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Tacoma Go Club


Go is a board game of simple rules yet complex strategies, and no element of chance.
Originating in China over 2,500 years ago, the game now has avid players throughout the world.

[Wikipedia on Go] ["How to Play" tutorial]

Come play Go! Beginners welcome!
Saturdays 12 noon ~ 4 pm at Commencement Bay Coffee Co., 2354 S. Jefferson Ave.
(S. 25th and Jefferson)

Upcoming Events - Regular Schedule - Recent News - Tacoma Venues

Tacoma Go Club President Gordon Castanza, Ph.D., at Seattle Go Center, 2007 A running battle on the Go board Kids love the game Strong players battle in tournament play

Cho Seokbin lectured on joseki, April 28, 2007

Upcoming Events

[updated 2008-11-10]


Dennis Wheeler and Andrew Tapay in a friendly game at Cutters Point, spring 2006

TGC Regular Schedule

[updated 2008-11-10] Solomon Choe from Tacoma vs. Jason Baghboudarian from Olympia, 2006

Recent News

[updated 2008-07-05] Roy Hayashi and Jeff Horn at TGC's first tournament, March 2003

Tacoma Venues

These fine Tacoma cafes have boards and stones for casual play.
Commencement Bay Coffee Co., 2354 S. Jefferson Ave.
Board and stones behind the small counter at the back of the room.
Tacoma Go Club plays here Saturdays, 1 p.m. ~ 4 p.m. Usually three to six of us are there, strength ranging from about 1-dan to 20-kyu. Beginners welcome!
Black Water Cafe, 747 S. Fawcett Ave., Tacoma
Board and stones on the shelf in back. m-f: 6:30am-7pm, s-s 8am-8pm.
Bertolino's Coffee Bar, 2421 S. Union
Board and stones on the shelf in back. Open 24 hours/day.
Kickstand Cafe, 604 S. Fawcett Ave.
Board and stones on high shelf to the right.
Shakabrah, 2618 6th Ave.
Board and stones low on shelf to the right.
Mike LePore at the Canadian Open, Aug. 2002
Other stuff:

[old news]
[Seattle Go Center] and other [Places to Play GO]
[Tacoma and South Sound email] [Oregon and PNW Regional Go listserv]
[where to find Go equipment] and [general links about go]

For opportunities to learn the game or to play, contact the Seattle Go Center, or Tacoma Go Club, or see the list of Puget Sound and West Coast places to play go.

Tacoma Chess Club has been meeting since 1891.

Tacoma Go Club is a chapter of the American Go Association, and a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization fostering knowledge and appreciation of the game and art of Go (also called Baduk, Goe, Igo, and Weiqi). We love the game, and we share the love! This page is for information and announcements of interest to Go players (and others curious about the game of Go) near Tacoma, Washington, USA. Please send appropriate items to tacomagofiend@yahoo.com, or phone Mike Malveaux at 253-906-0095.


Click here or the stones die! American Go Assn.
Updated 2008-09-23
Moved 2006-09-02 (to tacomagoclub.org)
Begun 2002-02-14 (at hilltopgo.com)