Details of the EGC 2020 in Ukraine

By Artem Kachanovskyi | Articles | 04.02.2020 17:19

Some details of the EGC 2020 in Ukraine (transport, accommodation, volunteers, etc.) EGC 2020 logo As you may know already, the European Go Congress of 2020 will take place in Ukraine from July 25 to August 9 in Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine. The EGC is definitely the biggest event in the european… Read more...

European Women’s Go Championship 2019 – Trier

By Marika Dubiel | Articles | 13.09.2019 10:00

The 2019 EWGC took place in Trier on 7th-9th September. The tournament is open to any European female go player and this year it attracted 36 ladies from 11 countries. Their strength ranged enormously: from 5 dan to 30 kyu! The European Women Go Championship 2019 took place in Trier… Read more...

European Go Congress 2020 in Ukraine

By Artem Kachanovskyi | Articles | 02.09.2019 19:55

An announcement of the European Go Congress 2020, which will take place in the Ukraine The 2019 European Go Congress (EGC) in Brussels took place just a month ago. I am sure it was a great go holiday for all of the participants. You can read an article about EGC… Read more...

European Championship 2019 in Brussels

By Tony Claasen | Articles | 12.08.2019 19:25

After the go congress comes the next go congress. One week ago the congress of 2019 ended for me and there are only 50 weeks to go before the next one starts. The go congress 2019 in Brussels ended on Sunday the 4th of August with a very good dinner… Read more...

The 2nd Kedros Cup

By Pavol Lisy | Articles | 20.03.2019 21:42

The Grandslam Qualification, held on the end of previous week in Bratislava, was followed by the 2nd Kedros Cup week-end tournament on the 16th to 17th March. The tournament attracted quite a big number of participants – 70 in total, from 15 countries. The event therefore became the biggest one… Read more...

Grand Slam Qualification

By Pavol Lisy | Articles | 20.03.2019 21:38

At the end of last week, many strong players from all across Europe came to Bratislava, Slovakia to attend two big competitions. The first one, the Grand Slam Qualification, was held on Thursday and Friday (the 14th to 15th March).      At the end of last week, many strong… Read more...

The Future of Go in the West

By Daniel Jones | Articles | 17.03.2019 9:35

The ancient game of Go came to the West in the form of a description by Thomas Hyde in the latter parts of the 16th Century. Firstly, in the form of a letter and then a publication called, De Ludis Orientalibus. However, the game has taken a very long time… Read more...

Organising EGC 2018

By Francesco Potortì | Articles | 26.11.2018 19:39

With 1200 showing up, the EGC 2018 in Pisa was the largest European Go Congress ever. Pisa, lungarni With 1200 showing up, the EGC 2018 in Pisa was the largest European Go Congress ever.The EGC, the main go event in Europe, is sponsored by the EGF, the European Go Federation;… Read more...

Studying Baduk, Go, Weiqi in BIBA

By Tony Claasen | Articles | 12.07.2018 15:56

BIBA (Blackie’s International Baduk Academy) where you can study both online and offline (at the school in Seoul) After my invitation from Kim Seung-jun (Blackie) 9p and Kőszegi Diána 1p to play in the Samsung Cup preliminary of the World-Group. I decided to visit Seoul for 2 weeks, not just… Read more...

Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance World Masters Baduk 2018 – Preliminary

By Tony Claasen | Articles | 12.07.2018 15:27

In Seoul the preliminaries of several groups was played in the building of the KBA. Through an invitation from my teachers I was able to start in the preliminary of the World-Group for the Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance World Masters Baduk 2018) (better known by the shortened form as… Read more...