Mushrooms sprout from the ground, and so did Ke Jie. What a man! The golden chicken witnessed it all.
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Year: 2015
2015 US Go Congress Registration Launches
Registration has just launched for the 2015 US Go Congress, the biggest go event of the year. The Go Congress will take place August 1-9 at St. Thomas University in St. Paul, Minnesota in the Anderson Student Center. “St. Thomas is nestled along the Mississippi River, with easy access to both downtown Minneapolis and downtown St. Paul,” reports Congress Co-Organizer Aaron Broege. “At St. Thomas, you’ll be just two blocks away from over 100 miles of bike and running paths that run along the river, through the cities, and around the region’s urban lakes, which are bustling with activity during the summer.”
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The Anderson Student Center (left) is a state-of-the-art facility, opened in 2012, “with beautiful rooms for competitive play, professional lectures, and other Congress activities,” Broege adds. The main playing room in the Woulfe Alumni Hall, with carpeted flooring and natural lighting, “will provide a great environment for competitive play in the U.S. Open Tournament.” The three-floor structure houses the cafeteria where attendees will take their meals, as well as numerous locations throughout the building for socializing and
enjoying time with friends. For housing, attendees can choose between standard dorm rooms or suite-styled (pictured) housing on campus.
“When you are taking a break from playing go, the Twin Cities offer many activities for enjoyment and relaxation,” says Broege. “Minneapolis and St. Paul boast an attractive balance between urban living and the joys of nature. The easy-to-use Nice Ride bike sharing system will allow you to easily jump on a bike and see the beauty of the Twin Cities. Catch a Twin’s game at Target Stadium. Take the light rail down to the Mall of America and enjoy a rollercoaster ride at Nickelodeon Universe. Check out the great theater, music, and art that the Twin Cities has to offer. There is so much to experience that is easily within reach from our home base at St. Thomas University.”
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Go Filmmakers Looking for US Go Congress Photos, Videos
“The Surrounding Game” filmmakers are looking for old photos of the annual U.S. Go Congress. “The story of American go is a central element of the film,” co-director Cole Pruitt tells the E-Journal. “We’ve accumulated archival photos from the AGA archives, courtesy of David Doshay, but we want to petition the American go community to send us old media — physical photos, digitized photos, videos and cassettes — from any of the Congresses. The best stuff would be wide shots of playing halls or crowds, or top AGA officials in attendance at the Congress.”
The filmmakers are on the final stretch of editing and are “on track to complete narrative editing by the end of the summer, followed by film festival submissions starting in the fall,” says Pruitt. “We’re working with an LA-based animator and NY-based composer on animated sequences and the score for the film and are incorporating them into current cuts.”
photo: at the first US Go Congress in 1984; photographer unknown
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Tacoma Go Club Tables at Year of the Ram Celebration
The Tacoma Go Club promoted go at the 17th Annual Asia Pacific Cultural Center’s New Year’s Celebration of the Year of the Ram, on Saturday, February 14. “The table was on a high traffic corner past which walked hundreds of people observing various activities such as Korean, Japanese, and Chinese martial arts,” reported TGC president Gordon Castanza (wearing hat in photo). “Many stopped by the table to inquire about the game.” Castanza said the event “was a successful opportunity for demonstrating go to hundreds of people” and adds that the club generated a dozen or more sign-ups.
photo by Lin Young.
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Go Spotting: NYT Koreatown Video
“36 Hours in Koreatown, Los Angeles,” the video accompanying the February 11 New York Times What to Do in Koreatown, Los Angeles article, starts with two men playing go. Also featured is the Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, which hosts the annual Cotsen Open. Thanks to David Matson for passing this along.
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Go Classified: Players Wanted for Maui Go Club
Maui HI: Players wanted for the Maui Go Club. We meet Thursday evenings every two weeks. Contact Danny at Maui.Go.Club@gmail.com wit 2015.02.12_maui-go-clubquestions and our current meeting time and location. You can also get time and location information at our website or on our Facebook page, Maui Go Club.
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Readers Write/Your Move: Cambodian Go Contact
Cambodian Go Contact: “Sensei’s Library has a listing for Cambodia; contact ghislain on KGS,” writes Edward Cherlin in response to the February 6 Your Move/Readers Write: Cambodian Go Wanted posting. “I do not know whether that is a current connection,” adds Cherlin, a long-time go player who’s an adviser to the Cambodian Mathematical Society. Dalsoo Kim, secretary of the Asian Go Federation, also wrote in to ask that “If you find any connection in Cambodia, just let me know for my promotion in that area.” Reach him at aaatechm@daum.net.
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This Week’s Go Calendar: Montreal, Seattle, Columbus, Portland
February 21: Montreal, Canada
36th Winter Cup
Jean-Sébastien Lechasseur goaqjg@gmail.com 514-278-5502
February 21-22: Seattle, WA
Yilun Yang Workshop
Brian Allen manager@seattlego.org 206-632-1122 206-545-1424
February 22: Columbus, OH
2015 Chinese Festival Tournament
Tim Kington timkington@gmail.com 614-560-1708
Evan Hale silverumbro@gmail.com
February 22: Portland, OR
Sunday Chess and Go Tournament
Peter Freedman pleefreedman1@comcast.net 503-242-4203
Get the latest go events information.
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Go Commentary: Kono Rin vs Lee Sedol – 26th Asian TV Cup
This game is from the 26th Asian TV Cup final, between Kono Rin 9p and Lee Sedol 9p.
Lee Sedol 9 dan (left) and Kono Rin 9 dan at the 26th Asian TV Cup Final.
It was played on August 19, 2014, in Beijing, China.
Lee Sedol
Lee Sedol 9 dan at the 26th Asian TV Cup Final.
Lee Sedol was ranked #3 in Korea at the time, but many of his fans still regarded him as one of the best players in the world.
He defeated Tao Xinran 5p at the first round, and Iyama Yuta 9p at the semifinals, who was the defending champion.
By the time of this final, Lee was leading the Mlily Gu vs Lee Jubango by 4-2, and he was in good form.
Lee Sedol already won the Asian TV Cup twice in 2007 and 2008, but it was Kono’s first time to play in the final.
Kono Rin
Kono Rin was ranked #2 in Japan after Iyama Yuta 9p according to Dr Bai Taeil’s raiting system.
Kono defeated Li Qincheng 1p and Park Junghwan 9p to reach the final.
He was born in 1981, and he was a pupil of Kobayashi Koichi 9p. He became a pro in 1996.
Kono Rin 9 dan at the 26th Asian TV Cup, Final.
He won the 1st JAL New Stars Haya Go tournament in 2004, and it was his first title.
He won the 31st Tengen, defeating Yamashita Keigo 9p 3-2 in 2005, and that was his first major title.
He defended the Tengen title for the two following years, defeating Yamashita Keigo 9p in 2006 and 2007.
He won the 27th NEC Cup and the 17th Ryusei in 2008, and won the 29th NEC Cup again in 2010.
Those were lighting tournaments, and we can assume that Kono Rin is good at lightning games like this Asian TV Cup.
He was the challenger of the 38th Gosei in 2013, but he was defeated by Iyama Yuta.
Their head to head record
Lee and Kono have played together three times before this game.
Kono defeated Lee at the 3rd Zhonghuan Cup round of 16 in 2007, but Lee won both at the 4th Toyota Denso Cup round of 32, and the 13th LG Cup quarter finals in 2008.
It’s already been about six years since they played together last time, so this game would be totally different from their past games.
Let’s have a look at the 26th Asian TV Cup final.
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Redmond Cup Registration Opens
The 22nd annual Redmond Cup will begin in April, and registration is due by March 15th. Preliminary games will be played online and the four finalists will be invited to the 2015 US Go Congress to play the final games. There are two divisions in the Cup; the Junior league for kids 12 and under, and the Senior league for 17 and under. Competitors in both leagues must have an AGA or CGA rank of 1 dan or higher. The Junior league has been expanded to include 12 year olds, and both leagues now require a dan rating (kyu players can compete in the North American Kyu Championships instead). Players who complete the tournament will be eligible for $400 scholarships to the AGA Go Camp, or $200 scholarships to the US Go Congress, on a first come first served basis, courtesy of the AGF. Competitors from Mexico are also invited to the event. The participants must be members of the American Go Association or the Canadian Go Association and either residents of the U.S., Canada or Mexico, or citizens of the United States living anywhere in the world, provided that they are also members of the AGA. For more information on the event, read the rules document here. To register click here. –Story and photo by Paul Barchilon, E-J Youth Editor. Photo: Bill Lin 7d (l) vs. Jianing Gan 7d (r), in the foreground, while the Jr. League players compete in the background, at the 2014 US Go Congress in New York..
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