News from the American Go Association

November 10, 2006

Volume 7, #96 (Member's Edition)

YUN, JIANG & LI LEAD IN NAMT
MICSA & CIUICA TOP SARASOTA TOURNEY
BOLEY & TSAI TAKE ON CHALLENGERS
GO COMES TO PEABODY
FRIENDSHIP TOURNEY IN OTTAWA
LIU XING WINS CHINESE AGON CUP
LEE SEDOL TAKES FIRST GAMES IN TWO TITLE MATCHES
JUJO REACHES QUARTERFINALS OF MAXIM CUP
WEEKEND ACTION: 8 Go Events Coast to Coast!
SCHAEFER WINS QUIZ
THIS WEEK'S GO QUIZ: Black's Winning Ways
AGA HAPPENINGS: Free Webhosting!
GAME COMMENTARY: Feng Yun vs Hane Naoki, Plus Yang's Life and Death
ATTACHED FILE(S): 2006.11.10 Feng Yun-Hane Naoki, 3rd Toyota Denso, Feng Yun.sgf; 2006.11.10 Yang November Puzzle.sgf


YUN, JIANG & LI LEAD IN NAMT: Feng Yun 9P, Mingjiu Jiang 7P and Jie Li 9d lead in the North American Master's Tournament A League playoffs. Full report on Monday.

MICSA & CIUICA TOP SARASOTA TOURNEY: Dan Micsa 4d and Gelu Ciuica 3d topped the Sarasota self paired tournament last weekend, the first Florida tourney in three years. Complete report Monday; watch www.usgo.org for photos.

BOLEY & TSAI TAKE ON CHALLENGERS: Jon Boley 6D and Norman Tsai 6d will each take on three Challengers on KGS at this Sunday, November 12 at 7P EST. The line-up: Norman Tsai: Todd Sprang (sprang, 10k), Carrie Carlill (chcarlill, 23k), Henry Hunt (fenryfunt, 18k?/10k). Jon Boley: Jason Preuss (jmp, 9k/6k), Mark Schlatter (mschlat, 11k), Warren Lewis (pompboy, 18k/12k).

GO COMES TO PEABODY: The Massachusetts Go Association will conduct a go event at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts this Sunday, November 12 from 12:30 to 4P. Highlights include introductory lessons, play with members of the MGA and a screening of The Go Masters. Details at http://www.pem.org/events/calendar.php?m=11&d=12&y=2006

FRIENDSHIP TOURNEY IN OTTAWA: The Japanese Embassy's annual Friendship Go Tournament in Ottawa, Canada is set for November 26. Since space is limited for the one-day, three-round tournament; pre-registration via email or phone is required: Ottawa Chinese Go Club. Charles Chang: Chang.Charles@ic.gc.ca or call 613-722-0603

LIU XING WINS CHINESE AGON CUP: Liu Xing 7P has defeated Luo Xihe 9P to win the Chinese Agon Cup. Details on Monday.

LEE SEDOL TAKES FIRST GAMES IN TWO TITLE MATCHES: In a battle of Korean champions, Lee Sedol 9P won the first game of his challenge of Choi Cheolhan 9P for the GS Caltex Cup title. He also won the first game against Cho Hanseung 9P in the finals of the Chunwon. Details on Monday.

JUJO REACHES QUARTERFINALS OF MAXIM CUP: Zhujiu "Jujo" Jiang 9P defeated Paek Sungho 9P to reach the quarterfinals of the Maxim Cup in Korea. Details on Monday.

WEEKEND ACTION: 7 Go Events Coast to Coast!
- November 11, 2006: Tacoma, WA
Tacoma Autumn Tournament
http://www.tacomagoclub.org/tournament
Mike Malveaux mikem@hilltopgo.com 253.906.0095
- November 11-12, 2006: San Francisco, CA
2006 Dote Memorial SF Go Club Fall tournament
Steve Burrall sburrall@comcast.net 916.688.2858
- November 11, 2006: Anchorage, AK
1st ALASKA Baduk Tournament
Ms Oh eddieballgame@yahoo.com 207.244.2346
- November 11, 2006: Tempe, AZ
Arizona Rating Tournament
W Gundberg wgundberg@telliercompanies.com 480.429.0300
- November 12, 2006: Catonsville, MD
UMBC Go Club's Semi-Annual Tournament
http://userpages.umbc.edu/~benj1/
Todd Blatt todd3@umbc.edu 443.392.6822
- November 12, 2006: Ann Arbor, MI
Ann Arbor Fall Go Tournament
Jin Chen chenjin@umich.edu 313.643.2888
- November 12, 2006: Salem, MA
Peabody-Essex Museum: Family Go Workshop 12:30 - 4p
http://www.pem.org/homepage/
Ken Fan ckfan@msn.com 617.876.8512

SCHAEFER WINS QUIZ: Marvin Schaefer is this week's Go Quiz winner, chosen at random from amongst those who picked Kita Fumiko as "Mother of the Go World". Kita Fumiko 8P (1875-1950) was adopted by Hayashi Sano - the first female 4 dan pro and a member of the Hayashi house. Her struggles to please her mother are wonderfully described in the "Art of Resigning" chapter of Nakayama's
"Treasure Chest Enigma". She is the correct answer because (according to GoGod's "New in Go") so many of her student's became professionals - including all of the top female players of the early 20th century. Several of you picked the great Kitani's wife, Kitani Miharu for being the real organizer behind the Kitani Dojo - a good choice. Kitani made pros out of the talented kids that were sent to the dojo - Kita Fumiko actually taught many of her students how to play from scratch - and made them pros. Honda Kazuko 8P was Fumiko's best pupil, and Janice Kim 3P is the mother of two (hopefully) future players. Got Quiz? Send us your ideas for future Go Quiz questions at journal@usgo.org

THIS WEEK'S GO QUIZ: Black's Winning Ways
    In Japanese go books, what's the literal translation for the kanji usually translated as "Black wins by resignation"? Is it "Black wins by resignation," "White submits," "Black wins by non-counting," or "Black wins by center pushing." Click here if you know the answer: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=330212370809 One prize-winner will be drawn at random from the correct answers and will be awarded a prize from one of our fine go vendors.
- Go Quiz Editor: Keith L. Arnold, hka

AGA HAPPENINGS: Free Webhosting!
    Club websites are not only the easiest way for people to find your club these days, they can actually drive traffic to your meetings. Now, thanks to Calvin Clark, the AGA is making you an offer you can't refuse. The AGA now offers free web hosting for AGA chapters, and Clark will even help create your page as well! Even more exciting, for the first five clubs that request web hosting, he will be donating copies of Microsoft FrontPage 2003 to get started! Calvin joined the AGA volunteer team during the Black Mountain Go Congress, and has stepped up to help enhance the benefits of AGA membership.
    Plus, you can take it up another notch and request a @usgo.org email
address reflected to the account of your choice. So whether you already have a web page that you just want linked to the AGA Chapters List at http://www.usgo.org/cgi-bin/chapters.cgi, just need an ISP to host it, or have technophobia and need help from the start, we're here for you. Please send your requests to webmaster@usgo.org and copy ckclark@speakeasy.net. Thanks Calvin!
- Kevin Purvis, Volunteer Coordinator

GAME COMMENTARY: Feng Yun vs Hane Naoki, Plus Yang's Life and Death
    Our very own Feng Yun 9P takes on Hane Naoki 9P in today's game commentary on Round 1 of the 3rd Toyota & Denso Cup, played August 3, 2006. Feng Yun provides the detailed commentary of this top-level game.
    Today's bonus file is Yilun Yang 7P's November life and death problem; remember to turn off "next move" first.
    To view the attached .sgf file(s), simply save the file(s) to your computer and then open using an .sgf reader such as Many Faces of Go or SmartGo. Readers who need .sgf readers can get them for most platforms at Jan van der Steen's http://gobase.org/sgfeditors.html

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