S2.1 - A Go Origin Story, Michael Chen Interview, #1 Pro Shin Jin-seo, & In-Person Tournaments | Go / Baduk / Weiqi

This episode is from All Things Go, a podcast about the board game Go, also known as Baduk in Korea and Weiqi in China.

After a listener shares a Go origin story, Travis speaks with professional player Michael Chen about childhood training, online play, teaching, competition, and the North American professional path. Later segments profile Shin Jin-seo and explore the value and pressure of in-person tournaments.

Full transcript, related episodes, and additional resources:

https://allthingsgogame.com/2026/07/28/michael-chen-professional-go-shin-jinseo-tournaments/

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Theme music by UNIVERSFIELD & background music by PodcastAC

• Michael Chen's interview in the European Go Journal
• Ma Xiaochun's The Thirty-Six Stratagems Applied to Go
• Michael Chen's Twitch Channel
• Wikipedia pages for Go professionals: Shin Jin-seo, Lee Sedol, Lee Chang-ho, Cho Chikun, Ke Jie, Gu Li, Cho Hun-hyun, & Park Jungwhan
• US Go Congress
• The North American Go Federation which runs the professional qualification tournament
• The online Fox Go Server
• The Toronto Go Spectacular tournament
• BenKyo's league and website

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