Expanding New Horizons on EGF Twitch

By Xiaocheng-Stephen Hu | News | 14.05.2019 17:13

Greetings everyone! Today, we are excited to make a few announcements on the official EGF Twitch channel. As you may have seen or heard before, we have been producing live game commentaries from major European Go events since October 2018. Today, as we reach 5 million views and 5.8k followers,… Read more...

Yike Cup, The 5th European Go Grand Slam Tournament

By Artem Kachanovskyi | News | 04.05.2019 21:00

The 5th European Go Grand Slam Tournament, also called Yike Cup, was held 25th – 28th April in Berlin, Germany. For those who are not familiar with the Grand Slam, let me explain in a few words what it is. Grand Slam is the most prestigious tournament in Europe with… Read more...

Fan Hui 2p guest of honour during Amsterdam Go Tournament

By Kim Ouweleen | News | 10.04.2019 16:16

Great news for the participants of the 48th Amsterdam International Go Tournament (AIGT)! DeepMind ambassador Fan Hui 2p will be present at the event and will present a lecture about AlphaGo. The AIGT is an EGF Bonus Point Tournament (level B) and will take place from 30th of May until… Read more...

Turkish Play-Offs & Turkish Women’s Go Championship 2019

By Kim Ouweleen | News | 25.03.2019 0:16

Turkey is one of the most active go countries in Europe, with a large base of players and enthusiastic organisers. In the weekend of 2-3 February both the Turkish Play-Off Tournament and the Turkish Women’s Go Championship took place in İstanbul. Tuğkan Eren (2 dan) and Birand Adal (2 dan)… Read more...

European Grand Prix Finale 2018

By Artem Kachanovskyi | News | 03.02.2019 10:20

A review of the European Grand Prix Finale 2018 and a description of the European Grand Prix system The European Grand Prix Finale 2018 was held from 24th to 27th January in Olomouc, Czechia. This was the second edition of this tournament, the first time the winner was Ali Jabarin. European Grand… Read more...

The multilingual Go book’s journey has begun

By H. Kapolos | News | 26.12.2018 14:11

At the beginning of December, the multilingual Go book project was launched! The goal of the project is to create a Go book that will be translated to as many languages as possible, in order to provide an additional way to promote and spread Go in countries that do not… Read more...

Dutch Pair Go Championship 2018

By Kim Ouweleen | News | 19.12.2018 9:05

On Saturday 8 December the national Pair Go Championship of the Netherlands took place in the European Go Cultural Centre. A total of eleven pairs fought for the title of Dutch pair go champions. Yvonne Roelofs (4 kyu) and Michiel Eijkhout (5 dan) won all four matches and defended their… Read more...

TIGGRE – Ellie Cup, a level B bonus tournament in Grenoble

By Dominique Cornuejols | News | 27.10.2018 8:20

The TIGGRE – Ellie Cup, which took place in Grenoble on 13-14 October, is the beautiful product of two dreams : The TIGGRE (acronym of Tournoi International de Go de GREnoble), open to all players, of all strengths and ages, in a nice and cheerful atmosphere, initiated by the Grenoble Go… Read more...

European Women Go Championship 2018

By Marika Dubiel | News | 14.09.2018 18:03

The European Female Go Championship 2018 took place in Helsinki (Finland) on 8th-9th September. With 29 participants from 9 countries, it was one of the largest European female championships, and as 16 were dan players, also the strongest one. The European Female Go Championship 2018 took place in Helsinki (Finland)… Read more...

The AlphaGo monument and Hochhaus Herrengasse – results and impressions

By Viktor Lin | News | 01.09.2018 14:04

The dramatic showdown between the best players of Europe has concluded. The dramatic showdown between the best players of Europe has concluded. Congratulations to Ali Jabarin 2p, the winner of the 1st Hochhaus Herrengasse Cup! Winner Ali Jabarin 2p with the trophy, a replica of an AlphaGo stone. In the… Read more...