News
from the American Go Association
March 2, 2007
Volume 8, #18 (Member's Edition)
LEE YEON HO WINS WORLD STUDENT OZA
AGA MEMBERSHIP SETS NEW HIGHS
BIG APPLE TOURNEY SUNDAY
EMPTY SKY TEES
FULL SOCAL YOUTH REPORT COMING
LEE SEDOL WINS KOREAN MAXIM CUP
JAEUP KIM WINS CAMBRIDGE TRIGANTIUS
UMEZAWA WINS JAPANESE WOMEN'S KISEI
AOKI TIES UP JAPANESE WOMEN'S MEIJIN
GO QUIZ: Hikaru News Flash!
GAME COMMENTARY:
Introducing Benjamin Papazoglou 5d
ATTACHED GAME: 2007.03.02 French Championship
Papazoglou-Noguchi Fan Hui
EJ LAUNCHES NEW FORMAT: The American Go E-Journal
today launches a new format that includes photos and graphics, as well
as HTML formatting to improve our look and feel. We've also eliminated
clunky website links, which are now embedded in the EJ text, and hope
to be able to include game diagrams soon. More and better-looking go
content: Enjoy!
LEE
YEON HO WINS WORLD STUDENT OZA: Lee Yeon Ho of Korea won
this week’s World Student Oza, reports US Rep Jin Chen 6d,
who finished 9th with a 2-2 record. The final, held on Wednesday at the
Nihon Kiin in Tokyo, was between Wang Yu Qiao of China and Lee Yeon Ho
of Korea. “Lee Yeon Ho won the game after fighting back from
a disadvantageous position and thus became the first Korean player to
win the championship,” Chen tells the EJ. “Wang Yu
Qiao was also the first female player ever to be 3-0 heading to the
final round.” In Chen’s Day 2 games, “I
lost to Zhao Yan Pei from China in the third round by 4.5 points. I
fell behind fairly early in the game and was never able to quite make
up the difference. In the final round I played against Merlijn Kuin
from the Netherlands and managed to pull out a 5.5 point
come-from-behind win.” The Ho-Qiao final game is attached, click
here for Chen’s Round 3 & 4 games.
AGA
MEMBERSHIP SETS NEW HIGHS: Full memberships hit a record
high of 1,811 in February, up a whopping 76, the biggest one-month
increase since September, 2003. This continues a three-month surge in
Full memberships. Full details Monday. Click
here now to renew your membership.
BIG
APPLE TOURNEY SUNDAY: There’s still room at
the New York Go Center's monthly rating tournament this Sunday, March
4. Registration will be cut off at at 60; send an e-mail to
nygc@usgo.org with your name, AGA ID# and AGA rank or estimated playing
strength. The $15 registration fee includes donut snacks for breakfast,
pizza for lunch and a prize for anyone who completes all four rounds
and wins at least three games. The EJ will simulcast the top two boards
on the KG
S Go
Server. Chuck Robbins will direct, using his WinTD software; time
controls will be "Fischer timing." This is an AGA-rated
tournament so AGA membership or rating fee is required.
EMPTY
SKY TEES: The Empty Sky Go Club has cool new go t-shirts
available (see top right for closeup of artwork) but act fast, sales
end this Sunday! Click
here to order. T-shirts are $15 each plus shipping.
FULL
SOCAL YOUTH REPORT COMING: Look for a full report Monday
on the February 24 Southern California Regional U.S. Youth Championship
qualifier and 
children's
handicap tournament (Matthew Burrall Tops Socal Youth Qualifier, 2/26
EJ). The event “ran very smoothly, ” reports
tournament organizer Kevin Chao, who credited the experience of TD
Steve Burrall. “The competition level is very high in both
Senior and Junior sections as well as the handicap section. I am very
sure next year we’ll see more players attending this
tournament." With three qualifiers coming up in March, the USYGC is
kicking into high gear. Kids who want to compete should pick a regional
event from the website
Photo courtesy Kevin Chao
LEE
SEDOL WINS KOREAN MAXIM CUP: Lee Sedol 9P defeated Park
Jungsang 9P 2-1 to take the Maxim Cup. Details on Monday.
JAEUP
KIM WINS CAMBRIDGE TRIGANTIUS: This year's winner of
the annual Cambridge Trigantius in Britain was Jaeup Kim 5d of Reading.
Details on Monday.
UMEZAWA
WINS JAPANESE WOMEN'S KISEI: Umezawa Yukari 5P has won
her first title, taking the Women's Kisei with a score of 2-1 over
Mannami Kana 3P. Details on Monday.
AOKI
TIES UP JAPANESE WOMEN'S MEIJIN: Aoki Kikuyo 8P took the
second game of her defense of her Women's Meijin title against Kato
Keiko 5P to even the score at 1-1. Details on Monday.
GO
QUIZ: Hikaru News Flash!
"Nice question," writes Peter Gousios (“Cho Who?,”
2/23 EJ). "I love the weekly quiz!!!” adds first-time entrant
Ramon Mercado. “I only wish I knew more of these interesting
facts." Well, Ramon, you -- along with most (18/21) – knew
this one: Cho U is still Gosei. Ten new names were added to the list of
participants for the year (61), including one of our favorite people,
AGA life member Yoko Ohashi of Japan. This week's winner is Audny
Butcher, chosen at random from those answering
correctly.
This week’s quiz: Big week for
Hikaru no go fans! This week quiz involves everyone's favorite
manga/anime: What exciting "Hikaru" news broke this week? Was it that a
new "special" of the anime was aired in Japan, that the anime is coming
to cartoon network here in the U.S., Shonen Jump U.S. has announced
Hikaru trading cards or that someone from the TV show won a Japanese go
title? Click
here to make your choice now!
- Go Quiz Editor: Keith L. Arnold, hka
GAME
COMMENTARY: Introducing Benjamin Papazoglou 5d
In today’s game commentary, regular EJ contributor Fan Hui 2P
introduces young French player Benjamin Papazoglou 5d (right).
Papazoglou won the French Championship title when he was just 17 years
old, the youngest French champion ever. Today's game was played during
the French Championship in November 2006. In Fan Hui’s
commentary, produced especially for the EJ, he notes that
“During a game, one must always play reasonable moves,
whatever the situation is. If your opponent overplays a move, it is
very important to always look for the most severe answer and avoid to
compromise thinking that one is ahead,” and shows in detail
how Papazoglou steadily whittles away his opponent’s lead.
To view the attached .sgf file(s), simply save the file(s) to
your computer and then open using an .sgf reader such as Many Faces of
Go or SmartGo. Readers who need .sgf readers can click
here to get them for most platforms at Jan van der Steen's
Gobase.
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