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EuroGoTV News: Feb. 18-26

Sunday March 4, 2012

Czech Republic: The Paluba Club Handicap tournament, played on 2/18 in Prague, Czech Republic, was won by Petr Sykora 12k. Results.
Denmark: The OGK-SATURDAY tournament, played 2/18 inOdense,Denmark, was won by Ari Hietanen 2k. Results.
Hungary: The 6th Rabbity Six handicap tournament was played on 2/25 in Budapest, Hungary. Domonkos Albrecht 1k topped the A Group and David Fazekas 20k won Group B. A Group results; B Group results. (photo at left: Gyorgy Zahonyi 9k place 4 of 23 )
Poland: The zjAva tournament, played on 2/19 in Warszawa, Poland, was won by Kamil Chwedyna 4d. Results.
Spain: The 30th Barcelona Go Seigen tournament, played 2/18-19 in Barcelona, Spain, was won by In-seong Hwang 8d (right), in second was Csaba Mero 6d and third was Cornel Burzo 6d. Results. The ETSII Semana Cultural tournament, played 2/22 inSevilla,Spain, was won by Jaime Cornejo 2k, second came Victor Ramirez 7k and third was Javier Rodriguez-Vivas 14k. Results. The La Carboneria tournament, played on 2/18 in Sevilla, Spain, was won by Ulrich Gottwald 2k. Result.
Sweden: The Vaesteraas Open tournament, played from 2/18-19 inVaesteraas,Sweden, was won by John Karlsson 4d. Results.
Ukraine: The Open Championship of Rivne, played 2/25-26 inRivne,Ukraine, was won by Vladyslav Verteletskyi 2d. Results.
UK: The Nottingham, played on 2/25 in Nottingham, United Kingdom, was won by Sin-Voon Chin 3d. Results. The Oxford tournament, played on 2/18 inOxford,United Kingdom, was won by Lingjun Miao 4d. Results.
– excerpted from reports on EuroGoTV.com 

 

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Teacher of the Year Nominations

Saturday March 3, 2012

Nominations for the American Go Foundations  Teacher of the Year award are now open. The award is presented each year at the U.S. Go Congress and recognizes an outstanding American teacher. The winner  will receive an all expenses paid trip to the congress.  To be eligible, a teacher must be a member of the AGA, have been teaching go to children for at least two hours a week for two years, have started a go club or organization for youth, and have helped their students enter appropriate tournaments, if possible.  If you would like to nominate someone for this award, including yourself, e-mail mail@agfgo.org.  Nominations are due by April 15 and should include a description of the teacher’s activities,  how long they have been teaching, and how many students attend their program. – Paul Barchilon, E-J Youth Editor.  Photo: Last year’s winner Fritz Balwit, with his son Theo. Photo by Fritz Balwit.

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Go Spotting: Go Newsweek

Saturday March 3, 2012

“In the latest issue of Newsweek there is a mention of go,” reports San Diego Go Club President Ted Terpstra. A sidebar to “Why Stephen Breyer and Other Power Players Love Bridge” lists games that celebs play, including bridge, scrabble backgammon, go and chess. Actor Omar Sharif (right) was so successful a bridge player “that he built a bridge empire, writing a column on the game for the Chicago Tribune and launching the traveling Omar Sharif Bridge Circus,” the article reports. Under go, Newsweek notes that “The ancient Chinese board game ensnared Rod Stewart, Paul Giamatti, and Ursula K. Le Guin.” photo courtesy Central Press-Getty Images

 

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Peepo Uses Go to Visualize Complex Relationships

Thursday March 1, 2012

Jonathan Chetwynd’s Peepo.com is a fascinating tool designed to visualize the complex relationships of real world objects. Using go as the delivery vehicle, Peepo uses each element to represent data relationships; e.g. shadows are stones in Atari, etc. Now ready for user testing on 9×9 and full-size boards, Peepo provides maps, hints, comments and score as you play against the pachi engine. “It works best with Firefox browser (version 9 or later) and has many features under development,” Chetwynd says.

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