1995
HISTORICAL BOOK
Compiled and Edited By
Craig R. Hutchinson
With Assistance From
Phil Straus, Barbara Calhoun, Terry Benson, Robert McCallister,
Roy Laird, Roger White, Chris Kirschner, George Chernowitz,
Alva Jenkins, Louise Ingram, and Dianne Cartledge
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THE AMERICAN GO ASSOCIATION
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The American Go Association 1995 Historical Book was compiled and edited by Craig Hutchinson with assistance from Phil Straus, Barbara Calhoun, Terry Benson, Robert McCallister, Roy Laird, Roger White, Kris Kirschner, George Chernowitz, Alva Jenkins, Louise Ingram, and Dianne Cartledge.
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DEDICATION
THE AMERICAN GO ASSOCIATION
1995 HISTORICAL BOOK
is dedicated to
Joseph P Bowles
Ralph H Fox
Lee Foster Hartman
Edward Lasker
Lester & Elizabeth Morris
John MH Olmstead
Karl Davis Robinson
Arthur Smith
WD Witt
and to all the other past, present, and future Go Players
DISCLAIMER
To capture the history of Go in the United States requires the help of all involved in Go. Although I made every attempt to verify the accuracy of this document, I cannot assume any liability for errors or omissions in each version. I cannot be held liable for any loss or damage in connection with, or arising from, the furnishing or use of the materials in this manual. All information contained herein is subject to historical verification.
CONTENTS
Introduction
1.1The American Go Association - 60 Years
2.1AGA Historical Go-Stones
3.1AGA Historical Record of Tournaments
4.1AGA Historical Record Updates
5.1AGA Historical Record of Officers
6.1AGA Historical Notes 7.1AGA Historical American Go Bulletin, Journal, and Newsletter Contents Index
8.1AGA Historical American Go Bulletin, Journal, and Newsletter Item Index
9.1AGA Historical American Go Bulletin, Journal, and Newsletter Subject Index
10.1AGA Game and Fuseki Index
11.1AGA Historical Bibliography 12.1AGA Karl Davis Robinson Collection in the Princeton Gest Oriental Library
INTRODUCTION
The American Go Association Historical Book is designed to provide information about and a glimpse of the material contained in the AGA Library/Archive (AGALA), which is a historical record of the AGA and of the development of Go activities in the United States.
The information provided in this book was compiled and edited by Craig R. Hutchinson, who is the AGA Librarian/Archivist and Chairman of the Robinson Go Library Committee and who holds in trust the historical records and materials of the AGA. In 1974 Craig Hutchinson volunteered for and inherited the job of AGA Librarian/Archivist from Ralph Fox, with the approval of the AGA under John Stephenson. Craig is now allotting a regular portion of his time to being a more active AGA Librarian/Archivist.
With the passing away of Go players who have contributed to the development of Go in the US and abroad, served as officers of the AGA, accumulated AGA records and documents, and accumulated personal libraries of historical significance, the AGALA serves as a repository so that the material will not be lost.
The AGA Library/Archive presently contains:
a.The AGA correspondence of Ralph Fox, Robert High, Robert McCallister, Lester Morris, and Karl Davis Robinson. As a result the AGALA contains some of the correspondence of Lee Foster Hartman, WD Witt, JP Bowles, John Olmstead, Robert Ryder, and others. The Japanese literature portion of the Robinson Go Library is preserved in the Gest Oriental Library at Princeton University. b.AGA Historical Picture Album (Photos from 1935 to 1995) c.AGA Historical News Articles Album (News Articles from 1911-1995) d.AGA Historical Souvenir Album (sales brochures for Go books and equipment from 1929 to 1995) e.AGA Historical Publication Album of AGALA selections f.The Go board and stones that were used to produce the American Go Journal Volumes 1-8 g.Karl Davis Robinson's Go boardIn order to keep the above items accurate and up to date, it is requested that all members of the AGA provide the AGA Library/Archive with copies of newspaper articles, magazine articles, books, monographs, bibliographies, pictures, translations, flyers, equipment, etc that they would like to have preserved and access to on behalf of the AGA. Selected AGALA items will be made available at the Congress each year.
Plans for the future include a forum on the history of the AGA at each AGA Congress and to provide attendees access to selected AGALA items each year. Any AGA member is invited to visit the AGALA and use the AGALA and its storage facility for historical research.
The data and information contained herein is based on continuing research. It will take the help of the entire AGA to keep the AGA Librarian/Archivist accurate and not going "Ding-Go-Bats." This is another one of those AGA functions that is performed out of love for the game of Go and its devotees. At some point the trusteeship of the Library/Archive will be passed on to another like-minded Go player.
Craig Hutchinson, March 30, 2006
THE AMERICAN Go ASSOCIATION 60 YEARS
ACTIVITIES OF THE AGA
The American Go Association, founded in 1935, is the national organization of Go players in the United States. The AGA works to provide services that will increase players' enjoyment of the game and improve their strength. It cooperates with similar national organizations around the world to promote the game more widely. Toward these ends, the AGA:
Publishes the American Go Journal and American Go Newsletter. Distributes an annual club list and membership list. Sanctions and promotes AGA-rated tournaments. Maintains a computerized rating system. Organizes the US Go Congress and US Championship. Selects US participants for international tournaments. Schedules and organizes tours of professional players. Works to develop a strong national network of clubs. Promotes Go and develops projects to strengthen the US Go playing community.Tournaments and Ratings
The AGA sponsors and helps to organize local, regional and national tournaments, providing equipment, prizes and organizational assistance as needed to our national network of local organizers. Hundreds of players participate in more than fifty annual tournaments. Results from AGA sponsored tournaments are entered into a computerized rating system, producing a nationally recognized rating for each participant which is regularly updated.
US Championship
Geography has historically made it difficult to hold a US national championship. From its start in 1960 through 1967 the US Championship was decided among East Coast players. In 1969, 1971 and 1973 it was still decided in the East, but in 1968, 1970, 1972 and annually from 1974 to 1976 the Champion was determined in a single game telephone match between Eastern and Western Contenders.
From 1977 to 1987, the winners of separate Eastern and Western Championship tournaments met in a face-to-face best of three match with the site alternating between East and West. In 1988 the first unified US Open Championship was held at the 4th US Go Congress. By 1994 well over 200 players competed in the US Open.
US Go Congress
The first US Go Congress was initiated in 1985 by Haskell Small. National Congresses have been held annually since then. For nine days each August, more than 200 players mingle with their peers, receive instruction from professional players, and participate in a variety of tournaments including the US Championship and qualifying tournaments for several international events.
International Amateur Tournaments
The American Go Association has been a member of the International Go Federation since the IGF's inception in 1983 and it actively participates in IGF activities. US players participate in all major international amateur tournaments, including the World Amateur Go Championship which has been held annually since 1979, and the World Youth Wei-ch'i Championship since 1984.
Starting in the late 80s a number of international tournaments were added. Significant sponsorship from the Fujitsu Corporation and the Ing Foundation has allowed us to develop two annual invitational tournaments. The IGF has added an International Women's Amateur Championship and Pair Go Championship to its calendar, and the Qualifying Tournaments for these events are welcome additions to the tournament calendar.
American Professionals
A number of US citizen professionals presently compete in international professional tournaments. Since 1988, the AGA has organized a national playoff for the Fujitsu Cup Championship. This playoff has seen heated competition between Michael Redmond, professional 7-dan of the Japan Go Association and Jimmy Cha, 4-dan of the Korean Go Association. James Kerwin, 1 dan (Japan), and Janice Kim, 1-dan (Korea), are also active competitors and popular teachers. These players have also competed in several invitational international professional tournaments.
A number of non-citizen professional players currently reside in the US and are popular Go teachers. Among the most active are Zhujiu (Jujo) Jiang, 9-dan, and Yi Lun Yang, 6-dan, both from China.
Professional Tours
The AGA has been very active in organizing and supporting tours to the US by professional players from Asia. Top professional players have toured a number of US cities in recent years, often in conjunction with visits to the US Go Congress. Numerous important professional tournament and friendship matches have been played on US soil by Japanese, Chinese and Korean professionals. Other less formal visits are often arranged.
HISTORY OF THE AGA
The first Go games played in the US probably took place among Chinese and Japanese immigrants to the West Coast in the late 19th century. Although many of these immigrants worked on the trans-continental railroad, and some Go players probably traveled East, it is thought that they played primarily among themselves.
Non-Asians discovered the game through early publications. Arthur Smith encountered the game on a tour of the East and wrote The Game Of Go, one of the first Occidental Go books, which was published in New York in 1908. By 1909, a small group was playing regularly in New York, including Harper's magazine editor, Lee Hartman, and Karl Davis Robinson. WD Witt began playing regularly in Philadelphia. In addition, Walter de Havilland (actress Olivia de Havilland's father) wrote a short book published in 1910 entitled ABC of Go, and he apparently was active in promoting the game on the west coast during the 10s and 20s. In 1911 Hartman and Robinson produced the first English translation of a Japanese Go book, Fuseki Tsuron by Heijiro Hirose. In 1914 Edward Lasker, who had learned of the game through an article in a German magazine on Asian culture, immigrated to the US from Germany and joined this group. Lasker had already established an international reputation as a chess authority. For that reason, when he wrote Go And Go-Moku in 1934, it found a fairly wide readership. A few hundred people across the country took up the game, many of them converting from chess, and the American Go movement was born.
The American Go Association held it's first organizational meeting in August 1934 with an executive committee composed of Robinson, Witt, Lasker, Frank Gittleson, and JH Vanderslice. In January 1935, Lasker, Robinson, Witt and others permanently organized the American Go Association with it's first constitution, and while strongly centered in New York, they worked to promote Go throughout the US. Go began to take root in Universities such as Princeton, Cambridge, and Pennsylvania, as well as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, California Institute of Technology, Bell Laboratories, and a few chess clubs. In other places where Go was played outside the universities (such as Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Seattle), the playing population was mainly in Asian clubs. In 1936 The San Francisco Go Club became the first International Chapter of The Japan Go Association and was presented with a commemorative example of Honinbo Shusai's calligraphy to celebrate the occasion. World War II brought American Go activity to a halt. Anti-Japanese sentiment and the internment of the American- Japanese population isolated Go from the mainstream culture.
In the early 40s Karl Robinson and John Olmstead became entwined in trying to establish a rational set of Go Rules. They published A Rationalization of Go
in 1941 and The Structure of Go in 1945.
In 1949 the American Go Association announced its revival with the publication of the first English-language Go magazine, The American Go Journal, started by Robinson, George & Edith Chernowitz, and Lester & Elizabeth Morris. Between then and 1961, the AGA produced eight volumes of the only advanced instruction available in English at that time. Publication was suspended in 1955 when the Tokyo based Igo-Bunka-Kai began producing the Japanese Go Journal
and was resumed in 1957 under the leadership of Robert McCallister. The publication was again suspended in 1961 when the Japan Go Association started producing Go Monthly Review in English.
A small rule book, The Game of Go by Lester and Elizabeth Morris, was published by the AGA in 1951 and is still distributed with some Go sets sold in the U.S. More than 30,000 had been printed. Another major promoter of the game during the '50s was John Goodell of Minnesota who produced and distributed several thousand copies of a pamphlet The Game of Ki. In the early 60s Takao Matsuda of New York, many times US Champion, published a series of Matsuda Go Letters which contained high level English language instruction.
Robert McCallister took over as president in the late 50s, and by the mid 60s, membership was at an all-time high of 500, but during the Vietnam war era it dwindled to about 100 members. John Stephenson, Matthias Thim, and Masao Takabe took over the Association in 1974. They raised funds for AGA equipment, reestablished the club network, resumed publication of The American Go Journal, found advertisers, established a national rating system, and restarted tournament activity to feed the rating system. Terry Benson became the editor of The American Go Journal in 1976 and took over as President of the AGA in 1977. He held this post until 1989, tenaciously recruiting local and national organizers, and overseeing the creation and development of a unified national organization. Benson continues to serve as executive editor of The American Go Journal and works on long range projects for the AGA. Since 1984, The American Go Journal has been edited by Roy Laird.
1977 was a turning point for tournament play in the U.S. Japan Air Lines (JAL) began its sponsorship of the U.S. Championship. Terry Benson organized both the first Labor Day weekend Eastern U.S. Championship tournament (27 players) and the first Western Championship (46 players). He also introduced the use of the McMahon system (invented by an American McMahon, used by the AGA in previous years when it was introduced to the AGA by Robert McCallister and later modified by the Europeans) to the U.S. Championship tournaments. The two Championship winners,Shin Kang (Baltimore) and Kyung Kim (San Francisco), met in the first of the best-of-three, face-to-face final matches sponsored by JAL and organized by the AGA.
The main U.S. Championship tournament was played simultaneously in the East and West on Labor Day Weekend (the last summer weekend) from 1978 to 1984. The Eastern tournament was held in New York (organized by Terry Benson) and grew to 155 players. The Western tournament (alternating between San Francisco and Los Angeles) grew to 80 players. The size of the Championship tournaments and their connection to the selection of players for the World Amateur Championship which started in 1979 gave Go and the Association a successful publicity event.
In 1978, Dave Relson took over as Membership Secretary and Rating Coordinator and put the AGA's records on the computer. Bruce Wilcox began his Instant Go series in the Journal. Les Lanphear started his tenure as Western Vice President. Many individuals (including Don Wiener, Barbara Calhoun, and Roy Laird) began to help with the Journal and AGA work and Calhoun became treasurer in 1981. The Association membership zoomed to 700.
In the early 80's Roger White assumed the new position of Club Coordinator and in 1985 Bob High took over as Membership Secretary. Both worked tirelessly to improve the AGA's services to Go organizers and by the mid eighties the official roster of clubs topped 100. Almost half were official AGA chapters.
The AGA, in cooperation with White, established the American Go Foundation to accept tax-deductible contributions toward advancing the educational and cultural aspects of Go. One of the AGF's first projects was to support the publication in 1986 of the pamphlet The Way to Go by Karl Baker, which was designed to help promoters of Go introduce beginners to the concepts.
In 1985, Haskell Small, inspired by the European Go Congress, put together a team of organizers from the Baltimore-Washington area and ran the First U.S. Go Congress. The Congress has continued as an annual event, and has been instrumental in furthering unity among U.S. Go players. The first truly national AGA Governing Board meeting was held in 1986 at the Congress in Seattle. By 1987 a new constitution and bylaws were accepted that established the AGA's current organizational structure. In 1988, the first unified U.S. Open championship was held.
Barbara Calhoun, who has represented the AGA on the Board of Directors of the International Go Federation since 1985, followed Benson as President from 1989 to 1992. Calhoun concentrated her efforts on the rapidly developing international tournament area, and worked closely with Roy Laird and Bob High. High was elected President for the term starting in 1993 but was tragically killed in a white-water rafting accident in Chile, just eight days into his term. He was replaced by Phil Straus, who had chaired the Ratings Commission.
THE FUTURE
Straus has brought the AGA into the age of electronic communication, and much of its business is now conducted via e-mail. The computer age is upon us in many ways. The US Go Congress hosts a tournament for Go playing computer programs, and this is only one of many national and international computer Go events. A substantial prize has been established for the first program to reach master level, but today's strongest programs are years away from attaining this.
The phenomenon of the 90s is the Internet Go Server, where hundreds of thousands of Go games are played per year. Players across the globe or across town can disregard geography and engage in a game of Go via computer modem.
In the 61 years since its inception in 1934 the AGA has grown to nearly 1500 members. A wide variety of projects are underway to bring Go to the public's attention, and player education is a big priority. With 150 clubs, an annual schedule of more than fifty tournaments, a computerized rating system, and a cohesive national organization, the AGA and Go in the US are poised for an active future.
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This short summary of 60 years of AGA activities was originally compiled and edited in Mar 89 by Barbara Calhoun. It included contributions from Roy Laird, who helped compile the AGA history from the writings of Terry Benson, Robert McCallister and others; Terry Benson, who reviewed and commented on the history; and Bob High and Chen Dao Lin who provided editorial and other assistance. The history was updated by Calhoun in May 92 and Aug 94 and by Calhoun and Craig Hutchinson in May 95.
AMERICAN GO ASSOCIATION HISTORICAL GO-STONES March 30, 2006 This list of AGA Historical Go-Stones was compiled by Craig R Hutchinson, AGA Librarian/Archivist. Entries are based on AGA historical documents and AGA publications. See the AGA Go Bibliography for citations. Research is continuing. Please send recommended updates, additions, and changes with supporting documentation to Craig R Hutchinson, 3409 Silver Maple Place, Falls Church, VA 22042-3545, TEL: 703-698-9811, FAX: 703-876-6727, e-mail crhutch@aol.com. 1935 The American Go Association was founded. 1936 The AGA published one issue of Go - A Bulletin Devoted to the Game of Go. 1937 The AGA Secretary JP Bowles published a list of American people known or believed to have been interested in Go. 1938 The AGA tried to get the Japanese to include a display of Go at the Worlds Fair in New York City. 1939 Fukuda, 5 Dan professional, toured the US after a tour in Germany. 1941 English and German pages were included in the Go magazine Igo Kurabu. The AGA published The Rationalization of Go. 1946 The AGA published The Structure of Go. 1949 The AGA began publishing The American Go Journal. The San Francisco Go Club became the first international chapter of the Nihon Kiin. 1960 The Nihon Kiin began publishing Go Review. 1961 Takeo Matsuda began publishing the Matsuda Go Letter.
1964 The AGA began publishing its first Newsletter. The AGA participated in the First International Go Tournament sponsored by the Nihon Kiin in Japan. 1968 Ishi Press published its first book Modern Joseki and Fuseki Volume 1. The US National East and West Coast Championships were established. 1974 The AGA began to republish The American Go Journal. 1977 Japan Airlines began sponsorship of the US Go Championships 1978 The Sabaki Go Company was formed. 1981 Jim Kerwin returned from Japan as a Professional Shodan. 1983 The International Go Federation was formed with the AGA an active member. 1984 The first Computer Go Tournament was held. 1985 The AGA held its first Go Congress coordinated by Ken Koester and Haskell Small. AGA Special Interest Group formed for Computer Go. 1986 The AGA published The Way To Go, a phamplet by Karl Baker. Tele-Tsuke was created. It was AGA sponsored computer program that provided a standardized communications protocol to allow two players with microcomputers and modems to play a game over telephone lines. The American Go Foundation was formed by Roger White.
1988 The AGA began participating in the World Go Championship (the Fujitsu Cup). 1991 AGA became incorporated. 1993 Go arrived on the Internet. 1994 AGA received the first of three yearly $100,000 grants from the Taipei-based Ing Chang-ki Goe Foundation to help promote Go in the U.S.
AMERICAN GO ASSOCIATION HISTORICAL RECORD OF TOURNAMENTS March 30, 2006 This AGA Historical Record of Tournaments was originally compiled by Barbara Calhoun from the American Go Journal, Ranka, and various international tournament bulletins. The history and statistics were updated by Calhoun in May 92 and Aug 94.
Research is ongoing. Please send recommended updates, additions, and changes with supporting documentation to Craig R Hutchinson, 3409 Silver Maple Place, Falls Church, VA 22042-3545, TEL: 703-698-9811, FAX: 703-876-6727, e-mail crhutch@aol.com.
NATIONAL TOURNAMENTS US OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP YEAR NAME (CITY STATE) 1959 Takao Matsuda (New York City NY, appointed) 1960 CS Shen (New York City NY) 1961 Shen (New York City NY) 1962 Matsuda (New York City NY) 1963 Matsuda (New York City NY) 1964 Matsuda (New York City NY) 1965 Matsuda (New York City NY) 1966 Matsuda (New York City NY) 1967 Matsutomo (Tokyo Japan) 1968 Matsuda (New York City NY) 1969 Young Kwon (New York City NY) 1970 Matsuda (New York City NY) 1971 Matsuda (New York City NY) 1972 Matsuda (New York City NY) 1973 Matsuda (New York City NY) 1974 Matsuda (New York City NY) 1975 Matsuda (New York City NY) 1976 Kyung Kim (San Francisco CA) 1977 Kim (San Francisco CA) 1978 Shin Kang (Baltimore MD) 1979 Kim (San Francisco CA) 1980 Kim (San Francisco CA) 1981 Charles Huh (Seattle WA) 1982 Zhong Tai Yan (Bakersfield CA) 1983 Gun Suk Han (New York City NY) 1984 Sang Mo Suh (Los Angeles CA) 1985 Ho Suk Yi (Los Angeles CA) 1986 Ji Young Yoo (New York City NY) 1987 Chuan Zhuan Yu (Los Angeles CA) 1988 Hong Soo Shin (San Francisco) 1989 Paul Hu (San Jose CA) 1990 Jung Ho Lim (Salt Lake City UT) 1991 Si Yeon Li (New York City NY) 1992 Woo Jin Kim (LA) 1993 John Lee (Chicago IL) 1994 Keun-Young Lee (Baltimore MD)
CONGRESS CHAMPIONSHIP YEARLOCATIONNAME (CITY) 1985Washington DCThomas Hsiang (Rochester NY) 1986Seattle WAY Futakuchi (Tokyo Japan) 1987S Hadley MAK Ito (Tokyo Japan) 1988Berkeley CAPaul Hu (San Jose CA) 1989New Brunswick NJRon Snyder (Westfield NJ) 1990Denver COJin Yang (Pittsburgh PA) 1991Rochester NYRon Snyder (Westfield NJ) 1992-Tournament combined with US Championship NORTH AMERICAN AMATEUR ING CUP 1991 Charles Huh (Seattle WA) 1992Dae Yol Kim (New Jersey) 1993 Charles Huh (Seattle WA) 1994 John Lee (Chicago IL)
INTERNATIONAL AMATEUR TOURNAMENTS WORLD AMATEUR GO CHAMPIONSHIP
1979Shin Kang (Baltimore MD)
Kyung Kim (San Francisco CA) Shigeo Matsuhara (Los Angeles CA)1980Kyung Kim (San Francisco CA) 7th
Takao Matsuda (New York City NY)
Ned Phipps (San Francisco CA)
1981Ron Snyder (Westfield NJ) 7th
Hai Chow Chen (Seattle WA) 10th1982Sidney Kobashigawa (San Francisco CA) 6th
1983Gun Ho Choi (Los Angeles CA)
1984Hong Soo Shin (San Francisco CA)
1985Charles Huh (Seattle WA) 5th
1986Ron Snyder (Westfield NJ)
1987Takao Matsuda (New York City NY)
1988Jung Ho Lim (Salt Lake City UT)
1989Hong Soo Shin (San Francisco)
1990Charles Huh (Seattle WA)
1991Joseph Wang (Jacksonville TX)
1992Joong Ki Kim (Battle Creek HI)
1993Woo Jin Kim (Los Angeles CA)
1994John Lee (Chicago IL)
WORLD WOMEN'S AMATEUR GO CHAMPIONSHIP 1989 Laura Yedwab (Berkeley CA) 1990 Judy Schwabe (Cleveland OH) 1991Joanne Phipps (Sonoma CA) 1992 Yong Wei Peng (New York City NY) 1993 n/a1994Debbie Siemon (Atlanta, GA)
WORLD YOUTH WEI-CH'I CHAMPIONSHIP 1984 Janis Kim (Albuquerque NM) 1985 Janis Kim (Albuquerque NM) 2nd 1986 Tony Pa (Los Angeles CA) 15th 1987 Tony Pa (Los Angeles CA) 10thAlan Chen (Los Angeles CA) 11th
1988David Mechner (New York NY)
Tony Pa (Los Angeles CA)
1989Lisa Chen (Los Angeles CA)
Irene Chen (Los Angeles CA)
1990Lisa Chen (Los Anglees CA)
Irene Chen (Los Angeles CA)
1991Daniel Haff (San Diego, CA) 1992 David Zeng (New Mexico)Yuan Zhou (Maryland)
1993John Lee (Chicago IL) 1994 INTERNATIONAL AMATEUR PAIR GO CHAMPIONSHIP 1991 Zhi-li Peng (New York City NY) Debbie Siemon (Atlanta GA) 1992Thomas Hsiang (Rochester NY) Judy Schwabe (Cleveland OH) 1993 John Lee (Chicago IL) Debbie Siemon (Atlanta GA) 1994 John Lee (Chicago IL) Debbie Siemon (Atlanta GA)INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONAL TOURNAMENTS WORLD GO CHAMPIONSHIP (THE FUJITSU CUP) The contender is selected in a Professional/Amateur Qualifying Tournament held in the US. YEARNAME (CITY) 1988Jung Ho Lim (Salt Lake City UT) 1989Jimmy Cha (Los Angeles CA) 1990Jimmy Cha (Los Angeles CA) 1991 Michael Redmond (Tokyo Japan) 1992 Michael Redmond (Tokyo Japan) 1993 Michael Redmond (Tokyo Japan) 1994Michael Redmond (Tokyo Japan) THE ING CUP (INVITATIONAL) 1988 Michael Redmond (Tokyo Japan) 1992 DONG YANG SECURITIES CUP (INVITATIONAL) 1990 Michael Redmond (Tokyo Japan) 1992 Jimmy Cha (Los Angeles CA) 1993 Michael Redmond (Tokyo Japan) INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONAL/AMATEUR TOURNAMENTS IBM LIGHTNING GO TOURNAMENT 1988 Thomas Tu (Los Angeles CA) 1989 Joseph Wang (Jacksonville TX) 1990 Jung Ho Lim (Salt Lake City UT) (tournament discontinued) THE ASIA-PACIFIC GOODWILL TOURNAMENT (THE IWAKI CUP) 1988 Jeff Knox (San Francisco CA) (tournament discontinued)
AMERICAN GO ASSOCIATION HISTORICAL RECORD UPDATES March 30, 2006 This AGA Historical Record Updates was compiled by Craig R Hutchinson, AGA Librarian/Archivist. Entries are based on AGA historical documents and AGA publications. See the AGA Go Bibliography for citations. Research is ongoing. Please send recommended updates, additions, and changes with supporting documentation to Craig R Hutchinson, 3409 Silver Maple Place, Falls Church, VA 22042-3545, TEL: 703-698-9811, FAX: 703-876-6727, e-mail crhutch@aol.com. 1.The Go Player's Almanac (Ip92) page 17 second paragraph: The paragraph beginning with "Among these are certain names which ..." Should read "Among these are certain names which should be especially honored: Lee Foster Hartman, editor of Harper's Magazine and Karl Davis Robinson who published a five copy translation of Fuseki Tsuron. WD Witt who founded the Philadelphia Go Club in 1934. Dr. Edward Lasker, the chess master, who learned go in 1905 and wrote the still popular handbook Go and Go-Moku in 1934 with the assistance of Karl Davis Robinson, Lee Foster Hartman, and WD Witt. Edward Lasker was for decades one of the guiding spirits of the New York Go Club, which was formed by Edward Lasker, Lee F Hartman and Karl Davis Robinson in 1934. WD Witt, Karl D Robinson, Lee F Hartman, Edward Lasker, Frank Gittelson, JH Vanderslice, FO Sell and JP Bowles who founded the American Go Association in 1935. John Olmstead and Karl D Robinson for their publishing The Rationalization of Go (1941) and The Structure of Go (1946). Lester & Elizabeth Morris, George & Edith Chernowitz, and Karl D Robinson for beginning to publish The American Go Journal (1949). Capt. Erwin Fink, who ..." 2.Go World, No. 71, p15 second paragraph: The sentence "The Rules Committee of the American Go Association initiated the movement by writing a book called The Structure of Go (1934)." Should read "...by writing two books, The Rationalization of Go (1941) and The Structure of Go (1946)." 3.American Go Journal, Vol 10:1 p6. The photo caption should read: "Karl Davis Robinson, Chairman of AGA Tournaments and Rules Committee, before the war." 4.American Go Journal, Vol 28:4, p3 fourth paragraph, second sentence: "Robinson, whose papers are collected at the Gest Oriental Library of Princeton University, ..." Should read: "Robinson, whose papers are collected at the AGA Library/Archive administered by Craig Hutchinson, AGA Librarian, ..." 5.The 10th World Amateur Go Championship (Ni88) page 135 third paragraph: "1910 - First English book on Go, The ABC of Go by Walter de Havilland." Should read "1908 - First English book on Go, The Game of Go by Arthur Smith."
AMERICAN GO ASSOCIATION HISTORICAL RECORD OF OFFICERS March 30, 2006 This AGA Historical Officer Record was compiled by Craig Hutchinson, AGA Librarian/Archivist. Entries are based on AGA historical documents and AGA publications. Research is continuing. Please send recommended updates, additions, and changes with supporting documentation to Craig Hutchinson, 3409 Silver Maple Place, Falls Church, VA 22042-3545, TEL: 703-698-9811, FAX: 703-876-6727, e-mail crhutch@aol.com. YEAR: 1935 AGA MEMBERSHIPS: REFERENCE :1935 Flyer on The American Go Association, AGA Secretary's Report 01/27/1936 PRESIDENT :WD Witt 1VP :Lee Foster Hartman 2VP :Edward Lasker SECRETARY :FO Sell TREASURER :FO Sell TOURNAMENTS :KD Robinson RULES :KD Robinson EXECUTIVE CMT:Karl Davis Robinson, Edward Lasker, Frank Gittelson, JH Vanderslice YEAR: 1936 AGA MEMBERSHIPS: REFERENCE :News Release PRESIDENT :Lee Foster Hartman 1VP :Edward Lasker 2VP :Kurt Rosenwald SECRETARY :Fritz Kastilan TREASURER :Fritz Kastilan TOURNAMENTS:KD Robinson RULES :KD Robinson YEAR: 1937 AGA MEMBERSHIPS: 125 REFERENCE :Ltr JP Bowles-AGA Members 11/19/1937 PRESIDENT :Lee Foster Hartman 1VP :Edward Lasker 2VP :Kurt Rosenwald SECRETARY :Fritz Kastilan TREASURER :Joseph P. Bowles TOURNAMENTS :KD Robinson RULES :KD Robinson YEAR: 1938 AGA MEMBERSHIPS: REFERENCE: PRESIDENT :Edward Lasker 1VP :Fritz Kastilan 2VP :Kurt Rosenwald SECRETARY :Veazey Cook TREASURER :Alfred F Parrott TOURNAMENTS :KD Robinson RULES :KD Robinson PUBLICATIONS:LF Hartman-Chairman, Hunting Cairns, KD Robinson YEAR: 1939 AGA MEMBERSHIPS: REFERENCE:
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YEAR: 1944 AGA MEMBERSHIPS: 36 REFERENCE :Cook-KDR 05/25/1944, Minutes of Annual Meeting PRESIDENT :Edward Lasker 1VP :Cyril Kaplan 2VP :Fritz Kastilan SECRETARY :Karl D Robinson TREASURER :Veazey Cook TOURNAMENTS :Kurt Rosenwald RULES :John Olmstead PUBLICATIONS:Karl D RobinsonYEAR: 1945 AGA MEMBERSHIPS: REFERENCE:
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PUBLICATIONS:Karl D Robinson YEAR: 1948 AGA MEMBERSHIPS: REFERENCE: PRESIDENT :Boris John Kinsburg 1VP :John Bowman 2VP :Max Steinbook SECRETARY :Elizabeth Morris TREASURER :Jay Eliasberg PUBLICATIONS:KD Robinson AGJ STAFF :KD Robinson, Edith Chernowitz, George Chernowitz, Lester Morris YEAR: 1949 AGA MEMBERSHIPS: REFERENCE :AGJ Vol 1:1 PRESIDENT :Boris John Kinsburg 1VP :John Bowman 2VP :Max Steinbook SECRETARY :Elizabeth Morris TREASURER :Jay Eliasberg PUBLICATIONS:KD Robinson AGJ STAFF :KD Robinson, Edith Chernowitz, George Chernowitz, Lester Morris YEAR: 1950 AGA MEMBERSHIPS: REFERENCE :AGJ Vol 1:3 PRESIDENT :Boris John Kinsburg 1VP :John Bowman 2VP :Max Steinbook SECRETARY :Elizabeth Morris TREASURER :Jay Eliasberg PUBLICATIONS:KD Robinson AGJ STAFF :KD Robinson, Edith Chernowitz, George Chernowitz, Lester MorrisYEAR: 1951 AGA MEMBERSHIPS: REFERENCE :AGA Letter Jan 1951; AGJ Vol 2:1,4 PRESIDENT :Boris John Kinsburg 1VP :Max Steinbook 2VP :Guthrie McClain SECRETARY :Elizabeth Morris TREASURER :Elizabeth Morris PUBLICATIONS:KD Robinson AGJ STAFF :KD Robinson, Edith Chernowitz, Lester Morris, Robert Gillooly YEAR: 1952 AGA MEMBERSHIPS: REFERENCE :AGJ Vol 3:1 PRESIDENT :Boris John Kinsburg 1VP :Guthrie McClain 2VP :Robert Gillooly SECRETARY :Elizabeth Morris TREASURER :Elizabeth Morris PUBLICATIONS:KD Robinson AGJ STAFF :KD Robinson, Lester Morris, Robert Gillooly YEAR: 1953 AGA MEMBERSHIPS: 150 REFERENCE :AGJ Vol 4:1,2 PRESIDENT :Karl Davis Robinson 1VP :Lester Morris 2VP :Robert Gillooly 3VP :Koshi Takashima SECRETARY :Elizabeth Morris TREASURER :Elizabeth Morris PUBLICATIONS:Lester Morris AGJ STAFF :Lester Morris, Lien-sheng Yang, Jack Schwartz, Elizabeth Morris YEAR: 1954 AGA MEMBERSHIPS: REFERENCE :AGJ Vol 5:3 PRESIDENT :Karl Davis Robinson 1VP :Lester Morris 2VP :Robert Gillooly 3VP :Koshi Takashima SECRETARY :Elizabeth Morris TREASURER :Elizabeth Morris PUBLICATIONS:Lester Morris AGJ STAFF :Lester Morris, Lien-sheng Yang, Elizabeth Morris YEAR: 1955 AGA MEMBERSHIPS: REFERENCE :KDR-Shimada 10/07/1955 PRESIDENT :Karl Davis Robinson 1VP :Lester Morris 2VP :Robert Gillooly 3VP :Koshi Takashima SECRETARY :Walter McKibben RECORDING SEC:John L Bauer TREASURER :David M Good PUBLICATIONS:Lester Morris AGA LIBRARIAN:Ralph H. Fox EXECUTIVE CMT:Executive Committee: Ralph H. Fox, Robert Gillooly, Elizabeth E. Morris, Koshi Takashima. Consultants: Morris Cohon, Takao Matsuda, Lien-sheng Yang
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REFERENCE :(KDR-Fox 07/02/1956) PRESIDENT :Karl Davis Robinson 1VP :Lester Morris 2VP :Robert Gillooly 3VP :Koshi Takashima SECRETARY :John L Bauer TREASURER :David M Good PUBLICATIONS:Lester Morris AGA LIBRARIAN:Ralph H. Fox EXECUTIVE CMT:Ralph H. Fox, Robert Gillooly, Elizabeth E. Morris, Koshi Takashima. Consultants: Morris Cohon, Takao Matsuda, Lien-sheng Yang YEAR: 1957 AGA MEMBERSHIPS: REFERENCE :AGJ Vol 6:1 PRESIDENT :Lester Morris 1VP :William Labov SECRETARY :Robert A McCallister TREASURER :Frank Scalpone PUBLICATIONS:Robert McCallister AGA LIBRARIAN:Ralph H. Fox AGJ STAFF :Robert McCallister, William Labov, Koshi Takashima, Takao Matsuda, Lester Morris, Clint Parmelee, Teresa Labov YEAR: 1958 AGA MEMBERSHIPS: REFERENCE :AGA Ltr 12/30/1957 PRESIDENT :Lester Morris 1VP :William Labov SECRETARY :Robert A McCallister TREASURER :Frank Scalpone PUBLICATIONS:Robert McCallister AGA LIBRARIAN:Ralph H Fox EXECUTIVE CMT:Ralph H Fox, William F Loomis, Koshi Takashima AGJ STAFF :Robert McCallister, William Labov, Koshi Takashima, Takao Matsuda, Lester Morris YEAR: 1959 AGA MEMBERSHIPS: REFERENCE :AGJ Vol 7:3 PRESIDENT :Lester Morris 1VP :William Labov SECRETARY :Robert A McCallister TREASURER :Frank Scalpone PUBLICATIONS:Robert McCallister AGA LIBRARIAN:Ralph H. Fox EXECUTIVE CMT:Ralph H. Fox, William F. Loomis, Koshi Takashima AGJ STAFF :Robert McCallister, William Labov, Koshi Takashima, Takao Matsuda, Lester Morris YEAR: 1960 AGA MEMBERSHIPS: 160 REFERENCE :Labov-Morris 01/10/1960, AGA Minutes April 1960, Morris letter 02/05/1960 PRESIDENT :Lester Morris 1VP :William D. Labov SECRETARY :Robert M. Ryder TREASURER :Frank Scalpone RULES :B. Kane, M. Horiguchi, R. Ryder, K.D. Robinson PUBLICATIONS:Robert McCallister AGA LIBRARIAN:Ralph H. Fox EXECUTIVE CMT:Ralph H. Fox, William F. Loomis, Koshi Takashima AGJ STAFF :Robert McCallister, William Labov, Koshi Takashima, Takao Matsuda YEAR: 1961 AGA MEMBERSHIPS: 200+ REFERENCE :AGA Letter 03/18/1961 PRESIDENT :Robert McCallister 1VP :Jay Eliasberg SECRETARY :Robert M. Ryder
TREASURER :Frank Scalpone RULES :T. Matsuda, R. Ryder, M. Horiguchi PUBLICATIONS:Robert McCallister AGA LIBRARIAN:Ralph H. Fox EXECUTIVE CMT:Lester Morris, Koshi Takashima, William Loomis, Ralph Fox AGJ STAFF :Robert McCallister, Koshi Takashima, Takao Matsuda YEAR: 1962 AGA MEMBERSHIPS: 338+ REFERENCE :McCallister-Goodell 09/23/1962 PRESIDENT :Robert McCallister/John Goodell 1VP :Jay Eliasberg SECRETARY :Robert M Ryder TREASURER :Frank Scalpone CORRESPONDENC:Ralph H. Fox PUBLICATIONS:Robert McCallister AGA LIBRARIAN:Ralph H. Fox EXECUTIVE CMT:Lester Morris, Koshi Takashima, William Loomis, Ralph Fox AGJ STAFF :Robert McCallister, Koshi Takashima, Takao Matsuda YEAR: 1963 AGA MEMBERSHIPS: REFERENCE :AGA Ltr 08/04/1964 PRESIDENT :John Goodell
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TREASURER :Edward Andrelos CORRESPONDENC:Irwin Mann AGA LIBRARIAN:Ralph H. Fox YEAR: 1964 AGA MEMBERSHIPS: 231 REFERENCE :June 1964 Membership List; AGNL Vol 2:1-4; Minutes of AGA meeting 06/07/1964, 08/31/1964 PRESIDENT :John Goodell 1VP : SECRETARY : TREASURER :Edward Andrelos AGA LIBRARIAN:Ralph H. Fox AG NEWSLETTER:John Goodell YEAR: 1965 AGA MEMBERSHIPS: 284 REFERENCE :AGA List Feb 65, AGA Ltr Aug 31, AGANL 11/??/1964, AGNL Vol 2:1-4 PRESIDENT :Paul Anderson 1VP :Ralph Fox SECRETARY :Jay Eliasberg TREASURER :Hugh Thompson MEMBERSHIP:Robert McCallister TOURNAMENTS :Robert Ryder RULES :Robert Ryder AGA LIBRARIAN:Ralph H. Fox AG NEWSLETTER:John GoodellYEAR: 1966 AGA MEMBERSHIPS: REFERENCE :AGNL Vol 2:1-4 PRESIDENT :Paul Anderson 1VP :Ralph Fox SECRETARY :Jay Eliasberg TREASURER :Hugh Thompson MEMBERSHIP:Robert McCallister TOURNAMENTS :Robert Ryder RULES :Robert Ryder AGA LIBRARIAN:Ralph H. Fox AG NEWSLETTER:John Goodell YEAR: 1967 AGA MEMBERSHIPS: REFERENCE :AGNL Vol 2:1-4 PRESIDENT :Walt McKibben 1VP :Paul Anderson SECRETARY :Jay Eliasberg TREASURER :Hugh Thompson TOURNAMENTS :Robert Ryder RULES :Robert Ryder RATINGS :Robert Ryder, Robert McCallister AGA LIBRARIAN:Ralph H. Fox AG NEWSLETTER:Kurt Nassau YEAR: 1968 AGA MEMBERSHIPS: 211 REFERENCE :AGNL Vol 2:1-6; AGA Membership List PRESIDENT :Walt McKibben 1VP :Paul Anderson/RM Ryder SECRETARY :Jay Eliasberg TREASURER :Hugh Thompson TOURNAMENTS :Robert Ryder RULES :Robert Ryder RATINGS :LE McMahon, Robert Ryder TECH ADVISOR:Takao Matsuda AGA LIBRARIAN:Ralph H. Fox AG NEWSLETTER:Kurt Nassau YEAR: 1969 AGA MEMBERSHIPS: REFERENCE :AGN Vol 3:1-2 PRESIDENT :Robert M Ryder 1VP :Walt McKibben/RM Ryder 2VP :S Gartenhaus 3VP :R Dolen SECRETARY :Jay Eliasberg TREASURER :Hugh Thompson CORRESPONDENC:Paul Anderson RATINGS :LE McMahon TECH ADVISOR:Takao Matsuda AGA LIBRARIAN:Ralph H. Fox AG NEWSLETTER:Kurt Nassau YEAR: 1970 AGA MEMBERSHIPS: REFERENCE: PRESIDENT :Robert M Ryder 1VP :Walt McKibben
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AGA LIBRARIAN:Craig Hutchinson YEAR: 1974 AGA MEMBERSHIPS: REFERENCE :AGJ Vol 9:1, Terry Benson PRESIDENT :John Stevenson 1VP :Masao Takabe W COAST COOR:Peter Gilder SECRETARY :Matthias Thim TREASURER :Matthias Thim RATINGS :Art O'Leary PUBLICATIONS:John Stevenson AGA LIBRARIAN:Craig Hutchinson AGJ STAFF :John Stevenson, Masao Takabe, Matthias Thim, Tako Onishi YEAR: 1975 AGA MEMBERSHIPS: REFERENCE :Terry Benson PRESIDENT :John Stevenson 1VP :Masao Takabe SECRETARY :Matthias Thim TREASURER :Matthias Thim PUBLICATIONS:John Stevenson RATINGS :Art O'Leary AGA LIBRARIAN:Craig Hutchinson RGL ADV CMT:Craig Hutchinson, George Chernowitz, Cynthia Fox AGJ STAFF :John Stevenson, Masao Takabe, Matthias Thim, Tako Onishi, Terry Benson YEAR: 1976 AGA MEMBERSHIPS: REFERENCE :AGJ Vol 11:1, Terry Benson, Roy Laird PRESIDENT :John Stevenson 1VP :Masao Takabe SECRETARY :Matthias Thim/ Larry Brauner TREASURER :Matthias Thim TOURNAMENTS :Terry Benson RULES :Terry Benson PUBLICATIONS:John Stevenson RATINGS :Dave Relson CONSTITUTION:Eben Breed AGA LIBRARIAN:Craig Hutchinson RGL ADV CMT:Craig Hutchinson, George Chernowitz, Cynthia Fox AGJ STAFF :John Stevenson, Terry Benson, Masao Takabe, Matthias Thim, Tako Onishi, Robert RusherYEAR: 1977 AGA MEMBERSHIPS: REFERENCE :AGJ Vol 12:3-4, Terry Benson, Roy Laird PRESIDENT :Terry Benson
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RECORDING SEC:Helen Cayne TREASURER :Matthias Thim PUBLICATIONS:Terry Benson RULES :Terry Benson MEMBERSHIP:Eben Breed RATINGS :Dave Relson AGA LIBRARIAN:Craig Hutchinson RGL ADV CMT:Craig Hutchinson, George Chernowitz, Cynthia Fox AGJ STAFF :Terry Benson, Masao Takabe, Matthias Thim, Tako Onishi, Robert Rusher, Bill Spight, Don Wiener, Dave Relson, Bruce Wilcox YEAR: 1978 AGA MEMBERSHIPS: REFERENCE :AGJ, Terry Benson, Roy Laird PRESIDENT :Terry Benson1VP :
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RECORDING SEC:Helen Cayne TREASURER :Matthias Thim PUBLICATIONS:Terry Benson RULES :Terry Benson MEMBERSHIP:Eben Breed RATINGS :Dave Relson AGA LIBRARIAN:Craig Hutchinson RGL ADV CMT:Craig Hutchinson, George Chernowitz, Cynthia Fox AGJ STAFF :John Stevenson, Terry Benson, Roy Laird, Don Wiener, Bruce Wilcox, Milton Bradley, Dave Relson, Masao Takabe, Matthias Thim, Tako Onishi, Robert Rusher, Barbara Calhoun, Vincent Falci, Chaim Frenkel YEAR: 1979 AGA MEMBERSHIPS: REFERENCE :AGJ, Terry Benson, Roy Laird PRESIDENT :Terry Benson1VP :
SECRETARY : TREASURER :Barbara Calhoun PUBLICATIONS:Terry Benson RULES :Terry Benson MEMBERSHIP:Dave Relson RATINGS :Dave Relson AGA LIBRARIAN:Craig Hutchinson RGL ADV CMT:Craig Hutchinson, George Chernowitz, Cynthia Fox AGJ STAFF :Terry Benson, Roy Laird, Don Wiener, Bruce Wilcox, Milton Bradley, Dave Relson, Masao Takabe, Matthias Thim, Tako Onishi, Robert Rusher, Barbara Calhoun, Vincent Falci, Chaim Frenkel, Young Kwon, Robert Myers, Dennis Waggoner YEAR: 1980 AGA MEMBERSHIPS: REFERENCE :AGJ, Terry Benson, Roy Laird PRESIDENT :Terry Benson1VP :
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TREASURER :Barbara Calhoun PUBLICATIONS:Terry Benson RULES :Terry Benson MEMBERSHIP:Dave Relson RATINGS :Dave Relson AGA LIBRARIAN:Craig Hutchinson RGL ADV CMT:Craig Hutchinson, George Chernowitz, Cynthia Fox AGJ STAFF :Terry Benson, Roy Laird, Don Wiener, Dave Relson, Masao Takabe, Matthias Thim, Tako Onishi, Robert Rusher, Barbara Calhoun, Vincent Falci, Robert Myers, Bruce Wilcox (See AGJ Vol 15:5/6 for a general review of 1974-1980 AGJ Staff and Contributors) YEAR: 1981 AGA MEMBERSHIPS: REFERENCE :AGJ, Terry Benson, Roy Laird PRESIDENT :Terry Benson1VP :
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TREASURER :Barbara Calhoun PUBLICATIONS:Terry Benson AG NEWSLETTER:Terry Benson RULES :Terry Benson MEMBERSHIP:Dave Relson RATINGS :Dave Relson AGA LIBRARIAN:Craig Hutchinson RGL ADV CMT:Craig Hutchinson, George Chernowitz, Cynthia Fox AGJ STAFF :Terry Benson, Barbara Calhoun, Roy Laird, Don Wiener, David Relson, Masao Takabe, Tako Onishi, Robert Rusher, Bob Terry, Jerry Pinto, Roger Newlander, Roy Bogas, Ken Koester, Dennis Waggoner, Peter Shotwell, Tibor Bognar, Phillippe Varda, Vincent Falci YEAR: 1982 AGA MEMBERSHIPS: REFERENCE :AGJ, Terry Benson, Roy Laird PRESIDENT :Terry Benson1VP :
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TREASURER :Barbara Calhoun PUBLICATIONS:Terry Benson AG NEWSLETTER:Terry Benson RULES :Terry Benson MEMBERSHIP:Dave Relson RATINGS :Dave Relson IGF Director :Les Lanphear AGA LIBRARIAN:Craig Hutchinson RGL ADV CMT:Craig Hutchinson, George Chernowitz, Cynthia Fox AGJ STAFF :Terry Benson, Babara Calhoun, Roy Laird, Don Wiener, Dave Relson, Masao Takabe, Tako Onishi, Robert Rusher, Bob Terry, S Kobashigawa, C Kirby, Roger Newlander, R Bogas, Ken Koester, Dennis Waggoner, Peter Shotwell, Tibor Bognar, Phillippe Varda, J Reiber, Haskell Small, Roger White, D Irwin, S Rodes, J Goon, V Falci YEAR: 1983 AGA MEMBERSHIPS: REFERENCE :AGJ, Terry Benson, Roy Laird PRESIDENT :Terry Benson1VP :
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TREASURER :Barbara Calhoun PUBLICATIONS:Terry Benson AG NEWSLETTER:Terry Benson RULES :Terry Benson MEMBERSHIP:Dave Relson TOURNAMENTS:Ken Koester RATINGS :Dave Relson IGF Director :Les Lanphear AGA LIBRARIAN:Craig Hutchinson RGL ADV CMT:Craig Hutchinson, George Chernowitz, Cynthia Fox AGJ STAFF :Terry Benson, Roy Laird, Don Wiener, Dave Relson, Masao Takabe, Robert Rusher, Bob Terry, Ken Koester, Haskell Small, D Irwin, Les Lanphear, KMK, B Bernstein, Joe Walters, Stoney Ballard, Ron Snyder, Vincent Falci YEAR: 1984 AGA MEMBERSHIPS: REFERENCE :AGJ, Terry Benson, Roy Laird PRESIDENT :Terry Benson1VP :
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TREASURER :Barbara Calhoun PUBLICATIONS:Roy Laird AG NEWSLETTER:Terry Benson MEMBERSHIP:Dave Relson TOURNAMENTS:Ken Koester RATINGS :Dave Relson IGF Director :Les Lanphear AGA LIBRARIAN:Craig Hutchinson RGL ADV CMT:Craig Hutchinson, George Chernowitz, Cynthia Fox AGJ STAFF :Terry Benson, Roy Laird, Don Wiener, Dave Relson, Masao Takabe, Robert Rusher, Bob Terry, Ken Koester, Haskell Small, D Irwin, Les Lanphear, KMK, B Bernstein, Joe Walters, Stoney Ballard, Ron Snyder, Peter Shotwell, Terry Assael, R Muncie, T Wall, W Evans, Barbara Calhoun, Vincent Falci YEAR: 1985 AGA MEMBERSHIPS: REFERENCE :AGJ, Terry Benson, Roy Laird PRESIDENT :Terry Benson 1VP/EASTERN :Masao Takabe 3VP/WESTERN :Les Lanphear MEMBER SEC:Chen Dao Lin, Bob High TREASURER :Barbara Calhoun PUBLICATIONS:Roy Laird CLUB COORD:Roger White CORRESPONDENC:Peter Shotwell RULES :Terry Benson RATINGS :Dave Relson IGF Director :Les Lanphear USGC DIRECTOR:Ken Koester and Haskell Small AG NEWSLETTER:Terry Benson AGA LIBRARIAN:Craig Hutchinson RGL ADV COMMT:Craig Hutchinson, George Chernowitz, Cynthia Fox REGIONAL :North CA-Jeff Knox, South CA-Joe Walters, New England-Don Wiener AGJ STAFF :Terry Benson, Roy Laird, Don Wiener, Dave Relson, Robert Rusher, Les Lanphear, Stoney Ballard, Peter Shotwell, Terry Assael, R Muncie, T Wall, R Simon, J Chetrit, C Lin, T Rice, M Stern, Haskell Small, Vincent Falci, E Rosenthal, S Liss, A Lewis, A Abramson YEAR: 1986 AGA MEMBERSHIPS: REFERENCE :AGJ, Terry Benson, Roy Laird PRESIDENT :Terry Benson 1VP/EASTERN :Masao Takabe 3VP/WESTERN :Les Lanphear MEMBER SEC:Bob High TREASURER :Barbara Calhoun PUBLICATIONS:Roy Laird YOUTH COORD :Chen Dao Lin CLUB COORD:Roger White CORRESPONDENC:Peter Shotwell CONSTITUTION:Roger White IGF Director :Les Lanphear USGC DIRECTOR:Chris Kirschner RATINGS COMM:Phil StrausRATINGS STATS:Paul Matthews RATINGS DATA :Dave Relson AG NEWSLETTER:Terry Benson AGA LIBRARIAN:Craig Hutchinson RGL ADV COMMT:Craig Hutchinson, George Chernowitz, Cynthia Fox REGIONAL :North CA-Jeff Knox, South CA-Joe Walters, New England-Don Wiener AGJ STAFF :Terry Benson, Roy Laird, Peter Shotwell, Don Wiener, Bob High, Terry Assael, Vincent Falci, P Redmond, E Ream, T Gallagher, J Chetrit, Barbara Calhoun, D Cornell, B White, W Evans, J Bates, O Smith, Les Lanphear, Y Cho YEAR: 1987 AGA MEMBERSHIPS: 1004 REFERENCE :AGJ, Terry Benson, Roy Laird PRESIDENT :Terry Benson 1VP/EASTERN :Masao Takabe 3VP/WESTERN :Les Lanphear MEMBER SEC:Bob High TREASURER :Barbara Calhoun PUBLICATIONS:Roy Laird YOUTH COORD :Chen Dao Lin CLUB COORD:Roger White CORRESPONDENC:Peter Shotwell IGF Director :Les Lanphear USGC DIRECTOR:Bill Saltman TOURNAMENTS :Ken Koester CONSTITUTION:Roger White RATINGS COMM:Phil Straus RATINGS STATS:Paul Matthews RATINGS DATA:Dave Relson RULES :Terry Benson AG NEWSLETTER:Terry Benson AGA LIBRARIAN:Craig Hutchinson RGL ADV COMMT:Craig Hutchinson, George Chernowitz, Cynthia Fox REGIONAL :North CA-Jeff Knox, South CA-Joe Walters, New England-Don Wiener AGJ STAFF :Roy Laird, Terry Benson, Peter Shotwell, Don Wiener, Bob High, Terry Assael, Chen Dao Lin, Vincent Falci, Wynne Evans, Terry Gallagher, Barbara Calhoun, Phil Straus, Richard Simon, Haskell Small, Michael Keene, Richard Simon, Richard Maher, W Buckley YEAR: 1988 AGA MEMBERSHIPS: REFERENCE :AGJ, Terry Benson, Roy Laird PRESIDENT :Terry Benson 1VP/EASTERN :Chen-dao Lin 2VP/CENTRAL :Roger White 3VP/WESTERN :Ned Phipps MEMBER SEC:Bob High TREASURER :Barbara Calhoun & Katherine Wolfthal RECORDING SEC:Bob Mendenhall & Les Lanphear AGA ADMIN ASST:Brad Klein PUBLICATIONS:Roy Laird YOUTH COORD :Chen Dao Lin CLUB COORD:Roger White IGF Director :Les Lanphear USGC DIRECTOR:Ned Phipps TOURNAMENTS :Ken Koester CONSTITUTION:Roger White RATINGS COMM:Phil Straus RATINGS STATS:Paul Matthews RATINGS DATA:Laurie Sweeney IGF DIRECTOR:Les Lanphear & Barbara Calhoun RULES :Terry Benson AG NEWSLETTER:Terry Benson AGA LIBRARIAN:Craig Hutchinson RGL ADV COMMT:Craig Hutchinson, George Chernowitz, Robert McCallister REGIONAL :North CA-Brian McDonald, South CA-Joe Walters, New England-Don Wiener, Pacific Northwest-Chris Kirschner, Mountain States-Bob Mendenhall, VA/MD-Bill Skees & Ben Bernstein, FL-Joel Sanet AGJ STAFF :Roy Laird, Terry Benson, Don Wiener, Bob High, Terry Assael, Wynne Evans, Vincent Falci, Richard Simon, W Buckley, Michael Keene, Brad Klein, Gail Force YEAR: 1989 AGA MEMBERSHIPS: REFERENCE :AGJ, Terry Benson, Roy Laird PRESIDENT :Barbara Calhoun 1VP/EASTERN :Chen-dao Lin 2VP/CENTRAL :Roger White 3VP/WESTERN :Ned Phipps & Ernest Brown MEMBER SEC:Bob High TREASURER :Katherine Wolfthal RECORDING SEC:Les Lanphear AGA ADMIN ASST:Brad Klein PUBLICATIONS:Roy Laird YOUTH COORD :Chen Dao Lin CLUB COORD:Roger White IGF Director :Les Lanphear USGC DIRECTOR:Paul Mathews & Rick Mott TOURNAMENTS :Ken Koester RATINGS COMM:Phil Straus RATINGS STATS:Paul Matthews RATINGS DATA:Laurie Sweeney EDUCATION :Ernest Brown IGF DIRECTOR:Barbara Calhoun RULES :Terry Benson AG NEWSLETTER:Roy Laird/Jean-Claude Chetrit AGA LIBRARIAN:Craig Hutchinson RGL ADV COMMT:Craig Hutchinson, George Chernowitz, Robert McCallister REGIONAL :North CA-Brian McDonald, South CA-Joe Walters, New England-Don Wiener, Pacific Northwest-Chris Kirschner, Mountain States-Bob Mendenhall, VA/MD-Ben Bernstein, FL-Joel Sanet, PA-Phil Straus, NY/NJ-Chen-dao Lin, TX-Wendell Chen AGJ STAFF :Roy Laird, Terry Benson, Bob High, Terry Assael, Wynne Evans, Vincent Falci, Gail Force, J Chetrit, W Buckley, Brad Klein YEAR: 1990 AGA MEMBERSHIPS: REFERENCE :AGJ, Terry Benson, Roy Laird PRESIDENT :Barbara Calhoun 1VP/EASTERN :Chen-dao Lin 2VP/CENTRAL :Roger White 3VP/WESTERN :Ernest Brown MEMBER SEC:Bob High TREASURER :Mike Ryan RECORDING SEC:Hal Womack AGA ADMIN ASST:Brad Klein PUBLICATIONS:Roy Laird CLUB COORD:Roger White IGF Director :Les Lanphear USGC DIRECTOR:Ulo Tamm & Stuart Horowitz TOURNAMENTS :Ken Koester RATINGS COMM:Phil Straus RATINGS STATS:Paul Matthews RATINGS DATA:Laurie Sweeney EDUCATION :Ernest Brown IGF DIRECTOR:Barbara Calhoun RULES :Terry Benson
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AMERICAN GO ASSOCIATION HISTORICAL NOTES March 30, 2006 These AGA Historical Notes were compiled by Craig R Hutchinson, AGA Librarian/Archivist. Entries are based on AGA historical documents and AGA publications. See the AGA Go Bibliography for citations. Research is continuing. Please send recommended updates, additions, and changes with supporting documentation to Craig R Hutchinson, 3409 Silver Maple Place, Falls Church, VA 22042-3545, TEL: 703-698-9811, FAX: 703-876-6727, e-mail crhutch@aol.com. CITATIONS BY YEAR Reference, if given, is at the beginning in parenthesis. For example (KDR-JPB 01/01/1936) refers to a letter sent from KDR to JPB. (Am49) refers to a listing in the AGA Historical Bibliography generally giving the first two letters of author's last name or title plus the year. Initials used for common reference and correspondence are: AGA - American Go Association, AGJ - American Go Journal, CRH - CR Hutchinson, EL - Edward Lasker, JMHO - John MH Olmstead, JPB - Joseph P Bowles, KDR - Karl Davis Robinson, LFH - Lee Foster Hartman, WDW - WD Witt. Citations are sorted chronologically, first by those without a given reference, and then by date of citation reference if the date is not known. 1907 1.Edward Lasker (an Electrical Engineer) learned the game of Go from O. Korschelt's book Das Japanisch-Chinesische Spiel 'Go' (Ko80) and from playing Japanese fellow students at the University of Berlin. 1908 1.To Arthur Smith goes the credit for the first introduction of Go in the US. After residence in Japan and assistance by Mokichi Nakamura, he published The Game of Go (Sm08), edition 500. "This work was well designed to arouse American interest in the romantic historical background of Go and to inculcate the beginning Go player so effectively that in a medium of fellow Go players, enriched by an occasional Japanese player, he has but slight chance of recovery." The book was published at Smith's expense. The plates were stored in a barn in NJ & abandoned when the family moved. A. Smith, New York Attorney, died in 1929. His surviving son was not a serious player. (WDW 8/5/1936) Errors in The Game of Go are noted by WDW. (WDW-KDR 3/11/1940) William Gongdon Wood made many kind suggestions in the preparation of the book. 2.Edward Lasker showed the game of Go to Emmanuel Lasker (World Chess Champion) whereupon Emmanuel preferred to play Go instead of Chess. Edward Lasker taught the game to many people in Berlin which helped spread the seeds for an interest wide enough to result in a monthly Go magazine, the Go Zeitung.
1909 1.The first three documented Caucasian Americans to play Go as of 1909 were Lee Foster Hartman (LFH), Karl Davis Robinson (KDR), and WD Witt (WDW). 2.After KDR came upon Arthur Smith's book he became part of a small group of Go players which included Lee Foster Hartman, Editor of Harper's Magazine, and Edward Lasker. Everyone was a disciple of Arthur Smith with the exception of Lasker, who had discovered the game via Korschelt in Germany. 1910 1.W.A. de Havilland (father of actress Olivia de Havilland) published The ABC of Go, The National War Game of Japan (Ha10). He commented that "The trouble lies in the difference of mentality of Japanese compared with Foreigners. A Japanese finds it quite restful to use his brains in a different direction from that of his work; the foreigner prefers to relax by pushing a ball up a slope and seeing where it settles." 1911 1.LFH and KDR edited and produced in typewritten form a translation by Mokichi Nakamura (who helped Arthur Smith with his book) of Fuseki Tsuron (Hi11), by Heijiro Hirose. Initially 5 copies were made with distribution: #1 Hartman, #2 Robinson, #3 Smith, #4 Nakamura and #5 loaned to Marshall. Edward Lasker made copies in 1923 but did not include the diagrams. 1912 1.(Wi35.3 05/07/1935) WDW conducted the first Caucasian Go tournament in Philadelphia, PA. 1914 1.Master chess players played Go between chess games at international tournaments. WDW gave Frank J. Marshall, the noted Chess champion 9 stones and won every game. 2.(WDW-KDR 03/01/1933) WDW first learned Go from Arthur Smith's Book when it came out in 1908. He continued to play and teach others. WDW gained more insight into the game when Mr. Onaga joined the Philadelphia Chess Club to learn chess and also played Go with WDW and his disciples. 1929 1.(WDW 01/15/1934) In the fall of 1929, a board of cardboard with 17 lines and a set of small wooden men was available for $1 or $1.50 under the Chinese name Wei-Chi. 1930 1.Comments on Snip Go (Ru30.2) (Distributed in a package of cigarettes): Ruger wrote to Witt "... that a cigarette company, in Austria is now enclosing with each package one Go stone, and one page from a little Go-booklet which he has written." Witt wrote to KDR "... there are 20 pages, and when one has gotten them all he has an attractive booklet explaining Go, printed in blue, red, yellow, and green. The company also, for a small sum, sells a board, probably of paper. The game is called Snip Go-Spiel, the name Snip evidently being given to the character which appears in other series issued with cigarettes, such as foot-ball, tennis, etc. The last page of the booklet gives his address, as the editor of the German Go-Zeitung and author of other books on the game." 1931 1.(Wi31) Witt bibliography note on Japanese Chess, The Science and Art of War or Struggle, Chinese Chess and I-Go (Yo05) "Two issues in common circulation. One bound in smooth green cloth, with white lettering. The frontispiece portrait of the author is a bust only on poor paper and on the back of the title page is given the name of the printer, MA Donohue & Company. The frontispiece portrait is full-length, the author appears in Japanese dress. The United States Catalogue of books in print, 1-1-1912, states also that the work was issued in leather at $6. Rumored the author was heartbroken over the fact that not even a single copy of the book had ever been purchased." 1932 1.Robert Waida moved to Japan and was KDRs point of contact for books, information, etc. Times were difficult due to the depression both in US and Japan. He arranged for Paul Cate to obtain books for KDR. 2.(Perkins 01/26/1934) Go languished with KDR until 1932 when KDR ran into Edward Lasker at Lee Chumley's Restaurant. 1933 1.KDR resided at 16 Grove Street, New York City. 2.Paul Cate began procuring Go books in Japan for KDR. 3.Philip Harding Cate (brother of Paul Cate) also obtained books for KDR and did some translation for KDR while residing in Tokyo. 4.KDR received copies of Suzukie's Go Dictionary via Paul Cate in Japan. 5.KDR worked in the field of photography. He had dreams of publishing books on Go to include Joseki and Fuseki classifications as well as games. In his attempts to write a book on Go, he was trying to develop an economical way of producing Go diagrams. 6.KDR developed a quadrant notation in 1911. KDR spent considerable time refining the quadrant notation in 1933 for use in his proposed book. The quadrant notation was to allow for symmetry in cataloging Joseki and Fuseki positions. 7.(WDW 01/15/1934) Marshall Field & Co. in Chicago produced a Go game with a 19 line board made out of cardboard and a small case of stones for $7.50. The game included Aoge Slomann's booklet The Game of Go (Sl31) published by Milton Bradley. Marshall Field & Co. sold the game for $3.50 in order to get rid of it in the summer of 1933.
8.(Wi35.3 05/07/1935) In February WDW met LF Hartman and LFH gave WDW KDR's phone number. KDR began correspondence with WD Witt and helped WD Witt obtain books from Japan via Waida and Cate. At this time WDW also met Fritz Kastilan and introduced KDR to F Kastilan. 9.(Wi35.3 05/07/1935) On 06/10/1933 the Philadelphia Go Club was officially organized with WD Witt elected president. The club had been playing unofficially for four and half years. 10.(WDW 06/14/1933) KDR suggested the formation of the American Go Association in letter to WDW, June 14, 1933. 11.(Wi35.3 05/07/1935) Go was initiated at Princeton University by JL Vanderslice from Philadelphia, who first learned the game in 1933 from a small pamphlet written in 1882 by Shurig (SC82). 12.(Ryder-Horiguchi 12/03/1958) The beginning of the Bell Laboratories Go Club. Macy's department store held a hobby show in which Go was exhibited. Bell Laboratories was working four days a week during the depression and Kenneth D Smith, a Bell Laboratories engineer, went to the hobby show and found a Japanese gentlemen sitting by himself with a Go board in front of him. The gentlemen explained the game to KD Smith, and KD Smith took the game back to Bell Laboratories and showed it to some of the other engineers. A small group formed which continued playing through the years. 1934 1.(Memorandum on the writing of a book on Go by KDR) KDR outlined his proposed book on the Strategy and Tactics of Go. KDR was planning to write a book based on the translation of Hirose's Fuseki Tsuron (Hi11), and Edward Lasker was planning to write a book based on Korschelt (Ko80) and the Hirose translation (HI11). There was a rivalry between KDR and E. Lasker about who would be the first one to publish a book. Lasker was to publish an elementary book and KDR was to publish a more elaborate one. Lasker's aim was to promote Go on a 13x13 board, of which KDR was not in favor. KDR then postponed plans to write his own book in order to provide consultation on Edward Lasker's book. KDR worked as a consultant to Edward Lasker to promote Go with the production of Go sets and Lasker's book. KDR produced the negatives and prints for Lasker's book. What KDR intended to develop an economical method for producing Go diagrams which could be used for the production of his own book. 2.KDR and WD Witt exchanged reproductions of the Go literature in their libraries in 1934 via photo reproduction by KDR. The location of the reproduction is not known. 3.WDW introduced Fritz Kastilan to KDR. Kastilan learned to play Go in Germany and played with Emmanuel Lasker, Felix Dueball (the German Go champion), and Bruno Ruger (editor of the German Gozeitung). WD Witt was in contact with Bruno Ruger, and they communicated via Esperanto. 4.WDW gave KDR a copy of Ruger's Das Go-Spiel (Ru20) and Das Vorgabespiel Beim Go (Ru29). WDW received a copy of Fuseki Tsuron (Hi11) from KDR. 5.The NY Go group, lead by LF Hartman, made their own translation of Ruger's Vorgaspiel Beim Go. 6.WDW worked steadfastly for the advancement of American Go since 1909. His disciples included: Irwin Stein of Los Angeles CA, Mr. Herr of Philadelphia, PA, and George Kern of Manchester England chess club. 7.WDW indicated he might write a book to help the beginner titled How to Play Go or The Elements of Go. The book was never written. 8.(Wi35.3) Since WDW organized the first Caucasian Go club and Go tournaments in the US, suggested the organization of the AGA, and taught more people to play Go, it can be said he had done more than any one else to spread Go in the US since Arthur Smith up to August 1934. 9.Researcher's note: There was a KDR-WDW-EL triangle over book publishing and historical popularity. Edward Lasker was a player and book writer; WD Witt was a player, researcher, bibliophile, and monograph writer; KD Robinson was a player, Go book collector, and pseudo book writer. 10.KDR was chairman of the American Go Association organizing committee. 11.WDW prepared the first draft of the AGA constitution and bylaws (June 20, 1934), and JP Bowles prepared a second draft dated July 2, 1934 based on WDWs. 12.(WDW-KDR Correspondence 1934) WDW's proposal for the Officers & Directors of the AGA: a.President: WD Witt - Philadelphia b.1VP: LF Hartman - New York City c.2VP: Edward Lasker - Chicago d.Secretary & Treasurer: Francis Sell - Philadelphia e.Tournaments & Rules: KD Robinson - New York City f.Director: Frank Gittelson - Baltimore g.Director: JH Vanderslice - Princeton 13.WDW's proposal for the AGA Executive Committee: Chairman KD Robinson - New York City, WD Witt - Philadelphia, Edward Lasker - New York, Frank Gittelson - Baltimore, JH Vanderslice - Princeton. 14.JP Bowles, who demonstrated that the way to learn Go is to play Go, prepared a draft AGA Prospectus. 15.(Chernowitz-CRH 03/30/95) Parker Brothers marketed a Go game set during the fall of 1934. The Parker Brothers' Go set was neatly packaged in a cardboard box with folding board. It was a total "nonsuccess" in marketing and the New York University Chess Club purchased about 10 sets at a $1.50 each. 16.(Chernowitz-CRH 03/30/95) Go flourished in the New York University (Washington Square) Go Club during the time frame 1934-1936.
17.During 1934-1935 Go was regularly played at Lee Chumley's Restaurant. A visitor could readily borrow a set of Go stones and find someone with whom to play. 18.Edward Lasker proposed a game on a 13 x 13 line board via cable between the U.S. and Japan for popularizing Go in the U.S. The game was side tracked as a result of a letter from Lasker to the Honinbo because the Honinbo took the position that the first move on a 13x13 wins. 19.(WDW 8/4/1934) An article enitled Go which appeared in "American Magazine" (Am34) brought inquiries from nearly every state in the country. In response to the article, WDW sent a letter to the editor stating that Edward Lasker was not the American Go Champion, that he did not discover Go, and that he was not the first one to suggest playing it on a smaller board. Perry Flegel sent a letter to the editor stating the picture was a set up and that Lasker was not a champion. The stranger mentioned in the article is a cousin of WDW, Karl M Dallenbach, who was probably WDW's first pupil in 1908, shortly after learning the game from Arthur Smith's Book. Dallenbach became a professor at Cornell. From 1909 to 1915 he played with Japanese students at Cornell, at the University of Portland, and with Japanese in Seattle. 20.(8/6/1934) On Aug 6, 1934 the AGA organizational meeting establishing an executive committee took place simultaneously in Lee Chumley's Restaurant, 86 Bedford Street, NYC, NY and in Philadelphia at the Philadelphia Go Club. The AGA permanently organized in Jan 1935 with its first constitution. The AGA Objectives were: a.To unite into one body residents of America interested in the game of Go, b.To stimulate the growth of the game in America, c.To establish and maintain standards of play, d.To conduct tournaments and National Championship matches, e.To acquire and disseminate knowledge of the game, f.To publish a journal reflecting the activities of the Association and contributions to the knowledge of Go, and g.To maintain friendly relations with the Go players of other countries. 21.(WDW 10/26/1934) Sinnott published Go and Go Moku (La34) in hardback by Edward Lasker. KDR and LFH helped with the editing and production. KDR also prepared the diagrams via photocopy. The book was published in October 1934 with many errors in copy and photographs. KDR and LFH reviewed the book for errors prior to publication. WDW found errors after publication. In addition Lasker Go sets were promoted and KDR assisted with the selection of stones for the promotional sets. 22.(WDW 11/28/1934) WDW suggested that the AGA maintain a complete bibliography of European and American Go literature and volunteered to prepare the first edition. WDW also suggested the AGA maintain a complete scrapbook of items on Go published in Newspapers and Magazines. 23.(WDW 12/14/1934) WDW prepared a set of Go rules, Rules of Go (Wi34), for his proposed book. He submitted it to the AGA to begin the process of establishing a set of AGA Go Rules, and he awaited the adoption of rules by the AGA. 24.(WDW 5/13/1935) Milton Bradley marketed I-Go on a 19 line board and Lasker Go on a 13 line board. Both were discontinued because of the lack of sales. 1935 1.The AGA regular meeting place was in Lee Chumley's Restaurant. Lee Chumley died in April. 2.Beginning players were found in chess clubs. 3.The AGA was aware of Caucasian Go activities in New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington DC, Los Angeles, Seattle, Bell Laboratories, Princeton University, Cambridge University, University of Pennsylvania, Lafayette College, Temple University, and Camden City Chess Club. 4.AGA was prepared to provide information on existing literature, rules and equipment availability in response to inquiries from across the country after the American Magazine article. 5.A brochure on the AGA was published (Ag35). The brochure contained the names of the 1935 AGA officers, a brief description of Go, introductory rules, and a list of places to play in New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Princeton. 6.WDW felt JP Bowles did not think WDW had much to do with organizing the AGA. JP Bowles only gave KDR credit for organizing the AGA in his article in Recreation Magazine. Researchers note: Most of the ideas for the AGA and original AGA draft documents, Rules, Constitution, etc. came from WDW. 7."Hobby Round Up" published an article entitled A Leisure League Show which included a discussion of the first public demonstration of the popular game of Go. 8.(WDW 01/21/1935) WDW drafted the first AGA bulletin. Discussed the possibility of a National Championship tournament in summer 1935. 9.(WDW 02/04/1935) WDW refers to an article on Go by Edward Lasker that was to be printed in "Esquire" March 1935. 10.(WDW 03/04/1935) Talk of an AGA Journal. Problem with diagrams noted and recommendation made to use the Korschelt notation. 11.(WDW 04/03/1935) WDW suggested the AGA secretary keep a scrapbook of clippings and articles about Go. He collected material for the scrapbook. 12.(WDW 04/22/1935) WDW prepared an article on Go in America for use by the Publicity & Publications Committee in the proposed Journal.
13.(WDW 04/27/1935) The 1918 movie "Alien Souls" contained a Go scene with Sessue Hawakawa, the famous Japanese movie actor, playing a game with a friend. WDW obtained a "still" of the scene and had it framed. 14.(Wi35.3 05/07/1935) Frank Gittelson from Baltimore taught the game of Go to several friends, which resulted in seven or eight players in Baltimore and a few in Washington DC. 15.(WDW 05/18/1935) WDW wrote A Condensed Bibliography of Works in Occidental Languages on the Chinese-Japanese Game Wei-Chi, or Go. a.Part 1: Section A, Books and Pamphlets; Section B Periodicals. b.Part 2: Books, periodicals, etc. which mentioned the game but without sufficient detail to enable the reader to learn to play it. c.Part 3: Miscellaneous works containing references to Go or some modification of it. 16.(WDW 06/11/1935) A rivalry developed between WDW and KDR on who first proposed the formation of the AGA. WDW felt he was the first to suggest the formation of the AGA, but he would not contest the fact with KDR. (KDR-WDW 6/14/1933) WDW gave credit to KDR where it was first mentioned in their correspondence. However, WDW maintained that he discussed the formation of an AGA with Philadelphia players as early as 1929 or 1930. 17.(Misc 09/19/1935) Robert Sharp played Go for some time in Cambridge, MA using an improvised board with poker chips. He suggested forming a branch of the AGA at Harvard. 18.(WDW 11/26/1935) WDW compiled a glossary of Japanese technical Go terms and attempted to make a list of English equivalents for the Go terms. LFH was not happy with the English equivalents, got into a spat with WDW over it, and tendered his resignation as vice president of the AGA. 19.(WDW 11/26/1935) WDW was active in chess circles and always promoted Go among the chess players. Chess players in the NYC Marshall Chess Club first learned of Go while playing chess in Philadelphia. KDR, LF Hartman and the other Go players in NYC mostly played at Lee Chumley's Restaurant and did not actively promote the game in the NYC chess circles or other places. WDW estimated that due to his efforts and those of others in Philadelphia, Philadelphia had the largest proportion of Go players to population. WDW also predicted that there would be several thousand players in the US in another 50 years and that in time the US would have players ranked with the Japanese masters. 20.(LFH-WDW 12/04/1935) LFH lambasted WDW for attempting to find English equivalents for the Japanese terms in the WDW Japanese Go Lexicon. LFH was fond of using the terms from his editing the translation of Fuseki Tusron. In teaching Go to beginners, WDW discovered the beginners' aversion to learning when confronted with too many Japanese terms. WDW pointed out the small use of Japanese terms in Germany. This was substantiated by Lasker, Messrs, Kastilan and Rosenwald all of whom were immigrants from Germany. 21.Rules a.The requirement to give warning of capture ("atari") was a question WDW was trying to resolve with JP Bowles. b.Their source for study was their Caucasian and Oriental libraries, as well as strong Oriental players with whom they came in contact. WDW and KDR had Philip Cate translate Yasunaga's Igo Kenpo and used it to help in preparing the AGA rules. Before fully implementing the Igo Kenpo in the AGA rules, WDW wanted to confirm that the Nihon Kiin had adopted the rules. c.(WDW 1/4/1935) The question of permitted suicide was raised and positions discovered which would make it a ko threat. d.(WDW 1/21/1935) WDW appointed Fritz Kastilan, New York City and Alfred Fisher, Philadelphia to serve on the Rules and Tournaments Committee with KDR. e.(WDW 2/8/1935) WDW sent a revised set of rules to the Rules & Tournaments Committee Members. f.(WDW 4/3/1935) WDW prodded the Rules & Tournaments Committee with additional rules. g.(WDW 7/8/1935) WDW prepared the first US classification of seki. h.(WDW 7/8/1935 & 7/15/1935) WDW was the first American Caucasian to systematically study and analyze the Japanese and Chinese Rules. He posed questions concerning suicide, passing, and notification of atari. i.(WDW 7/8/1935) WDW discovered that some of the anomalies in the Japanese rules are the result of the change to the Japanese scoring from the Chinese scoring. j.(WDW 7/24/1935) WDW wrote a paper on the present Japanese method of advancing Go players to higher grades, which had been adopted by the Japanese a few years earlier. k.(LFH 12/15/1935) WDW drafted the first set of AGA rules. KDR was not satisfied with the WDW draft. 1936 1.LFH spent most of his AGA duties and Go time playing Go, working on translations, looking into a possible match via cable between Japan and the US, and exploring the possibility of a 15 minute radio show. 2.The first AGA Bulletin, Volume I, Number 1 was published March 15, 1936 (AG36). 3.Mr. Kinsberg of Bell Laboratories started playing in the New York Go Club. 4.Ikeda Tokuzo, a postal clerk at Osaka and a Shodan Go player, offered to translate Japanese Go books into English.
5.During this period KDR and LFH had translated Ruger's The Handicap Game of Go by WDW (Ru36), Honinbo Shusai's Tagaisen Fuseki Ho by Dodo (Sh36), Gote no Sente by Ikada of Osaka (Se40), Igo Kenpo (Ki33) and Shin Fuseki Ho (Ki38) by Philip Cate. 6.(KDR-LFH 02/19/1935) Two questions always asked of the AGA: (1) How can I learn to play Go? (2) Where can I buy the materials to play it with? The AGA was not well prepared to answer either question, nor could it put up a good case for membership in the AGA. 7.(KDR-Cate 5/25/1936) KDR wrote a letter to Honinbo Shusai informing him of the AGA. 8.(WDW 9/22/1936) It was discovered that there were some Japanese and Chinese Go books in the John G. White Chess collection held by the Cleveland public library. WDW suggested that sooner or later the KDR and Witt libraries on the game should be preserved in a library. 9.(KDR-Cate 12/16/1936 & LFH 12/29/1936) A cable game occurred between Germany and Japan. It was also suggested that at some point in time Arthur Smith's book would become a numbered collector's item. 10.(WDW 12/31/1936) LFH suggested the AGA officers alternate between New York City and Philadelphia each year during the early years of the AGA. The Philadelphia players thought the launching of the AGA was premature, and only WDW paid 1936 AGA dues. Some felt the game would have to grow in popularity more before a national organization could function properly. 11.Rules a.(WDW 2/10/1936) WDW learned that the Nihon Kiin was not in a hurry to adopt Yasunaga's Igo Kenpo. WDW was in favor of adopting some if not all of Yasunaga's Igo Kenpo. b.Philip Cate finished his translation of Igo Kenpo with the help of WDW. Philip Cate was neither familiar with Go nor a Go player, although he was tasked to translate an important Japanese work on the Japanese rules as well as Shin Fuseki Ho. 1937 1.The AGA Secretary and Treasurer functions were now divided between two AGA officers. 2.Paul Cate, Philip Cate, Masao Dodo, Tokuzo Ikeda and K.Takashima were elected honorary members of the AGA. 3.Researcher's note: The AGA had not mentioned anything about the Nihon Kiin club in Los Angeles or San Francisco to date. 4.KDR had the following translations underway: Shin Fuseki Ho (Ki38) by Go Seigen and Kitani being translated by Philip Cate; Gote no Sente (Se40) by Sekiyama final version being edited by LF Hartman; Uchikomi to Ukekata (Ma38) by Maeda being translated by a professor in Tokyo University; Shogaku Igo Kogiroku by Segoshi Kensaku being translated by K Takashima; one of Kitani's later works being translated by Ikeda; and Das Japanisch - Chinesische Spiel 'Go' Ein Concurrent des Schach by Korschelt (Ko81) translated by Rosenwald with editing by KDR. KDR's challenge was to find someone in the US who had enough knowledge of Go and who would be willing to translate the Japanese Go books for little or no money. 5.Bower from Pittsburgh showed up after learning to play Go from Lasker's Book. 6.KDR played Go by mail with WDW and JPB. 7.(KDR-LFH 01/03/1937) In the beginning of 1937 only the New York players were active members of the AGA. KDR suggested they use the New York base until there was enough interest for a national association to function. 8.(LFH 01/26/1937) As the Tagaisen Fuseki Ho translation was passed around, it was found to have a few errors. 9.(LFH 01/28/1937) Cairns (Baltimore) expressed the opinion that American Go players should support further efforts to translate Japanese Go books, and that such support should be a function of the AGA. The Baltimore players, Cairns and Rosenfeld, wanted to support the AGA. 10.(LFH 03/25/1937) Two mathematical treatments of Go were discovered: L Grebe's 1930 monograph (Gr30) and Fukizawa's 1934 article in Kido. 11.(LFH 03/25/1937) KDR wanted to apply electro magnetic theory to the game with Maxwell equations. 12.(WDW 4/23/1937) WDW predicted that in 50 to 200 years all of the technical Japanese Go terms would have English equivalents. KDR wanted to use the Japanese Terms as much as possible, and WDW still wanted to find appropriate English equivalents for all of them. 13.(LFH 07/07/1937, 07/08/1937) KDR received word that the Nihon Kiin was considering publishing a revised edition of Ruger's book. KDR attempted to find out if the Nihon Kiin would also publish an English version. 14.(KDR 07/15/1937) KDR sent to Nippon Yusen Kaisha, Ltd of Seattle an editorial introduction with an appendix dealing with Go diagrams and notations. 15.(WDW 7/21/1937) WDW made a list of Japanese Go terms by Ikeda. WDW also had the following projects underway: a.Tagaisen Fuseki Ho rearrangement, etc. b.New-style games of Kuri and Kitani c.Bibliography of Go (Non-oriental) d.Go-Lexicon e.A book on Go, covering more fully the basics for beginners, but also containing much for the advanced student, especially in illustrative games, old and new style, study of openings, endings, problems, bibliography and lexicon (above). Nothing had been done on this book directly for two or three years, and WDW felt it would probably never be finished. 16.(KDR-Witt 8/5/1937) KDR had the idea to start an AGA Go periodical. 17.(JPB 8/5/1937) Bowles tried to get KDR on a radio program called Hobby Lobby. 18.(09/15/1937) KDR moved to Dallas, TX. 19.(WDW 9/27/1937) WDW estimated that the AGA had names of at least 125 players. 20.(WDW 10/15/1937) WDW thought that some day the KDR and WDW libraries would be united, either in the Library of Congress or in the White game and chess collection in Cleveland, Ohio. 21.(WDW 11/19/1937 & 12/4/1937) Two Go pupils of WDW, Irwin Stein and Gardner Wells, moved to Los Angeles and introduced the game to 30-40 friends, of which 10 or so played regularly. Their visits to the Los Angeles Japanese Go club were not cordially received. 22.(KDR-WDW 11/22/1937 & 11/29/1937) JP Bowles sent out a roll call with Japanese Go Literature (Ro37) by KDR as an enclosure with a list of known American Go players. A copy of Japanese Go Literature was also sent to Honinbo Shusai and the editor of Kido in care of the Nihon Kiin. 23.(JPB 11/26/1937) KDR provided names and addresses to JPB for updating his records. The accumulation and follow up of interested Go players was not very well documented, and KDR's move to Dallas did not help the situation. The information was used for the JPB roll-call mailing. 24.(LFH 12/28/1937) The AGA received a letter from John L Bauer in the Philippines inquiring about Go. 25.(LFH 12/28/1937 & JPB 12/6/1937) KDR suggested a group (club) membership in the AGA. KDR felt organization would help contribute to the growth of the game. 26.(PC-KDR ?/?/1937) Paul Cate returned to the US because of all the Japanese war activity. 1938 1.(JPB-KDR 1/14/1938) Knopf wanted to sell 300 copies of Lasker's book for $0.34 each. The AGA offered $0.15 delivered. (KDR-JPB 1/18/1938) KDR thought the original print was 2000. (JPB-KDR 1/22/1938) JPB refered to a print of 1000. 2.(KDR-JPB 1/18/1938) Minutes of the first AGA meetings were not prepared. KDR turned his copy of the constitution and by-laws over to Kastilan. The official copies were held by WDW. 3.(JPB-KDR 1/22/1938) JPB left all official AGA matters up to LFH initiative. 4.(K Rosenwald-KDR 1/27/1938) Rosenwald commented on his translation of Grebe's Die Elemente Des Go (Gr30). 5.(JPB-KDR 1/29/1938) JPB would rather play Go than be a secretary for the AGA. 6.(KDR-LFH 2/10/1938 & WDW-KDR 2/2/1938) KDR and WDW became aware of Igo Tetsugaku (Go Philosophy) which contained a vocabulary listing 400 to 500 terms. WDW was very excited about the book because it helped him with his Go Lexicon. 7.(KDR-LFH 2/10/1938) KDR mentioned his learning, from a letter from Japan, some of the characteristics of a played stone; specifically territory, life, and connection. (Researcher's note: No mention so far of the characteristics of a played stone's work: To Threaten/Succeed to Create-Expand/Reduce-Destroy Influence/Territory/Connection/Life.) 8.(KDR-WDW 2/10/1938) KDR was in the clouds trying to understand Go mathematically via Maxwell equations. Dr Rosenwald provided KDR with a translation of Grebe's Die Elemente des Go (Gr30). 9.(JPB-KDR 3/12/1938) Knopf sold their copies of Lasker's Go and Go Moku (La34) for $0.18 each and Lasker bought 50 of them. (JPB-KDR 4/19/1938) The remaining books went to a dealer. 10.(JPB-KDR 3/19/1938) The AGA treasury consisted of about $20. 11.(KDR-LFH 4/8/1938) KDR mentioned the design for his board for photographing Go diagrams and a process for printing Go literature. 12.(WDW-KDR 4/18/1938) The New York players were aware of the playing of Go in the New York Nippon Club; however, the Occidentals did not play there. 13.(WDW-KDR 4/18/1938) Whitcomb moved from New York City to El Paso, TX. He renewed his membership in the AGA. 14.(WDW-KDR 4/18/1938) WDW described playing Kriegs-Go after watching Kriegs-Chess and learning from Rosenwald that it was popular in Germany. 15.(Cook-KDR 4/28/1938) At the AGA annual meeting, it was felt that the major problem was the lack of progress on translating Go Literature into English. 16.(KDR-JPB 5/6/1938) Philip Cate lost interest in completing the translation of Shin Fuseki Ho. 17.(JPB-KDR 5/27/1938) JPB picked up 57 copies of Lasker's book from Whelan's drug store at $0.17 each and was selling them for $1.50. 18.(KDR-JPB 6/1/1938) KDR did not drive a car before moving to Dallas, and his wife did all the driving. He learned to drive for their California trip. 19.(KDR-Seattle 6/15/1937) KDR made contact with Barten Bowen of the Seattle Chess Club and sent him a copy of Lasker's Book. KDR played with a few Japanese Go players in Seattle and felt Seattle had an opportunity to develop Go players because of the number of Japanese living there. He also made contact with the Japan Society of Seattle, Nippon Yusen Kaisha, Ltd, Dr H. Kato, and HC Hashiguchi in an attempt to stimulate cooperation to popularize Go playing between Oriental and Occidentals. HC Hashiguchi suggested there were some second generation Go players that would be willing to teach Occidentals in Seattle. Hashiguchi published a newspaper and had an article about American Go. 20.(Cook-KDR 7/18/1938) Any acknowledgement of KDR should also include (1) LF Hartman and WD Witt in support of literature and (2) E Lasker and JP Bowles for Go proselyting zeal. 21.(JPB-KDR 7/27/1938) George Chernowitz arrived on the Go scene after being a 1934 eastern collegiate chess champion. 22.(KDR-Kramer 9/16/1938) and (KDR-Cairns 9/22/1938) US Navy Lieutenant Alwin D. Kramer, who had recently returned from Japan, apparently compared the Cate translation of Shin Fuseki Ho with that of his own. KDR attempted to obtain the results of the comparison by writing Kramer. 23.(KDR-LFH 9/17/1938) The July 1938 issue of Igo Shunju included an eight page article on American Go based upon KDR's Japanese Go Literature and information provided from WD Witt to de Havilland via Bowles. 24.(KDR-WDW 9/28/1938) LF Hartman, KDR and Cairns were appointed as members of a Committee on Go Literature. KDR expressed his concern that WDW was not formally appointed to the committee. 25.(WDW-KDR 10/4/1938) WDW informed KDR that Lt. Kramer was the stranger who was more interested in liquid refreshment than playing Go at Lee Chumley's Restaurant. 26.(WDW-KDR 10/4/1938) WDW commented concerning KDR's travels in the West. WDW expressed the belief that Go would flourish greatly in the Pacific states once the prejudice against the Japanese was broken, or perhaps the growth of Go would help break that prejudice. 27.(JLB-AGA 10/6/1938, KDR-AGA 10/7/1938) John L Bauer spent a month in Japan and reported on his stay to KDR and the AGA via a memorandum. 28.(KDR-WDW 10/15/1938) Bauer's trip to Japan helped improve the relations between the AGA and Japan. KDR was looking for a translation of Yasunaga's Rationalization of Igo. KDR was editing Rosenwald's translation of Grebe's work. KDR estimated himself to be a 6 Kyu. 29.(WDW-KDR 10/18/1938) WDW informed KDR of the publication of the articles in Games Digest. WDW thought the rule about placing a stone on the board without liberties was stated wrong. WDW thought the rule was stated wrong in many Occidental books on Go and should be stated "A player may place his stone on an adversely enclosed point, if he wishes." WDW personally thought suicide should be allowed even though he knew the Chinese and Japanese rules did not permit it. WDW felt the publication of Go in Games Digest would give Go a boost. (WDW-KDR 10/25/1938) The author was Geoffrey Mott-Smith, managing editor of Games Digest. (WDW-KDR 3/20/1939) Games Digest merged with Bridge World and the Go series was cancelled along with other board and table games. 30.(WDW-KDR 10/18/1938) The grading of American Go players was very uncertain. 31.(KDR-WDW 10/21/1938) KDR's mathematical approach considered territory as an area consisting of the vacant intersections and the intersections occupied by the surrounding group. 32.(WDW-KDR 10/25/1938) KDR provided WDW with a copy of Des Elemente Des Go (Gr30) and Rosenwald's translation of it. (WDW-KDR 11/1/1938) WDW provided KDR with a revised translation of Gr30. (KDR-WDW 11/5/1938) KDR was still in the mathematical clouds wanting now to write in terms of the theory of complex variables. 33.(KDR-JPB 10/28/1938) JL Bauer identified 13 Go players in Pittsburgh. 34.(Nogami 11/12/1938 & 11/21/1938) Shaw Nogami of Igo Shunju volunteered to obtain books for KDR and to provide Go material written in English in Igo Shunju. (KDR-Nogami 1/5/1939) PB Bowles, LF Hartman, BJ Kinsburg, E Lasker, WD Witt, JL Bauer and KD Robinson subscribed to Igo Shunju beginning with the Oct 1938 issue. 35.(KDR-JPB 11/18/1938) KDR's library assumed the character of a National Go Archive. 36.(KDR-JPB 11/18/1938) KDR sent JPB a copy of an outline for his book. KDR was writing the book on 5x8 cards sorted on decimal classification. (KDR-JPB 12/1/1938) KDR commented on his outline. 37.(WDW-KDR 11/30/1938) WDW provided KDR a completed translation of Des Elemente Des Go (Gr30). 38.(WDW-KDR 11/30/1938) WDW provided KDR a sample card showing how WDW planned to put his Go lexicon in final form on cards. The data on the cards would include the Kanji, Kana, Hirigana, Romonji, reference, definition, synonyms, and suggested English equivalent if appropriate. WDW estimated the lexicon to contain close to 1000 entries (cards). (KDR-WDW 12/20/1938) KDR wanted WDW to make an extra set of cards for KDR and thought the cards would be of great value for the translators. 39.(KDR-Nippon Kiin 12/5/1938) The AGA suggested that the Nihon Kiin include a display at the Worlds Fair. The AGA also requested assistance in translation of Go books. 40.(KDR-WDW 12/10/1938) KDR had misplaced the AGA constitution and by-laws and draft amendment. (WDW-KDR 3/14/1938) Fritz Kastilan had the original AGA Constitution. 41.(KDR-Nogami 12/15/1938) KDR was feeling the effects of the depression and finding it difficult to keep up his magazine subscription and buy the books advertised.
42.(KDR-Nogami 12/15/1938) KDR again suggested that there be a display on Go in the Japanese exhibit at the New York Worlds Fair. 43.(KDR-Nogami 12/15/1938) KDR estimated that there were 200 Occidental American Go players. 44.(KDR-WDW 12/20/1938) KDR updated WDW about KDR correspondence and activity with Japan. 45.(KDR-WDW 12/20/1938) KDR informed WDW of the possible display at the New York Worlds Fair. 46.(KDR-JPB 12/24/1938) Dr. Frederick Mossner, while living in Japan, translated numerous books for Ruger and Dueball in Germany. 1939 1.The 1939 Princeton nucleus of Go players were: Bohnenblust, Olmstead, Fox, Mahlon, Erdos, and Henderson 2.(Nogami-KDR 1/5/1939) Nogami provided translated copies of Igo Garion taken from articles published in Igo Shunju, as well as a translation of Segoshi's Honte to Usote, to John L Bauer. KDR was informed that the real writers of Go Books in Japan are different from the published authors because the professional Go players are not educated enough to write books. For example, Shin Fuseki Ho was written totally by Mr. Yasunaga. The complete works of Kitani and Gosen were written by Yasunaga and Nogami. Nogami thought the custom of "Ghost Writers" was odd and unfair. The professional's name was used to sell the books. 3.(WDW-KDR 1/6/1939). WDW planned to update his Rules of Go (Wi36) for use by the AGA. 4.(WDW-KDR 1/6/1939) The Philadelphia players did not keep records of their Go games. WDW thought of them as amateur "skittle game" quality and not worth the attention of a master. 5.(WDW-KDR 1/6/1938) WDW wished KDR and WDW were 30 years younger so that they could learn to read the Japanese Go books and provide adequate translations to promote Go in the US. As it was they were laying the foundation for others. 6.(WDW-KDR 1/6/1939) WDW again indicated he would provide KDR with sample cards as to how to put the WDW Go lexicon in final form on cards. The data on the cards would include the Kanji, Kana, Hirigana, Romonji, reference, definition, synonyms, and suggested English equivalent if appropriate. WDW would first prepare cards for the Go Tetsugaku. WDW estimated the lexicon to contain over 1200 entries (cards). WDW listed the dictionaries he was using. 7.(WDW-LFH 1/6/1939) A Tokyo news dispatch indicated that the Japanese would be teaching Hitler's Jugend (youth) how to play Go. 8.(KDR-LFH 1/6/1938) The December issue of Igo Shunju included a section on American Correspondence, which contained KDR letters. 9.(KDR-WDW 1/9/1939) Bauer was editing Nogami's translations. 10.(WDW-KDR 1/10/1939) WDW compared his Japanese library with KDR's. 11.(WDW-KDR 1/10/1939) WDW provided KDR with more samples of his cards. 12.(WDW-KDR 1/10/1939) WDW had access to the German translations and advocated English equivalents for the Japanese Go terms. Shicho is one example: WDW suggested zig-zag, as opposed to ladder or stairs as translated by the Germans. 13.(Nippon Kiin-Edward Lasker 1/25/1939) The Nippon Kiin responded to the AGA Worlds Fair request for translation of books. The Kiin requested the following Kiin Branches cooperate with the AGA in promoting Go: Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York City, as well as the New York City Japan Society and Seattle Northwest American Japanese Association. In addition, the Kiin contributed about 100 Go books in Japanese to the Japanese Cultural Center in the Rockefeller Center International Building. 14.(KDR-Japan Institute 4/4/1939, WDW file) There was no Go exhibition at the Worlds Fair. 15.(WDW-KDR 4/26/1939) WDW commented on the ranking of players in Germany and the US. 16.(WDW-KDR 5/6/1939 & WDW-KDR 5-29-1939) WDW provided information on his Go lexicon. 17.(JPB 5/16/1939) List of active Go players sent to the New York Nippon Club contained 27 names. The list did not include the players at Princeton. 18.(KDR-WDW 5/18/1939) Bowles and Lasker discovered groups of strong Go players at City College in New York and at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 19.(KDR-WDW 5/18/1939) WDW discussed the possibility of an American Go Magazine (Go Archives) which would contain serial installments of the existing translations. 20.(KDR-WDW 5/26/1939, 7/20/1939) KDR commented on the Nippon Kiin and newspapers in Japan publishing Go games. 21.(KDR-LFH 5/26/1939) WDW produced the first draft of his Go Lexicon with about 750 items, an edition of two sets of cards. 22.(KDR-JPB 6/24/1939) KDR mentioned bequeathing his library not to a library or the AGA but to trustees. 23.(JPB-KDR 6/26/1939) JPB suggested that the KDR Go library be listed with the American Library Association. 24.(KDR-LFH 7/13/1939) KDR received, on behalf of the AGA, five copies of the Japanese Government Railway's English language book on Go, Japanese Game of Go (Mi39). 25.(KDR-LFH 7/13/1939) Tokura presented to Germany, through Dueball, his library of over 1000 Go books. 26.(KDR-LFH 7/13/1939) KDR discussed the possibility of a Go magazine with Bowles and with JPB (KDR-JPB 4/29/1939). 27.(KDR-JPB 7/15/1939) KDR asked that LFH, WDW, and Bauer each receive a copy of the Japanese Game of Go (Mi39). 28.(KDR-WDW 7/20/1939) WDW commented on the Japanese Game of Go (Mi39). 29.(KDR -JPB 7/21/1939) KDR commented further on the Japanese Game of Go (Mi 39). 30.(WDW-KDR 8/4/1939) Go continued to be played in Philadelphia on Saturday at the Mercantile Library, and on Sunday and Thursday at the North City Chess Club. 31.(KDR-WDW 8/22/1939) KDR played Go in the San Francisco Nippon Club. The club offered to help promote Go by teaching others. Ms. Robinson's sister-in-law from the Hawaiian Islands became interested in Go and stated that she would report on Go activities when she returned to the Islands. 32.(JPB-KDR 8/26/1939) Distribution of Igo Gairon translation (Sh38): Bauer, JPB, LFH, Ikeda, Nogami, KDR, Yemanouchi, WDW. 33.(09/02/1937) Masayoshi Fukudo, a professional Go player, visited the U.S. in 1939 giving lectures and demonstrations. He arrived and gave the first lecture at the Japan Institute on September 2. 34.(WDW-KDR 9/5/1938) WDW estimated his lexicon would expand to 2000-2500 characters, including compounds. 35.(JPB-KDR 9/28/1939) The Japan Institute held a lecture demonstration on Go with Masayoshi Fukuda. They also provided a Brief Description of Go (Br39). 36.(JMHO-KDR 10/10/1939) John MH Olmstead first made contact with KDR, requesting the loan of Japanese literature. 37.(KDR-JMHO 12/20/1939) John L. Vanderslice, a former pupil of WDW, introduced Go at Princeton University. 38.38.(KDR-JPB 12/12/1939) Bauer discovered two groups of Go players unknown to each other, one at the CA Institute of Technology and the other at the Los Angeles Chess Club. 1940 1.(KDR notes on American Go) The spread of Go in the United States is probably similar, despite modern transportation, the radio, and the printed word, to the spread of Go in Japan when Go first reached Japan in the seventh century. Then, although at first confined to select groups, a few Go players here and there slowly carried the game across the country. 2.(KDR notes on American Go) Slow penetration had been the history of American Go since 1909 when Arthur Smith published The Game of Go. An example is the Go playing group at Princeton University. L Bohnenblust of Princeton, on his sabbatical year at the California Institute of Technology, stimulated the playing of Go at Los Angeles. This was assisted by the Los Angeles branch of Nippon Kiin, the presence of Fukuda, 5 Dan, and the visit of John L. Bauer. The next year, members of the Princeton group, all mathematicians, taught at various American universities: Dr. John MH Olmstead at the University of Minnesota; Dr Ralph Fox and Dr Mahlon Day at the University of Illinois; Dr Paul Erdos at the University of Pennsylvania; Dr Malcom Henderson at Dartmouth College; Dr Nathan Jacobson and Dr ER van Kampen at Johns Hopkins. It is a safe assumption that Go playing groups developed in those universities. 3.(KDR-Mathes 02/12/1940) KDR requested that questions on Go be included on the radio program Information Please. 4.(KDR-JPB 1/18/1940) KDR discussed his method of producing rec