Zagreb Open – European Grand Prix Bonus C

By Damir Medak | Articles | 09.06.2018 18:48

This year, the Croatian Open Go Championship was a Level C Bonus tournament in the European Grand Prix. Altogether, 46 players from nine different countries played in the tournament. This was an increase of 50% compared to the previous edition in 2017. It was an excellent opportunity for the top… Read more...

Second Croatian Go Week, May 21-27, 2018, with Catalin Taranu, 5p

By Damir Medak | Articles | 09.06.2018 18:22

For the second year, the Croatian Go Alliance (HIGOU) is performing a go project in several schools in different cities of Croatia. This year, the project name is “Go – the game with(out) boundaries”. The partners are one kindergarten, four primary schools (Jastrebarsko, Lipovljani, Velika Gorica and Zagreb), two secondary… Read more...

10th Kido Cup 2018

By Tony Claasen | Articles | 24.05.2018 11:25

This year the anniversary of the 10th Kido Cup in Hamburg was celebrated with the visit of star player Lee Chang-ho 9p from Korea. As with every year, for me the start of the Kido Cup comes a few days earlier, when the guests from all over Europe start to… Read more...

The European Pair go Championship 2018 – Ascona

By Laura Avram | Articles | 09.04.2018 15:58

The 21th Pair go Championship took place on the weekend of the 7th and 8th of April in Ascona, Switzerland. It has been preceded by a two-day long seminar taught by Li Yue, 5d, at which any interested go player could take part. The 21th Pair go Championship took place… Read more...

EGF Adopts Official Anthem

By Viktor Lin | Articles | 01.04.2018 15:05

After the AGA has adopted its anthem, the EGF follows suit. After the AGA has adopted its anthem, the EGF follows suit. On the basis of the letters on a musical scale, the American Go Association theme was determined to be A-G-A. aga.mp3 And thus, the Toccata in D minor… Read more...

1st Bratislava Kedros Cup

By Pavol Lisy | Articles | 12.03.2018 19:22

11 years after last Bratislava Casino tournament, Bratislava once again welcomed strong European players. Altogether, the tournament attracted 51 players from 10 countries, including two professional players… The 1st Bratislava Kedros Cup was held on the weekend of 10th-11th March 2018 in the capital of Slovakia – Bratislava.  11 years after the final… Read more...

European Go Championship for Professionals, a full report

By Tony Claasen | Articles | 09.02.2018 14:09

European Professional Go Championship. A full report on the third Championship in Vatra Dornei, Romania. February 2018, saw Vatra Dornei in Romania hosting the Winter Go Camp and the 3rd European Professional Go Championship. Shortly before the start of the European Championships for Professionals started, Ilya Shikshin was promoted to… Read more...

European Women’s Go Championship 2017, Ukraine

By egf_admin | Articles | 24.08.2017 2:58

The European Women’s Go Championship took place this year on the 19-20th of August in Odessa, Ukraine. It’s nice to see that Ukraine is starting to be very active when it comes to organizing European championships. In addition to this year’s European Women Go Championship, Ukraine will organize the European… Read more...

The European Go Congress – An Overview of the first week

By Laura Avram | Articles | 31.07.2017 0:15

The European Go Congress is for many European go players the year’s highlight go event. A go congress typically consists of playing go for two weeks, watching go lessons, meeting new and old friends and visiting new places. Its location changes every year from Western to Eastern and from Northern… Read more...

4th European Pro Qualification 2017, Vienna

By Laura Avram | Articles | 16.06.2017 16:19

This year’s tournament that will end a European go player’s amateur career began this week in Vienna, Austria. 16 players took part in this first stage of the tournament, called the European Pro qualification 2017. The first 3 rounds have been played on the 15th and 16th June in a… Read more...