The University of Maryland Go Club

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Meeting Date, Time, and Location

The University of Maryland go club meets

  • Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m., in Room 1216 H.J. Patterson Hall (across Campus Drive from the Stamp Student Union). We will continue to meet at least through May 14. Meetings in the summer will be according to demand. If you plan to be around and would come on Wednesdays, please tell Steve.
  • Fridays in the Stamp Student Union, in the office (0208F in the Student Involvement Suite in the Stamp Student Union) from 1-4pm and then in the food court from 4-7pm. These meetings will probably not go beyond May 14.
  • Team match, every second Friday of the month, is held in Bethesda (at the GWGC). If you are interested in participating, please contact Neil, who is coordinating this event.
  • Online. To play with us on KGS, go to www.gokgs.com. Once you're registered and logged in, click on the Rooms menu, and open Room List --> Clubs --> University of Maryland Go Club.

    The club meets every Wednesday while school is in session, and many other Wednesdays as well. We welcome players from the University and broader communities with an interest in go, regardless of skill level. Players who attend regularly range from 15 kyu through 2 dan in strength and we are happy to teach beginners.

    If you are around campus on Fridays, you have no excuse to not show up. Come and hang out with us! We are very newbie-friendly. Whenever we play in Stamp, we meet in the food court area directly outside of the Baltimore room, on the ground floor.There's an easy way to find us. We're the ones playing the game that looks like Othello. To be extra sure that you do not get lost, consult this map.

    Alternative venues for playing go and other local go events in the area can be found on our links page.

    Upcoming University of Maryland events:

    None, till fall, when we will have the next MidAtlantic Regional Go Championship.

    However, two local tournaments are coming up in May:

    May Madness at the NOVA club, Arlington, VA, May 17.
    Maryland Open in Baltimore, May 24-25 (flier).

    And there is the Go Congress, Aug. 2-9 in Portland, Oregon.

    Past University of Maryland events:

    The 2008 John Groesch Memorial tournament was held Sunday, March 30. (Results).
    The 2007 MidAtlantic Regional Go Championship was held Sept. 15-16.

    The Election of club President and Treasurer for the year was held April 16, 2008.

  • Club officers

    2007-2008: 
    President: Ben Hammer 
    Treasurer: Matt Zamora 
    Vice-President: Tiffany Chao
    Secretary: Wayne Zhang
    email sent to UMGoClub@quclick.com will reach all the officers.

    Club Constitution (this link downloads a Word document)

    History

    The U of MD Go Club extends back to the mid-1970s where it played a vital role in the development of the local go community. Numerous tournaments and special events have been conducted on campus since that time, thanks to the energy of dedicated student organizers, including our past president, Yuan Zhou, 7 dan. The club is an American Go Association chapter.

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