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May 19, 2003

In This Edition:
U.S. GO NEWS: PLANS PROCEED, CAREFULLY, FOR U.S. GO CONGRESS; Kid's Cybercamp; Feng Yun Visits Baltimore & DC WORLD GO NEWS: WAGC POSTPONED; Kato Defends Honinbo; Up And Coming Young Player GAME COMMENTARY: Kids & Kos MOMENTS IN GO HISTORY: Kerwin's 1st Pro Win YOUR MOVE: Readers Write GO REVIEW: Handbook of Star Point Joseki GO CLASSIFIED
SCOREBOARD: Dearborn, MI; Arlington, VA
CALENDAR OF EVENTS

U.S. GO NEWS

PLANS PROCEED, CAREFULLY, FOR U.S. GO CONGRESS: "SARS (Severe, Acute Respiratory Syndrome) has been prominent in the news recently, and there has been a great deal of fear created," reports AGA President Chris Kirschner. "Particularly in the beginning, this was very much justified. As a consequence, we have received some questions from people concerned about potential risks of contracting SARS at the US Go Congress, which is scheduled August 2 - 11, 2003 in Houston, Texas. This is a preliminary response to those concerns, based on a major reports issued by the World Health Organization (WHO) May 15, 2003, and from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and other WHO reports, and information provided by the US State Department. As this is a fast breaking event, we will continue to track it by following the reports of these organizations as they continue to be released. Our physician Board member, Dr. David Dinhofer has agreed to help us evaluate the more technical aspects. ! You can expect continuing announcements if and as anything changes. The WHO report http://gm14.com/r.html?c=202153&r=201737&t=88498618&l=1&d=84672986&u=http://www.who.int/csr/sars/guidelines/gatherings/en/&g=0&f=84672988 deals specifically with "mass gatherings", and suggests strongly that people should not be excluded from participation based simply on their country of origin. They also suggest strongly that people with active symptoms, or who are known to have been exposed to people with active symptoms should not travel. The contents of this report are consistent with information available from the CDC report issued May 14, 2003:
http://gm14.com/r.html?c=202153&r=201737&t=88498618&l=1&d=84672976&u=http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/hostingarrivals.htm&g=0&f=84672988 and http://gm14.com/r.html?c=202153&r=201737&t=88498618&l=1&d=84672977&u=http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/r030514.htm&g=0&f=84672988 and other recent reports available at http://gm14.com/r.html?c=202153&r=201737&t=88498618&l=1&d=84672975&u=http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/&g=0&f=84672988 or 888-246-2675, where you will actually get a real person, who will give you straight answers to your questions. Stated very briefly, a person infected with SARS is not contagious until it is quite apparent that the person is ill. Thus, you can't catch it from someone who has merely been exposed to it, but is not actively ill. The disease gives considerable warning (You know you are ill.) long before a person becomes contagious. It is therefore very simple to avoid spreading SARS, even in an area where it is known to exist in the population. Travele! rs are now being warned to not travel if they have been exposed, and are further screened upon arrival in this country. These precautions have proven extremely effective, even in the relatively short period of time they have been in effect. We expect the situation world wide to continue to improve, as it has been, and that the problem will be essentially solved by the time we actually meet in Houston. Our policy therefore will be to continue watching events closely, and to act on the basis of recommendations from CDC and WHO. At this time, we are therefore not suggesting that anyone refrain from coming because of their country of origin. We are, however, informing them of their need to avoid exposure before traveling, and of the protective policies being implemented by our State Department and Customs and Border Protection Agency. Under the circumstances, they may choose to avoid travel, which we would of course understand; but we are not asking them to stay away. This ! policy may, of course, change if the circumstances change in a manner to suggest it. Anyone with questions is invited to write to congress@usgo.org.

KID'S CYBERCAMP: Cybercamp begins May 28th on KGS, reports Rob Muldowney. "A special room for AGA teachers and students has been created on KGS and apecific meetings will be held every Wednesday from 5P EDT to 11P EDT." The time frame is designed to accommodate young children on both coasts. There will be adult supervision during the regular meeting schedule, but students and teachers may meet in the room at any time. Special teaching events will be scheduled once the program has been established. "This is a private room and can only be entered by invitation," says Rob. "To reduce the number of emails required to set this up, I would like teachers to send me a list of interested students and their KGS login names once a week. We have a few volunteers for supervision, but will need more. Contact Rob at loscott@eden.rutgers.edu

FENG YUN VISITS BALTIMORE & DC: Feng Yun, professional 9-dan will be visiting the Washington-Baltimore area on Memorial Day weekend, reports local organizer Haskell Small. "She will first visit the Greater Washington Go Club on Friday night, May 23 at 7:30P. She will do a small teaching games type of event; we don't want to wear her out since she will be playing in the Maryland Open on Saturday and Sunday." For those interested in participating, Haskell says "it will be a strongest first, first come/first serve event and there will be a $10 charge." All are welcome to observe at no charge. There will also be a dinner beforehand at 6P at the Aji Nippon restaurant in Bethesda (RSVP to Hal by noon Friday 5/23).
haskellsmall@starpower.net

WORLD GO NEWS

WAGC POSTPONED: The International Go Federation has just recommended postponing the World Amateur Go Championships until October, because of concerns about the threat of SARS. "A final decision will be made in August, subject to WHO's reports or instructions on the current situation of the epidemic at that time," wrote Matsuo Toshimitsu in a May 15 email to IGF Directors, adding that "The rationale for the postponement is WHO's recent reports on SARS, especially its spread in China." Sixty-two countries have selected representatives to the WAGC in Japan, including fifteen from Asia, including both Koreas, Hong Kong China, Chinese Taipei, and China. Europe has thirty representatives, and there are three from Africa: Madagascar, Morocco, and South Africa. The Americas send 12, including Cuba, and there are also Australia and New Zealand, classified as Oceania. Chendao Lin, the U.S. representative to the IGF, has concurred with the recommendation to postpone. In other WAGC new! s, Ted Ning is this year's US representative to the World Amateur Go Championship, not Jung Hoon Lee, as reported in last week's E-Journal. With 55 points earned last year, Ted led both Thomas Hsiang and Jung Hoon Lee, who had 50 and 40 points, respectively. We sincerely regret the error.

KATO DEFENDS HONINBO: Kato Masao, the current Honinbo title holder, won the first game in his title match with Cho U 8P, winning with Black by resignation. Following an old custom that had been abandoned, Kato actually took a new given name when he won the Honinbo last year, so he should now be called Kato Kensei. Holding the Honinbo title in his mid-fifties is an impressive achievement. You can get the game record at http://gm14.com/r.html?c=202153&r=201737&t=88498618&l=1&d=84672982&u=http://www.mainichi.co.jp/life/hobby/igo03/01/index.html&g=0&f=84672988

UP AND COMING YOUNG PLAYER: Cho U 8P, who is challenging for the Honinbo title, is doing very well these days. From Taiwan and in his early twenties, he has a good shot at being the challenger for the Meijin title. In the challenger match for that title Cho has a 5-1 record and Yamashita Keigo 7P is 5-0. No one else has five wins in the eight game match. Cho is also playing in the final round to decide the challenger for the Judan title. This is the one that Kobayashi Izumi 5P is the first woman to play in. Cho is definitely a player to keep an eye on. Check out photos and more at http://gm14.com/r.html?c=202153&r=201737&t=88498618&l=1&d=84672980&u=http://www.gogameworld.com/gophp/playerinfo.php%3fname=Cho%20U&g=0&f=84672988


GAME COMMENTARY: Kids & Kos

In today's game, White has a hard time fighting the ko. "This was because White has weak positions everywhere," says Guo Juan, who provides the commentary. "When we are weak, it's better not to start a ko." The game is the final round from the 7th European youth go championship, which took place in Cannes in March with 276 participants. Seventeen year-old Antoine Fenech, a 3D from France plays Ilia Chikchine, a 13 year-old 5D from Russia. "In 1985 I visited France for the first time," says Guo. "At that time there were only a few young players around. About six years ago, I started to visit the French Go summer camp and a year later also the winter camp. I was very impressed by their work. For example in the summer camp, there are always more than fifty children, and everybody learns to play go! The French Go Association pays a great deal of attention to the young players. I believe in
the near future we will see some high level young French players."

Today's bonus problem file is called "Live and Let Live" and is a puzzle is from an old Japanese go book titled "Gokyoshumyo".

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MOMENTS IN GO HISTORY: Kerwin's 1st Pro Win
On February 14, 1978, James Kerwin became the first Westerner to gain pro status at the Nihon Kiin. Since then, Kerwin has been a highly regarded, popular go teacher in the US, but he had a brief pro career in Japan before returning to the States. Kerwin's greatest achievement there was winning the 1 dan section of the Kisei tournament in 1979, but his first win as a pro came on May 31, 1978-almost exactly twenty-five years ago. This was in an Oteai ( the Nihon Kiin's pro rating tournament) game against Ando Akio 2 Dan. Kerwin had lost his first two Oteai games, but showed his strength in this one. An SGF file of the game with comments is attached for your enjoyment.

YOUR MOVE: Readers Write

LINUX GO SOFTWARE: "There are a few Go programs available for Linux," writes Howard Pepper in response to last week's query. "The first is GNUGo, from the GNU foundation. http://gm14.com/r.html?c=202153&r=201737&t=88498618&l=1&d=84672978&u=http://www.gnu.org/software/gnugo/gnugo.html&g=0&f=84672988 GNUGo plays in a console window (like a DOS box), but it can interface with GUI programs such as JaGo, a Java Go client for server-based play or local play with GNUgo: http://gm14.com/r.html?c=202153&r=201737&t=88498618&l=1&d=84672983&u=http://www.rene-grothmann.de/jago/&g=0&f=84672988 The Java JRE is required. Another one is the older version of CGoBan: http://gm14.com/r.html?c=202153&r=201737&t=88498618&l=1&d=84672981&u=http://www.igoweb.org/~wms/comp/cgoban/&g=0&f=84672988 Although CGoBan is no longer being maintained, it is still a good game. You might also wish to use CgoBan 2, which was also written in Java. You can find it at: http://gm14.com/r.html?c=202153&r=201737&!
t=88498618&l=1&d=84672973&u=http://kgs.kiseido.com/en_US/download.html&g=0&f=84672988 CGoBan will also work with the Kiseido Go server.

PROUD BADGER: "Thanks for the nice update on go in Rochester," writes Dave Weimer. "One correction, very important for a Badger: I'm at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, not University of Michigan at Ann Arbor."

GO REVIEW: Handbook of Star Point Joseki
Edited by the Nihon Kiin
Yutopian Enterprises
Reviewed by Lon Atkins, 12k

A wonderful resource for any player, this very thorough dictionary of star point joseki is invaluable for the beginner starting to think beyond the simple handicap joseki we first learn. Aggressive and tricky tries by White are analyzed to reveal White's goals and Black's best responses. A generous helping of diagrams shows the underlying reasons for plays, without confusing the reader with too many moves. For one to improve at go, understanding the 'why" is more important than memorizing the "what." Two aspects of the book are especially good. The many double approaches against the star point (when black plays elsewhere) are systematically discussed, and a section called "supplemental joseki" provides other perspectives into each major division of joseki. Kudos to Yutopian for publishing this gem, and to Craig Hutchinson (editor and layout master) and Robert Terry (translator).


GO CLASSIFIED

WANTED: Copy of "All about Thickness" by Ishida Yoshio and "The Power of the Star-Point" by Takagawa Shukaku in any condition.
weiqi@earthlink.net (posted 5/19)

WANTED: Plans for building go boards. BardKile@cs.com
P Kile (posted 5/12)

WANTED: Students, 30k - 2d. IGS 5d offers online lessons.
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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. (posted 4/28)

FOR SALE: Giant Go sets. Perfect for public, club, exhibition play. Measure 10x10, 14x14 and 20x20 feet. For more information contact Dr. Steven Cottingham at stevenc@onoacademy.co.uk or toll free at 888-838-1982 (posted 4/28)

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: http://gm14.com/r.html?c=202153&r=201737&t=88498618&l=1&d=84672979&u=http://www.goclubmilano.org/foto/duomo2000/inglese.html&g=0&f=84672988

GO PLAYERS

Alaska: I have known about go for over 20 years but playing just the last four and am looking for players in Alaska, particularly the Anchorage area. Ed Sawyer, eddieballgame@yahoo.com (posted 5/12)

COLORADO: 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 (posted 4/28)

GERMANY: New American player living near Kaiserslautern, Germany looking for players. email myndreach98@hotmail.com (posted 4/28)

KENTUCKY: Players in central Kentucky: Frankfort near Lexington and Louisville. wlmacintire@msn.com (posted 4/28)

MAINE: New go player; IGo computer version not enough,. Would like to find a Maine player (Greater Augusta area) to play/learn from. Email Bill at wchellis@gwi.net (posted 5/6)

OHIO: players in the Toledo (Ohio) area. Contact David43515@hotmail.com (posted 4/28)

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SCOREBOARD: Dearborn, MI

Dearborn, MI
May 10
Lower Kyu Division: (>10k): 1st: David ROHDE; 2nd: Julia FERRY; 3rd: Keith YOUNG
Upper Kyu Division: (1-10k): 1st: Su YI; 2nd: Stefan FILIPEK; 3rd: Andrew PENNY
Dan-Level Division: (1dan and stronger): 1st: Yunbo-YI; 2nd: Jin CHEN; 3rd: Richard LIANG.
Special Awards: Books that were donated to us from Slate and Shell were handed out as special awards. Edged out of 3rd in the Lower Kyu Division - Josh BALOH; Edged out of 3rd in the Upper Kyu Division - Bill PHILLIPS; Fighting Spirit - Chris DUNN; Outstanding Beginner Enthusiasm - The Howell Go Club.

Arlington, VA
NOVA May Madness Self-Paired
May 10
13 players; TD: Allan Abramson
Winners: Arnold Eudell, 4k, 4-0; John Greiner, 10k, 4-1. "The tournament director lost an eight stone game to Bill Cobb by four points," reports Alan Abramson, "and fell apart thereafter. Only thirteen players participated, raising some questions: Did Mother's Day weekend have an effect? Did the threat of more severe weather have an effect? Did the self-paired format repel potential players? Any input on these momentous issues would be welcome: mediate8@worldnet.att.net."

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

May 23-26: Round Top, NY
Memorial Day workshop with Guo Juan
Jean-Claude Chetrit 718-638-2266 zorglub@brooklyngoclub.org http://gm14.com/r.html?c=202153&r=201737&t=88498618&l=1&d=84672972&u=http://brooklyngoclub.org/generic_club/cgi-bin/disp_topic.iphtml%3f&g=0&f=84672988
topic_id=117

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

May 31: Davis, CA
Davis/Sacramento Go Club Tournament
Fred Hopkins 916-965-0478 fred.hopkins@mckesson.com

June 6: Bethesda, MD
Lessons with Yuan Zhou at GWGC
Haskell Small 202-244-4764 haskellsmall@starpower.net

June 14: Chicago, IL
One Nation Under Go
Bob Barber 773-467-0423 komoku@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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