Princeton Go Club

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The Go Club associated with [ext] Princeton University. AGA recognized chapter.

Go has a long history at Princeton. The Princeton club was founded by Professor Ralph J. Fox of the Department of Mathematics in 1945. He continued to promote Go in Princeton until his untimely death in 1973. Professor Fox brought a number of Japanese professionals to visit Princeton, and often hosted them at his house. His late wife Cynthia bequeathed some of his books, photographs and papers to the club archives.

Perhaps the most famous association of Princeton with Go is an opening scene in the film "A Beautiful Mind", depicting the life of Nobel laureate John Nash Jr., in which Nash is challenged to a game by a fellow graduate student.

The Princeton club hosted the fifth US Go Congress in 1989. The following year, the long-standing New Jersey Open, one of the earliest regional events in the US, moved to the Princeton campus where it resides to the present day. The tournament is usually held in late February and has drawn up to 120 players from Virginia to Massachussets, with occasional visitors from as far away as Austria.

In addition to the New Jersey Open, we run an informal one-day ratings tournament in the fall. It is a self-paired format and games are played with full handicap.

Club meetings are open to all. No formal association with Princeton is required. We are happy to teach beginning players.

The Princeton - Go connection is not complete without reference to the Robinson Collection - the largest collection of Japanese go material outside of Asia, which is housed in the East Asia library at Princeton.

The latest news is the arrival of Zhaonian (Michael) Chen, AGA 8D, in the class of 2011 (darkmage on KGS). He is the strongest player ever to be part of the Princeton community.

Organizer: Rick Mott ([email] rmott@pulsetor.com) Meeting times:

  • Wednesday - 7:30PM - 12:00AM
  • Sunday - 2:00PM - 5:30PM (as of Sept. 2009, Sunday meetings inactive)

Location: International Center (Frist Campus Center, second floor, room 243 or 245)

The Frist Campus Center is centrally located on the Princeton Campus, but if you have trouble finding it consult the [ext] Campus Maps.

Note: the meetings are now moved to Campus Club, at the intersection of Washington Road with Prospect Avenue. The meeting times are the same on Wednesday.

Members List (partial):

Zhaonian (Michael) Chen '11 (club president)
Calvin Lee '12 (vice-president)
Rick Mott '73 (AGA chapter representative)
Patrick Taylor
Fred Kochman
Paul Matthews ([email] paul@accelrat.com)
George Caplan
Zi Chen

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