AMERICAN GO E-JOURNAL: News from the American Go Association April 8, 2002 In This Edition: - CALENDAR OF EVENTS: Latest listings - GAME COMMENTARY: Slow & Sure Sakata Battles Kin Kaiho for '68 Honinbo - GO NEWS: Michael Redmond To Play For US In 3rd Chunlan Cup; Go Camp News I: The Koreans Are Coming!; Go Camp News II: Camp Scholarships Funds Sought; Orlando Go Club Sets First Meeting for Tuesday Night; Go: Off the Silver Screen and Into the Footlights - YOUR MOVE: Readers Write: Font Solutions; Getting to First Kyu; Getting On Board - GO REVIEW: The Book of Go - AGA OFFICER CONTACT LIST CALENDAR OF EVENTS (U.S.) April 13: Lakewood, CO Denver Open Spring Tournament Deedee Eckles 720-331-3170 Deedee@Eckles.net April 13-14: Houston, TX 10th Anniversary Houston Go Tournament Robert Cordingley 281-228-4774 rcordingley@houston.rr.com April 14: Boston, MA MGA Spring Handicap Tournament Don Wiener 617-734-6316 donwiener@earthlink.net April 20-21: College Park, MD University of Maryland Spring tournament Steve Mount 301-405-6934 sm193@umail.umd.edu April 27-28: Los Angeles, CA 2002 Cotsen Go Tournament Lawrence Gross 310-235-7415 le144@earthlink.net May 4: Corvallis, Oregon Corvallis Spring Go Tournament Robert O'Malley 541-738-1690 omalley@coas.oregonstate.edu May 5: Seattle, WA Monthly Ratings Tournament Jon Boley 206-545-1424 go@seattlego.org May 5: Hoboken, NJ Hoboken Spring Tournament Larry Russ 201-216-5379 lruss@stevens-tech.edu NOTE: this listing is not all-inclusive, featuring only upcoming tournaments in the next month or events which require early registration. For a complete U.S. listings, go to http://www.usgo.org/usa/tournaments.html For the European Go Calendar see http://www.win.tue.nl/cs/fm/engels/go/tourn.html GAME COMMENTARY: Slow & Sure Sakata Battles Kin Kaiho for '68 Honinbo "Thinking of his 4.5 komi, (Sakata) chose this slow paced, non-aggressive play," Iwamoto Kaoru 9p, says in today's commented game from the vaults of Go Review. The 6th-round game of the 1968 Honinbo Title Match originally appeared in the September 1968 edition of Go Review and finds Sakata Eio Honinbo, 5p battling Rin Kaiho Meijin, 9p to stay in the match (if he loses the game he loses the title match). In this fascinating game, the endgame begins with move 73 and concludes 138 moves later with a 1.5 point margin. There are many opportunities along the way for both sides and you'll have to review the game to find out who won. Commented games are included in the Member's Edition of the American Go E-Journal, just $30/year at www.usgo.org Sign up today and get a new game every week! GO NEWS Michael Redmond To Play For US In 3rd Chunlan Cup Michael Redmond, the California native who has earned the top professional rank of 9-Dan in the Japan Go Association, will play for the US in the Third Chunlan Cup in Beijing next month. This will be Redmond's second appearance in this event. The Chunlan (Chinese for "spring orchid"), a 16-player invitational knockout, is the first international tournament to be held using traditional Chinese rules. The winner in 2000, O Rissei 9-Dan of Japan, earned about $150,000. To learn more about the Chunlan tournament, go to http://www.msoworld.com/mindzine/news/orient/go/international/archive/chunlan1.html Go Camp News I: The Koreans Are Coming! "Ms. Chihyung Nam teaches Go at Baduk Department of Myungji University and is organizing a group of Korean Go-playing kids to join this year's Go Camp," reports Camp Administrator Peter Rzepecki. "Please help Ms. Chihyung by giving her contacts in the Korean- American community," urges Peter. Chihyung Nam's e-mail address is: dame_kr@yahoo.co.kr Meanwhile the Go Camp Organizing Committee is still accepting applications from young Go players. Don't miss this great opportunity; there isn't much time left. A magnificent staff, numerous attractions and great program balancing the study of Go with social and physical activities awaits. For more information visit: http://www.usgo.org/gocamp/index.html or write to Peter Rzepecki, the camp administrator: AGAGoCamp@aol.com For Camp pictures visit the site designed by Mr. Tetsuo Takeichi to market the Camp in Japan: http://www.igo-kids.com/cgi-bin/c-board/c-board.cgi?cmd=one;no=5;id=event Go Camp News II: Camp Scholarships Funds Sought Financial help helps keep Summer Go Camp fees low and allows more kids to attend: talk to your local Go club and sponsor a local youngster, or just make a contribution. Even small donations can make a big difference. Tax deductible donations should go to the American Go Foundation at AGF attn Mary Laird, 211 W 106th St, 3C, NY, NY 10025 Orlando Go Club Sets First Meeting for Tuesday Night A recent E-Journal report on Go club organizing efforts in Orlando, Florida elicited enough responses that local organizers have set an initial meeting for Tuesday, April 9 at the Borders bookstore in Winter Park Village. Contact go_orlando@ureach.com for directions or further information. Go: Off the Silver Screen and Into the Footlights "I wasn't stuck so much as patient, like playing Go," says a character in a New York hit play, reports alert reader Richard Gorelick who sent along this snippet of dialogue from The Foundry Theatre's Obie Award-winning production of "And God Created Great Whales": "You place a stone in a remote corner of the board, seemingly at random, seemingly blithe or careless, seemingly abandoning your line of defense: a strong circle of connected stones. But come the end of the game and that black or white stone in the corner... Gorelick reports that the play will run in Baltimore in May. YOUR MOVE: Readers Write Font Solutions Thanks to the many readers who took the time to offer suggestions for solving the E-Journal font problem reported last week. While we will continue our efforts to solve any such problems at the source, here are a couple end-user suggestions: "In Outlook Express," writes Jerry, "when the message is opened, the font size is easily adjusted by clicking on view/ text size and selecting a size." And for Netscape users, Jim says that "Under edit>preferences>fonts you can choose to have your fonts (including size) override the default fonts for whatever you are looking at." Getting to First Kyu "Please let me know where I might be able to get a copy of First Kyu by Sung-hwa Hong," asks Terry. The terrific Go novel "First Kyu" is published by Good Move Press/Samarkand; order it at www.samarkand.net Getting On Board "As a totally new beginner to the game of game, where may I purchase a Go board and stones?" asks Perry in Corvallis, Oregon. Check out the AGA's website at www.usgo.org click on "Go Resources" and then click on "Distributors of Go books, equipment, and software in the United States" Local game stores sometimes carry basic equipment, as well. Also try the Corvallis Go Club's Robert O'Malley 541-738-1690 omalley@coas.oregonstate.edu GO REVIEW: The Book of Go By Bill Cobb Sterling Publishing, $14.95 128 pages Reviewed by Terri Schurter Bill Cobb's "The Book of Go" is an excellent introduction to Go for the rank beginner. It comes complete with a set of stones and a reversible 9x9 and 13x13 board. Aside from the audience for which it is intended, The Game of Go is also a "must read" for anyone considering the capture game as a method of instruction, and also for collectors of Go literature. The first half of the book is spent explaining the rules of Capture Go and offering strategies for play. Problems for Capture Go are also offered, and sample capture games are analyzed. After a thorough, clear, and interesting explanation of Capture Go the reader is introduced to full-fledged Go. Concepts such as the rule of ko, establishing connections, and life and death are clearly covered. The life and death problems are easily solved, as they should be in a beginners' book to make them accessible, and to build confidence in the reader. Basic strategy and tactics are covered next including ladders, nets, snapbacks, and throw-in sacrifices. Go proverbs, study problems, and a list of recommended go books round things out. Readers are left wanting more and knowing where to find it. The chapter on "Go on the Internet" points readers to the right resources including links to KGS, IGS, the American Go Association, and my own archive of E-Journal articles about online Go. "The Book of Go" fills a glaring gap in existing Go literature; there are beginners' books such as Go for Beginners, which are fine for those who actually have someone to play with after the reading is over. However, The Game of Go is the only book I have seen that is truly aimed at the uninitiated, and offers a means to begin learning about Go without the help of an experienced player. Two Go newbies could open this book and accomplish some serious Go learning on their own. "The Book of Go" is a strikingly well designed book that will attract attention in bookstores, where it is already available. The timing of this book is excellent since it comes quickly on the heels of the release of the hit movie "A Beautiful Mind" which has piqued the interest of the general public in Go. Bill Cobb and Sterling Publishing have pulled off a brilliant tesuji with the publication of this excellent beginners' book. Available at http://www.sterpub.com/home/home.asp GET LISTED & BOOST TURN-OUT! 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