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March 2013
A new junior club is starting on 18th April - Letchworth Junior Chess and Go Club. The club will be a place for youngsters aged 8 - 14 to come and play (or learn) Chess and Go.
25th – 26th May 2013
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Venue
The Gilchrist Postgraduate Club
University of Glasgow
University Avenue
Glasgow
G12 8QQ
Michael Redmond was born in 1963 in Santa Barbara, California, and began playing Go at age 11. At the age of 14, he became an insei at the Nihon Ki-in. He was promoted to professional 1 dan at age 18, and 2 dan in the same year. He was promoted to 5 dan in 1985; 8 dan in 1996; and 9 dan in 2000, becoming the first western Go professional to reach 9 dan.
Here are some pictures of Michael Redmond.
Here are some pictures of Michael Redmond.
The fifth season of the BGA Online League is now under way.
To balance the divisions out, I have moved Belfast and Billericay up to division 1, Glasgow up to division 2 and then done the draw for matches in each division.
As last year there are two matches between each pair of teams, a notional "home" and "away" match.
Although I've written in the forthcoming British Go Journal that all Council members are offering themselves for re-election, it turns out that two of the existing members have recently decided not to for a variety of personal reasons.
We thank them for their efforts and hope that they will still continue working with the BGA to promote and develop Go in the UK.
Nominations for Council membe
The 2013 British Youth Champion is Tian-Ren Chen, retaining the title he won last year. Second was Matei Mandache, a fellow-student at Loughborough School.
The Castledine Trophy was won this year by Loughborough, who beat Aston by 2 games to 1.
The Best Primary School award went to Sandilands, Manchester.
The 2013 British Youth Go Championship attracted 27 competitors aged from 7 to 18, with strengths from 37 kyu to 1 dan. The kind hosts this year were King Edward VI School at Aston, Birmingham. The organisers would also like to note their gratitude to the Castledine-Barnes Trust, for facilitating the entry of certain players.
The 2013 Youth Championships had 27 competitors aged from 7 to 18, with strengths from 1 dan to 35 kyu. King Edward VI (Aston) School, Birmingham, was a good central venue.
Tian-Ren Chen from Loughborough retained the youth title.
Age group winners determined by even games within that age group.
Prizes and places went to: