The 2023 Annual General Meeting of the Australian Go Association Inc was held on Sunday 3rd December at the Karawatha Forest Discovery Centre, 149 Acacia Road, Karawatha, Queensland 4117. A .pdg of the draft minutes are available here
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AGA Library books
Over the past few years people have donated their books to the AGA, notably Tony Oxenham and Devon Bailey. Many of the books have been sent to clubs but there are others that can be ‘borrowed’ from the AGA. Please email secretary@australiango.asn.au for more details.
End game problems Oct 2023
Click on the link below to get a .zip file with the three problems from Friday 13th October’s Live lesson (including an answer). Enjoy
Korean Ambassador’s Cup 2023 report
The 2023 KAC was held at the Ryde Eastwood Leagues Club on October 1st. The Korean Ambassador His Excellency Kim Wan Joong and Yang Jaeho 9P, Secretary of the Korean Baduk Association attended the event. There were over 40 players including 12 juniors. Click here for the KAC report which contains a brief overview, photographs and the results.
ISGS International Go Conference
The International Society of Go Studies (ISGS) announced their first International Go Conference on 2023 August 31 in cooperation with the Department of Go Studies at Myongji University in Yongin (South Korea). The conference theme is ‘Go in the age of A.I.’ and ISGS editorial chair Bae Incheol invites scholars to present their research.
More details can be found here
2023 AGA National Championships
The 2023 National Championships will be held in Brisbane on the weekend of the 2nd and 3rd of December, at the Karawatha Forest Discovery Centre
Details including the timetable and entry fees can be found here. If you have any questions, please email Horatio Davis
2023 Live lessons
Thanks to the Korean Baduk Association and their General Secretary Yang Jaeho 9p for their continues support of the AGA Live Lessons. This allows us to continues An Younggil’s live lessons for all AGA members until the end of November 2023.
The lessons are on Friday evenings from 7:30pm (NSW, ACT, Vic time) on Zoom. The Zoom Meeting ID is 845 2805 5497 and you will need to use passcode: 259267
The lessons are recorded and posted in an YouTube play list. The lessons for 2023 lessons can be found using this URL – https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6bfphc94mwBBeGpsgWYYNFEC3FxQSLf5
March 2023 Newsletter
There’s some huge news for Australian Go in this newsletter, first and
foremost being the stunning victory by Australia’s own Amy Song in the
amateur section of the *2023 SENKO CUP World GO Women’s Championship*
<https://www.nihonkiin.or.jp/special/senkocup/2023/> in Japan! Amy, who was
selected by the AGA Committee in December to represent Australia in the
tournament (which excluded players from China, Japan, and Korea) faced off
against and defeated players from the USA, Singapore, and Germany to clinch
the title. This is a fabulous achievement – well done Amy! Information
about the tournament can be found in the link above.
The *third volume of the Double Trouble series of Go books*, written by
David Mitchell and James Kaaden, is now available on the AGA website here
<https://australiango.asn.au/aga-books/>. The problems in this volume are
aimed at dan players, but kyu players can certainly benefit by studying the
positions. All the Double Trouble books are available for free, but if you
wish to support the AGA, please consider making a donation via the PayPal
link on the bookshop page.
A reminder that *Younggil’s live lessons* are held every Friday evening
from 7:30 pm eastern time via Zoom. The meeting details are as follows:
*URL:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84528055497?pwd=UnN3bDgxQlBBbDBDQjRoUkYwT0RlZz09
<https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84528055497?pwd=UnN3bDgxQlBBbDBDQjRoUkYwT0RlZz09>Meeting
ID: 845 2805 5497 Passcode: 259267*
The *International Society of Go Studies
<https://www.intergofed.org/igf-news-feed/international-society-of-go-studies-founded.html?fbclid=IwAR1Vo9EZtybmfmn6kTjTLUkAqXliV7JdCwZq6b21DKKa15jtpnrS5YSyPTA>*
(ISGS) held their founding ceremony in February at the Korea Baduk
Association (KBA) in Seoul. The ISGS aims to promote academic research on
Go, activities that help spread and teach Go, host academic research
presentations, publish an academic journal, as well as foster exchange
among research institutes, organisations, and businesses. Australia’s
Silvia Lozeva has been appointed as a Research Director.
That’s all for now. If any of you have any Go related news that you think
should be publicised, please email me with your suggestions.
Cheers
Peter Simpson
Publicity Officer
The Australian Go Association Inc
An Younggil’s Live Lessons 2023
An Younggil’s Pro Live Lessons resume on Friday 27th January 2023 and will run until June 30th The lesson are available for ALL Australian Go Players thanks to donations from Australian Go Association members. As in previous years Live Lessons are held on Friday evenings from 7:30pm (Sydney time) using Zoom and the lessons are recorded and posted on YouTube. The Zoom credentials (below) are the same for all meetings; access to the YouTube video play lists will be sent after the first meeting.
The first lesson is on Friday January 27th and is aimed at kyu players with reviews of Australian kyu player games. The third Friday or each month targets kyu players. There will also be occasional pro simul games with a review of those games.
Topic: An Younggil’s Live Lessons
URL: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84528055497?pwd=UnN3bDgxQlBBbDBDQjRoUkYwT0RlZz09
Meeting ID: 845 2805 5497 Passcode: 259267
If you wish to support Live Lessons and other Australian Go Association activities, please click here
An Younggil’s Live lesson videos are available on YouTube – click here for the 2023 playlist; click here for the 2022 play list; click here for the 2021 play list.
2023 Sang Dae Hahn Memorial Tournament
The Sang Dae Hahn Memorial Tournament will be held on Saturday March 4th and Sunday March 5th 2023 at the Ryde-Eastwood RSL, 117, Ryedale Road, West Ryde, NSW 2114. The doors will open at 10:00am.
There will be three main divisions with 6 games played over two days. The divisions are the Open Division for 5 dan and above; the Dan handicap division for 1 kyu and above; the Kyu handicap division for kyu players. There will also be a 5 round Junior’s division – for under-16 players from beginner to 10 kyu Sunday March 5th.
There will be cash prizes for the first five places in the main divisions. The prize pool is expected to be between $2,000 and $2,500 depending on entries and possible additional sponsorship.
The full entry fee for any division is $60 with a concession rate of $40 for students, interstate travellers and people over 75 years of age. The entry fee for the Junior’s tournament is $30.
The tournament director is David Mitchell and the tournament referee An Younggil.
Full details and registration can be found here