Today - Oza Title match live on IGS

The 51st Oza Title will be broadcast live on IGS.

   O Meien (Oza)  vs  Cho U (Honinbo)

>> Dec  4  9am
   Dec 11  9am
   all dates and times are IGS/Japan/Korea time)


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              A Brief Introduction to the Internet Go Server
                http://igs.joyjoy.net/English/content.html

( A detailed version of "A Brief Introduction to the Internet Go Server"
 can be found at:  http://igs.joyjoy.net/English/sintro1.html )

Welcome to IGS Panda Net, the Internet Go Server, the world's leading forum 
for playing, watching, studying, and enjoying the game of Go on the internet. 
At any time, day or night, you can find hundreds of other players from all 
over the world and of all playing levels, from beginners to professionals.
Whatever your ability, you can find opponents of similar skill to play with,
and IGS provides access to the interface software to create a realistic Go
board on your computer screen. IGS broadcasts live the championship matches
for top professional events, including the Meijin, Honinbo, Kisei, Judan and
Tengen titles and the Ricoh Cup professional pairs tournament - and daily 
you can watch professionals playing informal quick games with each other and 
with top amateurs.

The IGS Art Gallery (http://igs.joyjoy.net/English/galleryintro.html),
features a rare and beautiful collection of classical Japanese and Chinese
paintings containing Go themes. And there is a collection of challenging
life-and-death (http://igs.joyjoy.net/English/tsumego/tsumegointro.html)
exercises to sharpen your skill.

For additional information, look around the IGS Panda Net home site:

             http://igs.joyjoy.net/English/content.html


An introduction to the game of Go can be found at:

  http://igs.joyjoy.net/English/learning_go/learning_go_1.html