2024 AGA National Championship report

Please click here to read Bob Watson’s report from of the 2024 Australian Go Association National Championships.

2025 Live Lessons

An Younggil’s Live Lessons for 2025 start on Friday 7th February at 7:30pm. The following Zoom credentials will be used for all 2025 Live Lessons.

🕢 Time: 7:30 PM (Sydney time)

🖥️ Zoom Meeting Details:

Meeting ID: 813 3578 7788
Passcode: 119879

These are real practical lessons from a top professional in real time so you can ask questions. The topics for the lesson vary from week to week so whether you’re a beginner or an experienced player, there’s something valuable to learn for everyone.

In the past the Australian Go Association has been supported by the Korean Baduk Association (KBA) to bring these lessons every week. Due to major budget cuts by the Korean government the KBA is not long able to assist. The lessons are guaranteed every week during February, and the AGA Committee will determine the schedule for the rest of the year based on the AGA finances and any donations received.

AGA members are emailed the Zoom credentials – if you want to join in, please join the AGA

Lessons from 2024 are on YouTube (click here to check them out)

Finally, we have updated the Club Contact Information which includes details of new clubs. Have there been changes to your club’s contact information, or are you aware of any new clubs on the Go scene? Help us keep our records up to date by sending updates to secretary@australiango.asn.au.

Lessons, News

Weekly lessons for beginners to 10kyu

The weekly lessons for players from beginner to 10kyu on Thursday evening will start at 8:00pm (NSW time). There will be a break from over Christmas and New Year, the last lesson of 2025 will be on December 18th with lessons recommencing on Thursday 29th January 2026. The Zoom Meeting credentials are as follows:

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82696142901?pwd=bTLajJqpN10K0QWO1lmBbExIs2daWF.1

Meeting ID: 826 9614 2901

Passcode: 806471

The lesson format will be like An Younggil’s Live Lessons using Zoom and occasionally OGS but with lessons being prepared and presented by AGA players. Participants will be able to ask questions during the lesson and suggest topics for future lessons. The topics and level of detail will be a lot simpler than the existing Live Lessons.

Videos are posted to YouTube – the link to the DDK lesson collection is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6bfphc94mwBDtYoqvVssEkOjh0wTGIH4

and this is the link to the first video… https://youtu.be/AiIYzCjLaWc

Lessons

Reasons to play Go

Just a few links about the benefits of playing Go by anybody no matter age or gender.

History

ABC Radio National

ABC Radio National recorded and broadcast a panel discussion on “What can an ancient Chinese boardgame teach us about human consciousness?” This can be heard on ABC RN at Saturday 12th October at 4am, Sunday 13th October at 6am and 10pm and Wednesday 16th October at 11am. It is also available as a post cast on ABC listen – https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/godforbid/boardgames-consciousness-go-ai-spirituality/104351258

Uncategorized

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.

AGA Clubs

Canberra National Club

Check out the Canberra club listing. David Bofinger has been running the Canberra club for sometime and wants to see more people playing and discussing their games.

News

Benefits of AGA membership

An Younggil’s Live lesson videos are available on YouTube:

As an AGA member, you are eligible for AGA Representative points (rep points) so you could represent Australia at an International tournament. Please click here for details.

The AGA will email news of events and other information periodically. Information about clubs, events, tournament, Go news are published on this site.

The Australian Go Association provides learning materials which are delivered by various means. We have a YouTube channel with video lessons from the Go Congress and other ad-hoc sources please click here for the play list.

History

International Collegiate Tournament

The Ing Foundation is hosting the 2018 International Collegiate Go Tournament at The University of Cambridge, England. The event starts on July 9th and will conclude on the 15th.

The players representing Australia are Cary Jin & Zhou Wei from Melbourne; Huang HanTao from Sydney; Xin Li from Perth and Daniel Li is representing the University of Sydney Go Society. Daniel is a guest and also a participant in the tournament because next year tournament will be held at Sydney University.

Details can be found on the Ing Foundation web page. The British Go Association also has information on their website

A huge vote of thanks goes to Daniel Li from Sydney University Go Club for gaining the hosting rights to the 2019 International Collegiate Go Tournament.

AGA Clubs