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American Go Yearbook

I got my new and shiny “American Go Yearbook” in the mail yesterday.
It looks very nice (except for the quality of the diagrams, yikes for that… looks like something printed with a printer from 15 years ago).

I liked a lot the “where should X play next” problems taken from top US games, with short comments by the players.

Also, I was sad to read the very bad review for the new “The Go Master” movie (it’s about the life of Go Seigen) - I want to see the movie anyway, hope it will become available.

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8 Responses to “American Go Yearbook”

  1. uglyboxer Says:
    March 22nd, 2007 at 2:40 pm

    I got mine as well. In my copy there were 5 or 6 two page spreads that were blank. It seems rather random and the blank pages are attributed page numbers (though unprinted). Did I get a bad issue or is this a universal issue? I suppose it could be intentional, but I sure couldn’t figure out the breaks. At least my article (Teaching Pains) made it in ;)

  2. Sorin Says:
    March 22nd, 2007 at 8:04 pm

    Just checked mine: no blank pages at all. You must have a very special copy :-)

    Where is your “Teaching Pains” article? I went through the table of content at least twice and didn’t find the title.

  3. uglyboxer Says:
    March 23rd, 2007 at 7:22 am

    I don’t have a copy with me so I don’t know the page number. It was a column (originally in the eJournal) under the heading The Playing Life. I also didn’t find it in the table of contents, but given the blank pages I wasn’t paying too much attention to that.

  4. Robert Solovay Says:
    March 26th, 2007 at 5:12 pm

    I think the article is “Learning Pains” on page 54.

  5. Sorin Says:
    March 26th, 2007 at 5:35 pm

    Thank Robert - found it!

    Nice article, Uglyboxer :-)
    The title you mentioned here (”Teaching Pains”) is indeed a better fit than “Learning Pains”.

  6. uglyboxer Says:
    March 31st, 2007 at 9:50 am

    Thanks Sorin,

    I contacted Chris Garlock and they sent me a new copy, this time will all the pages nicely filled.

  7. marilyn Says:
    April 14th, 2007 at 12:38 am

    I am also writing a review of The Go Master (2006 - about Go Seigen), which I’ve seen twice in NYC. I think Chris & Roy’s review was a bit harsh, though I agree with most of their points. Yes the film was confusing. No it didn’t teach much about go. But still I found a lot to admire in the film, and hope you get to see it. My review will be published in a Chinese go journal, or else I’d send you a link. -marilyn

  8. Sorin Says:
    April 16th, 2007 at 10:32 pm

    Hi Marilyn, I’d like to read your review when it’s published (hopefully in English :-) )

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