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**UPPER VALLEY GO CLUB NEWSLETTER**

Welcome to the Upper Valley Go Club!  Please note the recent change in meeting time.  To remove yourself from this e-mail list, please reply to goclub@plomp.com.

Check out our website at http://www.feustel.us/GO/ and http://senseis.xmp.net/?UpperValleyGoClub.
We are also listed on the AGA website: http://www.usgo.org/usa/ChapClub.asp?state=NH#listing.

*NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS*

1) STUDY SESSION THIS SATURDAY
We will be meeting at the Hopkins Center tomorrow from 2pm to 5pm.  If the weather allows, we may try to play outside.

2) REMINDER OF THE MEETING TIME CHANGE
Just to reiterate the change in time, the club now meets weekly on Thursday instead of Wednesday at the same venue (Hopkins Center Cafe in Hanover, outside the Hood Museum Shop) from 2pm to 8pm.

3) UPPER VALLEY GO CLUB HANDICAP TOURNAMENT 2006
The tournament last Saturday (24th June) went well and much fun was had by all.  There were 12 participants in all, with players coming from Vermont, Massachusetts and as far away as Pennsylvania.  The report to the American Go Association e-journal is appended below.  The AGA ratings have all been updated and new memberships should have been received. You can look up your own rating at http://www.usgo.org/ratings/RatingsQuery.asp?.  Congratulations to Alex Henzel for coming in 3rd, and to Shi Mi, Henry Danaher and Kyle Wesson for getting rated 8k, 10k and 17k respectively.
News from the American Go Association June 26, 2006 Volume 7, #53 
SCHUMER VICTORIOUS IN UPPER VALLEY TOURNAMENT:
Peter Schumer 2k took top honors in the June 24 Upper Valley Go Club Handicap Tournament. Sponsored by the Upper Valley Go Club in Hanover, NH, the tourney drew 12 players. "It was a small but hotly contested tournament," reports organizer and TD Jing Wei Lim, "with four players winning 3 out of 4 games." Lim adds that special mention should go to three new members of the AGA, Mi Shi 9k, Henry Danaher 11k and Kyle Wesson 20k, who all performed well in their first go tournament ever. Winner Report: 1st Place: SCHUMER, Peter 2k; 2nd Place: ROBBINS, Charles G 4d; 3rd Place: HENZEL, H Alexander 5k. 

4) MASSACHUSETTS GO ASSOCIATION SUMMER HANDICAP TOURNAMENT.
This will be on July 16th.  There will be a ride down for anyone who wants to come with.  It will be whole day affair in Boston (Somerville actually), and we will leave Hanover at or around 7.30 to make it in time for registration from 9-10am.  The tournament starts at 10am.  There will be a four games in all, and should end by about 6 or 7pm. We should be back in Hanover by 9pm or so.  The tournament format is similar to ours above. For those of you with new memberships, this will be a good chance to put that membership to use.  Note that the MGA tournament is a bit pricier, with a registration fee of $20.  However, they give out a cash prize if you place in the top 3.  http://www.massgo.org/tournaments.html.

5) GO OUTDOORS.
Since it is the summer, we plan to "go outdoors", assuming it is not raining cats and dogs.  There has been interest in having a hike + go event sometime this summer.  Basically, we manpack a few go sets and stones and cameras and sandwiches, hike to the top of some hill, play some go, take some pictures, eat some sandwiches, stimulate the mind and body at the same time! Brilliant! Alternatively, we can rent a canoe and play go on the water (although nuclear tesuji will be highly discouraged).  It would probably be best to do this on a Saturday.  Possible weekends are the 1st (this weekend), the 22nd, and the 29th of July.  We probably want to avoid the weekend of the 8th as that is our Border's trip, and the 15th as it conflicts with the MGA tournament. Please e-mail plomp@together.net to let us the weekend of your preference.
Alternatively, we might want to play outside on our regular Saturday meetings, assuming the weather holds.

6) MINI LEAGUES
In the canvas bag in the club closet, you will find tables for running small round robin leagues.  We can try to implement this in subsequent meetings.

7) INFO FOR BEGINNERS AND NEW MEMBERS.
The above has been removed from the newsletter and added to the end of the club website on Sensei's Library (http://senseis.xmp.net/?UpperValleyGoClub).  New members and beginners should read through the section, it contains instructions on playing with the club online, as well as links to useful websites for beginners to learn the game.

8) HANDICAP TABLE
The club handicap table has been updated and is attached above.

9) PUBLICITY
Continue to send goclub@plomp.com the names and e-mails of any friends you have who might be interested in our club.

*UPCOMING SCHEDULE*

07/01/06 (Sat): Study Session at the Hopkins Center Cafeteria in Hanover near the Museum Shop from 2pm to 5pm
07/06/06 (Thu): Regular Meetings at the Hopkins Center Cafeteria in Hanover near the Museum Shop from 2pm to 8pm
07/08/06 (Sat): Go Meet-up at Borders Cafe in West Lebanon from 2pm to 5pm
07/13/06 (Thu): Regular Meetings at the Hopkins Center Cafeteria in Hanover near the Museum Shop from 2pm to 8pm
07/15/06 (Sat): No Study Session (cancelled)
07/16/06 (Sun): MGA Summer Tournament all day at the Massachusetts Go Association.
An e-mail will be sent out if there are any changes in the schedule.

*GAME AND PROBLEMS*

1) This week's game is the first game of the 40th Wangwi finals in Korea, between Lee Changho 9p and Lee Yeongku 5p.  Lee Yeongku is an up and coming young professional who is challenging for the Wangwi title, which Lee Changho has held for the last 10 years.  It is attached above. The copy of the game record and commentary is taken from http://www.gogameworld.com/.  The thing to look out for in this game is the patience and accuracy in positional judgement that Lee Changho exhibits.  There are several points in the game where he chose to play a smaller move that is more secure to ensure his win.

2) Problems 3.1 contains the second section of Cho Chikun's "Dictionary of Life and Death", life and death of 6 point shapes in the corner, taken from the stonebase database.  These problems are basically an overview of L groups and J groups, or results of various 3-3 point invasions.
Jing
Updated June 30, 2006