Some friends from the forum lifein19x19 were interested in how we used our gobans (floor boards) in the main playing room. The low tables are simply made with plywood, so we have covered them with tablecloths. The little side tables for stones help a lot. This photo is from the 2015 Jin Chen Tournament.
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Korean Pro and Myongji University Professor Chihyung Nam is visiting Seattle this week. She will be playing simultaneous games at the Seattle Go Center on Tuesday, Feb. 7, starting at 6:30 p.m. On Wednesday, at 7:00 p.m., she will be lead a discussion of her book “Contemporary Go Terms”. On Thursday, she will be visiting the after school Go Club at McDonald International School. Welcome back, Chihyung!
The 2017 Jin Chen Memorial Tournament will be this Sunday, January 8, with registration between 10 and 10:45 a.m. Please make sure your American Go Association membership is up to date. General admission to the tournament is $15; while youth and voting members of the Seattle Go Center pay $10. We have plenty of parking on Sundays. Please bring food, as you may not have much time to go out between games. We hope to see Sunday!
Since Christmas and New Years are on Sundays this year, we will be open on Tuesdays and Thursdays throughout the holidays. Our Thursday evening Beginner Class will also continue. We will not be open on Saturday, Dec. 24 or Saturday, Dec. 31. Our more advanced classes will also take a holiday after Christmas. For the full schedule of classes, please check our events page.
Our weekly schedule is posted on the right hand side of the home page.
Join us for this great holiday event, with two rounds of Pair Go. Ten dollars general admission, five dollars for voting members and youth (under 18). We will be following International Pair Go Rules. Each pair must be of different gender, of any age. Registration will be from 6:00 to 6:30 p.m. on the day of the tournament, Saturday, December 10; we will finish around 10 p.m. This is not an official Pair Go competition, so formal dress is encouraged, but not required. Remember, no moxibustion! (Check the rules.)
The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Nihon Ki-in, Mr. Hiroaki Dan, gives a greeting in Japanese at the beginning of Nick Sibicky’s Oct. 10 lecture. Mr. Dan was in the United States on personal business, and he enjoyed a one day layover in Seattle. He spent the afternoon and evening with Seattle Go Center board members, and attended the beginning of Nick Sibicky’s class, which was on Go Seigen. Nick has posted the lecture on YouTube (Lecture #223). Later, while enjoying Dungeness crab, Mr. Dan said he was impressed with the quality and amount of teaching done by volunteers at the Seattle Go Center. report/photo by Brian Allen.
The Seattle Go Center will be closed on Saturday, Oct 15, due to the bad weather predicted. We are particularly concerned that high winds will cause problems for travelers. Keep Safe!
Over the last 21 years, we have worn down most of our original 2″ table boards, which are made from an excellent wood, yellow cedar. We are now getting them refinished and relined in Japan by the same firm that the Nihon Ki-in uses. The first 3 boards are now back from Japan, and they look great. For more information about this project, and to help with a donation, please visit our board relining page.
Now that it is fall, the Seattle Go Center will open at 2:00 p.m. Thursdays. Lucy will usually be your host in the afternoon. She is also available to teach beginners. Thursday evenings will continue to have classes for complete beginners with Larry Eclipse. Other players are welcome on Thursdays evenings as well.
The Single Digit Kyu class returns on Wednesday evenings, from 7-9 p.m. with Peter Nelson and Andrew Jackson. This is our more advanced class, for players 9 kyu and stronger. Many of these classes are recorded on Youtube, so you can be part of the live audience. Peter Nelson also has game analysis at longstridebaduk.
The Double Digit Kyu class, will start up October Sept 19 with guest teacher Jonathan Cheng. Nick Sibicky will return Oct. 3.