The European Go Congress – Highlights of the second week

By Yue Li | News | 09.08.2017 17:53

Following the first week, ruthless battles on go boards and the feast of friendship amongst hundreds of go enthusiasts continued to occupy the peaceful mountain village of Oberhof. As the Open European Championship entered its “yose” stage, numerous exciting side events continued to take place and brought us many exciting… Read more...

Annual General Meeting 2017, some Updates

By Lorenz Trippel | News | 04.08.2017 10:29

This year’s general meeting didn’t see any contested votes, apart from the one for the selection of the host of the youth championship in 2019. Moscow would get it by a small margin over the Croatian proposal. The board members are elected only every three years, so the next election… Read more...

Moyo Open Tournament in Pardubice attracts many strong players

By Jana Hricova | News | 18.07.2017 18:12

After the European Professional Qualification (EPQ) tournament had finished, the next day saw the Moyo Open tournament begin. All players in the EPQ also took part in the Moyo Open. They were joined by Pavol Lisy 1p and Mateusz Surma 1p, who had worked as commentators for the EPQ, the… Read more...

Who will become the 6th EGF Pro?

By Jana Hricova | News | 11.07.2017 5:48

The answer will be known this Friday (14th July, 2017) evening. Sixteen top European players encountered in three preliminary rounds of the European Pro Qualification tournament (EPQ later) in Vienna, from 15 to 16 June, 2017. Namely, Andrii Kravets and Bohdan Zhurakovskyi from Ukraine, Viktor Lin from Austria, Lukas Podpera… Read more...

Kido Cup 2017 Top 8 Games played at board one and two

By Tony Claasen | News | 13.06.2017 18:58

14 games of eurpoean topplayers to review. Games played at board 1 and 2 at the Kido Cup of 2017: Top 8 Partie 1: KidoCup2017 Alexandr Dinerstein-Mateusz Surma Partie 2 :KidoCup2017 Alexandr Dinerstein-Pavol LisyPartie 3: KidoCup2017 Artem Kachanovskyi-Alexandr DinersteinPartie 4: KidoCup2017 Artem Kachanowskyi-Ilja ShikshinPartie 5: KidoCup2017 Dominik Boviz-Alexsandr DinersteinPartie 6:… Read more...

Kido Cup 2017

By Tony Claasen | News | 12.06.2017 23:53

This year we had again a Top 8 Round-Robin-Tournament, main-tournament, rengo-tournament and permanent lightning tournament. Many side events like a poker-tournament and many simultenous games and lectures. Kido Cup 2017 As with every year, preparation for the tournament seems easy until the final day before participants arrive.. Preparing all the… Read more...

First Croatian Go Week, May 8-14, 2017, with Catalin Taranu, 5p

By Damir Medak | News | 21.05.2017 11:21

Croatian Go Association (HIGOU) is performing a go project in several schools in different cities of Croatia. The project name is “Go – the game that teaches us to think”. The partners are two primary schools (Zagreb and Lipovljani), two secondary schools (Zagreb and Kutina), one special education center (Velika… Read more...

3rd European Go Grand Slam Tournament and 8th China Cup Berlin Part 2

By Tony Claasen | News | 07.05.2017 16:07

As a scribe I spent most of my time with the players of the Grand Slam Tournament. As told in part one, my first game as scribe was the game between the two old timers Catalin Taranu and Alexandre Dinerchtein, a game which Alexandre won. Because of this result Catalin… Read more...

3rd European Go Grand Slam Tournament and 8th China Cup Berlin Part 1

By Tony Claasen | News | 03.05.2017 10:43

A few weeks before both tournaments started, for me the preparations had already begun. Laptops and a projector had to be organized and prepared for this event, so that all the games could be broadcast via KGS and that players from the China Cup Berlin could watch the games in… Read more...

Korean Ambassador’s Cup

By Pavol Lisy | News | 24.04.2017 19:55

The 46th Prague Go Tournament, the Korean Ambassador’s Cup, was held on the week-end of the 22th – 23th April in Prague, Czech Republic. It is the oldest tournament in the Czech Republic, with a long tradition that is now 46 years old, and it is also one of the… Read more...