Go News
This page is for adding short summaries of events and tournament results and forthcoming events in the Go world, so people don't have to trawl a variety of web pages to get their news.
For those who want all the results, along with some game records, Mr. Kin's Go News is for you (note that the website moved in Oct 2010). Other useful sites include
Go 4 Go,
Gobase and
Go Game World and Go Game Guru's
Go News. If interested in some articles on the world of professional go, please check out Sensei's Gazette. For news about new professionals and promotions, see latest promotions.
Details about upcoming games are also available in the Pro Go Calendar at Go Game Guru.
Upcoming events
- 5 April 2012 (Japan
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- Iyama Yuta and Cho U will play in the 3rd game of the 50th Judan.
- 19 March 2012 (Japan
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- Iyama Yuta and Cho U will play in the 2nd game of the 50th Judan.
- 7,8 March 2012 (Japan
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- Cho U and Takao Shinji will play in the 6th game of the 36th Kisei. Cho leads 3-2.
- 6 March 2012 (Korea
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- Park Jieun and Park Jiyun will play in the 2nd game of the 17th Women's Kuksu. Park Jieun leads 1-0.
- 5 March 2012 (Korea
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- Park Junghwan and Choi Cheolhan will play in the 2nd game of the 13th Maxim Cup. Park leads 1-0.
- 1 March 2012 (Japan
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- Iyama Yuta and Cho U will play in the 1st game of the 50th Judan.
News and announcements
- 26 February 2012 (Korea
)
- Park Junghwan beat Choi Cheolhan B+R in the 1st game of the 13th Maxim Cup.
- 23,24 February 2012 (Japan
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- Cho U beat Takao Shinji W+R in the 5th game of the 36th Kisei. Cho leads 3-2.
- 21,24 February 2012 (China
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- Third round of Nongshim Cup. Team Korea: Lee Changho (0-1), Won Sungjin (0-1), Kim Jiseok (4-1), Kang Yootaek (0-1), An Kukhyun (2-1); Team China: Xie He (3-0), Gu Li (0-1), Piao Wenyao (0-1), Tan Xiao (3-1), Zhou Ruiyang (1-1); Team Japan: Yamashita Keigo (0-1), Yuki Satoshi (0-1), Hane Naoki (0-1), Takao Shinji (0-1), Sakai Hideyuki (0-1). In game 11 Kim Jiseok beat Gu Li B+R, then lost W+1.5 to Xie He. Then Xie beat Won Sungjin and, in the last game, Lee Changho. Team China won the tournament.
- 23 February 2012 (China
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- Li Xuanhao beat Yang Dingxin B+R in the title game for the 6th Xinxiu.
- 16 February 2012 (Japan
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- Aoki Kikuyo beat Xie Yimin B+R in the 3rd game of the 15th Female Kisei, winning the title 2-1.
- 15,16 February 2012 (Japan
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- Cho U beat Takao Shinji B+R in the 4th game of the 36th Kisei, evening the score 2-2.
- 15 February 2012 (Korea
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- Jiang Weijie beat Lee Changho W+R in the 2nd game of the 16th LG Cup. Jiang won the title 2-0.
- 14 February 2012 (Korea
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- Park Jieun beat Park Jiyun W+R in the 1st game of the 17th Women's Kuksu.
- 13 February 2012 (Korea
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- Jiang Weijie beat Lee Changho B+R, after 145 moves, in the 1st game of the 16th LG Cup.
- 9 February 2012 (Japan
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- Aoki Kikuyo beat Xie Yimin W+9.5 in the 2nd game of the 15th Female Kisei, evening the score 1-1.
- 1-7 February 2012 (China
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- First stage of the 2nd Huang Longshi Shuang Deng Cup (Female Team tournament): Yoshida Mika of Japan beat Choi Jung of Korea, then lost to Wang Chenxing. Wang beat also Lee Sula, Mukai Chiaki, Park Jiyun, Yashiro Kumiko, then Kim Hyeoimin. The tournament will be resumed in April with the game between Wang and Mannami Nao; the winner will play against Park Jieun, the last Korean player.
- 1,2 February 2012 (Japan
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- Takao Shinji beat Cho U B+0.5 in the 3rd game of the 36th Kisei. Takao leads 2-1.
- 26,27 January 2012 (Japan
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- Cho U beat Takao Shinji B+R in the 2nd game of the 36th Kisei, evening the score 1-1.
- 15 January 2012 (Japan
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- Xie Yimin beat Aoki Kikuyo W+R in the 1st game of the 15th Female Kisei, leading 1-0.
- 12,13 January 2012 (Japan
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- Takao Shinji beat Cho U in the 1st game of the 36th Kisei B+2.5 leading 1-0.
- 29 December 2011 (Taiwan
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- Chen Shien beat Lin Zhihan W+0.5 the fourth game of the 7th Wangzuo, winning the title 3-1.
- 28 December 2011 (Taiwan
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- Zhou Junxun beat Yu Chengrui by 2-0 in the 1st Youshi Shiduan.
- 27 December 2011 (Taiwan
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- Chen Shien beat Lin Zhihan B+1.5 the third game of the 7th Wangzuo. Chen leads 2-1.
- 27 December 2011 (Korea
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- Seo Neung-uk beat Cho Hunhyun B+R the final of the 2nd Daejoo Cup, winning the title.
- 26 December 2011 (China
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- Team Liaoning won the 2011 China Weiqi League, beating in the last round the former leader Team Chongqing.
- 25 December 2011 (Taiwan
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- Lin Zhihan beat Zhou Junxun B+R in the third game of the 4th Taiwan Qisheng, winning the title 2-1.
- 22 December 2011 (Taiwan
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- Lin Zhihan beat Zhou Junxun W+R in the second game of the 4th Taiwan Qisheng, evening the score 1-1.
- 22 December 2011 (Korea
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- Lee Sedol beat Lee Changho B+0.5 in the fourth game of the 2nd Olleh KT Cup, winning the title 3-1.
- 22 December 2011 (Taiwan
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- Xiao Zhenghao beat Lin Xiuping B+5.5 in the final of the 5th Aixin, winning the title.
- 21 December 2011 (China
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- Li Zhe beat Wang Haoyang W+R in the second game of the 3rd Longxing, winning the title 2-0.
- 21 December 2011 (Korea
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- Team Posco LED won the 2011 Korean Baduk League.
- 20 December 2011 (Taiwan
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- Lin Zhihan beat Chen Shien B+1.5 in the second game of the 7th Wangzuo, evening the score 1-1.
- 19 December 2011 (China
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- Li Zhe beat Wang Haoyang B+R in the first game of the 3rd Longxing.
- 19 December 2011 (Korea
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- Lee Sedol beat Lee Changho W+R in the third game of the 2nd Olleh KT Cup. Lee Sedol leads 2-1, obtainig also the 900th win in his career.
- 15-16 December 2011 (China
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- Piao Wenyao and Li He beat Choi Cheolhan and Kim Hyeoimin in the final of the Zhiying Pair 2011 (World Mind Games).
- 15 December 2011 (Korea
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- Kang Yootaek beat Lee Donghoon in the second game of the 1st Shinin Wang, winning the title 2-0.
- 9-14 December 2011 (China
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- Team China won the Zhiying 2011 (World Mind Games), winning all the five matches of the tournament. Second place went to Korea, third to Japan.
- 12 December 2011 (Korea
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- Kang Yootaek beat Lee Donghoon B+R in the first game of the 1st Shinin Wang.
- 8 December 2011 (Korea
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- Park Yeonghun beat Baek Hongsuk W+R in the fourth game of the 39th Myungin, winning the title 3-1.
- 7 December 2011 (China
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- Won Sungjin beat Gu Li B+R in the third game of the 16th Samsung Cup, winning the title 2-1.
- 7 December 2011 (Korea
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- Lee Sedol beat Lee Changho W+R in the second game of the 2nd Olleh KT Cup, evening the score.
- 6 December 2011 (China
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- Gu Li beat Won Sungjin W+R in the second game of the 16th Samsung Cup, evening the score 1-1.
- 6 December 2011 (Korea
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- Lee Changho beat Lee Sedol B+2.5 in the first game of the 2nd Olleh KT Cup.
- 6 December 2011 (Taiwan
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- Chen Shien beat Lin Zhihan B+8.5 the first game of the 7th Wangzuo.
- 5 December 2011 (China
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- Won Sungjin beat Gu Li W+R in the first game of the 16th Samsung Cup.
- 4 December 2011 (Taiwan
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- Zhou Junxun beat Lin Zhihan W+5.5 in the first game of the 4th Taiwan Qisheng.
- 1 December 2011 (China
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- Jiang Weijie beat Kong Jie W+R in the fifth game of the 24th Mingren, winning the title 3-2.
- 1 December 2011 (Korea
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- Choi Cheolhan beat Yun Junsang W+R in the secondgame of the 16th Chunwon, winning the title 2-0.