EGF Pros vs Blackie on Tygem

By Pavol Lisy | News | 03.01.2017 18:06

In order to celebrate the upcoming new TYGEM mobile app this February and the new desktop client this July, TYGEM is pleased to announce a historical event: a competition between Kim Seung-Jun and EGF Pros! In order to celebrate the upcoming new TYGEM mobile app this February and the new… Read more...

The 43rd London Open Go Congress

By Marika Dubiel | News | 01.01.2017 14:05

Not only the year 2016 ended yesterday, but also the 43rd London Open Go Congress. This article highlights the interesting facts and results from the last days of 2016 in London. The special atmosphere was created by a variety of young and old players, and boosted by the Christmas tree!… Read more...

Next european go congress will be in Oberhof, Germany

By Lorenz Trippel | News | 21.12.2016 22:10

After the organizers of both proposed locations got together and decided to give more time for the selection of the host of the EGC 2017 the board of the EGF stepped back from it’s decision to give it to Sochi. The member consultation was done in a short just one… Read more...

Member consultation for next host of the European go congress

By Lorenz Trippel | News | 10.12.2016 15:12

Both organiser teams improved their proposals in order to have a fair objective selection of the next congress place in 2017. Members can cast their vote from 10th to 19th December by email to the EGF secretary. Each country’s vote will be weighted as it is done in the general… Read more...

New vote for selecting the host of the 2017 congress

By Lorenz Trippel | News | 04.12.2016 18:08

The feedback for the decision to give the congress to last year’s organiser to hold it in Sochi in 2017 was quite a bit flooding the comment section here on the EGF webpage but of course not only here the decision was widely discussed! Now the organising teams of the… Read more...

European Go Congress 2017

By Lorenz Trippel | News | 27.11.2016 11:51

Following the recommendation of the EGF board the turkish organizing committee stepped back last week. In the meantime the EGF board managed to find two alternatives one from Germany (Oberhof) and one from Russia (Sochi). The board decided to give the congress 2017 to Russia, Sochi Following the recommendation of… Read more...

The 19th International Tournament “Go to Innovation”

By Pavol Lisy | News | 21.11.2016 17:00

The 19th International Tournament “Go to Innovation” was held this weekend, November 18th to 20th, in Berlin, Germany. Even though this tournament was small in regards to the number of participants, the prizes were big and mostly, it was very unusual and interesting competition. The 19th International Tournament “Go to… Read more...

Herman Hiddema wins Dutch Inter Districts Tournament

By Kim Ouweleen | News | 27.10.2016 15:53

The INDIS, a yearly qualification tournament to determine who may compete in the Dutch Championships, was won by Herman Hiddema 4d from Groningen. With him, six other INDIS players qualified for the Dutch Championships 2017. Each year, the Dutch Championships are held in January to determine who may call himself… Read more...

German and Ukrainian Go Youth Friendship Match

By Marc Oliver Rieger | News | 23.10.2016 12:20

On Saturday, October 22, the German and Ukrainian Go Youth played an online friendship tournament. The idea to this tournament arose after a visit of Nataliia Rusanovska, mother of two go playing children from Kiev to a German go tournament where a contact to the German Go Federation was established.… Read more...

Seminar on Didactics of Strategic Games

By Daniela Trinks | News | 15.10.2016 2:44

About 40 teachers from 15 countries gathered for the ‘Seminar on Didactics of Strategic Games’ at Cambridge University, sharing their expertise on teaching Go, chess and other games at schools. A variety of relevant topics were covered such as learning psychology, teaching methods & materials, business models of educational programs,… Read more...