American Go Association

President Barack Obama's administration contacted the AGA for an American-made Go board etched with the presidential seal and signature, the gift given on November 17, 2009 to China's President Hu Jintao. Whilst the US Go community were buzzing about getting exposure, and the BBC covered the event on its Newsnight programme, the US press did not really pick up the story, except the Chapel Hill Herald, the local paper where the board was made. The association and its aim of finding the first professional American Go player were heavily featured in the 2018 movie The Surrounding Game. ==Professional system==

In December 2011, The AGA partnered with the Korea Baduk Association and the Korean Go server Tygem to promote a new professional players system for the US. Tygem agreed to sponsor and be the broadcaster for the 2012 professional certification tournament. In 2021, the AGA transferred its professional system to a new governing organization, the North American Go Federation, formed by the AGA and the Canadian Go Association. The certification system is open to both US citizens and Canadian citizens via invitation pending the residency requirement and qualifying as a finalist. • 2014: Calvin Sun 2p • 2015: Ryan Li 3p • 2016: Eric Lui 1p • 2022 Kevin Yang 1p and Alexander Qi 1p ==AGA City League==

The City League is an AGA tournament where teams from different cities play each other in a league system, on the Pandanet server in the AGA room. The teams consist of up to five players, out of whom three are selected to play in each round. The current rules are listed on Pandanet. == See also ==