Kalamazoo Go Club

02/17/2025

Tonight's meeting is canceled Feb. 17, 2025.

08/09/2024

There will be no meeting on Sunday August 11, 2024. Meetings will resume on August 18.

05/17/2024

Dear Kalamazoo Area Go Enthusiast,

Claudio Mendoza died on Thursday May 9, 2024, at the age of 72 years.

Claudio started attending the Kalamazoo Go Club in January 2022, and his attendance was consistent until a few weeks ago. Were it not for Claudio's instigation and connections to the Vicksburg Cultural Arts Center, we would not have held a tournament in Vicksburg in October 2022. Claudio's sons Santiago and Cristobal also attended the club several times. We will miss Claudio's intelligence, enthusiasm, humor, and friendship, and his absence at club meetings will be noticed for a long time.

We witnessed Claudio's playing strength increase significantly throughout his attendance at the club. I remember his style as somewhat defensive, although he was not shy about placing a stone inside an enemy framework (whether or not he was ahead).

We don't know much about the circumstances of Claudio's death, other than it was related to a health problem that he had been battling. One may read some details about his life and scientific career here:
https://asovac.org/2024/05/12/adios-a-claudio-mendoza/

Stay well.

Yours,
David

Claudio Mendoza se ha ido este jueves 9 de mayo de 2024 y nos ha dejado consternados a quienes lo conocimos de cerca o de lejos. Los mensajes de textos por las redes sociales tanto de la AsoVAC como del IVIC y de sus ex discípulos y colegas en el exterior, muestran no solo los usuales contenidos de...

01/13/2024

There will be no Kalamazoo Go Club Meeting on January 14, 2024. It was decide that the weather would cause most people to stay home anyway.

12/21/2022

There will be no Club meetings until after Christmas.

09/21/2022

As part of the event “Destination Japan,” the Kalamazoo Go Club and the Vicksburg Cultural and Arts Center cordially invite you (beginner, intermediate, or advanced Go player) to visit the town of Vicksburg, Michigan, and participate in the Vicksburg Open Go Tournament. This tournament will be sanctioned under the American Go Association (AGA) regulations, the tournament fee being $20. It will be held at the Vicksburg Community Center, 101 South Main Street, Vicksburg, MI 49097, on Saturday October 1, 2022.

Tournament registration: https://bit.ly/3OsMOAV
Donations: https://vicksburgarts.com/support

Event Sponsors:

Vicksburg Cultural Art Center
GoMagic
Al Sensei
Yellow Mountain Imports

Support the arts through membership, donation, or volunteer work.

10/26/2021

I'm thinking that if there is no support then it is silly to continue with this club.

10/08/2021

Dear Go Enthusiast,

The Kalamazoo Go Club will play some games starting at 12:01 p.m. on
Sunday October 10 in the basement cafeteria in Bernhard Center on the
main campus of Western Michigan University.
Masks required.

09/23/2021

The Kalamazoo Go Club will play some games starting at 6:00 p.m. on
Friday September 24 in the basement cafeteria in Bernhard Center on
the main campus of Western Michigan University. As a reminder,
parking is free after 4:00 on Fridays near Bernhard. The closest
spots are on the east end of the building.
Masks are require on the campus.

09/16/2021

The Kalamazoo Go Club will play some games starting at 6:00 p.m. on
Friday September 17 in the basement cafeteria at Bernhard Center on
the main campus of Western Michigan University. As a reminder,
parking is free after 4:00 on Fridays near Bernhard. The closest
spots are on the east end of the building.

This time and location was evidently a popular choice last Friday
(Sept 10). Thus, based on a sample size of one meeting, we have
decided to make this a weekly occurrence for the foreseeable future.
Masks are required.

09/08/2021

Looks like we will be having a meeting on the lowest level of the Bernhard center at WMU at 6:00 PM on Friday September 10. Masks will be required.

03/17/2020

Since all the public venues are closed, the Kalamazoo Go Club meetings are suspended until further notice.

02/26/2020

Today's meeting is cancelled.
Since none have shown when the weather was rather better than this... Why struggle?

02/26/2020

The weather sucks. Will make a decision around noon on whether to give up on the meeting today.

02/12/2020

There will be no Go Club Meeting this week on Wednesday February 12, 2020. The Meeting is cancelled.

12/24/2019

Changing the day for the holidays to Thursday. So the Go Club will meet on December 26, 2019 and January 2, 2020.

04/17/2019

We are changing the start time for the weekly Go Club meeting to 1:00 PM on Sunday at Pacific Rim Foods.

03/05/2019

Sat, Apr 6, 2019, 9:00 AM: PREREGISTER HERE: http://tform.gohio.orgUsually Dan players get all the glory, but this one is for the KYU Players!This bracket style tournament will decide who has what it