The Seattle Go Center has announced the “Seattle Top Go Player’s Tournament”, which will start on Sunday, Feb. 3.
This is a round robin tournament for players 4 dan and stronger, which will meet on the same days as our Monthly Ratings Tournament. All games will start with an empty board — we will use komi and reverse komi to adjust for differences in strength. There are three cash prizes and a trophy. [ Read more… ]
This Winter, we are pleased to continue our Intensive Classes on most Sundays when we do not have tournaments. Running from 2-4 p.m.,this is the most advanced class that we offer. It is recommended for single digit kyu players, and for dan level players. The Instructors are Jon Boley 6d, and Edward Kim 7d, and the fee is $20. The class schedule is in the events calendar.
Edward Kim 7d and Ho Son 7d shared the first place honors for the open section of the 3rd Jin Chen Memorial Tournament, held Jan. 6, 2013. They were both undefeated. Second place went to guest Xingshuo Liu 7d, who is a law student at Indiana University. The tournament attracted 32 players, with five 7-dans and three 6-dans in the open section. [ Read more… ]
The Board of Directors of the Seattle Go Center is pleased to announce that we have signed a new agreement with the Nihon Ki-in, providing for our continued management and occupancy of the Iwamoto Building in support of our mission to promote the game of Go and encourage cultural exchange in the spirit of Iwamoto-sensei. The lease term runs through 2016, with the Go Center having the option to renew through 2021. The official documents were recorded in Seattle this morning, Dec. 21, 2012. [ Read more… ]
Starting Thursday, Jan 10, Frank Lam will be teaching a new session of our “Real Beginners” Class, from 7:00-9:00 p.m. This is a great way to learn Go in a classroom format. The class is free but advanced registration is required. [ Read more… ]
Our little store at the Go Center is ready for a wide range of holiday gift giving. We now have three kinds of full sized boards: shin kaya (spruce), bamboo and painted. We have [ Read more… ]
We are very excited to start our intensive Sunday teaching schedule with Jon Boley 6d at the Seattle Go Center this Sunday, Oct. 14! Scott Arnold 2d will be assisting the morning youth classes, and Edward Kim 7d will teach some afternoon classes. [ Read more… ]
September 20, 2012
Nihon Ki-in’s Vice President, Hiroshi Yamashiro 9P and Hiroko Shinkai 5P visited Seattle Go Center last weekend, Sept. 14-16, to join in the celebration of the Seattle Go Center’s seventeenth anniversary. This was Mr. Yamashiro’s first visit to Seattle; Ms. Shinkai, a student of Seattle Go Center founder, the late Kaoru Iwamoto- sensei, was present at the Go Center’s opening ceremony in 1995.
On Friday evening, Mr. Yamashiro and Ms. Shinkai [ Read more… ]
We are pleased to announce that two professional Go players will be visiting the Seattle Go Center the weekend of our anniversary party. Mr. Hiroshi Yamashiro 9p and Ms. Hiroko Shinkai 5p will be visiting from Thursday, September 13, until Sunday, Sept. Sept. 16. A schedule of their lectures and simultaneous games is posted on our events page.
Mr. Yamashiro was born in Yamaguchi Prefecture, was a disciple of Mr. Toshihiro Shimamura, and became a pro in 1972. He became a 9-dan in 1985, and holds 16 titles. Four years ago, he won his 1000th victory as a pro. [ Read more… ]
(Japanese translation of previous post)
シアトル碁センターの理事会は日本棋院に対する法廷での係争は
もはや不必要になったと判断し、訴訟を取り下げる事を決定致しました事を発表致します．
シアトル碁センター及び日本棋院の代表はお互いに為になる様な方策で案件の全てを友好的に解決して行き、それにより、双方が米国で岩本薫先生の残された伝統を踏まえて、囲碁文化を分かち合い、教え、広めて行く共通の目的に向かって邁進出来る事を確認し、
合意致しました．
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