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The Bob High Song and Poetry Competition opens soon! This unique tournament is more than 30 years old and has produced many interesting songs and poems over the years. Join the many who have riffed off of popular songs and created original poems based on their go experiences. These erudite comperitors give it their all to come up with the most interesting and exciting entries. Head on over to the Go Congress Tournament page to learn more and enter your entry for this year!

This year, the e-Go Congress has enhanced the registration process to streamline the process for everyone!
In addition to a bunch of features you can’t see (but trust us, you and the Tournament Directors will appreciate them!), the site developers have updated the process to make a one-stop shop for you.  To register:

• Go to https://www.gocongress.org/2021 and click “Start Here.”
• Upon creating  your account, you will receive a confirmation email (this lets us know you’re not a bot).  Follow the directions to validate yourself as a human.
• After you confirm you’re human, you can log into your account.
• To add players, click “add attendee” inside your account.
• You can now automatically connect your account to your AGA ID by using the nifty search feature on the first registration screen.
• The e-Go Congress is free!  This means that your registration is not so much about choosing what options you want to pay for (like, do you want to share a bunk bed with a stranger, or have a luxurious hotel room to yourself?), but rather about signing up for the events in which you want to participate.
• Use the congress registration form to register for all of the tournaments in which you plan to play.  This is the only way to register (but you can definitely come back and change your choices).  You should also put in your OGS/KGS/Pandanet ID so that TDs can use your ID to facilitate pairings.
• Pair Go: Pair Go registration is a little special, since obviously we need to know who your partner is too.  All you have to do is click on the Pair Go Registration form (and know your partner’s information, if you already have one), and you’re good!

If you’ve already registered, you can sign in to your account at any time to check or change what you selected.  Still have questions?  Feel free to reach out to our registrar, Emil Meng, at registrar@gocongress.org, or Congress Director Steve Colburn at director@gocongress.org. 

There’s a new way to participate in the US e-Go Congress. Announcing “Picture a Go Player”, an art activity everyone can participate in. Help celebrate our unique perspectives by taking the 2021 US e-Go Congress Logo and making it your own.

Check out the Picture A Go Player page on the Go Congress Website for more details and to download a blank logo. To share your art, submit your artwork to Samantha Fede. We will display entries in the web gallery as they come in. A youth and overall winner, selected among entries submitted by July 23rd, will be announced at the e-Go congress closing ceremony. Limited edition merchandise with the winning design will be available for purchase.

Not artistic? No problem! Coloring is a great way to unwind, and an activity you can share with your children, even if you haven’t taught them go (yet!).

Join the 131 currently players and sign up for the 2021 US e-Go Congress. Taking Place from July 17-25, the e-Go Congress will take place on OGS, KGS, and Pandanet go servers. Play against players from at least seven countries during the biggest go event of the year! “We have been working hard to update the website with the most up-to-date information on this years congress,” reports congress director Steve Colburn. “We’ve partnered with Baduk.Club to use their tournament management system to help our players throughout the rounds. This will help the players to find their opponents and start their games through out the week as easy as possible. We’ll have a video posted to the website ahead of the events to help players prepare.”

Organizers are reporting that there will be a discord server setup to connect with all of your go playing friends between rounds. “We miss seeing friends at the Go Congresses and hope to see many of them through the week on the social channels!”

You can now register here for the 2021 e-Go Congress, taking place online July 17-25, 2021.

Although work continues on the 2021 e-Go Congress website, you can find updated information about the e-Go Congress schedule here. “We are so excited to open registration and have go players join us for this event again!” says Congress Director Steve Colburn. “We’ve been working hard to improve the playing experience this year. We hope to make it as exciting as last year!”

Look for more updates – including more events with professionals – in the coming days.