European Go Journal

November & December 2023 Edition of the European Go Journal

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Highlights:

  • An interview with Milena Boclé 3d, 2023 French Women’s Champion
  • Detailed commentary on the final game of the 28th Samsung Cup between Ding Hao 9p and Xie Erhao 9p
  • A review of the game from the 25th Nongshim Cup between Shin Jinseo 9p and Xie Erhao 9p, in which Shin interrupted Xie’s seven-game winning streak
  • An article by Daniela Trinks dedicated to the top ten news items from the Korean go scene in 2023
  • A report on the 45th Australian National Go Championships by Bob Watson
  • “Three Ways to Play Go”: an article by Joan Lluís i Rabassó pondering the differences in experience between playing online and face-to-face, also introducing a new way of playing go – against a robot able to take a stone from the bowl and place it on the board by itself
  • The latest of the Thirty-Six Stratagems presented by Dai Junfu 8d, Art & Photography and much more

Number of pages: 59


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Contents:

Preface
1
War and Go – Report from Ukraine
3
European Go News
4
Cornel Burzo 6d Wins European Grand Prix Finale
4
Overview of European Go in 2023
5
World Go News
6
Japan
6
South Korea
6
China
7
Korea Baduk Association Announces Top Ten Go Highlights of 2023
8
Game Commentary: 25th Nongshim Cup, Shin Jinseo 9p vs. Xie Erhao 9p
13
Game Commentary: 28th Samsung Cup, Ding Hao 9p vs. Xie Erhao 9p
18
Interview with Milena Boclé 3d, 2023 French Women’s Champion
23
Art & Photography
28
Camille Lévêque – Dune, 2021
28
Alizée Chabin – Inside the Henhouse, 2023
29
Photo Collage from the European Grand Prix Finale, 2023
30
Three Ways to Play Go
32
45th Australian National Go Championships
36
Path to 1-dan – Lessons with a Kyu Player
40
Go Terms Explained: Ponnuki
42
Let’s Study with AI: Fragment from 28th Samsung Cup
44
Thirty-Six Stratagems. No. 29: Decorate the Tree with False Blossoms
47
Guess the Next Move
52
Problems
55
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