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May 16th, 2012
33rd WAGC Results – Rounds 7 and 8
John had a very tough draw on the last day of the 33rd WAGC, drawing Luxembourg 4d and then Norway 4d, and was unable to add to his tally of 3 wins. John ended up 40th overall.
Posted by Chris as Tournaments, WAGC at 1:50 PM, No Comments »
May 15th, 2012
33rd WAGC Results – Rounds 5 and 6
On day three John lost to Belarus 1d but beat Cyprus 1d, leaving him with three wins overall with two more rounds to go.
Posted by Chris as Tournaments, WAGC at 12:58 PM, No Comments »
May 14th, 2012
33rd WAGC Results – Rounds 3 and 4
John had some good results on day 2, beating the Chinese substitute player (of unknown strength) and then beating Australia 2d. His next opponent is Belarus 1d.
A short interview with John can be found here
Posted by Chris as WAGC at 1:15 PM, 2 Comments »
May 13th, 2012
33rd WAGC Results – round 1 and 2
John Leuner lost his first two matches, against Ireland 1k and France 5d.
In round 3 he is drawn against the subsitute Chinese 4d player (who substituted for Poland, who missed his plane).
Results available here: http://ranka.intergofed.org/?page_id=7477
Posted by Chris as Tournaments, WAGC at 12:45 PM, No Comments »
May 10th, 2012
John Leuner at WAGC
The 33rd World Amateur Go Championship begins tomorrow in China. SAGoClubs wishes the best of luck to John Leuner (2d), the South African representative. Does anyone have information on the Moroccan and Malagasy representative? (It doesn’t seem as if the WAGC has a website set up yet…)
Please leave comments if you have any updates!
Posted by Steve as News, Tournaments at 7:42 AM, 3 Comments »
May 1st, 2012
Kobayashi Koichi talks about go at a TEDx event
Hopefully you’ll find these videos interesting: Kobayashi Koichi (Japanese 9-dan professional) discussing various aspects of Go at a Japanese TEDx event. (There are english subtitles available, just click on the “CC” button below the video.)
TEDx talk
Artificial intelligence discussion including Kobayashi Koichi
Posted by Steve as Links, Pro News at 11:34 AM, No Comments »
April 30th, 2012
2012 SAGA Council and AGM minutes
The minutes of the 2012 SAGA AGM, as well as the details of the 2012/2013 SAGA council are now available.
Posted by Steve as SAGA at 5:58 PM, No Comments »
April 14th, 2012
Aki wins 2nd Quarter 2012 Internet Tournament
It was the second SAGA internet tournament of the year today and during the lunch break the SAGA AGM took place. Due to a late player and some miscommunication, no actual games were played in group 2. The tournament results are as follows:
Group 1:
1. Aki Zhou
2-4. Victor Chow, Andrew Davies, Steve Kroon
5-7. Welile Gogotshe, John Leuner, Francois van Niekerk
8. David Richfield
Group 2:
9. Pablo Casado
10. Paul Steyn
Congratulations to Aki for placing 1st, and Francois on his promotion to 4k.
Posted by Francois Van Niekerk as SAGA, Tournaments at 4:00 PM, 1 Comment »
March 3rd, 2012
Andre and Steve win 1st Rengo Tournament
The 1st SAGA Rengo Tournament took place today. We saw three pairs competing head to head. The games were close, but at the end of the day only one pair emerged as the winners. The final standings for the day were:
1. Andre and Steve
2. Andrew and Paul
3. Sam and Chris
Thank you to all the players for taking part. We look forward to next year to see if Andre and Steve can hold onto their title.
Posted by Francois Van Niekerk as Tournaments at 5:39 PM, No Comments »
February 9th, 2012
Stellenbosch Go Club meetings shifted to Tuesdays.
The title really says it all. Otherwise, same time, same place. Perhaps some people who had other commitments on Wednesdays will be able to join us again?
Posted by Steve as News, Stellenbosch at 8:16 AM, No Comments »
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