U.S. CONGRESS PASSES 400 (7/1/08): Attendance at this year’s U.S. Go Congress has now passed 400…ZHANG TOPS S.F. TOURNEY: Tony Zhang 5d topped the field of forty three players who turned out for the June Bay Area ratings tournament (r). Held in San Francisco's Japantown Center, the June 21 event set an attendance record for the monthly events… HAYNES & WILLIS WIN IN SACRAMENTO: Willard Haynes 1k and Jared Willis 16k won the June 28 Davis/Sacramento Go Club summer tournament, held in Sacramento, CA… REDMOND CUP PRELIMS WRAP UP: With five rounds completed, the preliminary rounds of the 15th Redmond Cup are over.  In the Junior Division, Calvin Sun and Hugh Zhang (l) will be clashing on the go board at the Go Congress. In the Senior Division, it’s William Zhou, Gansheng Shi and Cherry Shen…Paul Barchilon has Dinner with the future of Chinese Go. Click at right for full details on all this week’s go news, including CANADA PAIR WIN FREE TIX TO WMSG; HOUSTONIANS GET STRONGER; SHEN PLAYS BIG AREA IN KALAMAZOO; LATEST SMARTGO BOOSTS PRO GAMES; GO TOKYO 2008 TOUR OFFERED; VOLUNTEERS WELCOME; AGA BOARD VOTE UPDATES: Voting Underway In Board Election; Recall Ballots Mailed; IWAMOTO ONLINE TOURNEY CANCELLED; HANE HANGING ON IN HONINBO; WON SUNGJIN UPSETS GU LI IN CHINA-KOREA TENGEN; RUI NAIWEI FALLS, PARK JIEUN LAST HOPE FOR WOMEN IN GG AUCTION CUP; YOUNGSTERS VIE FOR FIRST TITLE IN JIANQIAO CUP; CHO CHIKUN HITS 1,300 WINS MARK; MIHAI SERBAN DOMINATES ROMANIAN YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS

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.

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