Games

Dear Members,

Chihyung Nam, a professional baduk player from Korea, and a Professor of Baduk Studies at Myongji University in Korea, will be visiting Seattle with her husband for about ten days.   She has visited us at least twice before.  She will be playing simultaneous games on Tuesday, Feb. 7, starting at 6:30 p.m., and leading a discussion on Wed., Feb. 8, starting at 7:00 p.m.

Ms. Nam wrote the book “Contemporary Go Terms”, which compares Go terminology across four languages:  English, Korean, Japanese and Chinese.  As far as I know, it is the only book of its kind.  It was published by Oromedia, but unfortunately it is out of print.  On Wed., Feb. 8 she will lead a discussion of “Contemporary Go Terms”, and  related issues with playing Go at international events.  We encourage players at all levels, and of course, of all languages, to come to this event.  It will be free.

Ms. Nam may be at the Go Center at other times; we will keep you posted.

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)

A note from Oren:

Inseong Hwang is looking for another couple members for his American Yunguseng Dojang at

http://ayd.yunguseng.com/

Many members of the Seattle Go Center have been playing in his league over the past few years and received instruction.

You can see many examples of his teaching for free on Youtube  at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEpsC_-9indqRsOjYuFStBQ

He came and lectured at both Go Congress and the Seattle Go Center in 2015.  Both times, people enjoyed his teaching style and lectures.

Generally it's good to start when seasons begin but he has two openings in February he would like to get filled, ideally by KGS 1k and weaker.  If you're interested please let him know quickly.

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,

Here are the reports on two tournaments at the Go Center.

Way back on December 10, 2016 we had our 4^th annual Gala Pair Go Tournament.  We had 22 players, and plenty of cake and raspberries for all.  Mark Richardson and Cat won at the third table, while Akira Sato and Mari McLellan won at the 2^nd table.  Peter Nelson and Lily Berger won at the first table, repeating their 2015 victory.  Thanks to Bill and Anne Thompson, and Deborah Niedermeyer for organizing this.  Our next pair Go tournament will be in the late spring. It will be a “rengo” tournament – pair Go without the gender rules.

On Jan.  8, Peter Nelson 5d won again.  He beat Edward Kim 7d, the dean of Northwest Go players, to win the Open Section of the Jin Chen Memorial Tournament at the Seattle Go Center .  The players agreed that Kim played one slack move in the middle of a complicated fight between five unsettled groups, and Edward said “good job!” to Peter as he resigned. It was the first time Peter has beaten Edward in five tournament match-ups. Kim placed second, and Dengda Tang third in the Open Section.

In the Handicapped Sections, John Hogan took first place among the Single Digit Kyu Players.  John was visiting from Arizona, where he now lives.  It was very nice to see our former Go Center TD get to play three games without any worries about running the tournament.  Michael Fain placed 2nd and Eric Backus 3rd.

In the Double Digit Kyu Player section, Nathan Saritzky placed first, with Carl Anderson 2nd, and Ray Illian 3rd.  The Youth Prize went to Maya Altschuler, who had a 2-1 record.   Young Emma Huang also had a 2-1 record, but against weaker players. The tournament had 29 players.

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,

I forgot to plan this out earlier.  Can anybody host the Uwajimaya meetup tonight Wednesday from 6-8 p.m.?    You can email me for the details.

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,

The Seattle Go Center will be open from 1-7 p.m. today.  Dennis Wheeler is back from his travels, and will be the day manager.  I believe that John Richards is also coming to provide instruction to children and other beginners.

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 Parents and Players,

The Jan. 22  Youth 19x19 Tournament at the Seattle Go Center is a great opportunity for children who are getting serious about Go.   This tournament is more challenging than our fun 13x13 events, but it will still be oriented to young players. The games will be rated by the American Go Association (AGA).  The tournament, is open to all players under the age of 18 who can finish a 19x19 game.  The time periods will be faster than our usual tournament play (30 minutes to a side, rather than 45 minutes).  The overtime will be the same (5 periods of 30 seconds).  Players must be members of the American Go Association ($10/year), but the tournament is free.  To join the AGA, go to: https://www.usgo.org/members/join.  There will be book and equipment prizes.  Registration is at noon, on the day of the tournament.

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,

The Monday night meetup at Hurry Curry of Tokyo in South Lake Union is starting up again, tonight, Jan. 9, beginning around 5:30.  All levels are welcome.  Jared will probably be the host tonight.  In the following weeks, Michael Z will be the host.  Both are dan level players.  Go players get happy hour discounts for food all evening.

825 Harrison St.

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 big tournament of the year, the Jin Chen Memorial, will be this Sunday, January 8, with registration from 10 to 10:45 that day. There will be an Open Tournament, and a Handicapped Tournament.  As usual, we welcome players from all backgrounds, at all strengths.  I expect you will hear English, Japanese, Korean and Chinese spoken at this tournament.  We will probably have players who can translate for German, French and Russian speakers.   

The Open Tournament will have a first place prize of $300, if there are at least 4 players in the Open.  Registration in the Open Tournament is limited to the top 8 players who are interested in playing, based on their AGA rating, or if they are players from another country, based on their other ratings.  (The TD will make this determination.)

The Handicapped Tournament will have multiple sections.  Double digit kyu players are welcome to play.  Children are welcome to play if they can handle the long game times (45 minutes to a side, with 5 periods of 30 seconds byoyomi), and they don’t mind playing adults.  There is a separate prize of $50 for the youth (under 18) with the best won-lost record.

Please make sure your AGA membership is up to date.  https://www.usgo.org/members/login

We recommend that you bring food to the tournament.  If your first game runs long, you may not have time to go out before the 2^nd round.  General Admission is $15, while youth and voting members pay $10.  We will finish around 5:30 pm.

We hope to see you at the Jin Chen Tournament!

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)