Category: Recent News
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AGHS Unveils 2023-24 Officer Team for Ambitious Year
September 5, 2023 — The American Go Honor Society (AGHS) is thrilled to introduce its new officer team for the 2023-2024 year. The AGHS is excited to embark on ambitious projects to promote Go among American youth, like live streaming tournaments with Baduk Club. “The AGHS looks forward to launching projects that facilitate interaction between…
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2023-2024 AGHS Applications Open
By Liya Luk, Jamie Tang, and Kevin Yang The student-led American Go Honor Society has released the 2023-2024 AGHS officer applications. The mission of AGHS is “to provide a supportive learning environment to nurture Go skills, confidence, and leadership for all players, regardless of age, gender, or location.” The new AGHS Leaderboard (President Jamie Tang and…
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Strong Participation in the Blitz Tournament
Last Sunday, Feb. 19, the American Go Honor Society (AGHS) hosted a one-day Blitz Tournament on KGS. The tournament consisted of five rounds and eight divisions. The rank of the players ranged from 20K to 9D. The division winners included: Shang Zhou 9D, Al Tang 2D, Jason Liu 2D, Ryan Huang 1K, David Rohlfing 4K,…
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The New Year Soars with AGHS Pair Go Tournament
The American Go Honor Society (AGHS) started 2023 with the return of the Pair Go Tournament. The tournament attracted 94 players with levels ranging from 17K to 7D. It consisted of two rounds and 12 divisions, each with four teams of similar rank. The winning teams from Round 1 faced off against each other in…
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The Last Match of the Go Legend Ends Fast
Fast and furious. The last round of the Go Legend Go Get Friends challenger series, Hong Kong Charles Chen 1d versus American Alex Fan-Cui 2d, was packed with daring cuts and invasions. The Go Legend reviewed the match live on their Youtube channel. Star, Print, and Adeline, who translated the commentary from Mandarin to English,…
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Young Lions Tournament Ends Strong
The 2022 Young Lions Tournament took place over two Sundays on November 13th and 20th. We had a total of 86 players with 10 divisions. Congratulations to our division winners! Division Placement Name Rank Open 1 Chase Lin 4D 2 Jerry Ju 3D 3 Stephanie Tan 2D A 1 Elwin Li 2D 2 Siyu(Steven) Chen…
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Update on the Go Get Friends Challenger Series
Last Sunday, Nov. 13, American Daniel Luo 1K faced off against Hong Kong Yifu Wang 1D in an exciting back-and-forth game. Playing black, Luo secured a strong start by building territory in the corners and sides while Wang strove to build a strong moyo on the bottom of the board. Ultimately, Luo’s invasion into the…
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The Go Legend Jumpstarts International Opportunities for Youth Players
The American Go Honor Society (AGHS) is excited to announce the GO Get Friends friendly tournament organized by the 傳碁學園 Go Legend, a Go school based in Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong. The players of the AGHS team include Alex Fan-Cui 2d, Daniel Luo 1k and Kyle Lam 10K against the Go Legend’s Yichen Chen 1D,…
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November Youth Go League Winners
The November Youth Go League has officially concluded. We had a total of 42 players with 11 divisions. Congratulations to our division winners! Division Name Rank A Minhao Shen 4D B AI Tang 2D C Juliet Zhang 1k D Enzo Aozono-Araldi 2k E Thomas Jiang 4k F Abigail Chen 5k G Ethan Liu 6k H…
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Young Lions 2021 Tournament Winners
Division Name Place Open Derek Zhou 1 Open Jate Greene 2 Open Juanshu Lan 3 A Steve Zhang 1 A Jin Greene 2 A Al Tang 3 B Kevin Xu 1 B Samantha Soo 2 B Qi-Mei Jamie Tang 3 C Daniel Luo 1 C Manny Jauregui 2 C Chenhui Zhang 3 C Jonathan Chen…