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Chen Yaoye makes 5 in a row – wins the 27th Tianyuan title

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On May 13 and 15, 2013, Chen Yaoye defended his Tianyuan title against yet another challenger, in the 27th Tianyuan title match, in China. This victory marks Chen’s fifth consecutive year as title holder! This year’s challenger, Gu Lingyi 5p, won the right to challenge Chen earlier in February…

Weekly Go problems: Week 90

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Here are the weekly Go problems. Easy Go problem: Sometimes you can live by exploiting a shortage of liberties. Intermediate Go problem: There’s more than one way to attack this shape. As the situation changes, you should be flexible. Hard Go problem: Black can preserve his own liberties and live, but only with exquisite move order.

Weekly Go problems: Week 89

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Here are the weekly Go problems. Easy Go problem: It looks like white has plenty of eye shape, but is that really the case? Intermediate Go problem: Sometimes you can stop your opponent taking a vital point without playing there yourself. Hard Go problem: Force white into a familiar shape and use what you’ve learned to capture the corner…

Man walks 200 miles to promote the board game Go

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What would you be willing to do to promote the game of Go? Next week, Chris Garlock and his wife Lisa will answer that question by walking 200 miles across England! The couple are raising funds for the American Go Foundation (AGF) – a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting Go in the US…

Go Commentary: Fan Tingyu vs Park Junghwan – 7th Ing Cup Final – Game 4

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This is the 4th game from the 7th Ing Cup final, between Park Junghwan and Fan Tingyu. Fan won the first game and the third games, and was leading the best of five series 2-1 at this point. With the score at 2-1 in Fan’s favor, the pressure was now on Park to win the next game, just to stay in the final…

China wins inaugural Tri-Nation Pair Go

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The inaugural Tri-Nation Pair Go competition was held in Heifei, Anhui Province, China on April 30, May 1 and 2, 2013. Much to the delight of the home crowd, China’s Chang Hao and Wang Chenxing won the tournament, which featured pairs from China, Japan and Korea…

Weekly Go problems: Week 88

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Here are the weekly Go problems. Easy Go problem: Black can win the capturing race if black knows tesuji. Intermediate Go problem: When dealing with a familiar shapes, it’s important to pay attention to liberties and cutting points. Hard Go problem: The surrounding position can also affect the life and death status of groups…

Shi Yue wins 1st World Go League

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On April 29, 2013, Shi Yue 9p won the three month long World Go League at go9dan. The World Go League is an invitational tournament for five players from South Korea and five players from China, which kicked off this year. The organizers heralded it as the ultimate pro top 10…

2nd Huading Cup goes down to the wire

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The 2nd Huading Cup took place in Taizhou, China, from April 26-28, 2013. Team Korea won this women’s team event with a score of 2-1 and 6 individual wins. When the dust settled, Team China had the same record as Korea, but Team Korea won by a whisker’s breadth after the countback…

Weekly Go problems: Week 87

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Here are the weekly Go problems. Easy Go problem: With some experience, black’s first move should become reflexive. Intermediate Go problem: Save as many of black’s stones as you can. Hard Go problem: If reducing eyespace from the outside doesn’t work, the next thing you should try is a placement on the vital point…