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April 28, 2003

In This Edition:

U.S. GO NEWS: Website Seeks Problem Editor; Board News; Bradley Website Correction WORLD GO NEWS: Redmond to Rep U.S. at LG Cup; Fan Hui Wins Paris; Don't Try This at Home; First Female Player to Challenge for Judan GAME COMMENTARY: Arnold-Zen at NJO '03 YOUR MOVE: Another Way of Listening GO ONLINE: Go as Communication
GO REVIEW: How to Play Handicap Go
GO CLASSIFIED
SCOREBOARD: Middlebury, VT
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
U.S. GO NEWS

WEBSITE SEEKS PROBLEM EDITOR: The AGA website wants to resume the popular weekly problem series on our home page. An editor is needed to select problems and prepare them for uploading to the site. Applicants should have access to a large problem library. Write to webmaster@usgo.org .

BOARD NEWS: Get the latest info on activities and members of the AGA Board at Check out Board minutes, agendas, member profiles and AGA documents and policies. Elections will be held this year to fill three Board vacancies that that will open up at the end of this year, from the Eastern, Central and Western Regions. Nominees must have been full AGA members in good standing for at least one year and must currently be full members. The nominee for each region must reside in that region. Any member of the AGA may nominate a candidate. Nominations should be sent to to the following before May 15, 2003: Samuel E. Zimmerman, 925 Lindsay Lane, Lancaster PA 17601-6622;
szimmerman@wareunl.com Telephone nominations will not be accepted.

BRADLEY WEBSITE CORRECTION: The link for Milton Bradley's web page ("BRADLEY TEACHES TEACHERS" (4/21/03) was incorrect. The correct address is:


WORLD GO NEWS

REDMOND TO REP U.S. AT LG CUP: Michael Redmond, 9P will represent the United States for the LG Cup; he defeated Ming-jiu Jiang 7P in the Qualifier.
- Jeff Shaevel

FAN HUI WINS PARIS: Fan Hui of France won the Paris Tournament on April 19th and 20th with a 6-0 record; 275 players participated. Csaba Mero and Hideki Asai were second and third with 5-1. Guo Juan was fourth, losing only to Fan and Asai. The next three finishers were Ion Florescu, Radek Nechanicky, and Jean-Francois Seailles. The complete results can be found at

DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME: In what must be one of the strangest games ever, Yi Setol (Lee Sedol) 6P defeated Hong Jansik 4P in a KAT Cup game by playing out a long ladder that already had an obvious ladder breaker in place. Yi was able to use the strings of weak stones along the broken ladder to produce an overwhelming position and forced a resignation. You can download the game at


FIRST FEMALE PLAYER TO CHALLENGE FOR JUDAN: As a result of winning her section in the 24th Judan preliminary rounds, Kobayashi Izumi 5P will be the first woman to play in the double elimination 16 player round to determine the challenger for the title. You can see a picture of her at .

GAME COMMENTARY: Arnold-Zen at NJO '03
Today's game commentary features an exciting game between top American amateurs Keith Arnold and Lingyu Zen, played at the 2003 New Jersey Open. Commentary by by Liping Huang 5P.
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YOUR MOVE: Readers Write

ANOTHER WAY OF LISTENING: "I really enjoyed Bill Cobb's column ("Playing in a Noisy Room") last week, " writes Paul Myers. "Some years ago, I had a relevant experience. Every morning at about 5:30 or 6 some idiot neighbor would start his remodelling project by hammering and hammering. After being awoken for several consecutive mornings, I finally went outside in a rage intending to blast this guy for his unbelieveable inconsiderateness. I looked and looked and couldn't see anything. Then the hammering started again, but higher than it "should" have been. Indeed, way up on the roof of a two-story house, a woodpecker was performing his morning ritual of pecking on a metal vent pipe. I not only found this to be endearing, but on subsequent mornings I would wake up, hear the hammering, smile, and fall immediately back to sleep. A couple weeks later when the bird moved on, I was genuinely disappointed. In either case -- bird or neighbor it was exactly the same noise. When I thoug! ht it was a neighbor, the inconsiderateness enraged me but as a bird, it became a joyful sound of nature."

GO ONLINE: Go as Communication
by Roy Laird
The E-Journal recently reviewed "Go as Communication," in which a teacher, using simplified rules, brings delight and good fellowship to disabled children and adults, opening up a whole new world of social and interpersonal possibilities for growth. Go on the Internet, on the other hand, is profoundly anonymous. We have no idea who we are playing -- male or female, young or old, whether we have played before, how they look, how they act and speak. This anonymity has its advantages. Most players prefer not to discuss their games in progress, with their opponent or anyone else. But every club has its own Geraldo, drifting from game to game, assuming permission to speak, giving away one's position or plans. "Where's the 'MUTE' switch on this unit?" we all think while dealing with an uninvited kibitzer. The silence and anonymity of Internet play solve this problem, while creating another. Sometimes we want to interact with our partners, for example when playing a good friend, a ! stronger player or a particularly interesting game. Currently, there is only one way to do this, which is extremely cumbersome, but at least one programmer is working on the problem.Most people know that thousands of "ham" radio operators chat with each other by radio from all over the globe, 24 hours a day. For years, ham operators have played chess by reading off the coordinates of each other's moves. (One wonders if a go game has ever been completed in this way?) Nowadays, through the wonders of modern computing, ham operators no longer need a radio! Using software available from Echolink at , they can chat directly over the computer, like a telephone but without the long-distance charges. So two ham operators could agree to meet at a server at a given time, hook up through Echolink, and chat while they play. There is a catch: you must be licensed by the FCC as an amateur radio operator. If the idea appeals to you, AGA member and ham operator Antin Ninno writes that "sinc! e there is no longer a Morse code proficiency requirement for new hams, it's very easy to pass the FCC license exam. Just take the 50-question multiple choice test, pay the $10 fee, and you're a ham for life. It's easier than learning to play Go! You can buy the exam study guide at any RadioShack store. It has all the exam questions and answers to study." Thanks Anton! What about the rest of us? Sooner or later, audio and video Internet linkups will become widely available. Maybe they will be built directly into servers and clients, or widespread online telephony could solve the problem. In the mean time, Sungjin Kim is working on the problem with a program he calls Go Black and White, at . His current goal is to build a direct P2P linkup with enabled speech, and he hopes to establish server where more interaction will be possible between players. In a recent column, Bill Cobb pointed out the importance of words. Talking about our games helps us to establish useful categorie! s and to grasp other elements of the game more deeply. Computers can isolate us, but they can also help us make new friends through communities of the like-minded, such as the world of online Go. There's something fun about the impersonal nature of Go on the Internet now, but ultimately it's a non-stop Turing test -- how do you know whether you're playing a person or a computer program?

GO REVIEW: How to Play Handicap Go
by Yuan Zhou
Slate & Shell
Reviewed by Bob Barber, 1k
The main thrust of this book is teaching how to play White in a handicap game, but the analysis is so thorough (60 diagrams per game!) that Black learns as well. Beautifully designed, with two diagrams per page, some show only one move, allowing clear explanation. Think AGA 5 dans are pretty savvy? Here we see them lose their way taking three stones. Often, the reader gets a chance to play like an 8 dan and find the next move. Eight of the games show Yuan Zhou giving from three to seven stones as he exposes the mistakes of dan-level players (though 3d Haskell Small wins praise for "a good job of keeping White busy.") The final game, by two hapless kyu players, is fine example of how NOT to play as White. I am pleased to report that in a recent rematch, after reading this book, White was not bamboozled.

GO CLASSIFIED

WANTED: New American player living near Kaiserslautern, Germany looking for players. email myndreach98@hotmail.com .

WANTED: Copy of "First Kyu" by Sung-Hwa Hong. Any condition. Will pay $25 plus shipping. Write Jonathan at glass@ctconnect.com or call 203 256 8162.

FOR SALE: Giant Go sets. Perfect for public, club, exibition play. Measure 10 by 10, 14 by 14 and 20 by 20 feet. For more information contact Dr. Steven Cottingham at stevenc@onoacademy.co.uk or toll free at 888-838-1982

WANTED: The Springs Go Club is looking for Go players in the Colorado Springs, Colorado area. All strengths welcome. (Currently we have players from about 20k to 3 dan.) Contact Jim Michali (jmichali@adelphia.net ) or Tom Obenchain (tobenchain@pcisys.net ).

WANTED: Information about the existence and location of giant go sets (NOT looking to buy or build; no queries please!), like the one in Milan, Italy, as seen in "Go Promotion in Piazza Duomo" - Milano, 7th May 2000:

WANTED: Players in central Kentucky: Frankfort near Lexington and Louisville.
wlmacintire@msn.com

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

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SCOREBOARD: Middlebury, VT
Middlebury, VT: George Sporzynski Memorial Tournament
April 19
16 players (plus 8 players in 13X13 novice tournament)
TD: Peter Schumer
1st: Chuck Robbins (3D) 4 - 0, 2nd: Peter Schumer (2k) 3 -1, 3rd: Bill Arrand (2k) 3 -1, 4th: Quentin Dombro (2k) 3 - 1, 5th: Eva Casey (3k) 3 - 1. 1st place prize $100 gift certificate to Yutopian Enterprises/Kiseido (with support from Ing Foundation), 2nd place prize: $80 gift certificate to Yutopian Enterprises/Kiseido, 3rd and 4th prizes included books donated by Slate and Shell.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

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: Corvallis, Oregon
Corvallis Spring Tournament
Robert O'Malley 541-738-1690 omalley@coas.oregonstate.edu

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
www.rit.edu/~mtskywww/tournament.html

May 24-25: Baltimore, MD
30th MARYLAND OPEN
Keith L. Arnold 410-788-3520 hlime@earthlink.net

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
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