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We will be having a beginner-friendly Youth Go Tournament on Saturday, March 29, from 2-5 p.m. at the Seattle Go Center. There will be prizes for all: books, donated equipment and fun little things. This tournament is not AGA rated, and it is free. Advance registration is not required, but please send me an email if you think you will be coming.

This will be for all players under 18, but we expect that most of the participants will be grade school aged. Students will compete by grade group: k-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12. The default board size will be 13×13, but if both players agree, it can be 19×19. If students play 19×19, the games will be fast by adult standards — 30 minutes to a side.

If you are new to the Go Center, our directions page has useful information on parking and transportation options in the area. [ Read more… ]

We are continuing our meet-up for playing Go at the Crossroads Bellevue Shopping Center on Thursdays from 5:30-8:00 pm.   Last week, Feb. 20,  we had 8 players, from beginner to 6 dan. We meet in the Game Lane, inside the Crossroads common area, in front of Uncle’s Games and the KCLS Library (near the giant chess board).  Brian Allen will be there for the first two weeks, and Sonny Cho will be providing free instruction.  We will provide equipment.

Chicken wings and quiet Go games

We will be having our regular Monthly Ratings Tournament this Sunday, Feb. 2, with registration from 12:15 – 12:45. I have asked around, and I think we will have a good crowd for our quiet games, even though some of our members will be going to Super Bowl parties. Deborah will be bringing chicken wings to the Go Center, and playing in the tournament. We encourage other pot luck donations, such as nachos and guacamole. Kimbap is another good choice; that is what Lee Sedol had for lunch when he won the first game of his jubango with Gu Li.

If you plan to play in the Ratings Tournament, please make sure your AGA (American Go Association) membership is up to date.  If you need help updating your membership, please come early.

The fourth annual Jin Chen Memorial Tournament, held Jan. 5, 2014 at the Seattle Go Center, brought together 46 players from diverse backgrounds.  The 12-person open section was won by Ximeng (Simon) Yu, a 1 dan professional from China who is also a local college student.  Second place in the open went to longtime Northwest teacher and player Edward Kim 7d. [ Read more… ]

The Jin Chen Tournament is on Sunday, Jan. 5.  Registration is on the day of the tournament, from 10:00 -10:30 a.m.  There will be a short break for lunch after the first round.  The second round will start at 1:30 p.m. The third and final round should be done by 6:30 p.m., with prizes done by 7:00 p.m.

The tournament has an open section and several handicapped sections. [ Read more… ]

The Seattle Go Center will be closed for the New Year’s Holiday on Tuesday, Dec. 31, and Wednesday Jan. 1.  We will be open on Thursday Jan. 2 and Saturday Jan. 4 for our regular hours.

We have 6 visitors from China who have come for the Jin Chen Tournament on Sunday, Jan. 5.   They include the professional Yao, Xiaomin 4P, who was a colleague of our teachers Yang, Yilun and Guo, Juan when they lived in China.  So we enjoyed meeting her!

Our visitors will be at the Go Center on Saturday afternoon, Jan. 4.

Fourteen pairs of go players gathered at the Seattle Go Center Saturday night, December 7, for a gala dress-up event that included two rounds of Pair Go and three kinds of cake provided by the stylish Bakery Nouveau of Capitol Hill.  [ Read more… ]

Photo and photo styling by Anne Thompson. [ Read more… ]

We will now open at 1:00 pm on Tuesdays, rather than 3:00 pm, effective November 19, 2013.  We hope that this will give our afternoon players more time.  Informal instruction will still begin at 3:00 pm, and continue until 9:00 pm.  Chris K. will be the manager in the early afternoon.