08.26.06
Good Go game-recording form
Most game-recording forms are 19×19 grids where you write on the intersections—not very nice. At the Go Congress, xed_over had a game recording form that was a 19×19 array of blank Go stones, so you can write the move number in the Go stone: much, much nicer. And you can even draw an outline around a stone to denote it as black. You can download a .PDF of the form. (The form is titled as being from the Uppsala Go Club, but you can edit that with a .PDF editor—Google “pdf edit program” and take your pick.)
Sakata Eio, one of my heroes
Sakata Eio (or Eio Sakata, depending on which convention you follow) is one of my Go heroes. He was a terrifically strong player in his heyday–and is no slouch today. This photo is from a tournament around 1962 or ‘63. Note the threatening gleam of his tooth. His nickname was “The Razor.”
The photo above is a reduction from the fully detailed photo (10.9 MB file), and you can download that here.
Hikaru and Akira play Go
I took The Older Grandson Hikaru and Akira keychains, and he immediately created a little Go board and set them up at play. He said they were good at Go because their heads were so large relative to their body. 
The Wife sent him a collection of figures from Hikaru No Go, and he later put those in a diorama as well. Here are the figures:
Playing on North Carolina
The Go Congress had a board in the shape of North Carolina, and quite a few people played Go on it—including one pro-pro game on the board. I read in the Go Discussion Forum that the pros were fascinated about it and spent a lot of time talking about what would be the best opening move.
