An interview with Lukáš Podpěra

By Tony Claasen | Interviews | 20.04.2021 10:18

This interview with Lukáš Podpěra was planned for 2 sessions after we had a small discussion about playing online. Focus on yourself and be honest in your game and the plans you set. This interview with Lukáš Podpěra started with some questions I sent him via email, followed by a small… Read more...

Interview with Ilya Shikshin, European Champion 2020

By Artem Kachanovskyi | Interviews | 05.11.2020 22:47

An interview with Ilya Shikshin 3p (Russia) who has just won the 2020 European Championship This year the European Championship was organized online from September 24th till November 2nd. 32 of the strongest European players were fighting for the title of the European champion. A special tournament system was applied… Read more...

IMSA World Masters Championship 2019: interview with the European team

By Artem Kachanovskyi | Interviews | 24.05.2019 21:56

Interview with the European team, who just participated in the IMSA World Masters Championship 2019 The IMSA World Masters Championship 2019 was held in Hengshui, China on 12–19 May. Here is a promotional video for the event in Hengshui: There were 6 teams participating: China South Korea Japan Chinese Taipei… Read more...

Interview with Tanguy Le Calvé, the 7th European Pro

By Artem Kachanovskyi | Interviews | 20.05.2019 20:48

Interview with Tanguy Le Calvé, who has just become the 7th European Professional player The 5th European Pro Qualification was held in Strasbourg (France) on May 16-19, 2019. As always, it was an intense tournament. Many of the Go players and fans all around the world followed this spectacular event. In my opinion,… Read more...

World Women Team Conquest

By egf_admin | Interviews | 11.04.2019 11:09

An interview with Camille Lévêque on the new international initiative called World Women Team Conquest. On Sunday the 7th of April, a new initiative in the world of go began. We talk with Camille Lévêque on the subject of the World Women Team Conquest.Q) This Sunday the first match in the… Read more...

Interview with Dutch champion Geert Groenen

By Kim Ouweleen | Interviews | 24.02.2019 20:14

The 2019 Dutch Go Championships took place in the weekends of 12-13th and 26-27th of January. Seven rounds were played to decide the winner. In the final, Geert Groenen 5 dan defeated Alexander Eerbeek 5 dan and secured his second title as Dutch champion. Yvonne Roelofs 4 kyu became Dutch… Read more...

Visiting the future EGF professionals in Beijing

By Marc Oliver Rieger | Interviews | 03.11.2018 14:04

If you’re on a business trip in Beijing and have some free time, what’s on the sightseeing program? Great Wall, Forbidden City, Summer Palace and No. 18 Beijing Middle School. The latter may not be the classic address for Chinese tourists, but this is exactly where six selected people from… Read more...

Meeting Cho Hye-yeon 9p in Seoul

By Tony Claasen | Interviews | 12.07.2018 16:02

An interview with one of the strongest professional female go players of today. Cho Hye-yeon is one of only five Females holding the 9p rank. My first meeting with Cho Hye-yeon took place last year online, when she contacted me for a way to get from Frankfurt Airport to Oberhof.… Read more...

Gian-Carlo Pascutto – The man behind LeelaZero

By egf_admin | Interviews | 24.05.2018 21:44

An interview with Gian-Carlo Pascutto the author of LeelaZero, the popular professional level program. Gian-Carlo Pascutto (GCP), the author of LeelaZero, kindly agreed to give us (EGN) an interview. EGN: Gian-Carlo, I suppose that most go players have heard of you due to your LeelaZero software, but before that you… Read more...

Dutch Go Championships 2018

By Kim Ouweleen | Interviews | 15.02.2018 18:15

The Dutch Go Championships 2018 took place during the two weekends of 13-14 and 27-28 January in the European Go Cultural Centre in Amstelveen. A new championship system was implemented, making it open to any Dutch player. After a period of 37 years, Rob van Zeijst 7d repeated his victory… Read more...