Excerpts from the British Go Journal

At the moment I am browsing thru about 200 digital editions of the British Go Journal, starting in 1967. I will share some impressions with you. In chronological order.
(This might take some time.)


BGJ 0
(1967)


BGJ 1
(1967)


Source

https://www.britgo.org/bgj/bgj.html



BGJ 2 (1967)

A lot of coordinates these days, but that was about to change.


BGJ 3 (1967)

A somewhat formal advice to stay out of trouble.


BGJ 4 (1968)

The first diagrams made it a lot easier.


BGJ 5 (1968)

The first photo in BGJ (the participants of the British Go Congress).


BGJ 6 (1968)

Ah, go books :slight_smile:


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BGJ 7 (1968)

Absolutely don’t get what this is about. Anyone got a clue?


BGJ 8 (1969)

One of the first Japanese pro contributions to BGJ.


BGJ 9 (1969)

Ratings, an endless debate :frowning:


BGJ 10 (1969)

Converting the heathens who do not play go yet.


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Did you try putting it on a board? E.g.

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Thanks that does make sense.

But still don’t get the 82, … 86a thing.

I think they’re just variations on the same joseki.

So 83, 83a, 83b, 83c are the same up to a point, and then they split off into different variations. C4 is when Black blocks the other side to 82 and it gives different continuations.

blacks options are what are different between 83-83c.

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That kind of tabular representation of variants is pretty usual in chess opening books. (Or was, when I still looked at such.)


BGJ 11 (1970)

Headache diagram.


BGJ 12 (1970)

Wonder what became of this.


BGJ 13 (1970)

Obituary of a pioneer in go.


BGJ 14 (1970)

Go players’ funny habits?
Never noticed them.


BGJ 15 (1971)

Well done! Respect.


Wonder what became of this.

The British Judo Council was founded in 1958, five years after the British Go Association.

Just the BGA affiliated to the European Go Federation and the International Go Federation, the BJC affiliated to the British Judo Association, which is a member of the European Judo Union and the International Judo Federation.

Wikipedia says:

The BJC have a more traditional outlook towards Judo than is generally the case in Britain. The traditional white judogi is preferred over the more recent blue judogi that was introduced for international competition. Etiquette is more rigidly adhered to than is often the case in more sport-oriented clubs and organisations. The BJC stress the importance of kata, a view that is not shared by some other large organisational bodies in the UK.

As for the magazine, I don’t know.

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Thanks for sharing all this.

No problem, it is so much fun browsing through all these magazines.


BGJ 16 (1972)

Dutch pride.


BGJ 17 (1972)

Wow. Interview with Go Sei Gen!


BGJ 18 (1972)

Cool!


BGJ 19 (1973)

Nice!

And recently on OGS a lot of talk about team go. Well, in 1973 … :smiley:


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I think I some people have suggested a version like that too, playing several moves while it’s your turn and then the next person on your team gets a few moves etc. Does seem interesting

I feel bound to point out that quite a few of the recent excerpts have already been posted in the thread, as one would see if one read the thread through.


BGJ 20

Go inspired crossword puzzle.


BGJ 21

Junior Go Club.


BGJ 22 (1974)

JAL (Japan Airlines) sponsored a demo game.


BGJ 23

East versus West.


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BGJ 24 (1974)

Forsyth notation.


BGJ 25 (1974)

Overseas visitors.


BGJ 26 (1975)

4 rotating/circulating editors per year. Interesting concept.


BGJ 27 (1975)

London Go Centre (often referred to as LGC).


BGJ 28 (1975)

School go.


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BGJ 29 (1975)

Anyone got a time machine?


:rofl:


BGJ 30 (1975)

Handicap go handicaps?


BGJ 31 (1976)

Two of the top players of the seventies.


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WOW! How could I miss this thread???

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BGJ 32 (1976)

History minded magazine looks for an archivist. Good!


BGJ 33 (1976)

Takemiya’s advice for handicap go.

Forcing moves?


BGJ 34 (1976)


BGJ 35 (1977)

Proverbs for weaker players.



BGJ 37 (1977)


BGJ 38 (1977)


BGJ 39 (1978)


BGJ 40 (1978)


BGJ 41(1978)


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BGJ 42 (1978)

Cover BGJ 42, August 1978.


BGJ 43 (1978)

Game annotations.


BGJ 44 (1979)

Yeah, just another few points …
(That is where it starts, but not where it ends.)


BGJ 45 (1979)

Last night a proverb saved my life.


BGJ 46 (1979)

Playing go in China on the Great Wall.


BGJ 47 (1980)

Puzzles.

Part of an episode of a series about Nihon Ki In.


BGJ 48 (1980)

Ad. Help!


BGJ 49 (1980)

British Go Week.

Another atomic bomb game?


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