Games

Dear Members,

On Saturday, the last day of February, the Go Center will be open for the regular hours: 1 – 7 pm.  Dennis Wheeler will be the manager, and John Richards will be coming at 2 to teach the young players.  Simon (Ximeng) Yu 1P will not be coming to teach; he’s still working on college applications.

On Saturday evening, Frank Fukuda will be at Crossroads Bellevue, near Uncle’s Games, from 5:30 – 8:00, to host the meet-up.  This is a regular thing.  Welcome back Frank!

On Sunday, the first day of March, we will have the Monthly Ratings Tournament, with registration from 10:00 – 10:45.  Bill Chiles will be the TD.  More info is in our events calendar – just click on the event to get the details.

http://www.seattlego.org/events/

Cheers,

Brian

Brian  Allen

Manager, Seattle Go Center

Nihon Ki-in Go Institute of the West

700 NE 45^th Street

Seattle WA  98105

206 545-1424 (Go Center)

206 370-1069 (Cell Phone)

206 632-1122 (Office at Home)

manager@seattlego.org (e-mail)

www.seattlego.org (website)

Hi All –

I will be teaching the Beginner’s Class tonight, from 6:30 – 9:00.   (Larry will be back next week.)  As usual, we will be adjusting our instruction to fit the needs of the students who show up.  Tonight’s theme will be “Staying Connected”.

Cheers,

Brian

Brian  Allen

Manager, Seattle Go Center

Nihon Ki-in Go Institute of the West

700 NE 45^th Street

Seattle WA  98105

206 545-1424 (Go Center)

206 370-1069 (Cell Phone)

206 632-1122 (Office at Home)

manager@seattlego.org (e-mail)

www.seattlego.org (website)

Dear Members,

Registration has started for two intensive Go Camps in Japan.

The Nihon Ki-in Camp in Tokyo will be from Aug 21 – Sep 3, 2015.  Our member Oren enjoyed this camp last year.  The teachers included Michael Redmond and “Kuma”, who visited us last fall.

Here is the link:

https://ssl.nihonkiin.or.jp/summer_go_camp2015/index.html

The Kansai Ki-in Camp in Osaka, Japan will be from June 28 – July 18.  This camp is run by our good friend Maeda Ryo.  Members Bill Chiles and Lee Anne had fun at this camp last year.

For more information, send an email to this address:

Osaka.go.2015@gmail.com

Cheers,

Brian

Brian  Allen

Manager, Seattle Go Center

Nihon Ki-in Go Institute of the West

700 NE 45^th Street

Seattle WA  98105

206 545-1424 (Go Center)

206 370-1069 (Cell Phone)

206 632-1122 (Office at Home)

manager@seattlego.org (e-mail)

www.seattlego.org (website)

Dear Go Players,

This will not be a regular Saturday at the Go Center, due to the workshop with visiting professional Yilun Yang.  The Go Center will not be available for beginner instruction or casual games on Feb. 21.  We apologize for any inconvenience this causes.

By the way, there is still room in the Yang workshop.  So far, we have 11 players from 15 kyu to 2 dan enrolled in the workshop.  For more information, please go to:

http://www.seattlego.org/events/yilun-yang-7p-workshop/

Cheers,

Brian

Brian  Allen

Manager, Seattle Go Center

Nihon Ki-in Go Institute of the West

700 NE 45^th Street

Seattle WA  98105

206 545-1424 (Go Center)

206 370-1069 (Cell Phone)

206 632-1122 (Office at Home)

manager@seattlego.org (e-mail)

www.seattlego.org (website)

Dear Go Players,

I am pleased to announce that Lisa Go, the 7d university student from Japan who visited us last fall, will be back in Seattle for two more weeks in early March.  She will be available for teaching games and game reviews.

She will be at the Go Center on Tuesday evenings (March 3 & 10) and Thursday late afternoons (March 5 & 12).  She may also visit Zoka Coffee on Monday and Friday mornings. (On March 2, 6, and 9)

On Sunday, March 1, we will have a special event.  (This is in addition to our regular Monthly Ratings Tournament on that day.)  Lisa will play in a round robin tournament with 3 other  strong players, starting at 10 am.  This is just for fun – the games will not be rated and there are no prizes.  The first 3 strong players (4 dan or higher) to contact Brian Allen can have a place in this fun tournament.

Regards,

Brian

Brian  Allen

Manager, Seattle Go Center

Nihon Ki-in Go Institute of the West

700 NE 45^th Street

Seattle WA  98105

206 545-1424 (Go Center)

206 370-1069 (Cell Phone)

206 632-1122 (Office at Home)

manager@seattlego.org (e-mail)

www.seattlego.org (website)

Dear Go Players,

Today is the last day to take advantage of the early registration for the Yang Workshop, which  is this weekend, Feb 21 – 22, starting at 11:00 am on Saturday.  For more information, and to register, please go to:

http://www.seattlego.org/events/yilun-yang-7p-workshop/

Cheers,

Brian

Brian  Allen

Manager, Seattle Go Center

Nihon Ki-in Go Institute of the West

700 NE 45^th Street

Seattle WA  98105

206 545-1424 (Go Center)

206 370-1069 (Cell Phone)

206 632-1122 (Office at Home)

manager@seattlego.org (e-mail)

www.seattlego.org (website)

Dear Go Players,

Frank Fukuda will be returning to the Saturday Crossroads Meet-up, starting this Saturday, Feb. 14.   He expects to be there from 5:30 – 8:30 pm.  Sometimes it is crowded with other games at 5:30, but look around and you should find some Go players!  This is near Uncle’s Games, in the “Game Lane” of the mall.

Cheers,

Brian

Brian  Allen

Manager, Seattle Go Center

Nihon Ki-in Go Institute of the West

700 NE 45^th Street

Seattle WA  98105

206 545-1424 (Go Center)

206 370-1069 (Cell Phone)

206 632-1122 (Office at Home)

manager@seattlego.org (e-mail)

www.seattlego.org (website)

Dear Go Players,

Dennis reports that he is getting plenty of beginners at the Uwajimaya Food Court on Wednesdays, from 6 – 8 p.m., in the International District of Seattle.  Additional volunteer teachers are welcome.  We can train you!  Also, if you just want to play a game, we have extra equipment.  But it is good to invite another friend for the game; Dennis wants to concentrate on teaching.

Cheers,

Brian

Brian  Allen

Manager, Seattle Go Center

Nihon Ki-in Go Institute of the West

700 NE 45^th Street

Seattle WA  98105

206 545-1424 (Go Center)

206 370-1069 (Cell Phone)

206 632-1122 (Office at Home)

manager@seattlego.org (e-mail)

www.seattlego.org (website)

Dear Go Players,

Our famous Yang Workshop is coming up soon, on Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 21 and 22.  Early registration discounts end on Wednesday, Feb. 18.  This year, due to a change in airline schedules, you can sleep in on Saturday morning; the workshop doesn’t start until 11:00 a.m. on Saturday.

More information is here, as well as registration thru Paypal:

http://www.seattlego.org/events/yilun-yang-7p-workshop/

You can also sign up at the Go Center with cash or check.

Cheers,

Brian

Brian  Allen

Manager, Seattle Go Center

Nihon Ki-in Go Institute of the West

700 NE 45^th Street

Seattle WA  98105

206 545-1424 (Go Center)

206 370-1069 (Cell Phone)

206 632-1122 (Office at Home)

manager@seattlego.org (e-mail)

www.seattlego.org (website)

Dear Members,

This week, our Thursday Beginners Class will be taught by Larry Eclipse, with assistance from Zei Wei.  This time is for complete beginners, and also for advanced beginners who know the rules, but who are still playing on the smaller boards (9x9, 13x13).  When Larry taught a few weeks ago it was pretty busy – he had four groups of players to coach.  Most of the instruction is with small groups, but we also give short lectures if we have enough people at the same level.

Stronger players are welcome to come by and look for a game.  They can also play teaching games with the beginners.

Cheers,

Brian

Brian  Allen

Manager, Seattle Go Center

Nihon Ki-in Go Institute of the West

700 NE 45^th Street

Seattle WA  98105

206 545-1424 (Go Center)

206 370-1069 (Cell Phone)

206 632-1122 (Office at Home)

manager@seattlego.org (e-mail)

www.seattlego.org (website)

Dear Go Players,

Frank Fukuda will be at the Go Center this Thursday afternoon, Feb. 5, starting at 2 pm.  We are happy to have Frank back with us on a regular basis.  Our group is small on Thursday afternoons, but it is a good time for single digit kyu players and low dan players to find a game.  Both English and Japanese are spoken (and sometimes Chinese).

Cheers,

Brian

Brian  Allen

Manager, Seattle Go Center

Nihon Ki-in Go Institute of the West

700 NE 45^th Street

Seattle WA  98105

206 545-1424 (Go Center)

206 370-1069 (Cell Phone)

206 632-1122 (Office at Home)

manager@seattlego.org (e-mail)

www.seattlego.org (website)