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American Go E-Journal Volume 11, #6: February 8, 2010

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AMERICAN GO E-JOURNAL
World Go News from The American Go Association

February 8, 2010; Volume 11, #6

U.S. GO NEWS: Feng Yun/Jie Li Win N.A. Pair Go 1st Round; USYGC Season Opens; Smartgo In South Korea And Coming Soon To iPpad
WORLD GO NEWS: Rui Naiwei Wins 9th Female Myeongin Title; Cho U 3-0 In Kisei; Japan Knocked Out Of BC Cup; Korea Takes Women's Team Match Cup; Iyama Yuta Holds Lead In Honinbo League
EUROPEAN GO NEWS: Dinerchtein To Fujitsu Finals; Törmänen Takes Takapotku; Metta Celebrates Tenth Tortellino; Anguila Sweeps Spanish Title; Danigabi Takes Early Lead In Kgs League; Top Players Flock To Amsterdam
GO CALENDAR: Phoenix & Middlebury
YOUNGEST-EVER PRO IS FEMALE
GO SPOTTING: The Taste of Tea
YOUR MOVE: READERS WRITE: Guo's Internet School
GO QUIZ: Thank You Paul
GO CLASSIFIED
MEMBER'S EDITION BONUS CONTENT: In today's game record, China's Niu Yutian 7P defeats Iyama Yuta 9P in the 2nd round of the BC Card Cup. Our bonus file today is an "easy" life and death problem from Yilun Yang 7P.
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U.S. GO NEWS: FENG YUN/JIE LI WIN N.A. PAIR GO 1ST ROUND: Feng Yun and Jie Li defeated Wan Chen and Curtis Tang Sunday night in the first round of the North American World Pair Go Qualifier, played on IGS. USYGC SEASON OPENS: The 2010 United States Youth Go Championship is kicking into gear, with qualifiers now scheduled across the country. First up is the Orange County Go Club, in Los Angeles, on Feb. 21-22. New Qualifier locations have been added as well, with Boston, New Jersey, Colorado, and San Francisco all hosting events. There will also be an online qualifier, hosted by the AGHS KIRBY SWEEPS NORCAL TOURNEY: Brian Kirby topped February's monthly ratings tournament in Northern California, February 6 in Menlo Park, CA. SMARTGO IN SOUTH KOREA AND COMING SOON TO iPAD: SmartGo Pro for the iPhone/iPod touch is now available in South Korea under the name "Smartgo Pro Baduk," Click here for full reports
- photo: young players study at the 2009 U.S. Go Congress; photo by Chris Garlock

WORLD GO NEWS: RUI NAIWEI WINS 9TH FEMALE MYEONGIN TITLE: Rui Naiwei (r) 9P defeated Cho Hyeyeon 8P by resignation in the third and final round of the 11th Female Myeongin (Meijin) on February 8. CHO U 3-0 IN KISEI: Cho U (l) 9P defeated Yamashita Keigo by a whopping 8.5 points in the third round of the 34th Kisei title match on February 3-4. JAPAN KNOCKED OUT OF BC CUP: Japan's Iyama Yuta and Yamada Kimio were both eliminated in the second round of the BC Card Cup, ending any hopes of Japan entering into the finals. KOREA TAKES WOMEN'S TEAM MATCH CUP: Korea's Park Jieun (r) 9P swept the 3rd stage of the Jeongganjang Cup, winning all four rounds and giving Korea their win on February 4. IYAMA YUTA HOLDS LEAD IN HONINBO LEAGUE: Iyama Yuta 9P, current Meijin, holds the lead in the Honinbo League with a 4-0 record at the halfway point. Click here for full reports.

EUROPEAN GO NEWS: DINERCHTEIN TO FUJITSU FINALS: Alexander Dinerchtein (l) 3P will represent Europe at this year's Fujitsu World Go Championship. Click here for the game. The Fujitsu will be held in Japan in April. TÖRMÄNEN TAKES TAKAPOTKU: Antti Törmänen (r) 5d from Oulu took the Takapotku tournament, sweeping the Pandanet event 5-0 in Helsinki, Finland last weekend. Click here for results. METTA CELEBRATES TENTH TORTELLINO: Carlo Metta 1d from Pisa won all five rounds of the Tortellino Tournament in Vignola (Modena province), Italy to celebrate the first decennium of Tortellina Go Club. Click here for results and here for a gallery of photos. ANGUILA SWEEPS SPANISH TITLE: Oscar Anguila swept the tournament for the 'Campeón de Espana' title in mid-January in Barcelona. Click here for results. DANIGABI TAKES EARLY LEAD IN KGS LEAGUE: Danigabi from Argentina sprinted to an early lead in the top-division in the first week of the second Korean Insei League on KGS. Danigabi notched three wins against second-place Arlequ1 from France and leads 9-0. TOP PLAYERS FLOCK TO AMSTERDAM: Top-ranked players are heading to the 39th annual Amsterdam International Go Tournament, set for May 13-16. Early entrants include current French Champion Yanqi Zhang 6d, former Dutch Champion Merlijn Kuin 6d, current co-winner of the Dutch finals Peter Brouwer 5d and former Amsterdam Open winner - and first Senior Champion of Holland -- Robert Rehm 5d.
- Peter Dijkema, European Correspondent, with Krzysztof Bozek (Barcelona report)
Click here for full reports

GO CALENDAR: Phoenix & Middlebury
February 13: Phoenix, AZ: 2010 Phoenix Chinese Week Go Open
Quan Li 602.326.7556 quan52@gmail.com
February 13: Middlebury, VT: From the Word Go Tournament
Peter Schumer 802.388.3934 schumer@middlebury.edu

YOUNGEST-EVER PRO IS FEMALE: The youngest ever pro 1-dan is about to emerge in Japan and she is female. On April 1, Fujisawa Rina (r) will be inducted at the age of 11 years 6 months, three months younger than Cho Chikun when he became 1-dan, and far ahead of Xie Yimin who was the previous youngest female 1-dan at 14 years 4 months. Rina is the daughter of Fujisawa Kazunari 8-dan, and thus the granddaughter of Fujisawa Hideyuki. She says her style is quite different from grandad's, she likes territory and he liked thickness. Her teacher was Hong Mal-keun Saem, a Korean long time resident in Japan who himself qualified as a pro just last year. Rina qualified in the women's section of the Nihon Ki-in's qualification system, which is not quite as tough as the open section, but women in the Nihon Ki-in have been posting some good results lately; Mukai Chiaki beat Kudo Norio 9-dan in the Oza a fortnight ago.
- John Fairbairn, on godiscussions.com

GO SPOTTING: The Taste of Tea: Go figures prominently in Katsuhito Ishii's 2004 film, The Taste of Tea (Cha no Aji). "Although go is not the only focus of the film, it is one of its essential ingredients and appears more often than in other films like Pi and A Beautiful Mind," reports Pete Schumer. "It's worth checking out!" According to Wikipedia, "The film is concerned with the lives of the Haruno family, who live in rural Tochigi prefecture, the countryside north of Tokyo. Nobuo is a hypnotherapist who teaches his son, Hajime, to play go. Hajime becomes an excellent go player, but he has a rough time with girls and puberty. Nobuo's wife, Yoshiko refuses to be an average housewife, and works on animated film projects at home. She uses assistance from Grandfather Akira, an eccentric old man who is a former animator and occasional model. Uncle Ayano, a sound engineer and record producer, moves in with the family. He is looking to restart his life again after living in Tokyo for several years. Meanwhile, Yoshiko's daughter Sachiko, believes that she is followed around everywhere by a giant version of herself, and searches for ways to rid herself of it." "Katsuhito also directed the film Promises of August (1995) and The Shark Skin Man and the Peach Hip Girl (1999) as well as providing some animation in Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill vol. I," adds Schumer.

YOUR MOVE: READERS WRITE: Guo's Internet School: "Please let me know how to contact Guo Juan's Internet Go School," asks an EJ reader after we inadvertently left out the link in a recent classified ad. Reach the school by clicking here. Kudos..."I wanted to compliment you on your e-journal, which is both professionally written and technically well-designed," writes Craig. "The nav bar on the side is particularly nice. You may want to consider adding style='padding: 5px'" to your image tags and not right-justifying your nav bar, but even though I complain about those minor issues, I don't think I've seen very many e-journals in your league." And Criticisms: "I love the newsletter folks but it's been a couple years now... do you think we could integrate proper captions into the photographs or perhaps prepare a PDF versions of the document with proper captions," says Sean. "The layout, forgive me for saying is pretty poor." Pro or con, we love to hear what readers think of the E-Journal! Write us at journal@usgo.org

GO QUIZ: Thank You Paul
Your Quizmaster returns with an important and necessary pause to thank just-retired AGA Ratings Statistician Paul Matthews (l, in photo) for his decades of hard work for the AGA, which I hope will continue. As a young and overly enthusiastic young go player (in those days "young" meant early twenties), Paul's hospitality allowed me to attend tournaments in New Jersey and New York. Back then I was a young guy, and Paul was a grown up; I find it somewhat disturbing that while he looks little different, I am now described as middle aged. Paul helped me become the rabid tournament attender that I was for years, and he paid for it by receiving many an email query about why my rating had not gone up as much as I liked. Invariably, I received a patient and, unfortunately, convincing reply explaining why the rating was correct. I am convinced that Paul's rating system is extremely sound, accurate and internally consistent. Folks should not forget he also ran a wonderful Go Congress in 1989 and his annual New Jersey Open is a highlight of the East coast tournament scene, the oldest such event in the nation. Thank you Paul!
THIS WEEK'S QUIZ: In honor of Paul, and on the theme of not forgetting the hard work of our volunteers, whose rating algorithm did Paul's replace? Was it Robert Rusher's, Sam Zimmerman's, David Relson's or Robert Ryder's? Click here to send in your answer. The winner will receive 100 ratings points.
- Keith Arnold; photo by John Pinkerton

GO CLASSIFIED: SELL IT, BUY IT OR TRADE IT HERE with over 14,000 go-players worldwide! Classified ads are FREE and run for 4 weeks; email your ad to us now at journal@usgo.org

PLAYERS WANTED: Wilmington, DE: Looking for Go players in the Wilmington, NC area. If interested contact me at Andrew.Craddock.II@gmail.com. Everyone is welcome. (2/8)

YOUNG PLAYERS WANTED: Bozeman, MT: Starting in early Feburary and running until the end of school the Gallatin Youth Go Club will be meeting every Thursday from 3:45-5:15 at the Bozeman Public Library. Kids in grades K-12 are invited to join in the fun. No experience or equipment is necessary thanks in part to the generous support of the AGF. Please contact Pippin at gallatinvalleygo@gmail.com or click here for more information. (2/8)

STUDENTS WANTED: Yuan Zhou 8d 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, please contact him at yuan.zhou@zhouyuan.com. You can also check out his website for more information. 1/25

FOR SALE: Back issues of Go Review: Summer 1973,Summer, Autumn, Winter 1975; Spring, Summer, winter, Autumn 1976; Spring, Winter 1977. Good condition. $10 ea. or $75 for the lot. Contact Neil Roiter; nroiter@verizon.net (1/18)

STUDENTS WANTED, SF Bay Area, CA, USA: Joey Hung 8d is actively seeking new students online at KGS/IGS. Joey taught many Go students over last 16 years. Those wish to improve their Go skills quickly, please click here or contact egogames@yahoo.com or call (650)387-9422 for details. (1/18)

FOR SALE: Chinese pressed bamboo floor board, 10-1/2" high, 5-1/2" thick, weighs 52 pounds, $220. Traditional agathis floor board, 9" high, 4-1/2" thick, $180. Maroon board with drawers and stones, $50. Deluxe Catalpa board with drawers, $180. Various table boards, $35 each. Cost of shipping added to all orders, will ship internationally. All items in like-new condition. I have a 100% customer satisfaction rating as an eBay seller (garratt4519). Payment by money order or PayPal (preferred) accepted; I can email photos. Contact gerratt5@aol.com (1/11)

PLAYERS WANTED: Lander Wyoming Go Group, Fridays 4p & SUN 10a @ Main St Books, 3rd & Main cujar@wyoming.com for more info (12/7)

PLAYERS WANTED: Portland, Maine: I have a friend in the Portland area who is learning go. We can't seem to find an ongoing group. Are you out there? Are you interested in playing and/or helping teach? Contact me at tpears@aol.com (12/07)

STUDENTS WANTED: Guo Juan's Internet Go School is currently accepting enrollment for Group Classes for the term beginning January 16th 2010. Our students and teachers wish to meet you! Our very experienced teaching faculty includes Guo Juan 5P, Jennie Shen 2P and Mingjiu Jiang 7P. For details please click here (12/7)

Published by the American Go Association
Managing Editor: Chris Garlock
Assistant Editor: Bill Cobb
Website Editor: Gurujeet Khalsa
Games Editor: Myron Souris
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); Nicholas Roussos (Cyprus Correspondent); Horatio Davis (Australia/New Zealand Correspondent).
Columnists: James Kerwin 1P; Kazunari Furuyama; Rob van Zeijst; Roy Laird; Peter Shotwell
Translations: Bob McGuigan (Japan)
Formatting: Adam Wright

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American Go E-Journal Volume 11, #6: February 8, 2010

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:34:16 GMT

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AMERICAN GO E-JOURNAL
World Go News from The American Go Association

February 8, 2010; Volume 11, #6

U.S. GO NEWS: Feng Yun/Jie Li Win N.A. Pair Go 1st Round; USYGC Season Opens; Smartgo In South Korea And Coming Soon To iPpad
WORLD GO NEWS: Rui Naiwei Wins 9th Female Myeongin Title; Cho U 3-0 In Kisei; Japan Knocked Out Of BC Cup; Korea Takes Women's Team Match Cup; Iyama Yuta Holds Lead In Honinbo League
EUROPEAN GO NEWS: Dinerchtein To Fujitsu Finals; Törmänen Takes Takapotku; Metta Celebrates Tenth Tortellino; Anguila Sweeps Spanish Title; Danigabi Takes Early Lead In Kgs League; Top Players Flock To Amsterdam
GO CALENDAR: Phoenix & Middlebury
YOUNGEST-EVER PRO IS FEMALE
GO SPOTTING: The Taste of Tea
YOUR MOVE: READERS WRITE: Guo's Internet School
GO QUIZ: Thank You Paul
GO CLASSIFIED
MEMBER'S EDITION BONUS CONTENT: In today's game record, China's Niu Yutian 7P defeats Iyama Yuta 9P in the 2nd round of the BC Card Cup. Our bonus file today is an "easy" life and death problem from Yilun Yang 7P.
Non-members: join the American Go Association and get all this great content with every EJ! It's all just a click away!

American Go E-Journal Volume 11, #5: February 2, 2010

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:22:33 GMT

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AMERICAN GO E-JOURNAL
World Go News from The American Go Association

February 2, 2010; Volume 11, #5

WORLD PAIR GO REGISTRATION DEADLINE EXTENDED
AGA BOARD WAIVES U.S. YOUTH GO CHAMPIONSHIP REQUIREMENT
MATTHEWS TO RETIRE AS AGA RATINGS COORDINATOR
GO CALENDAR
WORLD GO NEWS: Xie Sweeps Women's Kisei; Cho U 2-0 In Kisei; Lee Changho Wins 1st Round In KBS Cup; Park Jieun Wins 1st Round Of Jeongganjang Cup; BC Card Cup Tournament Update; Kong Jie Ranked #1 In China; Was The Han Taehee Win Against Lee Changho A Fluke?
Gu Li Winningest Pro In '09
EUROPEAN GO NEWS: Groenen & Brouwer Tie In Dutch Champs; Groenen Denies Pomstra Bid For 5th Win At Heerlen Open; Pocsai-Palogh Corner Market On Hungarian Title Gold; Kachanovskij Wins First KGS Insei League; Kachanovskiy, Simara, Prokopova To Student Oza; Grabowski Steps Down As Polish Ratings Master
YOUR MOVE: Inspired By Prison Go
GO REVIEW: How Not To Play Go
GO CLASSIFIED
MEMBER'S EDITION BONUS CONTENT: "If a stone is contacted, don't play elsewhere," says Kaz Furuyama in today's installment of his "Important, Fundamental Matters" series.
Non-members: join the American Go Association and get all this great content with every EJ! It's all just a click away!

WORLD PAIR GO REGISTRATION DEADLINE EXTENDED: The registration deadline for the World Pair Go Tournament has been extended to this Thursday at midnight. Recognizing the World Pair Go Tournament as a special one-time celebration of the 20th anniversary of the creation of Pair Go, the AGA Board Sunday night voted to waive both the one-year continuous membership requirement and the 10-game minimum requirement for the qualification tournament, as it had waived some requirements for the World Mind Sports Games last year under similar circumstances. U.S. citizenship and U.S. residency for at least six of the past twelve months still are required. Interested pros and amateurs must contact President@usgo.org with names and AGA ID's by the deadline. Photo: Pair Go partners Rachel Small and Phil Straus at the 2009 U.S. Go Congress; photo courtesy Phil Straus

AGA BOARD WAIVES U.S. YOUTH GO CHAMPIONSHIP REQUIREMENT: The AGA Board acted Sunday to waive the 10-game minimum requirement for the annual U.S. Youth Go Championship, converting last year's one-time exemption into a permanent exemption for this tournament, which leads to the selection of the U.S. representative to the World Youth tournament. Board Chairman Roy Schmidt noted that "This responds to concerns of youth advocates that the AGA should be encouraging maximum participation in this tournament, with reduced requirements."

MATTHEWS TO RETIRE AS AGA RATINGS COORDINATOR: "Our ratings coordinator, Paul Matthews, has informed me of his decision to retire from this position to spend more time pursuing other go related interests," reports AGA President Allan Abramson. "Paul has been one of our AGA heroes," Abramson told the E-Journal, "having developed the rating system algorithms 20 years ago, and having maintained ratings with regular updates for all this time." Adding that "I personally hold him in the highest regard, and respect the care he devoted to the quality of ratings." Abramson also had a request for AGA members, asking them to "Please join me in extending our thanks to Paul for 20 years of extraordinary service." Abramson also noted that "We are now in the process of integrating new open source rating system programming with our other data systems and web site. This transition may take several months to complete, but in the interim we expect to do a ratings update as soon as possible. I ask for your understanding and patience." Photo: Paul Matthews at last year's NJ Open; photo by John Pinkerton

GO CALENDAR: Menlo Park, Germantown & Seattle
February 6: Menlo Park, CA: Bay Area Go Players Association Monthly AGA Ratings Tournament
Roger Schrag 510.501.2701 rs1249@bayareago.org
February 6: Germantown, MD: Yuan Zhou's Group Go Lesson
yuan.zhou@zhouyuan.com for lesson fees and details.
February 7: Seattle, WA: Monthly Ratings Tournament
Brian Allen 206.545.1424 brian@seattlegocenter.org

WORLD GO NEWS: XIE SWEEPS WOMEN'S KISEI: Xie Yimin 4p took the Women's Kisei title on January 28 after defeating defending titleholder Umezawa Yukari 5p by resignation in Game 2 to win the title 2-0. Xie now owns all three major women titles - Women's Honinbo, Meijin and Kisei -- and becomes the first three-champion women's player in Japanese go history. CHO U 2-0 IN KISEI: Cho U (Judan) defeated Yamashita Keigo (Kisei) by 6.5 points in the second round of the 34th Kisei title match on January 28. Cho U leads the series 2:0. The third round will be played on February 3-4. LEE CHANGHO WINS 1ST ROUND IN KBS CUP: Lee Changho 9P defeated Kang Dongyun 9P on February 1 by resignation in the 28th KBS Cup finals, a best-of-three series. Lee Changho leads the series 1:0. Round 2 will be played on February 14th. PARK JIEUN WINS 1ST ROUND OF JEONGGANJANG CUP: Korea's Park Jieun 9P defeated China's Song Ronghui 5P by resignation in round 1 of the third stage of the 8th Jeongganjang Cup. She faces Japan's Suzuki Ayumi 4P in the 2nd round on February 2nd. BC CARD CUP TOURNAMENT UPDATE: Six Koreans -- Park Junghwan 7P, Park Yeonghun 9P, Lee Sedol 9P, An Choyeong 9P, Kim Kiyoung 5P and Park Seunghyun 6P -- have made it through the second round of the BC Card Cup, defeating their opponents and advancing to Round 3. Ten more games yet to be played in the 2nd round, will be played this week. Two notable games to keep an eye on are the battles between Japan's Iyama Yuta 9P and China's Niu Yutian 7P (game date, February 5th) and Japan's Yamada Kimio 9P against Korea's Yoo Changhyuk 9P (February 4th). KONG JIE RANKED #1 IN CHINA: According to recently released rankings, Kong Jie 9P is now ranked as China's #1 professional player. From September 1 to December 31, he improved his point total from 2688 and 2721 points. WAS THE HAN TAEHEE WIN AGAINST LEE CHANGHO A FLUKE? After only 87 moves, Han Taehee 6d resigned to An Choyeong 9P in the second round of the 2nd BC Cup on January 28. Han Taehee was the amateur 6-dan who defeated Lee Changho in the first round, causing much speculation around the go world about how an amateur 6 dan could beat (arguably) the world's top go player. Click here for the Taehee-Choyeong game.
- from reports in JustPlayGo and GoGameWorld

GU LI WINNINGEST PRO IN '09: An important indication of superiority among go professionals is their winning percentage, especially among the most active players. Here is a rundown for 2009. Gu Li 9P of China was the player with the most wins in international events, winning eighteen and losing seven for a winning rate of 72%. Click here for Gu Li's January 27 win over Ding Wei 9P in the first round of China's 24th Tianyuan title. Second in number of wins was fellow Chinese Qiu Jun 9P with 17-8 for a 68% rate. Third was Heo Yeongho 6P of Korea whose 16-4 record gave him an amazing 80% win rate. Not surprisingly, the top twenty international event winners are all either Chinese (9) or Korean (12): nine Chinese and twelve Koreans (a six-way tie for 16th makes the total twenty-one). Click here for the complete rundown.
- Bill Cobb

EUROPEAN GO NEWS: GROENEN & BROUWER TIE IN DUTCH CHAMPS: Geert Groenen 6d and Peter Brouwer 5d tied for the Dutch title after the final rounds of the Championship, which were played last weekend at the European Go Center near Amsterdam. The winner will be decided in a best-of-three play-off in the Spring. Click here for results. GROENEN DENIES POMSTRA BID FOR 5TH WIN AT HEERLEN OPEN: Geert Groenen denied Willem-Koen Pomstra's bid for a fifth win at the Heerlen Open January 9-10 in Holland. Groenen topped the 20th Open, the traditional opener of the new year, winning the deciding match with Willem-Koen Pomstra, who had won the last four. By tradition, the tournament is held in an old bar, which serves a wide variety of beers in the old center of town. 32 participants from 6 countries attended. POCSAI-PALOGH CORNER MARKET ON HUNGARIAN TITLE GOLD: Dynamic duo Rita Pocsai 4d and Pál Balogh 6d have added the Hungarian Pair Go title to their collection of titles, winning in Budapest on January 30. Pocsai is the Hungarian Women's Champion and Balogh is the Hungarian Men's Champion. Domonkos Albrecht kept his Hungarian Youth title and Róbert Czismadia - who took 4th at last year's European U-12 Championships (EC) -- retained his Children's title. KACHANOVSKIJ WINS FIRST KGS INSEI LEAGUE: Artem Kachanovskiy (Artem92), a young player - barely 17 -- from the Ukraine, won the A-division of the first Insei competition on KGS (KILL), run by Alex Dinerchtein, which ended January 31. A bonus round after the league caused a sensation when the most active players from each league were invited to a simul against Cho Mikyung 1P. Only 'j13' won. Watch the game here. KACHANOVSKIY, SIMARA, PROKOPOVA TO STUDENT OZA: Artem Kachanowskiy 6d (Ukraine), Jan Simara 5d and Anna Prokopova 1k (both Czech) qualified for the World Student Oza in Japan, later this year. The qualifiers were held for the first time on KGS. GRABOWSKI STEPS DOWN AS POLISH RATINGS MASTER: After more than 30 years running the Polish rating list, aka 'Grabolka', Krzysztof Grabowski resigned on January 1, although he has retained his place at the EGF rating commission. In addition to three decades of running Polish ratings, Grabowski says he proudest of a Kansai Kiin 3-dan diploma signed by their top three 9-dan professionals, Hashimoto Utaru, Shoji and Sekiyama Toshio in 1990. "Perhaps my greatest joy were the Pair Go tourneys during several Polish summer camps." Grabowski was named the third honorary member of the Polish Go Association, after Tozawa Akinobu 9p and Janusz Kraszek 6d.
- Peter Dijkema, European Correspondent; click here for complete reports

YOUR MOVE: READERS WRITE
Inspired By Prison Go: "I want to say how much I appreciated and was inspired by Paul Barchilon's story of go in the Englewood Federal Prison," wrote Dave Gagne of Minneapolis, MN. "I have visited various prisons throughout the country and I know the feeling of all those clanging gates, cement walls, untold stories floating in the air. But I was delighted to see how eager those 22 prisoners were to learn go. Thanks, Paul. It was a terrific story and inspiring." Added Richard Dolen, "I just wanted to thank Paul Barchilon for the wonderful work he did to get the go sets and demo to the prison, and for his fascinating article. It must have taken a great deal of patience, overcoming of bureaucratic frustrations and optimistic energy to succeed. Great to let a little light into darker places."

GO REVIEW: How Not To Play Go
By Robert E. Stoller
How Not To Play Go is Yuan Zhou's eighth instructional book on go. In the introduction, Zhou says that "What makes a player a kyu-level player is a basic misunderstanding of how to play the game. I am talking about basic, elementary principles of play, not complicated and difficult things that require much effort and even talent to acquire. These common misunderstandings are easily understood and can be eliminated from your playing with a modest amount of effort." Specifically, Zhou seeks in this book to demonstrate four common, fundamental misunderstandings about go which are characteristic of kyu-level play: not paying attention to the whole board, not taking sente seriously enough, assuming that the opponent's areas are bigger than one's own, and hoping the opponent will overlook an obvious threat. Sprinkled throughout the book's game commentaries are an array of useful precepts. Here are my favorites: "One of the reasons for doing life and death problems is that it trains you to think about how both sides will play, not just your own possible moves. You cannot find good plays without thinking about your opponent's responses." "We can say that go is about three things: freedom, space, and speed. These are basic human values and their essential role in go is part of the reason the game has attracted millions of players for thousands of years." "In go as in life you need to think carefully about the consequences of your actions. Like ending with gote, following your opponent is giving up your freedom. You should resist doing that." While this book is not aimed at beginners or at stronger dan-level players, How Not To Play Go is ideal for anyone in the broad middle realms of 20-kyu to 1-kyu who aspires to shodan competence.

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STUDENTS WANTED: Yuan Zhou 8d 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, please contact him at yuan.zhou@zhouyuan.com. You can also check out his website for more information. 1/25

FOR SALE: Back issues of Go Review: Summer 1973,Summer, Autumn, Winter 1975; Spring, Summer, winter, Autumn 1976; Spring, Winter 1977. Good condition. $10 ea. or $75 for the lot. Contact Neil Roiter; nroiter@verizon.net (1/18)

STUDENTS WANTED, SF Bay Area, CA, USA: Joey Hung 8d is actively seeking new students online at KGS/IGS. Joey taught many Go students over last 16 years. Those wish to improve their Go skills quickly, please click here or contact egogames@yahoo.com or call (650)387-9422 for details. (1/18)

FOR SALE: Chinese pressed bamboo floor board, 10-1/2" high, 5-1/2" thick, weighs 52 pounds, $220. Traditional agathis floor board, 9" high, 4-1/2" thick, $180. Maroon board with drawers and stones, $50. Deluxe Catalpa board with drawers, $180. Various table boards, $35 each. Cost of shipping added to all orders, will ship internationally. All items in like-new condition. I have a 100% customer satisfaction rating as an eBay seller (garratt4519). Payment by money order or PayPal (preferred) accepted; I can email photos. Contact gerratt5@aol.com (1/11)

PLAYERS WANTED: Lander Wyoming Go Group, Fridays 4p & SUN 10a @ Main St Books, 3rd & Main cujar@wyoming.com for more info (12/7)

PLAYERS WANTED: Portland, Maine: I have a friend in the Portland area who is learning go. We can't seem to find an ongoing group. Are you out there? Are you interested in playing and/or helping teach? Contact me at tpears@aol.com (12/07)

STUDENTS WANTED: Guo Juan's Internet Go School is currently accepting enrollment for Group Classes for the term beginning January 16th 2010. Our students and teachers wish to meet you! Our very experienced teaching faculty includes Guo Juan 5P, Jennie Shen 2P and Mingjiu Jiang 7P. For details please click here (12/7)

Published by the American Go Association
Managing Editor: Chris Garlock
Assistant Editor: Bill Cobb
Website Editor: Gurujeet Khalsa
Games Editor: Myron Souris
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); Nicholas Roussos (Cyprus Correspondent); Horatio Davis (Australia/New Zealand Correspondent).
Columnists: James Kerwin 1P; Kazunari Furuyama; Rob van Zeijst; Roy Laird; Peter Shotwell
Translations: Bob McGuigan (Japan)
Formatting: Adam Wright

Text material published in the AMERICAN GO E JOURNAL may be reproduced by any recipient: please credit the AGEJ as the source. PLEASE NOTE that commented game record files MAY NOT BE published, re-distributed, or made available on the web without the explicit written permission of the Editor of the E-Journal. Please direct inquiries to journal@usgo.org
Articles appearing in the E-Journal represent the opinions of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official views of the American Go Association.

American Go E-Journal Volume 11, #4: January 25, 2010

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 04:06:48 GMT

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AMERICAN GO E-JOURNAL
World Go News from The American Go Association

January 25, 2010; Volume 11, #4

WORLD GO NEWS: Japanese Surge In The Nongshim Cup
U.S. GO NEWS: Hu Wins Chi Tourney; Jujo Tourney Report
WORLD PAIR GO DEADLINE WEDS
NAMT QUALIFIER HOST SITES SOUGHT
EUROPEAN GO NEWS: Hricova/Silt Czech Pair Champs; Li Ting Kansai Kiin 1-Dan; Diamond Sharp In Maidenhead; Hebsacker Hamburg Leads German League; Artem Tops Kill A-League;
Liu 2P To Teach In Zurich; Metta Takes Trofeo
GO CALENDAR: Lancaster, Menlo Park, Germantown & Seattle
GO SPOTTING: TV Crime Show Go
THE TRAVELING BOARD: Go Behind Bars
GO CLASSIFIED
MEMBER'S EDITION BONUS CONTENT: In today’s game commentary, Kong Jie 9p of China plays Lee Changho 9p of Korea in Round 11 of the Chinese A League. The game was played July 11, 2009 in Jiangsu, China; commentary is by Kong Jie 9P. Translated from Weiqi World 2009.15, August 1, 2009 by Yuan Zhou 7d and used by permission.
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WORLD GO NEWS: JAPANESE SURGE IN THE NONGSHIM CUP: The Japanese, who in recent years haven't survived past the second round of the Nongshim Cup have made it through to the third round this year. Hane Naoki 9P (l) -- Japan's last player -- pulled out a win on January 22nd and then defeated Park Yeonghun 9P of Korea. The Nongshim is a win-and-continue team event between five member teams from China, Japan, and Korea. The Japanese and Chinese teams have each won only once in Nonshim's ten-year history, with Korea winning the other eight titles. The Koreans started out strong as usual, when Kim Jiseok 6P won the first three games, defeating two Japanese: Yamashita Keigo 9P and Takao Shinji 9P. Then Xie He 7P of China took over, winning five games before being stopped by Hane. The Koreans are also down to a single player, Lee Changho 9P, while the Chinese still have three. Hane's next game will be against Liu Xing 7P of China in early March. The other Chinese players are Chang Hao 9P and Gu Li 9P.
- Bill Cobb, from Go News, GoGameWorld, Sensei's Library, JustPlayGo

U.S. GO NEWS: HU WINS CHI TOURNEY: Thomas Hu 6d won the January 23 “The White and the Black” tournament in Chicago, IL. “A smallish tournament, but some great games,” reports TD Bob Barber. “A new player was Young Rhee 7d, who will be teaching at the brand new Go Center in nearby Arlington Heights. If we move the tourney, we may double attendance. Heady times in Chicago.” 26 players participated. Results: 1st Place Dan: HU, Thomas, 6d, 4-0; 1st Place High Kyu: RUBENSTEIN, Mark, 4k, 4-0; 1st Place Low Kyu: ZHANG, Chris, 33k, 4-0. JUJO TOURNEY REPORT: Mingjiu Jiang 7P won the Jujo Jiang Ing Goe Tournament held January 9-10 in San Francisco, CA. Winner’s Report: 1st place: Mingjiu Jiang 7P (5-0); 2nd: Calvin Sun 7d (4-1); 3rd: Lu Wang 7d (3-2); 4th: Song Li 6d (3-2). - reported by Chris Burg

WORLD PAIR GO DEADLINE WEDS: This Wednesday, January 27 is the deadline for registering for the World Pair Go qualifiers. “This is a high level competition, with airfare, room and board for one pair from North America at the end of March,” reports American Go Association President Allan Abramson. The qualifiers will include Canadian pairs. Abramson's recent Members Memo included details; contact him at President@usgo.org

NAMT QUALIFIER HOST SITES SOUGHT: Beginning this year, the qualification tournament to select the 2011 Fujitsu Cup candidate will be the North American Masters tournament. The NAMT final is held at the annual U.S. Go Congress (LINK), which will be held in Colorado Spring, CO July 31-August 8. “We are now looking for clubs and people to host the NAMT qualifier tournaments around the country,” says AGA Tournament Coordinator Boris Bernadsky. Two sites are being sought in the west, two in the east and two in the central states; there will be two online tournaments as well. Anyone interested in hosting an NAMT qualifier can email Bernadsky at badukboris@gmail.com

EUROPEAN GO NEWS: HRICOVA/SILT CZECH PAIR CHAMPS: Jana Hricova and Ondrej Silt won the Czech Republic Pair Championship in Prague January 23-24. Click here for results. LI TING KANSAI KIIN 1-DAN: In what's being hailed as "a real sensation for Austria," Vienna's Li Ting will begin playing as a professional for the Kansai Kiin on March 1. DIAMOND SHARP IN MAIDENHEAD: British Go Association President Jon Diamond 4d (r) won the 19th Furze Platt tournament in Maidenhead on tie-break, ahead of David Ward 3d and Tim Hunt 3d on January 23 at Hitachi Europe Ltd's headquarters. Click here for results. HEBSACKER HAMBURG LEADS GERMAN LEAGUE: The Hebsacker team defeated Kieloben in Round 5 of the German team leagues, or Bundesliga, on January 14. Led by captain Tobias Berben, editor of the German Go Journal, Hebsacker drew just one match, won the rest and are now two matchpoints clear of 'eternal' champs Karlsruhe, while St. Pauli -- also from Hamburg -- moved into third place after their match with Frankfurt Dragons. Unexciting Elks from Darmstadt drew their fifth match in a row, with Igoist Berlin. With ten teams in a division, four more matches are up. ARTEM TOPS KILL A-LEAGUE: Former European Youth Champ Artem Kochanovskiy ('artem92', Ukraine) leads the KGS Insei League (KILL) A-league with a 9-4 (69%) record. Kochanovskiy has only lost to league teachers and has won three crucial games with early leader 'j13' (Finland), who is second with 18-10 (64%), including 1-7 to teachers Alex Dinerchtein (16-2) and Ilya Shiksin (17-5). Leagues end at the end of each month. LIU 2P TO TEACH IN ZURICH: Liu Yuanbo 2P will be at the Zurich Go Club February 12-14 for simuls and a weekend workshop, reports swissgo.org. Liu is known as PeteLiu 2p, tartaric 9d and MilanMilan 9d on KGS. A week earlier, on Friday, February 5, Li Yue 5d (Madrid) will teach on the theme "attack to benefit." METTA TAKES TROFEO: Carlo Metta 1d (Pisa) won the 5th Trofeo Higashitika held January 16-17 in Remanzacco, in the Udine province in northeast Italy. Metta won his first four and drew his last game with Sandro Poldrugo 1k (Triest), who finished second. Radovan Golja 3d (Ljubljana - Slovenia) 3-2 finished 3rd in a field of 22. Only Frederico Forte 16k (Pisa) won all five rounds. Click here for results.
- Peter Dijkema, European Correspondent for the EJ; click here for complete reports

GO CALENDAR: Lancaster, Menlo Park, Germantown & Seattle
- January 31: Lancaster, PA: Lancaster Frostbite Self Pair Tournament
Sam Zimmerman szimmerman@ctipc.com 717.892.1249
- February 6: Menlo Park, CA: Bay Area Go Players Association Monthly AGA Ratings Tournament
Roger Schrag rs1249@bayareago.org 510.501.2701
- February 6: Germantown, MD: Yuan Zhou's Group Go Lesson
Yuan Zhou yuan.zhou@zhouyuan.com 301.528.7259
- February 7: Seattle, WA: Monthly Ratings Tournament
Brian Allen brian@seattlegocenter.org 206.545.1424

GO SPOTTING: TV Crime Show Go: A number of readers recently tipped us off to go showing up in the Criminal Minds television series. A police procedural drama focusing on the criminal rather than the crime itself, Criminal Minds -- which premiered in 2005 -- featured go in the pilot. Screen grab from the “Extreme Aggressor" episode courtesy James G. McIlhargey.

THE TRAVELING BOARD: Go Behind Bars
by Paul Barchilon
"I am 14 years into a 25 year sentence, and I am interested in starting a go club at the prison," read the letter from K, forwarded to me at the American Go Foundation by Mark Rubenstein at AGA Member Services. Although our main work at the AGF focuses on children, we also offer full support for institutional settings as well. I sent K an information packet and an application for a class room starter set. Noticing the prison was here in Colorado, I also told him I would be willing to do a demonstration at the prison. Rubenstein also donated two playing sets, and a number of go magazines, but the package was refused by the prison, which had very specific guidelines about what they would accept. As K had mentioned wanting to start a program at the prison, I thought I might try contacting the education coordinator at the prison directly. So began the first of what would ultimately be six months worth of phone calls, letters, and requests to the Federal Correctional Institute in Englewood. I had given up on any chance of a program starting at the prison when I finally received a phone call from one of the education coordinators. He said he had a group of over 20 prisoners who kept asking him when the go teacher was going to come, so he finally decided to let me do a demonstration at the prison. I was also able to arrange for the prison to accept multiple playing sets for the program, and I was finally able to hand-deliver Rubenstein's package of equipment and magazines as well. I wasn't sure what to expect when I finally went to the prison. I had briefly worked with youth in a juvenile correctional facility a few years back, but Englewood is an adult prison, and a federal one at that. When I arrived, I was surprised at the size of the place. A guard told me they house 1,000 inmates there. I passed through multiple security screening points, with giant sliding metal grates, and went deep into the heart of the complex, where I was taken to an educational center in the prison and had a few minutes to set up before the 22 prisoners who had signed up for the program arrived. I finally met K in person, who thanked me profusely for arranging the demonstration. He and the other inmates were all polite, friendly, and very attentive. Three of the prisoners knew how to play already, and I was very pleased to see that they had a few volumes of Janice Kim's Learn to Play series. None of them had ever played a game outside of the prison system though. The other 19 inmates were all first-timers, so I taught them how to play and then had them all play each other on 9x9 boards. I think the Education Coordinator was pleased to see all of the inmates immediately engaged in the game, and laughing as they discovered new things. After they had all played a game or two, I offered to do a simul with any five of them. They were quite excited by this, and everyone else gathered around the table where I was playing. I gave most of them a five stone handicap on the 9x9, and tried to show them some things while we were playing. One of the men, T, had been playing for many years. He told me he had learned from a Japanese prisoner, at another prison. He had tried to show the others how to play, but hadn't had too much luck. I played him even on the 9x9, and the other inmates all took immense pleasure in finally seeing T lose a game. After the first simul, I did a second one. This time I played both K and T on the 19x19 with a 9 stone handicap, and three newcomers on the 9x9 boards. Knowing that I wouldn't be able to come back often (or perhaps at all) I wanted very much to see if we could establish a rank for either of them. K thought he might be 17 kyu, T had no idea, but they both knew he was much stronger. T played a good game, and to our mutual delight, was able to force me to resign. Since he was within 9 stones of my rank of 1 kyu, I told him I thought he was about 9 kyu. I explained that each handicap stone was worth roughly ten points, and that from here on out he should try to give handicaps accordingly to the other inmates. If he won a game by 50 points, he should give five stones, and so forth. Hopefully the other players will be able to base their ranks off of his. My experience with many clubs has been that two things are critical for success: first, a group of beginners who are all learning together, and second, a handicap system that allows everyone to play fair games. At the end of my three hours with the inmates, T surprised me by asking if it was possible to make a donation to the AGF. I told him we were funded entirely by donations, and would welcome one if he had the ability to give. I wasn't expecting the prisoners to have any money, but one of the guards explained that the inmates work in the prison, and receive wages for it. I don't know what crimes any of these men had committed, but I do know that a person doesn't stop living once they are behind bars. I can think of no group that might better benefit from the qualities that go brings to our lives than prisoners. Perhaps learning how to play go will give them a non-violent forum to express themselves in, and they will be able to better themselves by learning how to communicate in this way. I also know that whatever a man's crime, he should be able to play go if he wants to. They have chess and Scrabble in prison, they should have go too.
- Barchilon is Vice President of the AGF; original graphic for the EJ by Mike Samuel

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STUDENTS WANTED: Yuan Zhou 8d 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, please contact him at yuan.zhou@zhouyuan.com. You can also check out his website www.zhouyuan.com for more information. 1/25

FOR SALE: Back issues of Go Review: Summer 1973,Summer, Autumn, Winter 1975; Spring, Summer, winter, Autumn 1976; Spring, Winter 1977. Good condition. $10 ea. or $75 for the lot. Contact Neil Roiter; nroiter@verizon.net (1/18)

STUDENTS WANTED, SF Bay Area, CA, USA: Joey Hung 8d is actively seeking new students online at KGS/IGS. Joey taught many Go students over last 16 years. Those wish to improve their Go skills quickly, please check http://www.egogames.com or contact egogames@yahoo.com or call (650)387-9422 for details. (1/18)

FOR SALE: Chinese pressed bamboo floor board, 10-1/2" high, 5-1/2" thick, weighs 52 pounds, $220. Traditional agathis floor board, 9" high, 4-1/2" thick, $180. Maroon board with drawers and stones, $50. Deluxe Catalpa board with drawers, $180. Various table boards, $35 each. Cost of shipping added to all orders, will ship internationally. All items in like-new condition. I have a 100% customer satisfaction rating as an eBay seller (garratt4519). Payment by money order or PayPal (preferred) accepted; I can email photos. Contact gerratt5@aol.com (1/11)

PLAYERS WANTED: Lander Wyoming Go Group, Fridays 4p & SUN 10a @ Main St Books, 3rd & Main cujar@wyoming.com for more info (12/7)

PLAYERS WANTED: Portland, Maine: I have a friend in the Portland area who is learning go. We can't seem to find an ongoing group. Are you out there? Are you interested in playing and/or helping teach? Contact me at tpears@aol.com (12/07)

STUDENTS WANTED: Guo Juan's Internet Go School is currently accepting enrollment for Group Classes for the term beginning January 16th 2010. Our students and teachers wish to meet you! Our very experienced teaching faculty includes Guo Juan 5P, Jennie Shen 2P and Mingjiu Jiang 7P. For details please click here (12/7)

Published by the American Go Association
Managing Editor: Chris Garlock
Assistant Editor: Bill Cobb
Website Editor: Gurujeet Khalsa
Games Editor: Myron Souris
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); Nicholas Roussos (Cyprus Correspondent); Horatio Davis (Australia/New Zealand Correspondent).
Columnists: James Kerwin 1P; Kazunari Furuyama; Rob van Zeijst; Roy Laird; Peter Shotwell
Translations: Bob McGuigan (Japan)
Formatting: Adam Wright
Text material published in the AMERICAN GO E JOURNAL may be reproduced by any recipient: please credit the AGEJ as the source. PLEASE NOTE that commented game record files MAY NOT BE published, re-distributed, or made available on the web without the explicit written permission of the Editor of the E-Journal. Please direct inquiries to journal@usgo.org
Articles appearing in the E-Journal represent the opinions of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official views of the American Go Association.

American Go E-Journal Volume 11, #4: January 25, 2010

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 04:03:35 GMT

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AMERICAN GO E-JOURNAL
World Go News from The American Go Association

January 25, 2010; Volume 11, #4

WORLD GO NEWS: Japanese Surge In The Nongshim Cup
U.S. GO NEWS: Hu Wins Chi Tourney; Jujo Tourney Report
WORLD PAIR GO DEADLINE WEDS
NAMT QUALIFIER HOST SITES SOUGHT
EUROPEAN GO NEWS: Hricova/Silt Czech Pair Champs; Li Ting Kansai Kiin 1-Dan; Diamond Sharp In Maidenhead; Hebsacker Hamburg Leads German League; Artem Tops Kill A-League;
Liu 2P To Teach In Zurich; Metta Takes Trofeo
GO CALENDAR: Lancaster, Menlo Park, Germantown & Seattle
GO SPOTTING: TV Crime Show Go
THE TRAVELING BOARD: Go Behind Bars
GO CLASSIFIED
MEMBER'S EDITION BONUS CONTENT: In today’s game commentary, Kong Jie 9p of China plays Lee Changho 9p of Korea in Round 11 of the Chinese A League. The game was played July 11, 2009 in Jiangsu, China; commentary is by Kong Jie 9P. Translated from Weiqi World 2009.15, August 1, 2009 by Yuan Zhou 7d and used by permission.
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