FTS-100 The Game of Go, Fall 2003

Helpful information
Instructor: David Wolfe (click here for office hour information)
Schedule times for meeting Tuesday, September 2, in 306 Olin Hall.
Course schedule (all assignments are here)

Handouts:
Course syllabus
Overview of The Go Masters
9x9 Go boards in postscript format: one 9x9, six 9x9's, four larger 9x9's.
19x19 boards in postscript format: one 19x19, four 19x19's
4-4 point joseki in sgf format. Save the file to your home account, then open using cgoban.

Writing assignments:
Why I signed up for a course about Go
How to play Go
Movie review
East meets West and related peer-review assignment
Go as a Metaphor

Go boards, stones and supplies:
Samarkind (Good Move Press)
Ishi Press International
Yutopian Enterprises

Learning to play Go on-line
The Interactive Way To Go (mirror of http://playgo.to/interactive/)
Kiseido Go Server (KGS)
Go at Yahoo Games (not as good as KGS)
Go problem web site
Rob van Zeijst's column, The Magic of Go in The Daily Yomiuri.

Other links:
Diane Hacker, A Writer's Reference web resources
Mind Sports Worldwide: Go News
American Go Association
British Go Association and their Glossary of Go terms
NYT article, To Test a Powerful Computer, Play an Ancient Game (on-campus use only)
Library resources for this course (created by Michelle Twait)

Presentations:
Baseball in Japan (Paul Shneider)
Government Response to HIV/AIDS in China (Matt Klaber)
Anime (Dan Farrington)
Prisons condition in Japan and US (Paul Cahoy)
A go game in sgf format (Todd Dahlquist)
Dogs in China (Heidi Bulfer)
Chinese funerals (Toua Vang)
Chinese desserts (Carrie Williamson)
Japanese and European swords (Frank Hedin)
Whaling in Japan (Chelsea Domeier)
Samurai (Zach Newman)
Laws of Singapore (Jeff Heilman)
Clothing styles (Luke Weyandt)
Japanese architecture (Tyler Wilken)
Table manners (Megan Tepper)
Abortion Mabiki (Nate Souther)
China and Tibet (Jessica Pearson)