The 2014 US Open has now been rated. Click here for the AGA ratings page where you can search by name or AGA membership number. You can also see the final wall list here.
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Year: 2014
Cotsen Open Pre-Registration Closes Thursday at Midnight
Pre-registration for the Cotsen Open will be closing at midnight on Thursday night. After that, players will have to register at the door on Saturday morning. The 2-day tournament will be held on October 25-26 at the Korean Cultural Center in Los Angeles. “We will also be printing hats with the Cyclops Killer logo on them,” reports organizer Samantha Davis. “They will be for sale at the tournament.” Organizers are still looking for more volunteers for setup on Friday from 11am-5pm. “All volunteers will get a free hat and a pizza lunch,” says Davis. Email her at cotsenopen@gmail.com. Sponsored by Eric Cotsen, the tournament is one of the biggest on the annual U.S. go calendar and features thousands of dollars in prizes, an Open Division, live KGS commentary on top board games, free masseuses for players, and free food truck lunches to all those who pre-register for both days of the tournament. There will also be a demonstration game between Yilun Yang 7P and Yigang Hua 8P. As usual, everyone who pre-registers and plays in all five of their matches will have their full entry fee refunded; click here to register. Follow the Cotsen on Twitter and Facebook for the latest tournament news.
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AGA Rules at Portland Tournament
Two unusual occurrences highlighted details of the AGA rules at the Portland Go Tournament last weekend.
One game involved a seki with points: two black groups, each with one eye, separated by a white group with none. The white group shared one liberty with each black group, which neither player wanted to fill. The Japanese rules give no points in seki, but the AGA rules make no such special exception; black’s eyes are territory. These two points did not affect the outcome of that game.
A second game was resolved by mathematical proof. At the end of the game, the score was a tie on the board, so white won by the half-point komi. (This was a “one stone handicap” game). Later, black discovered a stone on the floor that he claimed was a prisoner of his. Could it be determined if that stone came from this game? Another player argued that the tie on the board was impossible, given that there was no seki and both players played the same number of moves. Working with several players, the tournament director constructed a proof of this fact. If both players played the same number of moves, the total number of stones on the board (after filling prisoners into territory) must be an even number. Since there are 361 points on the board, the total amount of territory (i.e., the number of vacant points) must be odd. Both players therefore cannot have the same score, so a stone did disappear from this game. White bowed to this logic and the result was reversed.
The tournament was held October 18-19 on the picturesque campus of Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon. 32 players participated.
The winners, from first to third in each division, were:
Open division: Kaichi Suzuki (5-0), Boyang Chen (founding the University of Oregon Go Club), Xudong Zhao
Dan division: Ben Hakala, Maxwell Chen, Troy Wahl
Single-digit kyu division: Daniel Takamori, Sam Levenick (president of the Lewis & Clark Go Club), Robert O’Malley
Double-digit kyu division: Ethan Zhuang (5-0), Roger LaMarche, Vivienne Blandy
Top youth player: Ethan Zhuang
Top female player: Vivienne Blandy
The tournament director wishes to thank Yellow Mountain Imports for a discount on prizes, GoClubs.org for their outstanding tournament software, the Lewis & Clark College Go Club for access to the rooms, and the various volunteers who brought boards, snacks, etc.
– Peter Freedman, TD
photo: Daniel Takamori (left) and Thor Dodson enjoy a bonus game in the 75-degree October sun while waiting for the end of the last round.
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4 US Players Participate in 16th Ibero-American Championship in Quito, Ecuador
The 16th Ibero-American Championship was held in Quito, Ecuador, from October 10 to 12. Forty-seven players from 11 countries participated: Argentina (4), Brazil (5), Columbia (2), Ecuador (23), Guatemala (1), Mexico (1), Korea (1), Peru (2), the United Kingdom (1), USA (4), and Venezuela (3). Players ranged in strength from 6d to 10k. Fernando Aguilar (6d) of Argentina won the championship with a 7-0 score. Click here for complete results.
“I had a great time,” said Bob Gilman, one of the US players. The other US players were John Harriman 2D, Devin Fraze 3k and Tania Kadakia 5k. “The games were good ones; the players friendly; and the event well organized. Quito is a lively and interesting city. I was able to get along well despite my poor Spanish.”
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Barberi, Vick & Crawford Top Cocoa Go Tourney
Eighteen players entered the September 18 Cocoa Go Tournament in Cocoa, Florida, with ranks from 4-dan to 25-kyu and ages that spanned more than 60 years. The two youngest players are shown below (top left) facing off in Round 2. Eddie Crawford 25k is on the left and Yuliang Huang 15k is on the right. Lu Mueller-Kaul 16k and Lewis Hyman 14k are
at the back of the table. The event was a one-day Swiss with three rounds and three categories, hosted by the Space Coast Area Go Association. First place winners were Steve Barberi 1k, Tony Vick 6k, and Heather Crawford 14k. Prizes were donated by Slate and Shell and Yellow Mountain Imports and were awarded to the first three places in each category. Cocoa is located in Brevard County on the east central coast of Florida, near the Kennedy Space Center. The Central Brevard Library provided a free meeting room for the event. A pizza party followed the event at the home of Bart and Judy Lipofsky.
– report by Bart Lipofsky
WINNERS
Category 1 (above 5K)
1 Steve Barberi 1K AGA 2323
2 Johnathan Fisher 3D AGA 21138
3 Joseph Carl 2K AGA 7767
Category 2 (above 11K)
1 Tony Vick 6K AGA 19856
2 Paul Wiegand 7K 8204
3 Anthony Yon 6K 15880
Category 3 (above 30K)
1 Heather Crawford 14K AGA 18750
2 Yuliang Huang 15K (tie) AGA 20387
2 Lu MuellerKaul 16K (tie) AGA 20961
3 Eddie Crawford 25K 21449
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Out of print Go books on sale now (only while stocks last)
Get Train Like a Pro and other books for just $10 each.
We recently received a shipment of Go books from Oromedia.
Unfortunately, Oromedia went out of business last year and won’t be publishing or printing any more Go books.
The books that we’ve received from them are the last ones and they’re now out of print.
Save 50% plus
Because we were able to buy these books at a discounted price, we’ve decided to pass the savings on to Go Game Guru readers and sell these books at very cheap prices.
Nearly all of them are priced at $10 or less, which is more than 50% off the prices at other stores (where they usually cost $20 to $30 each).
Don’t miss out
I added all the books to our website over the weekend and they’re already selling quickly.
If you’re a collector, click here now to see which books are still available.
First come, first served
There’s limited stock and there’s no way to restock once titles sell out. To make this fair, orders will be managed strictly on a first come, first served basis.
Our online store will keep track of stock and who ordered first, and once books sell out they’ll disappear from this page.
Once that happens the only way to get them will be if someone cancels their order, or if someone sells them to you second hand (though out of print Go books are often expensive on the second hand market).
So, if you see something you like, please act quickly. Because there won’t be anything we can do to help you once a book sells out (even though we may want to).
Shipping from the US and UK only
We’ve split the remaining stock of Oromedia books in half, between our locations in the US and Europe.
If a particular book runs out of stock in one location, then our store will automatically route all orders for that book to the other location until it’s sold out.
If you have questions about order routing and stock levels, please feel free to leave a comment below.
Full list of Oromedia books
Here’s the list of titles which we received from Oromedia:
- The Speed Baduk Series
- 100 Tips for Amateur Players 2
- A Life of One Hundred Years Seems Like a Game of Baduk
- Creative Life and Death 1
- Creative Life and Death 2
- Inspiration of Pro
- Korean Style of Baduk 1
- The Best Game Records of 2009
- The Master of Haengma
- Think Like a Pro: Haengma
- Think Like a Pro: Pae
- Train Like a Pro 1
- Train Like a Pro 2
Click here to see which books are still in stock
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This Week’s Go Calendar: Arlington, Austin, Lawrenceville, Los Angeles
October 25: Arlington, VA
NOVA Pumpkin Classic
Gary Smith gary@novagoclub.org 703-254-6429
October 25: Austin, TX
Austin 2014 Fall Classic
Bart Jacob bart.jacob@gmail.com 512-659-1324
October 25: Lawrenceville, NJ
One-Day Go Tournament
Ronghao Chen chenronghao@yahoo.com 908-872-6202
October 25-26: Los Angeles, CA
2014 Cotsen Open with 3rd AGA Pro Prelim
Samantha Davis cotsenopen@gmail.com
Get the latest go events information.
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(PRO) The ninja star
Throwing a ninja star at your opponent might seem rude. This modern opening has been played by top professional players though and will suit you well if you are a strong ninja fighter!
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Lantz Keynote Speech Posted Online
New York University Game Center Director Frank Lantz’ keynote speech at this year’s US Go Congress (Game Theorist Frank Lantz on why go should be “A little less Tang Dynasty and a little more NASCAR” 8/13 EJ) is now available online. Click here for a video of the talk, here for a Powerpoint version and here for a PDF. Lantz says he’s interested in “continu(ing) to be involved in helping grow and promote go worldwide.”
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San Diego Collects on AGA’s Free Pizza Offer
The San Diego Go Club became the first AGA chapter to take advantage of the free pizza offer (AGA Chapter Offer: Play Go, Get Free Pizza! 10/3 EJ) when it held a go party on October 12 at the home of the chapter’s president. Twenty people turned out for the noon-5 p.m. event and seven new members were signed up for the AGA. While many self-paired games were played, only three AGA rated games were played. “At 5 p.m., everyone enjoyed pizza,” reports club president Ted Terpstra. Chapters that meet in October, play at least one rated game, order pizza and send in a photo of the festivities — and the receipt– will have the cost of the pizza reimbursed. This offer only valid for AGA chapters; if your club is not a chapter, click here to sign up as a chapter today. Send your receipts to operations@usgo.org.
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Weiqi To Go 