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...

Silk Road Tournament 2018 + 1st report on CEGO Academic Program

By Gabriel Wagner | International | 27.08.2018 14:13

This is the first article in a series of articles covering the CEGO Academic Program of this year. In this series, I want to cover all kind of interesting things that will happen during our stay in Beijing, including reports on tournaments we will play, everyday life in Beijing, interesting… Read more...

2018 Worldwide Iwamoto Awards

By Kim Ouweleen | International | 29.03.2018 10:28

The Iwamoto Awards is an international contest that rewards go projects that spread and promote the game. Anyone with a running go project can enter the competition. The top three contenders can win prizes of €1000, €500 and once again €500. The 2018 edition started on March 1 and will… Read more...

8th Qionglong Cup

By Tony Claasen | International | 26.11.2017 1:08

8th Bingsheng Cup or 8th Qionglong Cup in Suzhou/China Manja Marz from Germany represented Europe in this tournament. Only two amateurs were invited for this years 8th Qionglong Cup, Manja Marz from Europe and Wang Yinchen from North-America. Manja Marz Simultaneous games Manja Marz lost in the first round against… Read more...