AMERICAN GO E-JOURNAL: News from the American Go Association August 28, 2000 In This Edition: - CALENDAR OF EVENTS - GO NEWS: MSO 2000 UPDATE: Live From London - ONLINE GO: Where to Start - HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE CHILDREN'S GO CONGRESS 2000 - AGA OFFICER CONTACT LIST CALENDAR OF EVENTS September 2-4: Toronto, Ontario, CANADA 2000 CANADIAN GO OPEN Mario Moran-Venega (416)259-5408 moran5@interlog.com OR (CHINESE): Wei Liang You (416)752-5593 Weiliang@netvigator.ca September 7-10: Cass Lake, MN JAMES KERWIN'S CASS LAKE GO WORKSHOP James Kerwin Home: (612) 822-9513; Work: (612) 823-0699 jimk@maroon.tc.umn.edu September 9-10: Raleigh, NC GAMES GALORE GO CLUB TOURNAMENT FALL 2000 Joe Berry (919) 787-4358 jberry02@bellsouth.net September 16: Sacramento, CA DAVIS/SACRAMENTO FALL TOURNAMENT Fred Hopkins (916)636-8758w/(916)965-0478h fred.hopkins@mckhboc.com September 24: Lancaster, PA JACK FROST SPECIAL Sam Zimmerman (717) 892-1249 szimmerman@wareunl.com UPCOMING/ABROAD (see WWW.USGO.ORG for details) - August 19-28: Mind Sports Olympiad #4, London, UK - September 9/10: Penzance Go Tournament (West Cornwall, UK) http://www.johnculmer.f9.co.uk/go/tournament.html - September 15-17: 31st Int'l Prague Go Tournament, Prague, Czech Republic; http://www.goweb.cz/cago/toyota - October 8: MGA Fall Tourney, Boston, MA - November: Round Top, New York: Guo Juan Workshop www.brooklyngoclub.org Jean-Claude Chetrit jc@BrooklynGoClub.org NOTE: this listing is not all-inclusive, featuring only upcoming tournaments in the next month or events which require early registration. For a complete listing, go to http://www.usgo.org/usa/tournaments.html GO NEWS MSO 2000 UPDATE: LIVE FROM LONDON Highlights from Go events at the Mind Sports Olympiad #4 now underway in London, England: The Computer Tournament finished on Tuesday with programs from China, Britain and Japan taking top honors. Matthew Macfadyen (British Champion 6 dan) won the third game of the title match by resignation and therefore won the title match for 2000. In the first two rounds of the Open championship on Wednesday, Xingwen Liao lost in round one to Macfadyen but won in round two against Francis Roads (4 dan). The four 7 dan players were winning as expected: Guo Juan, Du Jingyu, Lee Hyuk and Zhang Shutai. For on-line photos of the go events http://www.msoworld.com/mindzine/news/orient/go/euro/mso4gallery.html The first game of the British Championship, complete with comments, is up at the MSO website (http://www.msoworld.com/mindzine/news/orient/go) for an SGF file of the game: http://www.faldara.co.uk/Go/BGJ/Special/BC2000-Game1.sgf ONLINE GO: Where to Start By Terri Schurter There are many places to play Go on the Internet: this new column is the place to talk about them. This week, I'll cover four of the most popular places and explore some of the technical differences. Future columns will review the features and social dynamics of the various servers. Servers can be divided into two types, web based and client dependent. The Zone and Yahoo are web based servers, which means all you need to use them is a web browser. Unfortunately, use of the Zone is limited to those running the Windows operating system. IGS (The Internet Go Server) and NNGS (The No Name Go Server) are client dependent, which means you must install and configure a software package to use them. Clients are available for many operating systems. The most important factor in choosing your first Go server is how comfortable you are with computers. If your comfort level is low, you may want to start with one of the web based servers. Two of the major web based servers, the Zone and Yahoo, require little more than downloading files which automatically help your browser display the Go board and use the features of the server. If your comfort level with computers is high, you may want to opt for one of the servers such as IGS or NNGS which requires the installation of another software package called a "client." Popular clients include TGWIN and WINIGC. Once the client is installed and configured, logging on is fairly simple, but learning the features of the server and the client is a little more difficult than using a web based server. Clients typically involve typing commands, and not everyone on the server is viewing the same interface because different clients are available with different interfaces and features. To get started playing Go on the Internet, point your web browser at any of these sites: The Zone http://www.zone.com Yahoo http://games.yahoo.com/ IGS http://igs.joyjoy.net/ NNGS http://www.cosmic.org/ Terri Schurter has been playing Go online since 1996. Her Go club, Wings Across Calm Waters, is a "virtual" chapter of the AGA. Wings meets week-nights on the Zone from 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm Eastern Time. Terri plays under the name goddess_of_go. Wings also sponsors the annual New Jersey Yang Workshop each July. HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE CHILDREN'S GO CONGRESS 2000 By None Redmond Ten of the 45 youngsters at this year's Go Congress played at dan level, more than at any other Congress. Some of the others were beginners at the 30 kyu level, playing with enthusiasm and spirit: they all did well and learned a lot. The young people were visited by a number of professional Go masters, including Chinese pros Yun Fang, and Yie Feng as well as Xioren He, her sister-in-law Juan Guo, Janice Kim and James Kerwin. Thanks to all of these professional players who gave their time so generously and happily: the young people learned a lot from this interaction and began to realize the strength of a professional player and appreciate the years of discipline and training that go to create such mastery. There were four main youth tournaments: Sunday, Jonathan Wang TDed the Lightning Go Tournament, and on Monday, Mike Bull TDed the Youth Pair Go Tournament. Friday was a big day when Terry Benson organized the Youth Handicap Go Tournament. The final youth tournament on Saturday afternoon was the great Grand Prix, a new variation which is the brainchild of Steve Burrall. The Yuans of Yutopian Enterprises deserve special mention for their generous support of the Youth Program. Prizes for the children were provided at give-away prices: their constant encouragement is valued. Finally, I must thank the following people without whose help I would never have been able to manage: all of those marvelous children who played with delight and enthusiasm, Chuck Robbins, Don Wiener and Katherine Wolfthal for comfort, joy and strength, Roy Laird for continuing support and advice, Mike Bull for his common sense, and the Californian friends Jon Wang, James Chien, Herb Doughty, and Barbara and Steve Burrall and their truly magnificent family of children. GET LISTED & BOOST TURN-OUT! Got an upcoming event? Reach 1,300 readers coast-to-coast every week! 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