British Go Journal Index c October 1998 by the BGA edited by Jochen Fassbender BGJINTRO.TXT Survey Introduction Index version Basic explanations The alphabetical index Title/keyword conventions The subject index Subject survey The author index The chronological index BGJ publication survey Introduction The British Go Journal Index (BGJI) intends to facilitate the process of information retrieval from the journal. While the BGJ tables of contents only show the headlines of each issue, searching in the BGJI is far more comprehensive and efficient, since it contains original titles of articles as well as other important keywords. Thus, the BGJI instantly helps readers to spot even the most specific information. Note also that original titles cited in the BGJI may differ from those given in the BGJ tables of contents which are not included in each issue. The BGJI consists of four sub-indices: the alphabetical index, the subject index, the author index, and the chronological index. Index version The first edition of the BGJI was published as a printed version as well as on disk in 1995. The present index version is only available on disk (files are Winword and simple text format) and refers to 113 issues (1967 to 1998) with a total of 3530 pages. Altogether there are nearly 6500 references (among them are approximately 1400 entries referring to an original title of an article) as well as about 700 cross-references. However, the number of entries referring to the same item is quite high due to permutations, synonyms, and repetition. The BGJI refers to about 620 individuals, more than 1000 events, and about 580 games. Extensive proof-reading and checking for consistency have been made. BGJ errata have been corrected in the BGJI. Please write to the BGA if you find any more errata or if you have any suggestion. Basic explanations Each entry in the four BGJI sub-indices consists of seven categories: entry type, title and keywords, author/game commentator, subject, publication year, issue number, and pages. The order of these categories may vary, e.g. the author category is the first one in the author index. There is only one entry per line, thus one entry is equivalent to one reference. Basic elements to be mentioned: - An asterisk (*) indicates an original title entry. - A double asterisk (**) indicates an original title entry given more than once because of permutation. - A dash (—) indicates a permutation entry which also consists of a comma after its leading part. - Brackets ( ) show either year, game, tournament, or name specifications. - A hyphen (-) after a page number means more than one page. The alphabetical index The alphabetical index is sorted on title and keyword entries. It is the main file for searching and browsing within the title/keyword category. There are cross-references (either 'see' or 'see also') in case of related terms, English/foreign technical terms, abbreviations, synonyms, closely related articles (with different titles), and narrower terms (to a certain extent). In addition, there are cross-references to the subject index concerning general topics, and to the author index concerning individuals. Note that all these cross-references are only included in the alphabetical index, thus it is strongly recommended to begin a searching session with this sub-index. Title/keyword conventions: - Apart from original title entries the word 'Go' is often ignored (e.g. 'Club' instead of 'Go Club' or 'Tournament' instead of 'Go Tournament' but 'Go Congress' is an exception). 'Go' (or any synonym) is only a keyword when there are no other important ones. - Only important keywords are a leading part of a permutation entry unless the entry contains no important keywords. - Most general topics, such as 'Club', 'Player', 'Tournament', 'Game' or 'Literature', are more comprehensively treated as one of the subjects in the subject index, i.e. they are given as cross-references to the subjext index. - Subtitles are usually not part of an original title entry. Important subtitle keywords are given separately. - Individuals are included as an entry in context of a game, profile, biography, opinion, interview, tour, visit, election or obituary (the latter is indicated by '(obit)' after the respective individual's name unless otherwise clear). Simple mention of names (e.g. tournament organisers, participants and winners) are not included. Pseudonyms of Internet Go Server players are included. Authors are given as cross-references to the author index. - A game always has two entries if both players' names are mentioned (otherwise only one 'v. A.N.Other'). There are also two entries in case of many events (e.g. a Go Congress) which are given with their geographical venue as well. - As for the spelling of oriental names and terms The Go Player's Almanac from Ishi Press is the standard reference. Oriental names are given with the family name first and without a comma. Note, however, that transliteration of Chinese and Korean names might be inconsistent. In some cases family and first name of orientals might have been confused. Technical terms might be given in English and/or Japanese (there is a cross-reference in case of both). - Numerical values are given as a word (e.g. 'Four-Stone Game' or 'Nine-Dan') with the exception of board dimensions (e.g. '9x9 Go'). - Within original title entries years are put behind the name of the event (e.g. 'British Go Congress 1991' instead of '1991 British Go Congress'). Years in brackets have been added to those original title entries without a year mentioned; they tend to change the chronological order because brackets are sorted ahead of numbers. Tournament years may differ +/- 1, i.e. a tournament year does not always show the actual year. - Title or keyword entries in italics show book/journal titles or product/company names (note that there are no italics in TXT files). - Tables of contents, BGA officials, tournament calendars, glossaries, club lists, advertisements, etc. are not included in the index. Photos have not been indexed. The subject index This sub-index allows a systematic approach, i.e. the selection of common main subjects (more than 50 different subjects are available, see below). Among subjects the subject index is alphabetically sorted on title and keyword entries. There is a small number of entries without a subject at the very beginning of this sub-index. Subject survey Note: this survey is systemetically listed, whereas in the actual subject index subjects are sorted alphabetically. EGF European Go Federation BGA British Go Association Ass Association Cou Country Cit City Clb Club Cpy Company OHs Historical Organisation (before 20th century) Ply Player (in general) PAm Amateur Player PIn Insei Player PPr Professional Player PHs Historical Player (before 20th century) Tou Tournament TSy Tournament System (e.g. McMahon) TCd Tournament Conditions (e.g. time limits) TAw Tournament Awards T . . Tournament 19 . . THs Historical Tournament (before 20th century) Gam Game (articles with games) GEv Even Game GH . Handicap x Game (GH1 = no komi or reverse komi, GHX = more than 9 stones) G 9 9x9 Game G13 13x13 Game GRg Rengo Game GVr Variant Game Fus Fuseki Jos Joseki Mid Middle Game Yos Yose Str Strategic Aspects (e.g. thickness, moyo, territory, invasion, reduction) Tec Technique + Shape (e.g. cut, hane, ko, ladder, peep) L+D Life and Death Hcp Handicap Strategy + Systems Rul Rules Rat Rating + Ranks Equ Equipment Com Computer (in general) CPl Computer - Playing Program CNp Computer - Non-playing Program (e.g. teaching, recording) CNw Computer - Network Inf Information Aspects Lit Literature Lan Language Pub Publicity Prm Promoting (e.g. trusts, sponsorships) Tch Teaching (e.g. studying, teach-ins) Anl Analysis (e.g. counting, reading) Beh Behaviour (e.g. etiquette) Psy Psychology Phi Philosophy Tal Tales, Legends, etc. Art Arts Hum Humour + Entertainment Var Go Variants OGm Other Games The author index This is the only sub-index which covers authors completely. The other sub-indices only show the first author mentioned in case of co-authored entries which are indicated by 'et al', or a BGJ author in favour of non-BGJ authors. However, the author index only consists of entries with authors, i.e. a large number of original title entries are not included due to the fact that authors are not always mentioned in the BGJ. Apart from authors this sub-index does include game commentators who in most cases can be identified if the respective subject is 'Gam'. Other kinds of BGJ contributors, such as translators, game recorders, photographers, are not included. Pseudonyms of books are included. Author entries in italics are non-BGJ authors/editors of books, articles, or software reviewed or in some other context mentioned in the BGJ (note that there are no italics in TXT files). In case of book or software reviews, the reviewer is given as the BGJ author, while the entry is also to be found under its non-BGJ author/editor. Organisations are included as non -BGJ editors. However, Go associations' main publications with obvious titles (e.g. the BGA's BGJ) are not being referred to. The chronological index This sub-index is sorted on issues. It mainly serves as an input file for new BGJ issues as well as a basic source from which to create other sub-indices. It may also help to give a survey of contents of a specific BGJ issue but is otherwise not recommended for searching. BGJ publication survey The BGJ has been published as a quarterly in most years. issue number, publication date, pages/issue, issues+pages/year: 0 Spring 67 6 1 Summer 67 14 2 Autumn 67 14 3 Winter 67 14 4 48 4 March 68 14 5 June 68 16 6 Autumn 68 12 7 Winter 68 12 4 54 8 Spring 69 16 9 October 69 16 10 December 69 16 3 48 11 March 70 16 12 August 70 16 2 32 13 April 71 16 14 June 71 16 15 Autumn 71 16 3 48 16 March 72 16 17 June 72 16 18 October 72 16 3 48 19 January 73 16 20 July 73 16 21 September 73 16 3 48 22 January 74 16 23 April 74 16 24 July 74 16 25 October 74 16 4 64 26 January 75 16 27 April 75 16 28 July 75 16 29 October 75 20 30 December 75 20 5 88 31 March 76 20 32 May 76 20 33 August 76 20 34 November 76 20 4 80 35 February 77 20 36 May 77 20 37 July 77 20 38 October 77 20 4 80 39 January 78 20 40 February 78 24 41 May 78 24 42 August 78 24 43 October 78 20 5 112 44 February 79 24 45 May 79 24 46 September 79 24 3 72 47 January 80 28 48 May 80 24 49 July 80 24 50 November 80 24 4 100 51 January 81 24 52 March 81 24 53 June 81 28 54 October 81 28 4 104 55 March 82 28 56 June 82 28 57 December 82 28 3 84 58 April 83 28 59 June 83 28 60 September 83 28 3 84 61 March 84 28 62 July 84 32 63 November 84 32 3 92 64 March 85 32 65 July 85 32 66 November 85 32 3 96 67 April 86 32 68 October 86 32 2 64 69 Spring 87 32 70 Summer 87 36 71 Winter 87-88 40 3 108 72 Autumn 88 32 73 Winter 88 32 2 64 74 Spring 89 40 75 Summer 89 32 76 Autumn 89 32 77 Winter 89 44 4 148 78 Spring 90 32 79 Summer 90 40 80 Autumn 90 40 81 Winter 90 40 4 152 82 Spring 91 40 83 Summer 91 44 84 Autumn 91 48 85 Winter 91 40 4 172 86 Spring 92 56 87 Summer 92 48 88 Autumn 92 40 89 Winter 92 48 4 192 90 Spring 93 60 91 Summer 93 52 92 Autumn 93 64 93 Winter 93 60 4 236 94 Spring 94 52 95 Summer 94 40 96 Autumn 94 44 97 Winter 94 52 4 188 98 Spring 95 48 99 Summer 95 60 100 Autumn 95 64 101 Winter 95 60 4 232 102 Spring 96 48 103 Summer 96 48 104 Autumn 96 60 105 Winter 96 52 4 208 106 Spring 97 64 107 Summer 97 48 108 Autumn 97 56 109 Winter 97 52 4 220 110 Spring 98 56 111 Summer 98 44 112 Autumn 98 64