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Gu-Lee Jubango Round 7 Broadcasts Tonight

Saturday August 30, 2014

Game 7 in the MLily Gu vs Lee Jubango will take place Sunday, August 31 in Lhasa. Live online coverage is being provided by Go Game Guru’s An Younggil 8p on Baduk TV Live starting at midnight, Sunday morning (9pm 8/30 PST), and by Myungwan Kim 9P on Pandanet starting at 10pm EST (7pm PST). The score currently stands at 4-2 in Lee’s favor so this will be a critical match for Gu. Already down two games, Gu’s back would really be against the wall if he loses this round, as he’d have to win three straight games just to tie. “Let’s see how Gu Li will do,” Kim tells the E-Journal. “As a go fan who wants to enjoy more exciting games, I support Gu Li for this next game.” Click here for the latest version of Pandanet and here to read more about the match on Go Game Guru. You can also check out GGG’s commentary on Round 6 here.

Categories: Japan,Korea,World

AGF Offers Chapters Go Supplies for Learn Go Week

Tuesday August 26, 2014

AGA chapters planning to participate in the upcoming Learn Go Week (September 13-20) can not only take advantage of special deals

on go supplies and equipment available to them from the American Go Foundation, but the first 20 clubs to apply will receive up to a $100 subsidy from the AGA towards AGF purchases or other expenses of Learn Go Week events. Email president@usgo.org for questions about the subsidy. Chapters can order up to 90 free copies of The Way To Go, for example, as well as up to 20 copies of The AGA Starter CD. Chapters can also order exclusive supplies at nominal cost from certain sections of the AGF Store, including Teaching Equipment, Promotional Materials, Prizes, and Go World. “From beginners kits, to demonstration boards and a whole lot more, we’ve got what you need to make Learn Go Week a success in your community” promises AGF President Terry Benson.
photo: Wonder Go, a set designed especially for younger learners that features hollow stones that you can fill with prizes like candy, stickers, and small toys.

Categories: Tools: books, software & hardware,U.S./North America,World

Wei Zhou 7D Wins Australian Korean Ambassador’s Cup

Monday August 25, 2014

Wei Zhou 7D won the 2014 Korean Ambassador’s Cup, held August 17 in Sydney, New South Wales. Zenglin Wang 5D won the B Division and Florian Max 5K won Division C. The first Sydney Spring Tournament is set for Sunday October 19 in Surry Hills, New South Wales. Click here for the Australian Go Association’s tournament and event calendar. To receive the Australian go news email newsletter, email horatio@go.org.au.
– Horatio Davis, Special Correspondent

Categories: World

SAWMG/Pandanet Online Tournament Registration Opens

Saturday August 23, 2014

Registration is now open for the 2014 SportAccord World Mind Games – Pandanet Online Tournament. This year’s go tournament, held jointly with Chess.com and BridgeBase.com, includes different bands and multiple winners in each band. Generous cash prizes will be awarded, along with other prizes such as tablet computers, Swatches, digital cameras, etc. In addition, SportAccord will provide weekly lottery prizes for all players who played in any given week, including computers, TV’s, etc. Click here for details.

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“Learn Go Week” Organizers Release “5 easy steps for running a successful Go demo”

Thursday August 21, 2014

So you want to run a go demonstration for Learn Go Week (“Learn Go Week” Planned to Launch September 13 7/19 EJ), but aren’t sure what to do? You’re not alone. Since proposing Learn Go Week in July, the folks at Go Game Guru say they’ve received more questions about this than anything else. “The good news is that it’s not that hard, and we’ll work with you to make it as easy as possible,” says GGG’s David Ormerud. They have customizable posters,brochures, printable go sets and much more ready for you to use. Some 15 events are planned so far in half a dozen countries. Read more here.

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EuroGoTV Update: Romania, Ukraine, Croatia

Thursday August 14, 2014

Romania: The European Go Championship at the MLily-WeiqiTV 58th European Go Congress finished on August 9 in Sibiu with Hui Fan 2p (left) in first, Alexandr Dinerstein 3p in second, and Ilja Shikshin 7d in third. Ukraine: Roman Ruzhanskyi 3d took the Odesa the Gold tournament on August 10. Behind him were Aleksandr Hiliazov 1d in second and Andrii Vdovin 2d in third. Croatia: Mladen Smud 1k bested Nikola Primetica 3k at the 490th Velika Gorica weekend go tournament while Mirko Primetica 7k placed third.
– Annalia Linnan, based on reports from EuroGoTV, which include complete result tables and all the latest European go news; photo courtesy of EuroGoTV

Categories: Europe,Events/Tournaments,Go News,World

Michael Chen Wins Samsung Prelim World Division, Advances to Round of 32

Friday August 8, 2014

Michael Chen topped 11 players to win the Samsung Cup world division preliminaries this week, making it through four tough rounds to advance. “I’ll play in the main tournament in the round of 32 on August 26th,” Chen told the E-Journal. His opponents were Victor Chow (South Africa), Rob Van Zeijst (Netherlands), Eric Lui (USA) and Xiang Zhang (Singapore). “I had a tough draw, with an especially strong first round opponent in Victor,” said Chen. The final round against Xiang was played in the BadukTV studio and was a TV broadcast game. “It was amazing and exciting to play in that environment,” Chen told the EJ. Click here for an interview on WBaduk.

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Eric Lui and Zhaonian Chen Battle for Spot in Samsung Prelims

Monday August 4, 2014

Eric Lui and Zhaonian Chen play each other tonight in the semifinals of the Samsung Cup World Preliminaries. The winner plays the winner of Xiang Zhang vs Jan Hora match for the spot in the main tournament. Lui, Chen and Seung Hyun (Kevin) Hong are participating in the World Preliminaries of the Samsung Cup this week in Korea. The 2014 Samsung Cup World Baduk Masters expanded the World Division to provide more opportunities to international amateur players. A dozen players were invited: three from North America, one from South America, four from Europe, up to three from Asia (Korea, China, Japan, Taiwan excluded) and up to two from Africa. The winner of the World Division will be invited to participate in the final 32 of the Samsung Cup, with total prize money of $800,000 USD.
– Thanks to Oren Laskin for translation assistance

Categories: Europe,Korea,U.S./North America,World

Lee Sedol 9p Wins Game 6 to Take 4-2 Lead Against Gu Li 9p in Jubango

Sunday July 27, 2014

Lee Sedol 9p (left) advanced his lead in the MLily Gu vs Lee Jubango after defeating opponent Gu Li 9p in their most recent match on July 27 in Liuan. After six games, Lee is ahead of Gu at 4-2.

During Game 6, the opening favored Gu (B) but Lee (W) seemed to ensure his victory over the course of the game through insightful cuts, sacrifices, and trades. However, the game became more complicated with moves 146 and 148, leaving fans with white knuckles for the last 30 moves. Each move could have swayed the game but Lee persevered until Gu resigned at 178.

Although Gu and Lee have established a pattern for their wins and losses (Lee won games 1 and 2 while Gu took games 3 and 4, etc.), game 7 will be a key match in the 10 game series. If Lee succeeds, he will force Gu against the ropes. If Gu comes back, Lee will need to be nearly flawless in games 8 through 10.

Game 7 will take place in Lhasa on August 31. In the meantime, fans can read preliminary analysis on game 6 by An Younggil 8p on Go Game Guru. For more information about the MLily Gu vs Lee Jubango including photos and coverage of previous games, please visit Go Game Guru.

—Annalia Linnan, based on a longer article by Go Game Guru; photo and game record courtesy of Go Game Guru

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Go Spotting: “White Vengeance” Film

Tuesday July 22, 2014

“Not sure if the movie White Vengeance has already been mentioned before in the American Go E-Journal,” writes Erwin Gerstorfer. “Just by chance I saw it recently on German TV. The storyline is sometimes a little bit confusing, but nevertheless this movie contains many go references.” White Vengeance, also known as Hong Men Yan, is a 2011 Chinese historical film directed by Daniel Lee, loosely based on events in the Chu–Han Contention, an interregnum between the fall of the Qin dynasty and the founding of the Han dynasty in Chinese history, according to Wikipedia. “Most notably, the film shows a blind go player playing five simultaneous games, and the coordinates of the first moves are mentioned explicitly, e.g. 4 – 4 in the lower left corner,” says Gerstorfer. “Go boards with stones are shown often, although in some close ups, the board position looks strange.” The film is available online or through Amazon.

Categories: Go Spotting,World

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