01.18.09

UCC Go Club Tournament 2009

Posted in Go at 19:40 by signius

Yesterday and today subjected Cork city to the second annual UCC Go Tournament. After a fashionably late first round on saturday morning, a slight hiccup arose when all UCC campus buildings were evacuated and closed due to ‘extreme weather conditions’. The reasoning behind this was presumably that students are far safer strolling around outside being struck down by flying slates than indoors behind layers of concrete and glass…

A hastily conjured backup plan led the 16 brave souls involved in the tournament on an epic trek (upwards of 10 minutes) to The Thirsty Scholar, where play resumed. A lighting malfunction meant rounds 2 and 3 were played by candlelight. Several players may have had their performance affected by the sudden availability of alcohol…

Day 2 was somewhat more traditional, with nary an earthquake nor plague of locusts in sight. Kudos to Stephan, Rory and the UCC Club for managing to pull off another successful event, despite the occasional Act of God being dropped on them.

Update: Results (and photos) linked here.

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12.04.08

Go 2009

Posted in Go at 23:25 by signius

UCC Go will be hosting their second annual tournament next month. This time round it’s a 2-day event (Sat 17th + Sun 18th), with a social gathering on the friday night. For details see their site.

For those who simply can’t restrain their competitive spirit until then, the IGA Ladder will start afresh on the 1st of January. 2008 results, and info for the upcoming 2009 tournament, can be found on the IGA site.

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10.19.08

Earliest Surviving Go Manual

Posted in Go at 14:37 by signius

Attention was drawn to a fascinating artifact by a recent article in the AGEJ.

BRITS STUDY ANCIENT GO DOCUMENT: A 1200-year-old manuscript containing go proverbs and other instructions is being studied and conserved at the British Museum, with the help of The Zen Machine, a British group headed by Peter Wendes. The manuscript, thought to be the oldest surviving go manual, was discovered in 1900 among 40,000 similar scrolls in a cave near Dunhuang, a city of about 150,000 people in northwestern China. Located near the junction of the northern and southern Silk Roads, Dunhuang was an important military stronghold and center of exchange between East and West more than 2000 years ago. Buddhist monks constructed nearly 500 temples, the nearby Mogao Caves, and began collecting manuscripts from travelers. In 1900, a self-appointed guardian of these temples discovered a huge collection of artifacts in a walled-off section of one of these caves, and sold them to Hungarian archaeologist Aurel Stein for just 220 pounds and many of those manuscripts — including this one — wound up at the British Museum. According to Wendes, the manuscript, which measures about 6″ wide and 96″ long, has never been translated. If you can help, contact him at the Zen Machine.
by Roy Laird in American Go E-Journal Volume 9, #53: October 13, 2008

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02.13.08

galway tournament

Posted in Go at 22:51 by signius

New tournaments seem to be all the rage on the Irish Go scene this year. Long may it continue.

The Galway Go Club is pleased to announce the first Galway Go Tournament. It will be held at the Bridge Club in Galway City on Saturday, April 5. We are planing a 3 round tournament. Details will follow soon.
This is just so you can put the date into your diaries.

Best wishes,
The Galway Go Players

Contact details listed here.

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