Mentions of Go in UK Media (to 1999)

Here is a list of references to or articles about Go that have appeared in the Media in the UK.
Articles after 2009     Articles from 2000 to 2009
Items labelled "*" are not currently in our collection.
Some of the names of local papers may be incorrect.

• National Newspapers
• Web News/Magazines
• Magazines
• Local Papers
• Berkshire Schools in Local Papers
• Japanese Publications
• Overseas
• Radio
• TV News and Documentary

National Newspapers

• 13/11/99 Times - Letter "Modern Manners" about national dress at Pair Go
• 24/07/99 Times - MSO Supplement "A game worth a Go"
• 25/08/98 Financial Times - Michael Fitzpatrick "Machines beaten from the word Go" under technology/games software
• 17/06/98 Times - Ray Keane British Championship in chess column
• 06/06/98 Times - Ray Keane book "Four Great Games" in chess column
• 25/04/98 Independent - "Do Not Pass Go"
• 15/03/98 Sport First - Cambridge Tournament results
• 27/09/97 Independent - Report on British Go Championship
• 19/09/97 Times - Ray Keene results of British Championships in chess column
• 25/08/97 Times - Picture "England Expects to Excel at Mind Games"
• 18/08/97 Times - All in the Mind/London hosts Olympiad of the Mind
• 11/08/97 Times - MSO Supplement "Mysteries of the Orient"
• 12/07/97 Independent - Bill Hartston on the British Championships "Go is Coming"
• 11/07/97 Times - Ray Keene mentions British Championships in chess column
• 21/06/97 Independent - The South Bank Show (MSO)
• 17/05/97 Independent - Letter "After Deep Blue, now Go for it"
• 14/05/97 Independent - Letter from Francis Roads "Man vs machine: it's not over yet"
• 14/05/97 Daily Telegraph - "Beating the semiconductor"
• 25/01/97 Independent - Charles Athur's "Do Not pass Go" on games page
• 18/01/97 Daily Telegraph - Steve Jackson's "It's All Go at Highbury"
• 11/01/97 Daily Telegraph - Steve Jackson's "It's Tricky in the Eyes of Rivals" and Brain jammer puzzle
• 04/01/97 Daily Telegraph - Steve Jackson's "Computers Have a Long Way to Go"
• 17/10/96 Times - Meijin Match mentioned by Ray Keene in Chess Column
• 11/09/96 Times - Bank of China Cup mentioned by Ray Keene in Chess Column
• 29/06/96 Daily Telegraph - Steve Jackson's "Complex issue of luck versus skill"
• 27/01/95 Independent - Chris Bray on Backgammon shows Go as game with most skill levels
• 21/01/95 Daily Telegraph - "Could You Be Gone On Go"
• 02/12/94 Independent - picture of Mike Redmond & Computer Go
• 09/09/94 Independent - Genius 2 defeats Kasparov
• 24/04/93 Independent - Article on Mike Redmond "Playing the Japanese at Their Own Game"
• 10/08/92 Independent - "The orient's polite game is more beautiful than Chess" (EGC Canterbury)
• 25/07/92 Times - "Touch and Go" (picture of H.Lee)
• 12/10/90 Times - "When the going gets tough, the tough play Go" Alison Cross on women's page
• 31/07/90 Financial Times - Japanese link promises a 'bloody interesting future' (Fujitsu-ICL)
• 16/09/89 Times - "For the Japanese, chess is all Go" (Meijin)
• 16/09/89 Daily Telegraph - Meijin picture
• 14/09/89 Financial Times - "Time to get up and Go" (Meijin)
• 14/09/89 Observer - "Time to get Up and Go" (Meijin)
• 25/08/84 Times - "Killing Time with a Game Called Go" (IVC)
• 25/07/76 Observer - "Go Starts Going Places"
• ?13/06/74 Daily Telegraph * on JAL title match
• ?13/06/74 Times * on JAL title match
• 29/09/73 Daily Telegraph - report in Chess column by B.H. Wood
• 23/09/73 Sunday Times Magazine - report in Chess column by C.H.O'D. Alexander
• 21/02/65 Sunday Times * "The Coming of Go"

• 26/08/99 BBC News - "Can you supercharge your brain?" (MSO)
• 22/08/99 Independent - "Mental athletes tune up for board games" (MSO)

• 07/01/99 Computing - report on World Computer Go "All Systems are Go"
• 09/1999 Choice - "Games People Play"
• 18-1998 FCO News and Views - "Go Mark Go"
• 05/1998 Demon Dispatches - Reader's Home Pages
• 05/1998 Airbus News - "It's all go at Chester site"
• 05/1997 The Wire - Christof Katscher quotes Go as hobby
• 10/06/95 The Economist - mention in article on warfare
• 02/04/94 The Economist - article on Go
• 11/1993 National Power News - "It's all Go with a bit of me old China"
• 09/1993 Focus - "Not in your shops now a computer version of Go"
• 19/12/92 The Economist - "Bugs in the Program"
• Autumn92 Hitachi Headlines - "Deepening understanding between nations"
• 25/07/92 New Scientist - "It's all Go against computers"
• 18/05/92 Business Week - Go strategy for Acer business
• Spring92 Computing - Computer games Olympiad
• 17/01/91 Far Eastern Economic Review - "Beyond brute force"
• 01/12/90 New Scientist - "Go in the Machine"
• 30/08/90 Computing - "As good as gold at the alternative Olympics"
• 23/09/89 Spectator - "Gentlemen of Japan" (Meijin)
• 14/09/89 Time Out - World Championship Meijin listed
• 01/1989 Games Monthly - Matthew Macfadyen
• 11/1988 Games Monthly - Go article
• 06/1987 ICL Review - on BGC Reading
• 04/1987 Computer Talk - on BGC Reading
• 28/02/85 Computing The Magazine - "Zen and the Art of Go-ing" on Alan Scarff
• 19/10/84 Times Ed - picture from youth championships
• 01/02/79 New Scientist - "The Challenge of Go"
• 08/1975 ICL News - "Now Go Boom"
• 28/08/74 Weekend - Mention in description of backgammon
• 06/1974 Radio Times * article about Go for "Open Door"
• 22/02/69 Pulse - The fascinating game of 'GO'
• 03/1967 Bristol Siddeley News - 'GO' gains in popularity
• 1967 Radio Times * article about Go for "The Man in Room 17"
• 02/1966 Diners Magazine - "Go" by Neil Stein
• 21/01/65 New Scientist * article by Dr I. J. Good "The Mystery of Go"
• Spring61 GEC Research Review - "What is this game Go?"

• 15/04/99 Waltham Forest Guardian - "The Ancient Game with get up and go"
• ??/01/99 Maidenhead Advertiser - report on Furze Platt Tournament
• 26/11/98 Hendon and Finchley Times - "3500-year-old bet is no go for computer boffins" (Computer Go)
• 26/11/98 Edgware and Mill Hill Times - "Brain cells 1, mircochips 0" (Computer Go)
• 25/11/98 Barnet Press - "1M still up for grabs" (Computer Go)
• 27/01/98 Cambridge Evening News - "It's all go for UK winners"
• 25/02/97 Cambridge Evening News - "Ancient Game goes hi-tech"
• 04/02/97 Isle of Man Examiner - Claire wins top title (at BYGC)
• 24/02/95 Mid Devon Advertiser - Feng Yun
• 21/02/95 South Devon Herald & Express - Chinese Team visit
• 17/02/95 Western Morning News - Feng Yun visit to Devon
• 17/02/95 Mid Devon Advertiser - "All Go at Haytor Vale" (Feng Yun)
• ??/02/95 Worcester - "Brainy Thomas chip off old Blockley"
• ??/02/95 Worcester - "It's all Go for Thomas"
• 29/09/94 Leamington Observer - "Winning Pair really Go for it"
• 06/05/94 Epsom and Banstead Informer - "First Go Gets Second"
• 07/10/93 Swindon Evening Advertiser - Go-getters flock to Oriental challenge
• 13/08/93 Isle of Man Courier - report on tournament
• 14/07/93 Reading Herald - Reading wins TVGL
• 13/07/93 Cambridge Evening News - "It's All Go at board game challenge"
• 24/03/93 Warington Guardian - Culcheth "Oriental Winners Go Go Go!"
• 11/02/93 Waltham Forest Guardian - "All Go for Gamesters"
• 07/01/93 Waltham Forest Guardian - "Oriental Promotion"
• 31/08/92 Ilford recorder - "Lad is keen to have a Go"
• 20/08/92 Waltham Forest Guardian - "Players Go for It"
• 07/08/92 KMExtra - EGC Canterbury
• 31/07/92 AdScene - EGC Canterbury
• 30/05/91 Waltham Forest Guardian - "Get up and Go"
• 08/02/91 Waltham Forest Guardian - "It's all Go Go Go at the church hall"
• 27/10/90 Western Daily Press - "Stone me it's all Go here"
• 30/09/89 Guildford Times - "Go Game Winners"
• ??/09/89 Gloucester Echo - "Games expert wins top prize"
• ??/09/89 Gloucester Citizen - "It's all Go for gamestar Dave"
• ??/09/89 Cheltenham News - "Beaten at their own game"
• 18/07/85 Wokingham Times - "Hooked by a game 4000 years old" (Tony Atkins)
• ??/02/85 Redbridge Gazette and Guardian * report on tournament in Wanstead
• ??/12/84 Malvern Gazette - "A game with plenty of Go in it" (Black Bull)
• ??/12/83 Malvern Gazette - "Richard keeps on the 'Go'"(Black Bull)
• ??/10/83 Aberdeen (various) * British Go Week
• ??/02/81 Somerset County Gazette - "Good Go by College Team"
• ??/03/81 Somerset County Gazette - "Boys Go Place"
• ??/09/78 Brighton - "Teacher's on board and game for go" (Brian Castledine)
• ?14/05/78 - London evening papers - Anglo-USSR match reported
• 03/02/78 Reading Chronicle - Reading Go Club
• ??/07/77 Somerset County Gazette - "Is chess checkmated by Go?" (David Mascord)
• ??/11/75 Manchester Evening News * Stuart Dowsey interview
• 1974 Oxford Mail * whole page article (?)
• ?12/06/74 Evening Standard * on JAL title match
• 23/12/73 Oxford Times * whole page article
• 21/07/72 Reading Chronicle - "IT WAS REALLY ALL GO!" match against London
• 1971 Enfield - Enfield Man is National President (Franics Roads)
• 11/10/68 Bristol Evening Post   'Go' chairman goes to U.S.
• 01/09/60 Wembley Observer - "Territorial Ambitions" report on John Barrs and Go Club
• 01/09/60 Wembley News - "Go can really move you - at intervals of 13 hours" report on John Barrs' Club

All the following are the results of efforts by France Ellul, teacher at Furze Platt and then Brakenhale.

• 01/04/93 Bracknell News - "Students Get Going"
• 03/04/92 Bracknell and Wokingham Herald and Post - "That's the Way to Go Adalberto!"
• 18/07/91 Wokingham Times - "Champion is Go-ing Places"
• 11/07/91 Bracknell News - "Going for Gold"
• 10/05/90 Bracknell News - "Brakenhale Go Champs Receive Winning Cup"
• 27/04/90 Bracknell Evening Post - "Game Players show their Get Up and Go"
• 14/01/90 Wokingham Times - Brakenhale team photo
• 07/12/89 Bracknell News - "This Team Go from Strength to Strength"
• 24/11/89 Bracknell Evening Post - "Oriental Game Stars"
• 16/11/89 Wokingham Times - "Go For Gold"
• 09/11/89 Bracknell News - Brakenhale news
• 03/11/89 Bracknell Evening Post - "Pupils get up and go to grab national glory at board game"
• 19/10/89 Wokingham Times - "Let's Go For It"
• 26/09/89 Bracknell Evening Post - "Pupils Challenge the Worlds Best"
• 12/07/89 Wokingham Times - "They can really Go"
• 06/07/89 Bracknell Evening Post - "Go ahead, Brother"
• 02/03/89? Wokingham Times - Brakenhale news
• 16/02/89? Bracknell News - "Brakenhale Go for the Top"
• 21/08/88 Bracknell News - "Brackenhale Go for Glory" (sic)
• 13/07/88? Wokingham Times - Brakenhale news
• 22/03/85 Maidenhead Advertiser - "Furze Platt retain British Go Title"
• 15/03/85 Bucks Free Press - "It's all Go for Win No 2"
• 26/10/84 Maidenhead Advertiser - "Nicola is first British Under-14 Go Champion"
• 27/07/84 Bucks Free Press - "Leigh: a Player with Plenty of Go"
• 18/05/84 Maidenhead Advertiser - "Leigh will Go a Long Way"
• 18/10/83 - 12/10/84 Maidenhead Advertiser - Furze Platt Champions (many reports)
• 29/07/83 Maidenhead Advertiser - "All Go at Furze Platt"
• 06/04/83 Maidenhead Advertiser - "It's all Go for Magnificent Seven"

• 10/1999 Big Ben (Nippon Club) - Report on visit of Umezawa and Inori
• 07/10/99 Nichi-Ei - Visit of Umezawa and Inori
• 09/1997 Japan in Focus - "An Introduction To Go"
• 09/1997 Big Ben (Nippon Club) - Report on International Match
• 03/08/95 Nichi-Ei - London Club/Battersea festival
• 05/10/63 Yomiuri - "'Go' begins to go places"

• 05/04/91 European - "To hesitate is fatal in the game of Go" (Master of Go play)
• 23/08/76 The Dispatch - All Systems are Go in Go's Popularity - London Go Centre and EGC 1976
• 04/08/59 Bayreuth Stadtzeitung - Report on European Go Congress 1959

• 12/07/93 CN-FM * Feng Yun interview on visit to Cambridge
• 28/07/92 BBC Radio Kent - coverage of EGC Canterbury
• 12/11/83 BBC Radio Nottingham - Mike and Mike Interview
• 28/10/83 BBC Radio 4 "Women's Hour" * Interview with Richard Granville
• ??/10/83 Radio Manchester * British Go Week
• ??/10/83 Radio Aberdeen * British Go Week
• ?14/05/78 - (London) Radio Stations - Anglo-USSR match reported
• ??/06/74 LBC * Interview with Francis Roads on JAL title match
• 26/02/74 BBC Radio 4 "Today" * Interview with T Mark Hall
• 02/11/71 BBC Radio 4 "Today" * Result of Wessex Tournament

• 04/10/99 BBC1 (repeated 05/10/99 BBC2) "Blue Peter" - History of Go featured in Games Edition
• 11/06/99 BBC2 South-East "Out and About" - Wanstead Go Club featured
• 02/1995 BBC1 South-West News * Feng Yun's visit
• 29/10/93 BBC1 "Tomorrow's World" - Harold Lee and Computer Go
• 28/07/92 ITV Southern News - coverage of EGC Canterbury
• 19/08/91 ITV Border News - coverage of Isle of Man
• 1979? BBC1 West Country news "Points West" * visit of pro
• 10/08/76 ITV "About Anglia" news * coverage of EGC in Cambridge
• 1974 "About Anglia" news * feature on Go
• 09/07/74 ITV "Magpie" * children's magazine programme featured Go
• 03/06/74 BBC2 "Open Door" * programme on Go and BGA (repeated 09/06/74)
• 04/02/65 BBC "Time Out" * Dr Good explained rules

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