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Your Move/Readers Write: More on go libraries; Redmond on Kobayashi? Clued in

More on go libraries: "As a retired librarian, I was very pleased to read about go books in various libraries (Go books go global…and local," writes Robert Barber. "When I worked at the University of Illinois at Chicago, I prevailed upon the Collections Development people to purchase at least 20 books for the library.  Later, Mark Rubenstein and I gave a dozen books to the Evanston Public Library.  And recently, Mark 'inherited' the library of our friend Ian Feldman.  Mark plans to make the books available to the members of his club."Redmond on Kobayashi? "I hope you can get Michael Redmond to do a review of his recent game with Kobayashi Koichi, either for the EJ Members Edition or as a You Tube video," writes Bob Gilman. A Redmond video commentary on the game with Kobayashi is in production, as is the next set of Redmond's Alphago-AlphaGo commentaries.Clued in: In the New York Times crossword no. 0705 (Wed, Aug. 9th), the clue for 43-across is "Travel edition of a classic board game?" reports Roy Schmidt. "Partial spoiler," Schmidt adds, "our game is part of the answer!"