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25 March 2001 By John Fairbairn

Learn Go

Charles Matthews 3-dan provides real teaching in his virtual club.



History:
John Fairbairn writes about some of the rich history of Go:


The Forgotten Match
A fascinating look into the background and psychology of an historic event - a story that will grip even the non-player.
Articles:

Chinese perspective - Added 8 Mar 2001 Major new feature by Elisabeth Papineau which explores a Chinese way of seeing the world through the game of go.

Yi Milestones - Added 23 Feb 2001
Milestones on the way to 100 titles for Yi Ch'ang-ho 9-dan.

2000 Review - Added 21 Dec 2000
The Pro Go year 2000 in review. Results of all title matches.

Korean Names - Added 24 Dec 2000
Reference documents illustrating McCune-Reischauer transliterations and variants of most Korean names.

Go Fanzine - Updated 11 Dec 2000
An illustrated introduction to fans used by professional go players to convey wise words all over the Far East.

Go Poetry - Updated 25 November 2000
A wonderful collection of Oriental poetry which mentions go.

Insights - Added 5 Nov 2000
A conversation with Chinese teaching pro Liu Yajie 2-dan during her visit to MSO4.

Go Mission - Added 1 November 2000
An account of one of Go Seigen's missions to China inspired by his trip to referee the first game of the 4th Ing Cup.

Behind the Scenes - Added 10 Oct 2000
A colourful peek at Game 1 of the 25th Meijin in Amsterdam.

MSO 4 Gallery - Added 26 August 2000
A pictoral look at Go in the 4th Mind Sports Olympiad.

Computer Go - Added 24 August 2000
The dificulties involved in creating a high level Go computer program. Chuck Smith investigates at MSO 4.

A Kitani pupil - Added 16 August 2000
Peter Mioch interviews Tsuchida Masamitsu 9-dan.

Go in North Korea - Added 27 June 2000
Can Go bring North and South Korea closer together?

Go Proverbs - Added 27 June 2000
Some new go proverbs from Japan's Hidaka Toshiyuki.

Go & Mathematics - Added 27 June 2000
The Go board, like the chess board, has stimulated thinking about mathematical problems.

Ryokusei Academy - Added 19 June 2000
A report on Kikuchi Yasuro's academy, which is enjoying the greatest success in the go world at the moment.

Go Birthdays - Updated 16 June 2000
Flaming June saw the birth of the go player most players would love to emulate and some other notable names.

101 Uses for a Dead
Go Stone
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Added 25 April 2000
Sink plug? Monocle for Long John Silver?

Go Seigen - Added 3 March 2000
Pieter Mioch interviews this Living Legend.

Rui Naiwei
A look at a woman making history in the Go world, complete with several downloadable games.

CGT becomes hard currency
Go applications raise the standing of games "Euro Zone"

Go Global
Japan carries out a world Go census - part of a plan to make the game an Olympic sport?

Go for the Blind
The tradition of respect for sightless Go players thrives in Japan.

What's in a name?
A lot, when three countries and hundreds of years of history have their say. Find out how to keep track of Go's forms and folks.

Reflections from a Go legend
The revealing thoughts of world champion Cho from the MSO.

News In Brief:



Current Series:

Go Records
What is the biggest, the longest, the mostest in pro go?


Carefree & Innocent Pastime
A collection of old text classics , uncommented games, openings and a smallish number of problems from the oldest book of Go. The main interest of C&IP is its window on the past, and the clearest view is through its games, most of which we present here.



Go Cameos
This is a series of translated snapshots intended to shed fresh light on some familiar facets of professional go, in the same way that old black-and-white photos of modern scenes can open windows in the mind.

Selection here is also meant as a personal recommendation and implict review of the books from which the excerpts are taken, although I cannot guarantee they are readily available. - John Fairbairn


Big Pro/Little Pro
A series of games played by top pros when they were young.



Gateway To All Marvels
A series of Life-and-death Go problems, complete with historical information.


New Kids:
Meet the hottest young names in the game.
Downloadable Games Features
Downloadable Games Historical
Sgf Viewer GoGoD95 (zip 188k)

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LEARN & IMPROVE!

Mindzine courses

Go, Handicap Shogi, Xiangqi, Bridge, and TwixT! More to come! Also, reviewed links to teaching sites and articles.

Calendar:
Andre Engels'
European Go Tournament Calendar


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