American Go E-Journal

”I’m writing to thank you and the E-Journal gang for your great coverage of the U.S. Go Congress,” writes Vermont go organizer Pete Schumer. “This summer I’m in Shanghai teaching a bunch of math classes at East China Normal University and I really miss the Congress.  But it was fun to check in each day to see what I’m missing.  It makes me long for next year’s Congress already!  In fact, I’ve been so busy I haven’t even had time to check out the local go scene yet. Just for fun, in case you need an extra go picture sometime, I’m enclosing a nice go scene from a Qing Dynasty vase (actually it’s a famille-rose lantern-shaped zun or ceramic wine vessel from the Yangshang period 1723 – 1736) This piece is on display at the I.M. Pei designed Suzhou Museum in Suzhou, China.  By the way, Suzhou is about an hour’s drive from Shanghai and has some of the most beautiful Chinese gardens anywhere in the world.  Thanks again for the great Congress coverage.”