1st China vs Europe Online Go Tournament

By Artem Kachanovskyi | International | 27.03.2020 8:04

Announcement of the 1st China vs Europe Online Go Tournament As we all know, currently face-to-face tournaments are getting cancelled and postponed due to the global quarantines which COVID-19 has forced governments to impose. This crisis is not so strong as to stop all go activity in Europe: Last weekend the European… Read more...

The 30th International Amateur Pair Go Championship

By Laura Avram | International | 21.12.2019 19:19

On the 7th and 8th of December, four competitions of Pair Go have been organised in Tokyo by the Japan Pair Go Association, thus celebrating the first 30 years of Pair Go at international level. Several European pairs have been invited to participate in these amateur tournaments. Even though almost… Read more...

Europe gets a sensational victory in the 4th MLily Cup

By Artem Kachanovskyi | International | 14.10.2019 15:55

European pro getting a victory in the 4th MLily Cup The MLily Cup is an international professional tournament with a large prize fund. The champion gets 1 800 000 RMB, which is around € 200,000! The tournament has a qualification event open for all professional players, and a separate qualification event… Read more...

Europe 2-0 up in Transatlantic Showdown

By Kim Ouweleen | International | 15.04.2019 18:06

Mateusz Surma 2p has won the first two games of the Transatlantic Professional Go Team Championship, defeating Andy Liu 1p and Calvin Sun 1p of the United States. Surma remains the person to beat and will face Gansheng Shi 1p next, on Sunday 21st of April, 20:00 Central European Time.… Read more...

Transatlantic Professional Go Team Championship: the first round is coming soon!

By Artem Kachanovskyi | International | 02.04.2019 9:13

Announcement of the 2019 Transatlantic Professional Go Team Championship and the two players to play in the first round The European Go Federation (EGF) and the American Go Association (AGA) started their professional systems just two years apart. The AGA was the earliest, certifying their first two pros in 2012:… Read more...

Report on CEGO academic program (4) – photo gallery + China Europe exchange tournament

By Gabriel Wagner | International | 29.12.2018 8:48

It has been a while since my last report about our training. By now, studying at the school became a routine, I would say we settled in very well. Also, it seems that the school got more used to us and the students realised that even though we are Europeans,… Read more...

Report on CEGO academic program (3) – Huai An – a go city or a ghost city?

By Gabriel Wagner | International | 27.10.2018 11:04

From September 14th to September 18th, we went to a Chinese amateur tournament in Huai An, which is located about 250 km to the north-west of Beijing. This city only has a small population and the streets were almost empty most of the time; however, a lot of buildings were… Read more...

Report on CEGO academic program (2)

By Gabriel Wagner | International | 23.09.2018 3:35

In this article, I will describe how our daily study at the go school in Beijing unfolds. When we came back to Beijing after the Silk Road Tournament, we still had more than a week until the regular school would start. Time for some exploration of the apartment, places to… Read more...

Go tournament at Eastern Economic Forum 2018

By Artem Kachanovskyi | International | 18.09.2018 20:47

The Eastern Economic Forum 2018 Go Tournament was held from 11th to 13th September in Vladivostok, Russia. The Eastern Economic Forum 2018 Go tournament was held from the 11th to the 13th of September in Vladivostok, Russia. The city is located in the far East, close to China, Korea and… Read more...

Chinese C League 2018 was held from 10th to 20th June 2018 in Wuxi, China

By Artem Kachanovskyi | International | 05.09.2018 18:01

It was the second time that the European team took part in this league. The European Pro Championship 2018 in Vatra Dornei, Romania, was used to decide who would play for Europe, and the qualifiers were: Pavol Lisy 2p, Ilya Shikshin 2p, and me (Artem Kachanovskyi 1p). The last player… Read more...