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Wenhao Liu 5d (right) topped a 32-player field to win the Twin Cities Winter Go Tournament on February 23. Players ranging from 5-dan to 20-kyu participated in the event, which was cosponsored by the Twin Cities Go Club and the University of Minnesota Go Club. The tentative date for the Twin Cities spring AGA ratings tournament is Saturday, April 20th.
- report/photos by Aaron Broege

Chinese Counsil Cup, League A 2013

Vasteras Open 2013

Time is running out to register for the American Go Honor Society’s 14th annual School Team Tournament. On March 16th and 23rd, go clubs from across North America will compete online for glory and prizes.  Each school may enter up to three teams, consisting of three players of any levels from the same K-12 school. There are multiple divisions, so teams of any level will be able to compete.  A total of $3,000 in prizes will be awarded, with prizes in each division, but also to every team that has a high participation rate. Visit www.aghs.cc to register and to read important information about the new rules and prizes. The registration deadline has been extended to March 6th, so gather a team from your school and enter before it’s too late. -Julian Erville, AGHS Vice President.

A group of 12 American players, including AGA President Andy Okun, visited Cuba on February 16th-17th for a friendship match with local players. Follows a report in Spanish by Rafael Miranda of the Cuban Academy of Go.

El sábado 16 y domingo 17 pasado; se celebró en la Academia Cubana de Go, el 2do Intercambio Cuba-EUA, el primero fue en el año 2000,organizado por Peter Shotwell, en ese entonces 28 norteamericanos viajaron a la isla y el intercambio fue solo amistoso no competitivo como en esta oportunidad, donde 12 jugadores organizados esta vez por Robert Gilman, se entusiasmaron en conocer la Academia Cubana de Go y sus jugadores, el torneo se organizo en tres grupos, Grupo Dan, Grupo Kyu fuerte y Grupo Kyu débil, en un sistema de 3 partidos diarios, dos en la mañana y uno en la tarde, a una hora finish con Komi de 6 1/2 puntos. El equipo norteamericano fue el mismo para los dos días de competencias; hubo dos equipos Cuba para diferentes días. El sábado 16 ganó el equipo norteño 24 por 9 donde Cuba solo supero en el Grupo Kyu Débil y el domingo 17 repitió la victoria los del norte esta vez 20 a 13 siendo Cuba superior en los Kyu Fuertes. En el grupo norteamericano integraba la nómina Andy Okun 1 Dan, presidente de la Asociación Americana de Go. Los partidos fueron muy buenos y en oportunidades bien reñidos. Durante la semana se estuvieron realizando partidos amistosos y entablándose una relación de amistad muy bonita entre visitantes y nacionales. Este intercambio dejó la perspectiva de seguir desarrollándose en próximas ediciones.

 

Blansko Tournament 2013

Lets start with some positive news! The first ladder game of the year was played this Monday, in Dublin’s venue of choice, Larry Murphy’s. Marek Gutowski won against Arthur Cater, thereby moving himself up to 6th place, and inside the Korea Points positions.

By contrast, the Irish team were failing dismally in the international arena. Gavin Rooney, so far undefeated in the team competition, finally lost a game in our match with Turkey. The rest of the team, sadly used to him leading by example, followed suit, and a difficult result of 0-4 followed. Hopefully next time, the match strategy will have been explained more carefully by the coach.

Finally, just in case you missed it, the Irish Go Congress is this weekend. Don’t miss out on this important event, we’ve already had many strong players from Europe register to play.

February 17th 2013 is the date for the North vs. South game. Players from the greater Joburg area will play a single match against players from the greater Cape Town area. Time limits: 45+25/10 Handicap: standard handicap Update: Congrats to North, who won 5-3 Ben Gale (4d) vs Andrew Davies (3d); Ben won 1h Harvey [...]

The Annual General Meeting of the SAGA will be held on Saturday 13th April 2013 during the lunch break of the SAGA second quarter internet tournament in the South African Room on KGS. This means that the meeting will start at 14h00, unless there are second-round games still in progress, in which case the meeting [...]