American Go Association

The American Go Association (AGA) was founded in 1935, to promote the board game of Go in the United States.[1] Founded by chess master Edward Lasker and some friends at Chumley's restaurant in New York City, the AGA is one of the oldest Western Go associations.

The AGA publishes a weekly online newsletter that reaches more than 13,000 subscribers worldwide, The American Go E-Journal, and an annual Yearbook; maintains a national rating system; organizes an annual national event, The US Go Congress; selects North American representatives in international tournaments; and provides support to its members and chapters as they promote Go in their communities.

Events for youth have also been established, including tournaments and an annual AGA youth summer camp that features instruction from professional players. The AGA has developed a set of rules that attempts to reconcile difference between "area"-based rule sets and "territory"-based rule sets, and participates actively in an international committee, trying to establish a unified worldwide set of rules.

As a member of the International Go Federation, which in turn belongs to SportAccord, the AGA is the official organization responsible for managing and promoting Go in the United States.

Publicity and exposure

President Barack Obama's administration contacted the AGA for an American-made Go board etched with the presidential seal and signature, the gift given on November 17th, 2009 to China's President Hu Jintao.[2]

Whilst the US go community were buzzing about getting exposure, and the BBC covered the event on its Newsnight programme, the US press did not really pick up the story, except the Chapel Hill Herald, the local paper where the board was made. [3]


Professional System

In December 2011, The AGA partnered with the Korea Baduk Association and the Korean go server Tygem to promote a new professional players system for the US.[4] Tygem agreed to sponsor and be the broadcaster for the 2012 professional certification tournament.[4] In addition, several Asian professional tournaments have invited AGA professionals to compete.[5][6]

The certification system is open to both US citizens and Canadian citizens via invitation pending the residency requirement and qualifying as a finalist.[4]

AGA Professional players

Professional status in Go is customarily for life. The dates below indicate when the players were granted professional status.

AGA City League

Main article: AGA City League

The City League is an AGA tournament where teams from different cities play each other in a league system, on the Pandanet-IGS server in the AGA room.

The teams consist of up to five players, out of whom three are selected to play in each round.

The current rules are listed here .

AGA City League A 2013

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Round 1

January 26, 2013

New York City 1 – 2 Los Angeles
Zhi Yuan (Andy) Liu 0-1 Beogmun Cho
Zhaonian Chen 1-0 Seung Hyun Hong
William Lockhart 0-1 Curtis Tang
Boston 1 – 2 Greater Washington
Huiren Yang 0-1 Jie Li
Jie Liang 0-1 Eric Lui
Yunzhe Zhang 1-0 Yuan Zhou
Vancouver, BC 2 – 1 Seattle 1
Zi Yang (Matthew) Hu 1-0 Dong Baek Kim
David Lu 0-1 Edward Kim
Tianyu (Bill) Lin 1-0 Ho Son

Round 2

February 24, 2013

Los Angeles 2 – 1 Vancouver
Beogmun Cho 1-0 Zi Yang (Matthew) Hu
Daniel (Dae Hyuk) Ko 0-1 Tianyu (Bill) Lin
Curtis Tang 1-0 Qi Zheng
Boston 2 – 1 New York City
Huiren Yang 0-1 Zhi Yuan (Andy) Liu
Jie Liang 1-0 Zhaonian Chen
Yunzhe Zhang 1-0 William Lockhart
Greater Washington 2 – 1 Seattle 1
Daniel Chou 1-0 Dong Baek Kim
Eric Lui 1-0 Edward Kim
Yuan Zhou 0-1 Ho Son

Round 3

March 17, 2013

Greater Washington 1 – 2 Los Angeles
Jie Li 0-1 Beogmun Cho
Eric Lui 1-0 Daniel (Dae Hyuk) Ko
Yuan Zhou 0-1 Curtis Tang
Seattle 1 1 – 2 Boston
Dong Baek Kim 0-1 Huiren Yang
Edward Kim 0-1 Jie Liang
Ho Son 1-0 Yunzhe Zhang
Vancouver 1 – 1 New York City
Zi Yang (Matthew) Hu vs Zhi Yuan (Andy) Liu
Tianyu (Bill) Lin 0-1 Zhaonian Chen
Qi Zheng 1-0 Yingzhi Qian

Round 4

March 31, 2013

Los Angeles 1 – 2 Seattle 1
Beogmun Cho 1-0 Dong Baek Kim
Daniel (Dae Hyuk) Ko 0-1 Ho Son
Curtis Tang 0-1 Sung-Chui Cho
Boston 3 – 0 Vancouver, BC
Huiren Yang 1-0 Zi Yang (Matthew) Hu
Jie Liang 1-0 Tianyu (Bill) Lin
Yunzhe Zhang 1-0 David Lu
New York City 2 – 1 Greater Washington
Zhi Yuan (Andy) Liu 1-0 Daniel Chou
Zhaonian Chen 1-0 Eric Lui
William Lockhart 0-1 Yuan Zhou

Round 5

April 28, 2013

Los Angeles 3 – 0 Boston
Beogmun Cho 1-0 Huiren Yang
Daniel (Dae Hyuk) Ko 1-0 Jie Liang
Curtis Tang 1-0 Yunzhe Zhang
Greater Washington 3 – 0 Vancouver, BC
Jie Li 1-0 Zi Yang (Matthew) Hu
Eric Lui 1-0 Tianyu (Bill) Lin
Yuan Zhou 1-0 Qi Zheng
Seattle 1 1 – 2 New York City
Dong Baek Kim 0-1 Zhi Yuan (Andy) Liu
Sung-Chui Cho 0-1 Zhaonian Chen
Ho Son 1-0 William Lockhart

Round 6

May 12, 2013

Vancouver, BC 2 – 1 Los Angeles
Qi Zheng 0-1 Beogmun Cho
Tianyu (Bill) Lin 1-0 Seung Hyun Hong
David Lu 1-0 Curtis Tang
Boston 1 – 2 Seattle 1
Huiren Yang 1-0 Dong Baek Kim
Jie Liang 0-1 Edward Kim
Yunzhe Zhang 0-1 Ho Son
Greater Washington 3 – 0 New York City
Daniel Chou 1-0 Zhi Yuan (Andy) Liu
Eric Lui 1-0 Zhaonian Chen
Yuan Zhou 1-0 William Lockhart

Round 7

May 26, 2013

Seattle 1 1 – 2 Los Angeles
Dong Baek Kim 0-1 Beogmun Cho
Edward Kim 0-1 Daniel (Dae Hyuk) Ko
Ho Son 1-0 Curtis Tang
New York City 2 – 1 Boston
Zhi Yuan (Andy) Liu 1-0 Huiren Yang
Zhaonian Chen 1-0 Jie Liang
Yingzhi Qian 0-1 Yunzhe Zhang
Vancouver, BC 2 – 1 Greater Washington
Qi Zheng 1-0 Daniel Chou
Tianyu (Bill) Lin 1-0 Eric Lui
David Lu 0-1 Yuan Zhou

Round 8

June 16, 2013

Los Angeles 2 – 1 New York City
Beogmun Cho 1-0 Zhi Yuan (Andy) Liu
Daniel (Dae Hyuk) Ko 0-1 Zhaonian Chen
Curtis Tang 1-0 William Lockhart
Greater Washington 3 – 0 Boston
Jie Li 1-0 Huiren Yang
Eric Lui 1-0 Jie Liang
Yuan Zhou 1-0 Yunzhe Zhang
Seattle 1 1 – 2 Vancouver, BC
Dong Baek Kim 0-1 Qi Zheng
Edward Kim 0-1 Tianyu (Bill) Lin
Ho Son 1-0 David Lu

Round 9

June 30, 2013

Greater Washington 1 – 2 Los Angeles
Daniel Chou 0-1 Beogmun Cho
Eric Lui 1-0 Daniel (Dae Hyuk) Ko
Yuan Zhou 0-1 Seung Hyun Hong
Vancouver, BC 0 – 3 Boston
Qi Zheng 0-1 Huiren Yang
Tianyu (Bill) Lin 0-1 Jie Liang
David Lu 0-1 Yunzhe Zhang
New York City 0 – 3 Seattle 1
Zhi Yuan (Andy) Liu 0-1 Dong Baek Kim
Zhaonian Chen 0-1 Edward Kim
William Lockhart 0-1 Ho Son

Round 10

July 14, 2013

Boston 0 – 3 Los Angeles
Huiren Yang 0-1 Beogmun Cho
Jie Liang 0-1 Daniel (Dae Hyuk) Ko
Yunzhe Zhang 0-1 Seung Hyun Hong
Seattle 1 2 – 1 Greater Washington
Dong Baek Kim 0-1 Jie Li
Sung-Chui Cho 1-0 Eric Lui
Ho Son 1-0 Yuan Zhou
New York City 0 – 2 Vancouver, BC
Zhi Yuan (Andy) Liu vs Zi Yang (Matthew) Hu
Zhaonian Chen (zchen) 0-1 Tianyu (Bill) Lin
William Lockhart 0-1 David Lu

AGA City League A 2014

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Round 1

January 25, 2014

Los Angeles 1 – 2 Boston
Beogmun Cho 0-1 Huiren Yang
Seung Hyun Hong 0-1 Jie Liang
Andrew Lu 1-0 Yunzhe Zhang
Greater Washington 3 – 0 Toronto, ON
Eric Lui 1-0 Xiaofei Deng
Jie Li 1-0 Tiger Gong
Yuan Zhou 1-0 Sarah Yu
Canwa Vancouver 2 – 1 Seattle
Tianyu (Bill) Lin 0-1 Ximeng Yu
Juyong Koh 1-0 Ho Son
Ryan Li 1-0 Momoko Tsutsui

Round 2

February 22, 2014

Los Angeles 1 – 2 Greater Washington
Beogmun Cho 0-1 Eric Lui
Seung Hyun Hong 0-1 Jie Li
Daniel (Dae Hyuk) Ko 1-0 Yuan Zhou
Canwa Vancouver 3 – 0 Boston
Tianyu (Bill) Lin 1-0 Huiren Yang
Juyong Koh 1-0 Jie Liang
Ryan Li 1-0 Yunzhe Zhang
Seattle 3 – 0 Toronto, ON
Ximeng Yu 1-0 Xiaofei Deng
Ho Son 1-0 Tiger Gong
Dong Baek Kim 1-0 Sarah Yu

Round 3

March 29, 2014

Los Angeles 1 – 2 Seattle
Beogmun Cho 0-1 Ximeng Yu
Seung Hyun Hong 0-1 Ho Son
Daniel (Dae Hyuk) Ko 1-0 Dong Baek Kim
Toronto, ON 0 – 3 Canwa Vancouver
Xiaofei Deng 0-1 Tianyu (Bill) Lin
Tiger Gong 0-1 Juyong Koh
Sarah Yu 0-1 Ryan Li
Boston 1 – 2 Greater Washington
Huiren Yang 0-1 Eric Lui
Jie Liang 1-0 Jie Li
Yunzhe Zhang 0-1 Yuan Zhou

Round 4

April 26, 2014

Los Angeles 3 – 0 Toronto, ON
Beogmun Cho 1-0 Xiaofei Deng
Seung Hyun Hong 1-0 Tiger Gong
Andrew Lu 1-0 Sarah Yu
Boston 1 – 2 Seattle
Huiren Yang 0-1 Ximeng Yu
Jie Liang 0-1 Ho Son
Yunzhe Zhang 1-0 Momoko Tsutsui
Greater Washington 1 – 2 Canwa Vancouver
Eric Lui 0-1 Tianyu (Bill) Lin
Jie Li 1-0 Juyong Koh
Yuan Zhou 0-1 Ryan Li

Round 5

May 17, 2014

Los Angeles 0 – 2 Canwa Vancouver
Beogmun Cho - Tianyu (Bill) Lin
Seung Hyun Hong 0-1 Juyong Koh
Daniel (Dae Hyuk) Ko 0-1 Ryan Li
Seattle 2 – 1 Greater Washington
Ximeng Yu 1-0 Eric Lui
Ho Son 1-0 Jie Li
Momoko Tsutsui 0-1 Yuan Zhou
Toronto, ON 0 – 3 Boston
Xiaofei Deng 0-1 Huiren Yang
Tiger Gong 0-1 Jie Liang
Sarah Yu 0-1 Yunzhe Zhang

Rank

Team Win Lose Rank
Canwa Vancouver 5 0 1
Seattle 4 1 2
Greater Washington 3 2 3
Boston 2 3 4
Los Angeles 1 4 5
Toronto, ON 0 5 6

See also

References

  1. ↑ Laird, Roy (2001). "Go in America - a history of the American Go Association" (PDF). The Proceedings of the First International Conference on Go. Department of Go Studies, Myongji University, Seoul, Korea, 5-11-12. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 18, 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
  2. ↑ "A Gift Between Nations - Frank's Board". trianglegoclub.org. 27 November 2009. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "GO IN THE NEWS: Carrboro Carpenter Crafts Go Board for Obama Gift". usgo.org. 14 December 2009. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 "AGA Professional System". usgo.org. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "Andy Liu 1p Wins Exchange Match, Plays in Sankei Cup Game Sunday Night". usgo.org. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  6. ↑ "New AGA Pro To Play in First Korean Tournament". usgo.org. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  7. ↑ "Gangsheng Shi Wins to Join Andy Liu as First AGA Profesionals". 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  8. ↑ "Calvin Sun Edges Out Bill Lin in Dramatic Final to Win AGA Pro Tourney". 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  9. ↑ Garlock, Chris (2015). "Ryan Li Sweeps Final to Win 2015 AGA Pro Victory". Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  10. ↑ "AGA Professional Results 2015".
  11. ↑ AGA City League 2013
  12. ↑ AGA City League 2014

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