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Go Community OutreachBy John Goon, AGA 2007 Community Outreach Coordinator Introduction: The purpose of this page is to encourage innovation and experimentation by grass roots go organizers, and to recognize and archive their efforts and accomplishments. It is intended to be a living document so inputs from the field are welcome at any time. To post a new outreach item or a correction, please contact outreach@usgo.org. Include the date, state, and a contact person's email address. *** Related AGA Pages: The AGA offers an assortment of promtional tools that can support community outreach. These may be found at the AGA Promotional Tools Kit Page. *** Some Basic Ideas: There is no one-size-fits-all formula for outreach success. Each locale has its own unique challenges, but here are some basic notions to consider:
Create efficient and durable Outreach infrastructures that aren't manpower intensive. Share the workload, plan for your own replacement, institutionalize programs, and expect and plan for growth issues. Plan wisely and enjoy the dividends. *** GO OUTREACH TIPS: Some outreach activities that offer a good bang for the buck: Annual Open Houses. Invite schools, community recreation departments, local governments, local media, other game clubs (like Chess), and community service groups (Lions, Rotary Club, etc.). Connections with local community service groups. Groups like the Lions and the Rotary Clubs foster cultural education projects. Their political influence can open other doors. Partnerships. If your go group is brand spanking new, consider partnering with other gaming groups. The chances for survival are generally better and you'll have the opportunity to do outreach. Libraries. Recommend a list of recommended go books for your library inventory. If you succeed, these books will work in the background to foster new players for years. Internet Regional web site!!! This vital activity is very easy to do and maintain. The AGA server has space available for Chapters, and free sites exist all over the internet. The more information you place on the web site, the better. *** LOCAL OUTREACH PROJECTS: ALASKA ANCHORAGE 2006. Go outreach in Alaska has kicked into a higher gear.
ARIZONA Tuscon 2005/2006. Arizona Go Club organizer William Gundberg reports that the go Club meets twice a week at a local University student activity center. New players also learn about the club through the internet. A few students have noticed and learned how to play. One in particular reached 2 Dan in just over two years. A multiple day AGA rating tournament was held in November 2005. In January 2006, the club participated in a Chinese Week celebration that included a non-rated tournament. One of the club members teaches a basic go class on a regular basis for about 15 Chinese children. *** CALIFORNIA OAKDALE 2006. Vincent Eisman is a public school teacher and an active go organizer. In January 2006, he taught go to his class of 4th graders as well as to an after-school recreation group of 3rd-6th graders. He made a class set of 9x9/13x13 boards and received a local grant for stones. There are also 5 sets of Hikaru no Go books that the students can check out (the waiting list is a long one). His students watched the first 8 episodes of HnG as well. Vincent organized two lunchtime tournaments as well as a three-day in-class tournament series on 6x6, 7x7, 9x9 and 13x13 boards. For each tournament, the final game was played on KGS and projected on the wall of the classroom. The student and parent response has been huge. Vincent is looking for funds, possibly through the American Go Foundation or Ing Foundation, to acquire a class set of 19x19 boards. Many of his students now play on KGS (they have a private room there). Vincent is known on KGS as the ICEMAN. The next goal will be to start a new Oakdale go club in this small community of 16,000. Vincent plans to systematize his teaching during the next school year. Here are some links to the Oakdale CA go program: http://chiyodad.blogspot.com/2006/02/icemans-go-class-takes-off-and-grows.html http://www.oakdaleleader.com/articles/2006/04/12/news/news04.txt *** COLORADO Boulder/Denver 2005/2006. This region of Colorado is a hotbed of go outreach activity. Here is a sampler of the things that are going on.
IDAHO Boise 2005/2006. Idaho Go Club President Michelle Blake reports that they have about 25 members on their player roster. An average of about 10 show up every Saturday to play. The low turnout is attributed to the opportunity for online and the fact that people get very busy in the summer and many members just stop showing up. Most of the members purchased their own equipment and just bring what they have. The club maintains a membership email list and reminders are sent out every week (during the "Go Playing Season"). The messages publicize deals for go equipment and basically keeps everyone informed about upcoming go events. Tournament participation is rare because of the distances involved and because of a lack of local interest. The weekly gatherings provide a near-tournament feel for those who come. An annual fee is collected in April to renew the Club's AGA Chapter membership. This is strongly supported because everyone agrees that the AGA served as the catalyst for the club formation in the first place and the web site continues to help draw in new players. In 2005, the club tried to promote go through a couple of events, but the public response was disappointing. *** ILLINOIS Rosemont(Chicago) 2006. At the annual Japan Festival in Arlington Heights, IL, one-on-one instruction was provided to the general audience courtesy of voluntees from the Evanston Go Club.  Go Scene at Anime Central. Photo by Mark Rubenstein. More Evanston Go Club photos can be viewed at: http://www.evanstongoclub.org/go5.html Chicago 2005. The annual Anime Central convention in May 2006 included one-on-one go instruction and six large group seminars (approx 50 people in each seminar) hosted by Evanston Go Club volunteers. This is a convention of avid anime enthusiasts and the Evanston Go Club has supported Anime Central in this fashion for the past three years. Over 10,000 people attended this year and many spent a good portion of their time learning go. Four tables were in full operation for most of the weekend and hundreds were exposed to go. The Evanston Go Club conducts go demonstrations at several events each year, but the Anime Central convention is by far the favorite! Anime conventions are full of bright young kids eager to learn and play go. Evanston 2006. The Evanston Round Table, a local newspaper, printed an interview with President Mark Rubenstein and other members of the Evanston Go Club. Urbana 2005. High School student Adam Hughes wrote a research paper on go. For this class project, Adam consulted with Robert Barber and received an A for his effort. As a follow up, Adam hopes to actively participate in the AGA go club at University of Illinois in Urbana Champaign. *** MARYLAND Takoma Park (a DC suburb) 2005. The Takoma Park Intergenerational Strategy Games Club was created to showcase a range of games, including go, for all ages. The club inventory includes several starter go sets. Over $500 worth of games have been purchased using municipal grants. College Park (a DC suburb) 2006. The annual University of Maryland First Look Activities Event featured go demos by University of MD Go Club members. This event offers vital publicity for otherwise arcane on-campus programs. Beltsville (a DC suburb) 2006. Arthur Lewis and University of MD Club volunteers demonstrated go at the annual Beltsville Day Celebration in Beltsville, MD. This was in partnership with the Beltsville Strategy Games Club whose inventory includes starter go sets. Bethesda (a DC suburb) 2007. The Rockville Go and Chess Group, the Arthur Lewis Go Club, and the Takoma Park Intergenrational Strategy Games Club have undertaken a pilot initiative to intoduce new games to the young patients and their families at the Children's Inn at the National Institutes of Health. The project will supplement the Inn's current inventory with old and modern games and arrange for instructional visits by local gaming volunteers. Some starter and full sized go sets will be included in the first batch. Greenbelt (a DC suburb) 2006. Annual Greenbelt Labor Day Celebration, Greenbelt, MD. Games demo including go by Arthur Lewis Go Club. Bowie (a DC suburb) 2006. Annual Bowie International Festival, Bowie, MD. Games demo including go by Arthur Lewis Go Club. Takoma Park (a DC suburb) 2001-2006. Go game demos by the Arthur Lewis Go Club were a part of the annual Takoma Park Folk Festival in September. This was the 5th year in a row that this support was provided. Silver Spring (a DC suburb) 2005/2006. Broad Acres Elementary School, Silver Spring, MD. Go demo by Arthur Lewis Go Club to pilot school program that introduces children to go, Chess, and other games. This is part of a multi-year research effort aimed at teaching life skills through games. Rockville (a DC suburb) 2005. Berman Hebrew Academy, Rockville, MD. Annual go demo by Arthur Lewis Go Club. Rockville 2001-2007. Introductory go classes were taught by Rockville Go and Chess Group members to High School and Middle School students at the Washington School of Chinese Language and Culture in Rockville, MD. Gaithersburg (a DC suburb) 2003-2007. The Lake Forest Mall Lunar New Year Celebration included go demos by the Rockville Go & Chess Group. Frederick 2006/2007. Go demos were given at the Francis Scott Key Mall by the Rockville Go & Chess Group during the Lunar New Year celebration. Germantown 2006. Trevor Morris initiated this After-School Games Program for his daughter's school in Germantown, MD. Starter sets were obtained from the Arthur Lewis Go Club of Wheaton, MD.  Photo courtesy of the US Army Research Laboratory. Adelphi 2004-2007. Arthur Lewis Go Club volunteers conducted a go demo at the Army Research Laboratory in celebration of Asian Pacific Heritage Month. Rockville 2006. At the Montgomery County Public Schools Convention in Rockville, MD, a lecture by Fernando Moreno was devoted to exploring the potential of go and Chess as life teaching aids for young children. John Goon from the Rockville Go and Chess Group participated in the discussions. Bethesda/Rockville, MD 2006. Juan Pablo Quizon, 5 Dan, (Rockville Go and Chess Group) first proposed the idea for team matches between the Greater Washington Go Club (Bethesda) and the Rockville Go & Chess Group (Rockville) in early 2006. It didn't take long to organize the first match at the GWGC in May 2006. Since then, there has been one match per month, with the exception of August (Time off for the US Go Congress.) The outcome has been a boost in go interest at both clubs. The Rockville Go & Chess Group is a multiple games program so the extra go exposure has made a significant impression on many non-go players. The team matches have been so successful that GWGC President haskell Small introduced it as a pilot event at the 2006 Go Congress in North Carolina. Baltimore 2004-2007. Baltimore Area clubs joined forces to bring go to the OTAKON Japanese Anime Convention in Baltimore this past weekend, reports local organizer Keith Arnold. Todd Blatt (UMBC) headed the team, assisted by Arnold (Baltimore), Scott Waldron, Stephanie Xu , Angel Tao (Hopkins), Mathew Harding and Bryan Kelly (UMBC). "Special thanks go to Juan Pablo Quizon of Rockville, who stepped up to lecture with a laptop and projector when the Baltimore demo board was temporarily misplaced," says Arnold. Over 100 attended the 2-hour seminar which broke up into dozens of instructional and friendly games. Arizona's William Cushing was also on hand all weekend with go boards in the event's game room, taking on all comers. The first four episodes of Hikaru No Go were shown in one of the many screening rooms of this huge event. The go community has supported OTAKON for at least the past three years in a row. *** MASSACHUSETTS Cambridge 2005/2006. Nicholas Trieu is ten, 7 kyu, and a go student of Feng Yun, 9DP. When he moved from NJ to MA, he took the initiative to introduce go to his brand new math class at Buckingham, Browne and Nichols (a private school just outside of Harvard Square). In 2005/6, the BBN school K-3 and K-6 chess teams placed second in the state, with Nicholas playing first board for the K-6 team. He is attempting to convert his classmates to go. He has started with his 4th grade math class, thanks to the encouragement of math teacher Carter Donovan, and he plans to continue his efforts with the incoming math 4th graders this Fall. His goal is to eventually establish a regular afterschool program. Mass Go Association members Becci Torrey and Walther Chen have volunteered to help in 2006/7. *** MICHIGAN HUNTINGTON WOODS 2005-2006. The Burton School in Huntington Woods, Michigan, formed an after-school go club last school year thanks to the initiative of parents Bill Phillips, Jodee Raines, and Roy Raines. The American Go Foundation provided support in the form of boards and books. The go club assembled a float for the local Fourth of July Parade.  Photo courtesy of Bill Phillips. *** NEW JERSEY Mercer County 2006. The New Jersey State Board of Education recognized 5th-grader Lionel Zhang for his outstanding performance as a go player. "We are proud to salute this young man's 21st Century achievement in a board game several centuries old," said Governor Richard J. Codey. "Lionel's success at this level and in all of his other extra-curricular activities bodes well for his future accomplishments that we all eagerly anticipate." Lionel, age 10, is a student at the Lawrence Intermediate School in Mercer County, NJ. In 2005, he won the Under-12 championship title. "Lionel's exemplary play under pressure-filled conditions clearly shows a student more mature than his age would initially suggest," said State Board President Arnold G. Hyndman. "The State Board recognizes not only Lionel's winning ways, but also his dedication to being the best he can be as a student, competitor, and representative of his entire school district." *** NEW YORK New York City 2005-2006.
Go Stamps in the Big Apple. In October 2005, a 16-page stamp exhibit, "Go: Its Culture and History Throughout the Ages", was displayed at the New York City Mega-Event Stamp Exhibit at Madison Square Gardens Expo Center. The exhibit was part of the collection belonging to former AGA Western Vice President Lester Lanphear III. According to Lester, "This exhibit is the result of many years of collecting stamps and other philatelic items that enable the telling of the story of go through these philatelic pieces. The exhibit has won many national and international awards since it was first shown in 1989." Syracuse. In December 2005, the 3-year-old Syracuse Go Club initiated a series of Go presentations for local public libraries in the Greater Syracuse area, reports local organizer Anton Ninno. Weekday evening go programs were conducted at the Petit Library, the North Syracuse Library, the Baldwinsville Library, the Liverpool Library, the Dewitt Library, and the Fayetteville Free Library. In addition to the regular club meetings every Monday night at the Market Cafe in Dewitt Wegmans, go players can also meet at the Liverpool Library on the third Saturday of each month. The Market Cafe is highly visible and has plenty of tables, a sushi bar, a Chinese buffet, and excellent coffee and tea selections. The Club has attracted nearly 200 people, held three tournaments, created and maintained a website, created student clubs at several local schools, and became an AGA chapter. More info about the club can be found at their site. Long Island. The Long Island Go Club introduces go to a broad general audience every week by holding their very public Wednesday night meetings in the local Barnes & Noble bookstore. Visibility is everything and they seem to attract a never ending stream of newbies. As a result of this sustained activity, the LI Go Club will be the subject of a featured article in a future issue of Long Island's premiere newspaper, "Newsday". In addition to overseeing the operation, club founder Milton Bradley recently published his latest book "NEW GO PROVERBS ILLUSTRATED. It was released by Yutopian in 2006. *** NORTH CAROLINA Raleigh 2006. According to Paul Celmer, his go Club conducts "passive outreach". They do this by playing in very visible public spaces (like coffee houses) and having "Way to Go" booklets and designated members available to meet and greet interested bystanders. They also have a very good go club website that is routinely updated. In the past, the go club outreach included go demonstrations at the local schools, but in 2006 all energies were focused on the US go Congress. Along this line, the local Chinese community was approached to enlist their support for the congress which enhanced community awareness overall. North Carolina also hosts an annual major tournament in September which draws go players from across the state. *** PENNSYLVANIA Philadelphia 2005-2006. Peter Nassar, co-President of the AGA Chapter Penn Go Society based at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA reports that their group has 30 AGA members and is growing. The Society, which was created in 2004, performed numerous outreach programs in 2005/2006. Details and photos can be found on the Society website at http://chapters.usgo.org/penngo/events.html. Look under the "Events & Outreach" menu heading. Here is a partial preview of the contents:
 Cherry Blossom Festival in Philadelphia. Photo by Peter Nassar. Reading 2006. Brad Hill, organizer of the Reading Berks Go Club, was recently featured in the Reading Eagle newspaper. See article by clicking on this link. The article covered 3/4 of the Section 3 front page (in color) and over 1/2 of page 3. The Club only started in March 2006, but thanks to the article which came out in the summer, a lot of people have stopped in to watch and play. Before the article, average attendance was 4. Afterwards, that number doubled. Brad and another Club member appeared on "Comcast Tonight", a local cable talk show, to promote the Club and are hopeful of seeing many more new people. *** VIRGINIA Tysons Corner (a DC suburb) 2005-2006. The Anime USA 2005 Convention featured go demos organized by local volunteers Juan Pablo Quizon and Craig Anderson. The go community has supported this convention for four years in a row. The support continued in 2006 with another Quizon-Anderson led go workshop. Bob Aarhus and John Goon lent an assist. Great Falls 2005-2006. Great Falls Elementary School (GFES) parents Lisa Hodge and Trish Barber were instrumental in bringing go to GFES beginning in 2004. During the 2005 to 2006 school year, GFES held a Book Fair where go sets (sourced from Grand Mart, Super H and Asia for Kids) were sold and held its second annual go Tournament. The go Tournament included an in-school competition for GFES students only, and a "tri-school" competition involving the three Fairfax County Public Schools that have Japanese Immersion Programs (JIP): Floris ES, Fox Mill ES and GFES. (The impetus for the tri-school JIP go program originated at Floris Elementary. Floris held an in-school go Tournament that expanded in scope over time to include Fox Mill and GFES.) The 2005 GFES go events were a big hit with the children. They especially enjoyed the visit by AGA Archivist Craig Hutchinson who told stories and taught elementary tactics and strategy. The 2006 tri-school go Tournament was held at Floris Elementary. The 2007 tri-school go Tournament will be held at GFES. The tournament is held in February. The GFES-only tournament attracted 40 children. The tri-school tournament involves as many as 120 students. Lisa Hodge and Trish Barber are currently on the JIP PTA Parent Committee and will be actively involved in the next tri-school tournament. Great Falls 2005-2007. The Great Falls Go & Chess Club was started by Ching-Sung Chin in early 2005. It meets every Friday night in the basement of his Great Falls home. The club focuses on developing new young go and chess players and Ching-Sung's two sons, Kevin and Kabe, are the club mainstays. The average attendance is 12. Ashburn 2006. Chris Artigue is forming a brand new go Club in the Northern VA area. The Club, which has yet to be named, will hold its first meeting at the Ashburn Library in late October 2006. Chris started by inviting local go Club organizers to his first planning session. The organizers contributed Way to Go books, sets, and flyers. Chris followed up a few days later by using the materials in a go demo for a Library-sponsored games night event. New starts are typically a risky business, but Chris seems to be getting off on the right foot. *** WASHINGTON DC Smithsonian Silk Road 2002. At the 2002 Smithsonian Silk Road Festival, DC area go Clubs provided dozens of volunteers to support a 10 day cultural extravaganza on the National Mall during a sweltering July. The brainchild of celebrated cellist Yo Yo Ma, the Silk Road Festival was a fabulous conglomeration of artists from all around the world. go was taught to several hundred visitors during the entire ten day period. Over 300 "Way to Go" booklets and 600 flyers were distributed. Smithsonian Games 2006. The Smithsonian Asian Games Exhibit enlisted DC area go Clubs to demonstrate go for several days in 2006. JASWDC Japan Bowl 2000-2006. The annual Japan Bowl in Washington DC. is a national High School Japanese Language competition. Their cultural program included go demos by the Rockville Go & Chess Group. National Cherry Blossom Celebration 1998-2007. The annual Sakura Matsuri festival is held in April and sponsored by the National Cherry Blossom Festival Committee. Go demos by Washington DC area go Clubs are now a traditional part of this event which introduces go to hundreds of visitors every year. *** MISCELLANEOUS Odyssey Magazine 2006. FIGHTING FIRE WITH GO? "What could playing a 2,500-year-old board game from Japan and fighting a forest fire possibly have in common?" Readers find out in the September issue of Odyssey magazine, the kid's science mag. "Strategy," says the article by Nick D'Alto. "Master our game of go, and you might be able to stop a fire in its tracks." The article uses go strategy to describe effective firefighting techniques. "Some wildland fires are simply too big to extinguish directly. Instead, as in the game of go, you must surround them to control the flames." The article even includes a sample grid on the back of the magazine so readers can try their new fire-fighting go strategies. Thanks to Jack Pinkerton of Chevy Chase, MD for the tip! NPR Radio 2006. ZIP CODE MAN GOES FOR IT: David Rosdeitcher, the Zip Code Man interviewed on NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday night, is also a 1d go player. Rosdeitcher claims he can recite the location of all 48,000 zip codes in America and abroad, as well as recommend the best restaurants in each town. The juggle r and street performer can juggle seven balls and five clubs and invents entertaining stories about people based on their zip codes. "I started playing go in January 2002 after seeing A Beautiful Mind, and since then haven't stopped playing," Rosdeitcher told the EJ today. "The zipcode of my hometown go club is 80302 which is the Boulder Go club that meets at U of Colorado." Find out more about Rosdeitcher at http://zipcodeman.com/ or listen to the NPR interview at this link. Thanks to Keith Arnold for tipping us off! Mystery Novel 2006. MYSTERIOUS GO: "I just read The Takamoku Joseki by mystery writer Sara Paretsky," writes Anton Ninno in Syracuse, NY. "It's included in a collection of her short stories, titled Windy City Blues." Windy City Blues is available online at Amazon.com Movies 2005. HEAVENLY GO? "The new main-stream movie 'Just Like Heaven' has a brief scene with a go board," reports Tim Hoel. "A man in San Francisco is looking to sublet an apartment and is taken to several unusual choices, including a Japanese-style room with low tables, pillows, and a go board sitting in the middle of the room. His only comment is 'where's the furniture?'" Music CD 2005. PLAYING WITH JERRY: "(Dark Star is) kind of like the game of go. It's so simple, it doesn't have many rules - it's really simple and also ultimately as complicated as you could possibly get it. It's both things at the same time." The Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia, from the liner notes of Greyfolded, a "plunderphonic" album based on 25 years of performances of Dark Star by the Grateful Dead, compiled into a 2-CD performance by John Oswxxald. (from a posting on rec.games.go) Television 2005. PROFILING GO: Go featured prominently in the September 22 premiere of CBS' Criminal Minds television drama. Discovering a go board in the room of a suspect's house, FBI profilers Greenaway (Lola Glaudini), Reid (Matthew Gray Gubler), Gideon (Mandy Patinkin) and Hochner (Thomas Gibson) discuss the game: Greenaway: What kind of game is it? Reid: In China, it's called weiqi, here we call it go. It's considered the most difficult board game ever conceived. Gideon: Chairman Mao required his generals to learn it. Reid: It also looks like he's playing himself. Greenaway: How can you tell? Reid: This might provide an advantage; actually go is considered to be a particularly psychological revealing game. There are profiles for every player. The conservative point counter, the aggressor, the finessor Hotchner: What kind of player is this one? Reid: Extreme aggressor. Thanks to Gordon Ho for the tip! EVIDENCE OF GO AS A RIGHT-BRAIN ACTIVITY 2005. "Go is a board game thought to be different from chess in many aspects, most significantly in that go emphasizes global strategy more than local battle, a property very difficult for computer programs to emulate," according to a 2003 report recently brought to our attention by Anton Ninno. "To investigate the neural basis of go, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) was used to measure brain activities of subjects engaged in playing go. Quantitative analysis indicated a modest degree of stronger activation in right parietal area than in left. This type of right hemisphere lateralization differs from the modest left hemisphere lateralization observed during chess playing." Right-brain activity is linked to more intuitive and "looking at the whole" ways of thinking, while left-brain activity is linked to more logical and "looking at parts" ways. The report, " A functional MRI study of high-level cognition. II. The game of GO" by Chen X, Zhang D, Zhang X, Li Z, Meng X, He S and Hu X in the Department of Neurobiology and Biophysics, University of Science and Technology of China, is available online at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=12589886&query_hl=1&itool=pubmed_DocSum THE REAL ULTIMATE PUZZLE: "As a computer scientist, I greatly enjoyed Tom Mueller's account of the computer chess program Hydra and its developer, Chrilly Donninger ("Your Move," December 12, 2005, The New Yorker), wrote Dale Hoopingarner in a February 6 Letter to the Editor of The New Yorker. "As a player of the Oriental game of go, however, I took exception to calling chess the 'ultimate puzzle.' While the number of possible games in chess may exceed the number of atoms in the universe, go, which is played with black and white stones on a nineteen-by-nineteen grid, is said to have more possible board positions than the number of subatomic particles in the universe. And while leading grandmasters have been defeated by computer chess programs, a serious recreational player can defeat the best current computer go programs." Hoopingarner lives in Milford, Massachusetts. GO ON THE AIR AND IN PRINT: "Yesterday on National Public Radio I heard the Third Coast Festival program on Games," reports Bob Barber. "Along with Pumpkin Chunking (a serious sport in New Hampshire), one of the essays was on go. This essay had been referenced by the E-Journal a few months back, so I was waiting for it. Very nice piece about Feng Yun and go in America. And in the February 6 edition of the New Yorker, there is a letter in response to the recent article about computer chess. Written by Dale Hoopingarner, a member of the AGA, it is polite and soft spoken, yet should get the attention of many chess players. Finally, there is a full-page article by Victoria Scott, complete with picture, about the Evanston Go Club in the February 8 Evanston RoundTable. All of this exposure can only help us in the never-ending quest to grow go in America." THE GO AND ENGINEERING CONNECTION: "What the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) says about engineering could just as easily apply to go," says Bob Felice, passing along a link to a print ad currently being run by the IEEE. "It features a picture of a very intelligent looking fellow with a go board on his desk," notes Felice. Check it out at http://www.ieee.org/services/promolibrary/pl_largegifs/mem/promolib324lj_zhanghalf4c.gif SHONEN JUMP PREVIEW: The new issue of SHONEN JUMP, the manga monthly, features the latest installment in Janice Kim's "Getting Go" column. This issue, February 2006, she discusses some of the younger international stars in go. And in the Hikaru no go manga, Hikaru continues his pursuits as an insei - even with the ghost of Sai by his side, he's finding the competition tougher than he'd expected. The issue hits newsstands January 3. |
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