Guests Online: 1Today kicked off the return of the TM Title Tournaments after having been on hiatus for almost three months. Though a little behind schedule, Acciogo says that they will be back on track by August. Today was Meijin TM Title Tournament, a favorite among competitors as the name itself is renowned as a major title thanks to the manga/anime Hikaru No Go. After almost 3 and a half hours of heated, go-playing action, Imagineit retained his title of Meijin by defeating the challenger, Bunrun8. In June we will see the Tengen TM Title Tournament kick off, hosted by Kidchaor24.
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Saturday's 2010 Ouza TM Title Tournament is over. 6 players competed in a handicap-enabled double elimination tournament to decide who will be this year's Ouza Title Holder. After three breath-taking rounds of non-stop battle, only two players were left: evilpig and aristotle. After a grueling match, it was Aristotle who came out on top. Congrats to Aristotle-Ouza! Aristotle-Ouza is now eligible to enter the Kisei TM Title Tournament to be held in December.
That's it. There are no more spots for the Kisei TM Title Tournament. Remember, all current TM title holders, as well as former title holders from the past two years (up until 2008) are eligible to sign up for the Kisei. How many of the rising stars will we see? How will the sudden appearance of a new face like Aristotle upset the balance of power held by the Dans? All these questions and more will be answered this December. See you there! Our very own Justin Teng(3d) (a.k.a. odnihs) won the University of Maryland Back-to-School Go Tournament. The tourney took place on September 4th, and consisted of 12 players in a 3-round tournament. With only one loss the entire tournament, Odnihs was met with many well-deserved congratulations from his peers on Tiger's Mouth. So what's next for this rising young star? Honinbo? Maybe even Judan, or Meijin? Keep checking for the latest on odnihs, as well as other news concerning the other rising stars of TM. We'll be sure that you hear it first from Tiger's Mouth: News.
The USYGC has already been under way sinse January and already two attendents have been chosen, Clavin Sun and Jerry Shen.� Sun won the senior division and Shen the junior in Tacoma, Washington.� All other event dates are set and can be found�at� In the summer of 2009, like other similar trips, Liu Yuanbo 2p (Peteliu 2p, tartaric 9d, fondle 9d on KGS), Li Siyuan 5d (wadmn 9d on KGS), and Su Yang 5d (JeffChang 9d on KGS) will be hosting a trip to China. The trip has occurred once before, while the organizers do have past teaching careers too. Most have taught on KGS and have even taught players in China for a number of years. All are very qualified for their positions.
Previously, Chi-kun held the "big three" titles of kiseido, Meijin, and Honinbo, but lost them in the middle months of '99 to 2000, along with his rank 1 position. This title match was either going to make or break his strive to get back to the top in '08. Hopefully the new year will bring him more chances.
With critics already on his side, Wang ming-wan [9 dan] was predicted to win the last match against Chi-kun. The game opened with fierce battles in the lower- right corner and along the left side. Chi-hun's key stone ad group got driven into the corner by Ming-wan's pressuring moves.
During the game, Ming-wan was able to push Chi-kun around more than expected, and after 174 moves, Chi-kun resigned. Ming-wan had won his third and final game, making it 3-2 between he and Chi-kun. Ming-wan successfully captured the long sought-after Oza title, along with 13 million yen and a spot as #6 in the Japanese ranks. "Lee Sedol 9P has taken the 2-1 lead in the best-of-five-game finals of the Korean Myeongin against challenger Kang Dongyun 9P. Kang became the challenger by defeating Won Sungjin 9P who had just defeated Lee Changho 9P in the play-off after the Challenger League left the three players tied. Kang is an up-and-coming teen. He won the gold medal in the male individual section of the recent World Mind Sports Games and recently won five consecutive games in the Nongshim Cup international team tournament. Last year he won the King of Kings title by defeating Lee Changho. Lee Sedol took this title last year from Lee Changho, who had held it for twelve of the previous thirteen years." Thanks to the AGA E-Journal...
In my personal opinion I believe that Sedol is currently one of the best if not the best player in the world right now. Many say he is a mere image of Lee Changho when he was a younger pro player. Sedol may lead our Go scene into a new age! Lee Hajin's New English Blog
 Lee Hajin, 3p has recently started a blog about her Go career and on GO in general. You can also find her personal diaries and essays, as well as her pictures on the site. It is very cool how members can comment and participate in the discussion and I have personally signed up and spoken with Hajin and I find her to be very kind. It is rare to find Asian pro's so willing to start English Blogs, but she has taken on the task with her father. The site is set up well and very easy to use. The news section is great because you get the latest articles before anywhere else. Who better to report them, than someone who is right there? She seems to want to spred go throughout the west, which for us is always a good thing. Eventually she will be offering lessons and lectures on KGS. Overall my experience there has left me with a new pro to watch and a new website to check everyday. Check her out at http://starbaduk.com/... Have fun! Wow Cho... The Oza too? Just a few days after capturing his Tengen title, Cho moved on to capture the Oza as well. Cho's record against the strong Yamashita Keigo is a astounding 3-1. He won the first two games of the title and Keigo moving to win the third sent the two players into a fouth game were Cho won by 2.5!
Cho now posses the Meijin, Tengen, Gosei and Oza, which proves that he is the one to beat on the Japanese pro scene. Hopefully Cho can lead Japan into winning some international titles.  Cho U has been doing very well latley, with his many win vs. loss record and his play on the Japanese title scene. Cho defeated Kono Rin 3-0, in his Tengen title challenge. Cho won the third game by resignation. He now posses the Meijin, Tengen and Gosei of the "Big Seven" main Japanese title tournements. Many people are finding the new found strength in Cho to be of great importance to players who have felt that they cannot improve anymore. Cho has proved it all wrong.
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Five people competed for it, only one could win. The 50th Japan Oza title was just finished recently on December 12th with Wang ming-wan taking the title up. He defeated Cho Chi-kun [9dan] and stripped him of his only Oza title.