World
Go News from the American Go Association
June 25, 2007; Volume 8, #48
TOP STORIES: US Congress Nears 500 Mark; Calvin Sun Takes Santa Monica Coffee Cup;
Chalmers Wins Hanami-Ko In VT;
ING Qualifier To Be Played On IGS
This Weekend; In Memoriam
UPCOMING
EVENTS: Internet
Ing Championship Qualifier #1; Columbus,
OH; Ortonville, MI
WORLD
GO NEWS: Takao Takes 3-1 Lead In
Honinbo; Yun Takes Lead In
Korean Wangwi; Women
Triumph In GG Auction Cup; Romanian
Youth Championship Results
MEMBER'S EDITION BONUS CONTENT:
Old-Timers
on TV
GO QUIZ: Hikaru Rules
GO CLASSIFIED
TOP STORIES
US
CONGRESS NEARS 500 MARK: With 437 registrants as of last
Friday, the US
Go Congress -- July 28-August 4 in Lancaster, PA -- has only
63 more people to go before breaking the 500 person mark.
“Save $50 off the Congress registration by signing up by July
1,” says Co-Director Peter Nassar. In other Congress news,
“We have confirmation that Feng Yun 9P will be appearing --
to play in the NAIC, primarily -- and the representative from the Nihon
Ki-in will be Yasuhiro Nakano 9P,” adds Nassar. Congress
Co-Director Chuck Robbins (l) and EJ Editor Chris Garlock try out one
of the many go-playing locations at the 2007 US Go Congress site. photo
by John Pinkerton.
CALVIN
SUN TAKES SANTA MONICA COFFEE CUP: (6/20) Calvin Sun 6d
won the June 16 Santa Monica Coffee Cup, taking first place in the top
Espresso Division. The first annual Coffee Cup - which also featured
Java, Mocha and Latte divisions -- was held at the UnUrban Coffeehouse
in Santa Monica, CA. "The UnUrban, known in the area for poetry
readings, art and a wide range of comfortable chairs, also plays host
to the Santa Monica Go Club on Tuesday and Wednesday nights each week,"
reports organizer Andrew Okun. "The event was named in recognition of
the venue --not to mention the salutory effects of coffee for players
of mind games -- and the winner of each division received a
custom-painted coffee cup as a trophy. Winners also received
certificates, coffee beans and a drawing for a lesson with teacher
Yilun Yang 7P." Twenty players, skills ranging from 19k to 6d,
participated in the three-round
tournament.
WINNER'S REPORT:
Espresso Division, eight players mostly 5d and 6d, played even games in
a modified knock-out: 1st: Calvin Sun 6d; 2nd: Stefan Kaitschick 5d, a
visitor from Hamburg, Germany; 3rd: Tony Emsenhuber 5d; 4th: Wenhua
Tang 6d. The other three divisions, four players each, played handicap
games round-robin. In the Java Division, 1d-4d, the order was 1st:
Jonathan Brown 2d; 2nd: Yuliang Du 4d; 3rd: Ryan Downing 2d; 4th: Chris
Hayashida 1d. Mocha Division, 1k-5k: 1st: Andrew Okun 2k; 2nd: Jeff
McLellan 5k; 3rd: Ross Wolf 5k; 4th: Matt Greenberg 1k. Latte Division,
8k-19k: 1st: Terry McIntyre 8k; 2nd: Larry Gross 17k; 3rd: Sharif
Elcott 9k; 4th: Dammy Osoba 19k. Jonathan Brown 2d won the drawing for
the Yang lesson. Photos by Terry McIntyre.
CHALMERS
WINS HANAMI-KO IN VT: Rich Chalmers 2d won the June 23
Hanami-ko tournament in Vermont, reports organizer Pete Schumer. "There
were just nine players," says Schumer, "but everyone came hungry to win
those hanami ko!" Schumer notes that all top three finishers will be at
the US Go Congress this summer, "leading Vermont’s contingent
of players, and the top state in the nation if you count per capita"
and says that winner Rich Chalmers "graciously declined his first place
gift certificate from Slate and Shell to add to our prizes for our next
bigger tournament this fall – Last Dango in Vermont."
WINNER’S REPORT: 1st: Rich Chalmers
2d, 3–0; 2nd: Lihu Ben-Ezri Ravin 9k, 3 – 1; 3rd:
Jack Cary 9k 3–2.
ING
QUALIFIER TO BE PLAYED ON IGS THIS WEEKEND: A dozen top
players will face off online this weekend in the 7th Qualifier for this
year's North American Ing Championship (NAIC), reports organizer Dennis
Wheeler. The schedule for the 4-round swiss event on IGS includes two
rounds on Saturday June 30th and two rounds on Sunday, July 1. The
first round each day will begin at 9A Pacific time (12 noon Eastern),
and the second round at 12:30P (3:30P Eastern). The players and their
IGS handles are Mozheng Guan 8d (funkimunki); Eric Lui 8d (fry); Kevin
Hong 7d (koram); Yuan Zhou 7d (yzhou); Xiliang Liu 7d (acmimc); Young
Kwon 7d (young); I-Han Lui 7d (fudge); Jing Yang 7d (peiyan); Gus Price
6d (GasPrize); Ricky Zhao 6d (rzhao); Jon Boley 6d (airsjon); Lawrence
Ku 6d (lawrencium). Results will be posted online
IN
MEMORIAM: Longtime go organizer -- and EJ Go Quizmaster
-- Keith Arnold's mother, Barbara, passed away last Thursday, June 21
after a brief illness. “Deepest condolences from all of his
go friends and colleagues at the American Go Association go out to
Keith and his entire family,” said AGA President Mike Lash.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, June 26 at 1:30P at Millian
Memorial United Methodist Church, 13016 Parkland Drive, Rockville
Maryland 20853, with internment at Parklawn Cemetery immediately
following. Donations may be made in the name of Barbara Arnold to the
Millian Memorial Methodist Church Sunday School Program.
UPCOMING
EVENTS: Internet
Ing Championship Qualifier #1; Columbus,
OH; Ortonville, MI
June 30: Internet
Ing Championship Qualifier #1
Registration is CLOSED; watch LIVE on IGS
Dennis Wheeler denniswheeler@yahoo.com 206.375.6781
June 30: Columbus, OH: Tesuji Go Club Tournament
Self-Paired
@ North Market 8AM-5PM
Nathan
Reed Reed338@gmail.com 614.263.2572
July 1-7: Ortonville, MI: Go
Summer Camp East
Weeklong
Go Camp For Kids
Bill Phillips agagocampeast@usgo.org 248.398.3059
WORLD GO NEWS
TAKAO
TAKES 3-1 LEAD IN HONINBO: (6/20) Takao Shinji 9P
defeated Yoda Norimoto 9P by 5.5 points in the fourth round of the
Honinbo to gain a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven-game title. The game
was played on Monday and Tuesday, June 18th and 19th. Takao is hoping
for a threepeat in this prestigious Japanese tournament. He also holds
the Meijin title and is only the sixth combination Honinbo-Meijin.
Yoda, who holds no titles at the moment, still has a chance to be the
challenger in the next Meijin title match as well. He and Sakai
Hideyuki 7P have 4-2 records in the Meijin League, while Cho U 9P holds
the lead with a 4-1. None of them is playing the other in their two or
three remaining games, so it all depends on how well players who have
no real chance of winning perform.
YUN
TAKES LEAD IN KOREAN WANGWI: (6/22) Having taken the
Kuksu title away from Lee Changho 9P back in March by a score of 3-1,
Yun Junsang 6P is now threatening to take away Lee's Wangwi title as
well. Yun, who won't be twenty
until this November, defeated Lee by 3.5 points on Wednesday, June
20th, to make the sco
re in
their best-of-five-game match 2-1 in his favor. Lee managed to win the
second game by a bare half point, while Yun
won the first by resignation. The next game is scheduled for Wednesday,
June 27th.
WOMEN
TRIUMPH IN GG AUCTION CUP: Park Jieun 7P (l) defeated
Cho Hunhyun 9P by the narrowest of margins on June 21 to win the GG
Auction Cup for the women’s team. In the "win and continue"
match between a dozen women and a dozen senior men in Korea, the women
dispensed with the first eleven seniors fairly easily until just Cho
Hunhyun 9P, the strongest member of the senior team was left against
eight women. Cho put up a remarkable fight in his effort to bring about
a win for the seniors, defeating six of the female players. With just
two to go, Cho faced the two women with the strongest records: Park
Jieun 7P and Rui Naiwei 9P and last Thursday Park defeated him by half
a point to conclude this first-ever tournament.
ROMANIAN
YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS: More than three dozen young
Romanian
go players participated in that country's
national championship for children last weekend. Forty-two players from
Bistrita, Braila, Bucuresti, Giarmata and the Vatra Dornei go centers
fought for the four national titles in divisions for 8, 10, 12 and
14-year-olds in the 14th edition of the National Championship at
Singeorz spa. European champions Mihai Serban (2005 Croatia winner) and
Teddy Toma (2007 Holland champion) were on hand to demonstrate that
they are also very good in national tournaments, but the competition
was full of surprises, with Flaviu Berbecariu 3k winning the under-12
final against Teddy Toma. The Berbecariu family did well in the
championships, with little princess Crina – just 5 years old
-- winning 3rd place in the under-8 finals. The event featured plenty
of side events, including a marathon tournament (in photo at right)
with more than 600 games, as well as baths in the spa's thermal waters,
long walks in the forest, soccer games, an evening party and a special
visit to the National Museum of Comparative Art.
WINNER'S REPORT:
Under 8 : 1st: Calin Buhai; 2nd: Emilian Gherasim; 3rd: Crina
Berbecariu. Under 10: 1st: Alexandru Iacob; 2nd: Tudor Berende; 3rd:
Diana Mastan. Under 12: 1st: Flaviu Berbecariu; 2nd: Theodor Toma; 3rd:
Alexandru Iacob. Under 14: 1st: Mihai Serban; 2nd: Flaviu Berbecariu;
3rd: Theodor Toma.
- reported by Marilena Bara, EJ European Correspondent
MEMBER'S
EDITION BONUS CONTENT: Old-Timers on TV
In today’s game commentary, Alexandre Dinerchtein 1P takes a
look at the June 10 Japanese NKH Cup game between Yamashiro Hiroshi 9P
and Kobayashi Koichi 9P. The NHK Cup is a fast-play tournament
broadcast on television. “These two players met each other in
top titles many times at the end of 80's, but nowadays they are both
out of form,” notes Dinerchtein. “Recently it's
rare to see their names in important tournaments.”
Dinerchtein commentary is taken by permission from his web
site, which contains a wealth of information about the world
of go as well as commentaries on both pro and strong amateur games that
are available by subscription.
GO
QUIZ: Hikaru Rules
We got 121 responses to our poll
question last week, and I was very impressed with the thoughtful
comments about what would give American go the most publicity and
biggest boost. Hikaru on CN won by a landslide – 67%. Most of
the comments were about getting children interested – perhaps
best expressed by Pong Yen, of Yellow Mountain Imports, who said that
“I have many customers who have their kids getting into go
through Hikaru. The story and entertainment really connects with
youth.” Paris Hilton came in a distant but double-digit
second with 21%, with many noting that it’s a sad commentary
on our society that every little detail of her life gets so much
publicity. “If Paris Hilton were to start playing go, I would
quit,” said Ron Smith. In a creative but bizarre attempt to
combine choices, Dennis Wheeler suggested having Paris host GoGoIgo.
Old friend Zhiping You wondered whether Paris would have as much
trouble understanding what a prisoner is in go as she does in her own
life. Go in the Olympics came third with 11%, and might have done
better if more folks realized that this is not really so far-fetched.
Michael Redmond winning the Honinbo came in last at just 2%; we just
don’t think the western press would cover it, although
it’s certainly
what we go players would personally like
most to see happen. Perhaps the dream choice would be
“Michael Redmond, Honinbo, talking about his recent gold
medal for go at the Olympics, interviewed by Disney’s Hikaru
No Go host Janice Kim and his biggest fan, Paris Hilton.”
Thanks to everyone who responded and congrats to David Whitlock, this
week’s winner, chosen at random from those participating. In
a follow-up from last week’s Quiz, New Jersey has now passed
Maryland for second place in Congress registrations.
THIS
WEEK’S QUIZ: OOPS I DID IT AGAIN! My
editor was so delighted with the triple-digit response to last
week’s poll that we’re going to do another, this
time a Congress warm-up poll. Check out this board position from a U.S.
Open game from last year’s Congress between two 5 dans. With
move 195, Black has finally secured life for his running group in the
center. What do you think was White’s next move? Click
here to vote.
- Go Quiz Editor: Keith L. Arnold, hka
GO
CLASSIFIED
PLAYERS WANTED: Independence, MO: A new go club is opening in
Independence, Missouri. Located on Highway 24, the club will open at 6P
on Tuesday, July 3 and will be open every Tuesday thereafter.
Details/more info: theresanevilmonkeyinmycloset333@yahoo.com (6/25)
GA CLUB FORMING: Go club starting in the Fall '07 semester at Gordon
College (Barnesville, Georgia). If interested, please contact the club
main advisor at go_gordonga@yahoo.com. If wanting to come and visit to
teach a class, please tell me which would be a good time for you, so I
can plan the schedule in advance. The club will teach new players, and
will have tournaments with other clubs. (6/11)
PLAYERS WANTED: Branford, CT. Looking for players in the area of all
skill and age levels. Contact gregory.santone@gmail.com (6/4)
FOR SALE: 30-year collection of go material, including Go World #1 to
#180 except for missing numbers Ishi #38 #48 #52 #53 #54 #55, also
Kiseido #76. Issues #1 -#32 ,plus #39-#42 are in cardboard binders.
Issues #16 and #51 are missing covers, all others are good or better
condition; best offer for all issues. Also available are 35 various
books from Ishi press, Yutopian publications, and other miscellaneous
material. For further information, call 845-246-9621 or
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PLAYERS WANTED: PA: Looking for any players in Clifton heights,Aldan,
Drexel Hill, Or Upper Darby Pennsylvania Contact Jehuty43@yahoo.com
(5/21)
PLAYERS WANTED: GA: Seeking go players or those interested in learning
how to play in the Savannah, Georgia area. Contact dan_carata@yahoo.com
(5/21)
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