Go in L.A.

Go in the Los Angeles Area

I resurrected this page on Sept. 9, 1997, from a cached copy of Rich Messenger's pages. He is no longer active in the go community, and no longer has net access. Please excuse the formatting and somewhat dated information. Please contact me (rdv@alumni.caltech.edu) if you have new information to be added.

Past Events in the L.A. Area, 1997

January 1, 1997, 12pm to 3pm:
New Year's Day Mini-Tournament at New Otani Hotel
February 22, 1997:
Santa Barbara Winter Tournament
March 8, 1997:
First Annual Tri-Cities Tournament
individual results:
1st Goro Nakano, Santa Barbara
2nd Rod Van Meter, South Bay Kiin
3rd Charley Weiland, Santa Barbara
team results:
1st Santa Barbara 17-11
2nd South Bay Kiin 16-12 (total: 20-24, I think)
3rd San Diego 13-15
April 19, 1997:
1st Annual Fun and Lunch Go Tournament
TD Richard Dolen
Tournament Organizer Lawrence Gross
Tournament Sponsor Eric Cotsen
13 player single elimination tournament
1st Place Bob Pfeiffer 3 Dan $150
2nd Place Ryan Massey 5k $100
3rd Place Tom Trilling 2D $75
4th Place Joe Santy 1D $40
May 17, 1997:
Santa Barbara GO group's Spring Tournament 1997

Upcoming Events in Southern California

The next few regularly scheduled classes:
- Sat. Sept. 13 1-3pm at the South Bay Kiin located at the New Gardena Hotel in Gardena (by Yi-lun Yang, pro 7 Dan)
- Sun. Sept. 14 3-5pm at the L.A. Go Club in Korea Town (by Yi-lun Yang, pro 7 Dan)
- Sun. Sept. 21 3-5pm at the L.A. Go Club in Korea Town (by Yi-lun Yang, pro 7 Dan)
- Sun. Sept. 28 3-5pm at the L.A. Go Club in Korea Town (by Yi-lun Yang, pro 7 Dan)
The Santa Barbara GO Group is having a GO picnic, Sunday, Oct. 12, 10:30-5:00. $5 for lunch. UCSB Grad Student Lounge (though venue may change). AGA rated games, self-pairing tournament. Contact Charley Weiland, weiland@magic.ucsb.edu, 805-893-3360.
The upcoming Cotsen Open has not been scheduled yet, but should be soon! Stay tuned. October, perhaps?

New Year's Day at New Otani Hotel

Posted to the Go In LA mailing list on December 29, 1996 by Ray Tayek:

First Go of the Year! Micro Go Tournament. Free tiny prizes. No entry fee. Join us at the New Otani Hotel (Los Angeles and 2nd streets). From 12:00 to 3:00. Lobby floor. See you there! For further info call Richard Dolen at (310) 828-0478.

Go Clubs in the L.A. Area

(See this separate page.)

Go Classes in the L.A. Area

Here is a list of the regular classes in go in the Los Angeles area given by Yi-lun Yang, a 7 dan professional go player from China who lives in L.A. (he can be reached via the e-mail address yly@netcom.com). The locations are listed in the Go clubs in the L.A. area page.

Every Sunday afternoon from 3pm to 5pm at the L.A. Go Club in Koreatown. Cost is $5. Mr. Yang usually lectures on a pro game (often one of his own), stopping frequently to challenge the students to find the next move, explaining proper thinking along the way.
The second Saturday of each month from 1pm to 3pm at the South Bay Kiin in Gardena (South Bay). They ask for a $10 donation from non-club members. Mr. Yang plays three simultaneous games (an extra $5) then reviews them in a lecture format, with specific suggestions for becoming stronger.

Go-In-LA Mailing List

The mailing list "go-in-la@andromeda.com" is intended for brief announcements of interest to go players who live in the Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. area. Events such as tournaments, public lessons, club meetings and visits by pros will be announced there.

To post to the mailing list, send mail to go-in-la@andromeda.com.

Membership in the mailing list is open; you can add or subtract yourself (or anyone else) by sending standard "listserv" mailbot requests to listserv@andromeda.com. Get a detailed explanation of the commands available by sending mail to go-in-la-request@andromeda.com.

Links to Some L.A. Go Players

There used to be a list of L.A. area players, which I am now gradually reconstructing here. Contact me if you want to be on the list, or email Larry Gross (le144@netcom.com) or me (rdv@alumni.caltech.edu) if you're coming to town and looking for a game.

page creation: Rich Messenger
page maintenance: Rod Van Meter (rdv@alumni.caltech.edu)

Last modified: Thu Sep 18 16:06:49 1997