The Long Island Go Club on October 12 hosted a pizza party (more photos on our Facebook page) thanks to the AGA’s special October free pizza AGA Chapter Offer. AGA chapters in San Diego and the Twin Cities also hosted AGA pizza parties.
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Cartography is a new map-making, territory claiming, strategy game based on the game of go. Developed by Jon Adams, the game’s map is made up of interlocking triangular tiles, with walls that divide the map, allowing territory to be defended or captured. Players create and claim territory, and capture opponents, in an effort to control the map, which, like go, changes as you play. “Strategy is key and chance doesn’t determine the winner,” says Adams. Like go, “Cartography is easy to learn and challenging to master!” Adams has already raised over $14,000 of his $15,000 Kickstarter campaign to launch the game.
Thanks to Jeff Diamond for passing this along.
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Members of the Davis/Sacramento Go Club were featured on the October 19th edition of the local CBS affiliate’s weekend morning show, Good Day. Willard Haynes (far left) gave host Cody Stark a quick tutorial on the game and Steve (at right) and Matthew Burrall were shown playing, as were club members Julie Burrall, Jeffrey Horn, Laura Holeman and Cameron Yu. Click here to see the 2:46m clip.
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Michael Basaman and Eric Yang topped a field of 11 at the October 25 Wisonet tournament. The one-day tournament held in the Quakerbridge Learning Center at Lawrenceville, New Jersey and included both “rated and non-rated games, multis, 9×9 and 13×13 games for the youths,” reports assistant director Shen Wan. “Everyone enjoyed the games and the pizza, thanks to AGA’s initiative for free pizza in October,” adds Shen.
Basaman was 3-0 in the dan section and Eric Yang was 4-0 in the kyu section.
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With little competition so far for the two open slots, interested university and college students in the Americas have a good shot at getting to compete in the preliminary for the next World Students Go Oza Championship. Application deadline is Nov 16 and applicants must be under the age of 30. Click here for the entry form. Click here to read more (Registration Open for World Students Go Oza Championship 10/22 EJ).
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Here are the weekly Go problems for week 126.
Black plays first in all problems and all solutions are labeled ‘correct’. Have fun!
The eye stealing tesuji is useful in life and death problems too.
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If you focus too much on capturing stones, you’ll often overlook good moves.
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Reduce White’s eyespace, then look for a vital point.
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The 16th Nongshim Cup got started in Beijing, China, from October 21 to 24, 2014.
What’s in the giant noodle cups? The draw!
The Nongshim Cup is a team event between China, Japan and Korea.
The sponsor, Nongshim, is a Korean instant noodles company.
The tournament uses a win and continue format, which is common in these team events.
Korea has dominated this event, winning it 11 times. In contrast, Japan has won it only once, while China is slowly catching up with three wins.
Round 1 of the 16th Nongshim Cup is now complete. Round 2 will start on November 28, 2014 in Busan, Korea and round 3 will take place some time in the first half of 2015.
Ichiriki Ryo 7p and Byun Sangil 3p kicked off play for the Japanese and Korean teams respectively.
Much to Japanese fans’ delight, Ichiriki defeated Byun to get team Japan off to a good start.
Byun Sangil 3 dan (left) and Ichiriki Ryo 7 dan at the 16th Nongshim Cup
It was a very one sided game.
Black 33 was a mistake, and White took an early lead.
Black 91 was an overplay, and the game was practically over by move 102.
Byun tried to catch up but Ichiriki didn’t give him any chances.
The last Japanese player to win the opening game in this tournament was Hane Naoki 9p in 2007.
Ichiriki won the 1st Globis Cup earlier this year, in May 2014, and he’s considered to be one of Japan’s most promising players.
Yoda Norimoto 9p was also at the tournament to support team Japan.
Some pros say this is Japan’s best Nongshim Cup team in several years.
Yoda Norimoto 9p supporting Ichiriki Ryo 7p at the 16th Nongshim Cup
Ichiriki also played very well against Tuo Jiaxi 9p, who was the first to step up to the plate for team China, but he didn’t maintain his lead and allowed Tuo to catch up and eventually win the game.
Tuo Jiaxi 9 dan (left) takes on Ichiriki Ryo at the 16th Nongshim Cup
Next, Tuo faced Kang Dongyun 9p, who was the second player for team Korea.
Tuo’s opening in this game was dull. When Tuo invaded in the top left, Kang attacked severely and chased Tuo’s dragon all the way to the bottom of the board.
Kang eventually defeated Tuo with a series of very sharp tesujis.
Kang Dongyun 9p defeats Tuo Jiaxi 9p at the 16th Nongshim Cup
Now we’re going to have a look at the fourth game, between Kang Dongyun 9p and Ida Atsushi 8p, in detail.
Kang Dongyun 9p and Ida Atsushi 8p at the 16th Nongshim Cup
Kang is currently ranked #4 in Korea.
He made it to the quarter finals of the 2014 Samsung Cup in mid October, but his run was cut short when he was defeated by Tang Weixing 9p.
Ida was born in 1994. He and Ichiriki are considered to be two of Japan’s rising stars.
Ida challenged Iyama Yuta 9p for the 69th Honinbo title in 2014, but he lost 4-1.
However, to earn the right to challenge Iyama, Ichiriki defeated Yamashita Keigo 9p in the challenger decision match, which caused quite a stir among Japanese Go fans.
Let’s have a look at the game!
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At the annual NOVA Pumpkin Classic, players usually compete for prize pumpkins. At this year’s Classic, on Saturday, October 25, 31 players vied “not to lose a pumpkin,” a result of a surfeit of squash due to what Tournament Allan Abramson admitted was “A massive lack of communication” between him and NOVA Club President Gary Smith that found them both turning up with armfuls of pumpkins. In the end, every attendee, including visitors, left the George Mason Law School in Arlington VA with a grand pumpkin. Top section winner Josh Lee upped his game to finish 4-0. New visitor Saki Fujita 5 Dan from Japan, now studying at Johns Hopkins, promises to be a tough addition to the local scene.
The winners were:
First Place: Josh Lee, 5D, 4-0; Frederick Bao, 1D, 3-1; Quinn Baranoski, 3K, 3-1; Bob Crites, 7K, 4-0, tied with Gary Smith, 9K, 4-0; and Dierdre Golash, 13K, 4-0
Second Place: Saki Fujita, 5D, 3-1; Victor Kang, 2D, 3-1; Zongying Qiu, 3K, 3-1; Anderson Barreal, 9K, 3-1; and a three-way tie among Ning-Yuan Ernest Wang, 10K, Sarah Crites, 13K, and Keith Crank, 13K, each with two wins
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Justin Chiang topped the Austin Fall Classic Go Tournament on Saturday, October 25th at Great Hall Games in Austin, Tx. Fourteen players participated in the 4 round, handicap tournament, with prizes going to the following players: Justin Chiang 9K (4-0); Yue (John) Zhyang 4D (3-1), Cye Stoner 2K (3-1).
photo: (l-r): John Zhang, Cye Stoner, Justin Chiang
– report by TD Bart Jacob
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The October 18 Twin Cities Go Club’s Fall 2014 rated games day took place on the University of Minnesota campus, in a building that sits right on the edge of the Mississippi river. “It was a picturesque autumn day – clear skies and a slightly crisp feeling in the air – the trees at the peak of their color, with bright yellow leaves carpeting streets and walkways around campus,” reports Aaron Broege.
The event began at 9am and lasted until 4 pm. Fifteen AGA members, ranging from 21k to 4d, participated in the rated games day. “There were no set rounds or time limits, so players could play rated games at their leisure,” says Broege. “Many of the stronger players enjoyed taking advantage of the lack of time constraints, and some of the more serious games went on for over 2 hours.”
“Around noon we ordered pizza as part of the AGA’s initiative for free pizza in October. We were so happy and fortunate that this offer coincided with our already-scheduled event. Everyone was happy to enjoy pizza while two 2 dan players reviewed their game. We would like to thank the AGA for having this offer. It really made our local club feel more directly connected to the national organization. I think that this sort of initiative helps to build a stronger community between the national and local organizations.”
photo: Onlookers enjoy their pizza, courtesy of the AGA, while Peter Hansmeier (4d) and Yanqing Sun (2d) (at left) review their game.
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Weiqi To Go 