20160511
1) Pair Go May 21
2) Go Soiree May 21
3) Visiting pro in Santa Monica May 14
4) Coffee Cup Tournament in Santa Monica June 11
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1) Pair Go
Registration is now open for the 2016 Southern California Pair Go Championship which will be held at my home in San Diego on Saturday, May 21 starting at 9:00 a.m. Registration, a map and other information is available at goclubs.org. Pair Go was invented in Japan and features a man and a woman pair playing against another pair. Partners are not allowed to consult with each other as teams alternate moves (black woman, white woman, black man, white man.... etc.).
Note: During registration on can declare a team name or join an existing team if you are a second player registering.
There is a prize pool of $500 divided between an open and handicap section depending on number in each. There is no entry fee or charge for pizza for lunch and drinks during the day. But please register so I know how many boards and sets of stones to have and how many pizzas and drinks to have ready.
The Japan Pair Go Association is sending some books to be given to the players and the President of the American Go Association will be in attendance. If you are female and do not have a partner, there are several male players looking to pair up for the tournament. Send me an email.
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2) Go Soiree
The Pair Go tournament is going to be part of a traditional San Diego Go Club Soiree on Saturday, May 21... informal games that can be AGA rated. Of course, the tournament will take precedence on the good boards and stones and seating with a view of the bay... but I have lots of room, so if you can't find a partner of the opposite gender or can't come for the whole day, drop in to cheer or play an informal game. Please let me know via email if your are coming to play or partake in pizza or drinks. It will be at my home at 2940 Chicago Street, San Diego, with pizza at 1:30 p.m
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3) 2017 Go Congress
The AGA is now considering siting the 2017 Go Congress in Santa Barbara or San Francisco. San Diego is just too expensive in August. I may end up co-Director.
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4) Visiting Pro
Pro Teacher to Visit SMGC Saturday
Li Hai 5p, a pro and noted teacher from Tianjin, China, will visit the Santa Monica Go Club on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. to teach, with the right turnout, do a simul perhaps. Li runs the Jin Hai Go Institute and counts among the people he has taught the champion Shi Yue 9p. Please contact Joe Cepiel at [email protected] for more details.
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5) Coffee Cup Go Tournament
Three Years of Santa Monica Coffee Cup Theme Colors Announced! Also, the Tournament is June 11
The design committee of the Santa Monica Coffee Cup has finally chosen this year’s theme color, along with the colors for the next two years after. The “Coffee Cup” to be awarded to the first place winners in each division, as well as the tiles awarded the placers, will be painted fulvous, a kind of dark yellow with some brown in it, said tournament organizer and AGA president Andrew Okun. “There were good arguments for mikado and sarcoline, but fulvous won the day.” The 2017 theme color will be something between glaucous and nattier blue, followed by sang-de-boeuf in 2018. Oh, and the 10th Annual Santa Monica Coffee Cup itself, colors aside, will be June 11. It will be a three-round AGA-rated go tournament held, courtesy of owner Pam Stollings, at the UnUrban Coffeehouse, 3301 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica, CA. Check in starting at 9 a.m., rounds at 10 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m., prize giving around 5:30 p.m. Help gratefully accepted in both setting up and clearing up. Preregistration is essential as the field must be held to 64 players at most. Please register immediately at https://www.regonline.com/10thsantamonicacoffeecup. The 2017 and 2018 tournaments have not had their dates fixed yet, but the organizers will seek to hold them on the usual weekend in the middle of June. Please contact Okun at [email protected] if you know whether or not “mikado” should be capitalized in the sentence above.