{{Short description|Venue to play the game of Go}} As part of the effort to spread the game of Go throughout the world, several '''Go centers''' were founded in the United States, Europe and South America. A large part of the required funds was contributed by the Iwamoto Foundation. This foundation was founded by Iwamoto Kaoru (1902–1999), donating 530 million yen from his own means.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.msoworld.com/mindzine/news/orient/go/special/bplp/bplp5.html |title=Big Pro-Little Pro Handicap Games #5 – Iwamoto Kaoru |author=John Fairbairn |accessdate=2007-11-14 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071101011113/http://www.msoworld.com/mindzine/news/orient/go/special/bplp/bplp5.html |archivedate=2007-11-01 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.xs4all.nl/~egcc/egc/egc.html |title=European Go Cultural Centre – History |author=EGCC |accessdate=2007-11-14 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080109004437/http://www.xs4all.nl/~egcc/egc/egc.html |archivedate=2008-01-09 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nygocenter.org/founder.html |title=New York Go Center – History, Founder |author=NYGC |accessdate=2007-11-14 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017033418/http://nygocenter.org/founder.html |archivedate=2007-10-17 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
Recently a Korean project established a Go Centre in Budapest, Hungary.
== References == <references/>
==External links== ===Local centers=== * [http://www.seattlegocenter.org/ Seattle go center] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20071011191805/http://paginas.terra.com.br/esporte/go/ São Paulo go center] * [http://www.go-centre.nl/ Amsterdam go center] * [http://senseis.xmp.net/?LondonGoCentre London go center] * [http://senseis.xmp.net/?NewYorkGoCenter/ New York go center]{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} (1995 - 2010)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Go Centers}} * Category:Sports venues
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