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
[updated 2008-11-10]
- Free 3-round AGA Ratings Tournament on November 15th, 2008,
Registration starts at 9 am with first round at 10 am - AGA rules: 45 mins each, 3 x 25 secs byo yomi. Be There!
- Free 3-round AGA Ratings Tournament on December 20th, 2008,
Registration starts at 9 am with first round at 10 am - AGA rules: 45 mins each, 3 x 25 secs byo yomi. Be There!
- Verna M. Castanza Memorial Tournament on
January 24th, 2009, at
Pacific Lutheran University Book Store Community Room, 208 Garfield St, Tacoma, WA 98444.
This tournament is a qualifier for the US Youth Go Championship.
Check-in and registration, 9:00 - 9:45 a.m.; first round starts 10:00 a.m.
Three rounds: AGA rules: 50 mins each, 3 x 25 secs byo yomi. $10 for kids (younger than 18), $15 for students (18-22), $20 for adults.
AGA rated (membership available at tournament). Generous prizes to be announced.
Also see links at Go places for Seattle, Olympia, Oregon, etc.
[updated 2008-11-10]
- Weekly games Saturdays, 12 noon ~ 4 p.m., at
Commencement Bay Coffee Co., 2354 S. Jefferson Ave. (S. 25th and Jefferson), Tacoma.
Free 3-round AGA Ratings Tournament on 3rd Saturdays.
Registration starts at 9 am with first round at 10 am - AGA rules: 45 mins each, 3 x 25 secs byo yomi. Next one is November 15th - Be There!
- Annual tournaments: 4th Saturday of January (Castanza Memorial), 2nd Saturday of May (Spring), 3rd Saturday of September (Back to School), and the Saturday of Veterans Day weekend (usually the 2nd Saturday of November).
[updated 2008-07-05]
- May 3-4, 2008:Roy Hayashi Memorial Tournament at Xavier Hall, Rm 221, PLU. This was a four-in-one tournament that included the North American Ing Masters, The World Mind Sports Qualifier,
the United States Youth Go Championship Qualifier, and the Roy Hayashi Memorial Tournament Championship. Gordon Castanza was the TD assisted by Mike Malveaux. We had 23 participants.
- February 16, 2008: Free Ratings Tournament at Commencement Bay Coffee Co.
- January 26, 2008: Tacoma Go Club annual organizational meeting was held at Commencement Bay Coffee Co.
- January 19, 2008: Verna Castanza Memorial Tournament was held at P.L.U. University Center #133
- December 15, 2007: Twelve played in the free monthly 2-round ratings tournament, including 3 from TCC Go Club. Solomon Choe and Robert Tobias won both of their games -- congratulations!
- November 17, 2007: Twelve played in the (belated) Veterans' Day Go Tournament, including three who made the trip up from Portland. Guozhong Zhuang 5d and Mike Tobias 18k won all three of their games.
- November 13, 2007: Gordon Castanza, Solomon Choe, and Jang Bi went to the Cotsen Open in Los Angeles. Jang Bi was undefeated, to win the Open section. He has yet to lose an AGA-rated game!
- November 4, 2007: Tacoma players at the Portland tournament: Dr. Steve Stringfellow, Dr. Gordon Castanza, Solomon Choe, Robert Tobias, Mike Tobias, Mike Malveaux, and the winner, Jang Bi.
- Older news items can be found in the Tacoma Go Club news archive.
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.
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.
Updated 2008-09-23
Moved 2006-09-02 (to tacomagoclub.org)
Begun 2002-02-14 (at hilltopgo.com)