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At Go Game Guru, we like to keep the Go news separate from other news. Here you'll find the latest news about what's been happening on our website, as well as articles that don't quite fit anywhere else.
You might have noticed there’s been a lack of Go news recently? There’s a good reason behind this hiatus as Korean and Chinese pros take a well deserved break to welcome in the Year of the Dragon, which begins on January 23, 2012! I’d like to wish you all a happy lunar new year!
We’ve reached the end of another year and what a busy one it’s been! Younggil, Jing and I would like to wish you all a merry Christmas and a happy new year. We’ll all be taking a bit of a break for what’s left of the year and spending time with our families, so we won’t be around to talk to you about Go or answer questions for a week or so. Have a safe and happy holiday with your family and friends.
I know a lot of readers have been waiting to find out who won the Go books in our recent competitions. In November 2011, we gave away four Go books to mark the opening of our new Go shop. There was a public competition, and also a second competition that was only open to newsletter subscribers. Here are the results…
We’ve been working on this for months now, so I’m excited to finally be telling you that our Go shop is open for business! To celebrate the opening, we’re giving away some free books. If you win, you’ll be able to choose any Go book you like from our current range, and we’ll send it to you absolutely free of charge. Read the article to learn how to enter.
Can you believe that it’s already been one year since we started Go Game Guru? It really doesn’t seem like it, but the calendar disagrees with me. On August 22, 2011 it’s Go Game Guru’s 1st birthday! It’s been a really busy year for Younggil and I, working, learning, making this website, travelling and of course, playing Go. Thanks to all our readers! There’s no way we would have kept working on this thing for so long without your advice and encouragement.
A few people contacted me recently wanting to buy Go books and asked when our Go book shop would be open again. It’s been a few weeks since we temporarily closed the shop, so I’d like to explain what’s going on. In late June 2011 we opened a trial shop to see if we could fund the promotion of Go through selling Go books and other items online. The response from readers was very positive and we’ve been working to get more Go books since then.
People who visit our site regularly might have already noticed our new Go shop – where you can buy Go books and have them posted to you worldwide. As of June 23, 2011 we’re announcing it publicly. I’d like to share our plans with you and explain what we’re trying to do here…
Do you want to learn to play Go but you don’t have a Go set? Do you already know how to play Go and want to teach the game to some friends? Then the Instant Go Set is just what you need. It’s a free Go board with stones that you can download and print out at home. Once you download the file you can make as many Go sets as you want or need.
People who visit Go Game Guru frequently, might have noticed our new design over the last few days. Hopefully you’ve also noticed that the site is loading much faster than before. We’ve been busy upgrading our site recently, including enhancing the mobile version of the website for people who browse using their phones.
We’re excited to announce the start of our new Go Game Q&A series. If you’ve got something you’ve been wondering about, you can ask us and get a clear answer from Go Game Guru. We want to hear about things you’ve been trying to solve for awhile and haven’t been able to despite searching. We’ll take the best questions and write articles based on them. Many of the others we’ll also answer here.
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