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Richmond, VA go club
Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2015 2:49 pm
by Nathanl
The last go group in Richmond died a few years back. However, there is a new chess club that says go players are welcome. I figure having a welcoming venue with possible converts there is a good start for a club. On the off chance a central VA resident reads this, come out and join me! I'll bring the go sets.
https://www.facebook.com/RVApieces That's the group I'm piggy-backing off of. Hope to see some of you there. Feel free to comment or message me with any questions. Thanks!
Re: Richmond, VA go club
Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2015 7:51 pm
by Nathanl
3 excited members so far. We decided to meet every other week and are changing venues away from the chess club. As always, anyone in or near Richmond just let me know.
Re: Richmond, VA go club
Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2015 6:25 am
by DrStraw
Good luck. Perhaps you can attract some of the old players back. Is Bill Cobb still around? I am sure he will have contact information.
Re: Richmond, VA go club
Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2015 9:40 am
by skydyr
DrStraw wrote:Good luck. Perhaps you can attract some of the old players back. Is Bill Cobb still around? I am sure he will have contact information.
He's still selling books, so I would presume so. I haven't seen him in a year or two, though.
Re: Richmond, VA go club
Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2015 9:13 am
by Nathanl
Thanks, I heard he's in town but have never met him. I know his business is out of his house, not a stop by type of thing, As soon as we get the new venue confirmed I'll send him an email to see if he knows anyone who may be interested. I'm going to put up flyers at the university and the board game shop here too.
Also got
www.richmondgo.com up and running and registered as an AGA club.
If you build it, they will come!
Re: Richmond, VA go club
Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2015 7:50 pm
by rutherfordjr
Cool. I haven't played go in years but you're in the rva area; I will have to check it out. I also made a post on reddit's rva page and on facebook's go players page because I recall seeing one or two people asking about go in rva on there.
Re: Richmond, VA go club
Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2015 7:39 pm
by Nathanl
Thanks for coming out! That last game you witnessed was rough, it was actually a game our first time around.
5 people, not a bad turnout. I think we can get a dozen soon!
Re: Richmond, VA go club
Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2016 6:22 pm
by Nathanl
Just a heads up to anyone interested, this group has been going strong since AlphaGo.
We have been meeting at different locations. Check out richmondgo.com to see the next meeting!