Game Commentary: Fragments from European Women’s Championship

By Artem Kachanovskyi | Reviews | 21.12.2024 8:51

Commentary on the decisive moments of pivotal games from the European Women’s Championship – an article taken from the September & October edition of the European Go Journal Podium of the European Women’s Championship in Bratislava, left to right: Manja Marz, Li Ting, Olesia Malko. Photo by the organizers Below… Read more...

Review of the European Youth Go Yearbook 2019

By Artem Kachanovskyi | Reviews | 26.02.2020 19:52

Review of the European Youth Go Yearbook 2019 A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure to visit once again Vatra Dornei in Romania for the Winter Go Festival. There I was given a book called European Go Yearbook 2019. Being fascinated by it, I decided that it’s definitely… Read more...

Mateusz Surma – Review of “Shapes of Minds” and “You won’t get dumber while thinking”

By Tony Claasen | Reviews | 21.01.2020 21:45

Review of: “Shapes of Minds” a book for new go players and people interested in the game. “You won’t get dumber while thinking”, Life and Death problems Volumes 1 to 8. The author Mateusz Surma 1p from Poland. Mateusz Surma 2p More about Mateusz Surma! “You won’t get dumber while… Read more...

Close Encounters with the Middle Game, a readers review

By Tony Claasen | Reviews | 23.10.2017 16:24

In May 2016 Close Encounters with the Middle Game, written by Michiel Eijkhout, 6 dan appeared at Kiseido publishing company as the 10th and last part in the Mastering the Basics Series (K80). A selection from 32 of his articles written for the Dutch Go Magazine. Explaining some basic moves… Read more...

Reader’s review of the 2016 Yearbook of European Go

By Tony Claasen | Reviews | 04.10.2017 18:41

Recently, I interviewed Kim Ouweleen, author of the first yearbook ever to be published by the European Go Federation. I asked him about the project and the ups and downs of his writing process. In this article, however, I focus on the yearbook from my own perspective and report my… Read more...

A new perspective on the star point and the implications thereof

By Viktor Lin | Reviews | 20.05.2017 17:57

Ever since AlphaGo’s reemergence as Master (P), the unique ideas the AI presented keep recurring in pro games. Some of those ideas have been further polished. The 3-3 invasion is one such example. Ever since AlphaGo’s reemergence as Master (P), the unique ideas the AI presented keep recurring in pro… Read more...

Artem Kachanovskyi 1p vs. Sonoda Yuichi 9p

By Viktor Lin | Reviews | 15.11.2016 23:08

On 2 November 2016, Artem Kachanovskyi 1p defeated Sonoda Yuichi 9p in the final round of the Sankei Cup pro division preliminaries. A commentary of this game was provided by Ge Yuhong Go Academy, the biggest Go school in China. On 2 November 2016, Artem Kachanovskyi 1p defeated Sonoda Yuichi… Read more...

Kim Jiseok 9p vs. Choi Cheolhan 9p

By Viktor Lin | Reviews | 10.10.2016 18:21

On 20 August 2016, two of the best players of Korea, Kim Jiseok 9p (White) and Choi Cheolhan 9p (Black), faced each other in the Korean league. A phenomenon occured that the grand majority of go players will never see in a lifetime in their own games: the Two-Headed Dragon.… Read more...

Ilya Shikshin 7d vs. Wang Yuanjun 6p

By Viktor Lin | Reviews | 07.09.2016 20:59

A little known event concerning European Go happened at the SportAccord World Mind Games that took place in December 2013: In the Men’s Team Division, Ilya Shikshin 7d (now 1p) defeated the #1 player of Taiwan, Wang Yuanjun 6p (now 9p). A little known event concerning European Go happened at… Read more...

Highlights of five games between AlphaGo and Lee Sedol – By Zhao BaoLong 2p

By egf_admin | Reviews | 29.03.2016 16:12

Zhao BaoLong 2p is very kind to share his study with us… Probably every aspect and every detail about AlphaGo and Lee Sedol have been covered since the incredible matches. Yet, many questions are left to be answered inside and outside of the go board. Here, we have the pleasure of… Read more...