XXI Japanese Ambassador Cup in Russia and a press conference

By Pavol Lisy | News | 31.10.2015 13:53

XXI Japanese Ambassador Cup in Russia, the biggest and the oldest Russian tournament, was held this weekend (from 24th to 25th October) in Moscow. The playing hall with a capacity of 160 players seemed to be too small for such a big number of interested players. 2 days before the… Read more...

EGF Academy

By Viktor Lin | News | 23.10.2015 14:56

The EGF Academy is an initiative that started in spring 2015, made possible by a cooperation between the EGF, CEGO and Ge Yuhong Go Academy. The EGF Academy is an initiative that started in spring 2015, made possible by a cooperation between the EGF, CEGO and Ge Yuhong Go Academy.… Read more...

French Championship 2015 + Lyon tournament

By egf_admin | News | 07.10.2015 15:59

The final stage of the French Championship awards the honor of the best French player in 2015, as well as the qualification of the World Amateur Championship the next year. It therefore gathered many of the strongest French players to Lyon. The final stage of the French Championship 2015 took… Read more...

Round 1 of the 6th PGETC

By Pavol Lisy | News | 28.09.2015 16:08

Round 1 of the 6th PGETC The 6th Pandanet Go European Team Championship has started in September 2015. In this EGF-tournament 34 countries/teams fight for their placements in Leagues A,B,C. The best 4 teams from League A qualify for the Finals of the PGETC that will be held during the… Read more...

Moravian Open Brno

By Pavol Lisy | News | 07.09.2015 21:54

The 14th International Brno Tournament, a Bonus Point C class tournament, was held on the weekend from 4th to 6th September 2015. The tournament took place in Hotel Santon, Brno, Czech Republic. It attracted 122 players from 10 countries from which 21 players were 5 dan or stronger. Many top… Read more...

Who will study in China?

By Pavol Lisy | News | 03.09.2015 13:30

The 3rd Edition of the CEGO Academic System had already started on 1st of September 2015 in Beijing, China. Thanks to EGF, CEGO and Ge Yuhong Go Academy some of our top players can study Go/Weiqi from September 2015 until beginning of February 2016 in the 3rd Edition. The Academy… Read more...

EGC 2015 finished

By Pavol Lisy | News | 12.08.2015 13:06

The 59th WeiqiTV European Go Congress, held in Liberec, Czech Republic was finished by a Closing Ceremony on Saturday, 8th of August 2015. This was the first Congress where The European Championship had already finished after one week, therefore the second week was there for The Main Tournament and side… Read more...

Highlights of EGC first week

By egf_admin | News | 04.08.2015 19:42

The 59th WeiqiTV European Go Congress has started on 25th, July, taking place at the Babylon center in Liberec, Czech Republic. This yearly Go “festival” along with the charming town has attracted more than nine hundreds players and guests this year to join the event. The tournament site itself offers… Read more...

Annual General Meeting 2015, some Updates

By Lorenz Trippel | News | 04.08.2015 17:01

This year’s AGM was rather a calm one in comparison to the one last year. First the countries reps had to line up to get their voting power written on their voting ballot paper, bigger countries had 4 votes and the smaller ones only 1. In total there were 22… Read more...

European Women Go Championship

By Pavol Lisy | News | 23.07.2015 12:33

EWGC 2015, Turkey, Ciraly, Kiyi Pansion, 10th -13th July European Women Go Championship was held in Turkey this year. Organisers chose a very nice place in the middle of nature, in a National Park around Ciraly. Kiyi Pansion, where the tournament took place, is a cosy place situated just on… Read more...