News from the American Go Association
January 19,
2007
Volume 8, #5 (Member's Edition)
GUOZHONG ZHUANG TOPS SALEM
WINTER TOURNEY
SYRACUSE GO
EXPOSED
CALL
FOR AGA REPS TO FOREIGN EVENTS
SMARTGO 2.5
ENHANCED
EJ
ONLINE TOURNEY REPORTING DEBUTS
KOREA IN TROUBLE IN WOMEN'S TEAM MATCH
JUDAN CHALLENGER FINALS SET
QIU JUN WINS CHINESE NEC CUP
WEEKEND ACTION: San Francisco, CA; Piscataway,
NJ
GO QUIZ:
Last House On The Block
GAME COMMENTARY: Rare & Rarer at World
Oza
ATTACHED GAME(S): 2007.01.19 LeeS-ChoU,
Dinerchtein.sgf
GUOZHONG ZHUANG TOPS SALEM
WINTER TOURNEY: Guozhong Zhuang 5d topped the January 13 Salem Winter
Go Tournament. Held at Lefty's Pizza in Salem Oregon, the one-day 3-round
tournament attracted 24 participants. Full report Monday.
SYRACUSE GO
EXPOSED: "It is so simple, so logical in design, that all the rules
can be written in a short paragraph," Manlius (NY) Pebble Hill School student
Peter Day told the Syracuse Post Standard in the paper's January 16 story on
Syracuse-area go. "But true mastery of the game, the ability to analyze the
significance of every single stone on the board, and that of every stone that
might be played next or the turn after, is nearly impossible to attain." Read
the whole story online at http://www.syracuse.com/poststandard/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-0/1168855054237760.xml&coll=1
CALL
FOR AGA REPS TO FOREIGN EVENTS: Anyone interested in being considered
for appointment to attend 2007 overseas events in the capacity of a non-player
representative with AGA go players must submit a statement with the required
information to Michael Lash at president@usgo.org by Sunday, February 25, 2007.
The AGA's official policy is to annually publish a call for those interested in
attending overseas events as non-player AGA representatives with AGA go players.
The policy statement and eligibility criteria area on the website at http://www.usgo.org/Board/ApprovedDocuments/nonplayrep.pdf
SMARTGO 2.5
ENHANCED: The latest version of SmartGo features "significant
enhancements that make your go-playing life easier," says SG's Anders Kierulf.
Details Monday or see all the changes online now at www.smartgo.com/en/changes.htm
EJ ONLINE
TOURNEY REPORTING DEBUTS: Now you can quickly and easily report your
tournament results for publication in the E-Journal! Just click on http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=182593165484
and fill in the blanks and we'll take it from there! Report your event by 9A
Monday morning and the results will be posted in the Monday EJ. NOTE: this is
NOT FOR TOURNAMENT DATA, which still must be sent to
database@usgo.org
KOREA IN TROUBLE IN WOMEN'S TEAM
MATCH: As the second stage of the international women's team match,
the Jeongganjang Cup, draws to an end, the Koreans are down to a single player,
while Japan and China have two each left. Details on Monday.
JUDAN CHALLENGER
FINALS SET: It will be Yamashita Keigo 9P against Yoda Norimoto 9P to
determine the challenger for the Japanese Judan title. Details on
Monday.
QIU JUN WINS CHINESE NEC CUP: Qiu
Jun 8P defeated Zhou Ruiyang 4P to win the 12th NEC Cup in China. Details on
Monday.
WEEKEND
ACTION: San Francisco, CA; Piscataway, NJ
- January 20-21, 2007:
San Francisco, CA
15th Jujo Jiang Goe
Tournament
January 20-21
http://www.sfgoclub.com/special_events/jujonoteey.jpg
Ernest
Brown indagoe@yahoo.com 415.641.1452
- January 20-21, 2007: Piscataway,
NJ
Feng Yun Youth Go Tournament and USYGC
Qualifier
(open to all AGA youth members)
http://fygc.com/FY_Go_Center/FYGT2007.htm
Paul
Matthews pgmatthews@stanfordalumni.org 908.722.5748
Feng Yun
golesson@yahoo.com 973.992.5675
GO QUIZ: Last House On The
Block
In last week's quiz we asked
which of the classical Japanese go houses was the last to survive. The first to
go was Hayashi, which merged with the Honinbo house in 1884, when Shuei, head of
the Hayashi house, became the Honinbo heir. Yasui bit the dust in 1903. The
Honinbo house continued until 1924, when it ceased to exist as a house with the
founding of the Nihon Kiin. Shusai held on to his title of Honinbo until his
retirement in 1938. The Inoue house vanished in 1961, with the death of Egeta
Inseki. (Source - 400 Years of Japanese Go) Ten out of 14 of you got the right
answer, and Kim Salamony is this week's winner, chosen at random from those
answering correctly. Bonus points for the explaining why Inoue lasted longest go
to Salamony, though Daniel Denis and Steve Bretherick get Honorable Mentions.
Denis suggests it was simply because the last Inoue lived the longest, and this
certainly is true. Bretherick cited the answer I was looking for, referencing
the house's relocation to Osaka, which insulated the house from competition from
the more modern go organizations sprouting up in Tokyo. This, combined with
Egeta's refusal to join the Nihon Kiin and his long life is the best explanation
your quiz master can come up. But the bonus points (and a window into my sense
of humor) goes to Kim Salamony for opining - "In no way" would they give up.
THIS WEEK'S QUIZ: Still time to get in the race
for annual quiz honors as we jump to modern times. Who has played in the most
AGA-rated games since statistics have been kept (1990-2006)? Is it Horst
Sudhoff, Charles Robbins, Steve Barberi, or Keith Arnold? Click here to
vote:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=330212370809
- Go Quiz Editor: Keith L. Arnold,
hka
GAME
COMMENTARY: Rare & Rarer at World
Oza
Alexander Dinerchtein 1P takes
a look at the exciting January 9 third-round Toyota Denso World Oza Title Match
between Cho U 9P of Japan and Lee Sedol 9P of Korea. Cho U's rare joseki move
elicits an even rarer answer from Lee Sedol and Dinerchtein provides his usual
insightful and well-researched analysis. The commentary is taken by permission
from the www.go4go
site, where Dinierchtein's commentaries on both pro and strong amateur games are
available by subscription, along with a lot of free material about the world of
go.
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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