Thursday July 11, 2019
The official trailer for the upcoming Lionsgate film “Knives Out” includes a quick sequence of a go stone being placed on a go board about 52 seconds in from the start. The shot is so close up that we can’t see the full board position. Look for this dark comedy / whodunnit film in theaters this coming November. Thank you Daniel Chou and Michael Goerss for sharing this with us.
Thursday July 11, 2019
“There is a great show — The Life of Animals in Japanese Art — at the East Wing of the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC,” reports Gurujeet Khalsa. “It includes several depictions of go including this detail from an 1843 triptych by Utagawa Kuniyoshi.” The show runs until August 18 and is highly recommended if you are in DC this summer. “While you are here stop by the National Go Center and play some go,” says Khalsa.
Wednesday July 10, 2019
David Bogie spotted these at the Scottish National Museum.
Tuesday July 9, 2019
Young Go players under the age of 20 will compete for a $1,500 prize pool at the August 31 U20 Eastern Youth Open. The event is being organized by the New York Go Association, which intends to host this competition annually and make it the largest youth Go tournament in the East. “It is time to provide an opportunity for young players to compete in a high quality face-to-face tournament,” says New York Institute of Go founder Stephanie Yin.
All players must be under 20 years old by the date of the tournament, ranked 10 kyu or higher, and current AGA or CGA members. Players whose AGA ranks are out of date but who have a KGS rank with at least 10 most recent games at the rank of 10 kyu or higher may enter. Pre-registration is required.
The U20 Eastern Youth Open will be held Saturday, August 31 from 9:30AM-4:00PM at the New York Institute of Go, 255-05 Northern Blvd, 2FL, Little Neck, NY.
Tuesday July 9, 2019
Ashes of Love (available on Netflix) is a 2018 Chinese television series based on the novel Heavy Sweetness, Ash-like Frost by Dian Xian. “In the last ten minutes of Episode 11, there is a scene of Jinmi playing Go with Run Yu, the God of the Night,” reports Greg Kulevich. “She plays two consecutive empty triangles and then declares that she has won.”
Monday July 8, 2019
Earlier this year the AGA IT team made sure that the AGA Membership Manager is fully working again. The organization wants our membership to know that our membership software is fully working to accept your payments. We have worked hard over the past months to cut down on issues and problems that have been reported to us. You can follow the two video guides below to help update your member and chapter information.
Members should check their information when logging in. If you are not receiving the EJ make sure your email is up to date.
Chapters can always update their current chapter through the AGA Membership Manager if they have changed.
Monday July 8, 2019
To volunteer and help the AGA. We have a lot of moving parts and who we have now wear many many hats. Check our job posting for something that may interest you or contact volunteer@usgo.org.
We have an immediate need for the following job:
AGA Treasurer
Looking for someone with a minimum 2-3 years Accounting/CPA experience. Will assist the organization in day-to-day operations with members and chapters for payment issues. Person will help run reports for various administrators for operations activities. Person will work on tax documents yearly. This position has a two year commitment.
During the Go Congress the E-Journal is always looking for game recorders. Email the Journal to find out more information!
There will be an AGA Volunteer fair at the US Go Congress on Tuesday July 16 from 3-4PM CST in the Council room.
Monday July 8, 2019
This Saturday will feature the Pandanet AGA City League Finals between New York City and Greater Washington. They will be playing LIVE from the US Go Congress in Madison,Wisconsin at 3pm CST. Find the game on Pandanet in the AGA City League rooms under the accounts AGACL1-3.
There will be a Pandanet AGA City League Meeting during Go Congress on July 18 from 5-6PM in the Humanities 1641 room.
The full list of winners for the City League are
A League:
Winner = TBD
Second = TBD
Third = Waterloo 1
Fourth = Boston
Fifth = Toronto
B League:
Winner = Bay Area
Second = Raleigh
Third = Seattle 1
Fourth = Waterloo 2
C League:
Winner = Cincinati
Second = New York City 2
Monday July 8, 2019
Registrations are now being accepted for the 24th Pandanet Cup Internet World Amateur Go Tournament. The deadline is July 17. Registration is free; click here. Prizes are awarded for all divisions.
There are five divisions: Main Class (6-dan and up); A Class (5-dan~2-dan); B Class (1-dan~3-kyu); C Class (4-kyu~7-kyu); D Class (8-kyu~).
Albert Yen on World Amateur Go Championship
Monday July 8, 2019
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White: Albert Yen, 7D
Black: François Gonze, 4D
June 3, 2019, in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, Japan
Commentary: Albert Yen, 7D
Game editors: Kiren Polara, Myron Souris
Albert Yen placed an outstanding 4th in this year’s World Amateur. Albert graciously gives us an enlightening commentary of his 3rd round win against Belgium’s François Gonze. For the game moves, Albert also includes LeelaZero’s (AI) winrates.
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