American Go E-Journal

Your Move/Readers Write: Gray power; Neil deGrasse Tyson on Go? Drawing the line(s)?

Wednesday January 1, 2020

Gray power: “Being 67 years old and still enjoying competing in tournaments, I was happy to hear that Haskell Small won the NGC Winter Warmer tournament,” writes Eric Osman. ” It’s great to show that we older folks can still give the youngsters a run for their money. As for giving go books out to the winners, how about giving go books to the losers.  Don’t they need them more?”
Note: this post has been updated; Eric Osman wrote in, not Bill Saltman.

Neil deGrasse Tyson on Go? “A friend just emailed me and mentioned that he had seen NdeGT last night talking about Go,” writes David Doshay. “I did not get anything with several Google attempts, so … Does anybody else out there have anything that would point the interested Go player in the right direction to see what he had to say?”

Drawing the line(s)? “Kurikowgoishi’s website states that they redraw lines (on Go boards),” writes Anthony Craig. “I was wondering if there’s a US equivalent?”