2023

People that played Go at the club during 2023:  

Joe, Hongguang, David, Chris, Isaac, Ayal, Sid, Devan (11), Jean-Paul (11), Mason (10), Aila (6), Tara, Christian, Sean, Kanoa, Yoshimasa, Jong, Paul, Angela, Danielle, Zach, Donald, Hong, Henry, Connor & Zhanna, old Mr. KIm, Guy, Branden, Eric, Channing, Jeff

Also out of town visitors: 

Naoki (France), Toni (France), Duke (CA), Daniel (OR)

Meeting Place

• Club met every Saturday in 2023 at our Salt Lake meeting location.

Professional Visit

• April 1, 2023 - Jiseok Kim 9P former world champion visited Honolulu Go Club and played simultaneous games with members.

• April 8, 2023 - Gangguen Kim 9P visited Honolulu Go Club and played simultaneous game with members.

• July 15, 2023 - Gangguen Kim 9P visited Honolulu Go Club & played simultaneous game with members.  This is Gangguen Kim’s 2nd trip to Hawaii in 2023.

Events:

• January – December 2023 - Myungwan Kim 9P provided Go lectures on various topics, reviews of professional games and member’s games and played                                                            simultaneous games with members.

• January 15, 2023 - Participated in the JCCH Ohana Festival at Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii.  Introduced festival attendees to the game of Go and                                         played 9x9 games with them.   This is our third participation in this event.

• April 1-2, 2023  - Participated in the Kawai Kon Anime Convention at the Hawaii Convention Center.  Introduced convention attendees to the game of Go and                                   played 9x9 games with them.  This is our second participation in this event.

• August 20, 2023 - Participated in the 19th Annual Korean Festival at Honolulu Hale Civic Center grounds.  Introduced festival attendees to the game of Go                                    and played 9x9 games with them.  This is our first participation in this event.

• September 2023 – First club T-shirt designed and printed for members.

• October 20, 2023 - Participated in University of Hawaii Japan Culture Day at UH Campus Center Ballroom.  Introduced students to game of Go and played                                      9x9  games with them.  The club has participated in this annual event since 2012.

Special recognition:

• October 23, 2023 – Robert (one of the original members) repaired our Honolulugoclub.com website which had been disabled by Google.

Go Education:

• Myungwan Kim 9P teaches Go weekly to youths at Mun Lun Chinese School and at Hongwanji Mission School.

Check out our facebook page for pictures of our weekly meetings.  facebook.com/honolulu.goclub