American Go E-Journal
Upcoming Go Events: Seattle
Jan 21, 2019 03:45 pm | Roger Schrag
http://www.usgo.org/news/2019/01/upcoming-go-events-sacramento/
February 3: Seattle, WA
Seattle Go Center Monthly Ratings Tournament (http://www.seattlego.org/events/)
Mike Malveaux programs@seattlego.org (mailto:programs@seattlego.org)
206-545-1424
Get the latest go events information (http://www.usgo.org/event-calendar) .
SoCal Chinese Club hosts Southern California Go Championship Feb 16-17
Jan 21, 2019 01:00 pm | Chris Garlock
http://www.usgo.org/news/2019/01/socal-chinese-club-hosts-southern-california-go-championship-feb-16-17/
The Southern California Chinese Go Club will host a 2-day, 6-round
major tournament February 16-17 in Irvine, California. This will be
the sixth consecutive year that Jay Zheng has sponsored this event,
formally known as the Southern California Go Championship. The event,
which will expand to six rounds, will be held at a venue in Orange
County near the John Wayne airport. In addition to cash awards and
trophies, snacks and refreshments will be provided to ensure that
players have enough energy to play long hours of go. Record turnout of
around 100 is expected, including a very competitive Open section.
Click here (https://www.goclubs.org/dbm/Tlogin.php) to pre-register
by Feb 13.
- Kevin Chao
The Power Report (2/4): League updates; Judan challenger
Jan 21, 2019 12:00 pm | Chris Garlock
http://www.usgo.org/news/2019/01/the-power-report-24-league-updates-judan-challenger/
by John Power, Japan correspondent for the
E-Journalhttp://www.usgo.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2019.01.20-Honinbo-league.png
Honinbo League: The fourth round of the 74^th Honinbo League has been
completed. Instead of one player breaking clear, the position has
become complicated, with four players sharing the lead. On January 7,
Yamashita Keigo 9P (W) beat Anzai Nobuaki 7P by half a point. That
improved Yamashita's score to 2-2, so he is still in the running to
win the league (he's also helped by his number one ranking). Anzai
goes to 0-4, so he looks unlikely to retain his league seat. However,
the narrow margin shows that he is not being outclassed. In the second
game, played on January 10, Yo Seiki 8P (B) beat Hane Naoki 9P by
resig. Yo and Hane are now both on 3-1. The only undefeated player at
this point was Ichiriki Ryo 8P, who was on 3-0. On January 17, he
played Shibano Toramaru 7P; taking white, the latter beat him by
resignation, so both went to 3-1. On the same day, Kono Rin 9P (W)
beat Ko Iso 8P by resignation. Kono improved to 2-2, but Ko went down
to 0-4. Ko also looks like losing his
place, but being ranked number two gives him a slight advantage over Anzai.
Meijin League: Two games in the second round of the 44thMeijin League
were played on January 10. Kono Rin 9P (B)
beathttp://www.usgo.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2019.01.20-Meijin-league.png
Mutsuura Yuta 7P by resig. and Shibano Toramaru 7P (W) beat Murakawa
Daisuke 8P by 2.5 points. Two more games were played on January 17,
and one of them could have a big effect on the league. Suzuki Shinji
7P (B) beat the favorite, Iyama Yuta, by half a point. In the other
game, Son Makoto 7P (W) beat Hane Naoki 9P by resignation. On 2-0,
Kono is the provisional leader.
Judan challenger: Murakawa or Takao: The first semifinal of the 57^th
Judan tournament was played on December 27, with Takao Shinji 9P (W)
beating Yamashita Keigo 9P by 2.5 points. The second was held on
January 7. Murakawa Daisuke 8P (W) beat Onishi Ryuhei 4P by resig.
Tomorrow: Ueno makes good start in Women's Kisei; Xie to challenge for
Women's Meijin
4th South Central Go Tournament set for Feb 16-17
Jan 20, 2019 03:47 pm | Chris Garlock
http://www.usgo.org/news/2019/01/4th-south-central-go-tournament-set-for-feb-16-17/
The fourth running of the South Central Go Tournament will be held
Presidents' Day weekend — February 16 and 17 — in
Dallashttp://www.usgo.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2019.01.20-2017-south-central.jpg
Texas. There will be Open and Handicap Sections. Prior events have
drawn around 40 players and from several states. Prizes will be
awarded in both the Open and Handicap Sections, and the Texas resident
who finishes best in the Open Section will become the 2019 Texas State
Champion.
Players can register for the tournament on-line
(https://www.goclubs.org/dbm/Tlogin.php) ; updated information is
available on Facebook (www.facebook.com/southcentralgotournament%20) ,
where there's also a registration button. Send questions about the
Texas State Championship to Bart Jacob at bart.jacob@gmail.com
(mailto:bart.jacob@gmail.com) . Send general questions about the
tournament to bobgilman.aga@gmail.com (mailto:bobgilman.aga@gmail.com)
photo: at the 2017 tournament
The Power Report (1/4): Chen Yaoye wins 1st Tianfu Cup; Iyama makes
good start in Kisei
Jan 20, 2019 03:20 pm | Chris Garlock
http://www.usgo.org/news/2019/01/the-power-report-14-chen-yaoye-wins-1st-tianfu-cup-iyama-makes-good-start-in-kisei/
by John Power, Japan correspondent for the E-Journal
Chen Yaoye wins 1st Tianfu Cup: The semifinals of the 1st Tianfu Cup
were held on December 21 and the best-of-three final on December 23,
25, and 26. In one semifinal, Chen Yaoye 9P of China (W) defeated Park
Junghwan 9P of Korea by resig. In the other, Shin Jinseo 9P of Korea
(B) beat Jiang Weijie 9P of China by resig. In the first game of the
final, Chen (W) won by resig.; in the second, Shin (W) won by 2.5
points. In the deciding game, Chen (B) won by resig. Chen, who turned
29 on December 16, won his third international title; Shin missed the
chance to take his first. First prize is 2,000,000 yuan (about
$292,000).
Iyama makes good start in Kisei: The first game of the 43rd2019.01.20
Yamashita 1st move in Kisei Kisei best-of-seven title match was held
at the familiar venue of the Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo in Bunkyo Ward on
January 10 and 11. It featured a familiar pairing: Yamashita Keigo
challenging Iyama Yuta Kisei for the fourth time, including three
times in a row from 2014 to 2016. Iyama has held this title for six
years in a row; Yamashita (at right in photo, making the first move)
has won it five times, including four years in a row. Besides that,
Iyama has made one unsuccessful challenge and Yamashita has made
unsuccessful challenges to Hane Naoki 9P and Cho U 9P.
Yamashita drew black in the nigiri. Yamashita started out by taking
the lead in territory, then fell behind, and then upset Iyama's lead.
However, Yamashita apparently thought he was still behind, so he
started a risky fight and perished. He resigned after 172 moves. If he
had played more peacefully, he would have had a good chance of
winning.
The second game will be played on January 21 and 22.
Tomorrow: League updates; Judan challenger
Canadian go news updates
Jan 20, 2019 09:00 am | Chris Garlock
http://www.usgo.org/news/2019/01/canadian-go-news-updates/
by James Sedgwick, president of the Canadian Go Association
(http://canadiango.org/)
CGA summer go camp: We're now ready to accept registrations. As
previously noted the event will take place August 18-23 2019, at
Jouvence resort inside Mount Orford national park. Please go to the
camp web page (http://info.go-canada.org/summer-2019-go-camp/) for
more details and follow instructions to register. This is going to be
a very special event, don't miss it!
2019 CGA online league about to start: Registration
(https://canadiango.org/league/round/6115) closes for the first
session of 2019 this Tuesday January 15th. 36 players are already
registered. As always this is a great chance for some serious games
with friends in the Canadian Go community.
Upcoming events
* We Go open tournament (http://canadiango.org/event/display/6116) :
Saturday January 26th, Waterloo Ontario
* We Go children's competition
(http://canadiango.org/event/display/6117) : Sunday January 27th,
Waterloo Ontario
* Montreal Winter cup (http://canadiango.org/event/display/6113) :
Saturday February 23rd
* 9th annual Brock Go tournament : Saturday March 2nd (event web page
not yet posted)
* Toronto spring meet (http://canadiango.org/event/display/6112) :
Saturday April 27th
New Go web site: Since gogameguru.com (http://gogameguru.com/)
stopped active publishing a couple years back there has been a gap in
English language online publishing. The web site explore baduk
(http://explorebaduk.com/) has now opened, and it is producing
significant content. There is a book (https://explorebaduk.com/book/)
reviewing what it is like to study (as a European) at a Chinese Go
school. And there a a regular sequence of articles being published
with game reviews, new variations, etc. Definitely worth adding this
site to your regular browsing! They are making heavy use of AI
analysis, making it possible to produce studies in English that
couldn't have been done before without feedback from top
professionals.
Yoon-Young Kim 4P reviews top professional games: A couple years the
AGA YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/usgoweb) regularly had
this sort of review. But recently they have been focused on the
Alphago game reviews, along with some of Michael Redmond's personal
games. These are wonderful, but its also nice to see top tournament
games reviewed. Yoon-young kim has stepped in to fill some of this
gap. Recent reviews include games from the Tianfu cup, and the
Chunlan Cup. Have a look at her twitch channel
(https://www.twitch.tv/kimyoonyoung/videos/all) , and enjoy!
Redmond's Reviews, Episode 13: Redmond 9p v. Cho U 9p
Jan 19, 2019 08:55 pm | Chris Garlock
http://www.usgo.org/news/2019/01/redmonds-reviews-episode-13-redmond-9p-v-cho-u-9p/
Michael Redmond 9p, hosted by the AGA E-Journal's Chris Garlock,
takes a break from analyzing the AlphaGo self-played
gameshttp://www.usgo.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2019.01.18_Redmond-ChoU2018-screengrab.jpg
to review his own recent game against Cho U 9P
(https://youtu.be/LN1HKbZW4B4) . This game was played just a few days
after Cho U became the Meijin and Redmond — who went into this game
with a 2-2 record against Cho — says he can see
http://www.usgo.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2019.01.18_Redmond-ChoU2018-screengrab2.jpg"how
much studying with computer programs has changed Cho's game." Cho is
"a very precise player," Redmond says, which makes him very tough in
the middle and endgame, but "even top professional players have a hard
time assigning exact values to positions in the opening" and "the big
change I saw in this game is that Cho seems much more confident in his
opening, and knew exactly what the computer values were for the
various positions in the
opening." Redmond also shares his own experiences with studying with a go AI.
These videos are made possible by the support of the American Go
Association; please consider joining (http://www.usgo.org/join-now)
today!
Video produced by Michael Wanek & Andrew Jackson.
download SGF file
(http://www.usgo.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2019.01.18_Redmond-ChoU2018.sgf)
Cho Hunhyun 9P's memoir published in English
Jan 18, 2019 07:33 pm | Chris Garlock
http://www.usgo.org/news/2019/01/cho-hunhyun-9ps-memoir-published-in-english/
"I don't know anything else but Go…However, it doesn't mean I don't
know about life." Thus begins "Go with the Flow: How the
(https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07H3N4WVR)
http://www.usgo.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2019.01.17-Go-With-The-Flow.jpgGreat
Master of Go Trained His Mind," (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07H3N4WVR)
the memoirs of Cho Hunhyun, one of the greatest go masters in history,
now published in English and available on Amazon. A Korean
professional since the age of nine, Cho has won 1,935 matches and
amassed 150 professional titles, more than any player in the world.
He's held all of the open tournaments in Korea three times, in 1980,
1982 and 1986, and has won 11 international titles, third most in the
world behind Lee Chang-ho (21) and Lee Sedol (15).
A bestseller in Japan and China as well as Korea, "Go with the Flow"
breaks new ground for go books. "We in the West now have many books
and teachers that can instruct us how to play the game," writes AGA
president Andy Okun, "but few that tell us what it is like to be a top
Go player." Cho "does this with great openness," Okun continues,
"telling us his emotions, his feelings and perceptions, as he goes
through the very taxing life necessary to have a chance to be a
champion…What emerges is the portrait of a remarkable man, who had a
rich, full life and wide-ranging interests, but all concentrated in a
sense by the lens of Go. It was a joy to read."
Cho's memoir also includes "many episodes about players who earned
Cho's respect," writes Michael Redmond 9P, "giving us a fascinating
collection of stories about the best Go players of the 20th
century…This book can be enjoyed by anyone who has an interest in Go
or Asian culture."
"The strength to think," writes Cho, "is the only beacon that helps
one get through life. Along the journey, we learn more about
ourselves."
Joseph Chaves wins MGA Winter Handicap
Jan 16, 2019 06:58 pm | Chris Garlock
http://www.usgo.org/news/2019/01/joseph-chaves-wins-mga-winter-handicap/
Eight kyu Joseph Chaves went 4-0 to win the Massachusetts Go
Association's annual Winter
Handhttp://www.usgo.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2019.01.06_Joseph_Chaves_and_Benjamin_Gunby_both_3_and_0_facing_off_in_game_4.jpgicap
Tournament on January 6. A total of 18 players ranging from 6 dan to
13 kyu competed in the tournament at the Boylston Chess Club in
Cambridge, Massachusetts. Chaves earned $50 for his first-place
finish; tied for second place the following 3-1 players won $10
apiece: YiLin Xu 6d, Benjamin Gunby 3k, Eric Reid 4k, Josh Greene 12k
and Albert Brox 13k.
- report/photo by Eva Casey, Tournament Director and Tournament
Coordinator of the Massachusetts Go Association. Click here
(http://theworld.com/~eva/MGA_Tournament_2019_01/) to see more
photos.
photo: Joseph Chaves and Benjamin Gundy, both 3-0, face off in Round 4
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Upcoming Go Events: Seattle
Jan 21, 2019 03:45 pm | Roger Schrag
http://www.usgo.org/news/2019/01/upcoming-go-events-sacramento/
February 3: Seattle, WA
Seattle Go Center Monthly Ratings Tournament (http://www.seattlego.org/events/)
Mike Malveaux programs@seattlego.org (mailto:programs@seattlego.org)
206-545-1424
Get the latest go events information (http://www.usgo.org/event-calendar) .
SoCal Chinese Club hosts Southern California Go Championship Feb 16-17
Jan 21, 2019 01:00 pm | Chris Garlock
http://www.usgo.org/news/2019/01/socal-chinese-club-hosts-southern-california-go-championship-feb-16-17/
The Southern California Chinese Go Club will host a 2-day, 6-round
major tournament February 16-17 in Irvine, California. This will be
the sixth consecutive year that Jay Zheng has sponsored this event,
formally known as the Southern California Go Championship. The event,
which will expand to six rounds, will be held at a venue in Orange
County near the John Wayne airport. In addition to cash awards and
trophies, snacks and refreshments will be provided to ensure that
players have enough energy to play long hours of go. Record turnout of
around 100 is expected, including a very competitive Open section.
Click here (https://www.goclubs.org/dbm/Tlogin.php) to pre-register
by Feb 13.
- Kevin Chao
The Power Report (2/4): League updates; Judan challenger
Jan 21, 2019 12:00 pm | Chris Garlock
http://www.usgo.org/news/2019/01/the-power-report-24-league-updates-judan-challenger/
by John Power, Japan correspondent for the
E-Journalhttp://www.usgo.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2019.01.20-Honinbo-league.png
Honinbo League: The fourth round of the 74^th Honinbo League has been
completed. Instead of one player breaking clear, the position has
become complicated, with four players sharing the lead. On January 7,
Yamashita Keigo 9P (W) beat Anzai Nobuaki 7P by half a point. That
improved Yamashita's score to 2-2, so he is still in the running to
win the league (he's also helped by his number one ranking). Anzai
goes to 0-4, so he looks unlikely to retain his league seat. However,
the narrow margin shows that he is not being outclassed. In the second
game, played on January 10, Yo Seiki 8P (B) beat Hane Naoki 9P by
resig. Yo and Hane are now both on 3-1. The only undefeated player at
this point was Ichiriki Ryo 8P, who was on 3-0. On January 17, he
played Shibano Toramaru 7P; taking white, the latter beat him by
resignation, so both went to 3-1. On the same day, Kono Rin 9P (W)
beat Ko Iso 8P by resignation. Kono improved to 2-2, but Ko went down
to 0-4. Ko also looks like losing his
place, but being ranked number two gives him a slight advantage over Anzai.
Meijin League: Two games in the second round of the 44thMeijin League
were played on January 10. Kono Rin 9P (B)
beathttp://www.usgo.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2019.01.20-Meijin-league.png
Mutsuura Yuta 7P by resig. and Shibano Toramaru 7P (W) beat Murakawa
Daisuke 8P by 2.5 points. Two more games were played on January 17,
and one of them could have a big effect on the league. Suzuki Shinji
7P (B) beat the favorite, Iyama Yuta, by half a point. In the other
game, Son Makoto 7P (W) beat Hane Naoki 9P by resignation. On 2-0,
Kono is the provisional leader.
Judan challenger: Murakawa or Takao: The first semifinal of the 57^th
Judan tournament was played on December 27, with Takao Shinji 9P (W)
beating Yamashita Keigo 9P by 2.5 points. The second was held on
January 7. Murakawa Daisuke 8P (W) beat Onishi Ryuhei 4P by resig.
Tomorrow: Ueno makes good start in Women's Kisei; Xie to challenge for
Women's Meijin
4th South Central Go Tournament set for Feb 16-17
Jan 20, 2019 03:47 pm | Chris Garlock
http://www.usgo.org/news/2019/01/4th-south-central-go-tournament-set-for-feb-16-17/
The fourth running of the South Central Go Tournament will be held
Presidents' Day weekend — February 16 and 17 — in
Dallashttp://www.usgo.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2019.01.20-2017-south-central.jpg
Texas. There will be Open and Handicap Sections. Prior events have
drawn around 40 players and from several states. Prizes will be
awarded in both the Open and Handicap Sections, and the Texas resident
who finishes best in the Open Section will become the 2019 Texas State
Champion.
Players can register for the tournament on-line
(https://www.goclubs.org/dbm/Tlogin.php) ; updated information is
available on Facebook (www.facebook.com/southcentralgotournament%20) ,
where there's also a registration button. Send questions about the
Texas State Championship to Bart Jacob at bart.jacob@gmail.com
(mailto:bart.jacob@gmail.com) . Send general questions about the
tournament to bobgilman.aga@gmail.com (mailto:bobgilman.aga@gmail.com)
photo: at the 2017 tournament
The Power Report (1/4): Chen Yaoye wins 1st Tianfu Cup; Iyama makes
good start in Kisei
Jan 20, 2019 03:20 pm | Chris Garlock
http://www.usgo.org/news/2019/01/the-power-report-14-chen-yaoye-wins-1st-tianfu-cup-iyama-makes-good-start-in-kisei/
by John Power, Japan correspondent for the E-Journal
Chen Yaoye wins 1st Tianfu Cup: The semifinals of the 1st Tianfu Cup
were held on December 21 and the best-of-three final on December 23,
25, and 26. In one semifinal, Chen Yaoye 9P of China (W) defeated Park
Junghwan 9P of Korea by resig. In the other, Shin Jinseo 9P of Korea
(B) beat Jiang Weijie 9P of China by resig. In the first game of the
final, Chen (W) won by resig.; in the second, Shin (W) won by 2.5
points. In the deciding game, Chen (B) won by resig. Chen, who turned
29 on December 16, won his third international title; Shin missed the
chance to take his first. First prize is 2,000,000 yuan (about
$292,000).
Iyama makes good start in Kisei: The first game of the 43rd2019.01.20
Yamashita 1st move in Kisei Kisei best-of-seven title match was held
at the familiar venue of the Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo in Bunkyo Ward on
January 10 and 11. It featured a familiar pairing: Yamashita Keigo
challenging Iyama Yuta Kisei for the fourth time, including three
times in a row from 2014 to 2016. Iyama has held this title for six
years in a row; Yamashita (at right in photo, making the first move)
has won it five times, including four years in a row. Besides that,
Iyama has made one unsuccessful challenge and Yamashita has made
unsuccessful challenges to Hane Naoki 9P and Cho U 9P.
Yamashita drew black in the nigiri. Yamashita started out by taking
the lead in territory, then fell behind, and then upset Iyama's lead.
However, Yamashita apparently thought he was still behind, so he
started a risky fight and perished. He resigned after 172 moves. If he
had played more peacefully, he would have had a good chance of
winning.
The second game will be played on January 21 and 22.
Tomorrow: League updates; Judan challenger
Canadian go news updates
Jan 20, 2019 09:00 am | Chris Garlock
http://www.usgo.org/news/2019/01/canadian-go-news-updates/
by James Sedgwick, president of the Canadian Go Association
(http://canadiango.org/)
CGA summer go camp: We're now ready to accept registrations. As
previously noted the event will take place August 18-23 2019, at
Jouvence resort inside Mount Orford national park. Please go to the
camp web page (http://info.go-canada.org/summer-2019-go-camp/) for
more details and follow instructions to register. This is going to be
a very special event, don't miss it!
2019 CGA online league about to start: Registration
(https://canadiango.org/league/round/6115) closes for the first
session of 2019 this Tuesday January 15th. 36 players are already
registered. As always this is a great chance for some serious games
with friends in the Canadian Go community.
Upcoming events
* We Go open tournament (http://canadiango.org/event/display/6116) :
Saturday January 26th, Waterloo Ontario
* We Go children's competition
(http://canadiango.org/event/display/6117) : Sunday January 27th,
Waterloo Ontario
* Montreal Winter cup (http://canadiango.org/event/display/6113) :
Saturday February 23rd
* 9th annual Brock Go tournament : Saturday March 2nd (event web page
not yet posted)
* Toronto spring meet (http://canadiango.org/event/display/6112) :
Saturday April 27th
New Go web site: Since gogameguru.com (http://gogameguru.com/)
stopped active publishing a couple years back there has been a gap in
English language online publishing. The web site explore baduk
(http://explorebaduk.com/) has now opened, and it is producing
significant content. There is a book (https://explorebaduk.com/book/)
reviewing what it is like to study (as a European) at a Chinese Go
school. And there a a regular sequence of articles being published
with game reviews, new variations, etc. Definitely worth adding this
site to your regular browsing! They are making heavy use of AI
analysis, making it possible to produce studies in English that
couldn't have been done before without feedback from top
professionals.
Yoon-Young Kim 4P reviews top professional games: A couple years the
AGA YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/usgoweb) regularly had
this sort of review. But recently they have been focused on the
Alphago game reviews, along with some of Michael Redmond's personal
games. These are wonderful, but its also nice to see top tournament
games reviewed. Yoon-young kim has stepped in to fill some of this
gap. Recent reviews include games from the Tianfu cup, and the
Chunlan Cup. Have a look at her twitch channel
(https://www.twitch.tv/kimyoonyoung/videos/all) , and enjoy!
Redmond's Reviews, Episode 13: Redmond 9p v. Cho U 9p
Jan 19, 2019 08:55 pm | Chris Garlock
http://www.usgo.org/news/2019/01/redmonds-reviews-episode-13-redmond-9p-v-cho-u-9p/
Michael Redmond 9p, hosted by the AGA E-Journal's Chris Garlock,
takes a break from analyzing the AlphaGo self-played
gameshttp://www.usgo.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2019.01.18_Redmond-ChoU2018-screengrab.jpg
to review his own recent game against Cho U 9P
(https://youtu.be/LN1HKbZW4B4) . This game was played just a few days
after Cho U became the Meijin and Redmond — who went into this game
with a 2-2 record against Cho — says he can see
http://www.usgo.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2019.01.18_Redmond-ChoU2018-screengrab2.jpg"how
much studying with computer programs has changed Cho's game." Cho is
"a very precise player," Redmond says, which makes him very tough in
the middle and endgame, but "even top professional players have a hard
time assigning exact values to positions in the opening" and "the big
change I saw in this game is that Cho seems much more confident in his
opening, and knew exactly what the computer values were for the
various positions in the
opening." Redmond also shares his own experiences with studying with a go AI.
These videos are made possible by the support of the American Go
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Cho Hunhyun 9P's memoir published in English
Jan 18, 2019 07:33 pm | Chris Garlock
http://www.usgo.org/news/2019/01/cho-hunhyun-9ps-memoir-published-in-english/
"I don't know anything else but Go…However, it doesn't mean I don't
know about life." Thus begins "Go with the Flow: How the
(https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07H3N4WVR)
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Master of Go Trained His Mind," (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07H3N4WVR)
the memoirs of Cho Hunhyun, one of the greatest go masters in history,
now published in English and available on Amazon. A Korean
professional since the age of nine, Cho has won 1,935 matches and
amassed 150 professional titles, more than any player in the world.
He's held all of the open tournaments in Korea three times, in 1980,
1982 and 1986, and has won 11 international titles, third most in the
world behind Lee Chang-ho (21) and Lee Sedol (15).
A bestseller in Japan and China as well as Korea, "Go with the Flow"
breaks new ground for go books. "We in the West now have many books
and teachers that can instruct us how to play the game," writes AGA
president Andy Okun, "but few that tell us what it is like to be a top
Go player." Cho "does this with great openness," Okun continues,
"telling us his emotions, his feelings and perceptions, as he goes
through the very taxing life necessary to have a chance to be a
champion…What emerges is the portrait of a remarkable man, who had a
rich, full life and wide-ranging interests, but all concentrated in a
sense by the lens of Go. It was a joy to read."
Cho's memoir also includes "many episodes about players who earned
Cho's respect," writes Michael Redmond 9P, "giving us a fascinating
collection of stories about the best Go players of the 20th
century…This book can be enjoyed by anyone who has an interest in Go
or Asian culture."
"The strength to think," writes Cho, "is the only beacon that helps
one get through life. Along the journey, we learn more about
ourselves."
Joseph Chaves wins MGA Winter Handicap
Jan 16, 2019 06:58 pm | Chris Garlock
http://www.usgo.org/news/2019/01/joseph-chaves-wins-mga-winter-handicap/
Eight kyu Joseph Chaves went 4-0 to win the Massachusetts Go
Association's annual Winter
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Tournament on January 6. A total of 18 players ranging from 6 dan to
13 kyu competed in the tournament at the Boylston Chess Club in
Cambridge, Massachusetts. Chaves earned $50 for his first-place
finish; tied for second place the following 3-1 players won $10
apiece: YiLin Xu 6d, Benjamin Gunby 3k, Eric Reid 4k, Josh Greene 12k
and Albert Brox 13k.
- report/photo by Eva Casey, Tournament Director and Tournament
Coordinator of the Massachusetts Go Association. Click here
(http://theworld.com/~eva/MGA_Tournament_2019_01/) to see more
photos.
photo: Joseph Chaves and Benjamin Gundy, both 3-0, face off in Round 4
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