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July 6th, 2009
10:42 pm [Link]	Computers get better at the Game of Go (aka Wei-Chi and Baduk) And the debate goes on: An Ancient Game Computers Can't Master (Note Date written: March 31, 2007, now TWO YEARS old!) - by Jan Newton http://www.goddesschess.com/chessquest/goweiqicomputer.html Humans No Match for Go Bot Overlords (Wired Magazine) - By Brandon Keim March 10, 2009 http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/03/gobrain/ For the last two decades, human cognitive superiority had a distinctive sound: the soft click of stones placed on a wooden Go board. But once again, artificial intelligence is asserting its domination over gray matter. Just a few years ago, the best Go programs were routinely beaten by skilled children, even when given a head start. Artificial intelligence researchers routinely said that computers capable of beating our best were literally unthinkable. And so it was. Until now... Also interesting: THE GAME OF GO: A CHINESE WAY OF SEEING THE WORLD - By Elisabeth Papineau http://www.msoworld.com/mindzine/news/orient/go/special/papineau1-1.html Current Location: Earth Current Mood: hopeful Tags: ai, baduk, computer, game_of_go, go, problems, programs, wei-chi (Leave a comment)
June 2nd, 2009
12:49 am [Link]	Find a Wei-Chi Club near you! Find a Go Club near you! Current Location: USA Current Mood: excited Tags: baduk, game_of_go, wei-chi (Leave a comment)
February 18th, 2009
01:23 pm [Link]	Computers get better at the Game of Go (aka Wei-Chi and Baduk) Written by Ewen Callaway, online reporter for NewScientist Go (the Asian board game once thought too complex for computers to master) is finally succumbing to silicon power... This conversation has been moved to here: http://community.livejournal.com/goban/21737.html Current Location: CyberSpace and your mind Current Mood: excited Tags: ai, baduk, computer, go, programs, wei-chi (1 comment \| Leave a comment)
January 5th, 2009
10:50 am [Link]	Wei-Chi (aka Go and Baduk) news The Santa Barbara Go Club is active. Ed Lee reports they meet Wednesdays and some Tuesdays at the Borders bookstore in Goleta. - Precise details at http://www.santabarbaragoclub.com :) I am sad to report the end of the Rafu Ki-in. I believe it is (was) the second oldest go club still going in the United States and was, at one time, a branch of the Nihon Ki-in and boasted many dozens of members. The membership has aged however, reports member Yuji Tabata and with many members having passed on, it no longer justifies the rent on its current small room of the JACCC building in Little Tokyo. :( Current Location: LA Current Mood: mixed Tags: baduk, go, la, wei-chi (Leave a comment)
November 14th, 2008
01:13 pm [Link]	Baduk ( Wei-Chi / Go ) tournament Dear Southern California Go Players, Sorry for the late notice, but I just received word of a Baduk ( Wei-Chi / Go ) tournament to be held this week-end at the LA Go Club on Western Avenue. This seems like it ought to be a great event and worth supporting. $4,000 in prizes! Among other things, it is sponsored by the Korea Times and we’d love to show them a great turnout. I can email you a flyer and below is some of the text. Namaste, Sighris - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Korean American Baduk Association 740 S. Western Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90005 Tel: (213) 210-9850 Email: fontius2000 (at) yahoo [dot] com The Baduk Tournament to be held from November 15, 2008 (Sat) until November 16, 2008(Sun). The information regarding the Baduk Tournament is as follows: Myung In Tournament (Hosted by The Korea Times) Group: Open Handicap A Handicap B Prize Approximately $4,000 in aggregate sum Date: November 15 (Sat) and 16 (Sun), 2008 Time: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM Place: Los Angeles Baduk (GO) Club 740 S. Western Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90005 Participation Fee: $30 Contact: Gary Choi (213) 386-5626 or Jason Lee (818) 919-5407 *Free dinner with a souvenir will be served on Sunday Night* Note The ratings for all participants will be determined through the Operation Committee’s own process evaluating each participant’s level. Current Location: LA Current Mood: excited Tags: baduk, go, tournament, wei_chi (Leave a comment)
September 14th, 2008
03:47 pm [Link]	Wei-Chi/Go in Southern California Dear Southern California Go Players, The Santa Monica Go Club is pleased to invite you to an evening of casual go play with guest (and US Open champion) Myungwan Kim, 8p. The event will take place Sunday, Oct. 5, from 6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m., at the Barrington Bridge Club, 2nd Floor, 11514 Santa Monica Blvd., West Los Angeles. The Barrington Bridge Club is located four blocks west of the 405 Freeway. Free parking on streets, $3 in building. Admission to the event is $5. Mr. Kim will review a game of his for dan level players, and be prepared to teach kyu level players. All the best, Joe Cepiel, Chris Hayashida, Andy Okun, & Sighris Current Location: LA Current Mood: excited Tags: baduk, go, wei_chi (Leave a comment)
August 14th, 2008
07:13 pm [Link]	2008 COTSEN GO TOURNAMENT (open to ALL) Sponsored By Lloyd Eric Cotsen with The American Go Association Over $5,000 in prizes!!! All games will be AGA rated, and will be run under the ING Go Rules. The Cotsen Open {6 Dan (black-belt) and up} and the Cotsen Handicap Tournament (open to all ranks) will be held September 20 & 21 (Saturday and Sunday) 2008 at UCLA Bradley International Hall. Saturday Sept. 20, 2008 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM Registration Sunday Sept. 21, 2007 9:30 AM to 10AM Registration 2:30 PM Final Game 5:00 PM Awards Ceremony Note: - The AGA "one time rating fee" will be paid for all players who do not currently have an AGA membership!!! - Professional Go Players Yi-Lun Yang and others will review and comment on your games. - Beginners and children are especially welcome, so don't be afraid to come and play. Bring your kids, friends, relatives and acquaintances!!! - FREE LUXURY BUFFET BOTH DAYS - but only for those who pre-register!!! More info here: http://www.cotsengotournament.com and here: http://senseis.xmp.net/?CotsenGoTournament Current Location: LA Tags: baduk, cotsen, go, tournament, wei_chi (3 comments \| Leave a comment)
August 10th, 2008
11:12 pm [Link]	2008 Go Congress in Portland Southern California sent a respectable contingent, here are some of the highlights: US Open - New LA Resident MyungWan Kim, 8p, won the US Open, defeating Mingjiu Jiang, 7p, by 1.5 points in the sixth and final round!!! - In the 8k section, Santa Monica Go Club member Terry McIntyre took 2nd place and Santa Monica resident Eileen Hlavka took 3rd place. - In the 3k section, Jerry Shen took 1st place. - In the 2k section, Andy Okun, took 3rd place. - In the 1d section, Santa Monica Go Club member Cooper Alison-Mayne took 3rd place. North American Ing Masters Tournament - Yilun Yang, 7p, took 2nd place, racking up four victories before being defeated by Feng Yun, 9p. - San Diego’s Xuefen Lin, 1p, took 4th place - While they did not place, both Gary Shen (father of Cherry and Jerry Shen), and Christopher Kiguchi, participated and scored wins in the prestigious 32-player tournament. 9x9 Tournament - Tom Xu won the Dan Section Women’s Tournament - Dammy Osoba, of the Santa Monica Go Club, took 3rd place in the 3rd Division. Die Hard Tournament - Andy Okun took 2nd place in Section C. Other events and activities … MyungWan Kim, 8p, lost a 9-stone handicap game by 1.5 points to an 800-processor core European supercomputer running MoGo. David Doshay, a California computer go researcher, said the win was significant not only in itself, but because the Monte Carlo method-based MoGo software showed strong evidence that its strength is dependent on the time and computing resources available to it, meaning it will get stronger over the years as computers get more powerful, without the need for additional coding. Eileen Hlavka and Andy Okun won their round robin tables in the Lightning Go Tournament, but were eliminated in the playoffs. Cherry Shen and Richard Dolen were part of the AGA E-Journal team, Cherry reporting on youth activities and Richard recording games for live broadcast on KGS for both the top tables of the US Open and the North American Ing Masters. Richard was the only member of the E-Journal team to win his game, with a four-stone handicap, in the special simultaneous match between team members and Ryo Maeda, 6p, at the end of Congress. Andy Okun will join the AGA Board of Directors in September. Santa Monica’s Sidney and Catherine Yuan, of Yutopian Enterprises ran a vendor table, seemingly continuously busy, during the second half of the week. Current Location: USA Current Mood: busy Current Music: ELO - "Out of the Blue" CD Tags: ai, baduk, go, wei_chi (Leave a comment)
July 26th, 2008
11:43 pm [Link]	Wei-Chi (aka Go, Igo & Baduk) Currently I am rated on KGS as 9k. I have been as high as 6k, but only for a few seconds (then I was destroyed by other 6k members and slipped back down to 9k). I would like to get to Dan level (Black-Belt). I am considering taking a break from work to study Go seriously. (BTW, have you read "Shibumi" by Trevanian - over 2 million copies sold! - and a movie in the works!!!) Do you have any crazy life goals? Please share! Sighris Ref links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_ranks_and_ratings http://www.trevanian.com http://community.livejournal.com/thelifelist Current Location: Earth Current Mood: hopeful Tags: baduk, go, life_goals, movie, shibumi, wei_chi (Leave a comment)
January 20th, 2008
08:29 am [Link]	I am at Oza2008!!! http://www.oza2008.com Current Mood: ecstatic Tags: baduk, go, oza, weiqi (3 comments \| Leave a comment)
December 13th, 2007
07:19 pm [Link]	Wei-Chi (aka Go, Igo & Baduk) - Note to self Note to self: In order for an invasion into a bulky 5 space (eye) to work you must play on the center point (obviously, to prevent your opponent from getting two eyes) AND YOU MUST HAVE EIGHT (8!) LIBERTIES even though they will only have four liberties left after your invasion! Who would have thought you would need TWICE as many as they?!? ( It might seem crazy but it is true. :) Current Location: KGS Current Mood: impressed Tags: baduk, fighting_tactics, go, igo, wei_chi (1 comment \| Leave a comment)
November 3rd, 2007
05:07 pm [Link]	I will be in the 2007 Cotsen Go Tournament in LA next week-end: I will be in the below Wei-Chi (aka Go & Baduk) Tournament in LA next week-end: 2007 COTSEN GO TOURNAMENT - November 10 & 11 (Saturday and Sunday) 2007 Sponsored By Lloyd Eric Cotsen with The AGA (American Go Association) Over$5,000 in prizes!!! The Cotsen Open {6 Dan (black-belt) and up}and the Cotsen Handicap Tournament (open to all ranks) will be held November 10 & 11 (Saturday and Sunday) 2007. All games will be AGA rated, and will be run under the ING Go Rules. More info here: http://web.mac.com/thelec/iWeb/Go/Index_files/Go2007.pdf. & BTW: 1ST INT'L MIND SPORTS GAMES SET FOR 'O8 IN CHINA The First International Mind Sport Games will be held in Beijing in October, 2008, reports Roy Laird, Chairman of the AGA Board of Directors... More info at the AGA website: http://www.usgo.org I will be at the '07 Cotsen Tournament and I might go to the "Mind Sports" event in Beijing too! Anybody else up for the fun/challenge? Let me know! Sighris Current Location: LA: KoreaTown Current Mood: excited Tags: baduk, go, sighris, wei_chi, weiqi (Leave a comment)
January 25th, 2007
01:07 pm [Link]	The Ultimate mind training tool! I believe learning to "play" Wei-chi can help you understand Thee Tao and become a more powerful maji. I just found the below on the 'net: Go, also known as Weiqi in Mandarin Chinese and Baduk in Korean, is a strategic, deterministic two-player board game originating in ancient China. The game is now popular throughout East Asia and on the Internet... The strategy involved can become very subtle and complex. Some high-level players spend years perfecting strategy. Go is considered by some to be the ultimate strategy game, superior in depth of complexity to Chess, Xiangqi, and Shogi. Go is typically classified as an abstract board game. However, a resemblance between the game of Go and war is often suggested. The Chinese classic "The Art of War", for instance, has sometimes been applied to Go strategy as well. On the other hand, general strategies of Go are well described by proverbs and are applied in other contexts such as management. Real wars end when the participants sign treaties. Likewise, in Go, the players have to agree that the game has ended. Only then are the score and the winner finally determined. History In many East Asian cultures, Go was considered one of the most important skills a civilized person could learn.... Nature of the game Although rules of Go can be written so that they are very simple, the game strategy is extremely complex. Go is a perfect information, deterministic, strategy game, putting it in the same class as chess, checkers (draughts), and reversi (othello). It greatly exceeds draughts and reversi in depth and complexity, and transcends even the complexity of chess... The above is from a CHESS website: http://www.ficgs.com/wiki_en-go.html There is a lot more info there! - check it out! And let me know if you want more info or a lesson/game! Current Location: USA Current Music: Order of the Out Tags: baduk, go, tao, weiqi (4 comments \| Leave a comment)

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