Purpose:
1. Apply to compete in the league
2. Set the list of players
Seongsoo, Beau, Yoojin
Youngbae, Youngju
Seongbin, Jonghan, Pat,
Monday, March 30, 2009
Residence Directors at dormitories
RC, Joni Burch, burchjl@mst.edu
Quad, Joe jackson, N/A
TJ, Loni Oehlwein, oehlweinl@mst.edu
Quad, Joe jackson, N/A
TJ, Loni Oehlwein, oehlweinl@mst.edu
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
AMERICAN GO E-JOURNAL March 23, 2009; Volume 10, #12
AMERICAN GO E-JOURNAL
World Go News from The American Go Association
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March 23, 2009; Volume 10, #12
CHO U EVENS UP JUDAN: Cho U 9P (l) won the second game in the Judan to even up the score at 1-1 in the best-of-five-games match. Cho is challenging Takao Shinji 9P for Takao's Judan title. Cho, who won the March 18th game by 4.5 points, is the dominant player in Japan currently, holding six titles, including four of the top seven. The Judan and the Kisei are the only two of the top seven Cho has never held. Takao took this title for the first time last year, defeating Cho Chikun 9P who had held it for the previous three years.
5 TOURNEYS THIS WEEKEND! Among the five coast-to-coast tournaments this weekend (see Go Calendar, below) are a youth event in Fort Myers, FL and the Jin Chen Memorial Tournament in Ann Arbor, MI, where top boards will be broadcast live on KGS with commentary by Guo Juan 5P and Jennie Shen 2P; prizes include Audio Go Lectures from Guo Juan. Photo: Jin Chen - who died earlier this year - at the 2008 US Go Congress; photo by Steve Colburn.
TAKEMIYA WINS SPOT IN OZA CHALLENGER TOURNEY: Takemiya Masaki 9P (l) defeated Ko Iso 7P, who is more than thirty years younger than Takemiya, on March 19th to win a place in the final tournament to determine the challenger for the Oza title, currently held by Cho U 9P. Well into his fifties, Takemiya shows no sign of dropping out of top level competition. Takemiya challenged for this title back in 1988, but lost to Kato Masao 9P, who held the title for eleven years altogether. Takemiya plans to attend this summer's US Go Congress in Washington, DC. Photo: Takemiya at the 2008 U.S. Go Congress; photo by Steve Colburn
IYAMA YUTA WINS ANOTHER TITLE: Iyama Yuta 7P (r), the most impressive of the younger generation among Japanese pros, has added another title to his meteoric career, repeating as Daiwa Cup Grand Champion Iyama beat Shuto Shun 6P by a half point in the March 21 final of this fast-play event held on the Internet.
LEE CHANGHO HOLDS ON TO KBS CUP: Lee Changho 9P (l) defeated Lee Sedol 9P 2-1 to retain his hold on the KBS Cup, which he has now won ten times altogether. Lee Sedol has won this one only once, in 2006. The two Lees now hold just two current national titles apiece, a sign of the rising tide of the younger Korean pros. The KBS Cup is a fast-play event shown on TV.
RELUCTANT EIJKHOUT WINS "KEIZER KAREL" AGAIN: Michiel Eijkhout 6D of Leyden -- who has won the "Keizer Karel" (Charlemagne) tournament many times and announced that he didn't want to win again this year -- nevertheless won it again in Nijmegen, The Netherlands last weekend. Bernd Radmacher 5D from Germany finished second. None of the 58 participants won all five games. Nijmegen is an old university town, founded by the Romans as Noviomagus Batavorum over 2000 years ago.
- reported by Peter Dijkema, European correspondent for the E-Journal. photo by Paul van Galen; click here for his online album
FENG YUN INTERNATIONAL SUMMER GO WORKSHOP: This summer go players of all ages will have an opportunity to combine studying go with a vacation in China at the Feng Yun International Summer Go Workshop. In addition to Feng Yun 9P (r), who lives in the United States and is fluent in both English and Chinese, other teachers include her former Henan Province coach Huang Jin Xian 6P, her colleague Liao Gui Yong 9P, and Cai Jian Peng 6d and other instructors from the Shantou Weiqi Association. In Hong Kong, workshop students will visit the school of another colleague, Ao Li Xian 4P. Local Chinese students will also participate in the workshop. In Shantou, students will stay at the China National Table Tennis Team Training Base, where the athletic facilities provide a chance to have fun and get physically stronger. The workshop will also have Chinese language and culture classes, and sightseeing trips in Hong Kong and Shantou. Registration is limited, and airfares to China are low right now; see the Feng Yun Go School website for more details. Photos: Feng Yun (above right) at the 2008 G Congress; photo by Brian Allen; Shantou's gymnasium for table tennis and badminton (l); photo by Paul Matthews.
COUNTDOWN TO ING SEASON BEGINS: Four weeks remain until qualifying tournaments begin for the North American Ing Masters championship. The tournament season kicks off on April 18-19 with events on both coasts. Baltimore's UMBC Go Club will host their event in a venue overlooking Ericson Field and featuring complimentary pizza. "Strong players are coming for the Ing points and weaker ones are playing for go equipment," reports organizer Todd Blatt. Click here to pre-register. On the other side of the country, the Santa Monica Go Club will host a qualifier of their own that weekend, held in tandem with the Orange Country Go Club's monthly rating tournament. The two-day qualifier features extended time limits of 80 minutes per side for the top division. Contact Joe Cepiel (joecepiel_go@yahoo.com) for more details.
- Phil Waldron, AGA Tournaments Coordinator
ROMANIA HOSTS SHUSAKU CUP: The second Shusaku Cup, one of the biggest spring European tournaments, will take place this weekend in Romania at Tg Mures. Among the nearly 300 players expected to compete for prizes are top European players, including Youth European Champion Ali Jabarin from Israel, professionals Mok Jinseok 9P, Kim Seung Jun 9P and a number of young players from Ukraina, Russia, Poland, Serbia, Hungary, Czehia, Israel and Romania. Top boards will be broadcast live online on EurogoTv, IGS and KGS.
- Marilena Bara, Romanian Correspondent for the E-Journal
NEW IMPORTER OFFERS DISCOUNT: Saying that "I never would have learned to play go without the AGA," Shodan Imports owner Chuck Thomas is offering a discount to AGA members at his brand-new go imports business. "Shodan Imports is the culmination of a dream many years in the making," says Thomas, "to import the finest traditional go equipment from Japan and make it available to North America." Shodan Imports has been awarded exclusive status as the North American reseller for Keiji Miwa, whose family has been making go equipment by hand in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, since the beginning of the 1900s. Shodan Imports also offers go stones and bowls. "I hope (the discount) will encourage people to join the AGA and keep their membership current," adds Thomas.
GO SPOTTING: Arresting Go
"In the epilogue of the final episode of Arrested Development's first season, ‘Let 'Em Eat Cake,' there's a very brief shot of Maeby and Annyong playing go on a travel-sized board (pretty sure I have the same model)," reports Chris Sira.
FREE GO WORLD OFFER: Here's a deal too good to pass up: 5 free copies of Go World and the 2008 American Go Yearbook! That's right, for a limited time, when you join the American Go Association - or renew your membership - you get five action-packed copies of the oldest English-language go magazine in the world, plus the latest edition of the Yearbook, the annual "best of" collection of material from the American Go E-Journal. That's a more than $70 value for just $30: click here now to take advantage of this special offer!
GO CALENDAR: Davis, CA, Washington, DC, Fort Myers, FL & Pittsburgh, PA
- March 28: Davis, CA: Davis/Sacramento Go Club Spring Quarterly
Yolo County Library, 315 East 14th St., Davis. Registration at 9 am, first round at 10 am.
Willard Haynes 916.929.6112 willard@saclink.csus.edu
- March 28: Washington, DC: NOVA Cherry Blossom Go tournament
PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED
Allan Abramson 703.684.7676 allango@igc.org
- March 28: Fort Myers, FL: USYGC QUALIFIER
Registration at 8:30A; 18-and-under-only event
Joshua Frye 239.357.8811 joshua1frye@comcast.net
- March 28: Ann Arbor, MI: Jin Chen Memorial Tournament
Jonathan Hop 7346862678 hopj@umich.edu
- March 28: Pittsburgh, PA: Pittsburgh Spring Tournament 2009
Kim Salamony 412.653.7736 gophantom@gmail.com
GO QUIZ: A Large Gap, Anyway
After correctly surmising that last week's Quiz question about a match between 89-year-old Sugiuchi Masao and 20-year-old Xie Yimin was inspired by another Go World piece, Phil commented "Its worth noting that Go World isn't 100% sure it sets the record for largest age difference between two pros in an official game." Indeed, Brian Kirby suggests there is a bigger gap between Sugiuchi Masao and Ito Masashi in another recent game, so his answer said this was the largest margin between a male and female player. Although I was unable to confirm this on an English-language source, I did find a foreign-language source that appeared to confirm this. In any event, 6 of 12 of you recognized that the age difference was noteworthy, congrats to Grant Kerr, this week's winner, selected at random from those answering correctly.
MARCH MADNESS: Hopefully this does not refer to Pittsburgh's Kim Salamony, for a rare miss last week, particularly since top-ranked Pitt continues to move on in the NCAA Men's Basketball Tourney. For this week's lame but hopefully non-controversial quiz, What is the only team in the 65-team field where a go player can root for the team and say "GO (insert official school name)"! and have your exclamation begin with "Go Go"? Nothing tricky here, just looking for the first two letters in the school name. Click here to send your "bracket" pick.
- Keith Arnold
GO CLASSIFIED
SELL IT, BUY IT OR TRADE IT HERE with nearly 13,000 go-players worldwide! Classified ads are FREE and run for 4 weeks; email your ad to us now at journal@usgo.org
PLAYERS WANTED: Meadville, PA and nearby areas, contact Matt at mlitke431@hotmail.com (3/23)
HELP FOR CLUB ORGANIZERS: Get instant on-line registration for your next tournament, any location, any time zone. Capture attendee lists, see registration trends, export/import to popular pairings programs, analyze profit and loss reports, award customized prize certificates and much more. See GoClubsOnline at www.goclubs.org. Simple setup. Secure website. (3/16)
WANTED: Online go experts for posting go servers news on
GoSensations.com. Contact: Alexander Dinerchtein, backpast@gmail.com
for discussing details and your benefit (3/16)
STUDENTS WANTED: Yuan Zhou 7d is currently accepting new students. He
offers private lessons, group lessons in person or on the internet. If you are interested in becoming Yuan Zhou's student and/or taking lessons from him - especially if your rank is 9k and above - and if you are a serious go player who wants to learn, improve and enjoy go, contact him at yuan.zhou@zhouyuan.com (3/16)
YOUNG PLAYERS WANTED: San Diego, CA: Hoping to start a go club in San Diego for young people. We would need a teacher and students! inlandisle@gmail.com (3/9)
PLAYERS WANTED: China: Beijing Go Club; info at http://www.beijinggoclub.com (3/2)
PLAYERS & STUDENTS WANTED: Englewood, NJ: Donghwa Cultural Foundation looking for go players who can volunteer to help students out and also seeking more students for the Korean Style of Go class in all levels at Donghwa. (2/23)
PLAYERS WANTED: Comox Valley, B.C.: Contact George Beck,
george.beck@gmail.com (2/23)
PLAYERS WANTED: Warminster, PA. E-mail jstarr75@gmail.com (2/23)
Published by the American Go Association
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Assistant Editor: Bill Cobb
Professionals: Yilun Yang 7P; Alexandr Dinerchtein 3P; Fan Hui 2P
Contributors: Paul Barchilon (Youth Editor); Lawrence Ku (U.S. West Coast Reporter); Brian Allen (U.S. West Coast Photographer); Keith Arnold (Go Quiz); Peter Dijkema (Dutch/European Correspondent); Marilena Bara (Romania/European Correspondent); Ian Davis (Ireland Correspondent); Jens Henker (Korea Correspondent)
Columnists: James Kerwin 1P; Kazunari Furuyama; Rob van Zeijst; Roy Laird; Peter Shotwell
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Thursday, March 19, 2009
Add A New Member to Baduk Club
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(1) 추가모임
- 모임 날짜 정하기
추가로 할 모임 스케줄을 정할 때 리스트서브로 메일을 보내 의견을 물어보면 되겠네.
- 모임 날짜가 결정된 후에 Havener Center 예약하기
를 참고.
- 추가모임의 host역할하기
(2) 예전에 도서관에 모여서 했던 일
그때 계획했던 것 중에 대부분은 마무리가 되었는데, 클럽홍보에 관한 두가지 사항이 남았네.
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Letter용지에 클럽에 관심을 유발할 수 있도록 flier를 만들어서 캠퍼스에 붙이기.
- 만들기: Spring break기간 동안 다 만들었으면 좋겠다.
만든 파일은 홈페이지에서 다운받을 수 있도록 하고, 프린트해서 캠퍼스에 붙어야지.
- 붙이기: 게시판에만 붙여야 되는 등 몇가지 제약사항이 있는데 '보'가 잘 알고 있으니까 물어보면 될듯...
(2) 클럽홍보용 email
- 문구 만들기
되도록이면 간결하게... 홈페이지링크를 클릭해서 열어볼 수 있도록...
- 메일보내기
몇가지 단체를 선별해서 보내는 게 좋을듯...
- 모임 날짜 정하기
추가로 할 모임 스케줄을 정할 때 리스트서브로 메일을 보내 의견을 물어보면 되겠네.
- 모임 날짜가 결정된 후에 Havener Center 예약하기
- 추가모임의 host역할하기
(2) 예전에 도서관에 모여서 했던 일
그때 계획했던 것 중에 대부분은 마무리가 되었는데, 클럽홍보에 관한 두가지 사항이 남았네.
(1) 클럽홍보용 Flier
Letter용지에 클럽에 관심을 유발할 수 있도록 flier를 만들어서 캠퍼스에 붙이기.
- 만들기: Spring break기간 동안 다 만들었으면 좋겠다.
만든 파일은 홈페이지에서 다운받을 수 있도록 하고, 프린트해서 캠퍼스에 붙어야지.
- 붙이기: 게시판에만 붙여야 되는 등 몇가지 제약사항이 있는데 '보'가 잘 알고 있으니까 물어보면 될듯...
(2) 클럽홍보용 email
- 문구 만들기
되도록이면 간결하게... 홈페이지링크를 클릭해서 열어볼 수 있도록...
- 메일보내기
몇가지 단체를 선별해서 보내는 게 좋을듯...
MST List serve email account is open.
Hi,
MST List serve email account is open for MST Baduk/ Go/ Weiqi Club.
This email includes important notices for the club,
so please take a moment to read this email.
FAQ
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A: Club officers, regular/honor members, and advisory group members are recipients of this mailing list. You are receiving this email because you belong to one of the above categories or you showed interested to the club.
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You can send out an email to all of the recipients by emailing to
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You should take the following actions.
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Note regular/honorary members will automatically be unsubscribed on Apr. 1, 2009.
You are suggested the following actions.
1. Familiarize yourself to the club's homepage at http://baduk.mst.edu/
Report some errors on the homepage.
2. Write a message on the club's blog site at http://mstbgw.blogspot.com/
and share your knowledge with other club members.
3. Take an online survey about the club at http://freeonlinesurveys.com/rendersurvey.asp?sid=b17r8pai1eaj8c4561744
Have a great spring break!
Best regards,
Tae-Hyung Kim
MST List serve email account is open for MST Baduk/ Go/ Weiqi Club.
This email includes important notices for the club,
so please take a moment to read this email.
FAQ
Q: Why am I receiving this email?
A: Club officers, regular/honor members, and advisory group members are recipients of this mailing list. You are receiving this email because you belong to one of the above categories or you showed interested to the club.
Q: How can I unsubscribe from this list?
A: If you wish to be removed from the recipient, please reply this email and let us know.
Q: What is the purpose of this mailing list?
A: The mailing list recipients are maintained because of convenience.
You can send out an email to all of the recipients by emailing to
baduk@lists.mst.edu
You should take the following actions.
1. If you are a regular/honorary member subscribed to the Google group, http://groups.google.com/group/mst_bgw, please unsubscribe from the Google group. We are moving to a blog site at http://mstbgw.blogspot.com/.
Note regular/honorary members will automatically be unsubscribed on Apr. 1, 2009.
You are suggested the following actions.
1. Familiarize yourself to the club's homepage at http://baduk.mst.edu/
Report some errors on the homepage.
2. Write a message on the club's blog site at http://mstbgw.blogspot.com/
and share your knowledge with other club members.
3. Take an online survey about the club at http://freeonlinesurveys.com/rendersurvey.asp?sid=b17r8pai1eaj8c4561744
Have a great spring break!
Best regards,
Tae-Hyung Kim
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
IT errands
Office & membership list
https://itweb.mst.edu/auth-cgi-bin/cgiwrap/stulifeweb/idb.pl
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Welcome package
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Survey on club activities
Click here to take our Online Survey
Please take a few minutes to take a survey on club activities by Mar. 18, 2009 (Wed).
There are seven simple questions.
Thanks!
Please take a few minutes to take a survey on club activities by Mar. 18, 2009 (Wed).
There are seven simple questions.
Thanks!
Monday, March 9, 2009
Sunday, March 8, 2009
A new URL for the club homepage: baduk.mst.edu
A new URL for the club homepage is given to us.
The URL is http://baduk.mst.edu/
The domain name is given to us.
What's important about this to you?
The most important thing is you can check the meeting schedule on the club homepage.
If you are not sure where/when the meeting will be, go to the homepage and check the schedule.
Another important thing is that all the links related to the club are provided on the homepage.
We have a blog, vlog, mailing list, and photo sharing site.
So, we can write/read articles, post photos and videos, and discuss issues only among officers and advisory group.
All the services are accessible via the homepage.
The URL is http://baduk.mst.edu/
The domain name is given to us.
What's important about this to you?
The most important thing is you can check the meeting schedule on the club homepage.
If you are not sure where/when the meeting will be, go to the homepage and check the schedule.
Another important thing is that all the links related to the club are provided on the homepage.
We have a blog, vlog, mailing list, and photo sharing site.
So, we can write/read articles, post photos and videos, and discuss issues only among officers and advisory group.
All the services are accessible via the homepage.
Monday, March 2, 2009
AMERICAN GO E-JOURNAL - March 2, 2009; Volume 10, #9
AMERICAN GO E-JOURNAL
World Go News from The American Go Association
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March 2, 2009; Volume 10, #9
EDITOR’S NOTE: We’re pleased to include the EJ bonus content in this edition (see MEMBER'S EDITION BONUS CONTENT at right); producing the comprehensive E-Journal each week is a major investment of resources by the American Go Association and we hope you’ll consider joining today to support this important source of world go news. Plus, you’ll get all this great extra content with every EJ!
GU LI SOLIDIFIES GRIP ON #1: Gu Li 9P (l) shook off his February 19th loss to Lee Sedol 9P in the Nongshim Final to notch back-to-back wins against Lee in the LG Cup last week. With ten titles -- five international and five national Chinese -- Gu seems to be solidifying his place at the top of the professional go world. Lee of Korea beat Gu of China in the final game of the Nongshim Cup on February 19th to win the cup for Korea, but Gu came storming back on February 23rd and 25th to sweep Lee 2-0 and win the international LG Cup. He’d defeated Lee Changho 9P by 1.5 points to get into the LG finals. The victory in the LG Cup gives Gu Li five international titles -- the LG Cup, the Fujitsu Cup, the Toyota-Denso World Oza Cup, the Chunlan Cup, and the Japan-China Agon Cup – along with five Chinese national titles.
- Bill Cobb
ANDY LIU WINS NJ OPEN: Andy Liu 7D (below) swept all five rounds -- defeating Eric Lui 7d by half a point in an exciting final round watched by over 450 on KGS -- to win the New Jersey Championship at last weekend's New Jersey Open in Princeton, NJ. 113 players – including contingents from the Feng Yun Go School and Stony Brook University -- turned out for the 50th annual event, held February 28-March 1, with nearly 50 joining or renewing their AGA memberships. RESULTS: 1st: Liu Zhi Yuan (Andy) 7d; 2nd-5th tie: Eric Lui 7d, Tu Xinyu (Carson) 7d, Kevin Huang 7d, Zhao Zhongxia (Ricky) 7d; 5-game winners: Saul Lapidus 2d, Chen Kaishuo 1d, Li Shi 4k, Barbara Huang 9k, Harrison Chiu 12k; 4-game winners: Zhang Feng 2d, Marc Palmer 1d, Peter Nassar 3k, Adam Connell 5k, Zaher Nazif 6k, Ilhee Kim 7k, Joyce Hong 9k, Jessie Chen 18k, Greg Nye 24k. Shirley Liu of Riverhead, NY, won the Bob Ryder Memorial Beginner's Prize, selected at random from the eligible attendees.
- report/photo by Chris Garlock; KGS broadcasting by EJ game recorder John Pinkerton. Click here to check out Carrie Lapidus’ NJO photo album FAN HUI WINS 5TH ING MEMORIAL: Fan Hui 2P (l) swept the Ing Memorial 6-0 in Amsterdam last weekend for a fifth consecutive championship. Guo Juan 5P took second place, losing only to Fan. "I enjoyed myself alot, as all my games were full of fierce fighting," Guo told the E-Journal. Six native Europeans shared third place with four wins each: Aleksandre Dinerchtein 3P (Russia), Catalin Taranu 5P (Romania), Christian Pop 7D (Romania), Ilya Shiksin 7D (Russia) and Cornel Burzo 6D (Romania). The 20th edition of the Ing took place at the European Go Centre in Holland February 26-March 1, and was “the strongest ever," according to TD William Wandel. EGF VP Martin Stiassny announced that although Ing funding for Europe had stopped for the time being, due to low interest rates in Taiwan, next week’s Ing Youth Championships in Banja Luka will go ahead as planned. Rudi Verhagen 5D won the Ing side-event 5-0. Harry Weerheijm of EuroGoTV broadcast three boards simultaneously on EuroGoTv, KGS and IGS. Interviews with all 24 participants will be posted soon on EuroGoTv, which will also broadcast live from Banja Luka next week. Click here for full results.
- Peter Dijkema, European EJ correspondent; photo by Ronald Verhagen 1D, click here for more photos
TWO OHS DELIVER ONE-TWO PUNCH IN BARCELONA: Two Ohs, Chi-Min (r in photo below) and Lluis (l), topped the February 21-22 Barcelona tournament, with Chi-Min (Korea) taking first place and Lluis (Korea) second. Though unrelated, both are students of longtime teacher Professor Hahn Sandae. Matthew Cocke 5d (UK) took third place, Li Yue 6d (China) was 4th and Piers Shepperson 3d (UK) 5th. Players repaired to the on-site bar after each round and to a nearby Chinese restaurant – equipped with go boards -- each evening and enjoyed “non-stop Spanish tapas” after the final round. Eighty players turned out from France, Germany, Austria, the UK, Italy and Spain. Click here for more details, full results and pictures.
- based on reports by Julio Martinez and Marc Gonzalez-Carnicer; photo by Frederic Dericke
ZHANG & LEAHY TOP NORCAL TOURNEY: Hugh Zhang 6D and Brian Leahy 3D topped the Bay Area monthly ratings tourney’s Dan Division February 21 in Palo Alto, CA, scoring three wins apiece. Samuel Gross 2k and John Lai 25k went 4-0 to win the Kyu Division. Thirty nine players participated. “While many of the players are regulars at these monthly tournaments held at various locations around the San Francisco Bay Area, nine adults and children were playing in their first ever rated tournament,” reports organizer Roger Schrag. “We encourage players at all levels to play, and the community seems to be responding well,” Schrag says. “At this tournament we had ten players in the Dan division, with four players 5d or above. Meanwhile, there were also five players in the 20k to 30k range,” and eight players joined the AGA. The next Northern California event is set for March 21 in Menlo Park. Click here for details and registration.
“CHEESE MIDGETS” & OSU TURN OUT FOR CORVALLIS TOURNEY: The February 21 Corvallis Go Club tournament featured four first-time players from Fritz Balowitz’s burgeoning "cheese midgets" club, which now boasts more than 60 Portland-area students. Yigal Toister also brought four first-timers from Oregon State University in Corvallis. “Nationalities represented at the tournament included Japan, China, Thailand, Great Britain and Germany,” reports organizer Cynthia Gaty. Ranks ranged from 7dan to 16 kyu. The following players had perfect 3-0 records Jinno Shohei 5D, Vincent Zhuang 3D, Joshua Hoak 4k, Ogden Kellogg 9k.
SALIGNON WINS FRENCH QUALIE FOR KAC: Jerome Salignon [at right in photo, left] defeated fellow teen Thomas Debarre to win the French qualifier for the Korean Ambassador’s Cup, held February 14-15 in Cannes. In other French go news, La Maison du Go -- The House of Go – opened last November and is open daily (except Tuesdays) from 3-11P. Regular Wednesday lessons are given by Motoki Noguchi 7D, Zhao Pei 6D or Weidong Xie 5D. The Maison is located at 11 Passage Dubail, Paris X, 10th arr; entrance fee, which includes a drink, is 2 euros for youth and 3.50 for others.
- Peter Dijkema
ZOU WINS DRESDEN: Favorite Jin Zou 6D won the 22nd Dresden February 21-22, winning all five games and besting fellow Leipzig resident Yi Zhang 4D (4-1). Thomas Ludwig 2D was third with 3-2, while Thilo Burkhart 8k won 4-1; both are from Dresden, as is Mandy Hilbert 1k, who again won the youth event. At the 18th San-Ren-Sei tournament, held a week earlier in the ancient university town of Goettingen, Malte Weiss 2D from Dortmund won the A-group 5-0, with Juergen Breuer 1D (Hannover) taking 2nd, and Joachim Beggerow 3D in 3rd. Local heroes dominated the B-group: Julius Mordant 4k won 5-2 for 1st place, while Lars Bohl 5k took 2nd with an undefeated 4-0. Other top performers were Frederk Meysel 15k, who won against 9k and only lost once for a 6-1 record to Conny Pohle 7k, who scored second best with 5-1. On February 7&8, 128 people took part in the 12th Erdinger in Bavaria, with Jun Tarumi 5D (Munich) winning all five games. Viktor Lin 5D (Vienna) won 2nd and Franz Micha 3D was 3rd with 4-1. Only Ralf Ludwig 8k won all five games in the lower section.
- Peter Dijkema
TERWEY TAKES PONNUKI IN PADERBORN: Matthias Terwey 4d (r) from Muenster took the 11th Paderborner Ponnuki with five wins, ahead of Juergen Breuer 1D of Hanover at 4-1; Alexander Luecking 2d was 3rd. Over 50 players took part; click here for full results.
- Peter Dijkema
“WAY TO GO” AUTHOR BAKER PASSES: "The Way to Go" author Karl Baker passed away on February 16. Likely the most-published book on go ever written in English, over 70,000 copies of “The Way To Go” -- first issued by the American Go Foundation in 1986 -- are now in print. Baker (in blue shirt, with Terry Benson at the 2008 U.S. Go Congress) completed extensive revisions to the seventh edition just last year, updating it to feature AGA rules. "Karl was a mainstay of the go community in Ashland, Oregon," writes 2008 Congress Director Peter Freedman. "He was an organic gardener, a ping pong and tennis player, taught for the Oregon Commission for the Blind, was an avid motorcycle rider, and just a helluva sweet guy." His wife Ann tells the E-Journal that Baker "endured, mostly with humor and always with patience, a five-month medical nightmare following a diagnosis of colon cancer. His passing was peaceful. He knew that he was dying and he was happy and unafraid. Until he slipped out of consciousness he was lucid, present and clear. He asked me to write a letter to send out to all of you. When I asked what he wanted me to say, he said 'Tell everyone that I just loved knowing them.'” A memorial service for Baker will be held later in the year. The print edition of The Way to Go is available for free from AGA Chapter Services. Click here to download the online edition.
- Paul Barchilon; photo by Roy Laird
TAKEMIYA STILL MAKING WAVES: Closing in on sixty, Takemiya Masaki 9P (r) recently demonstrated that he’s still a force to be reckoned with in the pro world. In January he beat Yoda Norimoto 9P by a half point to reach the third round of the Gosei tournament, and in February he defeated Yuki Satoshi 9P by 1.5 points to reach the final round of the preliminary qualification tournament for the Oza. Takemiya lost in the first round of the Tengen, but did make the final tournament. He has also made it to the semifinals of the NHK Cup, and he ended up in the top twenty on the list of Japanese pros winning the most games in 2008. Takemiya seems to be following his own advice to "just play wherever you want to," which won him a lot of new fans at the last US Go Congress.
- Bill Cobb; photo by Steve Colburn
MYONGJI U GO PROGRAM GRADUATES MORE WESTERNERS: Two more Westerners have graduated from Myongji University’s Baduk program, Apidet Jirasophin of Thailand and Diana Koszegi of Hungary, who received their honors on February 18. They’re the first to complete the school’s 4-year program: the two other Western grads -- Svetlana Shikshina and Daniela Trinks – finished sooner because of other training. The program has attracted increasing numbers of students from outside Korea, some of whom want to become Korean professionals, while others are prepare to develop go in their home countries and still others are using the game as an opportunity to experience a foreign culture. “I am not yet strong enough,” Kosegi, 25, told the E-Journal. “I want to study more to be stronger as a professional and go back to Europe to spread baduk.” Jirasophin, 24, plans to return to Thailand and work for the Thai Go Association.
- Jens Henker, Korean Correspondent for the E-Journal. Photo: Boris Bernadsky, Simon Schwanhauser, Apidet Jirasophin (front left, in cap and gown), Diana Koszegi (center in cap and gown), Nandor Gyerman, Lee DoYun & Jens Henker.
LIBRARY GO PROGRAMS SPIKE: "The support that the American Go Foundation (AGF) has given us has been invaluable," Teen Services Librarian Stephanie Squicciarini, from the Fairport, NY, Public Library tells the E-Journal. "With library budgets being hit hard, we might not otherwise be able to offer go as a programming option for our teen patrons and their families, and seeing teens and parents learning, playing, and enjoying the game together would be so missed," says Squicciarini. Adds Sandy Moltz of the Swampscott, MA, Public Library, "the American Library Association has a division specifically for Young Adult Librarians, and our online discussions lists are very active and include many savvy librarians who know the best way to stretch meager budgets. One of them mentioned the AGF and a lot of us jumped on that information and requested free starter sets." Immediately after the listing in the ALA discussion list, the AGF received 15 new library programs, and has set up a special page for librarians interested in launching go clubs. Local go clubs are encouraged to support these new programs, and AGA members who would like to help a new club are encouraged to volunteer. Contact the AGF at agf@usgo.org for more information. The AGF continues to rely entirely on donations from the go community, and remains committed to fostering youth go regardless of the economic slump. Readers who would like to support these efforts may donate to the AGF.
- Paul Barchilon, EJ Youth Editor
GO CALENDAR: Philly & Boulder
- March 7-8: Philadelphia, PA: Yuan Zhou Go Workshop
Matt Bengtson 215.704.4600 matt@mattbengtson.com
- March 7: Boulder, CO: USYGC Qualifier - central region Youth Tournament
Paul Barchilon 303.440.7124 shimari@comcast.net
Photo: Kids at the 2009 New Jersey Open; photo by John Pinkerton
GO QUIZ: Your Aim Is True
Most of you correctly spotted the Elvis Costello compilation album "Taking Liberties" as the clear go reference in his discography. Many of you liked this question, but I cannot take credit, as it came from EJ editor – and longtime Costello fan -- Chris Garlock. Indeed, my own rather hasty guess was "Punch the Clock." Chris Sira commented that "Brutal Youth" reminded him of his many games with Feng Yun's students, while physicist Phil Waldron lobbied poetically for "All this Useless Beauty," and several of you noted that "Taking Liberties" features the obviously go-inspired song "Black and White World." Interest in the quiz is high this year: we still have 9 folks with perfect and complete records. Congrats to Casey Alexander, this week's winner, selected at random from those answering correctly.
THIS WEEK’S QUIZ: This year’s U.S. Go Congress will be the 25th. Last year we revealed that every U.S. Go Congress except the first has had a commemorative t-shirt. The second most frequent Congress souvenir has been the pin: how many of the first 24 Congresses have been commemorated by a pin? Click here to vote for 18, 19, 20 or 21. It’s not cheating to ask Congress veterans; while you’re doing so, find out how much fun they had, and make plans to get yours in Virginia this year!
- Keith Arnold; photo by Phil Straus
GO CLASSIFIED
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PLAYERS WANTED: China: Beijing Go Club; info at http://www.beijinggoclub.com (3/2)
FOR SALE: Set of like-new 9.0mm double-convex Yunzi stones in original boxes, $40. Chestnut bowls, $30. Combined, $60. Add $15 shipping. Email to Anton at antonninno@yahoo.com (3/2)
HELP WANTED: AGA Go Camp Staff: The AGA Go Camp West is looking for a Coordinator for the summer 2009 Camp. A small stipend may be available for this position. For more information, contact Brian Allen at: agagocampwest@usgo.org The AGA Go Camp East is looking for an Assistant Coordinator for the summer of 2009. For more information, contact Karen Jordon at: agagocampeast@usgo.org (2/23)
PLAYERS & STUDENTS WANTED: Englewood, NJ: Donghwa Cultural Foundation looking for go players who can volunteer to help students out and also seeking more students for the Korean Style of Go class in all levels at Donghwa. (2/23)
PLAYERS WANTED: Comox Valley, B.C.: Contact George Beck,
george.beck@gmail.com (2/23)
PLAYERS WANTED: Warminster, PA. E-mail jstarr75@gmail.com (2/23)
PLAYERS WANTED: Monterey, CA. Looking for players within 30 mins drive or reasonable distance to play go or start a club. Contact Mark at kurama56@yahoo.com (2/16)
MEMBERS WANTED: South Florida: New go club in South Florida meets the last Thursday of each month at the University of Miami Student Union after 7P. Find out more at www.mscg-goclub.org (2/9)
PLAYERS WANTED: Independence, MO: The club is free (unless you want to buy a drink; unlimited refills for $2.50). Any questions on location, participants etc, email: The_emo_kyd@yahoo.com or http://www.myspace.com/
PLAYERS WANTED: Virginia Hampton Roads area: scole.gamer@gmail.com (2/2)
PLAYERS WANTED: Seneca Falls, NY: Contact Richard Kim: korearichardkim@yahoo.com (2/2)
PLAYERS WANTED: Glendale, Arizona: Prefer to meet at Glendale Public Library on Brown Ave. Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday availability. I am new to the game but eager to learn. Contact Byron Woolley at woolleymammoth@cox.net (2/2)
PLAYERS WANTED: Rockford, IL: New go club has eight regular attendees so far. All skill levels welcome. Contact Michael Hopkins at michael.hopkins@gmail.com (2/2)
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Assistant Editor: Bill Cobb
Professionals: Yilun Yang 7P; Alexandr Dinerchtein 3P; Fan Hui 2P
Contributors: Paul Barchilon (Youth Editor); Lawrence Ku (U.S. West Coast Reporter); Brian Allen (U.S. West Coast Photographer); Keith Arnold (Go Quiz); Peter Dijkema (Dutch/European Correspondent); Marilena Bara (Romania/European Correspondent); Ian Davis (Ireland Correspondent); Jens Henker (Korea Correspondent)
Columnists: James Kerwin 1P; Kazunari Furuyama; Rob van Zeijst; Roy Laird; Peter Shotwell
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