Mentions of Go in UK Media

Here is a list of references to or articles about Go that have appeared in the Media in the UK. Items labelled "*" are not currently in the BGA's collection. Some of the names of local papers may be incorrect.

• 27/03/08 Times - "The Go Master" film review
• 27/08/07 Guardian - "This time it's personal" report on MSO featuring Go
• 29/06/07 Times - "Why computers can't surpass Go and collect $1 million"
• 26/08/06 Daily Telegraph - Novel of the week: "The Master of Go"
• 10/08/06 Guardian - Letters from Geoff Kaniuk, Peter and Sheila Wendes, John Horsfield-Bradbury in Technology section
• 03/08/06 Guardian - Computers just can't seem to get past Go
• 07/12/05 Scotsman - Photograph of Peter Wendes Go Workshop
• 24/10/05 Daily Telegraph * Obituary of Arman the Artist
• 08/05/05 Observer - Kawabata's Master of Go 11th best ever sport book in sport supplement listing
• 08/02/05 Guardian - picture of LSE Go Club stand on front of Education section
• 26/06/04 Guardian * Review of Girl Who Played Go (paperback edition)
• 01/06/03 Observer * Review of Girl Who Played Go "A bit of a Chinese Zhivago"
• 24/05/03 Guardian * Review of Girl Who Played Go "Rules of the Game"
• 24/10/02 Guardian - David Levy about computer Go "Do Not Pass Go"
• 22/03/02 Guardian - Chris Brasted reader's letter
• 15/01/02 Daily Express - report on Kisei by Beachcomber
• 19/08/00 Guardian - Report on Liao Xingwen's visit to MSO "Go Getter"
• 18/08/00 Times - Report on Liao Xingwen's visit to MSO "It's All Go for Chinese Prodigy"
• 13/11/99 Times - Letter "Modern Manners" about national dress at Pair Go
• 24/07/99 Times - MSO Supplement "A game worth a Go"
• 25/08/98 Financial Times - Michael Fitzpatrick "Machines beaten from the word Go" under technology/games software
• 17/06/98 Times - Ray Keane British Championship in chess column
• 06/06/98 Times - Ray Keane book "Four Great Games" in chess column
• 25/04/98 Independent - "Do Not Pass Go"
• 15/03/98 Sport First - Cambridge Tournament results
• 27/09/97 Independent - Report on British Go Championship
• 19/09/97 Times - Ray Keene results of British Championships in chess column
• 25/08/97 Times - Picture "England Expects to Excel at Mind Games"
• 18/08/97 Times - All in the Mind/London hosts Olympiad of the Mind
• 11/08/97 Times - MSO Supplement "Mysteries of the Orient"
• 12/07/97 Independent - Bill Hartston on the British Championships "Go is Coming"
• 11/07/97 Times - Ray Keene mentions British Championships in chess column
• 21/06/97 Independent - The South Bank Show (MSO)
• 17/05/97 Independent - Letter "After Deep Blue, now Go for it"
• 14/05/97 Independent - Letter from Francis Roads "Man vs machine: it's not over yet"
• 14/05/97 Daily Telegraph - "Beating the semiconductor"
• 25/01/97 Independent - Charles Athur's "Do Not pass Go" on games page
• 18/01/97 Daily Telegraph - Steve Jackson's "It's All Go at Highbury"
• 11/01/97 Daily Telegraph - Steve Jackson's "It's Tricky in the Eyes of Rivals"
• 04/01/97 Daily Telegraph - Steve Jackson's "Computers Have a Long Way to Go"
• 17/10/96 Times - Meijin Match mentioned by Ray Keene in Chess Column
• 11/09/96 Times - Bank of China Cup mentioned by Ray Keene in Chess Column
• 29/06/96 Daily Telegraph - Steve Jackson's "Complex issue of luck versus skill"
• 27/01/95 Independent - Chris Bray on Backgammon shows Go as game with most skill levels
• 21/01/95 Daily Telegraph - "Could You Be Gone On Go"
• 02/12/94 Independent - picture of Mike Redmond & Computer Go
• 09/09/94 Independent - Genius 2 defeats Kasparov
• 24/04/93 Independent - Article on Mike Redmond "Playing the Japanese at Their Own Game"
• 10/08/92 Independent - "The orient's polite game is more beautiful than Chess" (EGC Canterbury)
• 25/07/92 Times - "Touch and Go" (picture of H.Lee)
• 12/10/90 Times - "When the going gets tough, the tough play Go"
• 31/07/90 Financial Times - Japanese link promises a 'bloody interesting future' (Fujitsu-ICL)
• 16/09/89 Times - "For the Japanese, chess is all Go" (Meijin)
• 16/09/89 Daily Telegraph - Meijin picture
• 14/09/89 Financial Times - "Time to get up and Go" (Meijin)
• 14/09/89 Observer - "Time to get Up and Go" (Meijin)
• 25/08/84 Times - "Killing Time with a Game Called Go" (IVC)
• 25/07/76 Observer - "Go Starts Going Places"

• 22/04/08 Oxford Mail - "Ancient Game Still Going Strong"
• 27/03/08 Times - "The Go Master" (review)
• 10/07 IEEE Spectrum - "Cracking Go"
• 29/08/07 Guardian Unlimited - "This Time It's Personal" report of MSO featuring Go
• 29/06/07 Times - "Why computers can't surpass Go and collect $1 million"
• 14/12/06 Your Local Guardian - "Go Crazy for Ancient Go"
• 19/09/06 Wired News - "AI Invades Go Territory"
• 03/09/06 Daily Telegraph - "The Wisdom of Stones" - review of "The Master of Go"
• 03/08/06 Guardian Unlimited - "Computers just can't seem to get past Go"
• 24/10/05 Daily Telegraph - Obituary of Arman the Artist
• 04/07/05 The Register - "Silicon beats carbon in chess battle"
• 08/05/05 Guardian Unlimited - "Top 50 sports books - The countdown: 11-25 "
• 08/11/04 Leicester Mercury - "Game could turn youngsters into Go-getters" (Leicester workshop)
• 26/06/04 Guardian Unlimited - Review of Girl Who Played Go (paperback edition)
• 01/06/03 Guardian Unlimited - Review of Girl Who Played Go "A bit of a Chinese Zhivago"
• 24/05/03 Guardian Unlimited - Review of Girl Who Played Go "Rules of the Game"
• 16/01/03 BBC H2G2 - "Getting Started with Go!"
• 24/10/02 Guardian Unlimited - "Do not pass Go" David Levy about computer games
• 01/08/02 BBC World - "Young Japanese go for Go"
• 31/07/02 BBC Newsround - "Kids ditch computers for board game"
• 19/07/02 The Online Comet (Letchworth) - "All go for ancient board game"
• 22/03/02 Guardian Unlimited - Chris Brasted reader's letter

• 29/08/07 Time Out (London) * half page on Go in sport section (page 118)
• 06/2007 Scientific American - "Silicon Smackdown" New Go algorythm aims to depose humans
• 27/01/07 The Economist - Winning Ways about Go and AI
• 01/2007 EuroBiz * Ready, Set, Go about Chinese importers
• 08/2006 MindGames - answer to quiz question
• 14/10/05 TES Teacher - "Go for It"
• 08/01/05 The Economist - "Do not pass Go" Letter from Stephen Bashforth
• 18/12/04 The Economist - "The astonishing game of Go"
• 12/2004 The Teacher - "Go-Getters" article by France Ellul
• 21/11/04 TES - Picture from Leicester workshop
• 12/2004 Hampshire View - "It's all Go" Peter Wendes
• ??/2004 The Teacher * "Go for It!" article by France Ellul
• 2003 Education Yearbook * "It's all GO at Wycombe Grange" article by France Ellul
• 12/2003 National Geographic - mention in article on Samurai
• 11/2003 Guiding - page on capture go "Wei Qi!"
• 11/10/03 Spectator - article "Going Gone"
• 26/09/03 TES Teacher - "Go for Thinking Skill" letter from france Ellul
• 01/2003 Aquila - Go, Go, Go!
• 13/04/02 New Scientist - article on Mick Reiss "Go For It"
• 07/01/99 Computing - report on World Computer Go "All Systems are Go"
• 09/1999 Choice - "Games People Play"
• 18-1998 FCO News and Views - "Go Mark Go"
• 05/1998 Demon Dispatches - Reader's Home Pages
• 05/1998 Airbus News - "It's all go at Chester site"
• 05/1997 The Wire - Christof Katscher quotes Go as hobby
• 10/06/95 The Economist - mention in article on warfare
• 02/04/94 The Economist - article on Go
• 11/1993 National Power News - "It's all Go with a bit of me old China"
• 09/1993 Focus - "Not in your shops now a computer version of Go"
• 19/12/92 The Economist - "Bugs in the Program"
• Autumn92 Hitachi Headlines - "Deepening understanding between nations"
• 25/07/92 New Scientist - "It's all Go against computers"
• 18/05/92 Business Week - Go strategy for Acer business
• Spring92 Computing - Computer games Olympiad
• 17/01/91 Far Eastern Economic Review - "Beyond brute force"
• 01/12/90 New Scientist - "Go in the Machine"
• 30/08/90 Computing - "As good as gold at the alternative Olympics"
• 23/09/89 Spectator - "Gentlemen of Japan" (Meijin)
• 14/09/89 Time Out - World Championship Meijin listed
• 01/1989 Games Monthly - Matthew Macfadyen
• 11/1988 Games Monthly - Go article
• 06/1987 ICL Review - on BGC Reading
• 04/1987 Computer Talk - on BGC Reading
• 28/02/85 Computing The Magazine - "Zen and the Art of Go-ing" on Alan Scarff
• 19/10/84 Times Ed - picture
• 01/02/79 New Scientist - "The Challenge of Go"
• 08/1975 ICL News - "Now Go Boom"
• 28/08/74 Weekend - Mention in description of backgammon
• 1967 Radio Times * article about Go for "The Man in Room 17"
• 21/01/65 New Scientist * article by Dr I. J. Good "The Mystery of Go"
• Spring61 GEC Research Review - "What is this game Go?"

• 25/04/08 Oxford Star * "Go on, give it a Go, say fans of game" (Harry Fearnley)
• 22/04/08 Oxford Times * "Ancient Game Still Going Strong" (Harry Fearnley)
• 12/04/07 Maidenhead Advertiser * "Go is black and white" (Thames Valley Team Tournament)
• 22/02/07 Chester Standard - "Chess and Go Championships" (Cheshire Tournament)
• 26/01/07 Slough Express * "Go: A good reason to come and play" (Maidenhead Tournament)
• 25/01/07 Maidenhead Advertiser * "Let battle of the brains begin" (Maidenhead Tournament)
• 14/12/06 Epsom Guardian - "An Insider's Guide to Go"
• 18/08/06 Manx Independent - "Ancient Go game visits Manx shores"
• 29/05/06 The Courier, Dundee - "Kept on the Go at Championships" (Scottish Open)
• 29/04/05 Maidenhead Advertiser - "Germans Go for European victory" (European Pair Go)
• 15/03/05 Western Morning News - "Go to summer camp and learn Go"
• 01/02/05 Isle of Man Examiner - "Pupils Go for it and win" (Jurby team after BYGC)
• 20/01/05 Milton Keynes Citizen Go - "Chance to have a Go!" (Bletchley Park)
• 08/11/04 Leicester Mercury - "Game could turn youngsters into Go-getters" (Leicester workshop)
• ??/02/04 Cambridge News - "Champ sets his sights on Europe" (William Brooks)
• 23/01/04 Maidenhead Advertiser * "Li lauches counterattack" (Maidenhead Tournament)
• 24/01/03 Maidenhead Advertiser * "Sit down and go in a battle of tactics and skilful moves" (Maidenhead Tournament)
• 03/2003 Portsmouth Post - "It's all go for Pompey School Kids"
• 13/11/02 Basildon Echo - "Let's Go: Martial Art in Ancient Game"
• 19/07/02 The Comet (Letchworth) * "All go for ancient board game"
• 25/01/02 Maidenhead Advertiser * "All systems are Go in battle" (Maidenhead Tournament)
• 09/01/02 Oxford Times - "It's all GO for pupils" (NHK TV at Fitzharrys)
• 10/01/02 Oxford Star - "Pupils GO on TV" (NHK TV at Fitzharrys)
• 10/01/02 Abingdon Herald - "Ancient board game under the spotlight" (NHK TV at Fitzharrys)
• 26/01/01 Maidenhead Advertiser * "Go-ing out on manoeuvres" (Maidenhead Tournament)
• 23/11/00 Cambridge Evening News - "Winners show they know their Go" (Small board tournament)
• 21/01/00 Maidenhead Advertiser * "Young Guns Go For It" (Maidenhead Tournament)
• 15/04/99 Waltham Forest Guardian - "The Ancient Game with get up and go"
• ??/01/99 Maidenhead Advertiser - report on Furze Platt Tournament
• 26/11/98 Hendon and Finchley Times - "3500-year-old bet is no go for computer boffins" (Computer Go)
• 26/11/98 Edgware and Mill Hill Times - "Brain cells 1, mircochips 0" (Computer Go)
• 25/11/98 Barnet Press - "£1M still up for grabs" (Computer Go)
• 27/01/98 Cambridge Evening News - "It's all go for UK winners"
• 25/02/97 Cambridge Evening News - "Ancient Game goes hi-tech"
• 04/02/97 Isle of Man Examiner - Claire wins top title (at BYGC)
• 17/02/95 Western Morning News - Feng Yun visit to Devon
• 17/02/95 Mid Devon Advertiser - "All Go at Haytor Vale" (Feng Yun)
• 24/02/95 Mid Devon Advertiser - Feng Yun
• 21/02/95 South Devon Herald & Express - Chinese Team visit
• ??/02/95 Worcester - "Brainy Thomas chip off old Blockley"
• ??/02/95 Worcester - "It's all Go for Thomas"
• 29/09/94 Leamington Observer - "Winning Pair really Go for it"
• 06/05/94 Epsom and Banstead Informer - "First Go Gets Second"
• 13/08/93 Isle of Man Courier - report on tournament
• 14/07/93 Reading Herald - Reading wins TVGL
• 13/07/93 Cambridge - "It's All Go at board game challenge"
• 24/03/93 Warington Guardian - Culcheth "Oriental Winners Go Go Go!"
• 11/02/93 Waltham Forest Guardian - "All Go for Gamesters"
• 07/01/93 Waltham Forest Guardian - "Oriental Promotion"
• 31/08/92 Ilford recorder - "Lad is keen to have a Go"
• 20/08/92 Waltham Forest Guardian - "Players Go for It"
• 07/08/92 KMExtra - EGC Canterbury
• 31/07/92 AdScene - EGC Canterbury
• 30/05/91 Waltham Forest Guardian - "Get up and Go"
• 08/02/91 Waltham Forest Guardian - "It's all Go Go Go at the church hall"
• 27/10/90 Western Daily Press - "Stone me it's all Go here"
• 30/09/89 Guildford Times - "Go Game Winners"
• ??/09/89 Gloucester Echo - "Games expert wins top prize"
• ??/09/89 Gloucester Citizen - "It's all Go for gamestar Dave"
• ??/09/89 Cheltenham News - "Beaten at their own game"
• 18/07/85 Wokingham Times - "Hooked by a game 4000 years old" (Tony Atkins)
• ??/12/84 Malvern Gazette - "A game with plenty of Go in it" (Black Bull)
• ??/12/83 Malvern Gazette - "Richard keeps on the 'Go'"(Black Bull)
• ??/10/83 Aberdeen (various) * British Go Week
• ??/02/81 Somerset County Gazette - "Good Go by College Team"
• ??/03/81 Somerset County Gazette - "Boys Go Place"
• ??/09/78 Brighton - "Teacher's on board and game for go" (Brian Castledine)
• 03/02/78 Reading Chronicle - Reading Go Club
• ??/06/76 Somerset County Gazette - "Is chess checkmated by Go?" (David Mascord)
• ??/11/75 Manchester Evening News * Stuart Dowsey interview
• 01/09/60 Wembley News - report on John Barrs and Go Club

All the following are the results of efforts by France Ellul, teacher at Furze Platt and then Brakenhale.

• 01/04/93 Bracknell News - "Students Get Going"
• 03/04/92 Bracknell and Wokingham Herald and Post - "That's the Way to Go Adalberto!"
• 18/07/91 Wokingham Times - "Champion is Go-ing Places"
• 11/07/91 Bracknell News - "Going for Gold"
• 10/05/90 Bracknell News - "Brakenhale Go Champs Receive Winning Cup"
• 27/04/90 Bracknell Evening Post - "Game Players show their Get Up and Go"
• 07/12/89 Bracknell News - "This Team Go from Strength to Strength"
• 24/11/89 Bracknell Evening Post - "Oriental Game Stars"
• 16/11/89 Wokingham Times - "Go For Gold"
• 09/11/89 Bracknell News - Brakenhale news
• 03/11/89 Bracknell Evening Post - "Pupils get up and go to grab national glory at board game"
• 19/10/89 Wokingham Times - "Let's Go For It"
• 26/09/89 Bracknell Evening Post - "Pupils Challenge the Worlds Best"
• 12/07/89 Wokingham Times - "They can really Go"
• 06/07/89 Bracknell Evening Post - "Go ahead, Brother"
• 02/03/89? Wokingham Times - Brakenhale news
• 16/02/89? Bracknell News - "Brakenhale Go for the Top"
• 21/08/88 Bracknell News - "Brackenhale Go for Glory" (sic)
• 13/07/88? Wokingham Times - Brakenhale news
• 22/03/85 Maidenhead Advertiser - "Furze Platt retain British Go Title"
• 15/03/85 Bucks Free Press - "It's all Go for Win No 2"
• 26/10/84 Maidenhead Advertiser - "Nicola is first British Under-14 Go Champion"
• 27/07/84 Bucks Free Press - "Leigh: a Player with Plenty of Go"
• 18/05/84 Maidenhead Advertiser - "Leigh will Go a Long Way"
• 18/10/83 - 12/10/84 Maidenhead Advertiser - Furze Platt Champions (many reports)
• 29/07/83 Maidenhead Advertiser - "All Go at Furze Platt"
• 06/04/83 Maidenhead Advertiser - "It's all Go for Magnificent Seven"

• 02/2004 On Japan (Embassy Newsletter) - picture of Francis Roads teaching Japan Society
• 09/2003 On Japan (Embassy Newsletter) - "Where to play Go and Shogi"
• 29/01/02 On Japan (Embassy Newsletter) - Kisei Match report
• 24/01/02 Nichi-Ei - Report on Kisei Kid's event
• 16/01/02 Yomiuri Shimbun - Report on Kisei game
• 01/01/02 Nichi-Ei - Report on Kisei
• 01/01/02 Yomiuri Shimbun - Report on Kisei
• 01/2002 Big Ben (Nippon Club) - Report on visit of pros for Kisei
• 16/01/02 Yomisat - Report on Kisei
• 10/1999 Big Ben (Nippon Club) - Report on visit of Umezawa and Inori
• 07/10/99 Nichi-Ei - Visit of Umezawa and Inori
• 09/1997 Japan in Focus - "An Introduction To Go"
• 09/1997 Big Ben (Nippon Club) - Report on International Match
• 03/08/95 Nichi-Ei - London Club/Battersea festival

• 09/11/05 Sankei Shimbun (Japanese) - report on Go display at Imperial War Museum
• 12/08/00 Barnim Echo (Germany) - Mr Go Aus London (T.Mark Hall)
• 03/04/00 Irish Times - Picture of Saijo (reported with wrong name and later corrected)
• 05/04/91 European - "To hesitate is fatal in the game of Go" (Master of Go play)

• 09/01/08 BBC Radio 2 - Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie mention Go and Othello
• 15/12/05 SOAS Radio * Interview with Peter Wendes
• 07/12/04 BBC Radio 4 "In Touch" - visual impared unit at Crown Wood School, Greenwich
• 20/07/04 BBC World Service "Outlook" - Interview with Francis Roads
• 10/07/03 BBC Radio Solent - Interview with Yuki Shigeno
• 28/12/01 BBC Radio London - Tony Atkins interviewed at London Open by Jim Wheble
• 28/07/92 BBC Radio Kent - coverage of EGC Canterbury
• 12/11/83 BBC Radio Nottingham - Mike and Mike Interview
• 28/10/83 BBC Radio 4 "Women's Hour" * Interview with Richard Granville
• ??/10/83 Radio Manchester * British Go Week
• ??/10/83 Radio Aberdeen * British Go Week
• 26/02/74 BBC Radio 4 "Today" * Interview with T.Mark Hall
• 02/11/71 BBC Radio 4 "Today" * Result of Wessex Tournament

• 04/06/07 Five "Paul Merton in China" - glimpse of Go game in a Chengdu teahouse garden
• 19/12/04 Channel 4 "What We Still Don't Know" - Conway's Life and clips of Japanese Go Club
• 24/04/04 (repeated 29/04/04) BBC3 "Outrageous Fortunes" * Reporter Libby Potter learnt Go in a Japanese Go Club whilst searching for the head of Nintendo who was claimed to be 6 dan but elusive
• 11/03/03 BBC2 "Meades Eat"s * reference to staking Chinese chefs on Go games
• 31/07/02 BBC News24/World - report on Hikaru no Go in Japan
"Young Japanese go for Go"
• 19/08/00 Sky News * report from MSO including Go title match and Liao Xingwen
• 04/10/99 BBC1 (repeated 05/10/99 BBC2) "Blue Peter" - History of Go featured in Games Edition
• 11/06/99 BBC2 South-East "Out and About" - Wanstead Go Club featured
• 02/1995 BBC1 South-West News * Feng Yun's visit
• 29/10/93 BBC1 "Tomorrow's World" - Harold Lee and Computer Go
• 28/07/92 ITV Southern News - coverage of EGC Canterbury
• 19/08/91 ITV Border News - coverage of Isle of Man
• 1979? BBC1 West Country news "Points West" * visit of pro
• 06/1974 ITV "Magpie" * children's magazine programme featured Go
• 03/06/74 BBC2 "Open Door" * programme on Go and BGA (repeated 09/06/74)
• 04/02/65 "Time Out" * Dr Good explained rules

• 24/09/07 BBC2 "University Challenge" - Picture questions on oriental board games, including Go
• 18/04/07 BBC2 "Eggheads" * Contestant mentioned Go being played at the MSO
• 01/12/05 BBC2 "Eggheads" * Possible answer to a games question
• 08/08/05 and 25/09/00 BBC2 "University Challenge" * Questions on Go
• 06/05/05 BBC1 "Have I Got News for You" (repeat 07/05/05 BBC2) - Ian Hislop mentions Go
• 14/10/04 BBC2 "The Weakest Leak" * Question on Go (and also once before)
• Various Channel 4 "15 To 1" * Various Questions on Go

The following episodes of TV programmes have featured Go and appeared recently on TV in the UK:

• 29/03/08 BBC2 "The Shogun" - Tokogawa Ieyasu plays Go whilst planning and also his generals play
• 03/09/07 BBC2 "Arrested Development" - Annyong and Maeby play Go at end of episode
• 25/08/07 and 07/09/06 Five "Criminal Minds" - suspect had Go game laid out in his room
• 21/12/06 and 07/03/08 BBC1 "Diagnosis Murder" - Dr Sloan plays Go with a bodyguard
• 28/02/05 BBC2 "Look Around You" (spoof 80s science show) - 6.5 second clip of Nick Webber on the BGA stall at a games fair c1980
• 29/02/04 Channel 4 "Enterprise" (Episode "Cogenitor") - game played by Trip and an alien
• 2004 Sky1 "24" (Series 3) - scenes in a seedy LA Go Club and mentions later
• "Ally McBeal" (Episode "Pyramids of the Nile") - game played by Richard and Ling
• "Andromeda" * 3D games in series 1 and a reference in series 4 Episode 18

The following movies featuring Go have been on TV in the UK:

• "Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison" - two Japanese play Go, later Allison and the Nun try
• "A Beautiful Mind" - some Go scenes featuring John Nash (played by Russell Crowe)
• "Pi" - some Go scenes featuring main character and his old professor
• "Fist of Legend" - two Japanese play Gomoku on a Go ban
• "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon" - Go ban used as table for tea cups

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