 covers room and board) and the cost to local players who do not stay overnight is $150 for tuition and $10 per meal.
Info: Jean-Claude Chetrit 718-638-2266 zorglub@brooklyngoclub.org
http://gm14.com/r.html?c=190779&r=190370&t=88498618&l=1&d=83190276&u=http://brooklyngoclub.org/generic_club/cgi-bin/disp_topic.iphtml%3f&g=0&f=83190290
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YANG IN HACKENSACK: The 2003 NJ Yang 7p Go Workshop will run June 26?29 in Hackensack, NJ. Mr. Yang, a 7-dan professional, go book author and extraordinary teacher has an uncanny knack for teaching players of all rankings. He's able to pull profound lessons out of amateur games of any level and will show you through an amazing analysis of your own games. His style is both gentle and insightful, with advice expressed through clear and immediately applicable concepts, sprinkled with a sense of humor. Yet at the same time, it's intense. Attending this workshop will deepen your game and dramatically add to your enjoyment of go. Many players come back time and again, which attests to the value and clarity of Mr. Yang's instruction. John C. Stephenson 203-396?7808 jcs@wingsgoclub.org http://gm14.com/r.html?c=190779&r=190370&t=88498618&l=1&d=83190288&u=http://www.wingsgoclub.org/YangWorkshop2003.asp&g=0&f=83190290


WORLD GO NEWS

SEDOL DRAWS FIRST BLOOD IN KT CUP: Yi Se'tol (Lee Sedol) 6P, who recently defeated Yi Ch'angho (Lee Changho) 9P in the 7th LG Cup, an international title, has now beaten Yoo Changhyuk 9P in the first game of the title match for the 2nd Korean KT Cup. You can download the game record from http://gm14.com/r.html?c=190779&r=190370&t=88498618&l=1&d=83190281&u=http://www.kyoto.zaq.ne.jp/momoyama/news/kr/kt/kt.html&g=0&f=83190290 . Yi Se'tol, who is only twenty, is clearly going to be a dominating figure in international go.
- Bill Cobb


GAME COMMENTARY: Bright New Faces

The second game in the title match for the 6th Samsung Cup, a major international tournament, is today's featured game commentary. The players include one of the bright new faces in Chinese go: Chang Hao 9P, and one of the enduring strengths of Korean go takes on Cho Hunhyun 9P, who had a very good year in 2002, losing only four games in international competition, of which this is the fourth, all in China. The extensive commentary by various Chinese pros comes from gogameworld.com, where today's game was originally published. Gogameworld.com is a subscription service for commentaries on recent pro games: http://gm14.com/r.html?c=190779&r=190370&t=88498618&l=1&d=83190280&u=http://www.gogameworld.com&g=0&f=83190290

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AN ANCIENT ZEN KOAN RETOLD
In ancient China, two monasteries had been playing a game of go which had started many years earlier. Once a year, a monk would be dispatched to travel to the rival monastery to inform them of their opponent's move. However, the route between the two monasteries was both long and dangerous. One day, the master of the black monastery called a young novice to his side and informed him that it would be his honor to carry that year's move to the rival white monastery. He spent several days in meditation, in memorizing the history of the game and the complete sequence of moves up to that point, as well as the route to the other monastery, and when the master thought him ready, he was released to travel.

After some weeks on this journey, while walking through a dense forest, the young monk began to catch glimpses of white through the trees and realized he was being stalked by a rare, white tiger. He began running but soon found that he had made an error in choosing his path, and was trapped on a black promontory overlooking a deep dark canyon with the white tiger close behind. Noticing some black vines growing on the face of the canyon wall, the young monk began to climb down. When he was about half way down, he heard the roar of the tiger above and an answering echo below. When he looked below, however, he realized it was not an echo: there was another white tiger below.

As the young monk stopped his descent, he noticed that two small rats, one black and one white, were gnawing on the vines that suspended him between the two tigers. He also noticed a wild strawberry plant growing from the canyon face, with a single perfect ripe red strawberry. He took the strawberry into his mouth and savored its succulent flavor, and in that moment what could have tasted sweeter?
- as told to Stephen Loughin by Villanova University Professor Wood Bouldin.


GO CLASSIFIED

WANTED: "I have suddenly come across go and would love to get started," writes Harold. "I'm hoping someone out there would love a student now residing in Port St Lucie, FL; the brain needs a work out." harrlin @juno.com or call 772-466-1212. (posted 4/7)

WANTED: "A friend and I are starting a new club in St. Louis City (there's already a good one in the suburbs but we're trying to get one closer to home)," writes Chris Cyr. "While we've got plenty of interest from beginners, we'd like to reach some experienced players too." chris@chriscyr.com (posted 4/7)

WANTED: players in the Toledo (Ohio) area. Contact David43515@hotmail.com

WANTED: Go players in Boise, ID; email David Bogie (25-20k, former AGA member) at bogiesan@mac.com (posted 3/10)

FOR SALE: Goban from the Meiji period with beautiful lacquered sides. The bowls are decorated in similar style and include the original slate and shell stones. Price to be determined by interest. Email Geoffrey Gray at gray@hardnet.com.au (posted 3/10)

FOR SALE: Goban, 250 years old made of Yew wood. original black lacquer lines (lines are in perfect shape); Has large water stain on top and crack on side. Lance@KemperPainting.com (posted 3/10)

WANTED: info on organizations dedicated to promoting go among business people. I need the info for a book I'm writing using go as a metaphor and practice for paradigm shifting in business; I'd appreciate any assistance. Gay Hendricks; gay_h@hendricks.com (posted 3/10)

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