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WORLD OZA CANCELATION CONFIRMED: The Nihon Kiin has confirmed that the Toyota & Denso Cup World Go Oza has been canceled by the sponsors. In related news, the TOM news website reports that JP Morgan is discontinuing sponsorship of the Zhonghuan Cup and GoGameWorld.net reports that the Chinese NEC Cup has been canceled. CLICK ON LATEST GO NEWS (RIGHT) FOR FULL REPORTS, PLUS: WORLD GO HIGHLIGHTS: KONG JI TAKES ASIAN TV CUP: Kong Jie 7P of China dethroned Lee Sedol 9P of Korea in the Asian TV Cup final on June 12. KOREANS DOMINATE FUJITSU: Korean players are dominating another international event, the Fujitsu Cup. Two Japanese, two Chinese, and four Korean representatives made it to the third round of the 22nd Fujitsu, but no Japanese players and only one Chinese made the semifinals, with Koreans taking the other three slots. U.S. TOURNEY HIGHLIGHTS: US-CANADA TEAM GO TOURNAMENT UPDATE: Andy Liu easily beat William Shi in the first game of the ongoing US-Canada Team Go Tournament last weekend. Liu then lost to Tiger Gong by resignation in the second game. The US-Canada Tourney will be played online over the next month or so, not just last weekend, as reported previously. CARLSON AND ZALESAK WINNERS AT NC RATINGS TOURNAMENT: Tom Carlson 12k and Andrew Zalesak 16k were the prize-winners at a self-paired ratings tournament held in Hillsborough, NC, on June 13th. CHI WONG 4K BEATS 4D TO WIN FORT MYERS “IGO TO THE PARK” TOURNEY: Four-kyu Chi Wong nudged out 2008 Fort Myers Open Champ Karsten Henckell 4d in the June 6 Fort Myers “Igo to the Park” handicap tournament. EUROPEAN NEWS BRIEFS: CHMIELEWSKI 6K WINS IN SZCZECIN: Artur Chmielewski 6k of Starogard topped a field of just a half-dozen to win the 4th Szczecin tourney on June 13 in Szczecin, a Baltic Sea harbor city in the N-W of Poland. Claas Roever defeated Ian Davis on June 12 in the John Hewitt pub in Belfast, Ireland. MELENCO MASTER OF CORMONS: Claudiu Melenco 1k (Brescia) won the Pandanet tourney June 6-7 in Cormons, Italy, winning all five rounds, ahead of Mirco Fanti 2k (4-1, Bologna) and Luka Camernic 2k (Ljubljana, Slovenia) 3-2.NAKAYAMA TO TEACH IN TIROL ALPS: Nakayama Noriyuki 6P will again this year teach at the Tirol Go Sessions in Austria. | |
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HANE RETAKES LEAD IN HONINBO (6/15/2009): After losing the second game in the 
CALVIN SUN WINS RECORD-BREAKING COFFEE CUP: Calvin Sun 7d took first place in the Espresso Division of the 3rd Annual Santa Monica Coffee Cup June 13 in Santa Monica, California. A record 42 players attended, including a top section of eight players from 5d to 7d. Go is... an ancient board game which takes simple elements -- line and circle, black and white, stone and wood -- combines them with simple rules and generates subtleties which have enthralled players for millennia. Beyond being merely a game, go can take on other meanings to enthusiasts: an analogy with life, an intense meditation, a mirror of one's personality, an exercise in abstract reasoning, or, when played well, a beautiful art in which Black and White dance across the board in delicate balance. But most important for all who play, go is challenging and fun.
