Games

Dear Members,

We will be teaching Go at the Cherry Blossom Festival this Friday - Sunday, April 24- 26, from 10 am to 6 pm.   We will be in the Seattle Center Armory, upstairs in the "Loft" -- the same place as two years ago (and the years previous to that).  One floor up from the food court.

The festival is free, but parking is expensive in the area.  The 1^st Ave North Parking Garage is probably your best bet if you are coming by car.  Here is a map: http://www.seattlecenter.com/downloads/sc_map_color_gates.pdf

We can probably use more teachers on Saturday Afternoon, and Sunday Afternoon.

Our tournament will be a week later, back at the Seattle Go Center.

Cheers,

Brian

Brian  Allen

General 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,

Paid private Go lessons are now available at the Seattle Go Center on Friday evening, Saturday morning, and Sundays.  We will continue our extensive program of free group lessons on other days.  Private lessons are great if you want to commit to an individualized program of instruction.  Our teachers are well qualified for the levels they teach, and they are committed to finding effective ways to improve your game.

Jon Boley 5d will continue teaching students at all levels and all ages two Sundays a month.  (Jon travels from Bellingham to give these lessons.)  Peter Nelson 5d is now available to teach single digit kyu players and low dan players on Friday evenings and Saturday mornings.  He prefers students who are junior high school age or older.  You can see his "Go personality" in the youtubes at https://www.youtube.com/user/longstridebaduk/.  John Richards 7k specializes in teaching children (age 5 - 10), but he is available to all ages who are beginners or double digit kyu players on Tuesdays before 1 pm, and Saturdays.  Larry Eclipse 6k is available to teach beginners up to double digit kyu players of all ages on Fridays and Saturdays.  He may also be available on Monday and Wednesday afternoons.

The instructors will be establishing the fees for their instruction, but the minimum charge is $20/hr.  The Go Center will be not be open to the public during private instruction times. Parents (or guardians) of children under 16 having lessons at the Go Center must stay with their child during the lesson, unless there are two other adults present during the lesson. (Yes, we have wi-fi and a couch.)   If you are interested in private Go lessons, you may contact the instructors directly, or you may contact me, Brian Allen, at 206 632-1122, or by email at the address below.

Regards,

Brian

Brian  Allen

General 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,

Our next outreach event will be on Friday, April 24 – Sunday, April 26, from 10 am – 6 pm each day,  at the Cherry Blossom Festival.  This is held at the Seattle Center (near the Space Needle).  We will be in our traditional space, in what is now called the “Armory Loft”.  This is upstairs from our location last year, when we were on the “Armory Main Floor” (food court).

The Cherry Blossom Festival is the biggest public Japanese cultural celebration of the year in Seattle.  http://www.cherryblossomfest.org/

This year, they are not doing the scheduled class visits on Friday.  So we will be teaching individuals and small groups all three days.  We have room for 6 teachers.  Please contact me if you are interested in helping out (and haven’t gotten in touch already).  Mark R. is planning a car pool.

Our Spring Tournament is the following Sunday, on May 3, at the Seattle Go Center, with registration from 10:00 – 10:45.

Cheers,

Brian

Brian  Allen

General 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 Monthly Ratings Tournament is coming up this Sunday at 10:00 am.  This is a change of pace from our usual “first Sunday of the month” pattern, due to Sakura Con and the Easter Holiday.

This is a great way to play some intense Go face to face. 3 rounds, Japanese rules. The tournament is free, but you need to pay for your visit to the Go Center, or be a voting member of the Go Center, or be a "new member" which gives you ten free visits.

Registration is from 10:00 - 10:45 sharp.  If you come before 12:30 and register, you will probably be able to play in the second round.

Rounds are at 11 am, 1:30 pm, and 3:30 pm.  If your first game runs long, you do not have much time for lunch.  We recommend that you bring food to the Go Center, rather than planning on going out to get lunch.

AGA membership is required; please check to see if your membership is current, and try to renew it online if it needs to be updated.  More info on membership is at www.usgo.org.  You can join the AGA or renew in person at the Go Center as well, but please come early to do that. 

You do not have play all three rounds - just be sure to tell the Tournament Director what your plans are.

Cheers,

Brian

Brian  Allen

General 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,

Some of our members have been playing in  the online “Yunguseng Dojang”, and they really like it.  There is now room for more players.  The instruction is in English, and the skill level of our players is from strong kyu player to 6 dan.  More information is below.

Cheers,

Brian Allen

General Manager, Seattle Go Center

Yunguseng Dojang is an online league run by former Korean yunguseng (student to become a professional go player), Inseong Hwang, who now lives in Europe teaching go.  He has been running this online league since 2011 and currently has 72 players in European time zone and 36 players in the American time zone.  He has been the number 1 player in European rankings and has a good record against professionals living in Europe.

He describes the system this way...

    The basic system of Yunguseng Dojang is,

    Each of the five games played per month will be personally reviewed!

    Nine live, interactive lectures each season

    After complete the season(3 months), take the personal Go report!  http://eyd.yunguseng.com/system.html#personalreport

    There are more than 100 lectures and over 2,000 game review videos!

Five of us in Seattle have already been doing this league, and have participated for a few months.  I think it's a great system for getting stronger and learning more about go.

Inseong teaches in a KGS room using audio.  As described, he does 3 lectures a month on Monday evenings.  We also play games against 5 other opponents every month and all games are reviewed.  Some are live at night with interaction with all the students and some are posted to the web as offline reviews.  Top 2 players in each division go up and bottom 2 go down, so the games feel pretty important and are generally taken seriously.

Information on the league is here

http://ayd.yunguseng.com/

Registration link for US time zone league

http://ayd.yunguseng.com/register.html

Examples of his teaching Inseong has posted to Youtube

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEpsC_-9indqRsOjYuFStBQ

Brian  Allen

General 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)