The Sydney session of the World College Go Friendship Tournament held on Sunday December 19th was organised by Amy Song and the University of Sydney Go Club. The event was held in the Business School at Sydney Uni and generated a lot of interest.  Great organisation and free lunch made the event run very smoothly.

There were 8 student players competing in the Sydney team – Tom Chen 6D from Macquarie University, Amy Song 5D, You Yang 5D, Marco Ma 4D, George Lu 4D and Alan Lu 2D from the University of Sydney, Zhang Qingyang 5D from UNSW, and Wang Yixuan 2D from UTS – represent the Sydney Team. There were two rounds of friendship games against the University of Shenzhen Team and finished 8 wins a piece.

There was great support from Go players in Sydney, attendance to the event was around 40 people throughout the day – some little children as well! Mr An Younggil 8P provided a live commentary of  both rounds of games.

David Mitchell has worked with TsumeGo Hero over the past month and we are pleased to announce there is now a collection of 10 “Diabolical” problems on the site.

TsumeGo Hero is a great platform for studying and practicing life and death skills.  The “Diabolical” problems are not easy. Each problem consists of four or more positions on the board. Just one is unsettled; killing a dead group or living with a live group is a waste of a move and clearly wrong.

41st Queensland Championships

A charity Go Tournament in support of the eradication of poliomyelitis is being organised in Europe.  Registrations are mainly from Europe, America and Asia but the event is open to all. There are prizes for individuals as well as for the best city team as well.

This is the first tournament of its kind – the organisers web site is  https://www.dgob.de/wettbewerbe/end-polio-now.

Registration is open and the tournament will start on the 16th january 2021.

On behalf of all Australian Go players I would like to thank David Bofinger and Neville Smythe for their generous donations supporting the 2021 Live Lesson program.

Live Lessons are presented twice a week by the AGA national coach Younggil An 8P and other strong Australian Go players with topics suitable for all level of player including beginners.

Live Lessons are delivered using Zoom teleconferencing and attendees are encouraged to ask questions and contribute – it is not like watching a YouTube video.

The 2020 program is very generously supported by the Korean Baduk Association but in 2021 we have to fund the lessons ourselves. So, the 2021 Live lesson schedule is being financed through individual donations and from AGA Sustaining membership fees.

The Live Lesson schedule for 2021 starts in mid-January runs until the end of May and will be accessible to AGA Sustaining members.  The schedule of Live Lessons will be extended further if there are further donations or more enrollments of Sustaining members.

Sustaining members pay $80 for a year – if you are looking for a value proposition, there are close to 40 lessons already scheduled so that is slightly over $2 per lesson. You can join as a Sustaining member or make a donation on this website.

The following is a list of Online clubs created to contend with the Covid-19 emergency and associated social distancing regulations.

Canberra Go Club

During the Covid-19 pandemic the Canberra Go Club will meet on the OGS online server using Discord for improved social interaction.  For details please contact Neville Smythe at Neville.Smythe@optusnet.com.au.

Sydney University

The USYD Go Society is trying out weekly meetings every Wednesday 12-2pm. We use Discord for communication and have an OGS group for playing games. The Discord server link is here.  If you would like to play, connect and ask people on Discord.

Queensland Go Society

All clubs under the QGS umbrella have a room on the QGS Discord. Non-Queensland players are completely welcome – pop on and see if anyone is interested in a game, or just to chat.

The 2020 Australian Go Congress has been cancelled due to large numbers of players withdrawing over fears of the coronavirus.

The following information is a guide based on 2018 Go Tournaments.  There is no guarantee the events will be held at the same time as the exact dates of tournaments and details are not yet available but this may help plan your calendar.  The Events page is updated when full details are available.

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The 2018 Australian Championships will be held at Griffith University, Queensland over the weekend of December 8th & 9th 2018 in Room 3.59/3.60/3.61/3.62, G11 Learning Commons building.

Information about registration and the event can be found here

The tournament will be a round Swiss over two days, Australian tournament (Japanese) rules, 60 minutes main time + 3 x 40 seconds byoyomi. There will be two divisions, the Open division, with even games for players 1d and above, and handicap division (everyone else).  The Facebook event can be found here.

The AGA National Championships is an AGA first-class tournament, competitors attracts representative points.

The event will be hosted by the Griffith Go Club.